What changed in Lethal Company in 2026

Reduced heavy memory allocations and optimized creature AI memory usage.

Fixed randomness so creatures spawn in the same order on Challenge Moons.

Readded the Kidnapper Fox with new territory behavior and spawn conditions.

Optimized creature search algorithms for better performance on large maps.

Added a utility slot for purchased tools, excluding shovels.

Added a satisfying animation and sound for pushing the lever to leave the moon.

Fixed the head-mounted camera not displaying the sky outdoors.

Fixed advertisements displaying an inverted sale percentage for shop items.

Added three new rooms/halls to the factory interior type.

Updated fog on moons for better visual fit and varied foggy weather.

Improved loading sequence when landing the ship to reduce lag spikes.

Added a diversity meter to limit unique species spawning in a single day.

Introduced Backwater Gunkfish, Feiopars, and Cadaver Bloom for the forest moons.

Fixed interactions where creatures could collide with players in closed elevators.

New options to disable head-bobbing and enable toggle-to-sprint.

Fixed the paycheck UI not scrolling properly through all sold scrap.

Vain Shrouds are now more rare than before.

Starting a new file now sets a random seed for varied furniture on sale.

Increased the time it takes to drown by about a second.

Now displays correctly when players drop scrap in the ship.

The fox now has new behavior and spawning rules.

New animation and sound for pushing the lever to leave the moon.

Fixed inverted sale percentage for shop items.

New slot for non-scrap, shop-purchased items, excluding shovels.

Time to drown increased by about a second.

Introduced Backwater Gunkfish, Feiopars, and Cadaver Bloom, native to the forest moons.

Basic indirect lighting added, can be toggled off in settings.

Hygrodere now properly morphs and changes size based on environment.

Creature AI now shares the same memory pool when appropriate.

Added three new rooms/halls to the factory interior type.

Starting a new file now sets a random seed instead of defaulting to zero.

Cameras on monitors now display at a lower framerate to save performance.

Asynchronous loading while landing the ship reduces lag spikes.

Options to disable head-bobbing and enable toggle-to-sprint.

Player's hand and fingers now match the lever when pulling it.

More pockets of caves added to the main cave network.

Fixed interactions where creatures could damage players through closed mineshaft elevator.

Diversity meter added to limit unique species spawning in a single day.

Only rooms near the player are rendered to save performance.

Running into fellow employees will shove them aside.

Frequent heavy memory allocations reduced across the game.

Spawn levels adjusted down slightly for better balance.

Visual animation and sound effects overhauled for door interactions.

Game now indicates if a client is running a mod loader.