Dustland — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Dustland Update v.0.2.0 | 2026-06-08 | What's New1. Migration to Tencent CloudGame servers and player data have been migrated to Tencent Cloud. This should improve connection quality and resolve login issues experienced by players in certain regions.2. No More Login ScreenThe login screen has been removed. New players no longer need to register with an email address or verify it through a confirmation link. Existing players will also be signed in automatically and will no longer see the login screen.3. Sortie Results WidgetA new widget showing sortie results has been added. It appears when you return to the Shelter and provides a summary of your most recent sortie. Enjoy the game! |
| Dustland: Maintenance | 2026-06-08 | Dear players, We are currently experiencing issues with game login and server performance. Our team is actively working to resolve the problem. Please stay tuned and follow our updates.Best regards, Dustland Team. Dustland Discord |
| Dustland: Maintenance Completed | 2025-10-08 | UPD: The servers are back online. The Dustland team apologizes for the inconvenience. Enjoy the game! Best regards, Dustland Team. |
| Dustland: Maintenance | 2025-10-07 | Dear players, We are currently experiencing issues with game login and server performance. Our team is actively working to resolve the problem. Please stay tuned and follow our updates.Best regards, Dustland Team. Dustland Discord |
| Dustland: Maintenance Completed | 2025-09-04 | UPD: The servers are back online. The Dustland team apologizes for the inconvenience. Enjoy the game! Dear players, We are currently experiencing issues with game login and server performance. Our team is actively working to resolve the problem. Please stay tuned and follow our updates. Best regards, Dustland Team. Dustland Discord |
| Dustland Update v.0.1.9 | 2025-06-16 | In this patch, we focused heavily on optimization. Our main goal was to resolve the issue of ping spikes as player count increases—and along the way, we’ve touched and optimized many core game systems. IMPROVEMENTS1. New mechanic: Shelter Lifeline. You’ll now receive radio messages when a storm clears, when another player activates the elevator, or when Lesley is pleased with your mission progress.2. Player limit on the map increased: 15 → 20. TUNING & OPTIMIZATION1. Fixed the issue with ping spikes. Ping should now remain significantly lower even with 5 or more players on the map.2. Optimized all lootable items.3. Optimized player character |
| Saltglare: A Distorted Reality Beyond the Edge | 2025-05-21 | After one of the most violent storms in memory, the residents of the Shelter noticed something strange: a familiar stretch of land had vanished. In its place lay a blinding white salt flat, scattered with radiant crystals, jagged rock formations and the husks of abandoned shacks—as if the entire landscape had been pulled from another world. The most astonishing part? No radiation. Nothing like what Dustland survivors have come to expect. But the first brave explorers who dared to cross the strange, shimmering boundary of the new region were instantly turned into crystalline statues. Beyond the shimmering boundary lies a world that defies Dust |
| Erast: A Mysterious Guide into the Saltglare | 2025-05-14 | A strange man has appeared in the Shelter—his skin paler than the robes he wears. He calls himself Erast. He’s taken up residence near the exit, claiming he can help anyone safely cross the border of the Saltglare. He speaks in cryptic phrases, but there’s something in his words—a knowledge no one else seems to possess. Erast claims to have found a way to resist crystallization, but for his methods to work, he demands rare components and strict adherence to the formula... |
| Dustland: Development Updates, Future Plans, and a New Region on the Horizon! | 2025-04-11 | wasteland wanderers! The Dustland team is hard at work, constantly improving your gameplay experience and pushing the project forward. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s cooking in our dev workshop: Optimization & Network Improvements We’re continuing to boost performance and enhance connection stability. By reducing incoming data packets and lowering ping, we’re making your time in Dustland smoother than ever. A New Monster Approaches Something terrifying is about to break into the world of Dustland. Development is in its final stages—get ready to face a brand-new threat! Shelter Lifeline Feature A brand-new in-game mechanic is fully developed an |
| Dustland: Important notice | 2025-03-30 | UPD: Friends, the issue with Dustland Early Access has been resolved! The game now correctly shows as being in Early Access, as it should. We appreciate your patience and support. Moving forward, new updates and content are on the way! Sincerely, The Dustland Team Friends, due to a technical error, Dustland has been taken out of Early Access. We are already investigating the situation and apologize for any inconvenience. The game is still in development, and we are continuing to work on improvements and new updates. Thank you for your patience and support! Best regards, Dustland Team. |
| Dustland Update v.0.1.8 | 2025-03-21 | Wanderers, welcome to the latest Dustland update! This time, we’ve boosted optimization, increasing FPS by 15–20%, and introduced a brand-new mechanic: Memory Scraps. Explore the world to uncover fragments of the past! We’ve also fixed bugs, enhanced locations, and added new sounds to make your journey even more immersive. NEW FEATURES 1. Optimized all game locations. In the Tutorial, the Shelter, and in the wasteland, the average FPS has increased by 15–20%. 2. New mechanics: Memory Scraps: By interacting with otherworldly entities, you can glimpse fragments of events from before and during the cataclysm. These visions feature the authors of |
