ATLAS

Ahoy Pathfinders! A new season is soon to be here! We have new server layouts, a Winter Holiday to celebrate, some items to improve taming and tame storage, and a long list of bug fixes. With the changes to the servers, we are expecting an extended downtime to get everything up and running. Official servers are expected to go down Wednesday November 30th around 7AM PST and should be back up around 7PM PST. There were some questions regarding the status of the Season 10 Roadmap previously posted here. Since we were not originally anticipating the current season ending so soon, not everything on the roadmap was able to be completed. The information in that roadmap is still relevant, it will just be extended into the new season. You can still expect to see those trading system upgrades, factions, modular ship improvements, and singleplayer maps. Released Patch Notes v.554.3 New Content New Servers / World Maps As mentioned in our previous announcement, there are some changes coming to the size, count, and layout of our official servers this season. There will be one 6x6 PvE server and ten 3x3 sized PvP servers. Layout Variants: For the PvP servers, players will have access to 3 different map layouts. Variant 1: Mostly temperate Variant 2: All Equatorial and Tropical Variant 3: All Equatorial and Tropical List of Official Servers: [Global][PvE] Kraken’s Grasp [EU][PvP] The Shark’s Frenzy (Variant 1) [EU][PvP] Typhoon Lagoon (Variant 2) [EU][PvP] Crimson Tides (Variant 3) [NA][PvP] Cobra’s Strike (Variant 1) [NA][PvP] Red Beard’s Revenge (Variant 1) [NA][PvP] Royale Reef (Variant 2) [NA][PvP] Greedy Gulf (Variant 2) [NA][PvP] Ivory Shores (Variant 3) [NA][PvP] Seagull’s Beak (Variant 3) [NA][PvP] Stingray Bay (Variant 3) Gameplay Changes for the PvE Server: 6x6 size Quest content is available All grids are unclaimable lawless There are no regions or portals No Maw Waters Regions Gameplay Changes for PvP Servers: 3x3 size (10 total) There will be a mixture of NA and EU Servers Quest content will not be available Mixture of Island Claim, Claimable Lawless and Unclaimable Lawless grids There are no regions or portals No Maw Waters Regions Boosted Rates* * The season will start out with PvE and PvP servers having the same server rates (2x normal and 4x boosted on weekends), then will later transition into PvP servers having higher rates than PvE. Winter Event Winter has arrived in Atlas, so cozy up next to a warm fire and enjoy the jolly times ahead during this limited time event! Winter themed items can be obtained from Holiday Vendors found on Freeport islands: Gold Turkey Statue: (50g) a placeable cosmetic structure. Cooked Turkey Decoration: (50g) a placeable cosmetic structure. New! Cooked Turkey Cannon Skin: (1000g) a cosmetic skin for your cannons to change the appearance of shot cannon balls. Top Hat: (200 Gold) a cosmetic skin for helmets. Santa Hat: (200 Gold) a cosmetic skin for helmets. Christmas Tree: (100g) a placeable structure that produces a random gift every 24 hours! Festive Lights: (100g) a placeable decoration that can be hung on walls. Holiday Gift: (100g) a festive variant of the Small Storage Box. Sleigh: (100g) a festive variant of the Wooden Chair. Snowman: (100g) a placeable cosmetic structure. Stocking: (100g) a decoration that can be hung on walls. Produces one Coal every five minutes. Wreath: (100g) a placeable decoration that can be hung on walls. New! Snowball Cannon Skin: (1000g) a cosmetic skin for your cannons to change the appearance of shot cannon balls. New! Sleigh Saddle: (2000g) a saddle that can be equipped on horses, bears, and cows. Barn The Barn is a structure used to store up to 255 tames. Tames in the Barn will not reproduce or require food. Crafting: Can be crafted in the Smithy after learning the Beastmastery 2 skill 240 stone 40 flint 80 hide 120 wood 40 fibers 50 metal 90 keratinoid Bait Station The Bait Station is a small structure used to lure and bait nearby creatures with their preferred food. The Bait Station can be picked back up and reused as long as the inventory has been emptied. Activation: To activate the Bait Station, a Toxic Compound needs to be added as a fuel. Each of the different fuels will provide a different effect to the bait that creatures consume. Creatures will only be lured to the Bait Station if their preferred food is inside the Bait Station inventory. Toxic Flora: Will pacify creatures to allow easy passive taming. Wild tameable creatures only. Max baited at a time: 1 The tame will continue to be affected and consume bait from the Bait Station until one of the following occurs: the Bait Station is deactivated, the creature is successfully tamed, the creature is damaged, or the Bait Station runs out of food. Toxic Sludge: Will slow the movement speed of creatures. Wild and tamed creatures (tamed on PvP servers only). Will not bait tames owned by the company who placed the Bait Station (or their allies). Max baited at a time: 5 Time the effects last depends on the bait potency set on the Bait Station. Venom: Will add a bleed effect (5% health over 10 seconds) PvP servers only: Will cause aggression on affected tames. Naturally non-aggressive tames will only target players and tamed creatures owned by enemy companies. Wild and tamed creatures (tamed on PvP servers only). Will not bait tames owned by the company who placed the Bait Station (or their allies). Max baited at a time: 5 Time the effects last depends on the bait potency set on the Bait Station. Bait Potency: Players will have the option of increasing the time a creature is baited by changing the bait potency from the Bait Station’s radial menu. Tames will consume more food when the potency is higher. 1 food: 10 seconds (default) 2 food: 12 seconds 3 food: 14 seconds 4 food: 16 seconds 5 food: 18 seconds 6 food: 20 seconds Crafting: Can be crafted in the Smithy after learning the Beastmastery 2 skill. 40 thatch 10 metal 50 wood 35 fiber Cow Carts Cows (and Bulls) are finally able to pull carts, carriages and sleighs! While Horses may be faster and Bears tougher, nothing compares to a Cow when it comes to beasts of burden. Storage Carts (carts and sleighs) pulled by Cows have an increased bonus to weight reduction, allowing players to haul even heavier loads of goods. Bug Fixes Fixed instance of being able to select “Join with New Character” when selecting a new home server while in-game. Fixed an issue with bad grammar in the “Join with New Character” message warning. Fixed some instances of text overflow in the pathfinder creator. Fixed some instances of spelling mistakes. Fixed a minor text issue with enemy crewmates. Fixed an issue where ceiling tiles were not placeable after placing a Sea Dock on the FOB. Fixed an issue with the Sea Dock door and stair alignment. Fixed an issue where the FOB decay timer is reset when rendered. Fixed an issue where floors placed on FOB only had 5000 health. Fixed an issue with some structure snap points on the FOB. Fixed an issue where the damaged bark texture ended up being projected on the player. Fixed an issue with invisible collision at the center of each grid. Fixed an issue where the range of the Grave Digger and Ore Miner covered the whole island. Fixed an issue of players not being able to access pin coded or unlocked autofarm structures. Fixed an issue with the Farmhouse being difficult to place. Fixed an issue where some structures can be installed on irregular / steep terrain on mountains. Fixed an issue where the raft and dinghy showed as craftable from the Small Shipyard. Fixed an issue with the Harrier being improperly positioned while being built on a basic shipyard. Fixed an issue with being able to consume toxic sludge. Fixed an issue with holes around Sea Forts. Fixed an issue where the Swarm House could be used as a hatchery. Fixed an issue where tames with Cargo Saddles could be loaded into a Tame House. Fixed an issue with cargo saddles appearing below cows/bulls when equipped. Fixed an issue where ships made in a lower quality shipyard would have their quality improved when unbottled in a higher quality shipyard. Fixed an issue with Duplicated ships having duplicated items from the Original ship (items, ammo, weapons, etc.) Fixed an issue where duplicated ships with duplicated storage boxes leave behind death caches with duplicated items that were stored on the Original ship's storage box. Fixed an issue with having multiple small sails causing NPCs to stack on railing on the Carrack Fixed an issue where installing two small sails close to each other on a Cog will cause the NPCS to stack on the railing. Fixed an issue where installing two small sails close to each other on a Tramp Freighter will cause the NPCS to stack on the railing. Fixed an issue where installing two small sails close to each other on a Kraken will cause the NPCS to stack on the railing. Fixed an issue with an incorrect error message when attempting to place an Industrial Shack away from the Industrial Lab. Fixed an issue where a ship docked in an armored dock could be sunk by another player with a bucket. Fixed an issue with the client crashing after rejoining a non dedicated session after changing grids without the host in a previous game. Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash when using the Grappling Hook. Misc. Removed Halloween items from loot and Holiday Vendor. Reduced decay times for all standard placeable structures to 10 days. Slightly reduced light glare. The Smithy can now be placed on the ground. Increased the render range of the Floating Operating Base and Sea Dock. Skins can now be purchased from vendors more than once. Known Issues The Barn UI becomes difficult to navigate when an excessive amount of tames are stored. The Barn’s encroachment area makes it difficult to place. The Bait Station may no longer work after loading the Toxic Compound from the Bait Station’s inventory. Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy Pathfinders! We have some important news to share regarding our official servers. As most of you are likely aware, our current season has seen some particularly rough waters. Some unintended features were unfortunately introduced that had an extremely negative impact on the game before they could be disabled. In response to this, we’ve made the difficult decision to wipe both the official PvP and PvE servers to provide everyone with an even playing field. We understand that this is not the direction we all expected this season to go and would like to sincerely apologize to our community as we take measures to improve the ATLAS experience. We hope you’ll continue the journey with us as we make our way closer to exiting early access. Thank you for your support and happy sailing! On a lighter note, here’s a sneak peek at a fun new feature coming in our next patch! Upcoming Wipe The final day of the current season will be Wednesday November 30th when we will be wiping both official servers for a fresh start. Servers are expected to go down around 7AM PST and should be back up around 7PM PST. Unofficial servers are not expected to need to wipe at this time. Server Changes With your patience and understanding, we’d like to take this new season as an opportunity to bring some adjustments to our official servers so we can better prepare for some major changes coming to ATLAS gameplay in the future. We need more servers to thoroughly test what we have in store, so we are temporarily downsizing our official servers. We understand this change is not going to be looked favorably upon by the entire community, so please keep in mind this is only temporary for this season! For more details about this experimental phase, please see a preview of the server changes below. More details will be provided as we get closer to our wipe date. PvP Servers: The PvP server will be split into 10 different 3x3 servers. Will be a mix of NA and EU servers. There will be no regions or portals. Claim type: will be a mix of claimable islands, claimable lawless, and unclaimable lawless. Quest content (Power Stones etc.) will not be available. Boosted rates. PvE Server: The PvE server will be reduced in size to a 6x6. Will be EU. There will be no regions or portals. All grids will be unclaimable lawless. All quest content will be available. Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy Pathfinders! We have some much needed bug fixes and an increase to Floating Operating Base health with today’s hotfix. Official servers will be going down to deploy the update on Monday November 7th around 1 PM PST and are expected to be back up shortly after. There will be a client download. Released Patch Notes V553.0 Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where the Swarm house could not be crafted. Fixed an issue with the Jack O' Lantern helmet skin not being able to be removed from player inventories. Fixed an issue where NPC crew manning ship cannons and sails would be shielded by large storage boxes or larders. Fixed an issue with the VR feature being displayed in the options menu. Fixed an issue where wild creatures and tames were not damaged by lava. Fixed an issue where a grappling hook could cancel fall damage when the grapple was located below the player. Fixed an issue where the forge would stop crafting when the limiting item is wood. Fixed an issue where structures were sometimes not locking properly in PvE. Fixed an issue where spiders attempting to follow players onto water structures would get stuck on the first attempt. Fixed an issue where treasure map bottles did not always have a map. Fixed an issue where various planks on Floating Operating Bases had small gaps in them. Misc. Increased Floating Operating Base health to 30 million. Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy Pathfinders! In our last post we revealed our Season 10 Roadmap to cover some of our goals for the current season. Included in this update are several of those new features as well as some much needed bug fixes. Pathfinders can celebrate the holiday season with some spooky decor and skins, enjoy life at sea with the new Floating Operating Bases, and partake in the plentiful harvest provided by new tameable creatures. Servers will be going down to deploy the update on Monday October 31st at 1:00 PM PDT. Servers are expected to be back up shortly after. Released Patch Notes v.552.9 New Content Halloween Event Halloween has arrived in Atlas again, so get in on the tricks and treats available with this limited time holiday event! Players can also enjoy a week long bonus rate event! Jack O’ Lantern This carved pumpkin contains a variety of Halloween themed gifts inside when opened. Can only be obtained from destroyed Ship of the Damned loot. Halloween Items: Two-Handed Scythe: a cosmetic variant of the 2-Handed Mace. Jack O’ Lantern: a placeable cosmetic structure. Gravestone: a placeable cosmetic structure. Scarecrow: a placeable cosmetic structure. Candy Corn: an edible treat (or is this a trick?) with no nutritional value. Witch’s Hat: a cosmetic hat for Cats, Crows, Crocodiles, Yeti, and Monkeys. Jack O’ Lantern Helmet Skin: a cosmetic skin for a helmet. New! Jack O’ Lantern Cannon Skin: a cosmetic skin for your cannons to change the appearance of shot cannon balls. Items can alternately be individually purchased from the Holiday vendor located in Freeports. Floating Operating Base Some crafty Pathfinders without an island to call home have managed to strap four schooners together and built a platform on them! This new Floating Operating Base has finally made its debut into Atlas! Floating Operating Bases (FOBs) introduce a whole new strategic system into Atlas where players are able to build temporary floating bases to stage their fleet. The foundation of the FOB is a large square with a hollow center. Along each side of the foundation are snap points for Sea Docks (max: 6), where player ships can be docked and protected. The foundation will provide support for all structures placed on it or connected to it up to 16 connections away, with no weight