Lost Rift News

[p]Rifters, we have released a smaller patch with no downtime. This patch focuses on smoothing out the first hour of gameplay in preparation for the upcoming Spring Sale. A lot of these changes have come directly from monitoring your experience and feedback. We are committed to making Lost Rift the innovative new Extraction Survival game that our team envisioned when we started this project. [/p][h2]Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Gameplay[/h3][p]Complete rebalance of consumables:[/p]

• [p]Changed the inventory size of all resources to 1x1 - weapons, backpacks, and armors still take multiple inventory spaces[/p]
• [p]Made healing instant on everything except the healing tonic [/p]
• [p]Removed the regular chest from the building menu and replaced it with the shared chest, which allows players to auto-pull resources from nearby workstations:[/p]
  • [p]The cost of a small shared chest is the same as the previous cost of a regular chest[/p]
  • [p]The cost of medium and large shared chests was decreased[/p]
  • [p]Existing regular chests persist in the world, but they are no longer buildable[/p]
  • [p]Regular shared chests are unlocked from the start of the game [/p]
• [p]Streamlined the early game experience:[/p]
  • [p]Increased stick drop rate from trees and on the beach near Wade[/p]
  • [p]Placed a dead hyena next to Jess ' body[/p]
  • [p]Added bow and arrow on the way to Jess’s cave[/p]
  • [p]Added a torch and a backpack next to the cave entrance[/p]

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed bugs that made it difficult to select a display/resolution.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a common GPU crash[/p]

[p]We cannot understate how pivotal player feedback has been in shaping our long-term plans, and it will continue to guide our work as we expand Lost Rift with our community’s support. Stay tuned for future information on our next patches and our new update coming at the end of the month - this will be a big one! Be sure to join us on  Discord, TikTok, and X to connect with other players. And as always, if you are liking the content that was just delivered, then please consider dropping us a review (it helps us a lot)! [/p]

[p]Rifters, we have the next patch for you. This update focuses on overhauling consumables to make rare items more valuable and refining AI behavior - especially addressing situations where enemies felt like they were laser-beaming you from impossible angles. Alongside these changes, we’ve continued improving technical stability and visibility into matchmaking performance.[/p][p]We’ve also added ping and latency indicators for players. This will help you monitor the connection improvements introduced in the last patch and better understand region selection and overall network performance. [/p][h2]Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Consumables Overhaul[/h3][p]Complete rebalance of consumables:[/p]

• [p]Removed the damaging effect of consumables.[/p]
• [p]Uncooked consumables no longer offer a max stamina boost, ex:[/p]
  • [p]Raw Dodo meat:[/p]
    • [p]Heals 5HP[/p]
    • [p]Replenishes 5 satiety[/p]
    • [p]Replenishes 25 stamina[/p]
  • [p]Grilled Dodo:[/p]
    • [p]Heals 5 HP[/p]
    • [p]Replenishes 25 satiety[/p]
    • [p]Replenishes 100 stamina[/p]
    • [p]Increases max stamina by 25 for 900 seconds[/p]
• [p]Most consumables only replenish partial Stamina[/p]
• [p]Healing tonic now heals 2 HP/s over 60 seconds, allowing you to strategically “pre-med” if you know you are about to have a challenging encounter.[/p]

[h3]AI Changes[/h3]

• [p]Perception and sound rebalanced, making it easier to sneak up on Outcasts (beware their pet hyenas can still smell you). Use a crouch walk to sneak upon them.[/p]
• [p]Outcasts now have a harder time detecting you through bushes and in low visibility conditions (including rain and fog).[/p]
• [p]Outcast drops and gear rebalanced:[/p]
  • [p]More varied gear equipped.[/p]
  • [p]Predefined bullets so they don’t shred armor so easily anymore.[/p]
  • [p]Increased healing items.[/p]
• [p]Various small tweaks to make combat with Outcasts more dynamic and feel more dangerous in challenging areas.[/p]
  • [p]Easy areas should be easier, beatable with basic gear[/p]
  • [p]Medium areas should be relatively challenging - You need to approach carefully and need at least basic armor and gear[/p]
  • [p]Hard areas should be challenging - Don’t approach unless you have good gear and good weapons[/p]
• [p]Tree Bug’s armor is significantly weakened.[/p]
• [p]Additional small Outcast patrols were added to expeditions.[/p]
• [p]Outcast gear and difficulty adjusted for Pioneer’s Landing and PvE Expeditions.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted AI accuracy.
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[h3]Loot Changes[/h3]

