What changed in PEAK in 2026

PropSpawner_* classes are now child classes of PropSpawner.

Number of maps in build changed from 21 -> 42.

Fixed lava rivers never showing up inside the Kiln.

Scouts will no longer sometimes get Mentorship Badge for no reason.

Bonking into the wall during a failed Helping Hand will no longer rapidly drain all your stamina.

LightVolume.Bake and PropGrouper.Run have been made async methods.

The BiomeResults inside MapBaker.selectedBiomes now includes a list of the selected variantName for each respective biome.

Improved randomization of map gen seeds.

Mesa Oasis/Mirage will now appropriately randomize their trees and bushes.

Added LevelGeneration.Run console command (doing this during a run will probably just break your game, though).

Updated Unity project version to 6.3.15f1.

Autosaves will now self-destruct AFTER a player successfully resumes the run, rather than when they start loading the map.

Fixed Magic Beanstalks not showing up for late-joining players.

Decreased patch install size slightly.

Raytrace shaders are now serialized into their respective fields in LightVolume.

Fixed MOST REMAINING CASES where taking an item out while facing a wall (especially the backpack) would cause it to clip through the world and disappear.

Fixed issue where voice chat would break after leaving and rejoining a game.

Significantly reduced the number of cases where Helping Hand would fail to be helpful.

Reconnecting to a game with an item in your hand will no longer sometimes cause the player to take fall damage.

Resolved cases where items, especially backpacks, would clip through the world and disappear.

Resolved an issue where most or all luggage would fail to spawn in the Kiln; maps have been regenerated.

Significantly reduced the number of cases where Helping Hand would fail to be helpful.

Bonking into the wall during a failed Helping Hand will no longer rapidly drain all your stamina.

(Hopefully) Fixed all the invisible rocks in Mesa

Resolved cases where taking an item out while facing a wall would cause it to clip through the world and disappear.

Resolved an issue where most or all of the luggage would fail to spawn in the Kiln; maps have been regenerated.

Map count reduced until build stabilizes

Significantly reduced the number of cases where Helping Hand would fail to be helpful.

Mesa Oasis/Mirage will now appropriately randomize their trees and bushes

Bonking into the wall during a failed Helping Hand will no longer rapidly drain all your stamina.

Map count temporarily reduced to 14 until build stabilizes

Resolved an issue where Magic Beanstalks did not appear for players joining late.

Slight reduction in the size of the patch installation.

Enhancements made to the randomization process for map generation seeds.

Raytrace shaders are now serialized into their respective fields in LightVolume.

TornadoHell and BombBeetle variants have been reintroduced in the beta.

BiomeResults now includes a list of the selected variantName for each respective biome.

Resolved an issue where lava rivers were not appearing inside the Kiln.

Significant optimization of meshes, particularly improving performance in the Roots area.

New console command added, though it may cause issues if used during a run.

The number of maps in the build has changed from 21 to 42.

Autosaves will now self-destruct after a player successfully resumes the run.

Unity project version updated to 6.3.15f1.

These enemies will no longer appear in the potential variants for the Roots and Mesa maps.

Slightly less spore clouds will appear on some of the more challenging Roots variants to reduce difficulty temporarily.

Resolved the lighting issue in the Kiln that appeared in the previous patch.

A new batch of maps has been added for the daily rotation.

The patch has been rolled back because of a lighting issue.

A new batch of maps has been added to the daily rotation.

A new batch of maps has been added to the daily rotation.

Fixed the SHORE title card not showing up when starting a new run

Campfires' lit status will now sync when a player joins after a campfire is lit but before it burnt out

Players that disconnect in Caldera and reconnect in the Kiln will come back dead unless the revive statue was used to revive other scouts

Fixed a case where the Mycoacrobatics Badge would calculate your height wrong after multiple bounces

Fixed some cases where items were not cooking in lava when they should

Fixed a case where reconnecting players would fail to spawn their scout

Fixed a case where falling but taking 0 damage could still invalidate the Balloon Badge requirements

Fixed a major issue with ropes that was causing the game to hitch if many ropes were placed in the same biome

Progress towards multi-run achievements won't accumulate in Custom Runs (where all achievements are supposed to be disabled)

Night will once again be cold in Ascent 5+ and on custom runs when the setting is active

Guidebook pages will no longer spawn in custom runs

Campfires' lit status will now sync when a player joins after a campfire is lit but before it burnt out.