limit. There are, of course, limits on where FOB foundations can be placed to avoid potential griefing. Placement Restrictions: Companies will be limited to one FOB per grid. Must be placed in the open ocean. Can’t be placed near Tradewinds, portals, islands, or other FOBs (being allied does not reduce the placement restriction). Can’t be placed in Golden Age, kraken, or Maw grids. After placing the foundation, a decay timer will start ticking down regardless of if a player is within render range or not. There are only a few instances where this decay timer can be extended and once the decay timer reaches zero, the foundation will be destroyed. If the FOB foundation is destroyed, all attached structures will also be destroyed. Any ships currently docked will be released and no longer protected. Foundation Decay: Island Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours and can only be extended if a War Declaration changes the grid into combat phase after the first 12 hours of the foundation's existence, meaning the foundation will be extended until the completion of the war declaration Lawless and Lawless Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours. PvE Specific: All FOB foundations will start with a 7-day decay timer which can be extended by 12 hours for 5,000 gold, with no limit on the number of extensions. On PvP servers, FOBs can be claimed by other companies using the same claim flag used to capture enemy ships. The flag can be placed anywhere on any structure connected to the foundation. If claimed, the ownership of all ships docked in Sea Docks will be transferred to the new owning company as well. Crafting: Crafted from the Smithy after learning the Esotery of Building skill. Foundation: Wood: 35000 Gold: 10000 Metal: 15000 Fibers: 10000 Sea Dock: Wood: 10000 Fibers: 5000 Metal: 5000 Swarm House The Swarm House offers a way of obtaining new companion tames with the added benefit of passive resource generation. Swarm Houses provide the perfect habitat for Bees, Ants, Bats, Rattlesnakes and Mini Crabs*. Nearby wild tames of the acceptable type will be drawn to the Swarm House where they will be captured and tamed. Creatures tamed this way will not be rideable or breedable. Passive Resource Generation: Bee: Honey Rattlesnake: Venom Bat: Nitro Fertilizer Ant: Toxic Flora Mini Crab: Crustacean Meat* *Please note: the Mini Crab will be added in a following patch. Crafting: Crafted at the Smithy after learning the Beastmastery Tier 2 skill. Thatch: 40 Stone: 20 Hide: 10 Wood: 20 Fibers: 40 Bug Fixes Fixed various issues with tames being unloaded from the Tame House and Hatchery. Fixed an issue wherein poison arrow inflicted zero damage against a Fire Elemental. Fixed an issue with buried Treasure Chests always containing Shipyards as loot. Fixed an issue with unclaimed tame timers resetting on ships. Fixed an issue with water spouts disappearing immediately after digging them up. Filled in an exploitable gap near the Rock Elemental boss. Fixed an issue with misplaced Voyage of Power map markers. Fixed an issue where Waterskins and Jars could not be used to add water to Water Barrels. Fixed some issues with incorrect soil types on certain islands. Fixed an issue where the Aurora Borealis would appear in the tropical J10. Fixed an issue with island spawn selections for previous season’s freeport grids. Fixed an issue with the game crashing when joining with a new character. Fixed an issue with respawning on home server not spawning on home server. Fixed text issue in the keyboard bindings menu. Fixed an issue where Power Stone map markers were displayed in incorrect locations. Fixed an issue with players being able to clip floors and foundations into each other. Fixed an issue where Guillotines are spawning on the new sea fort too many times. Fixed an issue where NPCs will stand up when the player accesses the inventory of a sail with a junk skin. Fixed an issue where NPCs are not seated correctly when a junk sail skin is used. Fixed an issue where dismounting the wheel or sail of a moving modular ship would cause the player to fall into the ocean. Fixed an issue with crashing when gridding on non-dedicated servers. Fixed an issue about disconnected terrain on the north side of the north island in L9. Fixed minor map issues. Fixed an issue where non-fertilized chicken eggs could not stack. Fixed an issue where the Large Wood Wall was placed in the wrong folder in the Smithy. Fixed an issue where buried treasure chests did not contain high durability Small Shipyards. Fixed an issue where items that require Toxic Compounds to make would be missing from the Mortar and Pestle after a server reset. Fixed an issue with turtles not hatching from eggs. Fixed an issue where the Puckle Tower was too difficult to place. Fixed an issue with rowing module activation while anchored. Fixed an issue with players able to clip through modular ship hulls and onto lower decks. Fixed an issue with the Crab Boss not dropping Mythos. Fixed an issue with selecting the join with new character option. Fixed an issue with Tame Houses and Tame Hatcheries increasing the mating interval instead of reducing it. Misc. Added limits on how many Wall Hooks, Wall Planters, and Hanging Plants can be placed in close proximity to each other. Increased the movement speed of Kekada (crab boss). All bosses drop 2000 Mythos when defeated. Ship bottle duplication enabled on PvP servers. Increased cost to duplicate bottled ships. Tames/crew can be stored inside bottled ships. Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy! We do plan on fixing issues as well. You can track our progress by taking a look at our Public Issue Tracker: https://trello.com/b/5h8dPOxE/atlas-public-issue-tracker

Ahoy Pathfinders! The season has already begun and our path to full release is getting clearer on the horizon. While this ship’s journey is well underway, we still have a few stops to make before we arrive at our intended destination. Our current plans for the season include new additions and improvements to sea activity, the trading system, tame utilization, and single player. We do understand the current frustration from the community about the focus on introducing new content while there are still existing systems and features that need fine-tuning and fixing. Fear not though! We’re getting closer to being able to focus most of our attention on bug fixes and polishing of existing content. The waters may be turbulent now, but the storm will soon pass, so batten down the hatches and hold on for the ride! On that note, here are some things to look forward to in the current season! Sea Activity To put it simply, ATLAS is a pirate game. Player activities should focus on the sea and, well, pirating! To that end we are introducing some new features to encourage leaving your home base, taking part in sea combat, and increasing conflicts with opposing players and factions. Modular ships were introduced, in part, to supply a quick and straightforward way to get out to sea. We’ve made it no secret we’re not entirely happy with how they’ve turned out, so we’ll be exploring ways to improve their looks with new art and how sails work on them. Any major changes to modular ships will likely not happen mid-season, if only to prevent any issues with ships crafted prior to any changes. Floating Operating Bases Floating Operating Bases (FOBs) will introduce a whole new strategic system into Atlas where players will be able to build temporary floating bases to stage their fleet. The foundation of the FOB will be a large square with a hollow center. Along each side of the foundation will be snap points for Sea Docks, where player ships can be docked and protected. The foundation will provide support for all structures placed on it or connected to it up to 16 connections away, with no weight limit. There will, of course, be limits on where FOB foundations can be placed to avoid potential griefing. Placement Restrictions: Companies will be limited to one FOB per grid. Must be placed