🔧 Update 0.2.5 — Survival Systems Expansion
This update focuses on improving the core survival experience, reducing frustration, and increasing gameplay clarity.
🧭 Navigation & World Awareness
• Added a Minimap System
- Shows player position
- Displays death bag location
- Supports player-built structures
- More map icons coming in future updates
Full 2D Rendered minimap display that follows the player.
• Increased tree spawn rates via RNG world generation
- Improved access to wood
- Reduced early-game grind
• Compass tool has now also been removed.
🎒 Inventory & Storage Overhaul
• Removed weight system entirely
- Now fully slot-based inventory
• Storage upgrades:
- Wooden Crates: 25 slots
- Metal Crates: 35 slots
• Items stack size has also been updated to better fit the new inventory system.
🎒 Death Loot System Improvements
• Players now drop a single backpack on death containing all items from inventory.
Features:
• 30-minute despawn timer
• Mini-Map Icon
Backpack Visibility
Added a world-space UI icon above dropped backpacks
Makes it easier to locate your items from a distance in 3D view
New death will not replace previous backpack.
🦠 Sickness System
Unsafe consumption now causes sickness instead of direct damage
Causes:
• Dirty water
• Rotten meat
Effects:
• Can reduce health total below normal limits
• Stamina drops to 0 briefly
• Green sickness overlay
[• Increasing coughing sounds [b]0.2.6 Update]
• Cured with antibiotics
💧 Water Systems
Dirty Water:
• Drinkable from sinks, toilets, bathtubs, showers
• Restores thirst but may cause sickness
• Respawns after ~6 in-game hours
Wells (New):
Players can now construct their own water wells to provide a renewable water source for their base.
Once built, players can hold the interact key on the well to drink water directly, restoring thirst.
Wells will consume stored water and slowly replenish over time, preventing unlimited use.
This allows players to establish long-term survival bases in remote areas without relying entirely on indoor water sources.
Buildable & world-spawned clean water source
Respawns after ~6 in-game hours
🥩 Food System Updates
• Rotten food now causes sickness instead of damage
• Better integration with survival systems
🧰 Crafting & UI Improvements
• Improved crafting readability
• Clearer resource requirements
• Added text labels above crafting icons
📦 Item Description Improvements
• Food, drinks, and medical items now show:
- Accurate stat changes
- Clear effects
💰 Old World Money
• Currency now appears in the world
Found in:
• Vehicles
• Corpses
• Will be used with traders in future updates
🎓 Tutorial System
• Added beginner tutorial covering:
• Movement & exploration
• Looting
• Water usage
• Inventory
• Crafting basics
📦 Storage Fixes
Fixed an issue where newly built storage containers could spawn with random loot
All player-built storage now start empty as intended
Fixed storage container names displaying with internal prefixes (e.g. object_box)
Container names now display correctly in UI
📦 Tutorial Improvements
Increased storage container slot size in the tutorial
Provides more space for new players to manage early loot
🧾 UI Improvements
Removed unnecessary item name text from resource material UI
Cleaned up duplicate or redundant text elements across crafting, inventory, and building interfaces
Improved overall UI clarity and readability
🖥 UI, Resolution & Accessibility
• Improved 2K / 4K UI scaling
• Better readability across displays
• Fixed missing control text
• General UI improvements
❤️ Developer Notes
This update directly addresses player feedback around navigation, inventory frustration, and survival clarity.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/3116480/discussions/
Thank you to everyone who has supported the game and helped shape its direction.
🚀 Update 0.2.6 — Major Survival Expansion (Roadmap)
Update 0.2.6 will expand the game with new systems, improved progression, and deeper survival mechanics.
🧠 New Player Experience Improvements
• New tips & hints system during gameplay
Guides players through:
• Looting
• Crafting
• Water sources
• Survival basics
🔪 New Early Weapons
• Bone Knife
• Wooden Club
• Spiked Wooden Club
• More early combat options coming soon!
📦 Item Description Expansion
• All items receive clearer descriptions
Helping players understand:
• Crafting uses
• Resource value
• Functionality
🌍 World & Loot Improvements
Loot Rebalance:
• Kitchens → Food
• Bathrooms → Water / meds
• Tool areas → Materials
More Lootable Objects:
• Increased number of searchable containers
💧 Survival System Expansion
• New water sources:
- Water barrels
• Clean bottled water added to vending machines
🐄 Animal AI & Food Sources
New animals planned:
• Chickens
• Pigs
• Cattle
• Birds
• Expands food gathering systems
💰 Traders & Economy
• Traders introduced
Players can exchange currency for:
• Food
• Water
• Equipment
⚔ Weapon Description Improvements
Weapon tooltips now display additional combat stats:
Damage — how much damage the weapon deals per hit
Speed — how fast the weapon can attack
Range — how far the weapon can hit enemies
This allows for better weapon comparison and decision-making during survival.
🛠 General
Minor backend fixes and consistency improvements
🧟 Infected Improvements
• New sound effects (including Hellhounds)
• More audio variation
• Animation improvements
• Hellhound physics fixes
• New Tank-style zombie boss
- Located in underground facility
🏗 Building & Base Systems
• Hold interact to destroy structures
• Zombies attack player-built structures
• Expanded structure health systems
🌧 Environment Improvements
• Rain system improvements
• Lighting baked across maps
• Fog improvements for atmosphere
🎮 Controller Support
• Improved controller compatibility
• Steam Input support investigation
• Fixed mixed UI input prompts
🚀 Looking Ahead
Update 0.2.5–0.2.6 represents a major step forward for End of Everything, improving survival depth, world interaction, and player experience.
More systems, content, and improvements are already in development.
⚠️ Save File Compatibility Notice
Please note that older save files may not automatically reflect all fixes or changes included in this and other updates.
Due to how certain world objects, systems, and placed items are saved, existing saves may continue using older data, which can cause some issues listed in the changelog to appear unfixed.
If you are still experiencing problems after this update, starting a new save file is strongly recommended to ensure all changes are applied correctly.
Thank you for supporting the project.
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Kind regards,
NekMinute
Solo Developer of End of Everything
Happy Dayz Games