Patch notes [12.11.2025]

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Contents

1. New session PVE mode — Operations

2. Changes to South daily and weekly tasks 

3. Arsenal's economic edits

4. Balance changes

5. Other

New session PVE mode — Operations

New mode is available in the Session Battles section of the Operations tab. 

It challenges players to work together to complete tasks and battle both regular enemies and bosses in order to earn the final reward.

How to open it

Operations become available after the player completes the Operation Breach quest. The quest is available to all players who have accessed the Bar location. It is not necessary for the entire squad to complete the task — it is enough for the leader to do so. After that, it will be able to launch the Operation even if the other two members of the squad have not completed the task.

A representative of ZIVCAS named Phil has appeared at the bar, ready to give anyone who wants it a new and interesting task.

Classes

Operations use the player's own equipment, and depending on the armour equipped, they are assigned a class with a unique set of skills:

Combat suits — Assault;

Combo suits — Operative;

Scientist suits — Support.

Clearance levels

Clearance levels

Clearance System represents the difficulty levels of Operations: the higher the Clearance Level, the stronger the opponents.

At levels 3, 6, and 9, a new condition is added to Clearance: Modifier.

Modifiers are designed to complicate and supplement gameplay when playing at high Clearances.

Please note that Clearance levels are levelled up separately for each Operation. Clearance may also be reset in the event of major changes in balance or the economy.

How to play

More detailed information about Operations and their features can be found in the updated in-game guide, which is located in the How to play section of the Operations tab.

Two Operations are currently available.

In Operation Big Clean Up, players will face the following challenges:

• Capture of communications hubs;

• Power supply for photon generators;

• Defeat the Ratcatcher boss.

In turn, in Operation Focusing, players need to:

• Escort the anomaly;

• Make laser incision;

• Defeat the Storm boss.

More details about the bosses' tasks and abilities are described in the How to play section.

The mode is designed to be played by a team of three, but Operations can also be played solo.

However, be ready: for a single person, this challenge will be a real nightmare. Take it at your own risk.

Operations rewards

Rewards for successful completion

After successfully completing the Operation, the player will be able to choose one of three rewards. Depending on the Clearance level of the completed Operation, the quality of the rewards increases. The player may once replace each of the rewards they have received with in-game currency.

The number of rewards for successfully completing Operations is limited. The counter is updated every Wednesday at 5:00 server time. 

List of rewards that can be obtained for successfully completing the Operation:

• Quasi-destructor;

• Advanced Tools;

• Advanced Spare parts;

• Module Cores of standard, unusual and special quality;

• Catalysts;

• Trade coins;

• Module inhibitors;

• In-game currency.

Weekly rewards

In weekly rewards, you can receive: Module Cores of any quality, from common to legendary, and Module inhibitors.

You may select one reward from three offers if you have fulfilled the conditions for unlocking these offers:

• One offer: one successful Operation;

• Two offers: three successful Operations;

• Three offers: five successful Operations.

The higher the level of Clearance achieved, the greater the chances of receiving a more valuable reward.

If you do not make a selection within a week, a random reward will be issued.

Modules

The main reward for Operations is the Module Core, which is used to create the Modules themselves.

Modules are improvements that can be installed on any weapon.

The modules consist of three components:

• Add-On — a positive base property that affects weapon characteristics by percentage.

• Concept — a positive base property that affects weapon characteristics by percentage, or a special property.

• Deviation — a negative base property that affects weapon characteristics by percentage.

The significance of the positive and negative effects of the Modules depends on their quality. In turn, quality depends on the best property among those available.For example, if a Module has special Add-Ons and Concepts, but has a rare Deviation, then the quality will be rare. 

The quality may be as follows:

Creating and interacting with Modules

To create and subsequently modify the Module, the following are required:

• Core inhibitors — currency used to replace the properties of the Module being created. It can be transferable and purchased in the shop for stalcoins.

• Quasi-destructor — an item used to extract and remove the personalisation of a Module installed on a weapon.

• Module Cores — items required to create a Module on Noomachine.

• Noomachine— a table for creating Modules. Installed at the Bar and at the factions northern bases.

After obtaining the Core, the player must take it to Noomachine to create a Module.

The Module is created without any additional resource investment. The player only needs the Core.

However, it has certain settings for less random creation. But in turn, they will need to be replaced to create the desired combination, and this will consume a special resource — the Core inhibitor.

