In Super Animal Royale Tonight Episode 4, you might have noticed Donk and Howl running through a new region of the island, and as of today’s update you can now play in the caves of Superite Mountain!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDhRO0imRkw&list=PLSsDwH8E5MUK7YGiMUEMIj5wFCB9kBx7K&index=5
Superite Mountain and its cave system is one of our biggest map updates yet, filled with backstory to discover and narrow passageways to fight in! And it’s not the only part of the map that has changed. We’ve also overhauled the rest of the island to include more loot in less dense areas, and special story-related additions that we’ll let you discover on your own. You might just meet a familiar NPC!


It’s only fitting that alongside the caves, Super Bats are joining the fight as our second level 30 breed in the Research Lab! And although the prisoner from SAR Tonight 4 claims he’s not a rat, you can now fight for the top of the food chain as a Super Rat or Mouse, available to create in the lab at level 10.

We also have plans to refine the Research Lab soon in a future update, so level 30 base animals will unlock quicker once that update is complete. In the meantime it'll be an extra significant achievement to be one of the first few who earns the Super Bat!

The handling of hamsterballs has been refined and improved! Hamsterballs now bounce off walls and environmental objects, so now rather than coming to a standstill you'll be able to bounce on your merry way! You can now parachute longer and further than before to reach points of interest further away from the Giant Eagle's flight path.

Shhh: a new, quieter roll has been added while holding CTRL. The Super Stealth Roll can be activated by rolling while you’re sneaking, allowing you to move quickly into cover while keeping things stealthy. Your roll may be quieter, but you’ll still make some sound and attentive Super Ears will be able to hear it if they’re paying attention.

You can gather up your packs for our Squads test weekend from Friday, June 28th to Monday, July 1st! We’ll be disabling Duos in the meantime, but it’ll return on Tuesday.

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It's a packed update! Here's everything that we've added (minus some surprises):

• Superite Mountain & Caves (including our first NPC)
  
• Additional loot spots, houses and tents in less dense parts of the map
  
• Lots of story elements to discover

• Super Rat
  
• Super Black Rat
  
• Super Albino Rat
  
• Super Spotted Rat
  
• Super Mouse

• Super Bat
  
• Super Navy Bat
  
• Super Shadow Bat
  
• Super White Bat

• Squads is back until Monday July 1st.
  
• New movement mechanic: roll while creeping to perform a "Creep Roll". Quieter than a normal roll while still providing a nice speed bonus.
  
• Hamster ball adjustments: balls now bounce when impacting walls.
  
• Parachuting now lasts longer and has faster movement speed.
  
• Fix for bots getting stuck in some houses.
  
• SAW Security Uniform added to item drops.
  
• Newspaper melee weapon added to item drops.
  
• Shirakami Fubuki's items have been added as regular item drops. This includes the Corn melee weapon and Shirakami Scarf.
  
• Praise banan.

Thank you so much for supporting us and being the most amazing game community ever! Your kind reviews and sharing of the game help so much. We can't wait to play with you all this weekend and hear your feedback on the update. Join us in Discord to chat directly with us: https://discord.gg/animalroyale

Hello Super Animals caged and free, this is a completely legitimate episode of Super Animal Royale Tonight! Check out the top highlights from the island and watch closely for a sneak peek at what we have in store for you next week. This was our most ambitious episode yet, so we hope you enjoy it!!

Thanks to all of the talented Super Animals who submitted clips for this episode! If your clip was selected or you were featured prominently in a selected clip, we have exclusive SAR Tonight in-game items for you! DM Bob on our Discord, with the timestamp of the clip you're in and your Steam username and he'll hook you up with an item.

https://youtu.be/pDhRO0imRkw
...and if you missed the previous episodes, check out the full playlist of episodes 1-4 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3WiHu7C1Ts&list=PLSsDwH8E5MUK7YGiMUEMIj5wFCB9kBx7K
We've been working on next week's update for a long time, so we're super excited to debut brand new points of interest on the island, filled with history and tight indoor corridors. And next week's update will also include new gameplay mechanics, new Super Animals, and more! As always, building this game is a collaborative process with you so the update also includes refinements based on your feedback and we can't wait to hear your feedback once you try out everything new!

Join us in Discord to lend your feedback directly and shape the development of the game!
https://discord.gg/AnimalRoyale

See you on the island tonight for some games!

Our latest update is live! The new Super Ferrets and Super Hedgehogs have joined the fight, and they’ve brought with them rainbow hats and umbrellas so you can show off your Pride in-game! Just enter the code “love” in the main menu to unlock them.

