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C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)NewsMajor Patch 0.8.0 is out!
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Major Patch 0.8.0 is out!

C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM) · published 15 Jun 2025, 10:06 UTC · build 18872507

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Greetings, operatives! Patch 0.8.0 is out!

Added

  • New character: Seismologist Technician. A former mining equipment engineer from Rudnica who transforms scientific expertise into combat prowess. She creates a seismic tower that deals damage upon falling, then periodically stuns and deals a small amount of damage to enemies in the area. She is unlocked at level 20.

  • Uber Koldunak. Tougher, deals more damage, and operatives near him cannot cast abilities. Begins spawning at difficulty 12.

  • You can now upgrade abilities using High Samples. While some base abilities have been rebalanced, upgrading them will allow you to achieve even greater power than before this patch.

    Scavenger's ability upgrades:

    Supplies now include an extra 60% (up to 180% from all upgrades) ammo.

    Supplies now include a grenade.

    Supplies now include a bandage.

    Supplies now include special ammo.

    Sergeant's ability upgrades:

    Artillery barrage deploys 25% (up to 75% from all upgrades) quicker.

    Artillery barrage delivers 5 (up to 10 from all upgrades) more rounds.

    Artillery barrage now uses incendiary rounds, leaving fire on the ground.

    Seismologist Technician's ability upgrades:

    Increases Seismic Tower duration by 25% (up to 100% from all upgrades).

    Reduces cooldown between tremors by 25% (up to 50% from all upgrades).

    Reanimated Soldier's ability upgrades:

    Increases movement speed by 15% (up to 30% from all upgrades) while invisible.

    Increases invisibility duration by 25% (up to 50% from all upgrades).

    Increases damage dealt by 30% (up to 60% from all upgrades) while invisible.

    Chernozem's Guard's ability upgrades:

    Increases wall duration by 25% (up to 100% from all upgrades).

    The wall gains an integrated turret (up to 2 from all upgrades) on top.

  • New Exotec SK-006. Allows the operative to store up to two ability charges and increases ability charge regeneration by 25%.

  • Added a tooltip for the 'Dismantle' button on modifiers.

Changes

  • Sergeant's bonus stats have been nerfed: Reload Speed bonus reduced from 25% to 20% and Movement Speed bonus reduced from 10% to 5%.

  • Improved the visual effects for the Sergeant's bombardment ability.

  • Increased the base damage of all pistols by 5.

  • Increased the samples drop rate from uber enemies.

  • Reanimator Module will now resurrect all players at once if all operatives is in the 'agony' state, rather than waiting for one player to die.

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