THE ROOTS - UPDATE OUT RIGHT NOW! 🍄🌲

Date: 2025-11-05 18:59:15

THE ROOTS UPDATE

AT LONG LAST, our second Biome update has arrived!

Full patch notes can be found at the end of this post. Avoid it if you want to go in blind.

Delve into the ROOTS: a shrouded redwood forest infested by mushrooms and creepy-crawlies alike. This Biome replaces the TROPICS, and will be present in every run until November 17 - after which, future maps will rotate randomly between TROPICS and ROOTS.

Survive the harsh winds that threaten to knock you off the cliffside. Sample a new variety of mysterious edible mushrooms. Flee from spiders, giant beetles, and even... zombies???

(Reminder that we have a Bug-Phobia Mode in the options! This update got pretty freaky!)

Try out some new tools that appear in luggage, like the Rescue Claw and the Checkpoint Flag, to help you survive your ordeal.

And of course, earn some new badges and try on the new cosmetics!

...ok also some secret stuff we won't tell you about...

COOKING OVERHAUL

Since the launch of PEAK, cooking has been a pretty weird mechanic. In our quest to make it so everything can be cooked, we didn't stop to think if everything should.

So we've made the following changes:

A lot more non-food items will now Actually Do Something when cooked. If it seems like a good idea to set something on fire, give it a try!
Cooked usable but non-food items such as bandages will no longer grant Extra Stamina.
Cooked poisonous berries will now be safe to eat. You still cannot cook the poison out of mushrooms.

NOTE: With any major update, players are bound to run into bugs. We've done our best to smash any bugs reported from our playtesting group and QA BUT if you encounter any issues, please report in either our Discord, Steam Forums OR email us at [email protected] !

ALSO WE GOT NOMINATED FOR ANOTHER GOLDEN JOYSTICK AWARD - ULTIMATE GAME OF THE YEAR!

We're super thankful to everyone who voted for us in the other categories! If you can spare a moment we would love for you to vote for us in this one too

LINK TO VOTE

Enjoy the climb, scouts!
/The PEAK team

PATCH NOTES v1.40.a

MAJOR FEATURES PEAKpoint

Added a new biome: the ROOTS.
11 new badges to earn, each with associated cosmetics to unlock as rewards!
New Roots-specific Items:[list]
Shroomberries[list]
Each color of Shroomberry gives a random effect, which cycles out every day alongside the map. The best way to find out what they do is to try one! (Or feed one to an unsuspecting friend)

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Fortified Milk

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Cloud Fungus

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Bounce Fungus

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...And some more we won't tell you about!

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New items that can spawn in every biome:

Rescue Claw
Checkpoint Flag
Book of Bones (new mystical item!!)

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Cooking Overhaul

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8 NEW EMOTES!!!

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MINOR FEATURES PEAKbingbong

Players can now join a game or be invited without first having the game open, provided Steam is open.
The divorce court has allowed Bing Bong to visit his kids on weekends.

BUG FIXES PEAKsalute

Players can no longer point at stuff (ping) while unconscious
Fixed an issue where status over time (hunger, poison, etc) could result in the stamina bar being visually full of status, but the player would not pass out.
Extra stamina will now reset to 0 when a scout is killed.
Fixed an issue where a reconnecting player could spawn with a different player's statuses/inventory.
The game will end properly if all living players disconnect, leaving only dead ones behind.
Fixed an issue causing items with limited uses to spontaneously regain all their uses sometimes.
Improved the interaction highlight on several items where it was missing or partially missing.
Updated a number of badge illustrations lightly for readability.
The Napberry Plant spawns again in the Alpine!