Patch notes
Every official Outbound update, newest first: what changed, as the developer published it, with links to the wiki pages it touches.
All updates
October 2026
September 2026
- Patch 1.2.2Reduced the amount of needed flower petals for paint from 5 to 3. Fixed an exotic case where all blueprints were taken from all Cap 'n Snaps, but the achievement was not triggering. Fixed that when pressing R to mark...
- Patch 1.2.1Fixed that when pressing R to rotate while building the camera was opening. Controllers: You can now properly select a signal tower with a signal to discard that signal. Fixed that the drawbridge deck sometimes would...
- The Wildlife Update - OUT NOW!The Wildlife Update brings a brand-new way to document your off-grid journey. You can now discover an expanded fauna ecosystem featuring 34 unique animal species roaming across the Outbound's four distinct biomes.
August 2026
- Patch 1.1.8Multiplayer: Fixed empty Download Terminals. Sometimes the last Signal Tower in a biome did not contain any downloads, which resulted in an empty UI. Multiplayer: Some minor stability fixes. Controllers: Improved Dog...
- Hot Fix 1.1.7 - 971This hot fix fixes the issue with the frame rate drop when using a mouse with high polling rate that started just before the weekend. This issue seemed caused by a system update that our game couldn't handle as...
- Patch 1.1.7 build 12479We've received multiple reports from players experiencing severe lag when moving their mouse cursor over the past couple of days. We're not sure what's causing the problem, but we'd like to try rolling back a recent...
- Patch 1.1.7Fixed an issue where the progression of players who joined friends' games was not saved properly in some cases. Added a direction indicator to the dog companion radial menu when using a controller.
July 2026
- Patch 1.1.6Fixed that while playing with controller you could give the Dog companion commands that were not unlocked yet. Fixed that while playing with controller you could check the Dog companion storage while not being in range...
- Patch 1.1.5Fixed an issue where a re-joining player could lose either their customization, inventory items, tools, or upgrades, or a combination of those, when they had a problem connecting to the server. Fixed syncing of picking...
- Patch 1.1.4Fainting while fishing does not lead to a buggy state anymore. Fixed a couple of fishing spots where you could fish on land. Sound of airplanes is properly paused in pause menu (single player).
June 2026
- The Fishing Update!We cooked up some fantastic additions for Outbound that we're happy to share with you today!
- Patch 1.0.16Fixed de-syncinc of multiplayer sessions that has been introduced with 1.0.15 (sorry!). (There is still one known bug with buildable ladders not syncing properly, we will fix this as soon as possible!). Fixed bobble...
- Patch 1.0.15Multiplayer: Fixed syncing the pouch upgrades of the dog companion. Multiplayer: Fixed on syncing areas the vehicle drives in, which could in rare cases lead to showing the end of demo screen. Fixed the energy forecast...
- Patch 1.0.14Fixed a number of issues with the elevators in multiplayer. Fix in multiplayer where in some rare cases a character would be displayed twice in the vehicle. Fixed that the dog cannot reach areas where it would go...
May 2026
- Patch 1.0.13Fixed ladders sometimes accidentally forcing you to step on when setting / unsetting camp. Fixed a rare issue that occasionally grass was not visible around the vehicle while driving.
- Patch 1.0.12 - Ladders and more Home CustomizationFirst of all, a huuuuuge thank you to over 100,000 Outbounders on Steam! This is a huge milestone for us, and we’re incredibly grateful to see so many of you enjoying the game. Your support and feedback means the world...
- Patch 1.0.11Multiplayer: Fixed that sometimes with the Pathmaker vehicle, physics issues occurred during base building.
- Patch 1.0.10 - Download Vouchers & Bottle Cap WalletAdded Download Voucher & Bottle Cap 'Wallet' (See below). Download Vouchers and Bottle Caps do not weight anything anymore. Download Vouchers and Bottle Caps are not deposited anymore. Overall improvement of vehicle...
- Patch 1.0.9(Likely) fixed that sometimes there were no downloads in a download terminal, which was essentially soft-locking. If an issue with downloads happens, you can now send your save and log files to us with a single button...
- Patch 1.0.8 - Balancing & ImprovementsPatch 1.0.8 just went online! Based on player feedback, we are introducing a couple of balancing changes in this patch, mainly targeting the slow movement, running at night, and lumber / plank, fiber, and Red Ore...
- Patch 1.0.7
- Patch 1.0.5Fixed that achievement are given to connected players in multiplayer at the right time (together with the host). Fixed elevators sometimes being bugged in multiplayer. Prevent immediate fall damage when joining a game...
- Patch 1.0.4We added the possibility to select a region when creating multiplayer sessions. Some players indicated that this feature might help fixing connection problems in their region. If you are experiencing issues with...
- Patch 1.0.3
- Patch 1.0.2-800
Source: Square Glade Games's official posts on Steam. Each entry links to the original post. Updated automatically.