Every update, patch and developer post we have logged for STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X, newest first: the date, the headline, a one-line summary and a link to the original source. We file STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X under Extraction & PvP.
| Date | Title | Summary | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | A game of rupture | A new Shock Wave quest sends ZIVCAS operative Liv Kehler to break up the Typhoon–Black Market alliance by turning the two partners against each other. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-29 | Festivity x Twitch Drops | Three weeks of Twitch Drops from October 29 to November 20 grant Twitch Shards containers, paints and charms for 14-15 hours of watching partner streams. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-28 | Your clip, your rules, your rewards | The #SZFRAGMENTS Clip Challenge asks players to post STALZONE-inspired videos on TikTok or YouTube Shorts for Wooden Crates, Aesthete Cases, Anomalous Serums… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-28 | New Event! Metropolite’s Arena & Peace in Sucking | STALZONE | Cryptic in-character message teases the Metropolite's Arena and Peace in Sucking events, describing an October 25 visit to Temple Swamp. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-28 | Patch Notes [28.10.2026] | Patch notes describe Festivity, a five-player PvPvE event where teams defend a Relic through PvE, boss and PvP rounds, buying gear with Yav currency. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-27 | Go higher in Festivity leagues | The Festivity progression mode opens November 4 and runs to November 18, with five fixed leagues, two point-loss leagues, and double progression tokens that… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-26 | Arena progression | A short community post asking players what gameplay they are going for in STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X and inviting replies in the comments. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-25 | Fight or suffer! | A promotional announcement points players to a new Festivity trailer showing what awaits in the Arena; no date, mechanics, or rewards are given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-25 | The event is ending soon | The current event's challenges and 500 Act Tickets plus the Veil style reward are available only until October 28, 2026. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-23 | Festivity OTS | Open test server runs Oct 23-25, 2026 for EU and RU players, previewing the five-player Festivity PvPvE event with wave rounds, a boss, and a coin shop. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-23 | What’s behind the cards? | The personal store returns, giving each player a randomly selected set of discounted offers on styles, charms, packs and other items. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-23 | Join the Festivity on October 28! | A teaser announcement states the Festivity event begins October 28, with no gameplay details, rewards, or dates beyond that given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-22 | Fuss in the Bar | A community post describes a rumor at the Bar about a loot-filled backpack at the Pervomaisky Factory and a mysterious photograph left on a table. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-22 | Metropolite's arena | A Steam announcement titled "Metropolite's arena" teases an entity assuming its final form, with no release date, mechanics, or gameplay detail given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-21 | Diggers' Tales | A short announcement says rumors around the Scrapyard claim someone hid loot nearby and urges players to find the stash. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-21 | Camera on the Zone — you in the spotlight | The #SZFRAGMENTS community clip challenge begins October 28, asking players to film and edit their in-game moments into shareable videos. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-21 | Chain of Decay — Rewards! | Chain of Decay mystery rewards go out in four tiers, including an Audio Recorder charm, three achievements, and the Keeper of Truth skin for the Albatross… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-20 | The rumors won’t die down | A teaser announcement says rumors point to a stash somewhere in Polesskoye and urges stalkers to hurry and beat the competition. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-19 | Another wave of rumors | The announcement teases a strange loot stash on the Path of Fools and tells players to head there to uncover the truth. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-18 | Unknown Find | A teaser announcement says a rumor is spreading that a bag of loot is hidden in the Black Willows, with shady dealers selling photos of a garage. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-17 | Mysterious Stash | A short teaser points stalkers to the Kolos Agrocomplex to find a mysterious backpack of loot, linked to a photo of an old barn. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-16 | OTS adjustments | The OTS test server restart expands the pool of invited players and adjusts challenge rewards, with invited players notified via in-game mail. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-16 | Remember Advanced Case? Well… | The Advanced Case availability is extended by two days, and compensation details are being sent to players' in-game mail. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-15 | Hotfix [15.10.2026] | Advanced Case returns to the shop with summer-season chances carried over; players who opened it before removal get 1 token per 3 openings, paid on 16.10.2026. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-15 | Test Server launch [16.10.26] | The OTS runs Oct 16-18 for EU and RU players, testing reworked wide range detectors, separate solo/duo/3+ matchmaking, and inventory item locking. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-15 | The art contest's submission deadline is approaching | Entries for the STALCRAFT: X art contest are open until October 19 at 20:59 UTC, with submissions requiring a nickname, play region, and a publicly accessible… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-14 | Nerves acting up? Keep your hands busy | A new bolt skin called Blabberbolt arrives in Aesthete Case V, shown in several variants in a short video. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-14 | The Сoliseum is open for ranked battles! | A new Coliseum ranked season has started, with access limited to listed time windows for EU, NA, and SEA/NEA regions. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-14 | Game crash problems | EXBO says STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X is suffering performance issues and client crashes and that a fix is in progress, with no timeline given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-12 | More Tickets? Highlights from the EXBO Stream | EXBO's stream recap lists upcoming events, artifact reuse, Forge-11's future, AI NPC plans, and legendary gear sources, with detail in a video and Reddit post. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-12 | Coliseum ranked postponement | The Coliseum Ranked season start is postponed to October 14 for technical reasons and will conclude October 28, with regional play windows listed by timezone. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-07 | Inevitability weaves itself together | Season Pack #2 is now available in the in-game store, offering new weapon and armor paints, cases, crates, and season levels. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-07 | Heat rises, loot surprises | Event until October 14 raises mutant, plant, and mineral spawn rates 20% in the North and Labyrinth, cuts daily task refresh to 6 hours, and shortens North… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-06 | Stop! Where do you think you going? | A community post points to a new article explaining how stopping power works and what determines the strength of the slow effect in STALCRAFT: X. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-05 | A scorching hot week is approaching! | From October 7 to October 14, Faction North and Labyrinth runs boost mutant, meat, herb, and mineral spawns by 20%, cut daily quest resets to 6 hours, and… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-03 | 🛠 Maintenance on the EXBO support website | EXBO's support website will be under maintenance on October 3, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM UTC, with possible interruptions to the site. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-03 | Extra Tickets?! | A community post points readers to the patch notes for details on the upcoming event where players earn Tickets in PvE or the Coliseum. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-02 | Hotfix [02.10.2026] | A hotfix applied without downtime adds alternative Hideout crafting options that replace Artifact Fragments with Samples. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-02 | Through the Lens of STALZONE — Contest Results | The STALZONE cinematography contest results list the top ten main prize entries scored out of 40 and additional category winners, with prizes sent via in-game… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-02 | Let's talk about something important! | A short post says upcoming info cards will explain the bleeding status effect, including whether weapon and ammo percentages are the chance to cause bleeding… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-01 | Compensation [01.10.2026] | A promo code granting Overdrives, season crates, spare parts and components is redeemable once per account until 8 October 2026 following technical issues… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-30 | Patch Notes [30.09.2026] | Patch adds the Ticketopia event (Oct 14-28), a North economy and reward rework, a new 1000-level weapon style, a new quest, and balance changes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-28 | Open world economy update | Update reworks Faction North event, outpost, and cache rewards, adds a jackpot mechanic, and introduces location-based progression for protoartifact farming. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-27 | Future updates leaked?! | Community post links a video claiming future STALZONE updates: new signal dungeons, rewards, an event, and an open-world economy update. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-23 | Let the Battles Begin! | Completing Session Battles, including Coliseum mode, grants 50% more Session Battle Reputation and Battle Tokens until September 30 at 10:00 server time. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-23 | Server maintenance is completed | Servers are back online following maintenance, and players are asked to install the update for the game to work properly. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-23 | Extension of server maintenance [23.09.2026] | Server maintenance for STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X was extended twice, first to 9:00 UTC and then to 11:00 UTC, with the EXBO team apologising for the… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-21 | STALZONE Art Contest | STALZONE's tulpa!-themed art contest runs September 21 to October 19 across hand drawing, digital, 3D, and AI nominations, with results on November 2. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-21 | Fighters, Prepare for Battle | Spartak's Session Battles award 50% more Session Battle Reputation and Battle Tokens from September 23 to September 30. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-20 | It's Not Over Yet | The Forge-11 hourly storm event in STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X has been extended until September 30, with anomalies and rewards still available to… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-19 | Have a question about game balance? Now’s the time to ask | The developers are collecting player questions about weapon stats and item balance changes in a Discord thread, with the Balance Department answering selected… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-18 | Cloudy with a Chance of Artifacts | Artifact spawn rates are increased by 50% at all locations after an emission until September 20, 5:00 server time, during the electrostorm surge. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-17 | Lofi mix: campfire edition | A promotional lofi guitar mix assembled from STALZONE's own soundtrack, pitched for late-night loot runs and downtime in the Zone. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-16 | Hotfix [16.09.2026] | A hotfix applied without stopping servers corrects incorrect character model behavior; players still affected are told to restart the client and update the… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-16 | Patch Notes [16.09.2026] | The September 16 patch extends Electrostorm to September 30, reworks the volume system and duel maps Depot and Warehouse, updates Zen's selling list, and adds… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-15 | Meteorologists predict a bountiful weekend | Artefact spawn rates across all locations increase by 50% from September 18, 5:00 to September 20, 5:00 server time. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-11 | +50% Season Pass progression | Daily tasks and overdrives award 50% more Season Pass points until September 14, 05:00 server time. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-09 | Concept art for tulpa! styles | The art department posted early-stage concept art showing how some tulpa! weapon styles looked during development, including pieces not yet shown. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-09 | Patch Notes [09.09.2026] | Patch reduces Forge-11 player cap, cuts eruption artifact spawns by 28%, lowers Lightning Rod rarity chances, and adds the Typhoon Scout Supply pack. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-08 | Tulpa? No, just a Season Pass boost! | From September 11 to September 14, daily challenges and Overdrive use award 50% more Season Pass points in STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-07 | Chain of Decay — The Search Is Over! | The Chain of Decay questline has been solved and the first Nocturnes acquired, with the studio to compile a list of participants eligible for extra rewards. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-06 | Developer's diary: Core team | The first STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X developer diary covers the Core Team, current projects, future updates, and the studio's long-term development… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-03 | Missed it live? Here it is | A trailer first shown at the FPS Games Show offers a first look at STALCRAFT: X's new season; no release date or feature details are given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-03 | FPS Games Show is live | STALZONE is featured in today's FPS Games Show lineup on Twitch, with a separate look at the new season promised during the broadcast. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-03 | ⚙️ Hotfix [03.09.2026] | A server-side hotfix adjusts faction balance on the Forge-11 location to reduce one faction dominating individual copies of the map. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-03 | Fall season is live | Fall season in STALZONE brings an anomalous cataclysm to the central northern location, a roadmap of new quests and events, and October's Festivity. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-03 | Charged gifts | The autumn Electrostorm event returns, with Black Hole, Mug, Snares, Timber, and Larva artifacts appearing at Forge-11 after eruptions and from Lightning Rods. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-02 | STALZONE is heading to FPS Games Show | STALZONE has secured a spot at FPS Games Show, with a separate new-season lookairing September 3 at 18:00 UTC on TheFPSGamesShow Twitch channel. