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• Patch Notes·17 Sept 2026Official

  New "Ranged Combat & Stink Worms" update on the public test.

  Ranged Combat & Stink Worms - We're gonna a need a bigger bath!The new Range Combat & Stink Worms update, complete with new tech and feature updates, is now on the public test branch for you to try right now. It will spend a short time there so we can gather your feedback and watch out for any significant bugs to squash.As with any new version, we always recommend making a new save of your currently colony.How play this update on the public test branch right now:Developer Note:There's a bunch of fun things in this update, let's dive right in!The big ticket item is a combat overhaul, now supporting ranged and unarmed combat... we've also implemented combat automation settings, so you have a lot of control over what your colonists do when you aren't manually controlling them.Unfortunately, Marcus was exploring a bunker and inadvertently released some Stink Worms into the wild! Jokes aside, we're really excited to bring these new creatures into the game as they are the first part of our new behavior system. They don't just randomly spawn, they have a preferred habitat, so based on the conditions of your islands they may decide to move in and cause an infestation, and you may find infested islands at expeditions.Long term we plan on improving the behavior of other wildlife with similar systems, so that there is an emergent ecosystem going on while you play that can lead to interesting things happening. You could even use these behaviors to your advantage... maybe you want a stink worm island to farm?Another big aspect of this update was reducing grind in some areas. We’ve been trying to identify areas that feel too grindy or tedious, this patch addresses a few issues but we would really love to get more feedback on this – if you have any thoughts or any areas that feel to grindy please let us know!Overall we want to you to get to expeditions earlier, explore bunkers earlier and find interesting things. You'll find some new floating wrecks of part of this, and we've adde...
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• Patch Notes·31 Aug 2026Official

  Oceaneers Early Access Roadmap Update

  Park your raft and sit back, we've got some roadmap details for you!We're just over four months since early access release. In that time we've been consistently putting out updates for the game, with new features, content and improvements. After keeping a close eye on feedback, we've revisited the roadmap and expanded it with some extra features we think you will all enjoy.State of the GameThere's already heaps to do in Oceaneers. The current game mode is the story-mode, allowing you to play the complete story from start to finish with a wide range of tech to research and build. Players have been getting 50+ hours just from this mode (many players surpassing 100, even 150 hours).It's exciting that players are enjoying the game and getting so much out of it as there is still lots more planned!Having said that... Even though players are getting plenty of playtime out of the game, one aspect we want to improve is progression speed & resource gathering speed. We aren't aiming for this to be a super grindy game, so we still have some balance to do in this area. Ultimately we're just trying to find the right balance so that skill levels feel like they are impactful. Please be sure to let us know of any areas that feel too grindy or tedious, your feedback helps immensely.Below, we'll go into a little more detail on some of the items on the roadmap.Ranged Combat - Coming Soon!We are currently working on update 0.1.5 which introduces ranged combat, and it's feeling pretty good. We'll also be adding new automation options to give you more control over how your colonists behave when getting attacked and attacking.To make the transition from ranged to melee combat nice and smooth, we also implemented unarmed combat. Then we went crazy and took this a step further, adding a new occupation based around melee combat, and changing the Tree Puncher trait so it now levels up! If you've been dreaming about creating a colony of ocean dwelling warrior monks, you'll want to keep an eye o...
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• Patch Notes·13 Aug 2026Official

  "Modules, Building Grid & CUBERT" update out now!