in the open ocean. Can’t be placed near Tradewinds, portals, islands or other FOBs (being allied will not reduce the placement distance restriction). Can’t be placed in Golden Age, Kraken or Maw grids. After placing the foundation, a decay timer will start ticking down regardless of if a player is within render range or not. There are only a few instances where this decay timer can be extended and once the decay timer reaches zero, the foundation will be destroyed. If the FOB foundation is destroyed, all attached structures will also be destroyed. Any ships currently docked will be released and no longer protected. Foundation Decay: Island Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours and can only be extended if a War Declaration changes the grid into combat phase after the first 12 hours of the foundation's existence, meaning the foundation will be extended until the completion of the war declaration. Lawless and Lawless Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours. PvE Specific: All FOB foundations will start with a 7-day decay timer which can be extended by 12 hours for 5,000 gold, with no limit on the number of extensions. On PvP servers, FOBs can be claimed by other companies using the same claim flag used to capture enemy ships. The flag can be placed anywhere on any structure connected to the foundation. If claimed, the ownership of all ships docked in Sea Docks will be transferred to the new owning company as well. Factions Fighting against Ship of the Damned and ships from other player companies is fun and all, but the rewards for doing so can seem underwhelming at times. A new faction-based system will be introduced that allows players to sail their ships under the flag of the faction of their choosing! While we’re still designing the specifics on exactly how factions will play their part in the game, you can expect to see ships from each of the available factions roaming the open seas, special faction-based rewards, and PvE quest line progression. More information will be shared as we get closer to implementing these new features. Trading System It’s been a couple of years now since we first started building a more automated and robust trading system, so we’ve had some time to evaluate how these systems are being used, their effectiveness, and enjoyability. The multiple types of auto-farm buildings, warehouses, markets, and sea forts all have an interconnected role in the current trading system, and we have several plans to improve many aspects of these. A few of our planned improvements: A new interface (UI) for Markets Physical trade ships Tame trading Improved Sea Forts Sea Forts will become a more integral and engaging system for both PvP and PvE players. Our last content patch included a slight preview of what’s to come by introducing our new smaller Sea Fort. We have much more in store for all of you though! From enemy NPCs, to hidden treasures and more, there’s plenty to entice players from all around. We don’t want to give everything away just yet though, so you’ll have to stay tuned for more details to come! Tame Utilization While creatures and tames may not be the main theme of ATLAS, they still play an integral part in current gameplay. With that in mind, we’ve been looking to improve how tames are being used. We’ve already introduced Tame Houses, Tame Hatcheries, and Tame Cargo Railings to improve breeding and transporting of tames, but there is still more we can do to improve their storage and utility. We’ve also received a lot of feedback from the community on Tame Houses/Hatcheries, with one of the main critiques being the current UI used to view what tames are currently being stored inside. Having to go through the radial menu can become quite cumbersome when there are more than a few tames inside, not to mention the available information displayed is quite lacking. We’ll be working on providing a much better user interface to display tames and their relevant information. Tame Barn While the Tame Houses/Hatcheries can be used to simply store tames, their unwieldy size and limited capacity do not always make doing so an ideal choice. The Tame Barn will be a new structure used for the sole purpose of storing mass amounts of tames. Tames within the barn will not reproduce or require food, they will simply be in stasis. Swarm House The Swarm House offers a way of obtaining new companion tames with the added benefit of passive resource generation. Swarm Houses provide the perfect habitat for Bees, Ants, Bats, Rattlesnakes and Mini Crabs. Nearby wild tames of the acceptable type will be drawn to the Swarm House where they will be captured and tamed. Creatures tamed this way will not be rideable or breedable. Passive Resource Generation: Bee: Honey Rattlesnake: Venom Bat: Nitro Fertilizer Ant: Toxic Flora Mini Crab: Crustacean Meat Single player While our current focus may be on official servers, we have not abandoned single player or non-dedicated players. One of the main draws of playing in single player (or a non-dedicated session with a friend) is the ability to play at your own pace. Official servers (and many unofficial servers) tend toward seasonal play with periodic wipes. Those with limited time to play often feel rushed to complete content and may not complete all goals before all that progress ends up getting erased. So why haven't we been keeping the single player map updated? When we update the single player map, this causes all existing single player worlds to be wiped as well. While not updating the map for so long has saved players from many unwanted wipes, it has also come with the unfortunate side effect of many new features not being accessible or obtainable. We want players to have access to current content without being forced to start a brand-new game unless they choose to do so. We also want players to be able to play on the same map as the one used on official servers. To do that, we’re investigating ways on allowing players the choice of what season’s map to play on at any given time. One of the possible ways we’re looking into is free DLCs for each map. Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy Pathfinders! We’re happy to announce that the ATLAS Devkit has been updated to include all current game content. Thank you everyone who has been waiting so patiently for it! In addition, we have a small server-side hotfix for some tame data issues. Hotfix v.551.4 Bug Fixes Fixed various issues with tames being unloaded from the Tame House, Tame Hatchery, and Tame Cargo Railings. Devkit Update The latest version of the ATLAS Devkit can be downloaded at the Epic Games Store: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/atlas-mod-kit Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy Pathfinders! Get ready for another season of ATLAS! We’re starting off with a new map, Ship in a Bottle, the beginnings of our Sea Fort reconstruction, a whole collection of bug fixes, and several quality of life changes suggested by the community! A large focus of this season will be improving existing game features, so pathfinders can look forward to several changes throughout the season, including; the start of the modular ship design overhaul, a revamped trade system, factions, and much more! Servers will be going down to deploy the update tonight, Wednesday September 21st at around 7:00 PM PDT. Servers are expected to come back up within a few hours. Lastly, as always, we are dedicated to bettering the gameplay experience with every patch. We apologize for any inconvenience and disappointment players experienced due to the Kraken Bowl grid not being online when advertised. We will be working on ensuring this does not happen again in the future. We appreciate all the support and will continue to keep the community first as we move forward to final release. Happy sailing! Released Patch Notes v.551.2 New Content Ship in a Bottle New magics have been uncovered while exploring the ghastly island in the Maw. Pathfinders who incorporate these magics can shrink