Patch Notes [14.01.2026]

14 Jan 2026Developer post

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While snowstorms rage outside, the situation in the Zone is heating up. The stakes are rising, and it’s the perfect time to intervene in the affairs of the Murmur fanatics! To prepare yourself for battle, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the latest balance changes.

Balance changes

Artefacts

Slightly reduced the power of the Regeneration and Healing Effectiveness stats on artefacts.
With the latest increase in the maximum power of artefacts, these stats were having too much of an impact on player survivability in firefights. On average, half of the bonus containers received in the patchnotes was removed.

Strengthened Prism, Fossil, Dumbbell, and Raisin
These artefacts did not have strong additional properties (or they had too little power), which made them insufficiently relevant compared to their equivalents and even lower-level artefacts.

Reworked Black Hole
The artefact has had its regeneration reduced in exchange for increased Stamina Improvement and the replacement of the Resistance to fire penalty with a Bleeding Protection.
The old characteristics made Black Hole too versatile, but now its regeneration is inferior to the regeneration of artefacts with an emphasis on regeneration of similar levels.

Reworked Dark Viburnum
As with Black Hole, Dark Viburnum was too powerful in several areas at once: regeneration and speed. Speed was reduced in exchange for increased Stamina regeneration.

Heavily reduced the amount of damage absorbed by Polyhedron
The ability of the artefact to absorb massive single hits, combined with its other characteristics, made it too powerful, and its widespread use made life excessively difficult for sniper rifles.
In exchange for a significant reduction in damage absorption, the reload time has been significantly reduced.

Prism	Added Stability: 2.6%
Raisin	Removed Bullet resistance: -29.7 Added Vitality: -2.7%
Fossil	Removed Stamina regeneration: 3.6% Added Periodic healing: 0.5% Bonus properties: Periodic healing: 0.6% → 0.2% Stamina regeneration: 1.2% → 3.6%
Dumbbell	Healing Effectiveness: 8.7% → 11.5% Laceration protection: 19.5 → 13.7 Removed Reaction to laceration: 1.3% Added Vitality: 0.6% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 2.9% → 3.9% Laceration protection: 6.5 → 4.6
Black Hole	Removed Regeneration: 3.6% Removed Resistance to fire: -21.7 Added Stamina regeneration: 5.1% Added Bleeding Protection: -2.6% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1.2% → 2.3% Stamina regeneration: 3.6% → 1.7%
Polyhedron	Stamina: 14.6% → 20.8% Added Stamina regeneration: 3.2% Reduces damage by: 78.5 → 45 Reload: 24 sec → 12.5 sec (6.39 sec for the legendary 175% +15) Bonus properties: Stamina regeneration: 3.2% → 1.1% Stamina: 4.9% → 7%
Dark Viburnum	Regeneration: 4.8% → 4.4% Running speed: 1.55% → 1.15% Removed Speed: 1.15% Added Stamina regeneration: 4.8% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1.6% → 1.5% Speed: 0.4% → 1.15% Stamina regeneration: 4.8% → 1.6%
Frost	Healing Effectiveness: 5.8% → 5.4% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 2% → 1.8%
Leaded Glass	Regeneration: 1.5% → 1.4%
Berry	Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1.5% → 1.4%
Lard	Healing Effectiveness: 5.8% → 5.4% Regeneration: 2.2% → 2% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 2% → 1.8% Regeneration: 0.8% → 0.7%
Sponge	Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1.5% → 1.4%
Phlegm	Healing Effectiveness: 8.3% → 7.7% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 2.8% → 2.6%
Crust	Regeneration: 2.2% → 2% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 0.8% → 0.7%
Swamp Rot	Healing Effectiveness: 4.5% → 4.2% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 1.5% → 1.4%
Heart	Regeneration: 2.5% → 2.3% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 6.8% → 6.3% Regeneration: 0.9% → 0.8%
Candlelight	Regeneration: 1.2% → 1.1%
Stress fest	Healing Effectiveness: 11% → 10.2% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 3.7% → 3.4%
Colophony	Regeneration: 2.9% → 2.7% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1% → 0.9%
Spiral	Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 7.7% → 7.2%
Dark Crystal	Regeneration: 2.3% → 2.2%
Proto-Onion	Healing Effectiveness: 5.2% → 4.8% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 1.8% → 1.6% Regeneration: 1.4% → 1.3%
Lemna	Regeneration: 1.6% → 1.5% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 0.6% → 0.5%
Snail	Regeneration: 1.4% → 1.3%
Inkwell	Regeneration: 2.9% → 2.7% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1%→ 0.9%
Firebird	Regeneration: 2% → 1.9% Healing Effectiveness: 11% → 10.2% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 3.7% → 3.4%
Fahrenheit	Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1.6% → 1.5%
Gills	Regeneration: 3.2% → 3% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1.1% → 1%
Hoop	Regeneration: 3.2% → 3% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 1.1% → 1%
Scrubber	Healing Effectiveness: 5.8% → 5.4% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 2% → 1.8%
Gum	Regeneration: 1.5% → 1.4%
Shard	Healing Effectiveness: 8.7% → 8.1% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 2.9% → 2.7%
Helium	Regeneration: 2.3% → 2.1% Bonus properties: Regeneration: 0.8% → 0.7%
Heel	Healing Effectiveness: 16.5% → 15.3% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 5.5% → 5.1%
Viburnum Branch	Healing Effectiveness: 13.8% → 12.8% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 4.6% → 4.3%
Rubik	Bonus properties: Regeneration: 2% → 1.9% Healing Effectiveness: 7.7% → 7.2%
Tallow	Healing Effectiveness: 11% → 10.2% Regeneration: 2% → 1.9% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 3.7% → 3.4%
Inside Out Rose	Healing Effectiveness: -19.1% → -17.7%
Bismuth	Regeneration: 3% → 2.8%
Larva	Healing Effectiveness: 7.7% → 7.2% Bonus properties: Healing Effectiveness: 2.6% → 2.4%
Mug	Bonus properties: Regeneration: 2% → 1.9%
Timber	Bonus properties: Regeneration: 2% → 1.9%