  Modules, Building Grid & CUBERT - Things Are Getting Weird!It's patch time! (Full patch notes below).As with every new patch, we highly recommend doing a "save as" to create a new save file.The new update is now live! Complete with new tech, overhauled building system, movable buildings, upgradable modules and more! Developer Message:This update improves the building system with a building grid, and makes building placement much clearer. We've also added the ability to move buildings, allowing you to swap to new islands much easier. Currently moving a building is instant, in the future there may be a "re-construction" time component added, but we'll see how it feels first.This update also extends tech, allows you to upgrade bunker modules, craft bunker modules, adds new loot, and enables the CUBERT device in your bunker.Modules:Bunkers can now be upgraded to have up to 4 module slots, and modules stack! This allows you to start focusing islands on a particular task (e.g. a farming island, a production island etc). As part of this we've also added some new module types that you can find, and a new very late-game building that allows you to make your own modules.There's even a couple of new "EX" modules. These are Float-Tech's experimental modules that, they are unique (so you'll only ever find one), can only be found as bunker loot, and, they can alter game mechanics. We've got more plans for additional "EX" modules in the future, and we're probably going to get a little weird with them!New Island & Island Loot:A new bunker, 165, is the latest in the mass produced bunker series that has been discovered. This bunker is 3 levels and contains 3 storage lockers, so stock up on maintenance tokens and get that loot!The highest island rating is also now 5A. If you're lucky enough to find one you'll be blessed with good buoyancy ratings.Regarding loot, we've updated loot tables so that loot is more rewarding, you'll even find backpacks and perhaps a super rare "EX" module.CU...
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• Patch Notes·4 Aug 2026Official

  New "Modules, Building & CUBERT" update on the public test.

  Modules, Building & CUBERT - Things Are Getting Weird!The new Modules & Building update, complete with new tech and feature updates, is now on the public test branch for you to try right now. It will spend a short time there so we can gather your feedback and watch out for any significant bugs to squash.As with any new version, we always recommend making a new save of your currently colony.How play this update on the public test branch right now:Developer Note:We're excited to bring new content, improvements based on feedback and a new building grid system that takes the guesswork out of building placement.This update also addresses some issues that players were running into when research progression got ahead of the story progression. An additional warning is now shown with the buildings that require higher tier resource (e.g. hardwood/strongwood) that should hopefully clear that up. We've also made some adjustments to the main bunker to block off the lower level and keypad until it becomes relevant in the story, as this was causing some confusion.We will post the full patch notes and details when this is pushed to the live release.Here's a summary:Dig Up Water Pools: This highly requested feature is now here. Don't worry, we'll come up with new ways for you to get Dysentery!CUBERT: The Cube Resource Transformer seen in your bunker is now operational, allowing you to generate science cubes.New Building System: Overhauled building system, with new grid snapping and placement footprints. Move Buildings: You can now move buildings. Easily relocate to your newly acquired island!Module System: Island Module systems can now be upgraded to support 4 modules at once, and, they are stackable!New Modules: 5 new module types are available (with multiple tiers), including new experimental "EX" class modules which can only be found as bunker look and have unique effects.New Island: Bunker 165, the next tier of the mass-produced Float-Tech Series 160 island has appeared. Higher ...
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• Patch Notes·13 Jul 2026Official

  "Face Slapping" hotfix!

  We discovered this bug thanks to Hirnsturz during German coverage on Twitch and YouTube (very entertaining, be sure to watch and follow on YouTube here )If your save game from the previous patch had characters in the middle of sleeping, in the new patch those characters would retain the old sleeping condition and as such would keep their sleeping face throughout the day! This is now fixed :)Patch Notes (0.1.3N)Fixed issue where characters had a sleeping face, if you loaded a game from old version where those characters were in the middle of sleeping. This was due to new conditions for sleeping with the new lighting system.German Translations & Other TranslationsRemember, you can check the official Workshop (https://steamcommunity.com/app/3052510/workshop/) for community made translations. There you will find:German (by Bobby) Spanish (by canelOnes) Simplified Chinese (by law) Russian (by DrPerec) and (by MentaliST) Brazilian Portuguese (by Sambamen) Polish (by Khaar) - Newly Added! If you encounter any typo's or issues with these translations be sure to let the creators know in the comments of those pages.Huge thanks to the community for making use of the community translation system.All you need to do is subscribe to the language mod in the workshop, and enable it in-game.https://steamcommunity.com/app/3052510/workshop/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to the Community!A huge thanks to all of the players helping each other out on the forums and in discord. It's really cool seeing tips being shared.Keep your feedback coming as well, we read it all! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Us!Join our discord to discuss the game and share your ideas! Join discord here ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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