Patch Notes [24.12.2025]

[p][/p][p]The sound of popping champagne bottles fills the safe zones. Everyone is anticipating the upcoming holiday! While some are giving gifts and spreading New Year’s cheer to their friends, others are eagerly hunting for rare artefacts. Meanwhile, we have prepared a small patch note for the rapidly ending year.[/p][p]Contents:[/p]

• [p]Year Recap;[/p]
• [p]Advanced Case;[/p]
• [p]X-Mas Tree adjustments;[/p]
• [p]Santa Viv’s mail closed;[/p]
• [p]Other changes.[/p]

[h2]Year Recap[/h2][p]It’s time to sum things up!
Your personal Year Recap is now available in the Event Hub. The event will be accessible until January 14, 2026.[/p][p]Inside, you’ll find personal statistics collected throughout 2025!
Take a moment to review your accomplishments and share your achievements, favourite gear and game stats with your friends.
On the final slide, a pleasant surprise awaits you in the form of a promo code and a commemorative achievement.[/p][p]Today, the Zone has noticeably grown with titled stalkers. Artefact hunters, resellers, brave fighters, and… cool skeletons? Players who placed top 250 in the featured activities will receive special profile achievements!
Please note: achievements can only be obtained by viewing your Year Recap.[/p][h2]Festive Set[/h2][p]Have you decorated your profile for the holidays yet? If not, now’s the perfect time to visit the in-game shop — the Festive Set is now available. It’s a great way to update your profile card and treat yourself with some gifts. Keep in mind: it can only be purchased once.[/p][p]Inside you’ll find:
• 30 000 Season points;
• 15 Frozen Loot crates;
• Purrzy Customization Pack;
• Gifts.[/p][p]Snowmaiden didn’t make it to the Zone this time, but Purrzy is already here and ready to decorate your profile.[/p][p]Don’t miss your chance to grab the Festive Set while it’s available.[/p][h2]Advanced Case[/h2][p]So, have you stocked up on Thermal Blocks? It’s time to put them to use — the Advanced Case is returning to the in-game shop. It’s available for a limited time, so make sure to open it while you can![/p][p][/p][h2]X-Mas Tree adjustments[/h2][p]The holiday has arrived in the Zone! Gifts have become more generous and can now be found much more often. In addition, we’ve prepared several more pleasant surprises for you.[/p]

• [p]Issued compensation for North and South storyline vinyl records, as well as profile customization sets for completing the South storyline.[/p]
• [p]Updated contents and prices in the Gift Zone Shop.
  Added a music vinyl record, profile decoration elements, and new paints.[/p]
• [p]Added the ability to purchase frost consumables at Forge-11 clan bases.[/p]
• [p]Added the ability to purchase fireworks crate in all safe zones.[/p]
• [p]Added the ability to select the container level when claiming calendar rewards.[/p]

[p]Available options depend on your current X-Mas Tree level:

At level 3 — containers of levels 1, 2, or 3 are available;
At level 7 — all container levels are available. The reward automatically resets to the maximum level when re-entering the gift-claim interface or switching tabs. [/p][h3]Session Battles[/h3]

• [p]Increased gift rewards for Brawls, Tournaments, Base captures, and Session modes.[/p]
• [p]Increased gift rewards for completing Operations.[/p]

[p]Gifts from all Session Battles are now transferable, so share the joy with your friends![/p][h3]Snowstorm[/h3]

• [p]Increased gift rewards for all Snowstorm events.[/p]

[h3]Gifts outside the Snowstorm[/h3]

• [p]We continue to monitor Gift Thief and actively adjust gift farming on locations from various sources outside the Snowstorm.[/p]

[h3]Other X-Mas Tree fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed the distribution of the Minister of Energy achievement.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the display of player’s X-Mas Tree points in the leaderboard.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the display of received and sent gifts in the Gift Zone tab interface.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the inability to sell X-Mas Tree container contents to the Exchanger.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the number of paints awarded in X-Mas Tree ranking rewards.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the number of charms-counters and Average charm in X-Mas Tree ranking rewards.[/p]
• [p]Fixed display of the rating number on the CR-72 pistol in the X-Mas Tree rewards.[/p]
• [p]Fixed display of the last visited safe zone in the interface.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the barter recipe for the New Year's Glock 18X and FAMAS at the Exchanger.[/p]
• [p]Fixed flickering of the location in the X-Mas Tree interface.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the absence of Snowstorm warnings in safe zones.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that occurred when killing a player with an Anomalous delivery.[/p]

[h2]Santa Viv’s mail closed[/h2][p]Letters are no longer accepted! Thank you for your warm congratulations and kind words! Santa's elves will sort through the letters, compile lists of those who deserve gifts, and send gifts in the New Year.[/p][h2]Other changes[/h2]

• [p]Restored previous economy of stashes.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where incorrect nootropics were obtained from fraction crates.[/p]
• [p]Fixed stamina reset to 100% when changing locations.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple naming inconsistency bugs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple translation inconsistency bugs across all languages.[/p]
• [p]Corrected several minor localization bugs in all languages. [/p]