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PEAK Launches 'Roots' Update With New Biome, Badges and Cooking Overhaul

Roots is now the daily map through November 17 before it begins alternating with Tropics.

Overview

  • Landfall’s v1.40.a adds the Roots biome and 11 badges that grant new cosmetics, expanding progression goals.
  • Biome-specific pickups include Shroomberries with daily-cycling effects, Fortified Milk, and Cloud and Bounce Fungus, while Rescue Claw, Checkpoint Flag, and Book of Bones can appear in any biome.
  • Cooking has been reworked so more non-food items do something when heated, poisonous berries become safe, bandages no longer grant extra stamina, and mushroom poison still cannot be cooked out.
  • Coverage highlights fresh hazards such as spiders, giant beetles, and a fungal infection that can turn teammates into zombies, reshaping co-op risk and rescue.
  • Early player activity topped 50,000 trying Roots, and the patch also brings 8 new emotes plus fixes like preventing pings while a player is unconscious.