update · September 27, 2024
Icarus Week 147 Update Adds In-Game Field Guide Encyclopedia
Icarus Week 147 introduces a comprehensive crafting encyclopedia inside the Field Guide, account-bound mounts, and Stationeers crossover bobbleheads alongside various bug fixes.
The latest update for Icarus focuses heavily on informational quality-of-life additions, headlined by a brand-new items section inside the Field Guide that catalogs crafting requirements, stats, and recipes.
Field Guide Encyclopedia
Players can press 'J' to open an in-game wiki built directly into the Field Guide. This new section lists every craftable item, required materials, usage, stats, and set bonuses, complete with direct links between related recipes to reduce the need for external browser lookups.
Mounts and Save Quality of Life
Mounts are now bound to the player account rather than individual characters, preventing access issues when retrieving mounts claimed by alternate characters. Additionally, the load screen no longer displays multiplayer prospects that lack local save files, and unassociated prospects sort by their last modified date.
Lighting and Visual Adjustments
RocketWerkz adjusted light strength, falloff, and color temperature for the Wood Rag Torch, Wood Flare, Biofuel Lantern, and Flashlight to establish a clearer tiered lighting progression. Expensive 4K textures have been optimized to reduce video memory consumption across the board.
Animal and Gameplay Fixes
Chickens now automatically deposit eggs into coops within a 10-meter range if pathfinding fails. Mounts prone to permanent rotation glitches have their roll and twist rotation zeroed on reload, and charging devices once again properly power connected objects after a data table enum switch.
Why this patch matters
Week 147 delivers practical utility to Icarus by finally bringing crafting reference data inside the client while cleaning up frustrating mount and save glitches.