With spring coming, this year's 3rd monthly update brings newfound mayhem set for and by Strayers!

Strayed Update 0.6.0.0 brings some local boom and burn - with the introduction of the Pump Shotgun, Shotgun Traps and Flame Traps. We've also started spring cleaning by removing core foundations and integrating authority to resource containers, in addition to ladder hatches, and finally - a colored toggle map to complete the experience!

Spring 2025 approaches! Let's get right into it!

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Apparently, some Strayer found shotgun parts out of nowhere and made it work. Talk about Macgyver'd firepower!

The Pump Shotgun works just like you know it - feed it some shells, pump 'em and shoot! With a crutch to dampen its recoil on your shoulder, it's sure to spread massive damage. Just keep in mind its effective range - it ain't no sniper rifle!

With close encounter problems solved, how about if you're not there to hold the boomstick yourself?

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So, some genius who probably knows a thing or two about the Pump Shotgun thought it would be smart to reassemble it and make it work without hands.

Introducing, the offline raider's worst nightmare - the Shotgun Trap! Made from the same material build as pump shotguns, these silent, shell-loaded traps are set up on surfaces to act as a deterrent to whoever manifests greed inside someone else's domain.

To make it work properly, remember to fill it up with shells and place it down strategically - AND stay away in front of the barrel when you're not base-authorized!

Sometimes, you'll look for some variety when it comes to base defenses. One Strayer thought of replicating the shotgun trap's effectiveness - but intentionally and literally made FIRE-POWER instead.

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The Flame Trap. Now this one's created with the passion for heat. Armed with some fuel and set to light ablaze pesky intruders, the Flame Trap just screams "get out" with its deadly flame-throwing capabilities within its vision cone.

While it does have its setbacks (like the limited travel distance of flames), one can outsmart intruders with proper set up.

With traps now lurking in bases, it's time to talk about better base building - starting off with a better way to navigate indoors!

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Steps and stairs are bound to get jealous of this one. The Hatch Door is here!

Works just like a door - but vertically - the Hatch Door is a craftable, convenient way to seal your base levels without the need for airlocked stairwells. It's also easy-to-install - just place said Hatch Door to a ceiling frame (ooh, new!), and you're good to go!

Remember - these are basically doors, meaning you need to lock them either with a Key Lock or a Smart Lock to restrict access.

With this vertical change to base building, we've also decided to finally remove a core building piece in favor of a better way...

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Back then, Core Foundations were a way to integrate authority of bases to players. So basically, anyone who touches a base's core foundation gained total access. While this basically worked - in the long run, it has proven itself to be inefficient and quite exploitable.

As a move to improve overall gameplay for everyone, this update removes Core Foundations and integrates base authority to Resource Containers.

To authorize, just grab a deployed RC. To clear authorizations, open it and click "Clear Authority" at the bottom of the Resource Container UI.

With this major change to base authority comes the simple yet very helpful change to our lovely little map...

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From the very start, Strayed's toggle map only displayed grids. It's basically something that tells you where you and your friends are, and how to relay location info. This worked well for players, as they became accustomed to its simplicity.

As we move towards a brighter, more vibrant Strayed future, we're introducing Colored Maps!

Similar to when the 1950's brought Color Television to everyone - we've redone the toggle map to show a colored bird's eye view. Plus, it now comes with monument icons, zoom and pan controls - talk about travel convenience!

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Now that's what we call a bunch o' updates! Here is the full changelog for Update 0.6.0.0:

Added

• Easy Anti Cheat
  
• Pump shotgun
  
• Shotgun trap
  
• Flame trap
  
• Ceiling frame build piece
  
• Ceiling hatch deployable
  
• Colored map + zoom & pan controls
  
• Authority logic to resource containers

Changed

• Bow balancing (damage is scaled based on time since last shot - haptic feedback indicator when bow is fully recharged)
  
• Boosted prison vault loot
  
• Time sliced base piece spawning to improve performance / stutters
  
• Players now freeze until bases in area fully spawn during spawn/respawn processes
  
• Guns now hold their ammo individually
  
• Most guns now need to be charged when pulled out

Fixed

• Lighting zones not working after dying in monument tunnels
  
• Decay system not being consistent across different base sizes
  
• Rockets dealing inconsistent damage to some deployables

Removed

• Core Foundations

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Remember when we started with the first milestone of 600 Reviews in total, and dropped the Golden Rock for everybody?

...and just like that, we've reached 1,100 Reviews in total, which is our 4th Milestone for The Strayed Experience! Coming soon after this update, we'll do the 4th Community Skin Drop, so watch out for announcements!

Our next milestone is at 1,300 - combining both Steam and Meta Quest storefront reviews. As of writing, we're sitting at 1,182 reviews, so we need only 118 more!

Let's work towards the fifth milestone, Strayers!

