XERA: Survival News

Below are the patch notes for Early Access Hotfix 5.5. We appreciate all of the feedback that was sent from the last patch and have fixed several issues that were reported this week. Please continue to submit any bugs you might find and thank you for your support!


Fixed an issue causing servers to not come online correctly after a reboot


Fixed an issue causing heli event message to not send to players


Increased location fault tolerance (Should help prevent ATVs getting stuck)
Fixed "ATV's boost sound still plays when you have no gas"


Rain will now attach to the camera and should be more reliable


Fixed an issue causing FPS limit to not save and show correctly


Changed the way server player count is displayed on the server list, it will now show as 'population' icons instead


Fixed an issue with white traincar texture

Greetings survivors!

Below are the patch notes for patch 5.4 which includes multiple fixes for known issues including optimizing atv movement and much more! We hope these fixes will help to enhance your in game experience and look forward to your feedback.


Upgraded Unreal Engine to 4.23 (was 4.19)
Updated game's executable icon
Steam SDK updated to v142


Adjusted pickup radius to prevent looting items above the player
Adjusted the loot refresh timer to refresh loot quicker


Character will no longer show option to trade when dead


Fully reworked ATV's Networking
Added 'Boost' to the ATV (Pressing Left-Shift will boost)
Adjusted ATV handling
Increased vehicle FOV to 103 (was 90)
Your character will now face the direction you are looking when you exit and ATV
Getting into an ATV in first person will now toggle ATV first person camera
Tightened clamps on first person cam
Increased engine attenuation radius to 150m (was 30m)
Increased horn attenuation radius to 80m (was 30m)
Headlights will now automatically turn off when exiting the ATV
Added click sound to headlight switch
Enabled shadowing of headlights on ATV
ATVs will now cause damage if you flip and land on the player
Added additional collisions to stop clipping through the player
ATV explosion will now damage players
Removed 'look back' camera (right click)
Fixed an issue preventing group invites to show when on the ATV
Fixed an issue causing players head to be visible sometimes while on ATV
Fixed an issue causing vehicle to give new outfit
Fixed an issue with a spawn point incorrectly spawning ATV on hill


Fixed an issue causing apply settings to set weather volume to wrong amount


Fixed an issue with exploding robots not causing damage
Fixed an issue with exploding robots continuing to move after being triggered


Added master volume setting
Added music volume setting
Added vehicle volume setting
Added VOIP volume setting
Settings menu has been re-designed


Fixed save settlement tent lights

At 3:30 AM CST, servers will be taken offline for the deployment of Early Access Hotfix 5.4.

Patch notes will be available after the patch has been deployed. We anticipate the estimated downtime to last no more than 1 hour.

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Jack-O-Bot's Halloween Event. The event has ended and we look forward to your feedback!

Patch Notes

- Removed Halloween Event
- Fixed an issue with AI movement causing them to move abnormally.
- Updated German Translations

Greetings Survivors!

Things are getting spooky in Redsville and it's time to take part in our Jack-O-Bots's Halloween event running now until November 7th! Try to earn all 55 Spooky skins throughout the event by trick or treating at houses throughout the map! Supply the settlements with enough candy, and you'll be rewarded with a special Halloween Skin Box!




Collect candies from candy buckets outside residential houses
Exchange 30 pieces of candy for a skin box by depositing them in the cauldron at the settlement
Find Pumpkin Hats and Witch Hats in the world (Both provide 20% Protection!)


Skin boxes will now be grouped by type, making it easier to switch between when opening
Halloween Skin Crates are purchasable for the duration of the event


Added Halloween Candy (Heals 5%, restores 10% food, 1.5s cooldown)
Added Pumpkin Hat (20% Head Protection)
Added Witch Hat (20% Head Protection)


Disabled 'Medical cooldown active' popup


Fixed an issue causing death and settings menu to get stuck open


Random tips will now be displayed while loading into a server


There is now a 10% chance of spawning either an Exploding or Stalker Humanoid (60/40)


Added /roll command that will pick a random number between 1 and 100
Using /respawn command will have no delay while in the safe zone


Added Halloween decorations in safe zones and at houses around the map
Water around the map has been died red
Fixed some buildings/walls inside the ground at Riverton


Fixed an issue causing an issue with items not being delivered correctly on an accepted trade