The Christmas Update is available now!

The festive season is upon us! So for their first Christmas on the DUCKSIDE archipelago, the Ducks are celebrating it in style with a Christmas Update!

Quacked with new features, holiday-themed items, a brand new monument and more. Let’s unwrap the highlights! Read through the end for the full patch notes!

New Monument:

Somehow, someone got a submarine stranded in the middle of the desert. Gross incompetence of whoever was captaining that submarine aside, it holds some valuable loot for anyone brave enough to venture to its heart and extract it…

New Events:

Get ready for some merry mayhem!

1 Christmas Carol Ghost Event:

Who ya gonna call? Not Scrooge, that’s for sure. The Ghostly Ducks of Christmas yet to come are haunting bases across the archipelago.

Drops new gatherable resource Snow Piece: Used for crafting Xmas themed items!

2 Santa’s Sled Shooting Event:

Santa (or a feathered non-union equivalent) is visiting to spread joy and cultivate carnage. While shooting "Santa's” sleigh would usually get you put pretty high up on the naughty list, it is the most efficient way of getting your hands on his loot…

The bravest ducks may also find even rarer loot in the sleigh itself…

New Cosmetics & Decorations

Santa Hat: I mean, what other kind of hat do you expect at Christmas…?

Deer Antlers: Become an honorary member of Santa's reindeer alongside Rudolph, Donner, Dancer and whatever the other ones are called!

Snowman Keep a cool head in even the toughest situations!

Krampus Hat: For all the ducks out there that still enjoy christmas but wanna maintain their edgy and mysterious persona.

Door Skin: Nothing says “It’s Christmas” like a wreath on the door of a base that you’re about to turn to rubble.

Fireplace Warm those webbed feet by the fire as you await the arrival of santa (or a raider) with a Christmas Fireplace

And more! : Christmas lights, candy cane weapons, streamer shotguns and Christmas tree shrines can also be crafted and found throughout the archipelago!

New Buildable:

Snowman: Ever wanted to blow up a snowman with a rocket launcher? Of course you have, and now you can!

(Please note that you don’t actually get anything out of it other than the satisfaction of having blown up a snowman with a rocket launcher)

Snowmen can be built by default.

With this update, we have completed the first phase of our Roadmap and have updated it to reflect our goals for the coming months, which you can see below:

Also, we have put together a player satisfaction survey to help us understand our players experiences with the game, what could be improved, what you would most like to see added and your overall opinion of DUCKSIDE, and we would appreciate it if you could take 10 minutes to help us out here by filling it out

https://forms.gle/WbS5NFsUMq94gEES6

Full Patch Notes:

Highlights:

New monument - Submarine in the Desert Island

Introduced a new unique automatic shotgun (Vulture's Wrath) with enhanced fire rate

Weather system

Updated vending machine locations on the map

Added a feature to display the list of items available in each vending machine directly in the map UI

Added an optional setting for using the global moderators list in the admin panel

Adjusted bleeding mechanics

Added a bleeding effect to the barbed wire trap

Fixes

Resolved localization issues and display errors in various game elements

Adjusted sleeping ducks to have proper HP, matching normal ducks

Ensured blueprints now appear in the inventory, even if it is full at the time of purchase

Corrected furnace behavior where activating it instantly burned wood and created charcoal without delay

Added proper death location display for players who died offline

Updated the postmortem screen to correctly display destroyed bases and nests

Fixed access to the Idol so players can now interact only when registered at the base.

Enabled Tesla coils and shotgun traps to properly react to admins under m1/m2 commands.

Resolved an issue where players with their own base were unable to disassemble wooden buildings or use workbenches and research tables

Improved door interaction interfaces for players registered with an Idol

Resolved an issue that allowed players registered at a base to disassemble nests owned by others after a server restart

Fixed outline masking issues with hats

Restored availability of NVIDIA Reflex and Frame Generation features

Removed limitations on C4 usage when 20 landmines are placed

Removed rockets from the crafted rocket launcher

Optimizations

General Performance Improvements

Optimized buildings unloading upon destruction to improve performance and reduce FPS drops

Graphics and Animations

Replaced falling animations with smoother transitions

Updated animations for walking, weapon handling, and interaction movements

Added new military textures for NPC gear

Added new transition animations for boosts and movement speed changes

Added animations for reloading the bazooka

Christmas Event:

New Christmas-themed hats, decorations, and items added to the game

Santa's Sleigh was added, bringing festive gifts to players

Miscellaneous

Weather settings UI for admins to display current and manual adjustments

Added notification system for player registration acceptance

Fixed base deregistration issues when the core idol object is destroyed

Known Issues

Certain changes require further testing to prevent rare server crashes

Minor visual glitches may occur on specific systems

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See you in the skies!

- tinyBuild Riga