We're happy to announce the upcoming launch of the new official PvP server — Fast PvP.



Fast PvP server is the new experimental server focused on the PvP aspect and team play instead of resource hoarding and tech development. It will also make the game more accessible for new players and in general for players that cannot dedicate as much time regularly. You will need to spend much less time gathering the resources/build the base/craft equipment and can focus on fights and raids non-stop which is the most fun aspect of the gameplay. Recovering after getting raided will also be much easier—hopefully, more players will stay and play, sustaining a healthy population.

1. 5X rate for resource gathering, crafting speed, skill XP, LP, slots capacity, items in radtowns, items from events, etc.
   
2. No need to unlock any technology—automatic unlock for everyone when the corresponding timegate is reached.
   
3. Timegates—new tech tier is unlocked every 24 hours (starting from Tier 3, basic+specialized technology groups and nodes insides their trees). The only exception is the T3 basic tier which will be unlocked in 4 hours after the server launch.
   
4. Weekly wipes (every Friday, usual time)—this server is super fast so resetting it regularly is essential. Otherwise, it would be impossible for new players to play here successfully just after a few days since the server launch.
   
5. Faction size limit — 20 members.
   
6. Faction claims limit — 20 land claims max (two per level).
   
7. Bosses will appear every 4-5 hours after the Tier 4 timegate is reached.
   
8. Location: Germany (same as the Global PvP server). Time-proved anti-DDoS protection is already deployed there.

25th February (this Friday), 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)

CryoFall R33 "Winter" Update is available now!


This time you will be able to explore the new Arctic biome full of new monsters and dangers. Make sure to pack warm clothes!


To go along with this new territory we have prepared several new monster types to make exploration a bit more difficult and also serve as a reliable way to obtain Keinite in the late game.


We will also finally introduce skins for energy and exotic weapons which have been requested by the players since the time skins were introduced in the last update. This should offer additional variety in the late game.


We have also come up with another small thing we can use to reward all of our supporters! Everyone who owns the Supporter Pack will receive a new set of unique weapon and armor skins provided exclusively to the Supporter Pack owners! These unique skins will be a permanent feature to all Supporter Pack owners, regardless of when you have purchased it or if you will purchase it in the future.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178321/CryoFall__Supporter_Pack/

First of all, we must highlight that the saved games are completely compatible with the previous (R31-R32) versions of the game. You can continue playing in your local worlds without worries.
The only caveat is that saves from previous versions of the game will continue to use the old world map, which does not have the new Arctic biome, and so there will be no new monsters and no other Arctic content. The only way to update the world map is to start a new game. Therefore, if you're playing on the local server we would recommend finishing the current saved game (escape the planet) and then using the New Game + feature with which your character will be transferred to a new world while retaining the unlocked skills, technologies, etc.

All the official servers were wiped with this update according to their schedule: Official PvP servers wipe every 3 weeks and official PvE servers wipe every 6 weeks. Please read the previous announcement for more details.
We welcome you to join all the newly started servers with the fresh economy and all of the new stuff introduced by the update!

Even though the R33 update is 100% compatible with the previous version's savegames, as usual, we're providing a legacy branch for the previous version client available if you intend to keep using it on a server that is not yet updated to R33. Just open game properties in the Steam Client, navigate to the BETAS tab, and select the "legacy-r32" branch.

Want to know more about the update? You can find detailed patch notes on our forums:
https://forums.atomictorch.com/index.php?topic=2064

Don't forget to join our Discord server to be aware of all the news and updates. We post a lot of upcoming content, features, and other interesting things there regularly and you can chat with us directly if you have any feedback: https://discordapp.com/invite/cryofall

We are finally ready to announce the release date of the next major update to CryoFall—next week's Friday, 18th February!


This time you will be able to explore the new Arctic biome full of new monsters and dangers. Also, make sure to pack warm clothes!


To go along with this new territory we have prepared several new creatures to make exploration a bit more difficult and also serve as a reliable way to obtain Keinite in the late game.


We will also finally introduce skins for energy and exotic weapons which have been requested by the players since the time skins were introduced in the last update. This should offer additional variety in the late game.


