The current progression meta has grown stale, moving too fast and becoming too easy over the years, with scrap inflation and scrap being everywhere. We don't believe this has been overwhelmingly negative, but it has detracted from world PvP, especially in and around monuments, and we want to experiment more with progression. This is experimental step 1:
We’re introducing a new layer of progression to the Workbench system. The aim is simple: get players back out of their bases, contesting monuments, slow down progression and clashing over territory.
Workbench level 1 remains unchanged, but Level 2 and Level 3 now require blueprint fragments to craft. These fragments are found at key monuments, creating a soft progression gate that pushes players into early fights and slows down clan snowballing.
- Workbench Level 2 now requires 5 Basic Blueprint Fragments
- Workbench Level 3 now requires 5 Advanced Blueprint Fragments
Blueprint fragments are tied directly to puzzles and high-end loot, encouraging players to push deeper into monuments and hackable events.
- Always spawn in green puzzle rooms (x1)
- Always found in blue-card puzzles next to the red keycard (x2)
- Found at all medium to large monuments
- Found in airdrops
- Military crate
- Large underwater crate
- Junkpile scientists
- Roadside metal detecting
If you chain both green and blue, you've already had 3 Fragments in a run.
Advanced Blueprint Fragments
- Guaranteed inside hackable crates
- 1 in 10 chance to appear in elite crates
- Always spawn in pairs
The main areas where these can be found are:
- Launch Site
- Military Tunnels
- Nuclear Missile Silo
- Underwater Labs
- Small and Large Oilrigs
- Events: Cargoship and Ch47 crate drop
You can also convert 20 Basic Fragments into 1 Advanced Fragment, giving a fallback path.
Scrap crafting costs for workbench levels 2 and 3 are now greatly reduced, allowing players to have extra scrap to unlock items from the techtree.
Scrap crafting costs for workbench levels 2 and 3 are now greatly reduced, allowing players to have extra scrap to unlock items from the techtree.
Larger groups will naturally eventually accumulate more fragments than they need, creating an economy where fragments and workbenches are traded. Smaller groups and solos will be forced to scrap harder for their progression, making monuments hotly contested again.
We'll be watching and reading all feedback, and we'll adjust and balance as needed over the coming days and weeks. As mentioned at the beginning, this is just part 1, part 2 will be released in the December update.
We'll be watching and reading all feedback, and we'll adjust and balance as needed over the coming days and weeks. As mentioned at the beginning, this is just part 1, part 2 will be released in the December update.
