Tomorrow, on July 23rd we will release a small patch that fixes several inconsistencies and adds minor cosmetic improvements. See the full patch notes below.

Please, keep in mind that the update only affects newly created game sessions. It is done to avoid any “unwanted situations” and keep your current session balance.

1. A special UI-element for dropping unnecessary items has been added to the inventory screen
   
2. The pop-up menu with interactive buttons accessed with the right mouse click has been removed from the container screen

1. Terrain color correction
   
2. Outcast’s Reinforced Suit has been reskinned for both male and female character models

1. Fixed an issue:
   
   • that led to an item near the character outline in the inventory menu becoming blocked
     
   • that made a side quest become tracked in the quest log and on the game screen after a subsequent server login. Now, a random main quest is tracked in this quest
     
   • that could significantly move the quest counters to the right from the left side of the game screen
     
   • that prevented the player from taking an item from an item slot in a workstation menu by clicking “Take”
2. The freezes of injury status effects have been fixed
   
3. The sliding effect of the character’s legs while moving has been fixed
   
4. The timer of timed injuries in the status effect description has been fixed
   
5. The stacking of items from a workstation when drag-and-dropping into inventory slots has been fixed
   
6. Session termination upon void’s life expiry when the player is offline has been fixed

Greetings, colonists!

Today, after 08:00 am EST/ 12:00 am GMT we are launching a big content update that will ring the changes in gameplay as well as in the visuals. We have also improved technical performance on mid-range PCs and as always fixed a number of annoying bugs.

Perk system has undergone a significant overhaul. We have rebalanced the existing pool of perks. Some old perks have given way to new ones. We are excited to bring new unique perks that will seriously improve your chances of survival.

Aggressive NPCs are back! They are now called Outcasts. They dwell in various parts of the global map in camps. Each camp has a secret stash with valuable contents. Crush exiles to get their resources and gear!

The global map has received several visual upgrades. We have added lots of new assets, for instance, it will be much easier to get around Hub and find necessary workstations.

And this is just a glimpse of today’s update. You can see the whole list of changes below.
Please, keep in mind that the update only affects newly created game sessions. It is done to avoid any “unwanted situations” and keep your current session balance.

1. Temperature and thirst protection system has been reworked:
   
   • Heat and cold damage has been changed from 5 points per second to 20 points per 4 seconds
     
   • In order to craft Thermal Suit the player has to use Concentrated Blue Essence instead of Thick Swamp Mixture
     
   • Thermal Suit adds -75 degrees to the initial minimum comfort temperature
     
   • Warming Meat Stew adds - 50 degrees to the initial minimum comfort temperature
     
   • Desert Suit adds +30 degrees to the initial maximum comfort temperature
     
   • Adhesion Heat-resistant Suit adds +70 degrees to the initial maximum comfort temperature
2. In Outcasts’ camp, players can now find secret stashes with loot that depends on the difficulty of a given camp. Players can get various resources, consumables, and pieces of unique gear: suits and armor
   
3. Alpha Kvar, Sahrim and Snow Sahrim now drop unique resources required to craft new weapon types: Deadly Glaive, Beast Hunter Glaive
   
4. Mobs that inhabit Red Moss and the Hub area will sometimes drop a new weapon - Silicon Axe
   
5. In order to upgrade the Hub storage and acquire the maximum number of item slots at the Banker’s players have to complete several new quests. The quests become available upon interaction with the Banker
   
6. When mining resources with an incorrect tool, players now get a pop-up notification
   
7. Now, when players voluntarily finish a session and return to that server (for instance, by accepting a friend’s invite), the game checks if the player had items from one the founder packs upon exiting the session. Supposedly, this measure will solve the abuse of the founder packs (item duplication)
   
8. When not in battle, the character is in the permanent auto-run mode

1. The old perks have been rebalanced, some of the perks have been deleted
   
2. New perks have been added
   
3. New unique perks have been added that can be acquired for:
   
   • performing game activities (resource gathering, crafting, fighting mobs) in Desert, Swamp, and Anomalous Region
     
   • achieving victory in battles against mini-bosses: Alpha Kvar, Sahrim, Snow Sahrim
     
   • killing Voids (NPCs)

