Attention Mercenaries!

It has been almost a year now since we started our closed beta, in that time a lot has changed. We’ve gone from one simple map to a series of drastically different settings and scenarios. With new status effects, weapons, perks, crafting and more sprinkled in lovingly along the way. In honor of our nearly one year of closed beta, and the transition to Open Beta. Please join us on a trip down memory lane.

This is one of the early concept images for the main 3 classes, of course a lot changed before release, however you can still pick out core elements kept in the game, and maybe some hints for what’s to come.

Our original 3 classes were much more standardized than the released version, as you can see, each class is fairly similar to the other aside from coloring and size. We also realized that mercenaries with capes tend to die, so we removed those. (Thanks for the help Edna.). We still wanted to keep some form of flare though, so we made a compromise in the early Seraph Design.

This design would later become the golden and dark Phoenix. We removed a lot of red as you can probably tell, but elements were split between the two final suits and can still be seen.

Not everything was changed though, many of the early designs have endured almost untouched since they were first sketched. Several of the shade for example have kept their designs throughout development, such as the Monstrosity and Hunter.

The monstrosity has remained a staple of the games design, often being one of the first major difficulties a player will encounter.

Most of the shade designs have been maintained and upgraded throughout development. With more interactions based upon their designs added. Such as thermal shields being placed on the hunters rocky body, or the Red Dot on the back of the monstrosity being a weak point. The shade however have evolved well beyond just these creatures. In the Floating Fortress map, we are able to see more of what they are capable of. Showcasing their ability to affect and control technology from within as well. With the Neuromancer even able to control the minds of other shade and possibly even the mercenaries.

We also have some early concept art for the upcoming procedural map location in Asia. Drawn back in the early stages of development, the procedurally generated maps have been on our Wishlist for a while. Now with the release planned in November, it only seems fitting to show you where we started, and where we are now with the maps design.

The first concept image of the city themed maps in Asia.

A sneak peek at the current stage of the map, 2 other screenshots are available in our discord.

It has been a long road to get here, but the team is as excited as ever to bring you the next additions to the game. As of today The Desolation is now in Open Beta, the NFT requirement has been removed and everyone is now able to play. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback as we continue to improve on the fast paced top down action we all love, Happy Hunting Mercenaries.

Attention Mercenaries!

We’re excited to announce that Economy Update Part 2 is now live! This update brings a wealth of new features and improvements to enhance your gameplay experience. Here’s what’s new:

• More Crafting: Crafting has been expanded! All previously existing weapons and exo suits can now be crafted, allowing you to customize and upgrade your gear to fit your playstyle!
• New Dungeon – The Floating Fortress: A mysterious new dungeon has appeared deep underwater. According to our intel the The Floating Fortress was a research facility where experiments were conducted to help fight the shade. What lurks within is anyone’s guess—are you brave enough to explore it?
• Quality of Life Improvements: We’ve listened to your feedback and implemented a series of tweaks to make your experience smoother and more enjoyable.
• Password reset is now possible: If players log out of the launcher, they will have to reset their Password in order to login again.

Dive in and explore the latest additions to the world!

Settings Window

• Players can now control the SFX and music volume separately.
• Players can now adjust their graphics settings better.

Weapons and Exo suit Crafting

• Extended crafting has been added.

• Players will now be able to craft both suits and weapons which previously were not craftable. Here is what players can expect:
  • In order to craft, players will need new types of resources and new Blueprints.
  • Players can increase the crafting tier for a higher chance to craft higher rarities.
  • Increasing the crafting tier will also increase cost and time for the craft.
  • Only one item can be crafted at a time.
  • Players will get a notification when the craft is completed.
• Players will be able to skip crafting in exchange for Platinum, similarly to how skipping NFT crafting works.
• Different items will have different requirements i.e. resources needed to craft a weapon may not be the same as resources needed to craft a suit.
• Players will now be able to collect Blueprints for weapons during missions.
• Weapon Blueprints will be a more frequent drop than Weapons as a ready-to-use item.
• Blueprints can be found in chests, enemies or boss monsters, with boss monsters having the highest drop rate.
• Players will now have a chance to obtain Mythical Weapon Blueprints, which can only drop from boss monsters at higher difficulties

