Happy upcoming holidays, survivors! In this New Year’s update: a new Syndicate season and a new event with a reward scale, a variety of brawls and a New Year’s event with lots of rewards on a special workbench, a new PvP map and a relic plasma emitter. And that’s not all! Join the festivities!
New season “Wasteland drift”
Attention! The season and Battle pass packs will be available until March 19 inclusive! On consoles, the Battle pass packs will be available from December 19, 10:00 GMT!
Special promotion! From December 19 to January 22 inclusive, if you buy the elite version of the Battle Pass or the deluxe edition of the “Slipstream” event pass in the official Gaijin store (PC), you will get a 20% discount for a second pass. For example, if you buy the elite Battle Pass, you will get 20% off the “Slipstream” deluxe event pass and vice versa. The promotion only works when both items are purchased separately, not at the same time
New parts of the season
“Uwabaki” wheels
- Rarity: epic.
- Light wheels.
- PS: 170.
- Tonnage: +1400 kg (+700 kg for steering).
- Cabin power: -6% (-12% for steering).
- Lets 15% damage through.
- Durability: 300 pts.
- Mass: 100 kg.
- Perk: for each enemy within an 80 m radius, the cabin power is increased by 50%. The maximum bonus is reached when 4 enemies are in range. The bonus stops working upon contact with an enemy car. The bonus doesn’t depend on the number of “Uwabaki” wheels, but significantly decreases with other mounted movement parts, except for rotors.
“Punji” turret
- Creates an energy stake at the aimed point. If another stake is placed within the 30 m radius, it automatically connects with the last placed stake, creating an energy field between them, which deals damage to enemies that pass through it. The energy field is created only between stakes placed by the same player. Has 2 charges. Only 4 “Punji” weapons can be mounted on a car.
- Rarity: epic.
- PS: 405.
- Launches: 10.
- Durability: 144 pts.
- Energy drain: 3 pts.
- Mass: 95 kg.
- Perk: when dealing damage, slows the reload speed and cooldown rate of enemy weapons by 40%, reduces the cabin’s power by 40% and limits the maximum speed of the armoured car (including when using boosters). The effect lasts for 3 sec.
“Fukibari” crossbow
- Shoots in bursts of 3 crossbow projectiles that fly on a ballistic trajectory and stick to the target. Enemies can shoot the projectiles off.
- Rarity: legendary.
- PS: 1800.
- Ammunition: 18 salvos.
- Penetration ability: 80%.
- Durability: 456 pts.
- Energy drain: 9 pts.
- Mass: 548 kg.
- Perk: the projectile deals periodic damage and heats up the part it is attached to.
“Oyabun” engine
- Rarity: legendary.
- PS: 200.
- Mass limit: +1500 kg.
- Maximum speed: +17%.
- Cabin power: +30%.
- Durability: 320 pts.
- Mass: 250 kg.
- Perk: if there is a significant loss of speed due to a collision, the power of the armoured vehicle increases by 100% and the reverse speed of wheels increases by 80% of standard. The effect lasts for 6 sec., cooldown 4 sec.
“Imugi” grenade launcher
- Fires slow projectiles that fly on a ballistic trajectory, attach to enemies and explode after a short timer expires. A salvo releases a burst of 4 projectiles.
- Rarity: legendary.
- PS: 2400.
- Ammunition: 15 salvos.
- Durability: 550 pts.
- Energy drain: 12 pts.
- Mass: 820 kg.
- Perk: if there is an enemy car within a 3.5 m radius away from the projectile, the projectile will be attracted to it and explode after a short interval.
“Satori” cabin
- Rarity: legendary.
- PS: 2400.
- Maximum speed: 98 km/h.
- Tonnage: 4700 kg.
- Mass limit: 8900 kg.
- Energy supply: 25 pts.
- Durability: 300 pts.
- Mass: 850 kg.
- Perk: increases the weapon damage by 20% when armoured vehicle is drifting. The longer the car is drifting, the greater the damage bonus, with a maximum of 40%. Works only with wheels.
Structural parts
General information
- There are 75 “main” levels with rewards in the season. Levelling up in the season will unlock new rewards.
- Starting from level 76, the player can unlock bonus rewards of “additional” levels of the rewards scale.