We have also come up with another small thing we can use to reward all of our supporters! Everyone who owns the Supporter Pack will receive a new set of unique weapon and armor skins provided exclusively to the Supporter Pack owners! These unique skins will be a permanent feature to all Supporter Pack owners, regardless of when you have purchased it or if you will purchase it in the future.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178321/CryoFall__Supporter_Pack/

First of all, we must highlight that the saved games are completely compatible with the previous (R31-R32) versions of the game. You can continue playing in your local worlds without worries.

The only caveat is that saves from previous versions of the game will continue to use the old world map, which does not have the new Arctic biome, and so there will be no new monsters and no other Arctic content. The only way to update the world map is to start a new game. Therefore, if you're playing on the local server we would recommend finishing the current save (escape the planet) and then using the New Game + feature with which your character will be transferred to a new world while retaining the unlocked skills, technologies, etc.

As for the official PvP and PvE servers, they will have their scheduled wipe as usual, though this time it's postponed by one week to synchronize with the update release.

We would like to remind you that the official PvP servers will have the next round of epic fights starting with the scheduled wipe on 18th February.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Likewise, all official PvE servers will also have their regular wipe on the same day. Unlike the PvP servers, however, PvE servers have their regular scheduled wipes every 6 weeks instead. Feel free to join any of the official PvE servers for a fresh round of economic and technological competition and race to reach the highest faction score on any of the regional PvE servers.

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)

Stay tuned!

We would like to remind you that the official PvP servers will have the next round of fierce fights starting with the scheduled wipe this Friday, January 21st.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)

As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 22nd January (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. By the way, community server CryoSmall North America has been wiped recently (last Saturday) and it's not too late to join it.

=== CryoFall v1.32.2.3 (R32 Patch #1) ===

Improvements:
- Crafting: Item preview will be displayed even for weapons and equipment which don't have any skins.
- Free skin progress: The game will notify you in the Main Menu when you can claim a free skin.
- Improved rendering for crate icons (especially when using low sprite quality setting).

Fixes:
- Fixed Laser sight pointing in a bit wrong direction.
- Fixed textures mipmap generation (some recipe icons, as well as all status effect icons, will appear much clearer without jagged edges).
- Fixed incorrect light source offset for Laser rapier.

This is a client-only patch. No server update is necessary and no new server distribution is provided.

First of all, we wish you a Happy New Year!

R32 "Customizations" Update is available now. This time we've introduced support for additional cosmetical customizations in the form of skins. When you craft almost any weapon or a piece of equipment you will be able to select one of several skins available for each. The skins don't affect anything except the appearance of the equipment.


This update offers both free skins obtained simply by playing the game, as well as some limited skins which you can unlock by participating in some events we might hold in the future or by playing the game during a particular period (we will announce when any such things will be happening), and obviously, there is a number of skins which can be purchased directly. Purchasing skins goes toward supporting the developers. Thank you!

Also, the good part is—to use skins you don't have to own them. You can exchange skinned items with other players or your friends freely. You can also loot them in PvP from defeated enemies. So, you can use all skins even if you haven't yet unlocked them or if you missed an event where a particular skin was made available.


Anyway, we are looking forward to seeing more visual variety in the game with this update! All without cluttering the tech tree with almost-identical items like was before this update. By the way, we have also updated visuals for practically all equipment and weapons to make them look even better.

Aside from the system explained above with this update we have also added a few pieces of content into the game as well as some new features. But the biggest change is our continued work on balance to make the game feel even more fun, be it solo or playing in multiplayer (you'll find a link to the detailed patch notes down below).

The saved games are completely compatible with the previous (R31) version of the game. You can continue playing in your local worlds without worries.

All the official servers were wiped with this update according to their schedule: Official PvP servers are wiping every 3 weeks and official PvE servers are wiping every 6 weeks. Please read the previous announcement for more details.
We welcome you to join all the newly started servers with the fresh economy and all of the new stuff introduced by the update!