Modular Weapons

• All weapons in the game up till this point, excluding NFT, have been revamped and a generated from modular parts.
• Modular weapons consist out of several parts like scopes or magazines that all have an impact on the weapon stats.
• NFT Weapons and Mythic Weapons have no modular parts as they are fully pre-defined.
• In the wepaon details screen you can check out all modular parts of your weapon.
• Weapon Parts come in Tiers which are defined by rarity of the weapon:
  • Common / Uncommon: Tier 1
  • Rare = Tier 1 & Tier 2
  • Epic= Tier 2
  • Legendary = Tier 2 & 3
  • Mythic = Tier 3 (Custom Parts)
• The higher the Tier, the better the weapon will be.
• Due to extremely high amount of weapon attachments, we’ve done our best to test everything. We would appreciate if you share any feedback or bugs you encounter while experimenting with this new system.

Weapon Dismantling

• With the introduction of modular weapons, players will now be able to dismantle all Non-NFT weapons except their equipped items or the four starter weapons.
• Upon dismantling, players will receive rewards such as credits or resources. Legendary weapons will also grant a Shade core.

New Resources

• New resources have been introduced:
  • Titanium
  • Iron
  • Aluminum

• Currently there are 3 primary ways to collect the new resources:
  • Killing Bosses (high chance)
  • Resource Chests / Shade Storage (Interactables) / Loot Chests
  • Killing Enemies (very low chance)
• Every game mode will have a higher chance to drop more of a specific type of resource:
  • Dungeon: Birthplace of Horror → Iron
  • Dungeon: Floating Fortress → Titanium
  • Extraction: Disturbed Signal → Aluminum
  • Survival: Breeding Site → Iron
  • Survival: Infected Bunker → Aluminum
• The SHADE CORE resource is an extremely rare special item that can only drop from Boss monsters on high difficulty or from dismantled legendary weapons.

• At the end of each mission, players will be able to check their loot in the Collected Loot window.

New Dungeon: Floating Fortress

• The Floating Fortress has been discovered. According to our intel researchers used to work on developing space tech and later the research shifted towards helping the effort against the shade. Merc, you must go into the facility and survey what is going on, but beware – danger lurks.
• The Floating Fortress is a brand new challenge where Players will have to learn how to adapt to new strong and challenging enemies with high energy damage, and survive till the end where they will face a new boss.

New Enemies

• Rogue A.I:
  • New boss with lots of new abilities.

• Guard Drones
  • Be careful around those guys. They may look small, but they are still tough.

• Turrets
  • They may be static, but their firing power should not be underestimated.

• Security Drones
  • They may not look threatening, but their friends are!

• Exploding Walkers
  • New types of Shade enemies who always have the last word

• New Walker and Crawler Lab Variants
  • We’ve expanded the variations for Walkers and Crawlers for more visual variety.

New Interactables

• Players will now be able to discover at random locations, two new Loot chests which will contain the new crafting resources.

New Base setup

• From now on, payers will start out with a single suit – The Frontliner.
• From now on, players will start out with less weapons as well – 1x ARX-2 and 3x Special weapons.
• These starter weapons can’t be deleted/dismantled.
• Players will now be able to craft all other suits by using the new Crafting Station.

New Season, Season 12 the Shielded Season

• Season 12 will begin together with Economy Update Part 2.
• Leaderboard seasonal rewards have now been changed to be modular weapons.
• The Floating Fortress is the newest seasonal dungeon challenge.
• The seasonal version will be a lot more challenging than the normal version.

Balancing

• As there will no longer be wipes, the costs and XP requirements for weapon upgrading and player level have been increased.
• High upgrade levels will now cost SHADE CORES.
• NFT Blueprint drop rates have been increased across the board. Most bosses have an 8% chance to drop a NFT blueprint. The Seasonal End Boss has a 15% drop rate.
• Platinum costs for crafting NFT Weapons and the costs to skip have been doubled.

Shop System

• Added a simple in-game shop that redirects the players either to the open Loot NFT Marketplace (Website) or the Platinum Shop (Website).

Bug Fixes

We fixed various bugs and issues around the game, some notable ones being:

• There’s a mismatch between two different chance values for NFT crafting on the crafting screen.
• When trying to sign in using non-existent account details, the error is suggesting server problem, which is incorrect.
• NFT’s in level 10 not showing the correct stats.
• When a player leaves a multiplayer match, their name and health gets glued to the screen.

We hope you enjoy this update and as usual, if you find any bugs, please open a ticket on Discord and we will do our best to assist.