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-02 | WARNING! High voltage | Electrostorm event runs until September 23 at Forge-11, adding hourly anomalies, lightning rods that spawn artifacts, event currency, challenges, and a shop. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-02 | Patch Notes [02.09.2026] | Season tulpa! adds autumn weather, the charge-mechanic Capper sniper rifle, a K15 Special case, and a 70% cut to Operations money rewards. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-01 | Autumn collection | A teaser post says rumours about the new season's rewards are spreading and that players should log in on September 2 to learn the truth. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-31 | Time to submit your entries | Submissions for the STALZONE community contest close today at 20:59 UTC, with entrants asked to verify their posted links are publicly viewable. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-31 | Storm Warning | A two-line teaser states the cyclone is changing direction and gives a bearing of Forge-11, with no date, mechanics, or details attached. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-30 | Do you recognize these places? | The studio says it has reworked the Depot and Warehouse duel maps and asks players whether other maps should get the same treatment. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-30 | What's hiding in the rewards? | A new-season reward in STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X is a sniper rifle whose shots can be charged for more power; no date, stats or full reward list is… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-27 | Something is stirring in the shadows | A cryptic teaser asks players what to expect this fall in STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X, with no details, date, or feature named. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-27 | Don’t forget to spend your season currency! | The Anticyclone season ends September 2, removing Cartridges, the Triumphs Shop and Pops' Coins, while Special Case tokens, Overdrives and Season Pass items… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-26 | Airdrops are already on Forge-11 | From August 26 to September 2, airdrops with overdrives appear on Forge-11, and all strongholds except the central one yield 25% more items for sale and barter. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-26 | Game changes are now live | Server maintenance is complete; the Coliseum ranked season has ended with rewards due September 2, and nickname case-sensitivity and a Taxidermist achievement… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-24 | Valuable cargo in the Zone | From August 26 to September 2, overdrive airdrops appear on Forge-11 and all strongholds except the central one yield 25% more sellable items and barter goods. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-22 | Secret development concepts | The art department posted new development concepts for STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X without explaining what they depict and asked players to guess in… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-21 | RU region's top players' modules | A STALZONE NEWS community post rounds up the modules recommended by top RU region players after the summer patch notes and asks readers to share their own… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-19 | Extension of server maintenance | The EXBO team extended STALCRAFT: X server maintenance until 11:00 UTC and apologised for the inconvenience while work to bring servers back online continues. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-16 | Q&A with the NPC AI department | The studio is collecting player questions for its NPC AI department on mutant and humanoid NPC behaviour in combat and the world, plus future plans, via… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-16 | Show Them What You've Got! | The current STALZONE season is live with league rankings tracked on the Bar leaderboard, top seasonal rewards, published regional play windows, and a clip… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-15 | Coliseum Weekend | A two-day Coliseum rating event runs Saturday and Sunday, with EU, NA, and SEA/NEA time slots listed and a call for players to post rating estimates. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-14 | New Coliseum ranked time windows reminder | A reminder post lists the designated hours when Coliseum Ranked mode runs for EU, NA, and SEA/NEA, with separate weekday and weekend windows. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-14 | Check the Event Hub | The SSPP Contracts event ends August 19, when leftover Receipts and the additional Coliseum challenges are removed from the Event Hub. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-13 | Hotfix [14.08.2026] | A no-restart hotfix adds 10-minute (EU) and 1-minute (NA, NEA, SEA) rematch protection in Coliseum and revises ranked time windows per region. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-13 | Coliseum highlights | A community contest asks players to submit one unedited Colosseum clip in the post comments by August 16 for a chance to win a Wooden Crate. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-12 | The Colosseum is calling! | The ranked Colosseum season is live, with league climbing, a leaderboard in the Bar, and per-region battle windows for EU, NA, SEA and NEA. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-12 | Patch Notes [12.08.2026] | The Coliseum ranked season runs August 12-26 with a 20-match calibration, league thresholds, region-specific play windows, a reward shop, and new achievements. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-10 | Coliseum Rating Details | Coliseum rating details cover how rating is gained or lost by placement and opponent strength, the Referee style cosmetic, and Ranked Tokens bought with… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-07 | +50% to Season Pass leveling! | Daily challenges and overdrives grant 50% more Season Pass points until August 10 at 5:00 a.m. server time. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-05 | Coliseum challenges are now live | Coliseum challenges are live in the Event Hub from August 5 to August 19, with event objectives that grant extra rewards. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-05 | Monthly cheaters banlists | The monthly ban list covers July 8 to August 4, 2026, naming banned accounts on the EU, NA, SEA, and NEA servers. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-05 | Game servers online | Maintenance is complete and the game's servers are back online, the EXBO team announced. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-05 | Patch Notes [05.08.2026] | Patch ends Triumphs and Race of Faction coin rewards on Aug 6, raises Coliseum winner bonuses to 25%, and lengthens Sea of Exclusion Operation timers. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-04 | Server Maintenance | STALZONE servers in the EU, NA, SEA and NEA regions go offline on 5 August 2026 from 08:00 to 11:00 CEST for scheduled maintenance. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-04 | Time to unwind | EXBO team members are on vacation August 4-9, so support ticket and PAWS response times are longer, media partnership requests resume August 10, and community… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-03 | Triumphs are coming to an end | Triumphs and the Faction Race event end August 5, after which Pops Coins can no longer be earned, though existing coins remain spendable until September 2. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-03 | Heat is coming | From August 5 to 19 Coliseum stakes increase with challenges offering extra rewards, and August 7-10 daily tasks and overdrives grant 50% more Season Pass… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-29 | Patch Notes [29.07.2026] | The Coliseum patch lowers explosive barrel damage to 250 and blast radius to 1 meter, merges NA/NEA/SEA queues, and tweaks Tank, Phantom, and Specialist… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-27 | Rumors of an unnamed Covenant squad in the Temple Swamp | A Covenant lore announcement describes rumours of an unnamed squad and a figure called 'Typhoon' in the Temple Swamp, asking members which side they will take. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-26 | What should you get done before August 5? | Triumphs and Faction Race close on August 5, ending Pops' Coin earnings from challenges; the Triumphs tab and STALZONE2026 code stay usable until the season… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-25 | Science in Service of the S.S.P.P. | A newly declassified S.S.P.P. dossier covers Special Representative Mun Kyon-Same and the Republic of Korea's contribution to Project Typhoon research. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-24 | Watch STALZONE on Twitch and earn rewards! | A Twitch Drops campaign runs July 24 to July 31 UTC, awarding paints, Twitch Shards containers, consumables and a Tactical Stockpile after up to 15 hours… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-24 | Revealing Key Figures | STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X introduces Alex Roddenberry, the new US representative in the S.S.P.P., and his focus on influence and Black Market ties. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-22 | Season Pass points for playing Coliseum | Season Pass missions for Coliseum arrive August 5, with points for play between July 22 and August 4 awarded retroactively. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-22 | Hotfix [22.07.2026] | A server-side hotfix fixes infinite matchmaking for two-player teams in Coliseum mode, with no server downtime required. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-22 | The new PvP mode Coliseum is now in the game! | The Coliseum PvP mode is now in STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X, accompanied by a developer video on how the mode was created. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-22 | Patch Notes [22.07.2026] | Patch adds Coliseum, a four-team, three-player PvP mode with class abilities tied to armour type, plus operations, session battle and balance changes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-20 | Cybersecurity on the web and in games | A studio security guide explains enabling 2FA on EXBO accounts and the character Security Code that gates trading, auction, mail and artifact actions. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-20 | Chatskiy's address to Rise | An in-character address from Chatskiy tells the Rise faction not to engage the well-armed Typhoon group now in the Zone, and asks for player reactions. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-18 | Breaking down the Coliseum: what to do and how to win | Coliseum mode requires activating a Rift, carrying the Battery to the Installation, and holding the zone while research completes; points come only from… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-17 | Through the Lens of STALZONE | STALCRAFT: X is accepting STALZONE submissions, vertical clips or 1-5 minute cinematics shot with the F4 Photo Mode's 12 filters, through August 31. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-17 | Module and Quasi-Destructors rework | On July 22, modules can only be swapped in safe zones and unbinding one for auction needs a Quasi-Destructor, which will cost more and drop less. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-16 | Area-16: Coliseum | Area-16: Coliseum is teased as an arena left from a Neo-Consciousness project sitting at the junction of three dimensions; the location is not final. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-16 | Mercenaries don't fight for an idea. Mercenaries are only in it for the money. | A new Mercenary storyline asks players to complete missions exploring how Typhoon's arrival shifts the Zone's contract market and what it means for the… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-15 | To the Zone — departure and return | 'To the Zone — departure and return' runs on NEA and SEA servers through September 2 with challenge groups, Journey Tokens, community goals and K2 rifle… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-15 | Patch Notes [15.07.2026] | Patch adds a photo mode with 12 styled camera presets, reworked smooth camera settings, K2 and K2C1 in the barter tree, and updated Advanced Case contents. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-14 | Coliseum rewards | Season 1 Coliseum rewards are cosmetic only — skins, titles, profile customization, leaderboard tag — while ranking stability is verified; Act Tickets are… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-12 | SIX12 exchange | Owners of the SIX12 and SIX12 SD can barter the Trailblazers of the North version for 8 Pops' Coins at the Dealer NPC in safe zones until the end of the season. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-12 | Coliseum: alpha gameplay | A Steam announcement shows first footage of an early version of the Coliseum, an upcoming competitive PvP mode, and asks players to share first impressions. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-11 | Reminder from Pops | A reminder post details the 10 Pops' coin cap for Triumphs, the extra coin for the Faction Race, and a promo code granting coins based on account age. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-11 | A lot has changed in the Zone | Announcement points returning and new players to the biggest improvements added alongside STALCRAFT: X's North American launch, presented as an image gallery. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-11 | Feeling lucky today? | The Personal Store opens, giving each player a unique set of six cards with special offers, including rare styles and charms with random effects. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-10 | Game Anniversary x Twitch Drops | An anniversary Twitch Drops campaign for STALZONE requires linking EXBO and Twitch accounts and grants ten rewards, from a charm at 1 hour to a Tactical… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-10 | STALZONE – 12 Years in the Zone! | Anniversary post reflects on 12 years of development and details EXBO's reorganisation into separate teams for core, live-service, endgame and monetization. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-09 | The Coliseum PvP mode coming soon to the game | Coming Coliseum PvP mode puts 12 players in three-player teams to capture and defend batteries, with armour-based classes and destructible props. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-09 | The biggest changes the Zone had ever seen! | STALCRAFT: X is now STALZONE, alongside a lighting overhaul, English voice-over for the Southern storyline, a rebuilt intro, and anniversary events. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-08 | Hotfix [09.07.2026] | A live hotfix makes all 36 Triumph challenges count in Faction Race progress, adjusts the display of faction percentages, and hides coin rewards for completed… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-08 | Excerpt from a Frontier Instructor's Journal | A Steam announcement shares a journal entry from a Frontier instructor describing joint training with Typhoon operatives in the North. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-08 | Triumphant return | Triumphs are now live with tasks, a Faction Race, coins and rewards, plus promo code STALZONE2026 valid until September 2. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-08 | Patch Notes [08.07.2026] | The July 8 patch adds the Triumphs and Faction Race birthday events running through August 5, a refreshed Pops shop, a veteran SIX12 trade-in, and a season… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-07 | Where are they going? | A Steam community post titled "Where are they going?" was published for STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X with no body text. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-06 | Trailblazer statue | The Triumphs event begins Wednesday, and completing 10 of them earns a commemorative statue for the player's Hideout. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-06 | Changes to Quasi-Destructors and Modules | Modules can now be removed from weapons in safe zones without Quasi-Destructors, which are now only needed to unbind a removed Module before auction listing. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-05 | Trailblazer's Case | Ahead of the Triumph celebration, STALZONE teases a sealed case of unknown contents and asks players to guess what is inside. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-03 | The Great Zone Rush | The Great Zone Rush event runs on EU and NA servers through September 2, with challenge groups, Liberty Coins, shared community goals, and Independence Day… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-03 | Enemies or allies? | A new story side quest introduces the elite Typhoon unit to the SSPP and reveals how each of the four northern factions reacts to the new force in the Zone. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-01 | Hotfix [01.07.2026] | A server-side hotfix adjusts SSPP contracts, making difficult and Wild North contracts tougher and medium ones slightly easier, with easy contracts unchanged. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-01 | Rewards for participating in the clip marathon | Participants in the clip marathon received their rewards via in-game mail on July 1; players who got wrong or missing mail are told not to claim attachments… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-01 | Patch Notes [01.07.2026] | The July 1 patch reworks SSPP contracts with new deposits and ruble rewards, simplifies the gear barter menu, and adds tasks for the Northern factions. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-28 | Faction Race: may the strongest win | The Faction Race, launching alongside Triumphs, scores factions by summing points from players who claimed at least 3 Triumphs and comparing that total to the… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-28 | Reputation in the Zone matters | A short guide teaser states that reputation in the Zone is earned through actions and determines whether others trust a player on a run. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-27 | Don't judge a book by its cover | A short teaser says the new Typhoon force has caught the attention of the northern factions, which are weighing whether it will be an ally or a target. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-26 | Data processing complete | The Anomalous Surge runs from June 26 to June 28, increasing artifact spawns at all locations after an emission by 50%. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-24 | Show them how it's done | A short announcement invites content creators to join the STALZONE media program, with a video from ZIV of Wall Street explaining the details. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-24 | Spartak raises the stakes | Session battles grant 50% more Reputation and Battle Tokens from June 24 to July 1, alongside the Spartak's Calibers mode with new ammo and preset gear. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-24 | SSPP Contracts: Briefing | Server maintenance is complete and a new SSPP contract event tasks players with completing missions for rewards, with no failures allowed and stash locations… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-24 | Patch Notes [24.06.2026] | Update adds the SSPP contracts event running June 24 to August 19, a Spartak's Calibers ammo test mode, and a redesigned tutorial with new cutscenes and quests. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-23 | An unidentified signal has been detected | A teaser announces an unidentified signal phenomenon running from June 26, 05:00 to June 29, 05:00 server time, with no details on what the event contains. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-22 | Triumphs rewards | STALZONE's birthday celebration lists Pops' rewards including the Longevity science suit, Legacy SCAR-L, and a Mysterious Container, plus new Sheaf container… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-22 | Time to try different calibers | From June 24 to July 1, session battles award 50% more Reputation Points and Battle Tokens, and a special Spartak's Calibers mode offers preset gear and new… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-21 | Check the Guides before your next raid | A community post directs players to the game's updated Guide, framing it as a way to improve survival and loot extraction odds in the Zone. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-20 | Your avatar for streams and videos | Announcement says players can now create a 3D avatar for streams and videos, with a community-made setup guide video linked in the post. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-19 | Incorrect status effect behavior | A June 19 notice says Burning, Bleeding, and Stopping Power status effects have worked incorrectly since the June 17 update and will be fixed during upcoming… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-17 | A scorching hot week in the Zone! | An activity anticyclone runs until June 24, speeding outpost captures and task board refreshes and raising mutant spawns in the North, Wild North and Labyrinth. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-17 | It's time to reveal our cards | The post announces that a video message is live and directs players to join a stream, with no gameplay, version, or date details given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-17 | Patch Notes [17.06.2026] | Patch adds optional new lighting for South Zone, Wild North and safe zones, reworks South locations and dungeons, and adds English voice-over for the South… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-16 | Important message during maintenance | Servers in the EU, NA, SEA and NEA regions go down on 17 June 2026 from 06:00 to 13:00 CEST, with a video message due on Twitch at 10:30 UTC during the… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-16 | The memories of runs with your comrades never fade. | A single-line community post states that the Zone changes but memories of runs with comrades never fade, with no update, feature, or date given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-15 | North is on fire | A June 17-24 event in the North, Wild North, and Labyrinth increases outpost capture frequency, task board refreshes, filler loot prices, and mutant numbers. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-14 | Faction Race | A bonus Faction Race event awards faction points for Triumphs completions, with victory going to the most active faction rather than the largest. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-13 | Check the guide before heading out | A community post announces a new guide collecting stalkers' tips, observations and lessons about surviving in the Zone. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-12 | +50% progression bonus! | Until 05:00 server time on June 15, daily tasks and Overdrives award 50% more Season Pass points. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-11 | Triumphs 2026 | The anniversary Triumphs event returns for 2026, with additional event details, rewards, and surprises to be announced. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-08 | Baron is back! | The Baron's auction reopens from June 8 at 16:00 UTC through June 14 with a new selection of rare items up for bidding. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-05 | What lies ahead? | A teaser post asks what will happen next in the Zone and references a past SSPP raid, without announcing dates, content, or features. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-03 | Subjects unidentified | A teaser post states the Zone holds familiar faces and that the interesting ones are yet to be identified, with no details, date, or content specified. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-03 | Server launch | The summer season opens on STALCRAFT: X servers, marked by a promo code, SCX-SUMMER2026-WELCOME, redeemable in game. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-03 | Patch Notes [03.06.2026] | Anticyclone season adds summer weather and new rewards, including the AAC Honey Badger at level 500, and reworks Act III tickets and legendary gear barter… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-02 | The Anticyclone is approaching! | A teaser announcement says a summer-season update is coming and that more details will be revealed tomorrow, without naming any content or date. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-02 | Clip Challenge results | The #scxfragments clip challenge closed with over 3,200 submissions and 21 million views; more than 500 entries receive rewards, sent to in-game mail within… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-01 | What is this barter everyone keeps talking about? | A revamped in-game guide is in development for STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X, with no release date or content details given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-01 | Tempered steel season results | The studio published a spring season recap for Tempered Steel with infographics based on analytics from May 25, 2026, and asked players to share their own… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-06-01 | Final results for Frontline Quiz | The Frontline Quiz has concluded, with rewards for all stages expected within 14 days of the event's launch. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-31 | Start of the final stage: Frontline quiz | Final stage of the Frontline quiz runs until June 1, 07:00 UTC, with invitations sent to participants and rewards including season currency, crates, and tools. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-30 | Stage three Frontline Quiz results | Stage three Frontline Quiz results are in, with rewards mailed to the first character per account that completed the quiz within 14 days of launch. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-30 | Anticyclone is nearby | The new Season Pass lists the AAC Honey Badger, an American compact assault rifle, as its main reward, available June 3. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-28 | The final assault is nearing its end! | Assault on the Reichstag ends June 3 in STALCRAFT: X; unused Class XP is lost, Free XP converts to Silver at 1:10, and the event shop stays open one more week. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-28 | Results of Stage two: Frontline Quiz | Stage rewards for the Frontline Quiz were increased by 5,000 season currency, with all quiz stage rewards to be delivered within 14 days of the quiz launch. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-28 | Raincoat is no more! | On June 3 the Raincoat in the Saturn suit barter branch is replaced by the Cloak-tent; anyone who already unlocked the Raincoat keeps it. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-27 | Storm lies ahead | A teaser post states something is drawing closer, points readers to a trailer, and asks the community to share theories about what it means. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-27 | Operations rating rewards | A reward table lists what each Operations leaderboard percentile earns in the EU, NA/NEA, and SEA leagues, and notes that recalculated ratings may display… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-27 | Frontline Quiz stage two begins | Stage two of the STALCRAFT: X Frontline Quiz sends invitations until May 28, 07:00 UTC, giving recipients four hours to submit answers for season crates… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-26 | Results of Stage One: Frontline Quiz | Stage one of the Frontline Quiz has closed; rewards go to the in-game mail of the first character per account to finish it, within 14 days of launch. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-25 | A reward quiz event! | A week-long quiz event sends invitations by in-game mail across four stages, with four hours to answer once a stage letter arrives and seasonal crates… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-24 | Season ending soon… | The Tempered Steel season and Act II end on June 3, removing Archive Footage and Tactical Containers, converting unused Act tickets to Trade Coins, and moving… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-23 | What could this mean? | A Steam announcement describes a guitar-playing stalker in the Bar whose music sounds like it comes from another frequency, and asks readers to share theories. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-22 | Future of act tickets and economic changes | An upcoming act reworks the act ticket system, ticket shop offers and prices, and the Season Pass economy, plus new legendary gear; full details are linked… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-22 | Reinforcements incoming! | A new purchasable pack contains 40,000 Silver, 10 Season Pass levels and 20 Rear Echelon Reserves, buyable up to five times per character until the season ends. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-20 | Game servers are back online | Servers are back online and a May 20-27 event grants 50% more experience and combat tokens in session battles, including Assault on the Reichstag. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-20 | Patch Notes [20.05.2026] | Patch adds The Mushroom Epic quest featuring Terentiy, adjusts Assault on the Reichstag respawns and Explosive Parcel radius, and fixes UI and combat bugs. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-19 | Clip challenge Q&A | A Q&A for Clip Challenge 2026 says any STALCRAFT: X topic is allowed, AI and 2D clips are accepted, and rewards go to five best clips. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-18 | 🔥 Become part of STALCRAFT: X media community | STALCRAFT: X launched a media program letting content creators apply for partner perks, bonuses, and paid participation via stalcraft.net/media. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-17 | Spartak's skirmish | From May 20 to 27, experience and combat tokens earned in session battles are increased by 50% during Spartak's skirmish event. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-15 | +50% level progression boost | Daily tasks and overloads grant 50% more Season Pass points from 15 May 05:00 to 18 May 05:00 server time. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-14 | Cosplay contest winners | The announcement names the S, A, and B rank cosplay contest winners and lists the reward packages each receives, including legendary items, Season Pass… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-14 | Not by the book | The announcement points readers to a new cosmetic skin overview for STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X, with no further detail given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-13 | Time to choose the best | A Twitch broadcast on May 14 at 12:00 UTC will have judges review contest entries and pick a winner, with English subtitles in the video. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-13 | Patch note [13.05.2026] | Assault on the Reichstag patch cuts ruble rewards 25%, tank-destroy points 250 to 50, rebalances PTRD, PPSh, FG-42, MG-34 and tank stats, and adds a final pack. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-12 | Maximum value | A short news digest states that in-game events are arriving one after another in the Zone and points readers to the announcements they may have missed. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-09 | New weekend challenge — Command Orders | Assault on the Reichstag event objectives run in the Event Hub from May 9, 07:00 UTC to May 10, 19:00 UTC, with a promo code valid until the end of the season. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-08 | Supply has arrived! | Five supply packs — Recruit through Hero — are now in the store, each unlocking only after the previous one is purchased and limited to one per character. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-08 | Earn more in the Reichstag | From May 8 to May 15, Reichstag battles award 50% more rubles and 10% more Silver. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-08 | Waaaaatch out! CLIP CHALLENGE is live! | A clip challenge running May 8 to May 29 rewards published clips that reach a view target with crates, tank cases, anomalous serums, and weapon paint. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-07 | Patch Notes [08.05.2026] | The Reichstag event patch raises session points for EU and NA, cuts class XP costs 30%, and rebalances rifles, grenades, tanks and rally points. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-07 | Scars of War hideout style | A new hideout customisation adds a war-torn atmosphere with trembling walls, falling dust and sirens, earned through the Assault on the Reichstag event. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-06 | Hotfix [07.05.2026] | A hotfix to the Assault on the Reichstag event raises ruble earnings by 150%, removes rubles from cases, and cuts the per-branch ruble bonus to 5%. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-06 | Assault of Reichstag × Twitch Drops | A two-week-campaign Twitch Drops promotion tied to the Reichstag assault season event runs May 6-10 UTC, awarding Twitch Shards containers for up to 12.5… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-06 | Hotfix [06.05.2026] | A hotfix applied without server downtime increases rubles, Class XP, Free XP, and Silver earned in the Assault on the Reichstag event by 20%, later raised to… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-06 | Unusual artefacts detected! | The post introduces two artefacts, Flicker and Link, that stalkers are already building around, and asks for combination ideas in the comments. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-06 | All units, charge! | A promotional post tells players to begin the Reichstag assault and gives a ration pack promo code, SCX-ASSAULT-REICHSTAG, valid until the end of the season. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-06 | Patch Notes [06.05.2026] | Patch adds the Assault on the Reichstag season event, running May 6 to June 3, with four-stage battles, four classes, new artefacts and balance changes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-05 | What will happen to the Inside Out resources? | The Inside Out event ends May 6; Rubik and Inverter barter offers run until season's end, and Burnt Onyx, Onyx and Anomalous Suspension stay in inventories. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-05 | Assault on the Reichstag map | Announcement previews an assault on the Reichstag map in which squads must clear three enemy-held positions, drive defenders into a trap, and capture a final… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-04 | Test Server launch [04.05.26] | The Open Test Server runs May 4–5, 2026, for RU and EU players to test the Assault on the Reichstag event and submit feedback via in-game survey. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-04 | Personalities — a new layer of customisation | A teaser announces a new Personalities system that gives characters more than a cosmetic skin, with first details shown in card images and a request for… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-02 | Assault on the Reichstag progression | The Reichstag assault event progression strengthens classes and unlocks weapons that expand the arsenal without granting a direct advantage, with a hidden… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-30 | Class system | A teaser for the Assault on the Reichstag event confirms a class system with per-class loadouts and unique gadgets, but no classes or numbers are detailed. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-28 | Subdivision Battles, Wild North and Session modes: answers to your questions | Dev Q&A: all four subdivision bases move to Wild North, a Malya Berdovka rework is targeted for summer, and the clan system needs a rebuild. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-27 | Heavy steel moves in | A teaser announcement says the Reichstag assault, called the 'final stronghold', is coming in May, with more details promised soon. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-25 | Photos from the past | A community post shows newly discovered 1940s-era photographs of architecture never seen in the Zone, asking whether players recognize the places. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-25 | Artefacts, they're everywhere! | Artefact spawn rates across all locations after eruptions are increased by 50% until April 27, 05:00 server time. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-24 | Hotfix [24.04.2026] | A serverless hotfix adds three extra Centrifuges to the Transmuter event on Forge-11, applied only on new instances of the location. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-24 | Increase in number of winners | The cosplay contest rules were updated to allow up to 6 winners in Rank B main categories and the Frame Master category, up from 3; results are announced soon. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-23 | The lost report | A teaser post says diggers at Scrapyard unearthed a box of documents that is unlikely to mean anything after so many years, with no further detail given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-22 | Chain of Decay — the search begins | The Chain of Decay questline is live, and the first player worldwide to solve it and earn the KIM-X Nocturne blueprint wins an Albatross Assault motif, an… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-22 | Rubik is already in the game! | Rubik is back in STALCRAFT: X, obtainable either by collecting pieces toward a guaranteed reward or by chance for a jackpot. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-22 | Patch Notes [22.04.2026] | Patch restores Rubik through fragment and Anomalous Suspension exchanges at the Zen Exchanger, reworks its costs, and introduces a Season Pass with a renamed… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-21 | What is hidden in the signal? | A teaser post titled "What is hidden in the signal?" with no body text, patch notes, date, or detail attached. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-20 | Rubik Returns | After a 40,000-player poll, Rubik can be earned from fragments converted with Burnt Onyx or dropped whole from Centrifuges, starting 22 April. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-18 | Boosted Season Pass farming! | From April 18 to April 20, daily tasks and Overdrives award 50% more Season Pass points, alongside in-game hub challenges. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-17 | Melted cosmetics | The announcement promotes new cosmetic gear described as tempered by an anomalous inferno, with no mechanics or dates given. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-15 | Rubik — to be or not to be? | Players who have activated the Centrifuge to level 5 at least once can vote until 19 April on whether the Rubik artefact is added and in what form. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-15 | Patch Notes [15.04.2026] | Patch adjusts Inside Out drops and shop blueprints, adds a Second Seasonal Pack, updates anomaly visuals, and fixes sight, transition, and chat issues. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-10 | Hotfix [10.04.2026] | A hotfix applied without downtime lowers NPC and mutant difficulty, raises filler item sell values and several drop chances, and cuts centrifuge operation… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-10 | Inside Out Percolation: what’s next? | The developers say they reviewed player feedback and event data and are planning improvements, with specifics to be shared in upcoming hotfixes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-08 | Hotfix [08.04.2026] | Hotfix removes Inverter pistol parts from Mines and Inflow installations, fixes spirit behavior there, and shortens the Centrifuge timer in the Transmuter… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-08 | Wicked Hedghehog | A new artifact resembling a Czech hedgehog spawns in Inside Out areas or can be extracted via the centrifuge, and its fragile core turns the structure to… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-08 | Patch Notes [08.04.2026] | The Inside Out Percolation PvPvE event runs until May 6, adding distortion infection, Onyx-fed Transmuters, proximity voice chat, and a 1000 level cap. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-05 | Early end of OTS | OTS testing ends ahead of schedule for technical reasons; the Inverter trial for 3 blueprints now needs 5 centrifuge spins on Forge-11 instead of 10. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-03 | Test Server launch [03.04.26] | The Open Test Server runs until April 5, letting eligible EU and RU players test the Inside Out Percolation event, merged faction home locations, and updated… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-02 | ⚠️ DO NOT TOUCH — WILL KILL | A leftover El Petardo module from the removed April Fool's Estacada quest deletes the equipped weapon when used; a fix is due within the day and lost gear… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-02 | Forge-11 is raining airdrops and loot | Until April 8, 09:00 UTC, airdrops carrying overdrives fall at Forge-11 and strongholds there yield 25% more sellable items and 25% more barter. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-04-01 | Patch Notes [01.04.2026] | The April 1 patch adds a five-day Petard April Fools mode, a one-day Gauss rifle quest, and auction changes including bid extensions and a 2% minimum raise. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-29 | Boundaries are fading | A teaser announcement names upcoming additions — shared lands for factions, an adrenaline mechanic, outposts and base perimeter defense — with no date… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-28 | [26.03.2026] EXBO stream highlights | EXBO's stream outlines April's InsideOut event, a North map merge to five locations, an April 1 session-battle event, and a May WWII seasonal event. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-28 | Auction adjustments | The April 1, 2026 update removes the auction lot creation deposit; deposit fees on lots still listed when the update lands will not be compensated. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-24 | Money, cases, and farming: how the STALCRAFT: X economy works | STALCRAFT: X dev Prometey answers questions on the in-game economy, covering ruble income, item weights, outpost rewards, and planned farming and crate changes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-20 | New temporary session mode! At Sabres event | A themed temporary session mode runs March 20 to March 23, restricting combat to melee weapons in cruiser naval battles. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-19 | Join the fight against the Murmur! | ZIVCAS is launching a new series of Operations in STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X to hunt the Murmur, with Medic, Operative and Assault loadouts offered to… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-18 | Patch Notes [18.03.2026] | After scheduled server maintenance, STALCRAFT: X receives an advanced case, operations and session battle fixes, balance changes, and other unspecified updates. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-17 | Screenshot contest winners | The STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X screenshot contest has concluded, with winners named and rewards to be sent via in-game mail within 30 business days. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-17 | Screenshot contest March 2026 results | The March 2026 screenshot contest results list 30 winning entries across Landscapes, People, and Mutants categories, with rewards sent via in-game mail within… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-16 | Character characteristics and what affects them | An explainer covering healing effects, medicine buffs and debuffs, carry weight, infections and artefacts, and PvP buffs in STALZONE. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-14 | Where did the ship in the CEZ come from? | A lore article asks who built the cruiser at Area-9 and where its quantum technology came from, pointing to a memo from Phil, head of the Areas project. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-14 | Official memo | An in-fiction memo from project lead Phil details quantum-tech cruiser research at Facility Area-9, clashes with an unknown faction, and a satellite crash… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-13 | 🌊 Echoes of the seas | A set of new marine-themed cosmetic motifs and styles has been added to the game's in-game shop. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-13 | M60E4 is closer than you think | From March 13 to March 16, completing daily tasks and using Overdrives grants 50% more Season Pass points. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-12 | Marine artefacts | Two new artefacts, Jelly and Noose, have been discovered in the Zone and will keep appearing until April 1. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-12 | Hotfix [12.03.2026] | A server-side hotfix fixes a bug that blocked progress in the new Leviathan Covenant faction quest inside the Operation's quest dungeon; affected players can… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-11 | Sea of Exclusion × Twitch Drops | The Sea of Exclusion Twitch Drops campaign runs March 11 to March 25, awarding Twitch Shards containers, Jellyfish paint, and Sea Abyss paint for up to 15… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-11 | Patch Notes [11.03.2026] | The March 11 patch adds the three-player Operation Sea of Exclusion, class gear templates, new artefacts, and a March 11–18 event with Clearance challenges. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-11 | Ahoy! Murmur off the starboard bow! | A short teaser post says the fanatics have learned to sail and hints at a cruiser full of unclaimed loot appearing in the Zone. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-10 | Submission deadline | The STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X screenshot contest stops accepting entries today at 20:59 UTC, with results to be announced on March 17. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-09 | The Gauss Rifle Remodel Story | An art department team member shares the story behind the Gauss Rifle remodel, covering the references used and the reasoning behind the change, with concept… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-08 | 8 March — International Women's Day | A promotional post for International Women's Day offers a one-per-account gift code containing tools, spare parts, master components, season cases, and… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-07 | Coming soon… | A Steam announcement for STALZONE: Memories of STALCRAFT: X consists only of the text 'Coming soon…' alongside 'Goose? Emoji? Table?', with no date… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-06 | Future distortion | A teaser post says a partly crystal-consumed classified document lists dates tied to events, referencing the already-released Wild North, without disclosing… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-04 | Screenshot contest March 2026 | STALCRAFT: X is accepting one screenshot per player in Mutants, People, or Landscapes categories through March 10, 2026, with 10 winners per category… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-04 | Tempered Steel x Twitch Drops | The Tempered Steel Twitch Drops campaign runs March 4 to March 11, awarding Twitch Shards containers for up to 15 hours of watched streams, exchangeable for… | store.steampowered.com |