Has it already been another year? I suppose time flies when you’re having fun and while the last year certainly has not been without challenges, the team at Tripwire and Saber Interactive have had a blast bringing the community another full slate of content throughout 2022. I want to thank the development team and our external partners for their blood, sweat, and toil that’s part of everything we deliver to our fans big and small. The amazing commitment and support the community has shown for Killing Floor 2 in its 7th full year of post-launch support since early access. The community is ultimately the engine that drives us forward with everything we do.

So before we cover the path ahead, it’s first important to look back at everything we added to the game in the past year.

• Spring Cleaning Patch - March 29th, 2022
  
• Tidal Terror - June 14th, 2022
  
• Blood & Bonfires - October 13th, 2022
  
• Polar Distress - December 7th, 2022

• Rig
  
• Barmich Town
  
• Crash

• Reducto Ray - (Survivalist)
  
• Sentinel - (Commando)
  
• G36C Assault Rifle (SWAT)
  
• Blood Sickle (Berserker)
  
• ZED MKIII (Demolitionist)
  
• HV Storm Cannon (Sharpshooter)
  
• HRG Crossboom (Demolitionist)
  
• HRG Head Hunter (Sharpshooter)
  
• HRG Locust (Survivalist)
  
• HRG Dragon Blaze (Firebug)
  
• HRG Ballistic Bouncer (Support)
  
• HRG Medic Missile (Field Medic)

• Arsenal Ascent
  
• Primary Target
  
• Perk Roulette

• Survivalist Starter Weapon and Grenade Selection UI
  
• Weapon Skin Inventory Organization
  
• Firebug Inferno Skill Improvements
  
• Healing Buff HUD Indicators
  
• Granular Mouse Input Customization
  
• Cosmetics List Ordering Refinement
  
• Disable Seasonal Zeds Toggle
  
• HRG Beluga Beat Alt-Fire Rework

• It’s About to Go Down by Rocky Gray
  
• Cause for Alarm by Rocky Gray
  
• The Spinning Spike by Rocky Gray
  
• Three Creeping Things by Rocky Gray

With the ongoing success of the past year, I’m delighted to announce Killing Floor 2 will continue to be supported for another full year with our partners at Saber Interactive for it to extend into its 8th Year of Post-Release updates. Over the last several months, the team has sat together to see all that we would like to accomplish and we’re excited to share a high-level overview of what we have in store for 2023.

The main beats will be three major updates throughout Summer, Halloween, and Christmas. The first two updates of the year will be packed with new weapons, maps, weeklies, cosmetics, customization, and quality of life updates you’ve come to expect. For Christmas, we have something a bit different in mind. Instead of the usual new content and seasonal focus, we’ll be looking to dedicate that entire update towards Quality of Life improvements, balance tunes, and fixes. As an ever-changing game with new content regularly added, we don’t always get an opportunity to take a look back and address every request you want to be improved or tweaked for what came before. It's our hope this QOL-focused update will give us the space to tackle some of the more difficult challenges and aspects we’ve had to raincheck over the years.

We love hearing from you about what we should focus on the most and we have another State of the Game community survey prepared that would help the team regarding your thoughts about the game.

State of the Game Survey

- New weapons are at the core of what we love in Killing Floor 2 and there, of course, will be more in store in both new weapon bundles and HRG variants. Our goal for these new weapons is to continue to provide new and interesting gameplay while delivering a fun and familiar gun feel for the types of creative and realistic weapons the community enjoys.

- With two major content updates ahead for Summer and Fall, we have two new maps planned for the year. First, for Summer, we’ll be looking to partner again with one of the top mappers to enhance a popular community map for official inclusion. For Fall, we’re looking to bring you somewhere entirely new with an event focused around one the most sinister villains of Killing Floor history.

We also have new weeklies coming this year focused on challenging the players' new rulesets around the Survival formulas that will force them out of their comfort zones on different maps and approaching killing zeds with unexpected behaviors.



We’ll continue to activate seasonal-themed Zeds and objectives with major updates for you to collect tickets and earn cosmetics. This, of course, will come with new achievements for you all to unlock as well as new cosmetics in the store for you to show your creative flair.

We’re looking to make Quality of Life a core focus throughout this coming year so that we can deliver important and impactful tunes based on community feedback so you can play Killing Floor 2 and all it has to offer how you want. The feedback you provide within our surveys, forums, social media, and other community interactions is critically important in helping guide us on how we should prioritize these user experiences and balance changes. Please continue to be active as ever within these channels so we have a good pulse on what the game needs. While we will not be able to address everything that’s requested due to numerous potential factors such as engine/system limitations and resource constraints, we’ll continue to be transparent with what is within our power to implement and do our best to be receptive and open to feedback for how we can improve.

As with every update, we’ll be addressing a multitude of issues legacy and new that arise over the year. We know we need to deliver to you a quality product and the community’s regular engagement in all of our various channels and forums in alerting us to any issues is a significant help to the development team. We encourage you to continue engaging with the regular betas we release before major updates, filling out our surveys, and posting your findings. As a reminder, the best way to bring bugs to our attention is through our official forums are available here:

Official Tripwire KF2 Forums

Our community team continues to be at your disposal within our various channels and loves continuously interacting with you. We’ll be telegraphing our upcoming content through our usual Merc Reports to give you an early look at the content ahead will have many more community streams to play us and experience the new content. We invite you all to stay tuned and look forward to hearing from us in the coming weeks and months as we roll out this year’s road map.

Forums - https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KillingFloorGame
Twitter - https://twitter.com/KillingFloor
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/killingfloorgame/
Discord - https://discord.gg/killingfloor

It’s been a pleasure to be part of this project with the team for these many years. We’re deeply grateful for the millions of fans that own and play the game. We could not do this without you. We hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday season and a bright new year.

