# Upcoming Notes

# Patch Notes - November 6th, 2026

# Zombie Survival

### Pilot Pete and Fuel

- Pilot Pete’s helicopter now runs on fuel.
- Spend Fuel to fly out randomly into the wilderness, or spend extra Fuel to choose exactly where you land on the map.
- Fuel regenerates over time and is also gained while offline.
- When Pilot Pete drops a player off, nearby players will now receive a message that someone was flown in.

### Boosters Rework

Boosters now earn you Shards, a brand new currency for exclusive items.

- While a booster is active, you earn Shards to spend at the new Shards Shop in the Outpost.
- Consuming more boosters increases the amount of Shards available for you to earn.
- Any Shards in your balance will carry over to other realms.
- Boosters can now be activated for your whole faction, giving every member the perks for a reduced duration.
- Boosters no longer give extra backpack rows or Personal Vault space. Boosters activated before this update keep them until they run out.
- Any boosters consumed before this update will still give you their Shards.

### VIP Cosmetics Delivery

- 7 exclusive VIP cosmetics have been added!
- Players with VIP can claim them from Dingle's Deliveries in the Outpost.

### New Realms

- Upcoming realms will now last for 28 days instead of 21 days.
- There are now roughly 20% more low and medium structures around the map.
- The map size has been reduced to +-3000 blocks from +-3500 blocks.
- Faction Workbench upkeep is now paid with hardened blocks instead of coal.

### Changes

- The size of the Personal Vault has been decreased to a total of 8 slots.
- Damaged blocks now regenerate over time instead of healing instantly.
- The Underground Auction now sells much higher value items in its later stages.
- The Fisherman's Rod and Angler's Rod no longer catch ink sacs.
- Structures no longer delay regenerating by up to 5 minutes when players are present.
- Players in structures which have or have recently had an active event such as an Abomination or Loot Cache have a 1 minute /home or /spawn timer to prevent players escaping quickly.

### Fixes

- Doors no longer show the wrong open or closed state after a realm restart.
- Pistons can no longer break doors by pushing into their upper half.
- Following a faction member's /f home now respects the cooldown after dying in a nearby fight.
- Fixed issues with loot caches occasionally not opening.
- Supply drops near the map edge no longer land on top of the map wall.
- The “Handwarmer” achievement can now be earned.
- The “I Think You’re Gonna Need Something Stronger” and “Overkill” achievements can now be earned.
- Fixed an issue where the death screen would not appear properly.
- Teleporting with /spawn from a structure now takes 15 seconds, the same as /home.
- Blocks formed by water or lava are now cleaned up when structures regenerate.
- Zombies will now drop any loot they pick up when killed.
- Fixed known duplication exploits and improved our dupe detection.

We are actively taking in feedback and working on more gameplay and balancing improvements.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Nov 6th, 2026