update · February 21, 2025
Icarus Week 168 Update Adds Beastmaster Armor and Boss Improvements
Icarus Week 168 introduces the LM Beastmaster armor set, fixes shared experience rounding issues, and lays the groundwork for the upcoming Great Hunts expansion.
Week 168 in Icarus arrives with quality-of-life adjustments, workshop additions, and backend preparations for the upcoming Great Hunts campaigns. The update also rolls out balance changes for mounts, bosses, and ranged weapons.
Experience and Boss Fixes
Shared experience gains can no longer round down to zero, setting a minimum shared XP floor of 1 for actions yielding under 10 experience. World bosses that respawn after death now correctly populate with loot upon subsequent defeats. The Black Wolf can now be looted using standard world boss mechanics rather than requiring skinning or carrying. Furthermore, projectiles no longer interact with physics bodies, preventing defeated animals from disappearing when struck by buckshot.
Workshop and Armor Additions
The LM Beastmaster armor is now available in the workshop. When worn as a full set, it grants active mounts and tames a 22 percent boost to maximum health, a 10 percent increase to physical resistance and movement speed, a 20 percent bonus to melee damage, and a 40 percent increase to health regeneration. The Hark envirosuit has also been repositioned further back in the workshop tree with adjusted crafting costs.
World and Combat Polish
Bees now deal 75 percent less damage to buildings to encourage melee engagement over base destruction. All legendary weapons can now be repaired using standard repair kits. Drop rates for item rewards now correctly roll within their set min and max ranges instead of defaulting strictly to maximum values. Tree regrowth has been delayed by one week to allow additional testing on the experimental branch.
Why this patch matters
Week 168 shores up core systems by fixing long-standing loot and XP bugs while expanding mount utility and setting the stage for forthcoming expansion content.