This update is on the smaller side as we prep for a major new update in 2 weeks, but we hope you enjoy all the new animals and items!

• Super Ferret (level 5) and Super Hedgehog (level 20) join the fight. Each has 3 additional Super Animal breeds to create as well!
  
• Rainbow items are here! Use coupon code love in the menu to redeem them and show off your Pride!
  
• Squads mode is back until Sunday June 16.
  
• Shirakami Fubuki will be streaming at 10pm local time in Japan (6am PDT) on Friday, June 14th, and she’ll be revealing two new items on her stream that we made just for her! Watch live for a chance to get them.
  
• Made an improvement to the issue of ghost bullets: the game client will accelerate enemy bullets so they match the actual bullet on the server. We evaluated several different ways we could improve it, as clientside movement is a large part of it, but this should be a good first step.
  
• Hamster ball hitbox adjusted to better match its shape and size.
  
• Skunk grenades now drop from mole crates.
  
• All grenades and tape now have a 3-pack visual.
  
• Fix for bots sometimes not targeting closer enemies.
  
• Bots walking through walls should be fixed but let us know if you still see it happen.
  
• Bots shouldn't clip corners as much now.
  
• Russian translation fixes.
  
• Newspaper melee weapon updated.
  
• And we have a couple more special item surprises for over the weekend ;).

A new weapon has arrived (feathers included). The new Deagle gun comes in epic and legendary varieties, with legendaries being exclusive to mole crates. The epic (purple) version of the deagle replaces the epic magnum, and one of its most significant differences from the magnum is that it can remove 2 ticks of armor per shot. Deagles provide a more mobile alternative to snipers, retaining more accuracy while running and rolling.

We’re also debuting Super Duck (with 6 additional breeds) and Super Hawk (with 5 additional breeds, including Super Eagle):

• Super Green Mallard
  
• Super Blue Mallard
  
• Super Purple Mallard
  
• Super White Duck
  
• Super Black Duck
  
• Super Duckling

• Super Goshawk
  
• Super Osprey
  
• Super Peregrine
  
• Super Kestrel
  
• Super Eagle

During this squads test weekend, for the debut of the Deagle, we’re guaranteeing a Deagle drop in every mole crate so you can all enjoy trying it out! We also recently added Discord invites that work between both free and paid editions, so it’s a great weekend to introduce new friends to the game!

And don’t forget to submit your best clips from this weekend to Super Animal Royale Tonight episode 4!
https://youtu.be/nFbQuKVRLAk
You can submit your superest and blooperest 1080p+, 30fps+, <=30s clips here:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/lvtFKUxkxlXmIdkFCelA

And you can catch up on the previous episodes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3WiHu7C1Ts&list=PLSsDwH8E5MUK7YGiMUEMIj5wFCB9kBx7K

Get your very own in-game Dreamhack Dallas umbrella by entering the coupon code: dreamhack in the Super Animal Royale main menu.

Day 1 of Dreamhack Dallas 2019 begins in the morning, and we have a booth (#iz-14), so come say hi to Michael, Bob and Logan if you’re attending! You can tag us on Twitter @AnimalRoyale, and use the hashtags #dreamhackdallas and #animalroyale. We’ll also be posting updates from the show floor in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/AnimalRoyale.


In addition to the new gun, new Super Animals, and squads weekend, we’ve added a bunch more quality of life improvements:

• New 3D positional sound system: many sounds such as gunshots now have their frequencies customized so that they sound clearly lower when below the player, and higher when above.
  
• Maximum game lobby time reduced to 140s (down from 170s) to get games starting as quickly as possible. We ran some tests and found that 140s would improve waiting times while also having very little impact on the total number of players in a match.
  
• Overhauled the entire character animations file to be drastically more efficient/performant. Let us know if any cosmetics appear incorrect!
  
• Fixed invisible collision above the bamboo resort houses.
  
• Added new specific fonts for Korean and Chinese. For some users the font may appear the same as before.
  
• Translation fixes.
  
• Minor changes to the Discord parties code to fix certain cases where matchmaking could fail.

Hey Super Animals! The update this weekend is gonna be otter this world, so it’s time to recruit some squadmates, grab the patch in Steam and join us on the island for some games!

Discord parties are here! We heard you loud and clear, and came up with a way for you to invite your Super Free Edition friends to join a party with you.

Last update, we added Discord Rich Presence so you can see if your friends are in a game, what mode they’re playing, and how many players are still alive. Steam invites still only work in the full game (Steam parties don’t work between demos and full games) but as of this week, you can now invite your friends to a Discord party with you, regardless of whether they have the full game or the Super Free Edition!


