The festive season is upon us! So for their first Christmas on the DUCKSIDE archipelago, the Ducks are celebrating it in style with a Christmas Update!

Quacked with new features, holiday-themed items, a brand new monument and more. Let’s unwrap the highlights! Read through the end for the full patch notes!

Somehow, someone got a submarine stranded in the middle of the desert. Gross incompetence of whoever was captaining that submarine aside, it holds some valuable loot for anyone brave enough to venture to its heart and extract it…


Get ready for some merry mayhem!

1️⃣ Christmas Carol Ghost Event:

Who ya gonna call? Not Scrooge, that’s for sure. The Ghostly Ducks of Christmas yet to come are haunting bases across the archipelago.

Drops new gatherable resource
Snow Piece: Used for crafting Xmas themed items!

2️⃣ Santa’s Sled Shooting Event:

Santa (or a feathered non-union equivalent) is visiting to spread joy and cultivate carnage.
While shooting "Santa's” sleigh would usually get you put pretty high up on the naughty list, it is the most efficient way of getting your hands on his loot…

The bravest ducks may also find even rarer loot in the sleigh itself…


Santa Hat: I mean, what other kind of hat do you expect at Christmas…?
Deer Antlers: Become an honorary member of Santa's reindeer alongside Rudolph, Donner, Dancer and whatever the other ones are called!

Snowman Keep a cool head in even the toughest situations!
Krampus Hat: For all the ducks out there that still enjoy christmas but wanna maintain their edgy and mysterious persona.
Door Skin: Nothing says “It’s Christmas” like a wreath on the door of a base that you’re about to turn to rubble.
Fireplace Warm those webbed feet by the fire as you await the arrival of santa (or a raider) with a Christmas Fireplace
And more! : Christmas lights, candy cane weapons, streamer shotguns and Christmas tree shrines can also be crafted and found throughout the archipelago!


Snowman: Ever wanted to blow up a snowman with a rocket launcher? Of course you have, and now you can!

(Please note that you don’t actually get anything out of it other than the satisfaction of having blown up a snowman with a rocket launcher)

Snowmen can be built by default.

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With this update, we have completed the first phase of our Roadmap and have updated it to reflect our goals for the coming months, which you can see below:

Also, we have put together a player satisfaction survey to help us understand our players experiences with the game, what could be improved, what you would most like to see added and your overall opinion of DUCKSIDE, and we would appreciate it if you could take 10 minutes to help us out here by filling it out

https://forms.gle/WbS5NFsUMq94gEES6


Highlights:

• New monument - Submarine in the Desert Island
  
• Introduced a new unique automatic shotgun (Vulture's Wrath) with enhanced fire rate
  
• Weather system
  
• Updated vending machine locations on the map
  
• Added a feature to display the list of items available in each vending machine directly in the map UI
  
• Added an optional setting for using the global moderators list in the admin panel
  
• Adjusted bleeding mechanics
  
• Added a bleeding effect to the barbed wire trap

Fixes

• Resolved localization issues and display errors in various game elements
  
• Adjusted sleeping ducks to have proper HP, matching normal ducks
  
• Ensured blueprints now appear in the inventory, even if it is full at the time of purchase
  
• Corrected furnace behavior where activating it instantly burned wood and created charcoal without delay
  
• Added proper death location display for players who died offline
  
• Updated the postmortem screen to correctly display destroyed bases and nests
  
• Fixed access to the Idol so players can now interact only when registered at the base.
  
• Enabled Tesla coils and shotgun traps to properly react to admins under m1/m2 commands.
  
• Resolved an issue where players with their own base were unable to disassemble wooden buildings or use workbenches and research tables
  
• Improved door interaction interfaces for players registered with an Idol
  
• Resolved an issue that allowed players registered at a base to disassemble nests owned by others after a server restart
  
• Fixed outline masking issues with hats
  
• Restored availability of NVIDIA Reflex and Frame Generation features
  
• Removed limitations on C4 usage when 20 landmines are placed
  
• Removed rockets from the crafted rocket launcher

Optimizations

• General Performance Improvements
  
• Optimized buildings unloading upon destruction to improve performance and reduce FPS drops

Graphics and Animations

• Replaced falling animations with smoother transitions
  
• Updated animations for walking, weapon handling, and interaction movements
  
• Added new military textures for NPC gear
  
• Added new transition animations for boosts and movement speed changes
  
• Added animations for reloading the bazooka

Christmas Event:

• New Christmas-themed hats, decorations, and items added to the game
  
• Santa's Sleigh was added, bringing festive gifts to players

Miscellaneous

• Weather settings UI for admins to display current and manual adjustments
  
• Added notification system for player registration acceptance
  
• Fixed base deregistration issues when the core idol object is destroyed

Known Issues

• Certain changes require further testing to prevent rare server crashes
  
• Minor visual glitches may occur on specific systems

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See you in the skies!

- tinyBuild Riga