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The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, March 26th, 2026.

The Riftbreaker · published 5 months ago · build 22500246

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UPDATE: - These changes are now live on the default branch of the game.

Hello Riftbreakers!

We hope you've been having a lot of fun with the World Expansion IV Update! We're happy with the current state of the game, but it doesn't mean our work stops there - we still have a lot of things we can fix and improve!

Today, we are bringing our Experimental branch back to life. This is a special branch where we test our upcoming patches in preparation for their official release, usually a couple of days later.

This Experimental Release is available to everyone on an opt-in basis. Please be aware that things might not work as intended, and you may encounter problems. If you don’t want to take any risks, please wait for the public release of this update.

MAKE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR SAVE FILES! Make a copy of 'The Riftbreaker' folder from your documents and keep it safe.

With all these warnings out of the way, here’s how to access the experimental branch:

create a backup copy of your save folder (Documents/The Riftbreaker)
disable Steam Cloud save backup for The Riftbreaker
go to your Steam Library
right-click on The Riftbreaker
select 'Properties,’ then 'Betas,’ and use the following password: IknowWhatImDoing

After that, you will be able to choose 'experimental' from the drop-down menu. Download the update, play the game, and let us know if you encounter any issues. We also have a channel on our Discord: #rb-experimental-feedback - we highly encourage you to join in and share your feedback.

The Riftbreaker Experimental Update, March 26th, 2026. Changelog:

Changes:

blocked the ability to sell the Prime Rift Station when it has already started charging
low caliber tower ammo added as reward to shredder tower research in all research trees (fixed dependency)
added cry tornado upgraded description
added a few missing Chinese localizations (flowers and new neutral monsters)
added sample headless dedicated server config file
fixed floor eraser problems
fixed building time calculation problems
fixed missing localizations translations from some of the new WE IV strings
fixed magmoth and magmoth_ice description
fixed wrong dialogue line in ice_falling_rocks weather event
fixed earthquake event spawn position
fixed tornado event spawn position
fixed precache generation for cultivator saplings
fixed wrong dialogue line in one of the Cryo Fields encounters
removed DLC options when setting up an Open Campaign in multiplayer ( it does not and can not require DLC )
Thank you for all the feedback so far, keep it coming!
EXOR Studios

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