- During the season, the player receives a special resource — “Lighters”. A player can exchange a certain amount of accumulated “Lighters” without additional expenses for a part from the list of available parts or for other available items.
- After reaching level 122 of the season, the player receives 15 “Lighters” for each subsequent level if the Battle pass is purchased.
- At the end of the season, all unused “Lighters” will be withdrawn from the game.
- All players without exception can unlock:
- Recipes for the production of new parts and their upgraded versions during the season.
- 150 pcs. of “Lighters”.
- 100 in-game coins.
- A logo for banner customization.
- New structural parts.
- Resource containers.
- Engineer badges.
- A temporary recipe for the production of the “Ninjaduck”.
- 1 container with “epic” parts of your choice for the additional levels of the reward scale.
- Players who have purchased the Battle pass may receive the following:
- New crafted and upgraded parts. Please note that such parts are issued with certain upgrades and cannot be sold or bought at the market.
- 2 new portraits.
- Additional in-game coins.
- 1 container with “special” parts of your choice (for an additional level of the reward scale).
- Cosmetic items: paints, stickers, decor, hologram, hubcap.
- 1 “Storage expansion” and 1 “Blueprint storage”.
- Additional “Lighters”: both for the levels of the main scale and for additional levels of the season.
- New elements for banner customization.
- Rewards marked with a lock icon are only available with the Battle pass.
- Parts that you didn’t have time to unlock can be purchased at the in-game market from other players.
Season level up
- You can increase your level in the season by completing special daily and weekly challenges.
- At the end of the day, all uncompleted daily challenges are reset and replaced with new ones.
- Every Thursday, after the list of challenges is updated, all uncompleted weekly challenges are carried over to the next week.
- Weekly challenges of the season are divided into “main” and “additional” groups. At one time, 4 “main” and 2 “additional” challenges are issued.
- Try not to miss challenges to unlock all available rewards as soon as possible.
- When the season level is increased, the reward is issued automatically.
- You can still complete the regular daily and weekly challenges to gain badges and other resources.
New event “Slipstream”
Attention! The event will be available from December 19 to January 22 inclusive!
- Event levels and their corresponding rewards will be unlocked as you complete special challenges and earn event experience points.
- Event experience points are needed to unlock levels and receive rewards.
- As part of this event, you will receive new challenges: 1 main and 1 additional challenge.
- New challenges appear every day. All incomplete challenges accumulate.
- Basic event rewards are available to all players. These include:
- Gift armoured car “Reaver”;
- 2 paints, a background and an emblem for profile customization;
- 50 in-game coins;
- A number of stickers;
- “Hermit’s stash” container with a CK of your choice;
- “Scout’s container” with a random legendary, epic or special part.
- Resource containers;
- Engineer badges.
- All additional rewards (marked with an icon of a lock on a blue background) are available only to those who purchased the “Slipstream” pack (regular or deluxe edition). Purchasing the deluxe edition immediately unlocks the next 10 levels and all the rewards of the already unlocked levels.
- Purchasing the pack gives you access to:
- Certain already produced parts;
- Recipes for the production of certain upgraded parts on the event workbench;
- Additional in-game coins;
- 3 paints, a number of stickers and decors;
- Storage expansion;
- For each subsequent level, starting from 51, you will receive 120 in-game coins as a reward.
Attention! The “Slipstream” packs will be available on all platforms from December 19 to January 22 inclusive!
The “New Year” event and the “Workshop” workbench
Attention! The New Year’s workbench will be available from December 19 to January 15 inclusive!
- Throughout the event, players can participate in the special brawls listed below under “Game Modes” (except for “No brakes”) to earn crackers, and then exchange them and other parts/resources for various rewards.
- In addition to decorative items and many parts with upgrades, we would like to mention that you can get:
- The ability to produce the “New Year’s trophy” container, from which you can get one epic part of your choice.
- The ability to produce the “Duck treasure” container, from which you can get one random duck.
- The ability to produce the greatest treasure of the Wastelands, the “King duck”. You can then keep it as the crown jewel of your collection, or you can use it and the crackers to produce the “Judgment day arsenal” container, from which you can get one of the non-tradable relic parts.
- After the event ends, all crackers that have not been used will be withdrawn from the game, and you will not be able to exchange them for any items.