their ships to store them in special bottles. Some pathfinders have even reported that they can sometimes make a duplicate of their ships while they are in a bottle! Please note: Ship duplication has been disabled on the official PVP network for the first month of the season. To use the ship in a bottle system, players will craft the Ship Bottle Station and Ship Bottles from the Smithy. The Ship Bottle Station must be placed on the shipyard it will be used at. When interacting with the bottles in the inventory of the Ship Bottle Station, press the Right Mouse Button or Right Trigger(Gamepad) to access the options menu. These options are Bottle, Duplicate, and Recover. Bottle: Takes the ship that is currently anchored or in scaffolding in that shipyard and transfers it to the bottle. You can take the bottle out of the bottle station. Resource cost: 50 Solidified Essence. Duplicate: If the required resources are present in the bottle station, and you have an empty bottle, you may duplicate your ship. Resource cost: 50 Solidified Essence and 1 empty Ship Bottle. Recover: Restores the ship to the shipyard in scaffolding. Ship Bottle Station After learning the Master Shipwright skill, it can be crafted in the smithy. Resources: Gem: 60 Gold Coin: 270 Metal: 96 Stone: 110 Thatch: 134 Wood: 240 Ship Bottle After learning the Master Shipwright skill, it can be crafted in the smithy. Resources: Solidified Essence: 50 World Map The region layout has been updated, names of regions have changed, Freeport locations have changed, and temperature fluctuations within the regions have been reduced. The following regions will be open at the season launch: Pharos Mytroa Carribia Hakar Komolos Azuela Gelare Kalda Tortuga Kraken’s Lair Cervantes’ Rest Maw Waters The following regions will not be open at the season launch: Huawi Trackless Waters Unknown Depths Sea Fort Reconstruction The reconstruction of Sea Forts throughout the Atlas has begun. Pathfinders will find that the islands have been fortified and new visuals have been added. The new Sea Forts are currently only found in Carribia, the largest of the regions in Atlas. Additional Sea Forts will be added in upcoming patches. We can expect to see additional types of Sea Forts in the coming months. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue with the object text overlapping the repair tool tip pop-up menu. Fixed an issue with floating damage text not appearing for poison arrows. Fixed an issue with Flame arrows not displaying damage numbers when hitting a target. Fixed an issue with rivers flowing backwards. Fixed an issue with the workstation converting materials into the same type. Fixed an issue with players being able to mesh buildings into a mountain. Fixed an issue with the submarine crafting skill being missing. Fixed an issue with lanterns not being able to be lit. Fixed an issue with maxed out ground clutter density and/or distance causing players to crash. Fixed an issue where destroying an industrial wonder prevented the owning company from building another. Fixed an issue with the Industrial Lab and Great Temple buffs conflicting with each other. Fixed an issue with the camera collision when inside a submarine in third-person view. Fixed an issue with the death cache causing some non-stackable items to stack. Fixed an issue with the North Pole and Antarctica regions on the Overworld map not being accessible with a controller. Fixed an issue where it does not display the pop-up descriptions for all regions in the Overworld map mode when using a controller Fixed an issue about inconsistent text description for Torpedo Launcher Kraken Railing. Fixed an issue with random structures in the middle of the ocean. Fixed an issue with spiders losing stats when put in the Tame Hatchery. Fixed an issue with baby spiders having worse stats than their parents. Fixed an issue where the player’s head would change size when taking damage. Fixed minor art issues on the map. Fixed island coastline art issues. Fixed an issue where artifact keys could be dropped and moved within the inventory after picking them up from the player’s own corpse. Fixed a performance issue when attempting to place a great temple. Fixed an issue with accessibility of the Dragon Head on the Turtle ship Fixed an issue with the Hide Map Text feature (Default is now: F12) Fixed an issue with towers stacking on sea forts. Fixed an issue where Water Jugs could only be filled once. Fixed an issue where the poison debuff was removed by swimming. Fixed an issue where the ocean did not have light blue water along the Trade Wind path. Fixed an issue where Altar of the Damned building foundations could overlap each other. Fixed an issue where some resources were refunded when overwriting a Statue Base and Framework with a finished Statue. Fixed an issue where the Tame House and Hatchery were counting invalid tame types in the “Load Nearby X Tames” command. Fixed an issue where dead tames could be loaded into the Tame House. Fixed an issue where the “stop the bar” minigame did not appear when reloading a partially loaded Hydra Revolver. Fixed an issue with inconsistent text style for “ship” and “railing” for railing structures. Fixed an issue where the player can bucket water onto a cooking structure without putting it out. Fixed an issue where Dinghies made in the Tiny Shipyard weren’t being renamed after putting a name in the “Name Your Ship!” window. Fixed an issue where clients in non-dedicated sessions would crash when gridding. Fixed an issue where the host in non-dedicated sessions would crash when respawning at a bed while a client was connected. Fixed an issue where a player could bleed tames that are protected by an armored dock. Fixed an issue with players being able to go prone as soon as they begin their reload animation. Fixed an issue with the artifact key decay timer resetting when the player dies and acquires both old and new artifact keys. Fixed an issue with floating structures in the middle of the sea. Fixed an issue where damaged armors would share their depleted durability with other armors of the same type when dropped. Fixed an issue with overlapping text on the song stone when the verse book is dropped. Fixed an issue where tiger tames could bleed bosses for massive damage. Fixed an issue where the Macuahuitl could bleed bosses for massive damage. Fixed an issue where lava did not hurt the player. Fixed an issue where the last arrow that would break a bow would not fire. Fixed an issue where the description for the Chicken Egg incorrectly implies that they cannot be found in the wild. Fixed an issue where the player could bucket water onto a cooking structure without putting it out. Fixed an issue where tamed fire elementals were not rideable. Fixed an issue where poison arrows weren’t damaging some creatures. Fixed an issue where client players in non-dedicated sessions could not respawn without a bed placed down. Misc. Server grids will no longer be added to favorites when joining. Removing hats from spiders. Industrial Shack decay timer increased to 10 days from 12 hours. Bookshelves can now be placed inside modular ships Adjusted Crocodile taming affinity effectiveness. Updated the NPC portal art to enter Rookie Cove to remove the ring. Increased the maximum an item can be sold for in player shops from 100,000 to 1,000,000. Tame Cargo Ship Railing can now be crafted in the Smithy. Medicinal Herbs can now be placed in the Crew Silo. The Pegasus ship no longer has the same icon as the Majestic Kraken. Players can no longer activate Circular Slice from a crouching and prone position. Updated terminology in the single player options menu and warning messages. Decreased how bright lanterns are. Fertilizer can now stack. Players can no longer animation cancel the sword’s overhead slice. Increased Drake duration from 3 hours to 6 hours. Increased Drake stamina from 1000 to 1500. Removed the button to create a new character from the respawn menu. The create new character button was previously added to