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• Patch Notes·4 Sept 2026Official

  Masters of Oil | Major Patch Notes - v1.1.0

  Hi Miners! ⛏️ Masters of Oil, our first major roadmap update, is now live!With Phase 1, Ore Factory Squad expands beyond traditional mining and into a brand-new industrial layer: oil extraction, fluid transport, petrochemical production, and fuel-based manufacturing.Here’s what’s included in today’s update:🏜️ New Property – DesertA forgotten desert town outside Redstone City is now open for business, and there is still plenty of oil waiting under the dirt.This new property takes you to an old desert settlement with an active oil extraction facility, an abandoned motel, and plenty of buried oil waiting underground.The land may look empty at first, but there are still active reserves beneath the surface. Turns out, empty desert plots can be surprisingly valuable.Be careful around old oil pipes left behind in the area. They may not be as harmless as they look.🛢️ Crude Oil & Oil ReservesCrude Oil has been added as a new underground resource, but finding it works a little differently than regular ores.Oil is found deep underground as a reserve that needs to be cleaned with the Jackhammer before extraction.The Ore Detector now includes a new Radar Mode, which works like a simple underground sonar to help you scan oil density beneath you.Once you reach the oil bed, clear the reserve, install the Pipe Head, and get ready for extraction.⛽ Oil Extraction & Tanker TruckOil extraction introduces a completely new fluid-based workflow.The Oil Pipe Head acts as the surface unit for pulling oil from underground reserves.The new free-placement pipe system lets you extend pipes piece by piece from the surface unit all the way down to the reserve.The new Tanker Truck is used to collect Crude Oil from the extraction point and bring it back to the factory.Once connected, the motor starts running and Crude Oil slowly transfers into the tanker.Back at the factory, the new Oil Tank lets you store the Crude Oil for later processing.🏭 Oil Refinery & Oil ProcessorOil brings a new petrochemica...
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• Patch Notes·20 Aug 2026Official

  Fixes & Improvements | Patch Notes - v1.0.9

  Hi Miners! ⛏️ Before we fully move into Phase 1 and start digging into oil extraction, we’re releasing one more QoL focused update.We know many of you were also waiting for the patch notes for v1.0.8, which we released as a silent patch last week. Normally, our goal is to keep you informed with every update, but this follow-up patch took a little longer than expected and we wanted to cover both versions together in one post.Including the changes from the previous version, here’s what’s new in this update: ☁️ Steam Cloud & Save SystemSteam Cloud has been re-enabled.In update v1.0.8, we made a core change to how dig data is stored. Dig data is now packaged and saved in a safer way, which should make save files more stable against Steam Cloud sync issues.The Backup folder is no longer included in Cloud Save. This means if a cloud conflict ever gives you older save data, your local backup should still remain safe as long as you do not save over it.If Steam ever asks you to choose between two conflicting saves, please make sure to select the newest and most up-to-date save file and If you receive a Steam Cloud sync warning on Steam, restarting the game should clear the issue. 🤖 Warehouse Robot PriorityWarehouse Robots can now be managed more clearly.You can now interact with a Warehouse Robot and choose whether it should prioritize moving products into storage or pulling items from storage for packaging and delivery.We also fixed several cases where robots could get stuck, and added a new option to cancel a robot’s current pallet-carrying task. 📦 Elevated Belts: New Compatible PiecesElevated Belts are now more flexible.Elevated Belts now support more belt pieces on the raised section, including Merge Belts, Splitter Belts, and left/right turning belts.This should make elevated factory layouts much easier to build and connect properly. 🎓 Tutorial SkipTutorial Skip function has been added.If you have previously completed the tutorial on a save file and then start a new gam...
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• Patch Notes·14 Aug 2026Official