Even though the R32 update is 100% compatible with the previous R31 version, as usual, we're providing a legacy branch for the previous version client available if you intend to keep using it on a server that is not yet updated to R32. Just open game properties in the Steam Client, navigate to the BETAS tab, and select the "legacy-r31" branch.

Want to know more about the update? You can find detailed patch notes on our forums https://forums.atomictorch.com/index.php?topic=2051

Don't forget to join our Discord server to be aware of all the news and updates. We post a lot of upcoming content, features, and other interesting things there regularly and you can chat with us directly if you have any feedback: https://discordapp.com/invite/cryofall

During the New Year event, you can craft a cloth hat with the free Santa hat skin! Just open the crafting menu on a workbench and select the cloth hat, you will find this skin available there. Hurry up as after a few days the skin will be gone until the holidays season next year!

Happy New Year!

We are finally ready to announce the release date of the next major update to CryoFall—this Friday, 31st December!

This time we are introducing support for additional customizations in the form of skins. When you craft almost any weapon or a piece of equipment you will be able to select one of several skins available for each.


This update offers both free skins obtained simply by playing the game, as well as some limited skins which you can unlock by participating in some events we might hold in the future or by playing the game during a particular period (we will announce when any such things will be happening), and obviously, there are a number of skins which can be purchased directly. Purchasing skins goes toward supporting the developers. Thank you!

Also, the good part is—to use skins you don't have to own them. You can exchange skinned items with other players or your friends freely. You can also loot them in PvP from defeated enemies. So, you can use all skins even if you haven't yet unlocked them or if you missed an event where a particular skin was made available.


Anyway, we are looking forward to seeing more visual variety in the game with this update! And yes, we have also updated visuals for practically all equipment and weapons to make them look even better.

Aside from the system explained above we have also added a few pieces of content into the game with this update as well as some new features. But the biggest change is our continued work on balance to make the game feel even more fun, be it solo or playing in multiplayer. Please check out our detailed patch notes with the full release of this update in a few days.

First of all, we must highlight that the saved games are completely compatible with the previous (R31) version of the game. You can continue playing on your local worlds without worries.
As for the official PvP and PvE servers, they will have their scheduled wipe as usual.

We would like to remind you that the official PvP servers will have the next round of epic fights starting with the scheduled wipe this Friday, December 31st.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Likewise, all official PvE servers will also have their regular wipe on the same day. Unlike the PvP servers, however, PvE servers have their regular scheduled wipes every 6 weeks instead. Feel free to join any of the official PvE servers for a fresh round of economic and technological competition and race to reach the highest faction score on any of the regional PvE servers.

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)

As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 1st January (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. By the way, community server CryoSmall North America has been wiped recently (last Saturday) and it's not too late to join it.

We would like to remind you that the official PvP servers will have the next round of epic fights starting with the scheduled wipe this Friday, December 10th.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)

We have received a lot of positive feedback about the last Global PvP round with incredible battles and the average online number frequently peaking over a hundred players! Just check this epic video shared by Yodes from [SNV] clan! But be sure to hold your monitor tightly—it may fall off the table with explosions shaking it when mechs are smashing each other with barrages of artillery shells!

NSFW: Warning, contains a lot of profanity in several languages :)

If you are going to try your luck playing on Global PvP you should absolutely join one of several large clans (they're actively hiring!) or create your own with your friends, otherwise, you are unlikely to have a chance there! ;)

As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 11th December (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. By the way, community server CryoSmall North America has been wiped recently (last Saturday) and it's not too late to join it.

=== CryoFall v1.31.9.2 (R31 Patch #8) ===

Event changes:
- Boss event duration shortened to 30 minutes (plus 20 minutes preparation timer on multiplayer servers only).
- Improved boss minions placement. Their spawn is properly randomized now.

