It’s been a while! Nomad is now running on Unity 6, bringing a wave of improvements under the hood—better performance, smoother gameplay, and a solid foundation for the road ahead. It took a very long time converting the game to this new version, especially when everything else needed to be updated.
Alongside the engine upgrade, there's new content, automation features, balance tweaks, and a mountain of bug fixes. There’s a lot to unpack—read on for the full changelog!
Servers have been wiped due to this update.
Nomad is 10 years old
I just want to say thank you to everyone who has ever played the game. Whether you were here at the start or only stopped by for a while, it truly means a lot to me. Even if you’ve moved on, the fact that you spent time in Nomad is something I’ll always appreciate. Here's to 10 more years to 1.0 release! :D
Water Barrels Changes
Water Barrels will now automatically fill up nearby Hydroponics Stations when the station runs out of Water Bottles and there are still seeds inside left. Water Barrel must have Water Bottles inside it for this to work.
Fuel Table Changes
Fuel Tables will automatically fill up nearby Generators with Fuel when the generator runs out. Fuel Table must have Fuel inside for this to work.
New Item, Blood Moon Amulet
Blood Moon Amulets are now in the game and when used will spawn a Blood Moon on the next sunset. Blood Moon Amulets can be found in Blood Moon Graves or trading Lost Souls to The Reaper during a Blood Moon.
New Furnace, Blast Furnace
A new furnace has been added, the Blast Furnace. This furnace is a bigger and better furnace and has 40 slots to smelt all your nomad things.
Automation With Machines
Managing your machines just got a whole lot easier. With the new update, you can now automate item transfers from machines directly into storage chests!
This feature currently works with the Auger Drill and Oil Pump, with support for more machines on the way. To get started, install the new Hopper Mod into an Auger Drill or Oil Pump. This allows the machine to begin sending its items out automatically.
But where do the items go? That’s where the Magnet Mods come in. Place an Auger Drill Magnet or Oil Pump Magnet inside any storage chest, and the connected machine will send its items straight there—no manual hauling needed.
Set it up once and enjoy a cleaner, more efficient operation while you focus on what matters most— raiding!
Changelog
New Items
- Blood Moon Amulet - Use this item to summon a Blood Moon
- Red Present - Nomad's 10th Birthday Item. Open it to get gifts!
- Blast Furnace - A 40 slot "better" furnace
- Hopper Mod - To allow the machine to transfer items OUT
- Auger Drill Magnet - Place within a storage chest to get items from the drill IN
- Oil Pump Magnet - Place within a storage chest to get items from the pump IN
Engine
- Updated to Unity 6, should see performance increases
- Updated to latest Facepunch Steamworks
- Updated to latest version of TNet
- Updated Anti Cheat system
- Better handling of saving player inventories
- Better Ping handling on servers
- Better server connection
Bug Fixes
- Official Servers added to Official List
- Fixed a bug with Deer and Zombie when moving too soon on a Nav Mesh
- Fixed issue with Deer and Zombie not adhering to Nav Meshes
- Added lobby server IP fallback if the server cannot read from the lobby.txt file
- Fixed getting stuck on 'Loading Pylons' when loading into a server
- Fixed an issue with player inventories saving too regularly
- Fixed an issue surrounding reloading weapons too fast
- Fixed an issue with using items (food/drink/medical) and multiplying its effect
- Fixed an issue with the Time of Day sometimes not firing Blood Moon events (stop or start)
- Fixed an issue with player inventories deleting when loading into a server
- Fixed an issue when player sleeper is killed and player spawning in as naked with no new inventory
- Fixed a sound bug with fireworks at the safe zone
Balance & Changes
- Auger Drill drop chances improved
- Steam client will now auto retry when it fails to authenticate
- Deer, Stag and Doe default spawn rates significantly increased (change in config file for server owners)
- Server default max ping increased to 1000, up from 600 (change in config file for server owners)
- Increased default loot spawns, barrel spawns, and mining nodes spawns (change in config file for server owners)
- Hitting a tree with the incorrect tool to gather will now prompt the player about their error
- Reduced Saleh's gold cost to gamble down to 2 Gold Bars, from 3 Gold Bars
- Fuel now requires 2 Oil Bottles, down from 3 bottles
- Oil Pump will now gather oil every 5 ticks, down from every 6 ticks
- Crafting with Water Bottles (for food items) will now give you back Empty Bottle
- Fuel Tables will automatically fill up Generators when the Generator runs out of Fuel. Fuel Table must have Fuel inside them for this to work
- Water Barrels will automatically fill up Hydroponics Stations when the station runs out of Water and there are seeds still inside. Water Barrels must have Water Bottles in them
- New icons for most items
- Updated loading tips
- Updated some tutorial quests and text
- Death Scythe now shoots faster
- Iron Mask now provides 10 armour
- Reaper's Mask now provides 12 armour
- Black Boots now provide 6 armour
- Bag With Umbrella now provides 8 armour
- Stop Sign now provides 6 armour
- Riot Shield now provides 8 armour
- Clothing items will now better show their armour value
- Nights are now darker
- Added TAA, FAA, and DLSS
- Reduced Furnace to 24 slots, down from 32
- Reduced Auto Hammer to 24 slots, down from 40
- New event props been added to Safe Zone when an event is active (christmas, halloween etc)
- The server will now automatically enable special events according to the month
- Death Scythe no longer scraps to metal
- You can now use items in the inventory whilst auto running
- Auger Drill audio range decreased
- A special 10th anniversary of Nomad Theme has been created for the main menu