See you all on the Killing Floor.

Regards,
David Amata
Product Director
Tripwire Interactive

Play the KF2 Polar Distress update now through January 5th ET for extra in game rewards. Double XP and extra drops are now live! The in-game store has sales up to 50% off items!

KF2 Christmas 2022 Final Changelog



Event
Polar Distress

• A Horzine cargo train traveling through the English countryside has crashed at an industrial plant, starting a Zed outbreak in the area. Be sure to dispose of the threat and secure the cargo in this new map called Crash. By the way, choosing Perk is sometimes a difficult decision, but it won’t be in the new Weekly Mode, Perk Roulette, in which every wave you will play as a different perk randomly assigned. But don’t worry, because you can still choose our two new HRG weapons just created by Horzine Research Group: the HRG Ballistic Bouncer for the Support and the HRG Medic Missile for the Field Medic. Check them out and show the Zeds what you are made of!

New Additions and Highlights

• 1 New Community Map
  
  • Crash
    
    • Compatible with Survival, Weekly, VS and Endless Game Modes.
      
    • An industrial plant where a Horzine cargo train has crashed.
  
  
• 1 New Weekly Mode
  
  • Perk Roulette
    
    • Players start with a random perk.
      
    • At the start of Trader Time between waves, a new perk is randomly assigned.
      
    • Zed spawns are modified.
      
    • More dosh per kill is granted.
      
    • Length: 7 waves.
  
  
• 4 New Weapons
  
  • HRG Ballistic Bouncer for the Support
    
    • An alternative version of the Mine Reconstructor for the Support perk.
      
    • A tier 3 weapon that charges up rubberized ballistic gel that bludgeons Zeds on impact and bounces rapidly around the environment with high knockdown power.
      
    • Holding down the fire button loads the projectile with more force.
      
    • Trader price is 900 Dosh.
    
    
  • HRG Medic Missile for the Field Medic
    
    • An alternative version of the RPG-7 for the Field Medic perk.
      
    • A tier 4 rocket launcher whose projectiles create a healing gas explosion on impact.
      
    • Trader price is 1600 Dosh.
    
    
  • Zed Eradication Device MKIII for the Demolitionist
    
    • This is a paid DLC weapon. This weapon can be shared amongst players through our weapon-sharing system.
      
    • A tier 5 heavy weapon that fires a continuous stream of energy rounds while launching swarm auto target rockets at set intervals during automatic fire.
      
    • Comes with the same tracking radar as the MKI.
      
    • Trader price is 2000 Dosh.
    
    
  • HV Storm Cannon for the Sharpshooter
    
    • This is a paid DLC weapon. This weapon can be shared amongst players through our weapon-sharing system.
      
    • A tier 4 rifle that fires a charged electric shot.
      
    • Headshots spread an electric lightning to other nearby Zeds in domino fashion.
      
    • Trader price is 1400 Dosh.
  
  
• New Steam Achievements
  
  • Crash related achievements
  
  
• Time-limited Objectives, Tickets, and Cosmetics
  
  • Seasonal objectives related to Crash
    
  • Complete all seasonal objectives to earn the Train Conductor Backpack
    
  • Christmas Prize Tickets
    
  • Christmas Golden Prize Tickets
  
  
• Zedconomy
  
  • ZED MKIII Weapon Bundle
    
  • HV Storm Cannon Weapon Bundle

• Polar Distress Weapon Bundle
  
• Train Conductor Outfit Bundle

• Premium Christmas Ticket Bundles come in three sets of tiers:
  
  • Bronze - 5 Premium Seasonal Tickets
    
  • Silver - 10 Premium Seasonal Tickets and 1 Bonus Golden Seasonal Ticket
    
  • Gold - 20 Premium Seasonal Tickets and a 3 Bonus Golden Seasonal Tickets
  
  
• Retro Gamer Weapon Skin Bundle Pack
  
• Tacticool Weapon Skin Bundle Pack
  
• Medieval Weapon Skin Bundle Pack
  
• Chameleon MKIII Weapon Skin Bundle Pack

As a reminder, the database update for ticket drops and setting up steam items for sale will occur at approximately 1pm EDT after all the patches go out in order to verify that the patches are deployed across platform.




Addressed Community Feedback
As mentioned in the 2021 Killing Floor 2 ‘State of the Game’ our goal is to bring to the community a continued stream of QOL changes for each update throughout the year. Please continue to report any QOL changes you believe should be added to the game by submitting your feedback in the ‘general’ section on our official forums at: https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forum/killing-floor-2

General

• Option to disable enemy seasonal skins, only active during seasonal skin periods:
  
  • Added option in the HUD for “Create a Match” and “Solo Game”.
    
  • Server Admins can use the command: ?AllowSeasonalSkins=1 to enable Seasonal Skins or ?AllowSeasonalSkins=0 to disable Seasonal Skins when creating a Server.
    
  • Added icon for Server Details.
    
  • Added filter in the Server Browser.
  
  
• New order rules in the Cosmetics and Crafting items sections in the inventory:
  
  • Items will be grouped in categories by outfit, type or skin variation.
    
  • Rarity is also accounted for.

Balance

• Weapons
  
  • Gravity Imploder
    
    • Equip Speed from 1.3 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
      
    • Fire Interval from 1.33 seconds to 1 second (which means from 45 RPM to 60 RPM).
    
    
  • Doshinegun
    
    • Damage per hit increased from 60 to 80.
      
    • Trader price decreased from 600 to 400.
      
    • Dosh cost per shot decreased from 20 to 10 (which means full magazine cost decreased from 400 to 200).
    
