STEEL SWARM: APOCALYPSE Patch Notes – 2025_08_01

Visual & Environment Improvements

• Fixed sun and shadow architecture position and rotation on the Xorm side.

• Adjusted floating texts shown when XBTs take damage.

User Interface (UI/UX)

• Added tooltips to drones.

• Added tooltips to stat screen titles.

• Improved UX for opening/closing client UIs.

• Disabled camera pan in some UI screens.

• Regen value is now visible on the HP bar.

• The “Open Box” button is now disabled while searching for a game.

Gameplay & Mechanics

• Fixed hero stat UI issue where CCDef engine was showing Att Energy.

• Vulcan bullets now reduce XBT defenses with each hit.

• Increased Obelisk ultimate cooldown from 60 to 90 seconds.

• Announcement is now sent to both ally and enemy teams when Mantis is killed.

• Fixed assist rewards not accounting for level 1–5 Xalium reduction.

• Fixed mission crashes on the server.

• Fixed leaderboard query issues.

Ping & Communication System

• Removed the “hold” requirement for the ping system.

Portal & Gear

• For ally portal teleport gear, if no portal is selected, a specific warning text now appears on the cast bar.

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