1.0 and the Moon

Hello all!

We’re incredibly excited to be so close to our full release on TUESDAY BABY CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!

We can’t.

What we can believe though, is that New Atlas’ moon, X11-B, will be seeing its first tourism since it was named (or… since it was designated as ‘inhospitable’).

Our goal with X11-B was to make a region that adds challenge for those who have been playing since we launched into Early Access. We’re doing this so that we can try and keep even the most augmented employees on their toes. Because of this, we wanted to put this region on a whole moonlet of its own so that it stands apart from the rest, both in its mechanics and its style.

As we’ve mentioned before, there’s already stuff in the works for some post-release content updates. Part of what we’re exploring for those updates involves even more regions with even more pizazz, so we’re excited to see how ya’ll engage with this little moonlet as our first dip into more of an alien environment.

But that’s enough about the future, we’ve got more stuff to talk about that’s OLD!

There’s a heap of upgrade tuning coming up, the focus being on making underwhelming upgrades a bit more usable. But a healthy sandbox requires a bit more gardening than that, so we’ve also added a few new upgrades to existing weapons and turbocharged a some more exotics. Take a look:

Upgrades

• Subzero Energy (Cycler Epic)
• Bullets apply cryo . Fire rate is decreased.

Stormcloud Accumulator (DMLR Epic)

• Firing the DMR or laser spawns cryo shards. Can be stacked.

Charging Port (Plate Launcher Epic)

• Intermittently heal while standing on one of your plates.

Plasma Arc (Trident Exotic)

• Fire a single arc of plasma that deals damage in a small area.

Solidified Acid (Globbler Rare)

• Impact damage is increased.

Turkey's Bloodlust (Carver Exotic)

• Hold Reload to consume all blood , increasing your damage for a while for each consumed stack. You can't gain blood while this effect is active.

Confident Queen (Accelerator Rare)

• Dealing damage with your other weapon no longer refills the Accelerator's magazine. Ammo capacity is increased.

Turbocharges

• (Jackrabbit) Flamethrower Turbocharge
• Flamethrower damage is increased while you are ignited.

(Jackrabbit) All Powdered Up Turbocharge

• While airborne, the Jackrabbit deals more damage the higher you are above your target.

(Swarm Launcher) Breeding Season Turbocharge

• Pellets spawned by this upgrade deal increased damage.

(Gunship Cannon) Tinderbox Turbocharge

• Changes Tinderbox element to shock or acid .

(Globbler) Pressure Cooker Turbocharge

• Magazine Size +1

(Incendiary Grenade) Hearth & Home

• Your secondary ability recharges faster when near your last explosion.

(Voltaic Grenade) (yes it’s been renamed) Flash Storm

• Lightning damage is increased.

(Caustic Grenade) (yes it’s also been renamed) Heavy Support

• Your heavy weapons deal more damage.

(Caustic Grenade) Overclock

• Gain damage resistance after getting hit by an overclocked explosion.

(Caustic Grenade) Connected Systems

• Triggers an additional time.

(Photon Disc) Harmonizer

• Elemental chance is further increased.