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This patch is focusing on fixes, balance, and improvements.

We're currently in the process of switching the VOIP service, which should fix all the existing issues and prevent new ones in the future. At the moment though, it had to be disabled to finish the setup. Once done, there won't be a need for a new patch, just a quick server restart, so no downtime. Shouldn't take more than a few days.

Just to get some things out of the way: there won’t be a January community devlog or a Q&A in this post. There’s enough to read through as-is! If you have something you’d like to ask the devs, head over to our Discord[discord.gg] and check out #announcements for a link to a submission form.

CHANGELOG & QA NOTES
Some Backstory

The ability to ignite containers in order to ... Read more

The whole team is back in the office after the holidays and are already hard at work! We’re excited to push our first patch of the year and introduce a few new things, plus some fixes and improvements.

CHANGELOG
STRUCTURES & BASES

-Added Giant Walls, as well as Giant Wall Gates. This additional type of base defense is geared towards clans protecting strategic locations in their claimed Oases.
This type of base defense is only available to the clan owning the Oasis.
-Added Giant Wall Packers: These structures are used to pack the new Giant Walls and Gates.
-Fixed being able to build Walls on Floors/Roofs by rotating them 180°.
-Updated Rupu Sling description.
-Fixed being able to build a Lumbermill while players are inside the placement hologram.
-Fixed Lumbermill not working with any tree except Redwood and Pine.

BALANCE

-Added Bent Wooden Planks: New resource which is utilized in the constru... Read more

Well, 2020 is finally over! And what a year it's been, huh?

A good chunk of the team took a much-needed break over the holiday, so no changelog or in-depth analyses of aspects of the design and dev process to be had here (sorry! There’ll be a patch next week).

Instead, I’m gonna get all sappy and dedicate this post to featuring you - the community.

Thank you for everything, but especially for sticking with us. We know we still have a ton of work to do (which we are, in fact, doing!), but we’re so excited for the future of Last Oasis.

Have to give an especially big shoutout to our Discord[discord.gg] community! Thanks for making every day interesting 👉😎👉

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This will be the last patch until January! We want the game to be stable over the holidays, as many of us will be taking a few days off to eat gingerbread cookies with some wine, so this patch is focusing on fixes and improvements. If it turns out an urgent fix is needed before January, we’ll still patch that in though, so don’t worry.

We hope everyone has a safe, healthy, and happy holiday time!



CHANGELOG
CLAIMING

-Forbid building above and below Proxy Walkers.
-Slightly reduced influence radius of Poaching Huts.

BALANCE

-Decreased Scattershot damage vs Hard and Soft armor.
-Rebalanced Ceramic Durability upgrades to better fit their tier.
-Made clay quality spots slightly more common.

INTERFACE

-Improved readability of... Read more

This week’s post is a bit shorter than usual, since we aren’t adding a feature that’s easy to show through video/GIFs.

Iron maps will start spawning once this update is live.

CHANGELOG
WALKERS
-Introduced dynamic module slots on all Walkers built with quality or upgraded with Flots. Allows for more diverse Walker builds and customization.
You can stack as many modules in a single slot as the module type allows, which consumes a Walker level. Alternatively, you can always spend a level on unlocking another module slot to diversify your build.
-Enabled ownership transfer for Proxy Walkers.

BALANCE
-Decreased Flotilla trade tax to 2% from 5%.

INTERFACE
-Added a grid overlay to the local map.
-Tweaks to Graphics Settings UI, all options should show up normally now.

POINTS OF INTEREST
-All rupu camps should now properly sink into the sand.

OASES
-Re-introduced Killin to the Asteroid Crash... Read more

We're releasing a content push tomorrow (Dec 10) at the usual time, 2 PM CEST / 8 AM ET! This will introduce iron maps, plus a few other additions, fixes, and improvements that will be discussed in their own post. Server downtime should be about an hour.





Screenshots by ... Read more

We’re bundling our Community Devlog with this week’s content push since we had some bigger posts for Season 2: the Poaching Hut and Hard Maps!

To allow for a more fair progression, we’re doing a slow rollout with hard maps like we’ve done in the past! We’re going to start spawning them this Friday, so get ready!

We use this approach because we feel it aligns well with player progression. Sure, there are some groups that may have been waiting for Hard maps for longer than others, but transitioning over time rather than all at once means that more dedicated groups don’t just steamroll to the end right at the start of a season and that there is an overall more fair progression pace.

CHANGELOG
CLAIMING

-Added Poaching Hut - This placeable will allow the owner to reap harvesting bonuses from the area around it, poaching the resources from the owners of the oasis.
-Re-enabled the ability to transfer Proxy Walkers to the clan.

