update · April 18, 2025
Icarus Week 176 Update Brings Brick Signs and Base Building Options
Icarus introduces four new craftable Brick Signs at Tier 3 alongside development insights following database recovery efforts.
Icarus Week 176 delivers base customization options with a set of craftable brick signs, alongside transparency regarding recent database downtime.
Brick Sign Set
Players can craft four new Brick Sign variants at Tier 3 using the Advanced Masonry Bench. Each sign requires ten clay bricks, two concrete mixes, and four iron nails. The set includes floor and wall options with tall and angled configurations that can be edited to display custom text or icons.
Sign Material Improvements
Sign widget materials now use the Decal domain. This change allows signs to adopt the normal maps of underlying meshes, improves lighting integration, and removes artificial emissive glow to make signs look less digital.
Development Infrastructure
Following unexpected server halts and database corruption in the Perforce source control system, the development team detailed the recovery process required to restore 6TB of project data and maintain operational stability for build servers.
Why this patch matters
The addition of brick signs gives builders textured options for base organization, complementing earlier adjustments to sign rendering.