    
  • HRG Beluga Beat
    
    • Remove need of pre-activating alt-fire.
      
    • Alt-fire Fire Interval adjusted to 0.75 (80 RPM).
      
    • Magazine size decreased from 12 to 10.
      
    • Spare ammo decreased from 96 to 90.

Designer Notes:
Many players have requested the option to disable Seasonal Skins during Seasonal Skin periods. In order to do this, we have added an option to create a match without Seasonal Skins, for both online and offline sessions. This also means that, when finding a match, players can enter a session with Seasonal Skins enabled or not, depending on which option was selected by the creator of the match.
We have added a new icon to the Server details to show if a server from the Server browser has Seasonal Skins or not. Players can also use a filter to disable all servers with Seasonal Skins.
We have improved the order for the Cosmetic and Crafting items sections in the inventory, as we did in the Tidal Terror update with the Weapon Skin section. Now, Cosmetics will be grouped regarding outfits and skin variants, as well as rarity. In the Crafting section, the grouping will be: all Cosmetic Material together, all Weapon Skins Material and all items together, as wall as ordered by rarity. Tickets will be in this order: Cyberpunk, Summer Sideshow, Halloween Treat and Christmas Treat.
Finally, regarding balance, we have made tweaks in three weapons always keeping in mind your feedback:
Gravity Imploder was a slow weapon, but now it will be more agile since the equip speed is faster and the fire interval between shots is reduced.
Doshinegun damage was low and dosh cost for using it was very high, so we have increased the damage a bit and reduced the dosh needed per shot. And, if this were not enough, we also have decreased its price in the Trader.
HRG Beluga Beat is a powerful and effective weapon, but the alt-fire was not very comfortable to use. To improve this, we have changed the way in which the alt-fire is used, and now it doesn’t require it to be pre-activated before a shot. You can shoot directly using the alt-fire button, as many other weapons do. Because of this change, we had to adjust the alt-fire, to make it different from the main fire. This alt-fire change will improve the effectiveness of the weapon, so, in order to not make it too overpowered, we have adjusted the ammo amount a bit, but not too much.

Beta Balance

• Weapons
  
  • HRG Ballistic Bouncer:
    
    • Damage (uncharged) reduced from 114 to 29.
      
    • Damage (charged) reduced from 600 to 200.
    
    
  • HRG Medic Missile:
    
    • Explosion damage from 400 to 700.
      
    • Explosion Damage Falloff exponent from 2 to 1
      
    • Reload speed faster, from 2.56 seconds to 1.88 seconds
      
    • Added Scrake's vulnerability to Ballistic rocket impact x3
      
    • Reduced distance needed for the explosion of the projectile, from 4 meters to 2 meters.
    
    
  • ZED MKIII:
    
    • Magazine ammo from 100 to 50.
      
    • Spare ammo from 400 to 350.
      
    • Energy bullets StunPower from 15 to 5.
      
    • Magazine price from 60 to 75.
    
    
  • HV Storm Cannon
    
    • StunPower from 50 to 25.
      
    • StumblePower from 200 a 85.
      
    • GunHitPower from 150 to 0.
      
    • MeleeHitPower from 100 to 0.
      
    • EMPPower from 100 to 25.

Beta Designer Notes:
HRG Ballistic Bouncers’ damage was too high, so we applied a major debuff. This change was also made due to fixing a Ballistic Bouncer’s bug which caused some of the projectiles to not impact.
Addressing the issue causing the Medic Missile to be one of the least useful Medic weapons, we increased its general damage as well as the reload speed. As well, the distance needed for the missile to explode was reduced in order to help players to get more successful shots.
ZED MKIII was overpowered regarding community’s feedback, so we reduced the overall ammo for the weapon, as well as its stun power.
HV Storm Cannon’s changes were applied in order to avoid canceling Matriarch’s plasma attack and canceling Scrake’s rage too easily.




Bug Fixes
Also mentioned in the 2021 Killing Floor 2 ‘State of the Game’ our goal is to bring to the community a continued stream of community-reported bug fixes for each update throughout the year. Please continue to report any bugs you discover by visiting our official forums at: https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forum/killing-floor-2 and posting in the ‘PC’ or ‘Console’ sections.

General

• Fixed an issue where the Demolitionists Utility Knife had a visible crosshair at all times.

Weapons

• Mine Reconstructor
  
  • Fixed an issue where the screen shake caused by nearby exploding projectiles was more intense than intended.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the bash attack would not play its SFX.
    
  • Fixed some animation issues with the bash attack.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the visuals for the liquid in the cartridge did not align with the rounds left after aborting reloading.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the ammo container would shake during the reload animation.
  
  
• G36C Assault Rifle
  
  • Improved elite reloading animations to reduce clipping.
  
  
• HRG Medic Missile
  
  • Fixed an issue where the Demolitionist skill Mad Bomber was applying to the HRG Medic Missile.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the Demolitionist skill Destroyer of Worlds was applying to the HRG Medic Missile.
  
  
• HRG Ballistic Bouncer
  
  • Fixed an issue where log spam would occur when using the weapon.
    
  • Added impact decals when the projectile impacts objects.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the weapon could not be reloaded after firing successive quick shots.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the particles created from the projectile impact did not share the color of the projectile.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the projectile's texture was unchanged based upon the charge level of the weapon.
    
  • Improved the reload animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
  
  
• ZED MKIII
  
  • Zeroed in the iron sight which was offset from center which was especially noticeable while crouching.
    
  • Fixed multiple instances of the radar not displaying ZEDs.
    
  • Corrected the 1p and 3p bash attack animations to be inline with each other.
    
  • Changed the camera position to reduce instances of clipping during the bash, gun check, and reload animations.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the firing sound would play continuously in multiple situations.
    