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Season 2 is about to arrive! Servers will be up at 5 PM CET / 11 AM ET.

If you’ve been playing on BB, remember to switch back to the main branch!




One of the questions we’ve been asked is “How are you feeling about the current state of the game? Do you think it’s creating meaningful gameplay?”

This felt like a great topic to address, especially ahead of wipe and the start of Season 2.

From the desk of the one and only chadz:

With the next season about to start, I thou... Read more

We’re doing one last content push to the Beta Branch before everything is brought over to the main servers during the wipe this Sunday (which happens at 5 pm CET / 11 AM ET).

This post is just going to cover what’s in this push, and we’ll have a more in-depth post on Sunday.

To repeat a few important points:

-This is a full wipe of the main server and private servers.

-BB will be closed for the time being, but will open again in the future.

-Season 2 does not mean a full release. Xbox is also not a full release.

This week, alongside many other additions and improvements, we’re introducing a Small and a Large Base Walker Packer - allowing you to pack small Walkers and Walkers of any size respectively. They can be built only in bases due to their structure and should allow for more convenience and utility when owning a base, both for switching between Walkers and when moving to another oasis.

CHANGEL... Read more

Well, Nomads, the day has finally arrived: We’re announcing the date for wipe, plus sharing our plan for Xbox release!



XBOX RELEASE
Since our Early Access release back in March, we've been showered with requests to make the game available on consoles and today we're finally ready to announce that by popular demand, Last Oasis will be coming to Xbox One as well as the next generation Xbox Series X and Series S in Q1 2021.

More so, the game will support cross-play from day one, allowing everyone to play together regardless of the platform on both official and private servers. Whether you prefer keyboard and mouse or a trusty controller, you'll be able to experience the game equally and with fully synchronized updates across the board.

We'll keep you updated on the ... Read more

This week’s content push introduces another new Walker: the Balang Walker!

Base decay is now active, so make sure your Maintenance Chests are filled!

CHANGELOG
BALANG WALKER

- Added Balang Walker.

OASES

- Added dueling arena to Trade Stations.

STRUCTURES

- Added structure renaming.
- Added moving/packing to the maintenance box.

BALANCE

- Overhauled all the loot in Ancient City.
- Made scattershot hits ungrapple players.
- Made Defensive Tower constructions decay if not built.
- Rebalanced costs of ceramic Walker upgrades.
- Reduced free redeploy cooldown from 24 to 12 hours.
- Increased claim vulnerability window from 1 to 3 hours.
- Rebalanced costs of all Clay and Concrete base structures.
- Made empty Founder Walker cores require maintenance.

FIXES

- Fixed VoIP. Definitely.
- Fixed chairs pushing... Read more

This week, we’re introducing the new Ancient City event map, plus the Hercul Walker!

CHANGELOG


OASES

- Started spawning Ancient City event map.

WALKERS

- Added Hercul Walker - Torque! Now in industrial amounts!
- Made it possible to only spawn on 1 selected crew Walker.
- Increased max Walker crafting level cap to 20.
- Made Walker crafting level price increase quicker.

BASES

- Added bases decaying without maintenance (starting early next week).
- Added Maintenance Chest for bases.
- Improved base combat timer to avoid abuse (walls, floors, etc.).

CHARACTERS

- Increased redeploy cooldown to 24 hours.
- Increased redeploy cost to 500 flots.
- Added an option to spawn in offmap lobby.
- Removed spawning close to death location.

BALANCE

- Added Hardened Hellfire Bolt - Soft armor and burns 3 times faster... Read more

We’d like to remind you that all the changes on the Beta Branch are experimental and in relatively early states, so it’s entirely possible that there will be significant changes to one aspect or another before the update goes live on public servers. We’re constantly reading your feedback and discussions, and checking statistics on everything that’s going on in the game to potentially balance or even overhaul some of the features.

There’s some exciting things coming in November and beyond, and we can’t wait to share more soon!

To kick things off, we wanted to say Happy Halloween, Nomads! We have two treats for you:

First, Last Oasis is available for 34% off until November 2nd!

Second, we have a new narrative cinematic to share: Possession.

Jakub, our video editor, made this just ... Read more

Post will be short since there will be a Community Devlog tomorrow!

Coming this week to the Beta Branch: the Battle Fan!

Hard maps are also being added. Event maps, including the Ancient City, will be added next week!

CHANGELOG
BATTLE FAN

- Added Battle Fan that sucks and blows.

COMMERCE

- Made all Tablets tradeable.
- Made auctions prolong when someone bids.
- Increased all auction starting prices.
- Made all scouting quests more difficult.
- Slightly buffed rewards for bringing items quests.
- Tweaked prices and quantities of items at merchants.

