Unturned Dev Tracker

This survey ran near the start of 2024 to collect feedback on what the Unturned community most wanted to see during the year. Thank you to everyone who participated!

We plan to use these responses to help guide Unturned’s development throughout 2024. For each of the survey questions, we’ve compiled the top responses so that you can see what feedback is popular amongst other players, too!

Which areas of the game do you most want updated?

The top five most popular responses were:

1. Vehicle improvements (57.2%)
2. Movement and input improvements (43.7%)
3. Crafting system improvements (41%)
4. Skills overhaul (35.6%)
5. Vanilla map adjustments (35.1%)

These all sound like a lot of fun to work on to me. I’ll be starting with the vehicle improvements! A lot of the foundational improvements to the game over the p...

It’s a race to the finish line, and it’s your chance to win in this racing event’s 11ᵗʰ season being hosted by Lucky Gamer LVR. Sign up, qualify, and compete in multiple races against other players.

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Stats from the Internet server list for Unturned in 2023.

Partway through 2023 I mentioned I’d started preserving the server list stats. Several map developers expressed interest in making this data available to see which maps are most popular online, so here we are! You can download the csv (spreadsheet) for the day-by-day data used to generate the graphs – the graph images are only intended to show a quick overview.

Note: The Unturned client doesn’t track any analytics. This data only includes public Internet servers advertised through the Steam server list. Anybody can record this data. For example, ...

Join a 3-day event starting—on January 5ᵗʰ and finishing on January 7ᵗʰ—hosted by LiamDoesGame, Akos, and RBMKBlaze. 20-man teams will battle, form alliances, and raid each other in order to win this event.

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EVENTures Global is hosting its last Unturned event of the year, with 12 golden skins to give away to the winning teams! Teams of 4 will rack up as many points as they can to win within your region of the event.

EVENTures Global (previously known as Unturned Events) will be hosting its last Unturned event of the year! It is free to enter, and open to all players. Thanks to Nelson and the SDG team, we have 12 golden skins to give away to the winning teams!

In teams of four, you will have three matches to rack up as many points as you can to win your region of the event.

10 teams of 4 will drop in from a plane high above Moscow, and have an hour to gather as much loot as th...

Hello again, survivor!

Do you like mapping? Modding? Potentially winning your choice of a fancy and exclusive trophy skin for your hard work?

Well then, the now-live Unturned 2023 Summer MapJam is for you!

This year, it’s themed around “nostalgia”.

Inte...

Hello again, survivor!

Do you like mapping? Modding? Potentially winning your choice of a fancy and exclusive trophy skin for your hard work?

Well then, the now-live Unturned 2023 Summer MapJam is for you!

This year, it’s themed around “nostalgia”.

Interested? Check out the ...

Featuring the More Farming Mod, the speedrunning community, what’s next for Buak, and other community endeavors!

What’s next for Buak?

We hope everyone has been enjoying the release of the latest curated map!

Buak has received several updates since its release to rebalance existing content, as well as add new items. The latest update introduced a bunch of new base building items, but more content updates are planned for the map’s future.

A small update to the map is planned to release today, adding a new lever action shotgun, along with various tweaks and fixes.

If you haven’t visited Buak yet, there’s a lot of resources to help get you started on your playthrough. Official guides are available for for ...

Featuring the More Farming Mod, the speedrunning community, what’s next for Buak, and other community endeavors!

What’s next for Buak?

We hope everyone has been enjoying the release of the latest curated map!

Buak has received several updates since its release to rebalance existing content, as well as add new items. The latest update introduced a bunch of new base building items, but more content updates are planned for the map’s future.

A small update to the map is planned to release today, adding a new lever action shotgun, along with various tweaks and fixes.

If you haven’t visited Buak yet, there’s a lot of resources to help get you started on your playthrough. Official guides are available for for ...

This gets a big facepalm so I decided to write what happened.

For the Pride Month event and the Firefighter Plushie launch there were supposed to be banners on the main menu. Nobody noticed they were missing because only I knew they were setup, and I didn’t notice them missing because the “live config” settings were being loaded locally. Fortunately this came to light before too long when Molt pointed out WeslieG’s arena event banner wasn’t working. Here’s how they were supposed to appear:

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This gets a big facepalm so I decided to write what happened.