the server selection screen. Mortar Ship’s mortar damage has been reduced. Land Mortar’s damage has been increased. Companies are limited to three of each type of shipyard and armored dock per grid. Xbox Only Memory usage has been optimized. Memory leaks have been fixed. Graphics have been optimized for each version of xbox. Known Issues Xbox version’s respawn screen still shows the create new pathfinder button. Sea Fort defensive towers are sometimes shooting at their owning company. Sea Fort Taxation Banks can sometimes not be placed. Water spouts sometimes vanish rapidly after being dug up. Loading Screen Images are not up to date Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy Pathfinders! With the upcoming season, we have an updated Server Grid Editor (SGE) available for unofficial servers. IMPORTANT: All unofficial servers using (or plan on using) Ship in a Bottle must set up redis/s3 to store ship data. Direction listed below: New SGE To download the latest Server Grid Editor (SGE) click the the following link: SGE download Ship In A Bottle Configuration There are two options to set up the Ship in a Bottle info storage, using either S3 or Redis database. Redis Database: 1- To store the info in Redis you need to add the information for the redis table (make sure the table name is FileManagerDB). 2- You need to add this parameter to the server launch arguments -UseRedisForRemoteFileManagerStorage. This can be done by adding the argument to BaseServerArgs S3: 1- To Use S3 simply add the S3 Credentials to the project settings 2- Then click on the Ship Bottle Data button and the prefix info. Finally for both options after the above steps you will need to export, so that info get parsed to ServerGrid.ServerOnly.json Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

The latest version of the Server Grid Editor (SGE) can be found here: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cdn.atlasdedicated.com/ServerGridEditor_3-15-23.zip

Please report any bugs specific to the PTR using the following form: https://forms.gle/GGsuAq8r1fJxmRXH6

Xbox: Xbox players wishing to join the ATLAS Public Test Realm (PTR) will need to fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/9LEBUWF8EXx15WTt6 PC: The ATLAS Public Test Realm (PTR) is available to all PC players via the Steam beta branch. You can join the PTR by following these steps: 1. Right click on the ATLAS game in your steam library and select "Properties...". 2. Select the "BETAS" tab on the left. 3. Enter the following beta access code: PathfinderLifeForMe 4. Select the "test2021 - recruit testers" beta in the drop down box. 5. Close the window and launch ATLAS after it updates. To opt back into the live version of the game, select the "None" beta in the drop down box.

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Ahoy Pathfinders! It was fantastic seeing so many of you listening in on the Live Dev Q&A in our discord! For those of you who were not available at that time and couldn’t make it, we have a written version of the event here for you now. First, let’s get some introductions of the staff in attendance! H2O-Melons: Hi, I’m H2O-Melons (or Melons for short), I’m the Community Manager for Atlas. For those that might not be familiar with what that means, I am essentially the liaison between the players and the developers. I get feedback from the players and bring their concerns forward to the development team. In turn, you could say I’m the spokesperson for the development team. I publish information and manage our social media accounts. Red Beard: Hi everyone, I’m the senior designer for Atlas, and the team leader for the design team and development teams. Weird Beard: Ahoy pathfinders! I'm Weird Beard, former Community Manager for Atlas. I’m now in QA (Quality Assurance) for Atlas. I know a lot of you are wondering why I disappeared so quickly. I had to go away for a bit for some personal reasons, but now I'm getting settled into the QA team. I'm happy to be there and think Melons is doing an amazing job in my stead. I just wanted to thank her and thank you, the community, for all your support throughout my tenure. Grapeshot Nami: Hi, everyone. Some of you might know me, some of you might not, but I’m Nami. I was also once upon a time ago, one of the Community Managers here. I've since moved to a more behind the scenes role with the company working in a lot of marketing campaigns/sales and project management type stuff. I'm very excited to have our first Live Q&A, so I wanted to drop by and show my support and say hi to everyone. Q&A As a reminder, the answers below only reflect the current timeframe and are subject to change. While we can provide current insight on the game and what we hope to do, we can’t always foresee what is in store for us. We appreciate your support and understanding. Question 1: During early access wipes are necessary as changes are implemented; however, in this process the game has shifted heavily towards seasonal play. What is your vision for the long-run in regards to wipes? Are you going to continue to embrace the seasonal aspect of the game or do you hope to eventually get the game in a state where seasons aren't necessary? Answer: As Atlas has evolved we have noticed a trend where we see the highest number of players during the first month after a wipe. It goes without saying that the land grab, the exploration, and the early days of forging your company are some of the best parts of the experience. We are working on various ideas to have a seasonal based game but also not require players to do the same content every time. Some player data will be saved, the Power Stone quest will be redesigned, and achievements will persist for every season. How we are going to do all of this is still being talked about, but it is coming. Question 2: What is the overall plan for the game? Do you have an updated roadmap that you can share with the community? Answer: You can expect to see a roadmap in the next few weeks, which will cover at least the next couple of seasons. As for the overall plan for the game, we are upgrading the current systems, adding a few new systems that we feel tie the entire Atlas experience together, and focusing on polish. Our current goal is to end early access strong. As for the future after early access is over... well, we will just have to wait to see what the tide uncovers. Question 3: Are there plans to add to the storyline of the game? For example, right now there are endgame quests and specific items added, but there isn't a lot of lore built into the game around them. Answer: What is a game without lore? Well, I certainly have a few questions about Atlas lore. What are the Army of the Damned? Where do they come from? What about the mysterious tech that we see surrounding mythical creatures like the Kraken? Why does the world keep changing? These are some of the lore aspects that should be found within the game world, or through certain Journals that have washed up on our shores. The storyline of Atlas was intended to be player driven. However, we have a main questline to collect Power Stones and kill a Kraken. Seems like a great opportunity to expand. The most exciting way to add lore in a game like ours is by making the world feel alive through scraps of information here and there that you will have to piece together to get a story, texts to read, and lands to explore. This allows players to discover the lore organically, or optionally ignore it. Question 4: Will we ever have real enemy pirate ships or privateers on the ocean ? Will factions ever appear? Answer: Yes. Both are coming during season ten. Expect to see more than just Ships of the Damned on the seas one day. Question 5: Do you have plans on further developing the ocean? Answer: If you are referring to the trenches, yes. If you mean how blank and empty the bottom of the ocean is between islands and trenches, also yes. Though, it may have to wait until after we leave early access. It is a goal, but not a priority at this time. Question 