WALKERS

- Actually added Heavy Legs to Buffalo and Hornet.
- Actually added Armored Legs to Buffalo, Hornet and Stiletto.
- Made Silur Walker top hatch easier to enter.

BALANCE

- Made all non-base structures have Soft armor.
- Made all weapons damage Soft armor (except beatstick).
- Increased Rup... Read more

The BB is going to be continuously updated. This means fixes and changes could be implemented at least weekly. We know that there are going to be bugs in the Commerce Update that’s available on the BB, and that there’s room for polish. Everything in the BB is subject to change. Keep that in mind when you launch the branch!

The BB will be up for around a month. We want to do plenty of testing before we bring the update and changes over to the main branch, and that will take some time.

To access the Beta Branch:

-Right click Last Oasis on Steam
-Select Properties > Betas
-Choose betabranch from the list.

It will switch to the new branch and update the game.

KEEP IN MIND: There are things shown in the trailer that may not be available in-game just yet. For example, t... Read more

We know there was some confusion surrounding why we're delaying the wipe, and we wanted to answer some of the questions we've seen.

Q: WILL THERE STILL BE A WIPE?
A: Y E S. We are still planning on wiping the game, just not in October like we originally stated.

Q: OKAY BUT WHEN IS THE MAIN BRANCH WIPE GOING TO HAPPEN?
A: We don’t have an exact date yet for the main branch wipe. We want to open up the beta branch first and see how that goes before we set any date. Once we do know when we want a wipe to happen, we’ll give plenty of heads up.

Q: WHAT IS THE PTR AND HOW WILL IT WORK?
A: We’re going to be calling it “BB” for Beta Branch instead of “PTR”. The main difference is that this branch will be active for a longer duration than PTR, which would run only for a few days, and also that BB will be getting periodic updates up until it becomes official with a wipe. It will also have a full-sized dynamic realm j... Read more

CHANGELOG

- Added Volcanyon map.

VOLCANYON





We're introducing a new map, combining various aspects of other maps and some new twists on top: the Volcanyon. This one incorporates bits and pieces from the Canyon and the latest Volcanic map, while also having some unique areas that have a special feeling and provide new gameplay opportunities.



COMMUNITY QUESTIONS

There’s a Community Update coming out tomorrow (Thursday), so we won’t have a Q&A in this post.

... Read more

CHANGELOG

- Added Panda Walker!
- Fixed various unpacking ownership issues.

NEWS ON THE COMMERCE UPDATE

We've been preparing for the Commerce Update and reading your feedback, and we'll be opening a new permanent Beta Branch to test all the changes. All new upcoming updates, including Commerce, will be going to the new branch, while the main branch will stay with a stable version up until all the changes are fully tested and approved.

What it means in practice is that official servers will not be wiped in October and you'll be able to play there normally. Instead, the new branch will be launched on the same date (still TBA) with all the changes we're planning for the Commerce Update. You'll be able to freely choose which version you want to play on at any point and both will fully work with dynamic tile burns and map numbers.

Our intention with this approach is to be able to test and improve on all the core ch... Read more

CHANGELOG


BOMBS

- Added Cluster Bomb.
- Added Healing Bomb.
- Added Insects Bomb.
- Added equipment durability damage to the Sulfur Bomb.
- Made Chalk Bomb a smoke screen by removing damage.
- Improved performance optimization of bombs and gases.
- Improved visuals of bombs and gases.

FIXES & TWEAKS

- Adjusted UI elements of player/clan name overlay.
- Fixed being able to unpack things close to enemy bases.
- Fixed Slingshot not working with Ammo Chest properly.
- Fixed Camelop's protection bubble.
- Fixed Camelop continuing to pump after destruction.
- Fixed enemies being able to activate the Camelop pump.
- Fixed some missing item descriptions.
- Fixed water particles interaction with players.

BOMBS

This week, we’re introducing three new bombs! There’s the Cluster bomb, the Healing bomb, and the Insect bomb.


... Read more

CHANGELOG

- Added Camelop Walker.

FIXES

- Fixed whole lakes being highlighted when looking.
- Fixed some water lake visual issues.
- Fixed not being able to build in some lava map areas.

CAMELOP WALKER



We heard the feedback that collecting lava could be a better process. Introducing: The Camelop Walker, named after an extinct genus of camels, which acts as a pump to help with farming lava (and water!). It can hold very large amounts of liquids, but doesn't have a proper deck, so cannot be spawned on.

Pumping water is straightforward and relatively safe, but lava requires a smart approach and planning, as this fragile Walker can be damaged by it unlike most others. While it will be a challenge to overcome for those who want to acquire very larg... Read more