1. The global map has received new terrain
   
2. New assets have been added: vines, polyps, and icicles
   
3. Geysers in the Anomalous region have been updated with new assets
   
4. Hub workstations are now marked with signs
   
5. The path in the Drop Zone has become more obvious due to some lighting tweaks
   
6. Outcasts’ (aka Aggressive NPCs) camps have been added
   

1. Water Flask recipe is now located in the Food tab in the inventory screen

1. Latest performance update has increased the average frame rate by 5FPS on mid-range PCs
   
2. The models of mobs have been optimized

1. The Teleport screen has been redesigned
   
2. Public cocoon markers have been redesigned
   
3. The waterfalls and river rapids have received new visual effects
   
4. The “Quit game” button has been reworked (it was brighter than other buttons)
   
5. The quests in the Quest log are now displayed in the following order:
   
   • Main quests in progress
     
   • Completed main quests
     
   • Side quests in progress
     
   • Completed side quests
   
6. The text color in recipe description has been changed
   
7. Until the player presses the Shift key, the game screen shows a notification stating that auto-run is disabled in the battle mode
   
8. Item images in the inventory screen no longer come out of the icon borders
   
9. The Lobby background image has been changed

1. The exhaustion effect (when the stamina bar is fully depleted) has been changed;
   
2. The female character model has been redesigned
   
3. Mobs and plants’ texture emission maps have been tweaked (visible at night)
   

1. Fixed an issue:
   
   • that led to gaps and tears between the female character’s limbs and body
     
   • that upon respawning in the Main Hub kept the Sprained Ankle injury after death in the Drop Zone
     
   • that allowed voids to follow an aerial attack with another hit
     
   • when void’s strong attack did not deplete the stamina bar
     
   • when mobs sometimes slid when switching between targets
     
   • when the player could not see the “Help” button over the knocked down colonist
     
   • that prevented to destroy one of the leaves of Tier 3 gates
     
   • that prevented the player from filling the big flask to the full (50 swallows)
     
   • that prevented the player from taking the last swallow from the flask
     
   • that prevented the player from building a campfire/container/cocoon after a failed attempt
2. Stash Container destructibility has been improved
   
3. Lime and coal hitboxes have been improved

Greetings, colonists!

The next update will land on Kepler tomorrow, June 11th.

Alongside multiple changes to the user interface, hotfixes and performance enhancements, it will bring the following quality of life improvements:

• fewer building restrictions
  
• armor repair kits
  
• streamlined Friends feature

We will continue to address your requests, suggestions, and bug reports in future updates. Keep them coming.

Please, keep in mind that the patch only affects newly created game realms. It is done to avoid any “unwanted situations” and keep your current session balance.

You can find all the details in the list below.

1. The Building restrictions for the most locations on the global map have been removed, except for key locations like The Main Hub, Alpha Kvar’s lair, etc (all locations that contain unique resources or quest items)
   
2. In PvE modes, the player can no longer see loot near other players’ corpses
   
3. Armor and Suit Repair Kits have been added to the game
   
4. The cost of repair kits for weapons and tools has been reduced

1. The Friends feature has been improved:
   
   • The player can now bring the friend list by hitting Esc in the game
     
   • The player can now see friends’ markers on the map
     
   • Friends’ nicknames are highlighted with another color

1. Collision detection of Acidic Roots has been improved
   
2. There are now more gerophytes on the global map, including the Hub vicinity

1. Sahrim:
   
   1. Sahrim has received a number of new animations
      
   2. The existing animations have been reworked
      
   3. Its walking and turnaround action speed has been dialed down
      
   4. Sahrim’s attacks have been improved
2. Improved mob behavior when 2 or more players are next to a mob or mobs

1. The visuals of some Desert areas of the global map have been reworked. The mob and resource locations in these areas have been changed

1. “Early Access” notification window has been added to the game. It appears every time the player opens the lobby
   
2. The “Back” button has been added to account and game mode selection screens
   
3. The dark background in Credits has been removed
   
4. When playing as the Void, only friends can see your nickname
   
5. Public cocoon markers become visible on the global map starting from Account Level 3
   
6. The buttons in the character and game mode selection menus now look the same. The background opacity in these menus has been removed
   
7. The silhouette in the inventory screen now matches the chosen character gender

1. Multiple edits of the Russian text
   
2. The new texts have been localized into English

1. The campfire visuals have been optimized and have a lesser effect on the frame rate
   
2. The chest assets have been optimized
   
3. Improved performance when 2 or more players are next to a mob or mobs
   
4. Multiple Hub textures and assets have been optimized

• that led to the absence of final blow sound effect when hitting a mob
  
• that led to NPCs’ arms becoming invisible
  
• when players could not get out from some of the geysers in the Anomalous Region
  
• that broke the polygon mesh in one of the rocks on the global map

Hello, colonists!