6: Why is new content/items being added to the game when there are still so many bugs that need to get addressed? Answer: Let's be real, bugs are annoying. We all hate them. We are working to fix as many as we can, and when they are reported to us we prioritize them. It is my view that new content is just as important, however, to the health of a game. It will take a while to fix all the bugs. Why not enjoy something new while we work? Also, different teams can work on different things, you don't really want an artist trying to code a fix for how fast a cannonball moves do you? Question 7: Can you elaborate on the Unreal Engine 5 rumors? It would be great to hear more details about this and how we could expect the change to affect the game. Will it help with the current optimization issues? Answer: Unreal Engine 5 is coming. We are currently in the process of the engine update. Once it updates we will have one last early access season to ensure it is as bug free as possible. Also, this upgrade is granting us the opportunity to fix much of the optimization issues at the same time. Question 8: What's the plan with modular and legacy ships? Will legacy ships ever be removed from the game? Answer: At this time, there are no plans to remove legacy ships out of the game. Modular ships were intended to allow players to create a fleet of ships, each with a specific role, to play in a fight. The theory is good, we just need to fix the implementation. Question 9: One of the biggest appeals of ATLAS is building your own unique ship plank-by-plank. Will more customization options be added to modular ships? Answer: Building your own ship is half of the fun in the game. To that end, modular ships are being worked on to incorporate all the best parts of the ship building process that legacy ships enjoy. Tons of new customization options will be added, ship art is being completely overhauled, internal rooms/modules are being added, customizable captains quarters are being added….the list goes on. The main draw in Atlas for me is its ships, let's make that a good experience. Question 10: There has been an overwhelming amount of player feedback to slow modular ships down. Do you have any plans to do so? Answer: They have been slowed for season ten. Ship balance is an extremely difficult thing in Atlas due to multiple ship systems being used. I think we can all agree the implementation of it was bad. We have learned from the past several seasons to not make huge ship changes mid-season anymore, so that is something we will strive to no longer do. Question 11: Will modular ships be better balanced in the future? Right now everyone is sailing on a Ramming Galley. Answer: They have been updated for the new season, and while these changes are minor right now, they will be perfected for season 11. Additional changes will probably not be pushed to the live servers until season eleven to preserve a fair experience for all players in season ten. Question 12: Are there plans to make changes to the modular ship repair system? In their current state there is no delay for repairing modules, while there is the smoke delay on the legacy ships. Answer: The entire experience of building, repairing, and customizing the modular ships is being changed. Question 13: Are there any plans to increase the incentives of ship PVP? The only thing players can consistently (rarely) do right now is to battle fleeing ships that will most definitely popcorn their loot and scuttle their ships right when they feel like they are losing. There is zero incentive to go out and battle other ships for veteran players. Answer: With the implementation of ship in a bottle, players will no longer fear losing hundreds of hours of work in a few moments. With the faction system that is coming in the future, we can expect to see an improved experience that will greatly reward the hunting of ships on the seas, be they owned by another player or by an NPC. Question 14: Do you have any plans to change the drop rates, craft count, and stat range for current blueprints for crafting? As it is now, we get many useless blueprints and the ones worth using have very low craft counts. Oftentimes, higher tier blueprints (mythic etc.) actually have worse stats than lower tier ones. Answer: Yes, I think a tiered system would fix this. We will need to design this further, but I agree, finding a mythical that is worse than a fine is beyond frustrating. Question 15: Is the team going to take a look at the existing island templates and overhaul them prior to the game's official launch? Many of the islands are not very useful in PvP due to either having no natural harbor, having too shallow water in harbors, or being too tall to place island defenses. Answer: The only reason this is taking so long is the sheer number of islands we have in the game. There are hundreds. At a bare minimum, it will take an entire season of one dev's time to adjust them. We have received lists of issue islands, islands that would be great if pillars were lowered, or if a bay was deepened, and we are working on adjusting them, when we have time. Question 16: Are there any current plans to reduce structure spam? Answer: The majority of Atlas issues, optimization, lag, and exploits are all directly connected to the structure spam we see. Building a base on PvP that is able to withstand a raid requires players to cover every inch of the island, and then build an absurd wall around their islands. So to answer your question, yes, we will aggressively change structure limits, add ways to prevent enemy building on islands, and address land raid defensive options. Question 17: In PvE, people cover the islands quickly with warehouses so it's impossible to find a spot later on in the season. Are there any plans on modifying the warehouses so this isn't an issue? Answer: The entire trade system is being revamped this season, including warehouses and autofarms. Question 18: Are there any plans to make living in Freeport no longer possible? Answer: Let's just say it won't be completely removed until we add some way for solo/small companies to not lose everything every time they log out. Question 19: Would you consider making a separate server for single players and tiny companies? Answer: It can be done, but it's a complicated issue. Not only would there have to be enough constant players to warrant the cost of the servers, but we need to figure out what impact it would have on the core pvp server. I don't think anyone wants a huge map with 4 mega companies only. I think a better solution would be to address the issues that prevent solo players and small companies from being not only viable, but also fun. Question 20: Any estimate on when the single player world map will be updated to match the new multiplayer map? Answer: We are currently working on allowing players to choose which season's map to play in single player, so you're not limited to just a single map and Blackwood. An option here is free DLCs that contain the different maps, so you can access them like you would Blackwood. Question 21: Right now for Xbox this game is only playable for the series X. Are there plans to make it more Xbox friendly? Answer: Yes! Great news on that. We are in the final stages of fixing that. I believe it will make this upcoming patch, but if it doesn't, it will be in the first patch of the new season. Bonus Q&A The following questions were obtained and answered during the Live Q&A after the pre-selected questions were answered. Question: When will there be a Devkit and SGE update? Answer: Both of those should be out next week. Question: Are there any current plans for changing the armored docks? Answer: With the ship in a bottle, the armored docks are going to be adjusted. In addition, for all shipyards (and armored docks) you will be limited to placing only three per type per company per grid for the following season. Question: Are there any plans on changing the Drakes or token tames? Answer: There has been a lot of discussion about that between