  • Fixed multiple instances of spent magazines being displaced and/or duplicated during the reload animations.
    
  • Increased the volume of the reload sound as it was exceptionally quiet.
    
  • Improved the walking and crouching animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
    
  • Improved the bash attack animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
    
  • Improved the reload animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
    
  • Improved the gun check animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
  
  
• HV Storm Cannon
  
  • Fixed an issue where ZEDs animations were constantly interrupted by hits from the weapon.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the domino/chain effect from headshots was not jumping to invisible targets (ex. Stalker, Patriarch).
    
  • Fixed multiple issues with the scope in 1p and 3p.
    
  • Fixed an issue where unintended effects occurred from killing Zeds with a head shot while they are in the frozen state.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the skins were misaligned on the weapon.
    
  • Fixed an issue where collectibles were not destroyed by the aimed shot.
    
  • Fixed an issue where quick scoping would have the weapons projectile fire low from zero.
    
  • Fixed an issue where ArcGenerator warnings were being spammed in the logs when switching to this weapon.
    
  • Changed the camera position to reduce instances of clipping during the bash, gun check, grenade throw, and reload animations.
    
  • Fixed multiple instances of spent magazines being displaced and/or duplicated during the reload animations.
    
  • Improved the walking and crouching animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
    
  • Improved the bash attack animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
    
  • Improved the reload animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
    
  • Improved the gun check animations in relation to hand placement/movement.
    
  • Improved the ADS animations in relation to hand placement/movement.

Skills

• Fixed an issue where the Demolitionists Fragmentation Rounds skill would apply twice to thrown grenades.

Maps

• The Rig
  
  • Fixed an issue where kismet warnings were being sent to the chat.
  
  
• Barmwich
  
  • Fixed an issue where the waypoint from the Blue Plaza to the various SYG zones would not appear.
    
  • Fixed an issue where light rays were being projected onto the walls in the tavern area with no visible sources of light.
  
  
• Dystopia 2029
  
  • Fixed floor seams across multiple areas to remove them and prevent dropped weapons from falling through.
  
  
• Crash
  
  • Various Street Areas
    
    • Changed the draw distance on multiple objects in the area to be less likely to disappear while in line of sight.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of bullet decals disappearing and reappearing from walls as you move around them.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of certain walls not being lit by flashlights.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of objects clipping into other objects within the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of z-fighting/flickering of various objects throughout the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple collision issues throughout the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of destructible and movable objects remaining still when being shot with any weapons.
      
    • Fixed an issue where the SYG boundary was not visible under garbage piles in the West area.
      
    • Fixed multiple lighting issues where lights were shown with no light source.
      
    • Fixed multiple lighting issues where light sources did not show any light.
      
    • Fixed an issue where the light from the soda machines was extremely bright.
      
    • Fixed an issue where weapons could be dropped into ZED spawners and be lost.
    
    
  • Cargo Station Areas
    
    • Fixed an issue where the SYG boundary was not visible as it was placed underneath a snowdrift.
      
    • Updated the splatter maps on multiple objects in the area to ensure blood is applied.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of bullet decals disappearing and reappearing from walls as you move around them.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of objects clipping into other objects within the area.
      
    • Changed the draw distance on multiple objects in the area to be less likely to disappear while in line of sight.
      
    • Fixed multiple collision issues in the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple lighting issues where lights were shown with no light source.
      
    • Fixed an issue with ZED pathing in the area.
      
    • Fixed an issue where the collectible on the wagon was inverted.
      
    • Fixed an issue where the hanging icicles were hanging in mid air.
    
    
  • Office Areas
    
    • Fixed multiple instances of z-fighting/flickering of the baseboards throughout the area.
      
    • Updated the splatter maps on multiple objects in the area to prevent duplication of the blood splatter being applied.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of bullet decals disappearing and reappearing from walls as you move around them.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of objects clipping into other objects within the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of destructible and movable objects remaining still when being shot with any weapons.
      
    • Fixed multiple collision issues on the main floor of the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple collision issues on the 2nd floor of the area.
      
    • Fixed an issue with large ZED pathing on the main floor of the area.
    
    
  • Warehouse Areas
    
    • Fixed multiple instances of z-fighting/flickering of the railing and beams throughout the areas.
      
    • Updated the splatter maps on multiple objects in the area to prevent duplication of the blood splatter being applied.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of bullet decals disappearing and reappearing from walls as you move around them.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of objects clipping into other objects within the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of destructible and movable objects remaining still when being shot with any weapons.
      
    • Fixed multiple lighting issues where lights were shown with no light source.
      
    • Fixed multiple lighting issues where light sources did not show any light.
      
    • Fixed multiple collision issues on the 2nd floor of the warehouse.
      
    • Fixed multiple collision issues in the sewer area of the warehouse.
      
    • Fixed an issue where the snow VFX was passing through the warehouse wall on the 2nd floor.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of certain walls not being lit by flashlights.
      
    • Fixed a visible gap between the stairs and the ground.
    
    
  • Storage Shed
    
    • Fixed multiple instances of bullet decals disappearing and reappearing from walls as you move around them.
      
    • Fixed multiple collision issues in the area.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of destructible and movable objects remaining still when being shot with any weapons.
      
    • Fixed an issue where the snow VFX was passing through the wall of the Fuel Storage Shed.
    
    
  • Balcony
    
    • Fixed multiple collision issues on the balcony.
      
    • Fixed multiple instances of bullet decals disappearing and reappearing from walls as you move around them.

Weekly Outbreak

• Perk Roulette
  
  • Fixed an issue where players joining the server would have the perk selected in the Main Menu to start with.
    
  • Fixed an issue where perk levels were eset to 0.
    