Fixed a major issue with ropes that was causing the game to hitch if many ropes were placed in the same biome.

Guidebook pages will no longer spawn in custom runs.

Players that disconnect in Caldera and reconnect in the Kiln will come back dead unless the revive statue was used to revive other scouts.

Night will once again be cold in Ascent 5+ and on custom runs when the setting is active.

Progress towards multi-run achievements won't accumulate in Custom Runs (where all achievements are supposed to be disabled).

Fixed a case where reconnecting players would fail to spawn their scout.

Made some performance improvements related to disabling unneeded code when items are inert on the ground.

Fixed bug where Ascent 5+ players loading from save or connecting to an ongoing run would get cold in the Caldera.

Campfire saves will now correctly save the state of spawned items around the campfire, such as marshmallows.

Fixed an issue where loading a campfire save could give you certain unearned badges related to previous biomes.

Fixed some cases where the scout report would draw off-screen.

Old campfire saves will be deleted upon first launch of this update due to structural changes.

Scout report now plays back at constant speed regardless of how long a run took.

Resolved an issue where chill campfires would not prevent lava from rising.

Marshmallows will not spawn at the beginning of a Mini Run anymore.

The new 'Kick' feature has been relocated to the 'Stupid Stuff' section in Custom Runs.

Fixed a bug where the completed Ascent and highest completed Ascent could show incorrect values or sash colors.

Players can now disable Scorpions in Custom Runs.

Fixed an issue where the Accolades menu displayed the wrong Sash color and Scout Rank.

Resolved an issue where the Continue Run button could not be selected when using a controller.

Resolved scenarios where players could end up with mismatched custom run settings when joining a run after it had started.

Adjusted the brightness of the pre-splash logo sequence for improved visual comfort.

Rescue Hook now puts players in a ragdolled state for a shorter duration.

Scouts will now revive correctly after reconnecting.

Continue from the last campfire until you win, lose, or start a new expedition.

Fixed division by zero issue when interacting with rope shooters.

Endgame scout report works properly after disconnecting/reconnecting.

Play a single biome of today's map for shorter sessions.

Stay by a campfire without gaining hunger or fog progression.

Alternative aesthetic for mushroom enemies for accessibility.

Resolved a bug where flares that were supposed to be at the Peak weren't spawning when loading a campfire save inside the Kiln.

Modify difficulty settings, gameplay hazards, and item spawns in runs.

Audio sliders and kick button show immediately when a new player joins.

Disconnected skeleton scouts remain skeletons upon reconnecting.

Fixed issue where Player 3 and Player 4 would spawn in the same location.

Achievements in a single run maintain progress after disconnecting/reconnecting.

The Wizard Hat is no longer invisible.

Addressed issues where the scout report would behave unexpectedly.

Enhanced lobby security to ensure unauthorized players are kicked faster.

PEAK has been updated to build off of Unity 6.0.62f1.

Resolved issues with some characters' idle animations not functioning correctly.

Fixed a problem where the lobby host could appear invisible to players with slower computers.

Increased the number of maps available in the game rotation.

Potential fix for lobby hosts being invisible to other players with slow computers

Potential fix for hackers bypassing the kick system to grief a lobby

Restored functionality for modders to apply statuses from float arrays, limited to host.

Fixed a bug making it difficult to adjust mic levels in the pause menu with a controller.

It is no longer possible to set yourself as host from within a mod.

The game now asks for confirmation when hitting Leave Game on the pause menu.

Hosts can now kick players from the lobby using a boot icon next to audio sliders.

Scorpions will stop stinging immediately when picked up, allowing players time to throw them.

Scouts can once again roll snowballs to make them bigger in Alpine.

Players can no longer use rich text tags in their names to annoy friends.

Improved connection handling for players joining mid-game, including ghost spawn checks and revives.

Players with newer Radeon graphics cards should experience slightly better framerates.

Scorpions are still mean until next week's fixes due to a previous patch issue.

Added more maps into the rotation

Removed the holiday event changes (except snow piles which can still be found in Alpine)