It is almost time to bring Survival Games out of beta! Today, we are releasing a preview of the new Survival Games update.

Preview modes are designed as a way for us to get the community's preliminary thoughts. As a result, things may change before the official release. Additionally, no new maps will be added during the preview, as we want to focus on gameplay feedback.

New Items

Activity Tracker

When held, shows a display pinpointing points of interest such as enemies, supply crates, and teammates.

Boomboxes

The boomboxes you know and love for our other games, modified to suit Survival Games, such as shorter fuse time on throw.

Standard Boombox

• Deals explosive damage to nearby enemies

Fire Boombox

• Ignites nearby enemies
• Places small amount of surface fire nearby
• The closer an enemy is to the explosion, the longer the burn time

Cobweb Boombox

• Spawns a scattered cloud of cobwebs
• Cobwebs self-remove shortly after explosion

Blindness Boombox

• Blinds nearby enemies
• The closer an enemy is to the explosion, the longer the effect

Frozen Boombox

• Slows nearby enemies
• The closer an enemy is to the explosion, the longer the effect
• When thrown in water, will create temporary surface ice

Poison Boombox

• Poisons nearby enemies
• The closer an enemy is to the explosion, the longer the effect

Teleporters

Teleporters allow you to travel from point A to point B quickly.

• Short player-specific cooldown to prevent teleporter hopping
• All teleporters are 2-way

Launchpads

Launchpads provide easy ways to get to hard-to-reach areas.

Horizontal launchpad

• Launches you to a specific target destination
• Used as a quick way to travel across awkward terrain

Vertical launchpad

• Launches you directly up
• Each launchpad will launch to a different height, depending on the map and surroundings
• Negates fall-damage if landed on

Campfire

When placed, will heal all nearby players for 1 health every second for 10 seconds.

• Will ignite players if stood on while lit
• Self extinguishes on expiration

Supply Flare

When thrown, will call a supply drop at that location.

Gameplay Changes

Loot set rebalancing

We've rebalanced the loot set to account for new items and player feedback.

Tier 2 Changes

• Guarantees 1 weapon
• Guaranteed 1 piece of armor

New Cornucopia Loot Set

• Guaranteed 1 piece of armor
• Weapons are present but not guaranteed

Food Rate Increase

• No changes to food mechanics, however, we'd like to hear your idea if you feel it should have more of an impact on gameplay

Removed Grace Period Fall Damage

You will now no longer take fall damage during the grace period.

Chest Breaking

You can now break Tier 1 chests by punching them, dropping all items contained within.

UI/Message Improvements

• You are now informed of how many hearts your killer had on death
• Added team status bar (duos)

Visual Changes

Removed Custom Chests

We've removed custom chests in favor of their vanilla counterparts. This reduces the entity count which helps with client performance. Additionally, all maps have had decoration chests removed - any chest you see is now lootable.

Added Custom Fog Support

We've added support for the new Minecraft fog system. You'll see this in use in the future.

Updated Various 3D Assets

Our art team has made some visual improvements to various 3D assets.

Updated Supply Drop

• New model and texture
• Custom open animations
• Custom sounds
• New target icon on ground where the supply drop will land

Updated Cache Cow

• New model and texture

Resource Pack

• Moved many 3D assets and items to resource pack. This improves client performance and allows for a better user experience.

New Prop System

A new prop system is now available, allowing us to add more visual elements to maps. Our first prop is visible in the Flashpoint cornucopia.

Misc Changes

Gravestone Cosmetics

Gravestones are now part of the locker system. Although no new gravestones are present during the preview, we hope to add some soon.

Custom Server Options

We've added new custom server options for the new features in Survival Games.

• New launchpad toggle
• New teleporter toggle
• New loot distribution option

New Quests

We've also added new quest criteria for the new features in Survival Games.

• Use teleport quest criteria
• Use launchpad quest criteria
• Use flare quest criteria

We've also added new stats for these features.

End Podium Improvements

Kill counts are now shown on endgame podiums, so you can show just how good you are!

Feedback

We hope you enjoy this Survival Games preview. This update is still subject to change based on community feedback, so let us know your thoughts.