the team. I think everybody knows I do not personally like being able to tame them. But we recently asked the question for feedback about the mythical tames and everybody seems to really enjoy them. Or they have a specific purpose, so they will remain there. At least for the time being. We do have a team working directly on fixing and updating all of the creatures of Atlas so they will be adjusted to be better in the future. Question: Are there any plans to change the visual design of Ship of the Damned? Answer: Yes, that is upcoming as well. I think they kind of look a little alien and out of place right now. So we are replacing them with a natural pirate ship that just looks cursed rather than alien. Question: Are there any plans for a PlayStation release? Answer: That is also a complicated question. The short answer is…it’s possible. Possible but no guarantee it will happen. It really depends on how we do at the end of early access. Question: Do we have an estimate on the Unreal Engine 5 update? Answer: We can expect that early next year. Question: One of the main issues right now in the game is the tames falling off ships when grid changing. Can you give us any details on the status of getting that fixed? Answer: Tames falling off of ships, through our investigation, has kind of related to a larger core game mechanic or code base issue that's happening. So for now, we're fixing it on a case by case basis. With the engine update it will be fixed in the core game code so it won't happen again. Question: How about the rates in the new season, are we going to be sticking with just 5x the whole season again? Answer: It seems like 5x was a good choice for most of the season. The original plan here was to have weekends be 5x and weekdays be 3x, then occasional special events would be higher. It wouldn't always be the same per weekend, so it could be resource gathering would be 5x this weekend or tame speed will be 5x this weekend. Question: Are there any chances of alliance members being able to use things on ships? Answer: Yes, we are working on a system, with the first part of it getting Alliance members to use a special bed on ships so you can go to your alliance member’s ships or bases. As for other systems, we are working on it, again, as we have time. Question: Will the game ever be on Game Pass? Answer: It’s a possibility. I don't have any control or say over that, so I can’t comment on that other than saying maybe or maybe not. Question: We talked about getting a devkit update and upgrading to Unreal Engine 5. Will the upgrade affect modders? Answer: When we're upgrading to Unreal Engine 5, the devkit will also be updated. This does unfortunately mean that the mods created in the Unreal Engine 4 version will have to be either adjusted or redone in the new UE5 devkit. For the community servers, I am working on several options to see if we can minimize this impact. More news on that will come soon, but hopefully it will have a negligible impact if everything goes well. Question: During the time when the modular ships are overhauled, will they be lootable by players who sink them? Answer: Yes, they should be. I think it's silly that you can't loot everything you destroy. Question: Are there currently any plans to add any new maps similar to Blackwood? Answer: We've talked about it a lot in our internal meetings. We have thought of doing a lot of smaller DLC based maps like Blackwood that would introduce different areas of the world. As everybody can see, through our world map, we've been trying to transition to an alternate Earth experience for Atlas. So if we did do this, you could expect to see, for example, a whole expansion for a snow region, or an ice region, or an African type sand region, or something like that. This also gives us an opportunity to expand on trenches for Atlantean stuff as well. Question: Are there any plans on adding any new ships? Answer: There are plans for a lot of new ships. I believe we have 10 new modular ships coming. That number may change, but they won't be introduced until we fix and update the system. Adding new ships without fixing the system doesn't make sense. Question: Is anything changing with enforcement? Answer: As we are exiting Early Access, our enforcement is ramping up. I think everybody had a fairly negative experience this last season with our wide bans. Having said that, we are going to be updating our systems so that we are able to get individuals. Certain offenses are still company wide. If the entire company benefits from the bannable offense, the entire company will still be banned. Having said that, that will be extremely rare. Question: Is the map always going to be portal based, or will we ever return to one big map? Answer: The map with the portals was always intended to give easy and fast travel throughout the world. You should be able to sail to the majority of the game at any given time. We are working on a system to have servers and grids that come online for certain amounts of time and then go offline. Additional content or additional routes will probably be portal based for the majority. Question: Any plans for an Xbox only server? Answer: That is more than likely not coming. Question: Any plans for new melee weapons? Answer: With the engine update, we are going to completely redo the combat system. It's going to feel much smoother, nicer, and not so bloated Question: Can we get friendly fire turned on? Answer: It's possible to turn that on, however, that's going to drastically change the game. So if we did do that it would be on a smaller test server for a super hardcore game experience. Question: Can we get cosmetic items we can buy with IRL money to help support the game? For example, ship cannon skins. Answer: We will internally discuss that and if it is deemed appropriate, we might pursue it or we might not. I cannot make any promises. Question: Will you ever make legacy ships usable again in PvP? Answer: Yes, legacy ships still have their place in PvP. They are customizable to the point where it is almost impossible to get rid of them. There are so many tactics that I see players do that you just cannot replicate with a modular ship. Having said that, we are focusing on the modular ship system, although we will be balancing it to make sure that the legacy ships and that customization is not lost. Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article

Ahoy Pathfinders! With summer winding down, we have a new season to look forward to. A new season of ATLAS that is! Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to patch day! Upcoming Wipe The final day of the season will be Wednesday September 21st when we will be wiping both official servers for a fresh start. Servers are expected to go down at 7PM PDT and should be back up within a few hours. Unofficial servers are not expected to need to wipe at this time. A dedicated Kraken Bowl grid will be accessible September 14th - September 21st, so grab your crew and send this season off with a bang! To reach the Kraken Bowl, sail out from Tortuga in any direction across the grid line. PvE players should be particularly cautious, as the zone is PvP enabled for all who enter. We hope you’ll continue the journey with us as we make our way closer to exiting early access. Thank you for your support and happy sailing! Here’s a sneak peek at some changes headed our way! Live Dev Q&A Come meet the ATLAS Senior Game Designer and the Community Manager on September 15th at 12:00 PM PDT in our discord Stage voice channel! We’ll be answering many of the questions recently gathered from our discord community. Pathfinders will also have the opportunity to ask additional questions or for further clarification. For those who will not be able to make it, we’ll be posting a written version afterwards. Final Note Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed. As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! Happy Sailing, - ATLAS Crew For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article