  • Fixed an issue where instances occurred with perks not changing at the end of the wave.
    
  • Fixed an issue where perks were being duplicated within a wave.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the Survivalist did not get a grenade choice.
    
  • Fixed an issue where Spectators were getting perks.
    
  • Fixed an issue where weapons of other perks could not be selected.
    
  • Fixed an issue where revived players were reverted to the perk from the previous wave.
    
  • Fixed an issue where instances occurred of players unable to join the match from the server lobby.
    
  • Fixed an issue where instances of client crashes occurred during the weekly outbreak.
    
  • Fixed spamming of client and server logs during the weekly outbreak.

Seasonal

• Updated the seasonal reward name to match the item name within the gear tab.
  
• Fixed an issue where credit was given for the objective “Not a Snowball” from hitting corpses.

Quality of Life Updates

• Seasonal Zeds
  
  • Fixed an issue where when seasonal ZEDs were disabled on the client they could not connect to servers that do not explicitly disable seasonal ZEDs as well.
    
  • Fixed an issue where when seasonal ZEDs are disabled on the client, servers using seasonal ZEDs were not visible within the Server Browser.
    
  • Fixed an issue where seasonal ZEDs were displayed in the Wild West London Weekly Outbreak.
    
  • Fixed an issue where seasonal ZEDs were not being displayed in other modes while the Wild West London Weekly Outbreak was active.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the default audio would play for ZEDs on Santa’s Workshop when Seasonal ZEDs is disabled.
    
  • Fixed an issue where instances of only default audio playing for seasonal ZEDs occurred.
    
  • Fixed an issue where in some instances the Christmas Skins for the seasonal ZEDs on Santa’s Workshop would not be present.
    
  • Fixed an issue where servers inherently disabled seasonal ZEDs skins if ?AllowSeasonalSkins wasn’t used.
    
  • Fixed multiple items within the UI

Localization

• Updated the localization for the HRG Ballistic Bouncer Daily to include all supported languages.
  
• Updated the localization for the HRG Medic Missile Daily to include all supported languages.
  
• Updated the word “Dynamic” to have uniform localization within each supported language.
  
• Updated the “Withstand the Tempest” objective description in Russian to fit within the text box.
  
• Updated the localization for the Perk Roulette Weekly Outbreak UI to include all supported languages.
  
• Updated the localization for the Seasonal ZEDs status in the server details to include all supported languages.

UI

• Fixed an issue where extraneous icons were appearing in the Browse Servers filter tab.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Helios Rifle and Killerwatt had there names switched for each other in the Steam Inventory
  
• Fixed an issue where the Uncle Charlie Deluxe|Emote had its name replaced by a monetary value.

Console

• Fixed an issue on the PS4 where the Katana | Chameleon skin was causing significant artifacting when used.

As always, thank you for your continued support!

We'd like to thank everyone who has already taken the time to join the beta and those that plan to this weekend. Once you have had some time to try out the new changes, fixes, and new content please take a moment to give us your thoughts. If at first you can not see the survey, clear your cache or drop the link in a new browser. https://www.tripwireinteractive.com/redirect/KF2Survey/#/

KF2 Christmas2022 Beta
To opt into this beta on Steam, join the "preview" branch available in the Beta drop-down list. Admins will need to use the following SteamCMD flag:

• app_update 232130 -beta preview

To opt into this beta on EGS, the Beta will be accessible within KF2 owners’ game libraries as a separate install called “Killing Floor 2 Beta”. Users may need to restart their EGS launcher for the Beta to populate and be accessible to install. Progress for stats and inventory is shared between both versions on EGS so for users switching between Beta and Live be sure to sync your game data to use the latest timestamp to prevent any lost progress from participating in the Beta. The Beta on EGS also includes its dedicated server within the install folder for your hosting needs for this version.

Special Note: You may find that this beta is a bit less polished than normal. This beta build has some known issues to the new content that is already being addressed, but the team is prioritizing the opportunity to gather and react to player feedback over delaying the beta. With the tight timing in mind, we are planning on only 1 beta stage ahead of the final release. Feedback from beta will be included into the final release. However, some changes and fixes may not make it into the final release and there will be opportunity for more fixes and changes after the holidays. Please see the Known Issues section for more details.

Event
Polar Distress

• A Horzine cargo train traveling through the English countryside has crashed at an industrial plant, starting a Zed outbreak in the area. Be sure to dispose of the threat and secure the cargo in this new map called Crash. By the way, choosing Perk is sometimes a difficult decision, but it won’t be in the new Weekly Mode, Perk Roulette, in which every wave you will play as a different perk randomly assigned. But don’t worry, because you can still choose our two new HRG weapons just created by Horzine Research Group: the HRG Ballistic Bouncer for the Support and the HRG Medic Missile for the Field Medic. Check them out and show the Zeds what you are made of!
  
• Beta Start 11/17/2022, (Date is subject to change)

New Additions and Highlights

• 1 New Community Map
  
  • Crash
    
    • Compatible with Survival, Weekly, VS and Endless Game Modes.
      
    • An industrial plant where a Horzine cargo train has crashed.
  
  
• 1 New Weekly Mode
  
  • Perk Roulette
    
    • Players start with a random perk.
      
    • At the start of Trader Time between waves, a new perk is randomly assigned.
      
    • Zed spawns are modified.
      
    • More dosh per kill is granted.
      
    • Length: 7 waves.
  
  
• 4 New Weapons
  
  • HRG Ballistic Bouncer for the Support
    
    • An alternative version of the Mine Reconstructor for the Support perk.
      
    • A tier 3 weapon that charges up rubberized ballistic gel that bludgeons Zeds on impact and bounces rapidly around the environment with high knockdown power.
      