• [p]Durability of rare and epic armor increased.[/p]
• [p]Rebalanced damage reduction on various armors.[/p]
• [p]Decreased durability of some helmets[/p]
• [p]Added pickup spawns for some basic gear around starting locations on Pioneer’s Landing.[/p]
• [p]The cost of shared chests decreased.[/p]
• [p]Fireplace added to Prosperia and Everstead, allowing you to cook food on the spot faster if you are hungry.[/p]
• [p]Increased amount of sticks picked up from beach sticks.[/p]
• [p]Increased drop rates of coconuts from coconut palms.[/p]
• [p]Increased drop rate of ape meat from Bonkey.[/p]
• [p]Raiding enemies now have additional loot drops.[/p]
• [p]Water filters have a new model and new recipes in the crafting station and medical station.[/p]
• [p]Glass bottle replaced with a plastic bottle and now only requires a 1x1 inventory slot. [/p]
• [p]Shotgun ammo stack increased to 48.[/p]
• [p]Added repair stations to both expeditions so you can fix your gear in Expedition when in a pinch.[/p]
• [p]Added recipe for raw hide vest to workbench (more expensive than armor bench variant).[/p]
• [p]Raw hide vest is now unlocked after finishing the Armor Up quest with Wade.[/p]
• [p]Wood is now 1x1 instead of 2x1, helping alleviate limited inventory space concerns, especially for the beginning of the game.[/p]
• [p]Added loot to locked rooms on Locker Island.[/p]
• [p]New icons for some resources and keys.[/p]
• [p]Making signs is now cheaper, so it is easier to organize chests.[/p]

[h3]UI[/h3]

• [p]Added a setting to show/hide the HUD.[/p]
• [p]Locked chests and doors now require hold to unlock to prevent accidental key use.[/p]
• [p]Additional tooltip descriptions for consumables to clearly show healing items' benefits, ex: Revival kit can remove Heavy Wound status effect.[/p]
• [p]Interaction on the expedition ship should no longer disappear intermittently.[/p]
• [p]New icons for some loot items to better match their 3D representation.d[/p]
• [p]HUD Indicators when you are suffering poor network conditions. [/p]

[h3]VFX[/h3]

• [p]Particle-based creatures (bats, crabs, frogs, rats) are now fully interactive and can be shot and killed.[/p]
• [p]More visual variety of Zip Lines.[/p]
• [p]Added fishes into the expeditions.[/p]

[h3]Quests[/h3]

• [p]Transmitters now require different resources to be fixed.[/p]
• [p]Transmitter reward quests now offer rewards more aligned with specific NPC characters.[/p]
• [p]Removed glass bottles from Vlad quest.[/p]

[h3]Other Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Added support for frame generation for DLSS and FSR.[/p]
• [p]Added support for nVidia Reflex.[/p]
• [p]Added support for framerate limits and defaulting to Auto, which calculates the best limit from monitor refresh rates to provide good frame pacing and best use of variable refresh rate (Freesync/G-Sync/etc).[/p]
• [p]Added ambient music triggering at times on Pioneer's Landing.[/p]
• [p]Various VFX improvements[/p]
• [p]Various crash and bug fixes.[/p]

[p]We cannot understate how pivotal player feedback has been in shaping our long-term plans, and it will continue to guide our work as we expand Lost Rift with our community’s support. Stay tuned for future information on our next patch, content update, and beyond. Be sure to join us on  Discord, TikTok, and X to connect with other players. And as always, if you are liking the content that was just delivered, then please consider dropping us a review (it helps us a lot)![/p]

[p]Rifters, today is the first patch in 2026 for Lost Rift! This update focuses on polishing the experience for our players and balancing. A lot of these changes have come directly from monitoring your experience and feedback. We are committed to making Lost Rift the innovative new Extraction Survival game that our team envisioned when we started this project.