Exchange coins for structural parts
- From December 19 to January 22 inclusive, you will be able to exchange your coins for the structural parts you need under the “Crafting” — “Unique” tab. Have a closer look at the wide assortment and don’t miss the opportunity!
“Big Scorpions” brawl returns
Attention! The mode will be available from December 19 to December 25 inclusive!
- The “Big Scorpions” is a PvP brawl where players control the same preset armoured vehicles equipped with the “Scorpion” weapon, vertical boosters and “Right dash” and “Left dash” modules.
- The vertical boosters allow you to jump into the air for a short time, which is useful for confusing the enemy, evading fire, etc.
- Be careful: a direct hit from an enemy is practically guaranteed to destroy your vehicle.
- The goal is to destroy as many enemies as possible until the time runs out.
- The mode has respawns.
- The battles take place at winter locations.
- The reward for the battles of the mode is crackers.
Special challenges and rewards:
- Day 1: destroy 5 enemies in the “Big Scorpions” brawl. Reward: “Speeder’s container”.
- Day 2: complete 2 battles in the “Big Scorpions” brawl. Reward: 50 Engineer badges.
- Day 3: earn 1000 points in the “Big Scorpions” brawl. Reward: “Military reserve” container.
- Day 4: destroy 7 enemies in the “Big Scorpions” brawl. Reward: “Gift container”.
- Day 5: complete 3 battles in the “Big Scorpions” brawl. Reward: “Engineer’s container”.
- Day 6: earn 3 patches that are unique to the “Big Scorpions” brawl. Reward: 80 Engineer badges.
- Day 7: earn 2000 points in the “Big Scorpions” brawl. Reward: “Logistician’s container”.
PvE brawl “Christmas hunt”
Attention! The mode will be available from December 26 to January 8 inclusive!
- “Christmas hunt” is a team PvE brawl in which a team of survivors (4 players) will have to work together to fend off the waves of regular enemies and leaders and set records for the number of waves completed and points scored.
- Regular armoured vehicles, armoured aircraft and battle walkers can participate in the battle.
- The battle takes place on a special version of the “Ashen ring” map.
- The enemies use familiar armoured vehicles from other brawls.
- At the beginning of the battle, players are granted a limited amount of time.
- It can be increased by destroying waves of enemies and leaders as quickly as possible.
- Each destruction of the player’s vehicle results in the loss of a certain amount of time.
- The results of battles are recorded in the mode leaderboard and will be updated if you manage to beat your previous record.
- The reward for the battles of the mode is crackers.
Leaderboard
The best of the best will receive valuable rewards, depending on their position in the leaderboard at the end of the event:
- 1 place: 3 “Legendary merchant case” containers with a tradable legendary part of your choice.
- Places 2–4: 2 “Legendary merchant case” containers with a tradable legendary part of your choice.
- Places 5–12: 1 “Legendary merchant case” with a tradable legendary part of your choice and 1 “Epic merchant case” container with a tradable epic part of your choice.
- Places 13–100: 1 “Legendary case” container with a non-tradable legendary part of your choice and 1 “Epic merchant case” container with a tradable epic part of your choice.
- Places 101–500: 1 “Epic merchant case” container with a tradable epic part of your choice.
- Places 501–5000: 1 “Epic case” container with a non-tradable epic part of your choice.
Special challenges and rewards:
- Day 1: complete 2 battles in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Humanitarian aid” container.
- Day 2: destroy or help destroy 10 enemies in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: 2 “Rare stabilizers”.
- Day 3: deal 12000 damage in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Gift container”.
- Day 4: earn 2000 points in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: 50 Engineer badges.
- Day 5: destroy or help destroy 15 enemies in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Stickers package” container.
- Day 6: destroy 150 enemy parts in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Constructor’s container”.
- Day 7: earn 10000 points in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Mary Johnson” portrait.
- Day 8: deal 8000 damage in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Paints package” container.
- Day 9: survive 1 wave of enemies in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Military reserve” container.
- Day 10: earn 3000 points in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: 80 Engineer badges.
- Day 11: destroy 150 enemy parts in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Constructor’s container”.
- Day 12: destroy or help destroy 25 enemies in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: 2 “Special stabilizers”.
- Day 13: deal 12000 damage in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Gift container”.
- Day 14: earn 15000 points in the “Christmas hunt” brawl. Reward: “Jane Johnson” portrait.
