update · April 10, 2026
Icarus Week 227 Update Overhauls Repair Bench Bulk Actions
Icarus Week 227 brings massive Repair Bench upgrades, bulk repair inventory support, custom durability sliders, and VRAM optimizations.
Week 227 for Icarus delivers deep quality-of-life adjustments focused on the Repair Bench, alongside performance optimizations and map fixes. The bulk repair system now processes items inside the bench inventory, and a new threshold slider lets players fine-tune exactly which damaged gear gets fixed.
Repair Bench Quality of Life
The Repair All button is renamed to Repair Equipment and now covers Armor, Workshop items, and general equipment held inside the Repair Bench inventory rather than just player pockets. Missing resources required for repairs now populate visibly in the UI alongside electricity shortages, removing the need to check items individually. Unmet requirements now disable buttons rather than hiding them entirely, displaying the reason on hover. Finally, a new durability threshold slider replaces the fixed 90 percent rule, letting you choose when items are included in bulk repairs.
Performance and Resource Fixes
Developers optimized VRAM usage by removing old unused 4K ambient occlusion textures across hundreds of materials and correcting texture compression settings. Lithium and Ruby ores are now properly tagged as resources, allowing their icons to appear on signs. Network cable inspections no longer falsely display a not connected warning when interacting directly with the cable rather than a device.
World and Environment Adjustments
Meteor showers on Elysium now occur at their intended frequency by fixing a random chance issue. Character boost prompts and lobby privacy settings have received scaling and text clarity adjustments, with the required level for the Elysium boost raised from 20 to 30. Audio event limits and virtual instances were also introduced to prevent mass audio overlap during heavy creature spawns.
Why this patch matters
The Week 227 update solves long-standing logistical pain points around equipment maintenance while cutting down on memory overhead.