Super Otter has arrived on the island and is accompanied by 5 alternative Super Otter breeds, bringing the total number of Super Animal breeds up to 157! As of today you’ll be able to create the following new breeds in the Research Lab once you reach level 15:

• Super Otter
  
• Super Navy Otter
  
• Super Chestnut Otter
  
• Super Red Otter
  
• Super Golden Otter
  
• Super Sea Otter

Round up all your otter friends! It’s another squads weekend for you and up to 3 more friends to team up and reach the top of the food chain.

We’ve packed even more fun surprises into this week’s update. Here are your full patch notes:

• 25 Hamster Ball Kills: earns you the new Emoji (Rock & Roll) death explosion
  
• 250km Travelled: earns you the new Safari Shirt
  
• Pacifist Victory (win a game with zero damage dealt to other players in solos mode): earns you the new Fly Swatter melee weapon

• Emoji (Kisses) Explosion
  
• Emoji (Thumbs Down) Explosion
  
• Emoji (Sleepy) Explosion

• Discord parties / friend invites
  
• Super Otters
  
• New sound for equipping Super Light Swords
  
• New sound for equipping the Rebellion Sword
  
• Offset coughing sound when damaged by skunk bombs
  
• Hit sound plays for you when your grenades damage others
  
• Removed ability to bind the UI Toggle to the left mouse button
  
• Fix for grenades going through walls when rolling against them
  
• Fixed a spot where the mole crate could get stuck
  
• Fix for bullets sometimes not doing damage despite showing as hit
  
• Translation updates/fixes

Hey Super Animals, we hope you’ve been having a ton of fun with the new Super Skunks and Skunk Bombs we released on Friday! If you missed those patch notes you can read them here.

And as we teased, on Saturday we also dropped a little May the 4th surprise for all of you. Super Light Swords are now available in the game as random drops, and they come multiple colors and rarities:

• White (common)
  
• Green (uncommon)
  
• Blue (rare)
  
• Purple (epic)
  
• Gold (legendary)
  
• Red (legendary)

Today, Duos mode returns, and as we mentioned in our post about our 100k users milestone, Super Animal Royale continues to grow steadily thanks to your kind Steam reviews, sharing of the game, and supportive behavior in-game towards new players, so it shouldn’t be too much longer before we can enable all 3 modes permanently! In the meantime, you can look forward to the next Squads Weekend alongside our next update that is dropping in less than 2 weeks on Friday, May 17th.

Lastly, we’ve also added a couple small improvements tonight that you can read about below (the new cages in the Research Labs feel particularly nice and are more clear about how they block bullets). See you all on the island!

• Duos mode has returned! The next squads weekend will be on May 17th.
  
• Six Super Light Swords have been added to the drop table (arrived on May 4th).
  
• We’ve also improved the Super Light Sword sound effects slightly in tonight's update.
  
• Updated the cages in the Research Lab buildings to have more visible bars and shadows. We felt that the previous cages weren’t visually clear enough about how they interacted with bullets, so we turned them into clear bars that interact with line of sight shadows. The bars block bullets/vision, and the gaps between them do not.
  
• The Bamboo and Beakeasy stage shows can now be triggered while waiting for the game to start in the lobby.
  
• Adjusted some of the cover and crates in each of the three Research Lab buildings.
  
• Your skunk bombs will now play the hit sound whenever they damage an enemy.
  
• Improved background color of legendary items in the menu (thanks to Ashyfox in our Discord for the suggestion!).
  
• Fix for grenades warping out of some unwalkable areas like the Bamboo Resort pond.
  
• Improved character tails warping while shooting.
  
• Fix for rare glitch of unbreakable crates/doors.
  
• Fixed character clipping issue with a few tables in the Welcome Center.
  
• Slightly increased player collisions on the Research Lab's SAW sign.
  
• Lowered player collisions behind military tents.
  
• Applied a fix for being stuck repairing armor forever.

What’s that smell? That’s the smell of victory, Super Skunks.

Super Skunks join the fight this weekend and they’ve brought a new weapon with them. Super Skunk gas doesn’t just come from the edges of the map anymore, you can now deploy it strategically using Skunk Bombs. This third explosive weapon joins grenades and bananas in your utility slot, so choose wisely.

We’re also kicking off the weekend with another Squads weekend, so you can invite the rest of your best smelling friends to join in the fun! Squads weekend will take place until May 6th and then Duos mode will be back.

And you’ll want to make sure you visit the island on Saturday, May 4th! Today’s update isn’t the last thing we have up our sleeves for this weekend...but patience you must have, Super Animals.