Operation “Blackout” returns
Attention! The mode will be available from January 9 to January 15 inclusive!
- Operation “Blackout” is a PvP brawl where at first a small team of 2 “infected” players fights against a team of maximum 10 regular players.
- The operation takes place on the map “Waderkvarn factory” created specifically for this mode.
- The survivors start the battle on their own armoured vehicles. The first Ravager players and the “infected” players use the preset vehicles.
- Ravager visors are their weak point. Destroying the visor will temporarily disable the machine.
- Ravager vehicles are equipped with the “Argus” module, which will help them detect and destroy mines and other projectiles.
- The goal of the survivors is to reach the final point of the location, completing all the tasks.
- The Ravager team should prevent the second team from completing the tasks and “infect” as many players as possible by making direct contact with their vehicles.
- After being “infected”, the survivor joins the opposite team. Now their goal is to infect their former teammates.
- The reward for the battles of the mode is crackers.
Special challenges and rewards:
- Day 1: destroy 4 enemies in the Operation “Blackout”. Reward: “Paratrooper’s container”.
- Day 2: complete 2 battles in the Operation “Blackout”. Reward: 50 Engineer badges.
- Day 3: earn 450 points in the Operation “Blackout”. Reward: “Military reserve” container.
- Day 4: destroy 2 enemies in the Operation “Blackout”. Reward: “Gift container”.
- Day 5: complete 2 battles in the Operation “Blackout”. Reward: 50 Engineer badges.
- Day 6: earn 800 points in the Operation “Blackout”. Reward: “Memories container”.
- Day 7: earn 350 points in one battle in the Operation “Blackout”. Complete 2 times. Reward: “Logistician’s container”.
New brawl “No brakes”
Attention! The mode will be available from January 16 to January 22 inclusive!
- “No Brakes” is a PvP race in which players have to compete against each other in a 3 lap street race while evading the pursuit of the Wasteland police.
- The race takes place with preset cars. You can replenish your boosters fuel supply by successfully drifting.
- Initially, only AI players are on the police team. But if an AI player manages to get close to a racer and stay near them for a certain amount of time, the racer is considered to be arrested and switches to the police side. In this case, their goal is to catch the remaining racers on the track.
- The reward for the battles of the mode is wires.
Special challenges and rewards:
- Day 1: earn 3000 points in the “No brakes” brawl. Reward: “Orange sky” paint.
- Day 2: complete 3 battles in the “No brakes” brawl. Reward: “Humanitarian aid” container.
- Day 3: earn 500 points in one battle in the “No brakes” brawl. Complete 2 times. Reward: “Fishing rod” decor.
- Day 4: complete 2 battles in the “No brakes” brawl. Reward: “Number 13” sticker.
- Day 5: earn 5000 points in the “No brakes” brawl. Reward: “Dragon gaze” hologram.
- Day 6: complete 3 battles in the “No brakes” brawl. Reward: “Humanitarian aid” container.
- Day 7: earn 800 points in one battle in the “No brakes” brawl. Complete 3 times. Reward: “Final touch” hubcap with a hologram.
“Battle for uranium” returns
Attention! The “Battle for uranium” will last from December 23 to December 29 and from January 6 to January 12! The “Clan confrontation” will be unavailable during the “Battle for uranium”. The mode will be available during even hours (GMT time).
- Armoured cars with 7000–9000 PS can take part in the battles.
- The battles are held in the same format as in the “Clan confrontation”.
- By taking part in battles, players earn personal rating points and move up the leaderboard.
- The “Battle for uranium” on December 23–29 is available for single players and for groups of players. The “Battle for uranium” on January 6–12 is available for single players only.
Leaderboard
- For moving up the leagues, the player receives the following rewards:
- Iron: 50 Engineer badges
- Steel: 125 Engineer badges
- Bronze: 5 uranium ore
- Silver: 10 uranium ore
- Gold: 10 uranium ore
- When the stage ends, the best players in the “Legend” league will receive additional rewards according to their placement:
- 1 place: 250 uranium ore
- 2–4 places: 200 uranium ore
- 5–8 places: 150 uranium ore
- 9–20 places: 100 uranium ore
- 21–60 places: 80 uranium ore
- 61–100 places: 50 uranium ore
- 101–250 places: 30 uranium ore
- 251–500 places: 10 uranium ore
Special challenges for both stages:
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 1 time while having at least 1700 rating points. Reward: 1 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 2 times while having at least 1700 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 2 times while having at least 1725 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 2 times while having at least 1750 rating points. Reward: 1 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 2 times while having at least 1800 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 3 times while having at least 1850 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 2 times while having at least 1900 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 2 times while having at least 1920 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 2 times while having at least 1940 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 3 times while having at least 1960 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 4 times while having at least 1975 rating points. Reward: 2 uranium ore.