We’re thrilled to announce that our game, The Desolation, is making waves at IFA 2024 in Berlin! This massive tech event, which started last Friday, has been an incredible platform for us to showcase the immersive world of our game.

At our booth, visitors have had the opportunity to dive into The Desolation on desktop. Whether you’re a seasoned gamer or new to the world of survival horror, our setup has been designed to give everyone a thrilling experience.

Our Product Manager has been on hand throughout the event, answering questions and engaging with players. Plus, during the weekend, our Head of QA and the lead tester joined the booth to provide even more insight into the game’s development and behind-the-scenes details.

With just one day left before IFA 2024 wraps up tomorrow, there’s still time to drop by, explore The Desolation, and chat with our team. We can’t wait to see you there!

We have many more exciting updates, events, and opportunities lined up, so be sure to stay connected with our community by joining our Discord. For more details about The Desolation, visit our official website. If you want to learn more about IFA 2024, head over to the event page.

Exciting news for all The Desolation fans! We’ve just released a set of wallpapers inspired by the intense, action-packed world of our cross-platform looter-shooter game. Whether you’re setting them as your background on your PC or your phone, these wallpapers are designed to bring the game’s immersive atmosphere straight to your screen.

How to Download: Simply click the download links below to grab your favourite designs!

Show off your love for The Desolation by setting these as your background. Don’t forget to share your setup with us on social media using #DesolationWallpapers.

We have many more exciting updates, events, and opportunities lined up, so be sure to stay connected with our community by joining our Discord.

On August 14th, the much-anticipated Requisition Box Sale went live, offering an exclusive chance for our community to start crafting their very own NFTs. With only 2,000 units available, the sale generated massive excitement, and we’re thrilled to announce that the boxes are now in the hands of our dedicated mercenaries.

For those who secured their boxes, the journey of crafting your own NFTs begins now. Your Requisition Box is packed with the potential to unlock your own Workshop, Workstation, Transformer Weapon, and Platinum. The competition just got a lot more exciting!

The Requisition Box: What’s Inside?
Each Requisition Box is packed with potential, offering everything you need to begin crafting in our evolving world. Inside, lucky buyers found key components like:

Workshop: Your dedicated space for crafting and customizing.
Workstation: Essential tools and equipment to bring your creations to life.
Transformer Weapon: A powerful piece of gear needed to craft your own NFT weapons.
Platinum: A vital resource to fuel your crafting journey.

These items are not just about enhancing your arsenal—they’re about creating unique, personalized NFTs that truly represent your in-game identity.

Missed the Initial Wave? Don’t Worry!

If you missed out, don’t worry—there will be more opportunities to get a workshop and different rarity workstations in the future. Stay tuned for updates and keep your eye on our channels for what’s coming next.

The success of the Requisition Box Sale is just the beginning. We have many more exciting updates, events, and opportunities lined up, so be sure to stay connected with our community by joining our Discord.

Ready to start crafting? Jump into your Workshop and Workstation now, and let your creativity take the lead!

Attention Mercenaries!

After consistent tease for months, the Economy update is finally here. Strap on your crafting belts, and let’s dive in!

In this Patch Note release, we will go over what’s new and what was fixed.

If you have any feedback, please let us know in our #game-feedback channel.

New Extraction level has been added!

• A brand new challenge has been added in the Nordic Environment: Disturbed Transmission!
• Drop into the stormy north and find the abandoned signal tower to transmit crucial data to the Remnants. Search the area for gasoline to restart the generator that powers the facility and protect it from the Shade attacking from all sides. Are you capable to carry out the full operation and extract before the time runs out?

Quality of Life

• The ability to interact with objects by pressing F has been added.
• Maintenance in-game pop-up have been implemented.

Openloot & Platinum

• Platinum currency is now Live.
• This premium currency is necessary to craft your own NFTs and speed up the crafting time.

Weak Points of Impact

• The world map has changed to a 3d globe with selectable regions
  • Weak Points are a system designed to make combat more dynamic. There are Weak points and Strong points which allow for better strategy during the encounter.
  • Shieldbearers have Strong Points on the front and damage is decreased by 50%, while their Weak Point is in the back and damage taken is increased by 50%. The sides deal and receive normal damage.
  • The Monstrosity has a Weak Point on its back where it receives 50% more damage.

