Wildgate Patch Notes | June 18

A new patch for Wildgate is now available to download.

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Read below to learn about the latest changes. 🎉

Check out our full Patch 1.5 notes for details. ⬇️

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PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Treasure Hunt Revamp

• All 5 zones are now PvE only

• Gates are now always open in all zones

• Players can now play for up to 6 hours in one session

• Players can now loot up to 200k

• The Vortex Deeps Mission to destroy a Player ship has been removed

• Artifacts are consumed when brought aboard a ship and the loot credit goes to all teams

• Players cannot steal installed Hardpoints or Turrets from Player ships

QoL Updates

Spectator Improvements

• Spectators can use the “snap-to-ship“ wheel to select a specific player to spectate.

• Spectators can see the loadout of the player being spectated in the lower right.

• Spectators can toggle UI visibility by pressing “NumLock“ (matching what non-spectators are currently able to do)

• Spectators can see the kill feed and ship death notifications while in a match with the “Dead Sensors” modifier

• Fixed some cases where spectator UI would linger between matches

General UI Improvements

• Ship resources are now visible while in spectator mode or when scanning a ship with a probe

• Medium POIs are now blue on the world map

• Micro POIs now have a micro POI specific icon and no longer display their name on the map

• When using the Fire Extinguisher weapon, fire position UI indicators are now visible to match how they appear while holding the multitool

• Reach Zone descriptions added to Lucky Docks for Artifact Brawl

• Mophs now has a cloak UI indicator for time remaining for stealth

• Grenades now have world UI indicators

• Artifact World indicator now fades when looking at it

• “Swap Radial Menu“ input key can now be rebound

• Updated Repulsor Equipment UI icon

Controls

• Players can now select the “scroll to multitool” setting for mouse and keyboard to allow scrolling to equip the multitool.

Custom Lobby

• Custom Lobby matches can now start with 2 players instead of 4.

• Updated button bindings for gamepad and updated the Custom Game Lobby button style

• Adjusted the layout and styling of the team view screen for Custom Lobbies

• Added gamepad trigger binds for ship preferences and lobby options button

• Increased the opacity for improved visibility when hovering over member slots in custom lobbies

• Readded and fixed “Game Seed” option.

BALANCE UPDATES

Perks

• Kae Teleport:

• Old: +25m teleport range

• New: -60m teleport range but +2 charges

Boarder:

• Speed in space increased from +5% → +10%

Cursed:

• Now does a 2x damage penalty in addition to the reloading curse

Prospectors

• Charlie now revives allies with 25% of their maximum health

Weapons

Sonic Boom:

• Clip size increased from 4 -> 5

Rocket Launcher:

• Now does +50% damage to AI

Equipment

Plasma Grenade:

• Damage reduced from 200 > 150

Rock:

• 4X damage to AI → 5x damage to AI

Enemy AI

• Reduced health of Bosses and Reach Beasts

Ships

• All ships move 30% faster (forward and backward)

Battle Scout:

• Prospector catapult now launches players in the direction they are facing

• Speed bonus while shields are lowered is doubled compared to other ships

• Free Booster device removed

Bastion:

• Windows, Doors, and Engines now auto-repair after a short time

Hardpoints

Quantum Probe Sensor

• Increased drop rate

• Changed hardpoint effect:

  • Old: Auto-reveals the artifact to the team

  • New: Periodically auto-reveals nearby enemy ships to the team

Bomb Trap

• Damage reduced from 20 -> 10

• Now drops at a reduced rate

Sal Bomb Trap

• Damage reduced from 30 → 20

Ship Aegis

• Duration increased from 5 → 8 seconds

Coolant Button

• No longer spawns in Dead Worlds

Ship Weapons

Sniper Cannon:

• Damage reduced from 2 → 1.5

Disruptor Sniper Cannon:

• Damage reduced from 2 → 1.5

Artifact Brawl

• Artifact no longer spawns in small or medium POIs

• Reach Zones proceduralism updates for more distinct Reach Zones in Artifact Brawl

Treasure Hunt

• Increase the loot found in loot rooms for Treasure Hunt with increasing values in the later Reach Zones.

• Stalkers now respawn at a slower rate

• Arctic Sea now spawns some fuel resources

General

• Removed the defender armor bonus

• Vault keys only open one door. You need multiple keys to unlock multiple doors

BUG FIXES / MISC

• Updated the reticle selection preview in the Options menu to more clearly display the preview

• Gamepad can now use the “Join” button consistently when joining an in progress Custom Lobby match.

• When selecting “Cancel” at the ship selection screen in “The Reach” zone selection flow, players are now returned back to “The Reach” zone selection rather than the front end lobby

• Fixed a discrepancy in the Flash Shield UI icon

• Fixed the icon for the “Tactical” Ion Emote in the Starlog menu

• Gamepad is now functional for swapping text chat channels by using the right stick.

• Fixed the text “Fleet Battle Bonus” UI overlapping the station HUD in Español Latinoamerica

• Fixed the text “Starlog Treasure Hunt” overlapping the Daily Missions UI in Español Latinoamerica

• Fixed the “Small Crew Bonus” tooltip so it no longer overlaps with the health bar of the Prospector in the Tutorial.

• Fixed an issue where “Game Tags” in custom lobbies were overflowing the UI box in multiple languages.

• Fixed the Ammo Display options to only display the selected option.

• The Repulsor no longer knocks back players through walls

• Fixed the Bounty Hunter achievement so it now properly unlocks when the player is the last team standing in Artifact Brawl

• Fixed an issue where the Hidden Chamber was spawning “weird” loot tables

• Fixed a bug in the Inventory menu where the ship floor items section doesn’t tile into two columns at certain resolutions.

• Fixed a rare issue where the player could get stuck in a matchmaking state without being pulled into game

• Fixed UI icon for the “Hand Cannon” being an incorrect size.