- Win a battle in the “Battle for uranium” 8 times while having at least 2000 rating points. Reward: 5 uranium ore.
Miscellaneous
- You can now create battles in “Arena” mode at the corresponding maps in the Game center.
- Improved the behaviour of AI players in game modes.
New map “New Fuji”
The map has an asymmetrical structure, which creates a memorable and diverse space and interesting game situations.
The main point of interest is the tower because of the capture point located by it.
The tower is also the source of impulse, which players can activate in “Encounter” mode by using a generator nearby.
The impulse temporarily gives allies a small increase in speed and power, as well as shows the location of all enemies on the map and disables their invisibility modules.
Activation is accompanied by the rise of energy cores. Once they are fully charged, the tower releases a pulse wave that affects the entire area around it.
After a while, the cores lower back, which means that the generator will soon be available for activation again.
Be careful near the elements of the destroyed power infrastructure:
and chasms:
You can get out of the former relatively easily, but no one can save you from the latter.
Miscellaneous
- Locations “Cursed mines”, “Wrath of Khan” and “Eastern Array” were adapted for battle walkers. Updated the map images of these locations.
Relic plasma emitter “Nemesis”
- Fires bursts of 5 projectiles made of overheated plasma that fly on a straight trajectory. Requires to be charged.
- PS: 2400.
- Ammunition: 85 salvos.
- Penetration ability: 30%.
- Durability: 360 pts.
- Energy drain: 8 pts.
- Mass: 332 kg.
- Perk: accumulates charges when the weapon is not firing for 1.5 sec. Each charge significantly speeds up the charging of one salvo. The maximum of 8 charges can be accumulated in 5 sec.
Balance changes
Devourer
- Common projectile damage reduced by 21.4%.
- Armour-piercing projectile damage is reduced by 13.3%.
- Explosive projectile damage reduced by 10%.
- Cooling projectile now freezes parts by 5% instead of 9%.
- Increased the number of hits required to activate the perk from 30 to 36.
- Optimal range reduced by 29%.
- Maximum range reduced by 33%.
Comment: extremely high efficiency of the weapon in Clan wars that needed to be reduced without waiting for the next balance changes update.
- Added Portuguese language option. Please note that the Portuguese translation of the game is still a work in progress, and we would be very grateful if the members of our Portuguese-speaking player community landed us their expertise and feedback. You can contact our localization team here: [email protected]
- Improved the sorting system for structural parts in the “Exchange” menu.
- The “Grenadier” drone now pertains to the Steppenwolfs faction instead of Firestarters.
- Improved the announcements’ layout in the “Coming soon!” banner.
- Thanks to the cooperation with artist Satxri, added three music tracks for the new “No brakes” brawl:
- HEADLINK x Satxri - Kariya Listen in Soundcloud
- Satxri - Shamisen Hunter Listen in Soundcloud
- Satxri feat. Thunder Monk - Twilight Samurai Listen in Soundcloud
- Improved the “Sinus-0” machine gun sounds.
- Fixed a bug that caused aim assist to function even if the car had no weapons, or they were lost during battle.
- Fixed a bug that caused the visual effect of the capsule in the “Next step” game mode to disappear if the player has left the battle.
- Fixed a bug that caused the sound effects to not change when zooming in and out on the car.
- Fixed a bug that caused the sound of crashing to disappear if the aircraft fell on the ground horizontally.
- Fixed a bug that caused the tracks sound effect to disappear when moving at low speed.
- Fixed a bug that caused the damage increase of the “Atitlan” co-driver to trigger before the charged talent was activated.
- Fixed an incorrect animation of a transmission belt of the “BWC Warrior” cabin.
- Fixed a bug that caused certain objects to be displayed from a wrong angle in the buy/sell window.
- Improved a number of in-game texts and icons.