Plates adjustments

Experimental plate

The plate has been removed from the supply range in Subdivision Battles

Upon arrival at the outpost, a fourth-level ceramic plate is now issued

Shotgun adjustments

Shotguns focused on close combat performed poorly everywhere except at close range, but at close range they became a real disaster for enemies.
In view of this, and taking into account the weakening of the Polyhedron's damage absorption, their effectiveness in close combat has been reduced.

KS-23	Damage to mutant: 1.65 → 2.3 Speed: 0 → -3% Damage: 480 → 448 Minimum damage: 200 → 222 Recoil: 20° → 10° Hip-fire spread: 2.75° → 3° Weapon holster time: 0.15 sec → 0.2 sec Slightly increased deceleration of the shooter after firing The threshold for a non-lethal shot to the head at point-blank range has been reduced from 750 to 700 effective bullet protection. KS-23 short barrel Speed: 0 → 1% KS-23 pistol grip Speed: 0 → 2% Hip-fire spread: 0 → 33.3% Aiming time: 0 → -25% Recoil: 0 → 100%
AEK-965	Damage to mutant: 1.75 → 1.9 Speed: 0 → -2% Hip-fire spread: 2.75° → 3° Damage: 400 → 384 Minimum damage: 190 → 200 Weapon holster time: 0.15 sec → 0.2 sec Slightly increased deceleration of the shooter after firing The threshold for a non-lethal shot to the head at point-blank range has been reduced from 625 to 600 effective bullet protection.
Pancor Jackhammer	Damage: 200 → 180 Damage to mutant: 1.85 → 2.05 Added master-level LD to basic characteristics to compensate for the absence of side/top rails for LD installation. Significantly reduced the threshold for killing from three shots at point-blank range. For example, the Scythian-5 armoured suit previously required 35% additional vitality to survive two point-blank shots, but now 21% or the equivalent in effective bullet resistance. The data is provided for improvement to level 15 and using combat bullets.
SPAS-15	Added master-level LD to basic characteristics to compensate for the absence of side/top rails for LD installation.

Sniper rifle adjustment

Bolt-action rifles

Reworked bolt-action rifles: bolt-action rifles have become stronger on average, and the high-rate-of-fire subclass has been removed.
Now the main difference in the characteristics of bolt-action rifles lies in their damage multipliers: some, such as the VSSK Vykhlop, have high basic damage and do not increase it when shooting at the head, while others, on the contrary, have low damage to the body but higher damage to the head (e.g. McMillan CS5).

