update · March 7, 2025
Icarus Week 170 Update Adds Open World Operations and Recipe Alternatives
The latest Icarus update completes the conversion of Olympus missions into Open World Operations and introduces alternative crafting ingredients for high-tier recipes. It also details upcoming legendary weapon rewards tied to World Bosses in the Great Hunts expansion.
Week 170 brings the final batch of Olympus missions into Open World mode, alongside alternative crafting resources to ease shortages. The team also outlined the free gear coming alongside the upcoming Great Hunts DLC, including customizable boss-tier weaponry.
Open World Operations Expanded
The final selection of missions on Olympus is now playable in Open World mode using the CONT4ACT Device or Radio. Newly converted operations include Influx Resurgence, Sandy Bridges, Fire Walk, Payday, and Station to Station. This brings the total count to 54 operations on Olympus, 24 on Styx, and 24 on Prometheus. Beachhead and Spirit Walk remain tutorial-only missions.
New Recipe Alternatives
Six new alternative ingredients replace scarce raw resources in high-tier recipes. Players can now use corn or potatoes for flour, soy or avocado for vegetable oil, and kumara or honey for sugar. Seed Oil has also been renamed to Vegetable Oil to better match its crafting components.
World Boss Gear and Attachments
Ahead of the Great Hunts release, the developers detailed legendary weapons tied to existing World Bosses. Slain bosses will yield specific biomass currencies to craft weapons like the Sandslinger crossbow, Bloodmoon pistol, Clawfire rifle, Magma Surge flamethrower, and Slugger grenade launcher. Each weapon supports up to 81 attachment combinations.
Bug Fixes and Combat Adjustments
Existing Light Automatic Carbines can now be repaired and scrapped as legacy items, while newly crafted ones convert to submachine guns. A potential fix addresses the BPQ_Travel_C SuperStruct crash, and stryder killcams no longer trap players or misfire projectiles.
Why this patch matters
Week 170 rounds out the transition of Olympus missions into persistent open worlds while offering immediate relief for material scarcity through flexible crafting alternatives.