| Dustland: Maintenance | 2025-03-21 | On March 21 at 15:00 UTC (16:00 CET / 18:00 МSК), the servers will be unavailable for one hour due to the installation of an update. The full list of changes will be published after the completion of preventive maintenance! Best regards, Dustland Team. Dustland Discord |
| Весенняя скидка в Dustland! | 2025-03-13 | Immerse yourself in a ruthless world where every day is a fight for resources and survival. Gather your friends, gear up, and embark on the most epic survival adventure of the season! Dustland is available at 40% off from March 13 through March 20! No partner? No problem! Find allies in our Discord community! |
| Dustland Update v.0.1.7 | 2025-03-13 | Wanderers, welcome to the updated Dustland! A lot of big changes and exciting improvements are coming your way! In this update, we've refactored parameters, improved their display in the interface, added support for ultra-wide monitors, fixed visual artifacts on Radeon graphics processors, made further adjustments to monster behavior, and much more. NEW FEATURES: 1. Character parameters refactored: All stats and bonuses now show more stable performance and are bug-free. 2. Character parameters widget overhauled: A new “Open Full Stats” button has been added, allowing you to take a closer look at the character’s stats. For example, you can now |
| Сoming soon | 2025-02-13 | Hey Wanderers! Here's what we’re working on for the upcoming Dustland updates! We’re continuing to improve monster behavior and plan to introduce a new monster to the game soon. We’re developing a new mechanic called Memory Scraps, which will expand Dustland’s lore and make exploring the region even more meaningful. We’re addressing the remaining in-game sound issues and have resumed work on implementing Russian voice-over. We’re refactoring several systems, including character parameters and the marker system. We’re actively working on the first major content update. We’re preparing a large batch of fixes and improvements. Stay tuned for mor |
| Dustland Update v.0.1.6 | 2025-02-07 | Wanderers, welcome to the latest update for Dustland! It includes fixes, balance changes, improvements, and a brand-new Portal Echo event. Learn about the changes, gear up, and venture into the unpredictable and dangerous wasteland! IMPROVEMENTS (NEW) New mechanic: Three Disguises. Three enigmatic masks have appeared in the Mysterious Room within Shelter, each can be upgraded using Insight Points. Each disguise offers the player a substantial bonus but also applies a debuff. New mechanic: the Portal Echo event. We are introducing regular events in the game, with start times synchronized to server time. The first of these events will be Portal |
| Dustland: Maintenance | 2025-02-06 | On February 7 at 10:00 UTC (11:00 CET / 13:00 MSK), the servers will be unavailable for one hour due to maintenance. We will be installing an update with new features and adding fixes and improvements. The list of changes will be published as soon as the maintenance is over! Best regards, Dustland Team. Dustland Discord |
| Сoming soon | 2025-01-31 | Hey Wanderers! Here's what we’re working on for the upcoming Dustland updates! Insight Points: We're getting ready to introduce a new feature that will enhance your capabilities! First in-game event: Soon, you’ll get a chance to participate in something unique—don’t miss it! Bug fixes: We're fixing movement-related issues to make your gameplay smoother. Ambient sound: We’re adding missing sounds for better immersion. Monster improvements: We’re continuing to optimize monster behavior. Content update: Work has already started on the first big content update! Stay tuned for more details, and have a great weekend, everyone! |
| Dustland Update v.0.1.4 | 2025-01-28 | Players, welcome to the latest update for Dustland! This patch brings improvements, fixes, and balance adjustments to make your journey through the grim wastelands more enjoyable. Let’s take a look at the key changes! IMPROVEMENTS (NEW) A new room has been added to the Shelter where you can learn about most of the game mechanics. You can now take shelter indoors during storms. Invulnerability has been added for players after they spawn on the map. You will now be invulnerable until you take an action or until the invulnerability timer runs out. The order in which quests become available has been changed. Lesley now first offers the tutorial q |
| Dustland: Maintenance | 2025-01-27 | On January 28 at 11:00 UTC (12:00 CET / 14:00 MSK), the servers will be unavailable for one hour due to maintenance. We’ll be rolling out an update with bug fixes, and the full list of changes will be published as soon as the maintenance is complete! Best regards, Dustland Team. Dustland Discord |
| The Three Factions of Dustland | 2025-01-15 | Survivors! From the character creation screen to a rusty box in an abandoned building out in the Wasteland, you’ve seen the names of the three main Dustland factions—the Marauders, the Murens, and the Tyrants. But who are they? What are their goals? Let’s find out. Faction Basics The cataclysm that left the land barren of anything but sand and monsters forced human survivors to team up. People started to organize themselves into groups based on their previous professional skills and specializations. Each group used their experience to survive and achieve their objectives. But now, people join factions not for their ideals, but to survive yet |