We've just blown past a big milestone of 100k players, so we wanted to take a moment to reflect on how far we've come, and give you a sneak peak at some of the new things coming to the island in the months ahead. 100k is a whole lot of players for a small indie team like us, but this is still only the beginning. We can't wait to keep revealing the ways the world will expand so you can discover the full extent of this absurd story we've had so much fun writing.

We really can't stress enough how none of this would be possible without such a supportive community like you. We're constantly astonished by how many wonderful people have formed around this game, and how much each of you contributes to make this community so special. Thank you so much for joining us at the beginning of this journey, and we hope you're ready to welcome the next 100k Super Animals with open arms and show them what this community is all about!

You can find the full blog post I wrote here, reflecting on how far we've come and what's next for Super Animal Royale:
https://medium.com/@michael_one/where-weve-super-been-and-where-we-re-super-going-b71f01ce325e

• Super Skunk
  
• Super Grape Skunk
  
• Super Skunk Blues
  
• Super Vanilla Skunk

• Purple Tee
  
• Red Tee
  
• Red Striped Tee
  
• Green Striped Tee
  
• Navy Striped Tee
  
• Pink Striped Tee
  
• Red Print Tee
  
• White Print Tee
  
• Blue Striped Sweater
  
• Pink Striped Sweater
  
• Red Striped Sweater
  
• Black Princess Dress
  
• Blue Princess Dress
  
• Green Princess Dress
  
• Purple Princess Dress
  
• Yellow Princess Dress

• Skunk Bomb: a new grenade type that releases deadly Super Skunk gas when it explodes.
  
• Squads mode returns!
  
• Discord Rich Presence now shows your status in-game (ex. which mode you’re playing and how many players are still alive in your game).
  
• Mole crates will now fade if someone is hiding behind them.
  
• Grenade damage through walls has been reduced.
  
• "Rifle" renamed to "Automatic Rifle" for daily challenges.
  
• Fix for Grenade explosion particles being affected by some death animations.
  
• Fix for equipped weapons at the end of games not showing up in the menu.
  
• Fix for a glitch in chat messages.

Visit the island on May 4th for an added surprise ;).

The Super Easter Bunny has arrived and hidden eggs all around Super Animal Island! If you've ever eaten a coconut, you'll be aware of its health benefits (+5 to be precise) and Super Eggs are no different! In addition to their healthy properties, eating Super Eggs will also earn you limited edition items, from now (April 19th) until next Friday (April 26th).

Here's what you can earn:

• Yellow Bow (limited edition event item)
  
• Easter Bow (limited edition event item)
  
• Bunny Ears (limited edition event item)
  
• Super Bunny (earn with eggs or bunny DNA)
  
• Super White Bunny (earn with eggs now or bunny DNA after the event)
  
• Super Chocolate Bunny (limited edition event item)

Grab your egg hunting friends, squads mode is back for another test weekend! You'll be able to play as a squad of 4 from April 19th to 22nd. When you egg hunt as a squad, every squad member's egg finds will contribute to the team!
If you've stacked up any duplicates or cosmetics items you don't care for, we have a brand new system for you to make use of them. In the Customize screen you'll now be able to trade in 5 items of the same rarity (or 3 legendary items) to get a new item of a higher rarity!



https://youtu.be/0UDBMRt6uIc
Friends of a Feather Fight Together in the latest episode of Super Animal Royale Tonight, and it's not looking great for dear ol' Donk and his co-host Howl...

A huge thanks to all of the talented Super Animals who submitted clips for this episode! We got the most clip submissions we've gotten yet, and some of the best too, so it was especially hard to narrow it down this time. Whether your clip is one of the official selections, seen in the background, or you participated in the recording of one of the clips, we have exclusive SAR Tonight in-game items for you! Just join our Discord and check the #announcements channel for instructions on how to claim yours.

https://discord.gg/AnimalRoyale

• Reduced game size by 200MB. Hallelujah to hard drives!
  
• Added Larkson glasses to the regular item drops.
  
• Weapon recoil while moving now applies on a per-weapon basis: smaller weapons such as pistols and SMG have less, and larger weapons like the AK, M16 and Sniper have more recoil while moving.
  
• All special items (from events, milestones, etc) have a new orange tier of rarity and cannot be traded up.
  
• Customize screen now shows what type of event, milestone or other category an item is from.
  
• Coconuts can now be eaten while at full health. Because of this, daily challenges and milestones for coconuts have been adjusted.
  
• Hiding the interface in-game will now also hide health bars, interaction text, and ammo/pickup text.
  
• Added "OK TO ALL" button on the end game item rewards.
  
