The Nugget
November 2026
The Nugget Update: excavators, piles and trucks
Update
Buckets and dumping A full bucket stays full while you curl, lift and slew. Before, the EX30 lost almost half a cubic metre off the top. A full tip means an empty bucket: on every excavator and loader, a full dump…
The Nugget Hotfix: excavator, claims and soil
Update
Excavator after the tutorial The tutorial excavator keeps digging after the tutorial. Before, the bucket stopped at the surface as if it hit rock. Your camp area is now a free starter claim, with or without the…
Update: smoother camp, better co-op, clearer tutorial
Update
Performance Camp, plant and machines draw much faster from a distance: up to 4 ms less per frame, with no visible difference. No more short hitch when the town workers in Coolabah Ford and Quartz Hill first appear. The…
Update: much smoother, 1.8 GB less video memory, new landscape
Update
Performance About 1.8 GB less video memory (2.7 GB instead of 4.5 GB in our test). Textures now use GPU compression with no visible difference. This helps cards with 4 to 6 GB the most. Long drives to the next town run…
Update: smoother, tank trailer, site containers and heli deliveries
Update
Smoother Digging by hand without hitches: each shovel throw onto the spoil heap now takes only a few milliseconds instead of a noticeable pause. Much smoother camp: batteries and solar panels rebuilt, the camp now runs…
Controller Update: full gamepad support, new towns, music and many fixes
Major update
Play The Nugget completely with a controller, plus new towns, wildlife, characters and lots of fixes.
October 2026
Water for your claim and clearer feedback
Update
Demo update for Windows and macOS: local water supplies, washplant improvements and fixes shaped by your feedback.
Demo Update: Friends Co-op, Shared Tutorial & Personal Gold
Update
Play together in the Windows and macOS demos, build your own kit, and keep every nugget accounted for.
Demo Update: Your First Claim, Better Transport & Illustrated Fieldbook
Update
A bigger goldfields adventure, clearer equipment guides and 31 supported languages.
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