SR #25: First Look at Community Update #5 and Mod Support!
2026-09-26Greetings, esteemed colleagues! With great excitement, we’re sharing insights into our latest inventions and discoveries! The science team has been experimenting boldly, with an eerie pet emerging from the fog, a new quest system taking shape, fresh headwear, and a way to elevate your research to extraordinary new heights - as Abiotic Factor’s Modding System comes online! The Mod Editor! The quest to extend the boundaries of science is endless, and now Deep Field is putting the tools directly in your low-poly hands - the heart of Community Update #5 is our new Mod Editor.
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In partnership with the feverish minds at mod.io, you and your colleagues will soon be able to create mods using our custom Abiotic Factor Mod Editor - invent new items, weapons, and gadgets! Take evolution into your own hands with new enemies and entities! Customize, create new recipes, unique pets, loot, resources, and so much more! The mod menu for each platform will be directly accessible in-game for all Scientists, letting you adjust, extend and expand your experiments in every direction. The Mod Editor itself will be available as a free separate application for PC - so prepare to investigate and explore! Curious? Want a few more data points? Check out the FAQ HERE. As always, we’ll be developing the Mod Editor further in future - so jump in when Community Update #5 lands, and expect future developments. New Quest System Over recent months, we’ve been busy experimenting with advances to our quest system. This update sees its first field tests on existing questlines - but stay tuned as we expand this from R&D to a major feature in subsequent updates and DLC, with new quests, goals and storylines. A New Pet?? From the mists of Anteverse 1, a new pet approaches. Rumors of strange behaviors and curious effects trail wispily behind it… Tactical Ties Nothing says ‘thinking outside the box’ like adorning yourself with traditional neckwear in unexpected ways. We encourage our colleagues to experiment with a ‘corporate-combatant’ look thanks to the new range of Head Ties. That’s all for this Status Report. Seeing all the creative ideas bubbling through the scientific community is getting us very hyped for you all to get your hands on these new tools! Keep your eyes peeled for more information and a new Roadmap as Community Update #5 draws nearer. Onward -- to science. Join the Scientific Community! • Discord where you can find tips, tricks and other scientists to escape the facility with! • Newsletter • YouTube where you can watch Abe and Janet’s fascinating hijinks by the watercooler, see our new trailers and listen to our developer vlogs. • Bluesky • Twitter You can also join the Research Division today on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/