    • Holding down the fire button loads the projectile with more force.
      
    • Trader price is 900 Dosh.
    
    
  • HRG Medic Missile for the Field Medic
    
    • An alternative version of the RPG-7 for the Field Medic perk.
      
    • A tier 4 rocket launcher whose projectiles create a healing gas explosion on impact.
      
    • Trader price is 1600 Dosh.
    
    
  • Zed Eradication Device MKIII for the Demolitionist (Not available for purchase individually during BETA)
    
    • This is a paid DLC weapon. This weapon can be shared amongst players through our weapon-sharing system.
      
    • A tier 5 heavy weapon that fires a continuous stream of energy rounds while launching swarm auto target rockets at set intervals during automatic fire.
      
    • Comes with the same tracking radar as the MKI.
      
    • Trader price is 2000 Dosh.
    
    
  • HV Storm Cannon for the Sharpshooter (Not available for purchase individually during BETA)
    
    • This is a paid DLC weapon. This weapon can be shared amongst players through our weapon-sharing system.
      
    • A tier 4 rifle that fires a charged electric shot.
      
    • Headshots spread an electric lightning to other nearby Zeds in domino fashion.
      
    • Trader price is 1400 Dosh.
  
  
• New Steam Achievements
  
  • Crash related achievements
  
  
• Time-limited Objectives, Tickets, and Cosmetics (Not available during BETA)
  
  • Seasonal objectives related to Crash
    
  • Complete all seasonal objectives to earn the Train Conductor Backpack
    
  • Christmas Prize Tickets
    
  • Christmas Golden Prize Tickets
  
  
• Zedconomy (Not available for purchase during BETA)
  
  • ZED MKIII Weapon Bundle
    
  • HV Storm Cannon Weapon Bundle

• Polar Distress Weapon Bundle
  
• Train Conductor Outfit Bundle

• Premium Christmas Ticket Bundles come in three sets of tiers:
  
  • Bronze - 5 Premium Seasonal Tickets
    
  • Silver - 10 Premium Seasonal Tickets and 1 Bonus Golden Seasonal Ticket
    
  • Gold - 20 Premium Seasonal Tickets and a 3 Bonus Golden Seasonal Tickets
  
  
• Retro Gamer Weapon Skin Bundle Pack
  
• Tacticool Weapon Skin Bundle Pack
  
• Medieval Weapon Skin Bundle Pack
  
• Chameleon MKIII Weapon Skin Bundle Pack

Beta for this update contains a lot of exciting new features! As such, feedback is going to be incredibly important. Stay tuned for a link to a survey where you, the community, will be able to provide your feedback directly to us! Thank you!

Addressed Community Feedback
As mentioned in the 2021 Killing Floor 2 ‘State of the Game’ our goal is to bring to the community a continued stream of QOL changes for each update throughout the year. Please continue to report any QOL changes you believe should be added to the game by submitting your feedback in the ‘general’ section on our official forums at: https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forum/killing-floor-2


General

• Option to disable enemy seasonal skins, only active during seasonal skin periods:
  
  • Added option in the HUD for “Create a Match” and “Solo Game”.
    
  • Server Admins can use the command: ?AllowSeasonalSkins=0 to enable Seasonal Skins or ?AllowSeasonalSkins=1 to disable Seasonal Skins when creating a Server.
    
  • Added icon for Server Details.
    
  • Added filter in the Server Browser.
  
  
• New order rules in the Cosmetics and Crafting items sections in the inventory:
  
  • Items will be grouped in categories by outfit, type or skin variation.
    
  • Rarity is also accounted.

Balance

• Weapons
  
  • Gravity Imploder
    
    • Equip Speed from 1.3 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
      
    • Fire Interval from 1.33 seconds to 1 second (which means from 45 RPM to 60 RPM).
    
    
  • Doshinegun
    
    • Damage per hit increased from 60 to 80.
      
    • Trader price decreased from 600 to 400.
      
    • Dosh cost per shot decreased from 20 to 10 (which means full magazine cost decreased from 400 to 200).
    
    
  • HRG Beluga Beat
    
    • Remove need of pre-activating alt-fire.
      
    • Alt-fire Fire Interval adjusted to 0.75 (80 RPM).
      
    • Magazine size decreased from 12 to 10.
      
    • Spare ammo decreased from 96 to 90.

Designer Notes:
Many players have requested the option to disable Seasonal Skins during Seasonal Skin periods. In order to do this, we have added an option to create a match without Seasonal Skins, for both online and offline sessions. This also means that, when finding a match, players can enter a session with Seasonal Skins enabled or not, depending on which option was selected by the creator of the match.
We have added a new icon to the Server details to show if a server from the Server browser has Seasonal Skins or not. Players can also use a filter to disable all servers with Seasonal Skins.
We have improved the order for the Cosmetic and Crafting items sections in the inventory, as we did in the Tidal Terror update with the Weapon Skin section. Now, Cosmetics will be grouped regarding outfits and skin variants, as well as rarity. In the Crafting section, the grouping will be: all Cosmetic Material together, all Weapon Skins Material and all items together, as wall as ordered by rarity. Tickets will be in this order: Cyberpunk, Summer Sideshow, Halloween Treat and Christmas Treat.
Finally, regarding balance, we have made tweaks in three weapons always keeping in mind your feedback:
Gravity Imploder was a slow weapon, but now it will be more agile since the equip speed is faster and the fire interval between shots is reduced.
Doshinegun damage was low and dosh cost for using it was very high, so we have increased the damage a bit and reduced the dosh needed per shot. And, if this were not enough, we also have decreased its price in the Trader.
HRG Beluga Beat is a powerful and effective weapon, but the alt-fire was not very comfortable to use. To improve this, we have changed the way in which the alt-fire is used, and now it doesn’t require to be pre-activated before a shot. You can shoot directly using the alt-fire button, as many other weapons do. Because of this change, we had to adjust the alt-fire, to make it different from the main fire. This alt-fire change will improve the effectiveness of the weapon, so, in order to not make it too overpowered, we have adjusted the ammo amount a bit, but not too much.
Known Issues
Mercs, due to timing, this update is going out into first beta with some major known issues with the new content. These items are already being addressed, but we are prioritizing player feedback on the content and changes in this build over delaying the beta and having less time to react to player feedback.