• Customize icons decreased in size so 6 columns can be shown.
  
• Corgi icons updated.
  
• Bots now roll during regular movement.
  
• Slightly lowered maximum pursuit distance for bots.

• Fix for Super Robin art bug in-game.
  
• When browsing cosmetics on Customize, your animal's animation no longer resets each time.
  
• Fixed issue where furniture/crates under roofs would always block grenades.
  
• Fix for using Super DNA Magnets on animals that are higher level than you, if you had their DNA.
  
• Fix for bots switching weapons too fast.
  
• Translation fixes.
  
• If stuck with 'IN A MATCH' on the menu, pressing the READY button should reset out of that now.
  
• Rare bug with being stuck in reviving should be fixed.
  
• Fix for bots not being affected by bananas.
  
• Expanded grenade explosion visual effect slightly.

Birds of a feather can now kill together in the all new avian-themed Giant Eagle Landing zone. Join us in flocking to this new area, and make use of the overhauled progression system that includes new super challenges, DNA magnets, and a squads weekend to top it all off!!

If you’ve been watching our Twitter (and why wouldn’t you for Super Bird related updates) you might have seen that to kick things off this week, we just released our new trailer! We’re super happy with how it turned out, so first off we wanted to thank all of you who submitted foxy clips for it, and if you see yourself in it, DM us on Discord and we’ll hook you up with an item!
https://youtu.be/kWc2iItPNMM
If you’re not already a member of the Discord community, you can find us at https://discord.gg/animalroyale (or hit the Discord button in the main menu).

And now, back to your regularly scheduled giant feathery update patch notes…



The very first Super Birds are arriving on the island: 24 new feathery combatants bring the total Super Animal count up to 140! There are 4 new species (each with their own DNA), spread out through the Research Lab’s progression, and multiple breeds to create after you’ve earned each of them:

• Super Canary
  
• Super Blackbird
  
• Super Lark
  
• Super Robin
  
• Super Zebra Finch
  
• Super Bullfinch
  
• Super Sparrow
  
• Super Red Cardinal

• Super Grape Blue Jay
  
• Super Berry Blue Jay
  
• Super Bubblegum Blue Jay

• Super Barn Owl
  
• Super Pygmy Owl
  
• Super Gray Owl
  
• Super Snowy Owl
  
• Super Eagle Owl
  
• Super Horned Owl

• Super Hooded Crow
  
• Super Shadow Raven
  
• Super Albino Raven

You’ll also be able to earn the outfits of celebrity super birds including Blue Jay Z, Lady Caw Caw and Kelly Larkson! Glam.



The Super Birds arrive alongside their very own avian-themed land, Giant Eagle Landing, with fine establishments like Beakeasy (a seedy nightclub), Eggsotic Cuisine, Flappy Jacks, and the Giant Eagle Rides attraction. It’s a wonderful time to visit Super Animal World’s island, especially since Spring has sprung and the new cherry blossom trees are in bloom!



The Giant Feathery Update also adds the “Super DNA Magnet” item to the game, which enables players to focus all of their DNA earning on a specific animal for the next 3 matches. Each game played has a random chance of dropping one, and daily challenges will award them too! As a special thank you for supporting us in Early Access and being an awesome community, we’ve given all of you 3 Super DNA Magnets to try out (which will give you 9 games total of focused DNA earning)!



And the new Super Challenges system, debuting today, provides a new way to earn items including the new Super DNA Magnets. Completing tasks such as getting kills with a magnum, chopping tall grass to find items, or eating coconuts will earn you bigger and bigger rewards as the difficulty of the challenge ramps up. You’ll unlock a new challenge every day, stacking up to a maximum of three, and we’re starting you all off with a full 3 challenges. In addition to earning Super DNA Magnets from challenges, you’ll also be able to earn Animal DNA and Super Serum, and if you get a challenge you don’t like, you’ll be able to re-roll once per day to replace it with a new challenge!

Last but not least, you can gather up your flocks because we’re hosting a Squads weekend from April 5th-8th! We’ll be disabling Duos in the meantime, but it’ll return on Tuesday. Thank you so much for all of your help spreading the word about the game and continuing to bring new Super Animals into the fold! We’re excited to be able to enable all 3 modes permanently in the near future, and we keep making progress towards that goal with your help.

• The winner's health bar is now shown at the end of the game (so you have proof that you were this close to killing them).
  
• Sniper move speed multiplier lowered from 95% from 90%
  
• The third level marshmallow stick now has... 3 MALLOWS.
  
• Translation fixes
  
• Fix for some server crashes