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• Patch Notes·14 Sept 2026Official

  Useful HE and EVA Suit Improvements

  Welcome, SurvivorsToday’s update brings a few small but important fixes that improve consistency and prevent unintended damage events.HE Collision CorrectedApplies to 12 mm Mini‑HE Rounds for the Hybrid Auto Launcher 2K (HAL 2K).HE projectiles could sometimes detonate after hitting the cloud of another projectile mid‑flight. At close range, this could cause accidental damage to the player. This behavior is now corrected.Reminder: HE rounds still deal damage on proper impact — walls, terrain, or enemies.EVA Suit Damage – Correct Breathing Behavior at Integrity 0When Suit Integrity reached 0, breathing lock activated correctly — but suffocation also triggered even with an open visor, without a helmet, or in breathable zones.This is now fixed. You only suffocate when all conditions are met:Suit Integrity = 0visor closedno breathable air in the environmentRegards, Paweł
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• Patch Notes·13 Sept 2026Official

  Survivors, Your Achievements Are Back 👌🏻

  Hello Survivors! 👨🏻‍🚀Today’s update brings an important fix related to Steam achievements — proper unlocking and full achievement support inside the Statistics tab.Achievements Are Working AgainAs mentioned earlier, I’ve been working on updating the Steam achievement system for the new engine version. Yesterday’s attempt didn’t succeed, but today it finally did. I tested unlocking the new achievement The Xibal’Teh Descent, which I successfully earned after this update.Other achievements should now unlock correctly for everyone. If any achievement still fails to unlock on your side, please let me know.Note: Steam’s achievement pop‑up behaves inconsistently. Sometimes it appears immediately in‑game, sometimes only after exiting Hiraeth — just like The Xibal’Teh Descent did for me. I’ll continue investigating, but as far as I know, Steam handles caching differently depending on the session.For now, the game also shows an additional in‑game message when you unlock an achievement. This may disappear soon — I used it temporarily for testing, and sometimes it shows notifications for achievements already earned.Achievements in TAB → STATISTICSThis section was previously empty. Now you’ll find all achievements you’ve unlocked. The layout will change visually in the future, but the system already works. Sometimes icons may load with a delay, but text appears instantly. You’ll also see your unlocked count vs. total achievements.Leaderboards coming soon The new code now in Hiraeth will allow me to add leaderboards both in‑game and on the website. Personally, I’m very curious which of my friends has cooked more steaks or killed more spiders — and I think you might be too!The promotion is now live — enjoy!Have a great Sunday, Paweł
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• Announcements·12 Sept 2026Official

  Deep Diving & EVA Suit Improvements

  Welcome, survivors! 👨🏻‍🚀Today’s update focuses on diving and the EVA Suit — a set of new underwater mechanics and improvements. Dive in and check out what’s new! Dive & EVA Suit UpdateOxygen consumption now scales with dive depth — the deeper you go, the faster you use oxygen, with an additional multiplier based on the selected difficulty level.The safe depth limit is 30 meters. Below this threshold, the EVA Suit begins to take pressure damage depending on depth and difficulty. The suit’s condition is monitored continuously, with status checks every ~3 seconds.Destroying the EVA Suit (Integrity 0) now cuts off your ability to breathe — oxygen flow is blocked even with a full tank. Even a minor repair restores breathing.Added a cracked‑visor effect when the EVA Suit is damaged. For now, the effect disappears after a standard repair using Duct Tape.Added a dedicated dive light — especially useful now that deeper areas are significantly darker.Temporarily increased swimming speed from 300 → 600 cm/s. This makes underwater exploration easier; the original speed will return once swimming “boosters” are added.Depth Warning Indicator: A red warning light now appears around the depth icon when you go beyond the safe limit. You will soon be able to exceed the 30‑meter dive limit. Upcoming additions include EVA Suit upgrades improving durability and underwater sealing, a stronger EVA Suit variant, a mini‑submersible, and fins to increase underwater movement speed.Underwater Visual UpdateSome visual changes have been added, but the system will continue to evolve. Creating a dynamic underwater environment is complex — available tutorials don’t cover depth‑based lighting changes, dynamic time‑of‑day, or shifting conditions. In HIRAETH, everything is dynamic, so the underwater system must be unique. This takes time, and I don’t want to delay other gameplay features you’ll benefit from sooner.Current improvements:visual response to actual dive depth — darker the deeper you go,time...
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• Announcements·11 Sept 2026Official

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  Dive Into the Hardcore World of Ahra PrimeRecent major updates have expanded HIRAETH, with more improvements arriving in the coming days. As a solo‑developed project, the game continues to grow steadily with each update — and this is the first sale after the new baseline price. It’s a good moment to jump in if you enjoy the atmosphere, learning new systems, and long‑form survival gameplay.HIRAETH isn’t a game for everyone. But if you like slow immersion, discovery, and mastering unfamiliar rules, it already offers many hours of deep exploration.Grab it now at 30% offfor the next 7 days.Starts: Sat, Sep 12, 1 PM PDT (10 PM GMT+2)Ends: Sat, Sep 19, 1 PM PDT (10 PM GMT+2)
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• Patch Notes·6 Sept 2026Official

  The UE 5.8 Power Update & The Rise of the Underwater World

  Hello Survivors! 👨🏻‍🚀Today brings a major update: HIRAETH has been upgraded to the newest version of Unreal Engine — 5.8.This is not a race for shiny new features. It’s a crucial stability and performance update that also unlocks new possibilities already visible in today’s build — including the first pass of dense coral and underwater vegetation filling the ocean floor.Below is a full breakdown of what changed.New Engine: Unreal Engine 5.8A significantly improved game engine with better stability, performance, and compatibility with modern hardware. Many of the new UE 5.8 features will be extremely useful for ☵ HIRAETH moving forward.Stability & PerformanceUE 5.8 introduces improved rendering stability and better GPU utilization. I have not enabled Lumen Lite yet, but it is expected to greatly reduce GPU load — especially important for older graphics cards.Mesh TerrainMesh Terrain is a huge revolution. In short, it allows fully customizable terrain shapes, easy creation of caves, rock formations, and complex geological structures.I’ve been watching this feature for a long time, planning to use it for new post‑Nesoi locations — and likely for future updates to Nesoi Island itself.Epic’s example and documentationPCG System (Procedural Content Generation)PCG is Unreal’s new world‑generation system — a massive upgrade over the foliage system used in ☵ HIRAETH since the beginning.PCG offers far more flexibility and, as my tests show, is significantly more efficient than traditional foliage.It is already in use today to decorate the ocean floor around Nesoi.Ocean Floor in the New PCG SystemThe first area using PCG is the ocean floor — from Harbor, through The Last Drop, and the cape near Marsh Shelter by Pier 3.A large amount of coral and underwater vegetation has been added. This is the first update to the underwater world, and only the beginning.Load Testing & Streaming ImprovementsThis update is primarily a stress test: filling underwater terrain with dense, detailed ...
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