Hey squad,
Welcome to Snapshots Battle Royale Venture 2! A new Island means a lot of new content, so check below to see what's changed. Save the Verse has a new Camera system and more bug fixes.
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NEW SEASON
Welcome to Venture 2 Season 1!
Explore a brand new Island.
Runs through December 6, 2024.
Read more in our blogpost.
GAMEPLAY
Added Battle Bus
Drop in from the flying Battle Bus at the start of every match. No drop ships here!
Beep beep!
Added Capture Points
Capture a POI for bountiful loot!
POI Captures take twenty seconds as the Rift builds.
Only "Hot" POIs can be captured - this changes frequently!
High chance of finding a Key.
Added Lockers
Find Keys by capturing POIs or opening Supply Drops and cash out at Lockers.
Purchase the featured Legendary weapon or item.
Locate Lockers with the Key icon on the mini map.
Added Cabbie Cars
Hit the road in this new car!
Found across the Island, in urban zones.
Boost enabled.
1200 health.
Added Reality Roots
Found running throughout the Island.
These things are full of energy - get close and you'll feel a x1.5 damage boost for 30 seconds.
Get too close and your screen will begin glitching.
Added Slap status effect
Gives infinite stamina for 45 seconds.
Found within Slap Barrels and Slap Splashes.
Added Slap Barrels
Break a Slap Barrel for 15hp and a short Slap boost!
Found at Slappy Stacks.
Added Spring Chickens
Found in rural areas.
Spawn in groups of six.
Drop Heal Eggs and Hop Eggs.
Heal Eggs: heal 5hp when consumed.
Hop Eggs: heal 5hp and apply a short low-gravity effect when consumed.
Added Hideouts
Jump into a hideout prop and evade your opponents.
Hideouts come in four varieties, depending on the map location:
Dumpster
Port-a-Potty
Haystack
Cardboard Box
Added Hurdling
Small obstacles are no problem as you do a short hop over them.
Does not use stamina.
Added Slide Kicking
Slide into an opponent to deal knockback damage.
Slide into an object or tile to damage it slightly.
Does not use stamina.
Unvaulted Trail Thrasher
Found in rural areas.
Found in groups of two.
Health buffed to 800 (from 550).
Returning Gameplay Features:
Storm Sickness
Produce Boxes
Supply Drops
Updated with new design.
Health buffed to 500 (from 250).
Now have a guaranteed Key drop.
UI pop-up now appears when Supply Drops are spawning.
Vaulted Gameplay Features:
Vending Machines
Battle Bucks
Ice Coolers
WEAPONS & ITEMS
Loot Pool Reboot:
Hammer Assault Rifle [All rarities] [New]
Red-Eye Assault Rifle [All rarities] [New]
Havoc Suppressed Rifle [Epic, Legendary] [New]
Thunder Shotgun [All rarities] [New]
Maven Auto Shotgun [All rarities] [New]
Prime Shotgun [Epic, Legendary]
Combat SMG [All rarities] [New]
Twin Mag SMG [All rarities] [New]
Sidearm Pistol [Common, Uncommon, Rare] [New]
Hand Cannon [Epic, Legendary]
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle [Epic, Legendary]
Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle [Uncommon, Rare]
Hunting Rifle [Epic, Legendary]
Rocket Launcher [Epic, Legendary]
Med Mist [Uncommon]
Med Kit [Uncommon]
Mini Shield Potion [Uncommon]
Shield Potion [Rare]
Slap Splash [Rare] [New]
Chug Jug [Legendary]
Grenade [Common]
Smoke Grenade [Uncommon]
Now drops in stacks of 2.
Impulse Grenade [Rare]
Port-a-Fort [Rare]
Shield Bubble [Rare]
Grapple Glove [Epic]
Damage Trap [Uncommon]
Launch Pad [Epic]
Key [Rare] [New]
MAP CHANGES
New Map
New POIs:
Maple Meadow
Anarchy Abodes
Supply Station
Frantic Fields
Saucy Strip
Slappy Stacks
Lute Lake
Plus a returning and reimagined Classy Condos!
BALANCE CHANGES
Glider re-deploy has been unvaulted.
Reduced all player-built structure health values by 50%.
Multiplied material harvesting rate by 1.25x.
Reduced ammo drop rates:
Medium Ammo: 60 > 40
Small Ammo: 60 > 20
ART & UI
New game key art
Added loading screen
Added several User Interface elements
Graphics updated to use latest Unreal Engine 5 technology.
'Harvesting Tool' is now listed as 'Pickaxe' in the inventory.
SOUND DESIGN
Added ambient audio
Added sound effects when specific actions completed
Dropped onto the Island
Named location discovered
Capture Point captured
TECHNICAL UPDATES
Snapshots: Battle Royale is now developed in UEFN.
Built in Unreal Engine 5.3
Rivers are now dynamic with physics currents.
New skybox and background elements.
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GAMEPLAY
Updated Camera system
Removed lock-on targeting
Removed 360-degree viewing
Moved camera closer to player
Added traditional ADS (aim-down sights) view
Bug Fixes
Camera stutters after aiming, until the player moves.