NFT Workshop room and Workstation

• With the Economy update and after the sale, players will gain access to the workshop only if they own a workshop NFT.
• Owning a Workshop will grant you access to a new room in your Ship.
• Owning a Workstation will grant you access to the NFT crafting workstation.

Lucky Drop chance effect

• Lucky Drop perk is applied only by NFTs and players can benefit from it only when equipping one.
• The higher the rarity, the better the Lucky Drop perk will be.
• The Lucky Drop perk increases the player’s chances of finding Transformers or Platinum.
• Players will be able to collect a limited amount of Platinum and Weapon Transformers each week.
• Players can drop Platinum or Weapon transformers, but if the weekly cap is reached, they will be unable to collect them. Currently, players do not receive in-game notification that they’ve reached the cap, and (empty) lucky drops will still drop after the cap is reached, but that will be implemented in the future.
• The limits are the following:
  • Daily Platinum Drop Cap: 150
  • Weekly Transformer Drop Cap: 1

Crafting

• Players will now be able to craft their own Weapon NFTs.
• Players will need a Workshop, Workstation, a Transformer,Platinum, and a weapon Blueprint, in order to craft.
• Workshop, Workstation can only be found in boxes sold at OpenLoot or airdrops.
• Transformers can be found in boxes sold at OpenLoot or airdrops. Additionally, they can also be found as a lucky drop in-game only if the player has equipped an NFT (Lucky drop chance perk).

• Blueprints can be found in-game as loot from Bosses.
• The blueprints give out different NFT weapons depending on rarity. Initially, we are releasing a first set of weapon blueprint which are listed below.
• The time it takes to craft an NFT can be skipped with additional Platinum; as the time remains to complete the process gets shorter, the skip prices becomes cheaper (less time to skip = lower skip cost).
• Players can increase their crafting level up to 5, which in return increases the chance to craft a higher Rarity weapon. You will see the difference in the crafting screen.
• Higher crafting level also increases the amount of resources needed and crafting time.

Mini Map / Radar

• Mini map has been added to the UI system. It can be seen in both the player ship and in the various game modes.

New NFT Weapons: Viper Editions

• A new set of NFT weapons has been added to the game, which can be crafted if players obtain the Blueprints for them.
• The following 4 weapons are added:
  • Spartan 12G Viper – Uncommon Shotgun
  • Scorpio Viper – Rare SMG
  • ARX-2 Viper – Epic AR
  • MARK-1 Viper – Legendary MR

• The Viper weapons come with a new unique perk: Viper’s Strike.
• Viper’s Strike perk: Dealing critical damage to an enemy will apply Poison status effect. Poison does damage over time and adds a slow effect.

Bug Fixes

We fixed various bugs and issues around the game, some notable ones being:

• Fixed an issue where the HP bar for enemies and users was visibly shaking.
• Fixed an issue where being killed by the Ultimate Rhino skill, prevented the player from moving after the revive.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes, after revival, the red frame indicating low health would remain on screen.
• Fixed an issue where after a kill, a “Go” screen appears until you change your weapon.
• Fixed an issue where after a kill, your opponent’s healthbar disappears.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes, Hard difficulty was selected by default even if only normal was available.

Are you ready to take your gaming experience to the next level? Our latest Economy Update brings amazing features that let you earn while playing. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key elements of this update and how you can start crafting and utilizing NFTs to your advantage.

I want to start crafting, how can I do that?

There are a few basic things you are going to need for crafting: workshop (nft), workstation (nft), transformer (nft), set of blueprints, hard currency (platinum) and other crafting resources that can be found in the game.

How do I get what is necessary for crafting?

That depends on the tool or resource you need:

Workshop and workstation:

Both will be available in our requisition box sale in August 14. One workshop will host different workstations. In the beginning, only 1 workstation will be available (uncommon), which will allow the players to craft any rarity based on eligibility.

With the second part of the economy update, workstations that support higher rarity crafting will be available. The main difference is chances of crafting higher rarities is increasing with higher rarity workstations.

Both workshop and workstations are locked by default, the player requires to own this NFT in order to gain access to each of them.

Transformer:

Will be available in our requisition box sale in August 14, also available as a rare loot drop when using an NFT.

Blueprints:

With the economy release, there will be one blueprint available called Weapon Set #1, which you can earn
as a reward from defeating Seasonal Bosses.

Platinum:

Platinum is our premium currency, required to craft your own NFTs and also to speed up your NFT crafting time. Platinum can be:

• Bought on Openloot
• Found in Supply boxes and sale boxes.