We’re adding a new batch of side quests tied to the latest Expedition, giving players more reasons to return to Locker Island and uncover its dark past.[/p][p]To reduce the frustration of failed runs, we’re introducing a Safe Pocket feature. Items stored in the Safe Pocket won’t be lost if an expedition fails. That means you can secure critical quest items or especially valuable loot before things go sideways - as long as they’re small enough to fit.
[/p][h2]Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Features[/h3]

• [p]Safe pockets. A small space to keep items safe from loss in an expedition.[/p]

[h3]Content Updates[/h3]

• [p]New side quests for Wade, Jo, Sophie, Dorothie, Vlad, and Fynn. Explore the dark past of Locker Island and the mysteries of Victoria.[/p]
• [p]New notes reveal the troubling circumstances of an ill-fated expedition.[/p]

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• [p]Increased health of bosses in Expeditions. [/p]
• [p]Changed the efficiency of fuel in the fire pit and furnace:[/p]
  • [p]Coal now burns for 60 seconds in the furnace.[/p]
  • [p]Coal now burns for 180 seconds in the fire pit.[/p]
  • [p]Wood now burns for 60 seconds in the fire pit.[/p]
  • [p]Sticks now burn for 30 seconds in the fire pit.[/p]

[h3]Matchmaking Updates[/h3]

• [p]Expedition matchmaking will more aggressively favour the lowest average latency when selecting a region for any player or team.[/p]
  • [p]Note, though, if your teammates are located on different continents, ping rates are typically higher as the match will be placed in the best overall zone.[/p]

[h3]Systems Updates[/h3]

• [p]UI[/p]
  • [p]Access to dismantle is now easier to access when holding the construction hammer.[/p]
• [p]AI [/p]
  • [p]AI will be able to hear their target more easily when actively in combat with them.[/p]
  • [p]Added engagement range to AI depending on their current weapon.[/p]
    • [p]Berserkers will now engage the player more in melee.[/p]
    • [p]Bruisers will now engage at close to medium range with their weapon.[/p]
    • [p]Marksman will now highly prefer to stay at range. [/p]
  • [p]Made AI more responsive to the player's actions in general.[/p]
  • [p]Improved existing vantage points so AI marksmen use them more effectively.[/p]
  • [p]Improved hiding Behavior.[/p]
    • [p]AI will now hide from the player when getting shot outside their effective combat range if they can’t reach the player.[/p]
  • [p]Improved AI ability to move across multifloor terrain (IE: Galleon).[/p]
  • [p]Improved AI Search behavior.[/p]
• [p]Hydration increases stamina regeneration instead of increasing max stamina.[/p]
• [p]Sleeping in a cozy bed heals the player.[/p]
• [p]Loot balance updates (both PvE and PvP expeditions):[/p]
  • [p]Increased loot on Locker Island.[/p]
  • [p]Greatly increased yields from mining coal, lead, iron, and sulfur.[/p]
  • [p]Decreased drops of mineable resources outside of mineable rocks.[/p]
  • [p]Increased drops of spices, tea, coffee, brown sugar, and glass bottles on Locker Island.[/p]
  • [p]Decreased drops of the screwdriver on Locker Island.[/p]
  • [p]Increased drop chance for Captain's Hat.[/p]
  • [p]Increased drop of rubber hoses on Western Island.[/p]
  • [p]Increased drop chance of sterilization tablets and water filters on Locker Island.[/p]
  • [p]Decreased drop for rifle ammo.[/p]
  • [p]Increased drops of metal hooks on both islands.[/p]
• [p]Added some crafting benches to both expeditions so you can quickly repair or craft on the spot. They do not contain all the recipes you have unlocked.[/p]