| Fixes in progress | 2025-01-09 | Survivors! Here's an update on some of the issues we're currenlty working on resolving as well as some tunings. Gradually adding missing sounds to the game, including Russian voiceovers, which are currently unavailable due to a bug. Enhancing the explanation of game mechanics to make them easier for players to understand. Adding a brief period of invulnerability for players after they appear on the map. Introducing the possibility to take shelter from storms inside buildings. Continuing to fix collision and texture issues on the map. Addressing recurring lag issues in the Shelter. Started developing a new feature involving the use of Insight |
| Happy New Year! | 2024-12-30 | The Dustland team wishes you a Happy New Year! Thanks to your incredible support both here in Discord and in-game, Dustland improves bit by bit every day! Of course, there's a lot more to come, and with you all by our side, we're confident that Dustland can continue to go from strength to strength! So from everyone here at Dustland, may 2025 be an amazing year, and we hope to see you in-game as we all explore the post-apocalyptic world that is Dustland! P.S. Don’t forget to check the storage crate back in the Shelter—there’s a special New Year’s surprise waiting for you! Happy New Year, Dustland!🎄✨ Dustland Discord |
| December 27th Hotfix | 2024-12-27 | Dustlanders! Today we've installed a small patch that fixed the following bugs: Fixed an issue due to which some quests could break player save files. Fixed an issue due to which it was possible to disassemble equipped weapons. See you in the Shelter! Dustland Discord |
| Merry Christmas, Dustland! | 2024-12-24 | Dustlanders! This year has been full of challenges and wonderful moments. Now, we’re on the starting line of 2025 and there’s a long road ahead to develop Dustland. We’ve achieved so much and will continue to improve with you, dear players! Our community means the world to us and in the coming year we wish to grow together. There’s going to be a lot to work on in 2025 and we’re looking forward to sharing it with as many of you as possible! Let no storm keel you over, stay safe, and have a marvellous Christmas! Warmest hugs from the Dustland team Dustland Discord |
| December 24th Patch Notes | 2024-12-24 | Dustlanders! In this patch, we’ve promptly addressed some of the issues and bugs that you helped us identify. Additionally, we’ve implemented several improvements to enhance your gameplay experience. Thank you to everyone who shared feedback and engaged with us on Discord and Steam! We remain committed to improving the game. Early Access is a crucial phase, where your input helps us refine the game with every update. Improvements Inventory Log: Items now display their name and quantity when added to your inventory. Streamlined Login: After account creation, you’ll be directed straight to the main menu, skipping the login screen. Account Restr |
| UPD: Known issues in the current game version | 2024-12-10 | Wasteland dwellers! Thank you for all your feedback since the game release! We're working on eliminating bugs and issues, and wanted to share a list of some of the problems currently in the works: Russian voiceover soon will be available in the game. It’s already fully recorded, we just need a bit more time to integrate it. We’re working on resolving sound issues in the game. With every hotfix, the number of missing sounds will decrease. Issues with the correct functionality and usability of the map (M) interface. An issue where the mission widget may stop displaying after switching between servers. An issue that makes adjusting mouse sensiti |
| Early Access release on December 9th | 2024-12-09 | Dustlanders! We’ve come a long way and have reached an amazing milestone: The game is finally out in Early Access! We’ve worked hard to get Dustland to this point, and it wouldn’t be possible without you, the players. You are an integral part of this process and will continue to be as we move forward. That being said, it’s important we understand that Early Access is still a work in progress. There will be bugs, glitches, various technical issues — you name it. If you see an issue that impacts your gameplay, report those nasty bugs as soon as possible, so we address them in a timely manner. Don’t hesitate to reach out, join our Discord, and l |
| Playtest on November 30th | 2024-11-27 | Welcome Survivor, Dustland returns with another playtest, giving you a chance to check out what the game will feel like, and if you've been a part of the previous playtests - to see how we've progressed. Save the date: Saturday, November 30th 13:00 UTC / 14:00 CET Important: The playtest will run until 16:00 UTC / 17:00 CET Playtest Goals The aim of this playtest is twofold. First, to test the game servers and how they perform under load, and second, to find - and fix - game bugs before we launch our early access. How to Get Access Please complete this form to get access to the playtest. Everyone who fills out the form will be contacted on th |
| Dustland: A Tale of Survival and Mystery in a Deserted Wasteland | 2024-10-25 | The History The land has become unrecognisable. Once fertile and lush land has become an endless expanse of sand, the sea that once dominated the view has dried up, and an endless scorching heat dominates the region. What happened? A cataclysm devastated the land. No one knows for sure what caused the cataclysm, some blame a military experiment gone wrong, while others whisper of mystical forces beyond the realm of human understanding. Whatever the cause, this part of the world - now known as Dustland - will never be the same. The cataclysm that devastated the land came in three parts and by the time it subsided, only a lucky handful of peopl |