Abiotic Factor Patch Notes

Patch 1.3.0.26036 May 12, 2026

• Fixed several cases where pets would disappear if they were not set as a companion or in a pet bed.
• All pets (not just pets equipped as companions) will now enter a Down But Not Out (DBNO) state when taking lethal damage from most sources, whereas previously they would just die.
• Non-companion pets will bleed out and die permanently as before if they are not revived from DBNO within 30 seconds.
• All pets now revive from DBNO with 25% of their total health, down from 50%.
• Fixed an issue where pets couldn’t damage certain types of robots.
• Precious pets can no longer be hurt by lasers deployed by scientists. They can still get hurt from equipped laser weapons, however, so exercise weapon safety around your pets!
• Pets no longer get hurt if they walk into or stand in the campfire pit located in the Torii Home World.
• Pets are less likely to walk into environmental hazards that would hurt them, such as fire or lava, and should generally be better at avoiding dangerous locations.
• The action for harvesting resources from tamed Peccaries has been changed to the press and hold interaction (instead of press) for consistency with the petting interaction.
• Fixed an issue that let pets sleep on Pet Beds that hadn’t been built yet.
• Pets will no longer spontaneously reproduce using the hammer-and-bed method detailed in Dr. Stern’s latest reports.
• Pets now use interactable aim-assist settings on controllers rather than the general aim assist used for enemies.
• Fixed an issue causing crafted pets to be dropped and clip through the ground if the scientist’s pockets were full at the time of crafting them.
• IS-0173-L has been weakened slightly, but fear not! Its artful fisticuffs form is still plenty deadly.
• The tesla coils on Electro Peccaries have been properly calibrated and will now show a healthy arc of electricity sparking between them at regular intervals.
• The Portal Flask formula has been improved and should produce reliable results even when scientists are engaging in field research with what is a frankly irresponsible amount of them.
• Fixed an issue with weapon Coatings not applying to certain weapons.
• Unstable chemistry recipes no longer appear in the Compendium.
• There were some fixes for Dedicated Servers and the usage of -MULTIHOME= causing issues when joining through the server browser. If you are running a server and need to specify a specific network adapter, use -MULTIHOME=x.x.x.x with x.x.x.x being your server's local IP. If you want to use that local IP as the IP for server browser joining, e.g. Special LAN setups/VPN tunnelling, you can do so with -UseLocalIPs -MULTIHOME=x.x.x.x .
• Fixed some weighting issues on two scientist customization heads.
• The anomaly that allowed a microwave in a certain kitchen to replicate itself when portal worlds reset has seemingly ceased. Most worlds going forward will have only one microwave to cherish.
• A certain Alpine scientist bobblehead has been taught a few new phrases that it will now have a rare chance to say.
• The burgers in Dunkeltaler Forest have lost some nutritional value due to going stale.
• Decoy holograms have been programmed to behave more reliably. They have ceased instances of presenting strange ominous poses and reacting to external stimuli such as bullets. Dr. Manse would like to once again remind all researchers that the holograms are purely recordings being displayed by an advanced projection system, and as such any perceived sentience is purely that: Perception and flights of fancy.
• Pet-specific snoring, hiccup, and eating sounds have been added to the Breathing SFX and Eat/Drink SFX Misophonia audio sliders in the Audio Settings.
• Fixed one of the heads preventing ID cards from showing in some customization configurations.
• Fixed some specific cases where scientists could fall out of the facility after using certain toilets.
• Fixed some specific cases where scientists could roll out of the facility when going really fast in certain areas.
• Certain green Alpine entities will now teleport scientists on their own, leaving any chairs they may be sitting in behind.

