update · February 14, 2025
Icarus Week 167 Update Fixes Achievements and Adds Sleep Screen Quality-of-Life
Icarus Week 167 addresses broken Steam achievements, adds player status indicators to the sleep screen, and eliminates an infinite dirt exploit.
The Week 167 update for Icarus delivers critical achievement fixes, map usability improvements, and targeted adjustments to building materials and enemy scaling.
Achievement and Server Fixes
Achievements like Styx and Stones and Zero to Hero now properly transmit complete unlock data to Steam instead of ignoring default missions. Boss-defeat achievements such as The Bigger They Are and Leader of the Pack now award credit to every player actively fighting the boss on the server, removing restrictions that previously tied rewards exclusively to the player dealing the final hit.
Quality-of-Life and Map Changes
The sleep screen now displays specific indicators to show which players are sleeping and who is holding up the session. Map zoom capacity has been doubled, allowing players to zoom in twice as far as before. Bestiary overview pages now display creature biomes alongside their images, and world boss icons have been updated to accurately reflect their current states.
Exploits and Balance Adjustments
An exploit allowing players to harvest unlimited dirt by using a shovel on dirt building pieces has been removed. Dirt and stone structures now take proper damage when placed in lava, and only scoria and scoria brick building types survive lava exposure as intended. Cakes can no longer be placed on walls, and level locks have been removed from Arctic Armor talents, Big Game Hunter talents, and associated blueprints.
Why this patch matters
This update directly targets community frustrations by fixing shared achievement tracking, clearing out building exploits, and smoothing out map navigation.