Using Core inhibitors, it is also possible to change the characteristics of the Module.

As part of the Operations, compensation for the technical ZIVCAS token is provided. The compensation itself will be made a little later.

When creating a Module for the first time, you cannot select which property categories to discard. When creating the Module again, those categories that were previously excluded can be removed.

The selection of Add-On, Concept, and Deviation categories opens gradually. The categories that you have previously unlocked by obtaining a Module with certain properties become available for selection.

Excluding the category costs a certain amount of Core inhibitors. With each additional exclusion, the cost increases.

After selecting categories, you can create a Module, where the player can also replace the characteristics with Core inhibitors.

No need to research the Module further! Module specifications are known immediately.

The following items may be sold at auction:

• Modules;

• Transferable Quasi-destructors;

• Module Cores;

• Module inhibitors.

Properties and categories of Modules

Installing the Module on a Weapon

A slot has been added to the weapon modification menu where you can install a Module.

The Module is personalised upon installation and becomes transferable when removed from the weapon.

Only one Module can be installed on each weapon.

Removal and disassembly of Modules

There are two ways to remove the Module from the weapon:

• Removal and destruction of the Module;

• Removing the Module without destroying it — requires a Quasi-destructor.

Modules that are not installed on weapons can be disassembled at the Noomachine. When disassembling a Module, a certain number of Core inhibitors are issued. Clicking on the replenishment button will open a tab where you can disassemble Modules into Core inhibitors.

When you click on the restore Modules button, you will be taken to a window where the Modules you have disassembled are stored, if you want to buy them back at a markup that depends on the quality of the Module. Please note that the Module can be restored within one day, otherwise it will disappear forever.

Destroyed and sold Modules cannot be restored.

If the Module was installed on a weapon that is subsequently used in barter, it will automatically be transferred to the new weapon. 

Challenges

Added challenges for the Operations episode:

Specific objectives of Operations

While playing Operations, players can complete Specific objectives and receive unique rewards:

Season Pass tasks

Added the following tasks:

Further development

The Operations created by our team are just the beginning, so your feedback is especially important to us right now. It is with your help that we will be able to determine where to go next in developing the mode. We will not stop and will continue to improve Operations, eliminating all controversial issues based on your feedback — and these are not just words!

Dead Time

Dead Time mode becomes unavailable with the release of Operations.

Later, we may bring this mode back as a permanent or temporary activity.

New sets in the shop

Sets with Inhibitors have been added to the in-game shop. This is an excellent opportunity to experiment with creating modules faster than many others, for yourself, for friends, or for buyers at auction.

The shop also now offers the Final Season Pack, which will allow you to reach your desired Season Pass level much faster and extend your premium status so that it doesn't expire at the most crucial moment. And combat camouflage won't be superfluous either.

The pack includes:

• 50 000 Season Pass points;

• 30 days Premium;

• Artwork Paint for weapon;

• Artwork Paint for armour.

New achievements

Added achievements related to Operations:

Changes to South daily and weekly tasks

The rewards and the principle of issuing daily and weekly tasks on the Bar's Contract provider have been updated.

New tasks have also been added, and some old daily orders have been changed.

Change to non-premium daily tasks

The barter reward on the contract provider in the Bar is no longer repeated for multiple daily orders. Clearance to more advanced barter resources opens up as the Bar's reputation level increases. The reputation level requirements for opening daily and weekly non-premium quests have been changed:

The amount of in-game currency and reputation awarded for daily quests has also been revised. The new reward more accurately reflects the complexity of daily tasks in relation to each other.

New daily orders have been added. The contents of some old daily tasks have been changed.

Change in non-premium weekly tasks

The non-premium weekly general order has been replaced by two weekly orders, which may appear simultaneously.

Before:

Now:

Change in rewards for premium contracts

Copper wire has been removed from the list of possible barter rewards for daily and weekly premium contracts on the Bar's Contract provider.

The number of barter resources available for selection for completing daily premium contracts has been changed.

Weekly premium contracts have been replaced with a single contract: Complete 10 daily orders in Bar.

The number of barter resources available for selection upon completion of a weekly premium contract has been changed:

The cash reward was also adjusted.

Arsenal's economic updates

Arsenal's economy required rework and balancing adjustments, so the following changes were made: 

• The weight of the resource box has been reduced from 15 kg to 7.5 kg.