Mosin’s Carbine	Damage: 65.4 → 65 Minimum damage: 65.4 → 65
Mosin’s Rifle	Damage: 73.9 → 73 Minimum damage: 73.9 → 73 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
Mauser 98k	Damage: 78 → 70 Minimum damage: 78 → 70 Headshot damage: 1.4 → 1.75 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40% Spread: 0.1° → 0.08°
Worn Winchester M70	Damage: 86.8 → 86 Minimum damage: 86.8 → 86 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
Shaman's Boomstick	Damage: 91.1 → 90 Minimum damage: 91.1 → 90 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
Steyr Scout	Damage: 68 → 80 Minimum damage: 68 → 80 Spread: 0.09° → 0.08° Rate of fire: 72 → 40 Headshot damage: 1.25 → 1.75
Winchester M70	Damage: 108.2 → 108 Minimum damage: 108.2 → 108 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
Worn M40A5	Damage: 128.6 → 130 Minimum damage: 128.6 → 130 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
Alpine TPG-1	Damage: 133.9 → 173 Minimum damage: 133.9 → 173 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40% Headshot damage: 1.4 → 1
SV-98	Damage: 128 → 135 Minimum damage: 128 → 135 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
MTs-116M	Damage: 110 → 131 Minimum damage: 110 → 131 Spread: 0.12° → 0.08° Rate of fire: 72 → 40 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40% Headshot damage: 1.25 → 1.75
M40A5	Damage: 146.8 → 156 Minimum damage: 146.8 → 156 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
MTs-558	Damage: 113 → 202 Minimum damage: 113 → 202 Spread: 0.1° → 0.07° Recoil: 2.4° → 3.1° Rate of fire: 72 → 40 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40% Headshot damage: 1.25 → 1 Stopping power: 100 → 110 Magazine capacity: 6 → 5
Cheytac M300	Damage: 170 → 196 Minimum damage: 170 → 196 Rate of fire: 37 → 40 Speed while aiming: -30% → -40% Headshot damage: 1.4 → 1.15
Cheytac M300 (A)	Damage: 177.5 → 205 Minimum damage: 177.5 → 205 Rate of fire: 37 → 40 Speed while aiming: -30% → -40% Headshot damage: 1.4 → 1.15
Karbach OTL-03	Damage: 124 → 170 Minimum damage: 136 → 170 Rate of fire: 72 → 40 Spread: 0.1° → 0.07° Headshot damage: 1.25 → 1.5 Stopping power: 100 → 110
VSSK Vykhlop	Damage: 130 → 233 Minimum damage: 130 → 233 Rate of fire: 72 → 40 Spread: 0.1° → 0.06° Headshot damage: 1.25 → 1 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40% Stopping power: 100 → 110 Magazine capacity: 6 → 5 Recoil: 2.7° → 3° Horizontal recoil: 0.9° → 1°
McMillan CS5	Damage: 162.9 → 150 Minimum damage: 162.9 → 150 Recoil: 2.56° → 3° Headshot damage: 1.4 → 1.75
L96A1	Damage: 168.2 → 179 Minimum damage: 168.2 → 179 Speed: -3% → -4% Speed while aiming: -30% → -40%
Gauss Rifle	Damage: 180 → 247 Minimum damage: 180 → 247 Recoil: 3° → 0.05° Horizontal recoil: 0.2° → 0.05° 30% armour-penetration removed Damage to plates durability: 0.5 → 1 Aiming time: -30% → -40%

Semi-automatic and automatic sniper rifles adjustments

WA2000	Damage: 120 → 125 Minimum damage: 115 → 120
VSK-94 (A)	Damage: 45.5 → 46 Minimum damage: 42 → 42.5 Horizontal recoil: 0.12° → 0.1° Recoil increase: 4% → 3% Aiming time: 0.25 sec → 0.2 sec
VSK-94	Damage: 43.5 → 44 Minimum damage: 40.3 → 40.8 Horizontal recoil: 0.12° → 0.1° Recoil increase: 4% → 3% Aiming time: 0.25 sec → 0.2 sec
VSS-M "Vintorez"	Recoil increase: 4% → 3% Aiming time: 0.25 sec → 0.2 sec
VSS Vintorez	Recoil increase: 4% → 3% Aiming time: 0.25 sec → 0.2 sec
FN SCAR SSR	Damage: 69 → 70.5 Minimum damage: 66.5 → 68 Recoil: 0.8° → 0.65° Recoil increase: 4% → 3%
Mk 14 EBR	Damage: 55 → 56 Minimum damage: 52.5 → 53.5 Recoil: 0.62° → 0.58°

