HEADWINDS - Patch Notes 1.13.0

HEADWINDS - Patch Notes 1.13.0

What's New?

Solo vs Squads

• New matchmaking option for experienced players level 40 and above
• Toggle available above matchmaking to join the Squads queue
• +20% bonus XP at the end of every round on both successful extracts and defeats

Trophy Display

• A new long-term project requiring players to hunt increasingly dangerous groups of ARC and submit their parts for rewards
• Five-step Display Case with rewards including blueprints, Raider Tokens, Howl emote, guitar, and 300,000 Coins upon completion
• No fixed end date

Bird City

• Flocks of birds have moved into Buried City, building nests in the empty chimneys
• Weekly rotation exclusively to Buried City with additional bird traps, ziplines, rooftop combat, and flying ARC
• Stored trinkets found in nests

New Content

• 2 new Epic Augments
• 7 new Quests

Patch Highlights

• Open Parties: Set your party to open so Embark and platform friends can join seamlessly, even mid-round
• Squad Invites: Squadmates can now invite others; expanded party leader capabilities
• Mouse smoothing option added
• Gamepad rebinding support added
• Anti-Cheat: Progressive ban system implemented — 30 days, then 60 days, then permanent ban

Bug Fixes

Achievements

• Fixed multiple achievements not working correctly

ARC

• Fixed various issues with Leaper, Shredder, Snitch, Spotter, and Tick behaviors

Maps

Stella Montis

• Fixed Seed Vault extraction issue

Dam Battlegrounds, Buried City, Spaceport, Stella Montis

• Multiple map-specific collision and out-of-bounds fixes across all locations

Movement

• Various movement fixes

UI

• Multiple UI improvements and fixes

Utility

• Various utility fixes