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The Castles & Coffee Update
A secret lies hidden deep within the bowels of the Lava Castle: A Precursor Base. Great peril awaits any diver attempting to explore this mysterious structure. Should you prevail, you will shed light on more of the secrets that shroud this underwater world.

-New Features in the Castles & Coffee Update-
Gravsphere & Airbladder:

• Both items get a major overhaul with new in-game models and animations. Additionally, the Gravsphere has been updated to grab loot nearby.

Home Improvements:

• Many home goods now function! From working trashcans, to exciting vending machines, to a fancy coffee machine, get ready to make home a little sweeter.

Ping Management System:

• Change the colors and visibility of pings in the world. A highly requested feature from the community!

Lava Castle Precursor Base:

• Deep within the Lava Castle, another Precursor Base comes online. Exploring inside yields new blueprints for the new Ion Battery & Ion Powercell, glimpses of ancient droids, and more.

Precursor Droids & Ion Power:

• Roaming the abandoned corridors of the Lava Castle Precursor Base are the Precursor Droids. Charged with the solitary task of maintaining the base through the years, these droids can be seen wandering the base, going about their business. Inside these walls you can also find blueprints for two new types of power: Ion Batteries and Ion Powercells.

Home Goods:

• Beds - Lying in bed now allows players the option to skip night.
  
• Trashcans - Now actual receptacles into which you can permanently throw things away.
  
• Coffee Machine - Now pours a caffeine jolt for late night research.
  
• Luggage Bag - The luggage bag now does exactly what it should do: It stores things!
  
• Vending Machine - Craving a snack? Look no further. Guaranteed to not get stuck.
  
• Lab Trashcan - Dispose of your used Nuclear Reactor Rods safely!

Stability & Optimization:

• This update includes many changes in an ongoing effort to alleviate performance issues on Xbox and Steam. Since automatic terrain deformation during base building was part of the problem, we decided to get rid of it. This was a difficult call for us, but we're committed to delivering an optimized 1.0 at launch this year. We're quietly hopeful that you might even enjoy the new location-specific challenges this new restriction brings to late game base building. We’ve also made lots of usability and stability improvements to base-building in the meantime.

Improvements

• Ping System: Manage UI HUD pings from your PDA, such as lifepods pings, Seamoth pings, etc.
  
• Gravsphere: A model addition and design tweaks make the Gravsphere an even better tool. Now the arcs grab not just fish but nearby loot as well.
  
• Air Bladder: A functioning placeholder of this existed in game for some time, but now it has its final model and animations.

Other Additions

• You may notice new terrain features as you explore previously empty areas.
  
• More and more Precursor Caches have been added around the world.
  
• Seaglide light energy cost halved and active energy cost quartered.
  
• Oxygen warning shortened.

To see the full list of changes, click here: http://unknownworlds.com/subnautica/castles-coffee/#