Patch 1.3.0 May 6, 2026

• Pets now sprint to catch up to their scientist if they’re far away or are sprinting themselves.
• The Magma Skink’s projectiles now fire correctly when looking up or down.
• Held pets are now hidden during emotes.
• The actions for picking up a pet and petting them have been swapped. Scientists can pick up their pet with the press interaction, and pet them with the press and hold interaction.
• The action for picking up a pet container has also been changed to the press interaction (instead of press and hold) for consistency.
• Fixed the issue of pets not saving their XP or level progress from feeding after reloading the save.
• The ‘Hungry’ hint interaction text when looking at your pet has been updated to be more clear on how to feed them.
• Fixed the issue of the Tareccary Compendium entry not unlocking properly after giving them a nice pat.
• The Core Companion Trinket has been nerfed slightly to have its originally intended effects.
• Information about how to feed tamed pets has been clarified in the Compendium.
• Fixed an issue with the names of pets who are in pet containers being reset after rehosting a server.
• Items can no longer fall into the Chemistry Output Flask on the Chemistry Bench.
• Removed Coating visuals from the Hardlight Sledge while we investigate to find a proper solution to prevent visibility issues.
• Raw Moon Fish Filets can now be distilled instead of the Cooked versions as intended.
• STOLAS Hard Drives can now be distilled.
• The Panic Flask recipe has been updated, and now uses the Charged Distillation instead of the Foggy Distillation.
• Distillation Benches can now be deployed closer to other things.
• The interaction text for held Tinctures now correctly says ‘consume’.
• Fixed an issue with Tinctures appearing with medical items.
• The Bounce Coating item description now correctly specifies that it applies to melee only.
• Implemented a fix that should prevent Power Chairs & Office Chairs from clipping and falling through the world.
• Fixed the duplication issue with Power Chairs & Office Chairs.
• Fixed an issue causing Wisps to not despawn when they should.
• Fixed a bug preventing scientists from interacting with objects while holding a certain new melee weapon (the Hardlight Sledge ) until after using the secondary action once (e.g. right mouse button).
• Fixed an issue that caused scientists to inadvertently make their Exor Spirit stop following them.
• Fixed typos on a backpack and umbrella.
• A few more localization strings have been updated.
• Fixed an issue that caused Dr. Hudson to talk to scientists over the radio when he shouldn’t.
• A certain new fish now correctly has description text in the Fish Database of the GatePal.
• Moon fixed.

Patch 1.3.0.25870 May 6, 2026

• Pets now sprint to catch up to their scientist if they’re far away or are sprinting themselves.
• The Magma Skink’s projectiles now fire correctly when looking up or down.
• Held pets are now hidden during emotes.
• The actions for picking up a pet and petting them have been swapped. Scientists can pick up their pet with the press interaction, and pet them with the press and hold interaction.
• The action for picking up a pet container has also been changed to the press interaction (instead of press and hold) for consistency.
• Fixed the issue of pets not saving their XP or level progress from feeding after reloading the save.
• The ‘Hungry’ hint interaction text when looking at your pet has been updated to be more clear on how to feed them.
• Fixed the issue of the Tareccary Compendium entry not unlocking properly after giving them a nice pat.
• The Core Companion Trinket has been nerfed slightly to have its originally intended effects.
• Information about how to feed tamed pets has been clarified in the Compendium.
• Fixed an issue with the names of pets who are in pet containers being reset after rehosting a server.
• Items can no longer fall into the Chemistry Output Flask on the Chemistry Bench.
• Removed Coating visuals from the Hardlight Sledge while we investigate to find a proper solution to prevent visibility issues.
• Raw Moon Fish Filets can now be distilled instead of the Cooked versions as intended.
• STOLAS Hard Drives can now be distilled.
• The Panic Flask recipe has been updated, and now uses the Charged Distillation instead of the Foggy Distillation.
• Distillation Benches can now be deployed closer to other things.
• The interaction text for held Tinctures now correctly says ‘consume’.
• Fixed an issue with Tinctures appearing with medical items.
• The Bounce Coating item description now correctly specifies that it applies to melee only.
• Implemented a fix that should prevent Power Chairs & Office Chairs from clipping and falling through the world.
• Fixed the duplication issue with Power Chairs & Office Chairs.
• Fixed an issue causing Wisps to not despawn when they should.
• Fixed a bug preventing scientists from interacting with objects while holding a certain new melee weapon (the Hardlight Sledge ) until after using the secondary action once (e.g. right mouse button).
• Fixed an issue that caused scientists to inadvertently make their Exor Spirit stop following them.
• Fixed typos on a backpack and umbrella.
• A few more localization strings have been updated.
• Fixed an issue that caused Dr. Hudson to talk to scientists over the radio when he shouldn’t.
• A certain new fish now correctly has description text in the Fish Database of the GatePal.
• Moon fixed.

Patch 2026-04-28 April 28, 2026

• Updated Roadmap!
• There’s Some Chemistry Here
• The M.O.P. 9000!
• When Brain Meets Brawn
• Plus Some Polish
• Join the Scientific Community!

Patch 2026-03-15 March 15, 2026