Chat & Upgrade Tokens Update

0.13.0
6 October 2026
Areas
32 changes in this update

Added

8 changes
Chat
  • A new chat box in the bottom-left shows each player's avatar and title, with a profanity filter you can turn off in Settings

Voice
  • A speaker icon shows on the nameplate of whoever is talking on voice chat, and on your screen while you talk

Economy
  • Rare Tool and Perk Upgrade Tokens drop from geodes; each pays for one Upgrade Bench upgrade instead of cash and materials

Contracts
  • Your first three contract turn-ins each day have no wait; after that the board waits 5 minutes between contracts

  • Contracts can pay an Upgrade Token, and you're told when new contracts are ready

Perks
  • When a perk triggers, its icon and bonus pop off the block with a short sound (both can be turned off in Settings)

UI
  • The map and minimap show every player as an arrow pointing where they're looking, and show homes, the hub and districts as their own models

  • The loading screen shows a rotating gameplay tip under the progress bar

Improved

12 changes
UI
  • Each district shows its own model in the Trading Post list, fogged until you unlock it

  • Hopper cards show how many you hold as a count badge, like your inventory

  • The Hopper opens without a hitch the first time

  • The Players page shows each player's title beside their name

Tools
  • The Prism Railgun fires automatically while you hold the trigger, never reloads, and hits much harder and wider

  • The first tool you buy in each district is a bigger step up from the free one, later purchases are smaller steps, and the free hammer is a bit weaker

Power-ups
  • Meteor and Artillery strikes hit much harder and wider

  • The Shockwave Cannon breaks stone

Multiplayer
  • Explosions, fires, rebuilds and sounds far away from you no longer cost you frames

  • Block changes reach each player by area, so a busy district doesn't hold up everyone else's updates

World
  • A few power blocks sit on building surfaces, so some can be spotted without digging

Menus
  • The Discord button sits on the main menu card, and the title no longer bobs when you hover an option

Fixed

11 changes
UI
  • The Crafting Bench grid scrolls under its search bar without clipping the selection ring

  • The "Upgrade purchased" notification names the tool and the level you bought, with the tool's icon

Power-ups
  • Meteor ore clears for everyone when a district resets, keeps its color for other players, and no longer turns grass and flowers to stone

Multiplayer
  • Players who join later see nameplates and map markers for everyone who joined before them

  • Players beyond your view distance are hidden instead of standing on terrain that has already disappeared

  • The Contract Board foreman is dressed for every player, not just the host

Audio
  • A sound that would screech or never stop is cut off

  • Your own swing whoosh stays in front of you instead of jumping between ears as you turn

Homes
  • Your home loads facing the road on whichever plot you get, and placeables keep the way you turned them

  • When a player leaves, the ground they dug out or built into on their plot is put back

  • Standing on another player's plot shows whose home it is for everyone, not just the host

Removed

1 change
UI
  • The Go Home shortcut on the district panel; Your Home is on the world map