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The Last Caretaker — patch notes and updates

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Update 3.5: Shadow Drop - Watch Antti and Jack Play It2026-04-16Join Antti and Jack as they play through Update 3.5: Shadow Drop and showcase elements of what the update has to offer and answer community questions!Update 3.5: Shadow Drop is the direct result of your input. We've tracked your feedback and decided against waiting for the next major release to resolve these issues. This extra update focuses on the things players feel every day, making the game more stable and smooth.WHAT'S NEW:Major fixes + optimization to address broken persistence, unreliable cables, fabrication inconsistencies, progression blocks, and graphics lag in certain areasNew Photo Drone for taking photos/screenshots, scouting are
Update 3.5 is Live: Shadow Drop2026-04-15Attention, all Caretakers! We have a surprise update for everyone, now live for all Early Access players. Update 3.5: Shadow Drop contains many fixes originally intended for Update 4. However, based on your community feedback, we at Channel37 decided not to wait. We’ve already implemented the fixes on our side, so why not just get them into your hands now? Shadow Drop is an unscheduled update that focuses on two things. First, we wish to make the game feel even better than before. Second, we added a bouquet of interesting additional content to make our world more worthy of return visits. ▶ Watch the Update 3.5: Shadow Drop trailer: Update 3.5
UPDATE 03: Curiosity Wakes - IMPROVEMENTS2026-03-31Hey Caretakers!We hope you've been enjoying Update 03: Curiosity Wakes!Since Curiosity Wakes went live, we've listened closely to everything you’ve shared with us and based on your feedback we have rolled out hotfixes and improvements:March 21st, 2026 - \ Changes and Fixes:Fixed an issue where certain objects could lose their saved data or have incorrect IDs.Fixed cables becoming disconnected when areas were unloaded.Fixed incorrect key binding texts for certain keyboard layouts.Fixed issues with areas and rooms not updating or being detected correctly.Fixed an issue where dropping paint items from inventory would drop more items than intende
Antti and Jack Stream Update 03: Curiosity Wakes!2026-03-19Join Antti and Jack as they play our latest update, Curiosity Wakes, where they will showcase all the brand-new features and content the update has to offer! To celebrate, we’re also launching our first ever 20% discount on Steam between March 19 and March 26 Be sure to tell a friend to come and join the fun! Update 03: Curiosity Wakes - Highlights:Contact with Space The new Council of Humanity and committee system lets launched humans take seats and perform actions through a terminal.New Threats Ram Sharks, Laser Sharks, and ArchAngels join the world. Enemies spawn smarter and behave in more deliberate ways.New Story Content Discover new que
Update 03 is Live: Curiosity Wakes2026-03-18Ahoy Caretakers! Curiosity Wakes is live now for all Early Access players. This update pushes the mission forward in huge ways: you finally make contact with space, new threats rise out of the ocean, and for the first time, you can bring a little help with you.▶ Watch the Update 03 trailer: HighlightsContact with space: the new Council of Humanity and committee system enables launched humans take seats and perform actions through a terminalNew threats: Ram Sharks, Laser Sharks, and ArchAngels join the world. Enemies spawn smarter and behave in more deliberate ways.New story content: New quests and locations.You’re not alone anymore: unlock ne
Speedrunning The Last Caretaker Demo!2026-03-12In this video, Jack cleverly found out a way to speedrun our enhanced Demo. Have you figured out interesting ways to play The Last Caretaker? Please share them with our community!Still on the fence? Download the freshly upgraded Demo and give it a whirl.But if you feel ready to dive head-first into our flooded world, now's the perfect time to grab The Last Caretaker on Early Access and embark on the epic journey to survive the flooded Earth and save humanity! The Last Caretaker - Early AccessIf you've played the Demo or the full game, your review on Steam helps us a lot by providing feedback we can use to shape the game.
