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To build highly detailed, hybrid-textured walls: 1. Place down standard triangle walls and inverted triangle walls to form a solid rectangular structure. 2. Select the "Japanese Style Door A" (or another desired wall style) and use the replacement feature to swap out the top triangle components. 3. Replace the bottom triangle components with standard stone walls or stone windows to create a unique, multi-textured wall.
If a nearby roof block prevents you from placing a Japanese-style fence or railing due to clipping: 1. Deconstruct the blocking ceiling tile and temporarily replace it with a set of stairs. 2. Place down the Japanese-style railing using the snapping feature. 3. Use the structural replacement feature to swap the stairs back into your original ceiling tiles.
When designing a mid-game base, plan ahead for the end-game by leaving enough space to build five total Skill Fruit Orchards. A highly efficient layout is placing one orchard in the center, two directly behind your fireplace, and another two adjacent to them.
To prevent pathfinding issues and maximize Pal efficiency, place your large-scale ovens directly in the center of a foundation square. This setup allows worker Pals to easily access and interact with the oven from any of the four sides without getting stuck.
Having two large-scale ovens prevents production bottlenecks in your base. Keep one oven solely locked to cake production to support your breeding farms, while using the second one for standard food production. This ensures your breeding cycle is never halted by food cooking tasks.
Seekerbots patrol roads and will attack with heat-seeker missiles if you enter their red scanning zone. To protect your base from being burned down, build it far away from any roads. If spotted, hide behind large structures to break line of sight. Be careful not to let Wocs lead Seekerbots back to your base, as collateral damage can destroy your structures.
Collect every piece of scrap metal, chemicals, and component kits you find, as they are crucial for crafting. Rather than transporting these items manually, build a simple cargo buggy as soon as possible to haul your resources back to base efficiently.
Look for the glowing Mech Station building at night. To unlock it, find the battery hidden in the surrounding area and place it inside the station to restore electricity. Once powered, the Mech Station functions as a free bed (spawn point) and allows you to craft advanced items.
Food and drink are no longer required to prevent death in Survival mode. Instead, treat them as healing items. Eating food like Burgers provides random, temporary buffs that last until you are knocked out, including increased hammer speed or a higher maximum HP threshold.
In the early game, focus on building only essential structures like simple storage and a refinery. Expanding your base too quickly makes it highly expensive to build and maintain, which halts your early progression. Focus on securing outward resources, setting up a farm, and building basic vehicles before committing to large-scale construction projects.
To easily obtain powerful **World Tree passives** (such as +50% movement speed or active party buffs for mining and woodcutting), run an egg-gathering route in the yellow zone of the **World Tree Map** near the Alpha Boss. Collect the large and **Ominous Eggs** that spawn there and hatch them; this allows you to safely farm these rare passives for breeding without relying on difficult combat.
The **Expedition Station** has a large footprint that takes up massive space inside a base. You can place other structures, such as a **Research Station** or **chests** to store expedition loot, directly on top of it. Note that if you place the station on the very edge of your base border to save space, ensure structures do not deteriorate by keeping them within the active base barrier.
Use the **Monitoring Stand** to customize individual Pal work preferences. By default, Pals will attempt any task they are capable of, which wastes their potential. For example, if you have a Sweepa with level 6 Handiwork but lower levels in transport or mining, toggle off their other tasks so they focus purely on Handiwork. Similarly, disable Handiwork on Astegon (level 10 Mining) to keep him focused entirely on mining.
Instead of using the sandbag method which takes up active Pal slots, place your merchants inside a **Viewing Cage** (unlocked at Level 15). Pals in the cage do not lose hunger or take up base production slots. To easily interact with them without cluttering, put only the specific merchant you need in the cage, pushing them right up against the wall for easy targeting.
Seekerbots are large patrolling robots added in the 1.0 update that scan roads and attack with heat-seeking missiles if they detect you. * **Base Placement:** Do not build your base near roads. Seekerbots can burn down structures, and if they target a nearby Woc, your base may suffer collateral damage. * **Survival:** If you are caught in a Seekerbot's red scanning zone, immediately hide behind large structures to break its line of sight.
When choosing a location for your base, prioritize flat and wide-open areas that give you plenty of space to test new vehicle builds, with easy access to water and trees. Avoid building on mountains or near roads, as roads are patrolled by dangerous hostiles.
Don't waste time trying to build your permanent, perfect vehicle right away. Start by building a simple cargo buggy as soon as possible. This vehicle will allow you to haul valuable loot like scrap metal, chemicals, and component kits back to your base without overburdening yourself, keeping your focus on overall progression.
Unlocking the Mechanic Station allows you to craft higher-quality items and provides a free bed to use as a spawn point. * **How to find it:** Look for a glowing building at night. * **How to activate it:** Locate a battery in the surrounding area and place it in the building to restore electricity.
With the 1.0 update, you no longer need to constantly eat and drink to avoid dying. Food and drink now function as healing items. Additionally, eating food like Burgers grants random buffs that last until you are knocked out, such as increased hammer speed or a higher maximum HP threshold.
In the early game, building a massive base will slow down your progression due to building and maintenance costs. Instead, stick to essentials like basic storage and a refinery during your first couple of hours. Focus on establishing a farm, gathering weapons, and constructing functional vehicles before attempting major home renovations.
Track the enemy support ults, not the DPS ones. Spending two ultimates to stop one enemy ult loses the next two fights. Back off and reset instead of matching.
Save the biotic grenade for your own backline on close-quarters maps. The anti-heal value is nice; keeping your other support alive decides the fight.
Legacy Seasons 1-15 Battle Passes are available to purchase in the shop under the new Unvaulted Battle Pass Tab.
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Global “large” hitscan projectile size reduced from 0.07 to 0.04 meters.
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Global “small” hitscan projectile size reduced from 0.04 to 0.02 meters.
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Ammo reloaded increased from 2 to 4.
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Ammo increased from 6 to 12.
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Total damage per volley increased from 175 to 204.
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Shotgun pellet count decreased from 25 to 16.
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Shotgun pellet damage decreased from 7 to 4.25.
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Falloff range decreased from 30-50 meters to 20-35 meters.
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After the duration, fire an explosive projectile whose damage scales based on the damage absorbed, ranging from 75 to 200 damage.
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Damage per projectile decreased from 8 to 7.
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Shots until max spread increased from 6 to 10.
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Fire rate increased from 11 to 14 shots per second.
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Duration reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.
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Cooldown reduced from 10 to 9 seconds.
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Damage reduced from 110 to 100.
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Drone Fire Rate increased from 4 to 5.
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Overhealth and debuff duration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.
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Decay duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
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Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds.
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Head hit volume increased from 16.9 to 18.
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Head hit volume increased from 15.2 to 17.
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Torso hit volume increased from 18 to 23.
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Leg hit volume increased from 14.7 to 19.
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Torso hit volume increased from 22.4 to 25.
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Leg hit volumes increased from 16.7 to 19.
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Head hit volume increased from 15.1 to 16.
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Head hit volume increased from 20 to 21.5.
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Back minigun hit volume reduced from 20 to 18.
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Lower arm hit volume reduced from 20 to 15.
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Torso hit volume reduced from 37 to 33.
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Leg hit volumes reduced from 24 to 22.
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Head hit volume increased from 19.7 to 21.
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Waist hit volume increased from 30 to 35.
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Leg hit volume increased from 21 to 26.
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Fist hit volume reduced from 24 to 20.
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Head hit volume increased from 15.9 to 18.
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Armor reduced from 325 to 275 (5v5).
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Armor reduced from 300 to 250 (6v6).
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Damage per bullet reduced from 45 to 36.
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