Other weapon changes

All weapons

Spread while moving multiplier: 1.5 → 1.4

Nerfed overly powerful weapons

HK MP7A2

Damage: 39 → 38.5

MG 3

Damage: 31 → 30.5

Horizontal recoil: 0.16° → 0.18°

Buffed underperforming or overly unpopular weapons

АМ-17	Damage: 48.5 → 49 Minimum damage: 34 → 34.5
LR-300	Minimum damage: 23 → 24
PPK-20	Minimum damage: 27.5 → 28
6P62 Little Boy	Damage: 75 → 78.5 Weight: 18 kg → 16 kg
DSA RPD	Minimum damage: 30 → 30.5
A-762 Ares	Minimum damage: 28.5 → 30 Recoil: 0.6° → 0.66°
AEK-973 Mars	Damage: 36 → 36.2 Minimum damage: 25.1 → 25.2 Recoil: 0.62° → 0.67°
HK416	Minimum damage: 25 → 25.5
HK416 (A)	Minimum damage: 28.5 → 29
АК-12	Minimum damage: 30 → 30.5 First shot recoil multiplier: 2 → 1.5
AK-12 (A)	Minimum damage: 34 → 34.5 First shot recoil multiplier: 2 → 1.5
OTs-33 Pernach	Minimum damage: 27 → 30
Old FN FAL	Minimum damage: 32.3 → 33.2
АК-308	Minimum damage: 34 → 35
АК-308 (А)	Minimum damage: 35.5 → 36.5
FN SCAR-H	Minimum damage: 39 → 40
FN SCAR-H (A)	Minimum damage: 40.5 → 41.7
HK417	Minimum damage: 41 → 42
HK417 (А)	Minimum damage: 42.5 → 43.8
FN FAL	Minimum damage: 35 → 36
FN FAL (А)	Minimum damage: 36.5 → 37.5
Flamethrower	Damage: 9 → 10 Minimum damage: 9 → 10 Damage to mutants: 3 → 4
Tinderbox	Damage: 9 → 10 Minimum damage: 9 → 10 Damage to mutants: 3 → 4
Coldcutter	Damage: 12 → 13 Minimum damage: 12 → 13 Spread: 1° → 1.5° Hip-fire spread: 1° → 1.5° Damage to mutants: 3 → 4
Frostthrower	Damage: 12 → 13 Minimum damage: 12 → 13 Spread: 1° → 1.5° Hip-fire spread: 1° → 1.5° Damage to mutants: 3 → 4
Inverter Inverter (A)	Significantly increased base stabilisation Added a master-rank LD to the base stats to compensate for the lack of side/top rails for mounting an LD.

Ammunition adjustments

23x75 Buckshot	Number of projectiles: 8 → 6
12.7 mm Sniper Round	Stopping power: 90 → 100
12.7 mm Round	Stopping power: 60 → 70
12.7 mm SMG Round	Stopping power: 60 → 70
7.62 mm Incendiary Round	Fixed incorrectly low weight: 8 g → 16 g As with other calibers, the incendiary round’s weight is now equal to the armor-piercing round’s weight.

Armour changes

MIS-X ATLAS

Bullet resistance: 165 → 178

Explosion protection: 101 → 109
Laceration protection: 94 → 101

Antares Exoarmor

Resistance to electricity: 150 → 300

Resistance to fire: 150 → 300
Resistance to chemicals: 150 → 300

Magazines adjustments

The bonuses of ergonomic 9×39 and 7.62 NATO magazines are now equal to those of ergonomic 12.7 and 7.62×39 magazines, as being 5 rounds below the weapon’s maximum capacity granted weapons with these magazines excessively strong bonuses.

Ergonomic Magazine for VSS/Val	Reload: 2.6 sec → 2.85 sec Tactical Reload: 2.08 sec → 2.28 sec Aiming time: -13% → -9.75% Hip-fire spread: -13% → -9.75% Speed: 1.6% → 1.2%
Ergonomic magazine 9x39	Reload: 2.5 sec → 2.75 sec Tactical Reload: 2 sec → 2.2 sec Aiming time: -15% → -11.25% Hip-fire spread: -15% → -11.25% Speed: 2% → 1.5%
Ergonomic magazine 7.62 NATO	Reload: 2.5 sec → 2.75 sec Tactical Reload: 2 sec → 2.2 sec Aiming time: -15% → -11.25% Hip-fire spread: -15% → -11.25% Speed: 2% → 1.5%
AA-12 Drum Magazine	Reload: 5.25 sec → 4.38 sec Tactical Reload: 4.2 sec → 3.5 sec Aiming time: 12.5% → 10% Hip-fire spread: 12.5% → 10% Speed: -1.5% → -1%

Other changes

Stopping power

Passive removal rate: 80% per second → 60% per second

Burning

Healing Effectiveness: -75% → -65%

Regeneration: -2.5% → -5%

Plantain

Removed bleeding reduction -2.5

Other changes and fixes

Removed the transfer of the main weapon’s overheat status to the secondary weapon and vice versa.
Added the ability to sell vynil records to the Fence.
Removed offers with functional objects for the Hideout at the Dealer until the quest granting access to the Hideout is completed.
Fixed non-functioning scanning on the Elbrus Elbrick motif.
Fixed incorrect firing mode after switching between primary and secondary weapons.
Fixed inability to load certain types of ammunition.
Added a new game setting: Hide death waypoints in Session Modes.
Changed quick attachment instalation: when using Shift+LMB, the attachment is now prioritised to the weapon currently in hand, and only then applied to the first suitable equipped weapon.

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