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Steel Swarm: Apocalypse - Patch Notes 2025_3_2
March 12, 2025
STEEL SWARM APOCALYPSE
🔧 Minion Damage Update
Minion damage to XBTs has been
reduced by 75%
.
However, if you attack an enemy XBT and minions turn on you, they will
deal full damage while chasing you (attacking XBT stance)
.
🛡️ Vulcan Armor Update
Vulcan Armor has been added to all Vulcans except Tier 1 Vulcans.
Vulcan Armor absorbs
75% of the damage dealt by an XBT to that Vulcan
.
If
there are allied minions nearby
, Vulcan Armor becomes ineffective, and the XBT
deals full damage
.
⚙️ Upgrade Changes
Megaron Armor
price increased from
3450 → 4000 XA
.
X-Bone
price increased from
1500 → 1700 XA
.
Superconductor
now provides
6% Rev Speed
and its price increased from
1050 → 1600 XA
.
Hyper Cooling
now provides
4% Rev Speed
and its price increased from
2800 → 3150 XA
.
🏎️ Speed & Respawn Adjustments
Some XBTs have had their
reverse speed slightly increased
.
Respawn Time Adjustments:
Level 1:
6s → 4s
Level 2:
11s → 6s
Level 3:
15s → 9s
Level 4:
20s → 11s
Level 5:
24s → 14s
Level 6:
28s → 17s
Level 7:
33s → 20s
Level 8:
37s → 24s
Level 9:
42s → 27s
Level 10:
46s → 31s
Level 11:
50s → 35s
Level 12:
55s → 39s
Level 13:
59s → 44s
Level 14:
64s → 48s
Level 15:
68s → 53s
Level 16:
72s → 58s
Level 17:
77s → 63s
Level 18:
81s → 69s
Level 19:
86s → 74s
Level 20:
90s → 80s
🎨 UI & Visual Fixes
Fixed an issue where the
map appeared for a single frame in the UI opening animation
.
Fixed
text and sprite overlapping issues
.
🎮 Gameplay Changes
Added backdoor protection.
Reduced swarm damage to XBTs
depending on their stance.
🛠️ Social Menu Update
A new social menu with a 64-friend limit
has been introduced.
Users can now
search for other players, block/unblock, send, accept, and ignore friend requests
.
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