For the Pride Month event and the Firefighter Plushie launch there were supposed to be banners on the main menu. Nobody noticed they were missing because only I knew they were setup, and I didn’t notice them missing because the “live config” settings were being loaded locally. Fortunately this came to light before too long when Molt pointed out WeslieG’s arena event banner wasn’t working. Here’s how they were supposed to appear:

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Hello, competitors!

The Unturned Events community is hosting a PvP event on the new Buak map! Participate for a chance to win exclusive trophy skins for you and a friend.

This is a free-to-enter PvP tournament being hosted by the Unturned Events community, taking place on July 15. Sign-ups are currently still open, but there’s not much time left before they close. The event has qualification-style matches of 30 players each, with each match being an arena-style battle where the border closes over a 1-hour period. There are separate North American and European matches to give most players a chance to play.

The event will be streamed ...

Hello, competitors!

The Unturned Events community is hosting a PvP event on the new Buak map! Participate for a chance to win exclusive trophy skins for you and a friend.

This is a free-to-enter PvP tournament being hosted by the Unturned Events community, taking place on July 15. Sign-ups are currently still open, but there’s not much time left before they close. The event has qualification-style matches of 30 players each, with each match being an arena-style battle where the border closes over a 1-hour period. There are separate North American and European matches to give most players a chance to play.

The event will be streamed ...

All of the changelogs from the 8th anniversary (2022-07-07) through the 9th (2023-07-07) merged in one place!

I thought it might be interesting to see all of the updates in one place, albeit slightly difficult to read. The Added and Changed sections in particular may contain some useful features that were easy to miss unless you scoured every single news post. I removed a few redundant changes like Unity versions that were reverted.

There are some behind-the-scenes changes that never got mentioned because they’re irrelevant to anyone except me, for example cosmetics fully use GUIDs rather than legacy IDs now. GUID support is still the limiting factor on new vanilla content, but progress steadily ticks away there.

I think a big turning point will be when/if I rewrite the inventory/item features. I avoid API-breaking changes as much as possible, but there was a suggestion earlier this year...

All of the changelogs from the 8th anniversary (2022-07-07) through the 9th (2023-07-07) merged in one place!

I thought it might be interesting to see all of the updates in one place, albeit slightly difficult to read. The Added and Changed sections in particular may contain some useful features that were easy to miss unless you scoured every single news post. I removed a few redundant changes like Unity versions that were reverted.

There are some behind-the-scenes changes that never got mentioned because they’re irrelevant to anyone except me, for example cosmetics fully use GUIDs rather than legacy IDs now. GUID support is still the limiting factor on new vanilla content, but progress steadily ticks away there.

I think a big turning point will be when/if I rewrite the inventory/item features. I avoid API-breaking changes as much as possible, but there was a suggestion earlier this year...

In less than two weeks, Buak will be open to visitors! Explore the large, mountainous island of Buak, with all of its towns, secrets, and spooks. Do your best to survive on this new curated map, and get an additional sneak peek at some locations below.

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In less than two weeks, Buak will be open to visitors! Explore the large, mountainous island of Buak, with all of its towns, secrets, and spooks. Do your best to survive on this new curated map, and get an additional sneak peek at some locations below.

This post isn’t about Unturned (II, 3, or 4.0). This post is focused on my mental health, and the follow-up to my Unturned II Development Paused post from a bit over a year ago.

I’ve tried a few different therapists in the interim, but finding the right match has proven challenging. I’d hoped by now that I’d feel comfortable sharing more for the sake of mental health aw...

This post isn’t about Unturned (II, 3, or 4.0). This post is focused on my mental health, and the follow-up to my Unturned II Development Paused post from a bit over a year ago.

I’ve tried a few different therapists in the interim, but finding the right match has proven challenging. I’d hoped by now that I’d feel comfortable sharing more for the sake of mental health aw...

June is Pride Month, and it’s a great opportunity to celebrate LGBTQIA+ pride and some community-made content. Let’s celebrate Pride Month together – learn about the in-game celebrations for pride, along with showcasing some of the amazing work of community members.

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