  Steam Cloud Support Temporarily Disabled | Important Notice

  Hi Miners! ⛏️ We are aware of an issue related to Steam Cloud save conflicts that may cause players to lose progress after reverting to corrupted cloud save, or in some cases, prevent save files from loading correctly after sync problems.We are currently working on a fix and plan to release it as soon as possible.Until we are fully confident that the issue is resolved, we have temporarily disabled Steam Cloud Support for Ore Factory Squad.Once Steam Cloud is enabled again, your saves should continue normally. However, if Steam ever asks you to choose between two conflicting saves, please make sure to select the newest and most up-to-date save file.If you are currently having trouble loading your save file, please join our Discord and explain the issue to us. We’ll do our best to help. Thank you for your patience.💬 Feel free to join our Discord to follow development closely, share feedback, and be part of the community or just say hi!
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• Patch Notes·7 Aug 2026Official

  Excavator, Mobile Office & Roulette | Patch Notes - v1.0.6

  Hi Miners! ⛏️Phase 0 Part 2 is now live! With this update, we are completing Phase 0 from our roadmap. This means we are wrapping up the first wave of feedback-focused improvements and finishing an important step before moving toward bigger new content updates.Thank you again for all your feedback. Many of the changes in this update were shaped directly by what you shared with us.Here’s what’s included in today’s update:🚜 Mini ExcavatorThe Mini Excavator has finally arrived! It may not replace your shovel, but it definitely looks cooler at the dig siteAfter unlocking the Excavator License from Upgrades, you can purchase the vehicle, bring it to a dig site, and start digging.We tried to keep the control scheme simple and easy to understand, so we hope you can get used to it quickly and start having fun with it.A quick note about this feature: Ore Factory Squad was originally built around manual hand-tool digging, and most dig sites were designed mainly for vertical gameplay. Because of that, the Excavator is not intended to become the ultimate mining solution.We added it because it was highly requested, and because we liked the idea of seeing multiple Excavators working around a dig site. We see it more as a fun extra tool rather than the core way to play. We also do not expect its physics to compete with games fully built around heavy machinery simulation.That said, we are still working on it, and we are looking forward to your feedback.🏢 Mobile OfficeThe Mobile Office has been added as a new upgrade.After unlocking it from Upgrades, a mobile office container will be added to your dig sites.You can quickly access the computer even when you are outside the factory.You can also drink free coffee from the coffee machine to work longer during the night.🎰 Casino RouletteThe Casino just got riskier. Roulette has arrived!Up to 4 players can play at the same time. Bets use shared money, but each player’s chips appear in a different color, so everyone can see exactly where t...
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• Patch Notes·25 Jul 2026Official

  Smart Filters & Safer Squads | Patch Notes - v1.0.5

  Hi Miners! ⛏️ Thank you so much for the incredible support since launch. Ore Factory Squad has now passed 100,000 copies sold💙This is the first part of our Phase 0 update. Part 2 is planned for the coming weeks, bringing more of the features and improvements we shared in the roadmap.Due to the recent private & public lobby security issues, we had to change some of our update priorities.A significant amount of time went into rebuilding parts of the lobby security, server-side protection, and authentication flow to make multiplayer sessions safer for everyone. Thank you for your patience while we handled that properly.Here’s what’s included in today’s update: 🧠 Smart Filters for Belts & Drop ZonesAutomation should now be much easier to control with the new smart filtering system.Added smart filters to Splitter Belts and Pallet Drop Zones, allowing specific items or entire categories to be selected separately for each output or slot.Splitter Belts and Drop Zones now offer much more control over sorting, routing, and organizing production lines. 👥 Roles & Permissions SystemCo-op sessions now have more control options for hosts.Added the new Role & Permission System through the computer application.The default Employee role now has more limited permissions for public lobby protection. Existing roles can be edited, and new custom roles can be created. 🍱 Lunchbox SystemThe Lunchbox has been added as a new everyday tool for longer workdays.Up to four food items can now be stored in the Lunchbox and eaten anywhere.Buff timers no longer decrease while you’re in the City, and their duration is now only consumed while you are at a digsite. 🔧Other Changes, Fixes & ImprovementsRebuilt the lobby security system with multi-step authentication and additional server-side protection to make multiplayer rooms safer against unauthorized external connections.Invite-only rooms are once again visible in the Server Browser.Lobby codes have been re-enabled with a protected handshake protocol...
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