PvP changes:
- Reworked loot from space debris event. We've increased the amount of T3-T5 ammo, added laser rifle and a few other items, mech components, and even bombs (very rare!). But most importantly, now you will obtain items of the actual technology tier or close to it instead of some random rubbish. E.g. when Tier 5 timegate is unlocked on the server the weapons and armor that you will obtain from space debris will be T4+. If Tier 3 timegate is unlocked you find only T3 weapons/armor, in T4 you will find only T4 weapons/armor.
- The game will forbid disassembling items on the Tinker table during raidblock (same as using Trash can is not allowed).
- Newbie-protected players are no longer able to interact with anything inside other player's land claims (the problem was that when they were able to sneak inside the base they took stuff from crates, furnaces, etc and once killed they will just drop the loot on the ground and nobody can pick it up as it's protected by Newbie Protection system).
- The boss will not spawn immediately after the event is announced. 20 minutes timer will start giving you time to prepare for the event. This is an experimental change: Please try and let us know—we're awaiting players' feedback to consider whether this change will stay.

Misc changes:
- Sprinkler: Reduced water consumption 3 times (single sprinkler will last for 5+ real-time days when filled to its full capacity and watering plants around it every hour).
- When you have a retina implant, the night vision from Nemesis mech and Super Heavy Armor will not activate automatically. Also, Nemesis mech will not activate night vision when you're mounting it during the daytime.
- Weapons for Nemesis mech will use Vehicle skill instead of Exotic weapons skill (other mech weapons were already using Vehicle skill).
- Building skill: Reduced amount of experience gained by building and deconstructing wooden walls (it was too easy to raise the skill level this way).
- Tinker Table: The amount of Maintenance skill experience gained by disassembling an item will be proportional to the amount of disassembled item compared to the amount from this item's recipe. E.g. if you disassemble 1 ammo that is usually crafted as 20 pieces, you will gain only 1/20th of skill experience.

Technical changes:
- Optimized texture loading (less frame stuttering when walking in large bases on weaker GPUs).
- The game will no longer use LocalAppData for its data (such as savegames) when the primary data folder exists (the primary location is: Documents/AtomicTorchStudio/CryoFall). IMPORTANT: If you're suddenly missing your local server's savegames, perhaps you have both game folders on your PC—one in %LocalAppData%/AtomicTorchStudio/CryoFall and another in your Documents folder (this may happen if the game was denied access to Documents folder and used %LocalAppData% instead). If this is the case, please transfer the contents of %LocalAppData%/AtomicTorchStudio/CryoFall folder to Documents/AtomicTorchStudio/CryoFall folder. For further assistance please reach us in official Discord or over email support@atomictorch.com

Fixes:
- When another player character is launched on a rocket the body remained visible.
- When repairing a pragmium reactor part on Tinker table a broken part appeared in the place of the second input slot.
- Fixed formatting issues in Portuguese-Brazil translation.
- If the savegame is corrupted the savegames list was unable to load. The issue is fixed now. The game will also clearly designate corrupted savegame files in the saves list and explain how to recover to the latest backup version. Please note: we're certain that savegame corruption cannot happen under normal circumstances, if you experience such an issue please check your disk with ScanDisk and CrystalDiskInfo or any other HDD SMART tool.

If you're hosting a community server, you need to install this patch to allow the updated client to connect. Please follow this guide to update your server: https://wiki.atomictorch.com/CryoFall/Server/Setup#Server_update.2Fupgrade_to_new_version

If you cannot connect to a community server because it's not updated, you can switch to the previous client version in Steam Client. Click with the right mouse button on the game in your Steam library, open Properties, select the BETAS tab, and choose "legacy-r31-1.31.8.2" in the dropdown menu.

Greetings, survivors!
It’s time once again for the annual Steam Awards. 2021 was especially exciting for us as it was the culmination of 5 years of hard work on CryoFall with the release of version 1.0.

We humbly request your support for CryoFall. Better With Friends category seems to fit naturally with our game! Even if we don’t win, it’s always an honor just to be nominated.

Pro Tip: If you haven't already, besides voting, leaving a review is part of obtaining a sweet badge from Steam, as well. We would be grateful for your honest opinions.

By the way, stay tuned for the news—we're working on some exciting things to share soon about the next update. If you want a sneak peek, please join Official Discord server and check the #upcoming-features channel!

Enjoy the game!
AtomicTorch Studio and Daedalic Entertainment