Overview
- The new area introduces wind gusts and a spore damage system that can temporarily turn players into zombies at high exposure.
- Fresh threats—web-laying spiders, knockback beetles, and fungus-infected zombies—shift the challenge toward active enemy encounters.
- Shroomberries deliver effects that change each day, and universal additions include the Rescue Claw, Checkpoint Flag, and Book of Bones for risky revives.
- A cooking overhaul gives many items new cooked effects and makes poisonous berries safe once cooked, and the update adds 11 badges with cosmetic rewards.
- Following player feedback, Hotfix 1.42.a removed zombies from Tenderfoot and cut their spawn density, speed, and detection ranges while lengthening post-lunge recovery.