• Changed the amount of reputation a player receives when selling a resource crate to the Arsenal:

• Some resources have received a new sale value for Arsenal:

• Changed some offers to buy resource crates:

Session Battle edits

• The maximum match duration and match duration for receiving the maximum reward on large Session Battle maps have been reduced by 5 minutes.

• The required duration of holding a point on the Prison map has been reduced from 10 to 8 minutes;

• Now only one large Session Battles map is active at a time. The map changes every 15 minutes in the following order: Streets of Pripyat — Burrow — Collapse — Colosseum.

• Increased the number of points required to receive the maximum personal reward on large maps and the Prison map by 1.5 times;

• Increased total amount of rewards distributed: 1) On large maps by 30%; 2) On the Prison map by two times.

• The maximum number of players on the Prison map has been reduced from 30 to 24. The number of players required to complete the warm-up has been increased from 10 to 12.

• The forced end time when capturing all five points on large maps has been increased from 2 to 3 minutes.

Season pass tasks

Tasks will no longer repeat upon rerolls until all available ones have been offered and a new cycle begins.

Balance changes

Movement speed adjustments

Reworked 50% of all movement speed bonuses from consumables and artefacts into a new stat — Running speed.

Unlike general Movement speed, which affects all character motions, Running speed only affects sprinting.

For example: if a character has +10% bonus Movement speed and +10% Running speed, the total Running speed bonus will be 20%, while other movements will only receive +10%.

Artefacts and consumables

Overweight system changes

Overweight stages now have distinct penalties: 

Running is disabled only at the final stage. 

Compensations 

For one month, compensation will be available for artefacts affected by the reaction changes from the patch notes of 15.10.2025. Only artefacts whose reaction properties were significant are eligible.
If an artefact is eligible, a small star will appear on its icon.
Compensation is fully optional: you can accept or decline it.

List of eligible artefacts: 

• Leaded Glass;

• Embryo;

• Sponge;

• Lollipop;

• Wolf Tears;

• Swamp Rot;

• Battery;

• White Rose;

• Disintegrator;

• Inkwell;

• Fahrenheit;

• Chicken God;

• Steel Hedgehog;

• Dumbbell;

• Scrubber;

• Gum;

• Radiator;

• Sun;

• Mirror;

• Whirlwind;

• Heel.

Weapons

Revised the value of certain quest rewards to make them more relevant. Previously, these items were often received when the player already had equal or better equipment, making the quest items useless. 

Shotguns

Other

• Added the ability to unpack large items using CTRL+RMB.

• Fixed the low render distance of the Veil smoke grenade effect.

• On player death, a timer is applied to their backpack, and only the following players can loot during that period:

1. The killer;

2. Members of the killer’s squad;

3. Members of the victim’s squad. Exceptions: deaths in wild zones, deaths via “Surrender” button, or from “Strange Pain”. In such cases, timer is not applied.

• Crimson case can now be turned into a hideout decoration, added a new context menu option.

• Updated model of EoTech Collimator Sight.

• Updated base paint masks for Hounds and Investigator Exoskeleton.

• Updated models for Diversion Knife, Survival SP8 Ontario Machete, Hunter’s Machete.

• Updated list of items which can be added to trade packs in merchant's assortment on faction bases.

• Updated firing sounds for OTs-14 Groza and OTs-14M Surge.

• Increased draw speed for primary and secondary weapons after climbing onto ledges.

• Weapon visual effects no longer remain on screen while hanging from a ledge.

• Adjusted voice chat volume thresholds.

• Fixed auto-scrolling in personal storage when taking an item with any filter enabled.

• Fixed interaction window closing with NPC when opening personal storage from their interface.

• Added an option in settings to disable hit markers.

• Styles and motifs are now “Bind on use” by default, except those already marked as “Bound” or “Bind on receive”). Already equipped non-bound skins will become bound after re-equipping.

• Slightly increased the area of Mercenary Camp and Rise Base.

• Updated models of Arc and Navigator Jumpsuits.

• Fixed disappearing weapons caused by incorrect grenade throws.

• Fixed multiple naming inconsistency bugs.

• Fixed multiple translation inconsistency bugs across all languages.

• Fixed the translation of several legacy items.

• Updated Spanish localisation. Southern quests, side quests, weekly and daily quests have been fully translated.