Today, we are happy to present our development roadmap with a list of features and content updates that are currently under development. Since our roadmap is subject to change as time passes, we decided to use Trello[trello.com] as our platform of choice.

Here is how it will work. There are four dedicated columns for features that will be added to the game in the near and distant future, released updates, and canceled mechanics.

Each list has its own set of cards with detailed descriptions of a specific addition. Click a card to see its contents.

The road map will be updated on a regular basis so come and check every once in a while.

As stated in our previous announcement, we are expecting the next patch to arrive on Kepler sometime during next week.

Stay safe, colonists!

Hey, all!

We are excited to announce that during the next seven days you will be able to get Twitch Drops that will unlock exclusive items in Population Zero.

To claim your reward go to Twitch and look for streamers broadcasting Population Zero[www.twitch.tv] that offer Drops. Choose a stream to your liking and enjoy your time.

Here is a link on what Twitch Drops are and how they work[help.twitch.tv].

Stay safe.

See you on Kepler

Greetings, colonists!

May was a month of quick patches and hotfixes. Thanks to you we managed to fulfill many important tasks. We streamlined the ability to play with friends, polished the gameplay by adding Teleport, reworking several main quests, and increasing the number of item slots available at the Banker. Besides, we fixed many log-in issues and improved overall performance.

We are grateful to you for all the feedback, comments, and bug reports. You are the best!

June marks the start of the next stage. We are starting to work on new game content to make the game more engaging and the world of Kepler more alive and captivating. Because of that, we are shifting to a new schedule for our game updates. Patches will be coming out less often but will be more significant. However, this does not mean that we will stop releasing smaller patches. We are still working on various bugs and issues and are planning to regularly fix them.

In the upcoming days, we are going to publish the new development road map where you will find all the details of additions to Population Zero for months ahead.

We will inform you of new updates in advance. The next patch is planned to go live sometime during the next week. Stay tuned.

See you on Kepler.

Hey, all!
The new update is now live, so without further ado lets jump right into all the many additions we have prepared for all of you.
If the player is not bound to any game session, the Game Mode selection screen will show the “Play with your Friends” panel on the left. Notably, if a friend is not currently bound to any game, they will not be displayed on this list until they connect to any game cycle. This includes both the whole friends’ list and friends online.

If there are no friends who are currently playing Population Zero, the panel will not be active.

After choosing the “Play with your Friends” option, the player gets access to the “Play with your Friends” screen. Here they can see the list of friends who are playing the game at that moment. When selecting a friend from the list, the player can see their friend’s game mode and the time left until the session termination.

In order to get into a friend’s game, press “Join”. You will see a pop-up notification saying that the client will restart.

The client will restart and then begin connecting to the friend’s session.

Take on a sci-fi adventure on an alien planet of Kepler together with your faithful friends.

Explore, craft, battle, solve mysteries, and survive together!

Please, keep in mind that the patch only affects newly created game realms. It is done to avoid any "unwanted situations" and keep your current session balance.

"Play with your Friends" update brings a lot of other quality of life improvements and additions to Population Zero. You may all of them in the list below.

1. A new special item has been added to the game - Teleport. It allows for instant travel to the Main Hub once in every 40 minutes. At Account Level 1, Teleport can be obtained from Captain Evans. Beginning from Account Level 2, the device is immediately available at the start of a session. In case of a loss, Teleport can be collected again from Captain Evans at any given time
   
2. The loot that can be obtained from corpses depends on the region. All items collected from corpses are randomized

1. The number of Bones required for crafting of every Tier 1 building element has been decreased from 5 to 2

1. Fog and lighting settings have been corrected
   
2. Minor visual inconsistencies in character models and clothing have been fixed

1. Strong melee attack’s animation and hit range have been fixed
   
2. The second spear combo attack’s animation and hit range have been fixed
   
3. Fixed an issue when the fourth combo attack did not do damage

1. Kvar and Kso received several improvements in their animations

1. The game received various performance updates
   
2. Footprints and bloodstains have less effect on performance
   
3. Various post-effects have been readjusted and optimized

1. The exits from the Drop Zone to the global map have been improved

1. New locations with ship fragments containing Coal have been added in Desert

1. Fixed an issue:
   
   • that prevented the character from filing the flask with pure water in the Main Hub
     