Download the upgraded DEMO for The Last Caretaker. Available now!2026-03-03Callout to all robot saviors of humanity! We’re dropping a strongly upgraded DEMO with new and improved content for The Last Caretaker. If you tried our demo before, now is a good time to boot it up again. The updated demo makes your starting area, the Sanctuary Dock, feel smoother and more alive with many new activities to try out. We’ve also opened up new areas you can explore right away.▶ Play the updated demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1783560/The_Last_Caretaker/ ▶ Full update notes for humans: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1783560/discussions/0/756179002520210582/HighlightsPerformance & Stability: Our team performed major optim
EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 02: OCEAN - THE FINAL FRONTIER2026-02-11Ahoy CaretakersUpdate 02: OCEAN - The Final Frontier is live now and free for all Early Access players.This update adds a new way to travel, new quest locations to uncover and a lot of work under the hood to keep your voyage stable as the world expands.HIGHLIGHTSNEW VEHICALE: CS‑17 Courier Skimmer: fast surface travel, petrol cylinder support, and mooring cable towingNEW QUESTS AND LOCATIONS: A new biome - Rocky Islands and The Maze (Transposium) - easy to reach, easy to get lost inNEW EXPLORATION TOOLS: Sonar module to scan the ocean floor and newly available resources including oreBOAT CUSTOMIZATION: 37 full boat paint styles across four pa
Patch - 0.6.1.6066772026-01-16Hey Caretakers! We have rolled out a patch to the The Last Caretaker, which focuses on fixing the boat speed issue we have seen players experiencing since our recent patch. The bug is now fixed, thank you for bringing it to our attention and for your patience!CHANGESFixed boat speed issues.Please continue to share any issues, crashes or feedback using the in-game tool, on our Discord or email: support@channel37.coIn the meantime we hope you enjoy taking this journey with us, as we continue to refine the The Last Caretaker experience! We really appreciate it.Until next time, safe travels and thanks for joining us on this journey.--Channel37
Patch - 0.6.1.6066042026-01-12Hey Caretakers!Today we have rolled out an update / patch which focuses on fixing some of the common bugs and issues we have seen since our first update, Last Humans.CHANGESFixed issues with physics not activating or deactivating correctly.Fixed cables disconnecting when they should remain connected.Fixed doors that were not updating correctly.Fixed some potential game-crashing issues during gameplay and loading the savegame.Fixed the power optimizer enhancer not working as intended.Fixed an issue where Lazarus pod seeds could disappear when attachment failed.Fixed issues with attached objects behaving incorrectly on vehicles and elevators.Fi
THE LAST CARETAKER: EARLY ACCESS - UPDATE 01 - HOTFIX2025-12-18Ahoy Caretakers,We’ve been reviewing save games, error reports, and feedback, and have just pushed a new hotfix focused on stability and persistence issues. This update continues our work to make The Last Caretaker more reliable with every patch.Fixes & ImprovementsFixed save persistence issues that could corrupt stored zones.Improved boat stability during loading to prevent broken attachments.Fixed dismantling issues while on a moving boat.Corrected dismantle loot data for SoilForge Prime.Fixed door-related issues.Improved object restoration and validation to prevent unintended deletions.Fixed several forklift, attachment, and level-loading
THE LAST CARETAKER: EARLY ACCESS - UPDATE 01 - LAST HUMANS2025-12-16Whats NewNew locations and quests: The Warehouse opens for business, a new Hangar, caves, Habitat Nodes and secrets to uncover.New items and modules: Forklift DONK-LIFT 3200 “Not your first choice. But the one you’re stuck with”, Compost Modules (Mark I & Mark II) and updates to recycler systems, Binoculars, Telescope, Night Vision Goggles, Health Injector, Underwater water-functional glowsticks, basketball game, horn with tunes.New enhancements & achievements.Round of fixes: tuning, crash fixes, stability and performance improvements.More DetailsThe Big FixesFixed multiple boat issues, including engine audio mismatches, loading problems, and
Steam Awards 2025 >> INCOMING DIRECTIVE: Nominate The Last Caretaker2025-11-26Ahoy, Caretakers, We hope this broadcast finds you safe among the waves! We have a small (but important) mission for you. The Steam Awards are fast approaching and we would really appreciate your nominations for the following category: Sit Back and Relax Our community has been loving chilling out as their ships bob gently on the waves - and we’ve loved hearing about it. Saving humanity is a daunting task and it’s awesome to see so many Caretakers out there taking moments to stop, breathe (as much as a robot can), and enjoy the world we put so much care into. We’re a small team that are building our dream game in a small office in Helsinki so