Weapons

• HRG Ballistic Bouncer
  
  • Projectile changes position in 1p and 3p after being fired.
  
  
• Zed Eradication Device MKIII
  
  • The radar is not showing Zeds
    
  • Multiple clipping issues during the 3p reload animations.
    
  • Multiple clipping issues during the 3p bash attack animation.
    
  • Iron sights are off-center.
  
  
• HV Storm Cannon
  
  • Animation issues with hand placement when moving into and out of ADS.
    
  • Multiple clipping issues during the 3p reload animations.
    
  • Multiple clipping issues during the 3p bash attack animation.
    
  • Multiple clipping issues during the 3p idle animation.
    
  • Extra magazine visible in 3p at the end of the reload animation.

Map

• Crash
  
  • Pathing issue for Large Zeds in the Office Main Floor.
    
  • Multiple ambient sounds are not audible throughout the map.
    
  • Fires disappear as players approach them throughout the map.

Bug Fixes

Also mentioned in the 2021 Killing Floor 2 ‘State of the Game’ our goal is to bring to the community a continued stream of community-reported bug fixes for each update throughout the year. Please continue to report any bugs you discover by visiting our official forums at: https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forum/killing-floor-2 and posting in the ‘PC’ or ‘Console’ sections.

Weapons

• Mine Reconstructor
  
  • Fixed an issue where the screen shake caused by nearby exploding projectiles was more intense than intended.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the bash attack would not play its SFX.
    
  • Fixed some animation issues with the bash attack.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the visuals for the liquid in the cartridge did not align with the rounds left after aborting reloading.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the ammo container would shake during the reload animation.
  
  
• G36C Assault Rifle
  
  • Improved elite reloading animations to reduce clipping.

Skills

• Fixed an issue where the Demolitionists Fragmentation Rounds skill would apply twice to thrown grenades.

Maps

• The Rig
  
  • Fixed an issue where kismet warnings were being sent to the chat.
  
  
• Barmwich
  
  • Fixed an issue where the waypoint from the Blue Plaza to the various SYG zones would not appear.
    
  • Fixed an issue where light rays were being projected onto the walls in the tavern area with no visible sources of light.
  
  
• Dystopia 2029
  
  • Fixed floor seams across multiple areas to remove them and prevent dropped weapons from falling through.

As always, thank you for your continued support!

Mercs,

Just in time for those of you looking for a lovely location to spend a Winter holiday, Hozine will be sending you to the English countryside for an operation named aptly, Crash.



A Horzine cargo train is at the center of this outbreak. We need eyes on this incident that needs to be investigated. Horzine wants to know what’s left of the cargo. Secure the area while seeking what may have led to this accident.



Initial recon has sent few reports back about the site and conditions. Bundle up, we do know you’ll be facing icy conditions and a bitter chill. A few detours have been marked to help you maneuver around the grounds with a bit more ease if you bring along a shotgun powerful enough to give you a boost.



This industrial complex looked to be preparing for the holidays, just like the rest of us. Clear out the threat of zeds. The staff and everyone else have been run off. Strangely enough, It seems somehow that these halls were bustling with activity just days ago, however whoever they were seemed to have fled.



Since the zeds moved in, it looks as though they may have been doing a bit of decorating of their own for the season. Decking the halls and other areas with their own version of “cheer” the area has a disturbing feeling to it with their questionable taste in decor.


Horzine has stressed that this plant must get back up and running again in a timely manner. It likely has something to do with all the gifts and other holiday goods found littering the grounds. We need our bravest mercs to explore the multiple levels of this complex terminating anything in your way. From the higher peaks on the buildings to the depths of the sewers, this place must be cleaned out and the zed leader dealt with so we can get that holiday cargo where it needs to be.

Crash is the latest Official Community map to be added to the game, created by community level designer Tamari.

First squads will be sent out to the “Crash” with the new weapons expected in the coming weeks (subject to change as development continues) for PC mercs as an opt in beta.

Hello Mercs!

We talk about it so often, what do you get the merc who has everything? Horzine has some ideas to add to your shopping list that would impress even the most bah-humbugging of Scrooges.



Let’s start your list of goregeous gifts right for the holidays with the Zed Eradication Device Mark III. Or ZED MKIII for short. For those of you who are veterans out there on the battlefield you may remember the ZED MKI and the ZED MKII. The third time's the charm or proof of insanity. Either way, this monster of a gun is sure to electrify and delight mercs this Winter.

Techs at Horzine have simplified the gun with a single mode, for ease of use. Have no fear though, this gun lives up to its name because this one mode fires a spinning barrel of swarm auto target rockets while spitting out a continuous stream of 20mm Microwave rounds to disorient and daze zeds. The charged up bullets will thunder down in an angry fury that will eliminate most mob tier zeds with ease. But wait til they get a load of the rockets that will make even larger threats a thing of Christmas past. After a fixed interval of bullets, a high powered homing rocket is shot at the closest target in front of you. Like its predecessors, the Z.E.D MKIII is equipped with a radar to illuminate any menace in your close proximity. Get this Tier 5 behemoth for your favorite Demolitionist in your life, especially if that favorite Demolitionist is you!