   • that allowed the player to get into the battle arena in the Hub
     
   • that allowed arena gladiators (NPCs) to leave the battle arena
     
   • when upon session completion the one-hit mob kill(s) was (were) not included in account experience total score
     
   • that let the player complete certain phases of “Steps toward a Solution: Death in the Swamp” and “Steps toward a Solution: Death in the Jungle” when they visited the key locations of these quests
     
   • when certain injuries disappeared after restarting the game
     
   • when the temperature bonus of the last unequipped piece of a clothing set remained active
     
   • that on some occasions prevented the character from collecting their items in the deep water
     
   • that caused the arrows in the setting menu screen to fail to work
2. A certain amount of grass stuck in mid-air has been removed from the global map

UPDATE: Currently, players are experiencing a problem with filling the flask with pure water in the Main Hub, while the water source there still replenishes the hydration level. We recommend traveling to the oases that are located next to the Hub

We continue to release updates that improve and change various aspects of Population Zero:

• The number of item slots available at the Banker has been increased so it will be much easier for you to manage your items and resources.
  
• The requirements of "Steps to Rescue: Meat for the Hub" have been significantly streamlined.
  
• The most important addition of this update is the inclusion of Repair kits. The repairs are carried out instantly. We are excited to release this feature as it will optimize your time and carried weight

Please, keep in mind that the patch only affects newly created game realms. It is done to avoid any "unwanted situations" and keep your current session balance.

You can find all the details in the list below.

1. Banker now has 55 item slots

1. The requirements for “Steps to Rescue: Meat for the Hub” quest completion have been changed. Now, you need to obtain 15 pieces of Grilled Meat (instead of 80 pieces of Raw Meat) and 5 pieces of Roasted Sahrim Meat (instead of 30 pieces of Raw Sahrim Meat).

1. Now, Roasted Sahrim Meat recipe requires Rootstick instead of Coal. This Technology is placed closer to the beginning of the Atlas
   
2. Various repair kits for tools and weapons are now available in the Atlas:
   
   • Bone repair kit
     
   • Metal repair kit
     
   • Xenophungus repair kit
     
   • Scyphopod repair kit
   The repairs happen instantly. There is a certain chance of losing a repair kit upon death. Basic weapons and tools can’t be repaired.
   
3. The number of Theory Points awarded for researching specific mobs and resources has been increased as follows:
   
   • Kvar: from 4 to 5 ThP
     
   • Merid: from 5 to 8 ThP
     
   • Limestone: from 15 to 20 ThP
     
   • Peat: from 15 to 20 ThP
     
   • Forest Kvar, Forest Yutt, Forest Fury, Scyphopod Worker, Scyphopod Warriors: from 45 to 50 ThP

1. All resources except Spiral Stem and Acidic Roots have been removed from the water
   
2. There are now more Pearl Berries on the global map

1. Now, In the volcano located in Jungle, lava inflicts damage when the character steps in it
   
2. Jungle and Anomalous region’s temperature map borders have been tweaked
   
3. There are now more corpses with loot on the global map. Their locations have been changed
   
4. The layout of Alpha Kvar Lair has been refined
   
5. Several Desert zones have been improved
   
6. The jump-puzzles in Swamp and Anomalous region have been reworked. It is now easier to get to the Blue essence and Acidic roots

1. There are now more Scyphopod Workers and Warriors in Jungle

1. Some descriptions have been corrected

1. Hub NPCs’ designs have been slightly changed
   
2. Some male and female characters’ mid-combat movement animations have been improved

1. The Void Sample Icon has been changed

1. The game received various performance upgrades and fixes
   
2. There are now less frame rate dips when the character traverses the global map, picks up items and gathers resources

1. Fixed an issue:
   
   • when the quest counters updated partially or did not update at all
     
   • that sometimes led to the loss of character progress
     
   • when Scyphopod Warrior’s attack sometimes missed the player’s character
     
   • when crafting timer visually reset upon opening/closing the workbench menu and displayed the remaining time until the end of crafting incorrectly
     
   • that sometimes led the workbench menu to fail to display the default selected recipe
     
   • that led to the incorrect display of the number of a certain consumable, for example, water in the flask, when it was put into a hotlsot from the inventory or vice versa
2. Fixed various geometry and environment bugs and issues:
   
   • resources stuck in mid-air
     
   • mountains
     
   • a character getting stuck in the space ship remains near Alpha Kvar Lair and in roots above the canyon in Desert
     
   • flawed areas in the Hub