The Last Caretaker - Early Access Accolades Trailer2025-11-18Ahoy, Caretakers! The Last Caretaker has been out in Early Access for nearly two weeks now and we just want to thank every Caretaker out there for their hard work toward saving humanity! We’ve been working hard toward the next content release and have released two hotfixes already with a third on the way! The Last Caretaker’s Early Access period will feature regular content updates including new vehicles, essential new items to build, world expansion, lore and story. Check out the content roadmap here. In the meantime, the team would like to share some stats from the first two weeks and a brand new accolades trailer to celebrate.Since launchi
Hotfix - 0.5.0.5819992025-11-14Ahoy Caretakers, we hope you've been enjoying your time among the waves saving humanity. It’s been so incredible to see the community come together, and your reports have already helped us quickly identify and resolve several early issues. Today, we’re rolling out the next hotfix update, which addresses the following: The human pod now correctly retains its properties after saving and loading.Fixed an issue where the bolt gun magazine caused unintended physics impulses on the boat.Corrected diminishing-return display for human growth results.Eggsack corruption no longer appears on hidden components.The elevator reliably moves downward when ca
Hotfix - 0.5.0.5818042025-11-10It’s been amazing to see the community come together, and your reports have already helped us quickly identify and resolve several early issues. Today, we’re rolling out our first hotfix update, which addresses the following:Fixed an issue where swapping magazines did not properly update the ammo count.Bolt-action weapons now reload using the reload action rather than the interact bind.Fixed an issue where holstered items could be assigned to invalid slots, causing them to become unreachable or permanently attached to the holster.Fixed an issue where farming seeds would revert to the first stage after fully growing.Fixed underwater post-proce
Early Access Available Now!2025-11-06Ahoy, Caretakers! After four years of development, we are proud to launch The Last Caretaker into early access today! We want to thank you so much for all your support and feedback up to this point and we’re truly excited for the journey ahead of us. We hope you’ll join us, and continue to provide incredible feedback as we expand this vast ocean world with more vehicles, items, systems and more. Check out our early access roadmap for more detail: We can’t wait for you to explore the world we’ve built. Remember, you might be humanity’s last hope but you’re not alone, you can join our community on Discord to share discoveries, theories, and mor
Thank you for playing - let’s play some more!2025-10-21Wow, what a Next Fest that was! We loved seeing tens of thousands of you playing our demo, providing feedback and streaming on Twitch. We couldn’t be more grateful for your time playing, and for the love you’ve shown The Last Caretaker over the past week. Thanks to your feedback, we were able to update the Demo during Next Fest! As we don’t want you to stop playing; we’re happy to host our demo on Steam for players that want to explore more of Hangar 37, and for new players to discover some of the secrets and teases in store. Here’s a few Steam NEXT FEST stats: Among top 50 played Steam Next Fest games We were blown away by the interest in Th
Updated Demo: FIxes, improvements and additions ahoy!2025-10-17We’re four days into Steam Next Fest, but the team at Channel37 can’t rest; we’ve updated the demo to squash some bugs, improve gameplay, and add some useful things to make your time on the waves even more fun. For starters, we’ve fixed a few things within the demo. Even though the list of bugs or rebalances was small, they’re super important for your enjoyment of our game. Be they audio or physics mishaps, or some UI tweaks, we’ve splatted a number of small issues that will increase your levels of joy. Most importantly, we’ve improved the buoyancy of the teddy bears, and all is now right with the world. We’ve also improved lighting for a bet
Steam Next Fest Live Stream with Jack & Antti!2025-10-14Community Manager Jack and Creative Director Antti stream The Last Caretaker! Check out the demo now, and pick up the game when it releases on November 6th!