For the Sharpshooter looking for something new and sparkly this season, Horzine brings to you the HV Storm Cannon. Mercs, you won’t have to wait for Christmas future for this cutting edge technology semi auto sniper rifle, it will be in your hands soon.

The HV Storm Cannon fires an electric bullet that does EMP damage that is plenty devastating on its own. However the labcoats couldn’t leave it at just that, with a headshot it creates a burst of lightning that chains up to 3 times doing head damage to any zed stupid enough to be the in original target’s vicinity. The first chain of lighting does 100% damage, the following shots drop off in damage. They say lightning never strikes twice, but you can with this new Tier 4 weapon!



Find out where your next mission is in the next Merc Report!

As a reminder: These weapons can be obtained via the Armory Season Pass 2 or direct individual purchase.

Mercs,

It is time to learn about how we are keeping your arsenal topped off with the latest new acquisitions and inventions from the (slightly mad) Horzine Research Group. As is often the case, we can’t comment on the original intent of some of these inventions, but let's just say they’ve been found to have repurposed use out in the field of zed slaying.


Introducing the HRG Ballistic Bouncer, the latest weapon from the Horzine Research Group for Support. The group has come up with a new substance that is incredibly dense and has the ability to bounce off hard surfaces. They’ve modified the Mine Reconstructor and are turning super bouncy balls into a bloodsport to wield against the zeds.

Charge up your shot to increase the velocity with which the substance is shot, increasing the number of bounces it’s capable of. This weapon is made to shine in tight spaces. Bludgeoning and stumbling everything, you’ll feel like a dodgeball bully. Unsportsmanlike behavior is encouraged and will likely lead to victory against any opposing team.

HRG Medic Missile

Medic’s we know yours is a never ending and demanding job. So how about healing rockets for high spike AOE healing delivered by a rocket launcher? Scientists here have combined their knack of destruction with the capability to heal.

Simply locate a cluster of fellow mercenaries in need of health and hope, load one of our new missiles containing the Horzine patented healing compound, take aim at the injured, and fire! Viola! You have now delivered a high amount of healing to your new grateful “friends”. And that’s not all it does. You guessed it, that same healing compound will damage and poison any pesky zeds that threaten the group. Equipped with the new HRG Medic Missile, medics will continue to be the heroes we all need.

Next week we’ll have additional arsenal improvements to share, as we dive into the most recent acquisitions being sent into the field alongside you this winter.

Mercs,
As we keep moving forward with the battle against the outbreak of numerous science experiments roaming the streets, it’s already time for briefings about what to expect as the next assignment looms closer.

Perk Roulette Weekly Outbreak

Top minds, or mad ones if you ask some, at Horzine have designed a new challenge to keep mercs training for unusual circumstances. Perk Roulette takes control of the merc’s conditions for each mission. In a modified Survival experience, each person’s perk will be randomly selected for them at the start of each wave. With 6 person squads, each perk will be assigned only once, meaning no two mercs can have the same. Additionally, a Perk should not be repeated on the same merc. Other than that, you know what to do, survive the waves and defeat the boss to complete the challenge.








One of KIlling Floor’s most celebrated features is the complete reworking of Zeds to fit Seasonal themes around the holidays. The Killing Floor series started this tradition with the original Killing Floor at a time where it was not something commonly seen. This involves new animations, textures, models, voice and other sounds and is something we are quite proud to add to the game 3 times a year. However, it has been requested to make the Seasonal Zeds optional and in the next update that will be something that players server admins can choose to enable.

• Creating a Match
  
  • Players can choose to play on a server with or without Seasonal Zeds in the Create A Match menu options by choosing “Yes” or “No” to enable them.

• Server Browser
  
  • Players can choose to play on a server without Seasonal Zeds in the Server Browser menu by choosing a filter option to disable them.

• Solo Game
  
  • Players can choose to play a match with or without Seasonal Zeds in the Solo Game menu options by choosing “Yes” or “No” to enable them.

• Server Admins
  
  • Details for how admins can set up their server to turn off seasonal skins will be relayed at a later date

Mercs, please note the details shared below are subject to change as this update is still being worked on. The exact numbers may not reflect what changes happen in the upcoming betas or full release of this update.

• Gravity Imploder
  
  • Equip Speed from 1.3 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
    
  • Fire Interval from 1.33 seconds to 1 seconds (which means from 45 RPM to 60 RPM).
• Doshinegun
  
  • Damage per hit increased from 60 to 80.
    
  • Trader price decreased from 600 to 400.
    
  • Dosh cost per shot decreased from 20 to 10 (which means full magazine cost decreased from 400 to 200).
• HRG Beluga Beat
  
  • Removed the need of pre-activating alt-fire.
    
  • Alt-fire Fire Interval adjusted to 0.75 (80 RPM).
    
  • Magazine size decreased from 12 to 10.
    
  • Spare ammo decreased from 96 to 90.

We have improved inventory sorting for cosmetic related items. Now the inventory sorts Cosmetics and Crafting item categories by rarity in a similar way to Weapons.

Order for Cosmetics:

1. First, group together the same cosmetics (all the Headband together, all the Baseball Hat together, etc.)
   
2. Then, order them by rarity, from common to rarest.

Order for Crafting:

1. Group together the same items (all Cosmetic Material together, all Weapon Skins Material together, all items together).
   
2. Then, order items by rarity, from common to rarest.
   
3. Then, order tickets in this order: Cyberpunk, Summer Sideshow, Halloween Treat, Krampus Treat.

Play the KF2 Blood & Bonfires update now through November 1st for scary in game rewards. Double XP and extra drops are now live! The in-game store has sales up to 50% off items!