Platinum is not an NFT, and it can’t be traded.

What can I craft exactly?

With the first Economy Update, there will be ONE SET of blueprints available, corresponding to 4 different weapons. This weapon set is the “Viper Edition”, and it includes the following weapons:

• Spartan 12G Viper – Uncommon Shotgun
• Scorpio Viper – Rare SMG
• ARX-2 Viper – Epic AR
• MARK-1 Viper – Legendary MR

The Viper weapon set has an unique perk called the Viper Strike, that will poison your targets with critical hits.

I’m an NFT owner already, does that benefit me in any way?

Yes.

• Equipped NFT gear will give players the chance to earn Hard Currency and Transformer NFTs.
• Higher rarity NFTs will grant higher drop chances.
• NFT gear will automatically come with a high Upgrade level (immediate power boost).

Got more questions?

Reach out to us! Join our DISCORD

Attention Mercenaries!

Brace yourselves for the long-awaited Economy Update. Here’s what’s coming:

• NFT Economy Update – Introducing workshops, workstations and transformers to begin crafting NFT weapons.

• Utility Drops – Having an NFT item equipped grants players with Hard currency and boosts their chances to drop higher rarity items.

• Monthly Airdrops – Climbing the Leaderboard increases your chances to get valuable NFTs!

Read a more in-depth guide and find out more here:

Crafting Deep Dive

Keep up with the latest news and events, stay in touch!

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Attention Mercenaries!

We just released a small July update. This update does not only add four new marksman rifles to add to your arsenal, but also some new perks, as well as several bug fixes.

If you have any feedback, please let us know in our #game-feedback channel.

New weapons: Marksman Rifles

Mark-1 Rifle:

This marksman rifle comes in 4 different rarities, is a primary weapon and can be used by all suits. The MARK-1 rifle is optimized for long-distance infantry battles. It’s also a very popular option of special forces for night operations where several targets have to be taken out quickly at a distance. It doesn’t have the same piercing impact as a sniper rifle but offers much higher fire rates and easier usability.

A new archetype that’s a mix between AR and SR. The weapon is best used in aim mode for a higher crit chance. The weapon is much more accurate when stationary.

Balance Adjustments

• The Nuclear Fallout perk has been improved, duration has been increased to 7s from 5s and damage has been decreased to 300 from 200 per second.

• Thermonuclear Strike now deals 4000 impact damage instead of 2000 and additionally 400 damage per second up from 200.

• Movement ability cooldowns have been decreased across all suits by 1-2 seconds.

• The Destroyer and Frontliner movement abilities now have no delay.

• Most weapon reload times have been decreased, especially weapon types with longer reloads (e.g. Heavy Weapons reload times have been decreased by 1.5s, Assault Rifles by 0.5s).

• The Mjolnir GL now deals 1500 area damage up from 1250 and also has an increased area of effect size up to 1.4m from 1.2m.
  Damage from the Thunderous Release perk has been increased from 750 to 1000.

• SMG’s Rounds per Minute (RPM) have been increased across the board by around 100 but damage has been decreased accordingly, meaning the Damage Per Second (DPS) stays the same.

New Perks

New perks have been added that can potentially drop on weapons and exo modules:

Calling all Mercenaries!

We are crackling with excitement as we announce our next sale: The God of Thunder Sale, starting on June 19th. Whitelist users get early access to the sale at 9 am UTC while the general sale starts at 11 am UTC. This is your time to stock up on mythic gear, grab yours now here!

COMPLETELY NEW ITEMS

During the God of Thunder Sale, you’ll have a chance to acquire the following mythical items:

The Dark Metal Rhino Suit & The Warden Rhino Suit:

This amazing armour grants you unparalleled protection, and can only be used by the Fortress. These suits officer you more HP and SP compared to the base suits.

Both suits grant you the ability to use the new Battering Ram ability which allows you to charge straight ahead and deal massive damage to everyone you hit!

The Grenade Launcher Mjolnir:

All suits will be able to use this primary weapon, which can deal 4 different types of damage and is therefore strong against all enemies!

This weapon has two different perks that will inflict your enemies with lightning damage and will therefore be extremely useful for the current Leaderboard season!

These mythical items are sure to sell out fast, so be sure to mark your calendars to grab one of the 25 suits or items!

Don’t miss out, secure yours here.