Trailmakers — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Celebrate Three Years of Aviation! | 2026-04-27 | Happy Birthday to the GOATIt’s been three years since the release of Airborne and we are celebrating with a huge discount on all of our most popular expansions - including Airborne of course.Get your Blueprints!We have collected some of the best flying blueprints for you, available for download on our website. |
| Flashbulb Favorites: Mechs | 2026-04-23 | We are trying something new. Diving into galleries across Steam, PlayStaion, and Xbox to find some cool Blueprints. Then putting those Blueprints up on our website for you to download and play around with. This time we went scouting for Mechs and found a few that might tickle your fancy.Download them on our website. |
| 2.3.3 Hotfix | 2026-04-20 | On Friday we released the 2.3.3 update, a smaller patch wrapping up the 2.3 update cycle with a whole bunch of fixes and some smaller changes. One of those was the addition of a Save Migration feature for cases where the default save location had switched. Unfortunately it seems like in some cases this feature was not behaving as intended. So with this update we have decided to disable this feature with the intention to take a deeper look at it and potentially bring it back in the future when we are more happy with how it is behaving and we are sure it is not going to negatively impact the experience. If you have experienced your blueprints m |
| 2.3.3 Live Now! | 2026-04-17 | Changes(Steam Only) Added pop ups that appear on Main Menu that appear when game detects the default save location has switched.(Steam Only) Added a Migrate Save Data option on these pop ups for when this happens which should gracefully move the data over to the default location - assuming it can write there.Added "Lazy Loading" to many UI elements across the game. What this essentially means is we no longer load all of these up front, we now load them as needed. On faster hardware you should not really notice a change other than sometimes seeing a glimpse of a loading icon. This change also addresses some nasty playsession leaks.Added an Ove |
| Deep Rock Galactic Build Challenge - Get the Blueprints! | 2026-04-13 | If you don't rock and stone, you ain't coming homeThursday, April 9, we hosted a very special Build Challenge in collaboration with Ghost Ship Games: The Deep Rock Galactic Build Challenge.We were joined by Jacob Herold, Tim Wennerberg, and Harpa Ellertsdottir from the Deep Rock team who each got to choose a winning blueprint from the 31 participants. You can download all three winners, as well as all the other participants - inluding both Steam, Xbox, and Playstation blueprints on our website.Watch the full DRG Build Challenge here. |
| How to use RC Blocks | Tutorial | 2026-03-26 | The RC Blocks have been out for two weeks and we have gotten a lot of requests for a tutorial. So once again we have teamed up with Krawll to explain how they work, so everyone can participate in the remote controlled festivities. We hope this clears things up a bit! |
| Historically Low Prices | Steam Spring Sale | 2026-03-19 | The Steam Spring Sale is officially underway and we are participating with a historically low price for Trailmakers at 90% off.We have also created a Spring Sale Bundle that is now available at the store page.It includes: AirborneFrozen TracksTexture Pack 1Texture Pack 2and Texture pack 3It's a "Complete the Set" bundle which means that even if you own some of them, you can buy the rest with the bundle discount!So if you ever wanted to get a friend into Trailmakers, there has never been a better time! |
| How to build a Mech | Trailmakers Tutorial | 2026-03-14 | Hello Trailmaker,How are your mechs coming along? We hope the new parts and the Mech Amok expansion have taken your skills and creativity to a whole new level.If you're looking to learn, get inspired, or see how others approach mech design, you're in luck. Today we're sharing a tutorial made by our friend Krawll (link to his channel here).Let us know in the comments if you'd like to see a tutorial for another type of vehicle.Thanks, and see you in the Danger Zone! |
| Mech Amok Hotfix 1 | 2026-03-13 | We have just released a small hotfix that address some high severity issues we became aware of since the release of 2.3.1 yesterday. Thank you to everyone who has been playing the update, enjoying the Mech Amok DLC and continuing to give us feedback. This hotfix along with a couple more Controller specific fixes (One for getting stuck in Rotate Mode, another for issues with Scrolling in Blueprint Inventory) will be landing on Console platforms early next week! Energy Blade dealing damage to a dead one crashes game. (Controller) - Delay, Duration and Pause sliders incorrectly rounding. Old/Modded Colours on Blueprints breaking the Builder. Fro |
| 🤖 THE 2.3 UPDATE IS LIVE 📡 | 2026-03-12 | You have waited long enough, Trailmaker!The 2.3 update and the Mech Amok expansion are now live on all platforms.RC Blocks, Camera Drones, Hinges, and Tire Settings are awaiting you in the free update. Those who want a little more can now purchase Mech Amok which offers cosmetic Mech blocks, Mech Templates, and some really dazzling skins. Full Patch Notes: Pioneers ReworkTutorial reworked. Big changes to Meadows and changes to progression and how you unlock blocks. Existing saves should upgrade gracefully.Wheel ChangesNew wheel physics! You can drive much more reliably on structures nowAdded a Tire Pressure Slider to wheels.Added a Sideways T |
| 2.3 and Mech Amok release March 12 | 2026-03-06 | The final Dev Diary of 2.3 has been aired and we are finally ready to announce the release of 2.3 and the Mech Amok expansion.Both will release on March 12 and Mech Amok will be priced at $9.99.WISHLIST MECH AMOK:MECH AMOK OFFICIAL TRAILER:Watch the full Mech Amok Dev Diary here.In case you need a recap of what you can expect from this update, here is a run-down:Free Update:Energy Blades:Energy SwordEnergy DaggerEnergy ScytheSmall Servo JointMechanical JointRemote Control blocks (Emitter & Receiver)Third Person Camera blockPosition Sensor blockWedge Corner 1x1x3Pioneers ReworkMech Amok:Accessory blocksMech 2 faces, 2 cheeks, 2 hats, 2 ears.1 |
