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Game update

Ruin Update, Cooking, Combat & Performance

Ruin · published 27 Aug 2026, 17:37 UTC

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Cooking
Campfires and stoves can now cook raw food.
Added cooked strange meat, spider legs, bear meat and stag flank.
Cooked food restores Health and Mana every second.
Bread now restores 5 Health per second.
Water now restores 10 Mana per second.
Eating and drinking now stop when moving, jumping, casting or taking damage.
Food no longer burns when left inside a cooking station.
Campfires, furnaces and stoves now have fire, smoke, light and sounds.
Cooking food adds a quieter cooking sound.
Cooking stations now stay off after a server restart.
Finished items drop nearby when every output slot is full.Abilities
Stunned players and enemies can no longer turn.
Haste can reduce the spell global cooldown.Items
Item effects can now grow stronger with the item’s level.
Unique equipped items can now be swapped directly.Housing & Social
House owners can now remove guests.
Making an owner or removing a guest now asks for confirmation.
Building Maintenance now adds another 30 days to the remaining time.
Building Maintenance can be extended as many times as you want.
Party members can request that their leader invites another player.
/r now replies to your latest whisper.
Shift-click abilities and chat links to add them to your message.
Linked item and ability tooltips now stay open until you click away.Customisation & UI
Added options to hide your helmet or cape.
Hidden helmets and capes are also hidden from other players.
These settings are saved between sessions.
Improved chest and house management window layouts.Performance & Movement

Greatly improved performance at long and Very Far view distances.

Reduced frame spikes while turning the camera.

Improved character, equipment, furniture and world rendering.

Distant equipment now uses lower detail models while nearby gear stays sharp.

Improved movement and collision around walls, furniture and small gaps.

Reduced unwanted pushing and position corrections.

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