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We've reached 1,000 Reviews on our Meta Quest storefront - and as promised, we're giving away 10 Strayed Keys on Reddit!

Participate by leaving a comment and reposting the original Reddit 0.6.0.0 Update post on another subreddit! After 7 days, we'll release the 10 lucky winners of 1 (one) Strayed key each!

Click the image below to go to the original Reddit 0.6.0.0 Update post:

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If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:

Other Strayers are waiting for you to survive with them. Follow us and stay tuned to more updates and announcements on our official channels:
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This year's 2nd monthly update brings unlockable mysteries, hidden away behind locked doors inside new and refreshed monuments!

Strayed Update 0.5.0.0 makes for more interesting travels across the island - and looting in-between. With newly-designed monuments such as the Sawmill, the Oil Refinery, and (finally) a new Prison - with locked doors waiting for Strayers to unlock - makes this a monumental update for all! Not to mention being able to finally gift your friends sleeping bags.

With unlocked potential upon us all. Let's jump right into it!

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The engineers who worked on the airfield and radio tower from before is back at it again! They needed to have a better way to transfer large building resources - especially lumber.

And so they have decided to build a huge sawmill - but have decided to leave it even after constructions complete.

More than just a regular sawmill, the whole place has scattered loot left by the engineers who may have left in a swift haste for some reason. Who knows what kind of mayhem ensues in this lumber production area.

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Of course - with new places to build comes big machinery to run. The Strayed Engineers needed energy in the form of oil. What could be better than a good old fashioned Oil Refinery?

The New Oil Refinery is as large as you can imagine - with tankers and refineries connected by large pipes going in and out of the main building.

There's also a huge talk about something left by the engineers - locked doors unlockable only by certain gadgetry. Who knows what they may have left behind these large blast doors, and what the reason for building them in secret.

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It's said that this was the main reason the engineers went back to the island with more construction materials (and new production areas e.g. Sawmill and Oil Refinery) than ever before. Their benefactors may have wanted to have a better way of controlling criminals within the island - and what better way than a larger, more complex prison?

Yes, Strayers - you have been waiting for this for a long time - the new Prison Monument is here!

A main prison building annexed by an entrance behind towering walls and gates, this is not just an ordinary site. There's no strict visiting hours, so anyone can be here at any time - besides, there are more reasons than one to visit the prison.

Some say there are secrets within the prison walls built by the engineers themselves - for reasons we'll never know.

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When the engineers built the new monuments, they built them with secret agendas. They meant to hide something within large blast doors only unlockable with "The Gadget". Some of these "gadgets" may have been left by them.

Keep a keen eye on these things, as they hold more value than what they look like. Be careful though, you may not be the only one holding "gadgets", and you are certainly not the only one in pursuit of it and the fortunes that lie ahead for those who hold it.

Important Notes on the Gadget: The first gadget is found at Gas Station, and it needs to be scanned at the authority terminal right next to it to get level 1 clearance on the gadget. The gadget needs to be taken to Airfield where the locked room can be opened. That locked room gives you level 2 clearance, which can be taken to either Oil Refinery or Sawmill to unlock their rooms. Those rooms will give you level 3 clearance which can be taken to Prison to get some good loot.

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As the title says - sleeping bags can now be gifted to your friends! Say goodbye to finding your way into the wilderness just to meet up with your friends. Now, they can spawn right in front of you at will!

To gift a sleeping bag to your friend, the Sleeping Bag UI window will now open when you aim your dominant hand at a sleeping bag that you own and press grip trigger. This window will populate with a list of your friends. Next to each friend's name will be a "Gift Bag" button. Click that button to gift the bag to a friend. You can also manually enter a friend's username when gifting a bag.

Note: If you are on Steam, your friends list will only show Steam friends that are currently playing. If you are on Meta, you will see all Meta friends. If you are trying to gift a bag to someone that is on a different platform, you can type that player's username manually. The player you are gifting a bag to must be in the same server as you when you gift the bag, otherwise the bag will fail to gift to that player.

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Besides the new structures, here is the full changelog for Update 0.5.0.0:

Added

• New Oil Refinery monument
  
• New Sawmill monument
  
• New Prison monument
  
• Monument locked rooms
  
• Locked room terminals / gadget authorizations
  
• Sleeping bag gifting

Changed

• Added underground tunnel system to airfield
  
• Rewrote terrain generation

Fixed

• Turret ammo resetting to 0 after server restart
  
• Turret ammo not updating in database when hot swapping ammo in/out
  
• Wall frame placement issues when building
  
• Improved performance of terrain
  
• Trees and distant structures drawing when they shouldn’t be

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If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:

Other Strayers are waiting for you to survive with them. Follow us and stay tuned to more updates and announcements on our official channels:
Official Strayed Subreddit
Official Strayed X Page [x.com]
Official Strayed Instagram [www.instagram.com]
Official Strayed TikTok [www.tiktok.com]

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