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Resolved an exploit that could cause players to be assigned to the wrong team on expedition, enabling them to damage players in PvE and see players on the map in PvP.[/p]
• [p]Fixes to quests to build crafting stations, such as Textiles for Life, that couldn’t be completed. Just head back to the quest giver to finish now.[/p]
• [p]Fixes to spawns in PvE expedition - some spawns were spawning higher value items than they were supposed to.[/p]
• [p]Fixed recipes in Jo and in the weapon crafting table.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash when using FSR 4 common on GTX GPUs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed crash in EOS SDK, where unreliable network conditions would trigger a reconnect to the game services, then an hour later, EOS SDK would likely crash (This one was really “fun” to track down).[/p]
• [p]Fixed the issue where some players would disconnect while loading into their camps as players built their camps larger.[/p]
  • [p]Making connections to the game services more resilient, they will now retry if interrupted in the background.[/p]
  • [p]Networking changes to prevent packet loss during initial map load. This should make loading a bit faster for many players as well.[/p]
• [p]Fixed ordering issues in the options menu.[/p]
• [p]Various other bug and crash fixes.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the issue where AI would spawn without ammo loaded in their gun. Making them reload their gun when starting combat.[/p]

[h3]Other Improvements[/h3]

• [p]DLSS updated to 4.5, OTA updates are now enabled.[/p]
• [p]FSR 4 update to 4.0.3.[/p]
• [p]Lighting updates:[/p]
  • [p]New fixtures, improved materials, improved soft shadows.[/p]
  • [p]Improved fire look.[/p]
  • [p]Improved exposure behavior (faster response).[/p]
• [p]Various other performance improvements:[/p]
  • [p]Optimized light complexity and improved the positioning of several fixtures.[/p]
• [p]Rework of the options menu for organization.[/p]

[p]We cannot understate how pivotal player feedback has been in shaping our long-term plans, and it will continue to guide our work as we expand Lost Rift with our community’s support. Stay tuned for future information on our next patch, content update, and beyond. Be sure to join us on  Discord, TikTok, and X to connect with other players. And as always, if you are liking the content that was just delivered, then please consider dropping us a review (it helps us a lot)![/p]

[p]Hello Rifters,

We’re taking part in Steam’s PVP Fest, and to celebrate it, we have a 30% discount, so if you were wondering about getting into the game, now is the time!

But that’s not all - everyone who logs in during PVP Fest will get a special package to get you right into the heat of the action - go straight into an expedition with your shiny free loot. To get the package, you need to log in during PVP Fest: from Monday, February 9th, 2026 till Monday, February 16th, 2026.

We have also updated our store page stream - there are a couple of new pretty faces and some teasers of things to come - make sure to check it out!

As always, we encourage you to join our Discord - our Devs will be hosting chill play sessions where you can ask questions and/or try to hunt them down on expeditions. Details will be available on Discord.

Be sure to join us on other platforms to connect with other players. And as always, if you are liking the content that was just delivered, then please consider dropping us a review (it helps us a lot)![/p][p]
Happy Hunting!
Lost Rift Team[/p]

[p]Hello Rifters,

As we prepare for the upcoming PVP Fest, we have fixed a couple of issues to make your experience smoother. This hotfix requires no downtime, so you can play right away. As always, we want to thank the members of our community for bringing our attention to it, and if you encounter any bugs in your playthrough, please reach out to us on Discord (link below).

Patch notes[/p]

• [p]Fixes GPU crash in FSR 4, usually on GTX GPUs hardware.[/p]
• [p]Fixes a crash in EOS SDK that would happen an hour after recovering from a disconnect.[/p]
• [p]Fixes high packet loss, causing slow loading and timeouts when joining some camps.[/p]
• [p]Fixes a GPU crash when reconnecting to an expedition. [/p]
• [p]Note: There are some other lower probability crashes that may still happen in this case. Keep retrying if this happens. We are working on more fixes for the upcoming patch.[/p]
• [p]Expeditions will now continue to add players up to 10 minutes from starting.[/p]

[p]Thanks for being with us!
Lost Rift Development Team[/p]