After over five years in development, Redbeet Interactive’s open-world survival crafting title Raft has left Steam Early Access on PC. Version 1.0, the biggest update yet, is now live and offers tons of new content for players. It also includes The Final Chapter of the main storyline.
Some of the new destinations added include Varuna Point, which previously served as an outpost for the elite but has since been (mostly) abandoned. There’s also Temperance, a snowy land which Selene’s researchers call home. Finally, the third location, which the developer feels one should discover “on your own.” Along with the third and final chapter, much of the story has been rewritten to accommodate the new locations.
There’s also voice acting for the story notes (with options to disable automatic playback and listen to them later from the notebook). New enemies like the anglerfish, scuttler, hyena and much more also await. Check out the full changelog below for more details.
VERSION 1.0 CHANGELOG
- 3 new story destinations: Varuna Point, Temperance and one secret destination
- 3 new small islands
- 14 new achievements
- Added Trading Posts to most large islands
- Added food and drinks buff system with 6 different buffs
- Added 4 new playable characters
- Added 30 alternate character outfits
- New enemies: Angler Fish, Scuttler, Polar Bear, Hyena and 2 secret enemies
- New item: Juicer
- New item: Drinking Glass
- New Item: Electrical Grill
- New item: Electrical Smelter
- New item: Advanced Stationary Anchor
- New item: Advanced Biofuel Extractor
- New item: Wind Turbine
- New item: Recycler
- New item: Titanium Axe, Arrow, Hook and Sword.
- New item: Water Canteen
- New item: Advanced Headlight
- New item: Electrical Zipline Tool
- New item: Advanced Battery
- New item: Advanced Crop Plots in 3 sizes
- New item: Advanced Scarecrow
- New item: Big Backpack
- New item: Advanced Collection Net
- New item: 8 new hats
- New item: Trading Post Cassette
- New item: 5 new enemy trophies
- New item: 3 placeable honk horns with different sounds
- New item: Foundation Counter
- New item: Tic-Tac-Toe
- New item: Fridge
- New item: Compass
- New item: Wardrobe
- New item: 28 vending machine decorational items
- New item: Added Turmeric, Juniper and Chili for recipes
- Updated Engine Controls: Added anchor lever
- New building piece: Horizontal Pillar
- New building piece: Detail Plank
- New building piece: Draw Bridge in 2 sizes
- Added fishing bait menu and 3 different fishing baits
- Adjusted all solid building block textures
- Added voice playback for all story notes
- Notebook now displays a different first page depending on which character you play as
- Added a sort button to storages
- Added Exclusive Fullscreen mode in settings
- Seagull functionality has been rewritten to reduce bugs
- Added 3 new community made rafts to the main menu
- New feature: Bonus thirst
- New feature: Bonus health
- Big Islands now start spawning without requiring receiver
- Recipes now say Cooking Pot or Juicer at the top
- Adjusted Cooking Pot recipes ingredients and outputs
- Each battery slot now has a charge indicator
- Bow shot can now be cancelled while charging by pressing RMB
- You now have to hold RMB to pour liquid from cup and bottle
- Scarecrows now remove themselves after being completely destroyed by seagulls
- When in a storage, crafting now takes into account the amount of items in the storage as well
- Added setting to invert mouse cursor icon
- Fuel Tank can now receive fuel through the pipe socket
- Adjusted Easy and Peaceful damage multipliers
- Renamed Tangaroa Tokens to Vending Machine Token
- Flower seeds now have 100% drop chance
- UI performance improved
- Updated UI for oxygen
- Reduced time to remove placeable items with ‘X’ from 3 to 1 seconds
- New Feature: Auto run toggle button
- Added prompts informing players if they are not connected to Steam
- Added 144 FPS cap as settings option
- Recoded the raft collision system to greatly improve performance (most notable on big rafts)
- Added lantern particle effects LODs to improve performance
- Changed recipes from UI to textures to improve performance
BUG FIXES
- Landmarks despawning when raft is far away
- Placeable items appearing to be blocked by something invisible
- Floating items spawning to the side of the raft while having a big raft
- Upgrading foundations with hammer could make it lose collision
- Seagull flying through walls
- Seagull ignoring scarecrows
- Entering bed from climbing on a ladder could make you fly
- Jump animation issues
- Paint brush couldn’t paint after aiming at a scarecrow
- Players could enter non discovered frequencies in receiver
- Players unable to join very large rafts
- Tangaroa Cockpit being locked after launching and relogging
- Eggs unable to be picked up if they are on a collection net
- A lot of typos
- Being soft locked when getting charged by a Warthog
- Paintbrush accidentally painting objects when aiming at them
- Water pipes not working above floor 9
- Animals disappearing (should be a lot more stable)
- Metal detector not always working
- Hook sometimes stuck in throw state
- Stormy weather causes issues with hook and sounds
- Toggle sprint setting is not saved between sessions
- Dying from hunger in a bed leaves the screen black
- “Bee Keeper!” and “Artistic Collection!” achievements not getting unlocked
- Pipe connecting issues
- Roof L- and X-junctions did not have any cost
- Couldn’t place diagonal walls on half floors