| RC Blocks & Mech Amok | 2.3 Dev Diary | 2026-02-27 | For many years, the Community has asked us to make the RC Glitch an official feature. That is finally a reality. But before we dive into the very exciting RC, Position Sensor, and Camera Drone blocks (that are all free, don’t worry) we want to first promote our newest expansion: Mech Amok!Wishlist Mech AmokMech Amok is our love letter to both veteran and aspiring Mech makers. The expansion contains a ton of decorative blocks, insanely cool skins for the energy swords, and two of the coolest outfits we’ve ever done.Wishlisting the expansion helps us more than you know, so if you want to support us, clicking that little wishlist button goes a l |
| Free Blocks & Melee Weapons | 2.3 Dev Diary | 2026-02-20 | The 2.3 Dev Diary livestreams premiered on February 19 where we talked about the new free blocks and melee weapons coming in the new update. ⚔️ You can watch the entire livestream here.… or watch a short recap of the key features here:Full announcement schedule: Subscribe to our YouTube to get notified of when we go live! |
| QoL & Wheel Physics | 2.3 Dev Diary | 2026-02-12 | Wheely Good QoL changesWe are back with another Dev Diary, this time focusing on Quality of Life changes - and there are some big ones this time around! Let’s dive into it all.Sensor Block TogglingNew sensor block toggle allows you to turn off a specific sensor with one input.Was previously a possibility for the braniacs who could program it themselves but now there is an easier way for us mere mortals. Block LimitingFrom the creators of Block Banning, we humbly present: Block Limiting.Set a limit for specific blocks and how many of that block are allowed on blueprints.A number will be displayed next to a limited block, showing how many uses |
| UI/UX Improvements | 2.3 Dev Diary | 2026-02-05 | Hello Trailmakers! We are ready to reveal the first part of 2.3.We'll start slow and then ramp up and what better way to ramp up then UI changes that we know you all love so much (come on, we can joke around a little 💖)Block SelectionThe Block Selection VFX will now clearly show exactly what blocks are selected.Selected blocks will no longer turn invisible - unless you want them to in which case you can enable the Clear Blocks toggle:Key BindsThe Block Action Menu now contain clear, corresponding key binds for easy and fast configuration:The keybind symbols are work-in-progress and will get a touch-up before releaseThis means you can just se |
| War of the Workshops | 2026-02-03 | Mechmakers, listen up! 🤖Throughout all of February we are pinning the different platforms against each other to see who can create the coolest mechs.The Steam players are already hard at work building their mechs before they are sent off to a jury consisting of seven of the best Trailmakers Content Creators: ScrapMan, STORM, Yeetify, SUSHI, RADON, FranDisc0, and AbitDARKK.Key dates: February 9: Deadline for Steam mech submissions. February 16: Deadline for Xbox mech submissions. February 23: Deadline for PlayStation submissions. You submit by upload your mech to the workshop/gallery and tag it #WOTW.We'll keep you posted with the content cre |
| From Grassy Plains to Snow Banks - 2025 in review | 2025-12-19 | Hello Trailmakers.Before we all go home to our families for Christmas, we want to revisit this year and everything that happened. All the way from Pioneers up to the release of Frozen Tracks. It’s been a year of grand and ambitious updates!New tech was developed this year, opening up for millions of new possibilities in Trailmakers. We’ve had bugs of both the funny and frustrating kind. We met ScrapMan and we rented an APC for the Tank Tracks announcement. Let’s dive into it all.Early PioneersIn January we announced the biggest update in Trailmakers history: Pioneers. The development of Pioneers began in Spring 2023 with the ambition to make |
| Two new underwater propellers | Merry Christmas! | 2025-12-10 | Santa Melvin brings Christmas presents in the last Trailmakers update of the year! Since (almost) all of you have been good this year we are giving you two new blocks and a whole bunch of tweaks n’ fixes to play around with over the holidays.Highlights:Two new Underwater Props. Small and Large Ship Screw.Small Ship's ScrewLarge Ship's Screw We added functionality to these screw propellers to simulate an engine turning on and slowly increasing in speed when receiving input and slowing down gradually again when not getting any input. On top of this they are able to stop rotating and change direction instantly to simulate a gearbox with two cran |
| 2.2.1 Hotfix Episode 1 | 2025-11-21 | Fixed people with missing VP9 video codec not having some videos play, which broke player input in Frozen Tracks campaign.Fixed some blocks appearing invisible which would lead to really bad states in the Builder and eventual soft locks in the Frozen Tracks Campaign.Fixed the Lynx Tracks getting into a bad state in Frozen Tracks campaign which also led to bad Builder states and progression locks in the campaign.Fixed cases of copying Tank Tracks together with other block types creating ghost blocks.Fixed cases of Tank Tracks stopping working after transforming in specific ways.Fixed a Unity Crash that could occur when quitting to menu or desk |
| 2.2 Update & Frozen Tracks: Out Now! | 2025-11-20 | The wait is finally over.Tank Tracks have arrived and the update is now live on all platforms. We have also released the Frozen Tracks expansion with Trailmakers’ first snow-map with REAL snow. None of that white-sand shenanigans anymore. You can buy Frozen Tracks (at a launch discount!) here:We assume you have already stopped reading to go play with the Tank Tracks and we don’t blame you. But just in case you are still here, take a look at the full patch notes:HIGHLIGHTS (EXPANSION)The Frozen Tracks Expansion is now live.It includes:The new snow map, HoffCampaignSandboxTrophy Block3x New Outfits3x Tank Track Skins2x Buoyancy Block SkinsHIGHL |