Catch up on the latest curated map, share your feedback with a quick survey, and more!

Come to Brazil in the newest curated, community-made map – Rio de Janeiro Remastered. Following last week's launch, the map's creators have released a number of performance improvements and bug fixes.

If you haven't tried Rio de Janeiro Remastered yet, consider this quick overview by Restore Monarchy before hopping in!

We are looking for your feedback! Help us improve the game by spending a few minutes to take our Feedback Survey.

Unturned – Spring 2025 Survey[docs.google.com]

This survey covers a broad range of topics—from crafting mechanics to playtime drops—and your input is essential as we continue to develop Unturned and these ideas!

There's only a couple weeks left to participate in our Screenshot Contest! From scenic views to action scenes—we'd love to see your cinematic screenshots via the Submission Form.

Screenshot Contest – Submission Form[forms.gle]

Winning submissions may be featured as loading screens, on the game's store page, and in other locations. As a reward, winners also receive Mythical Shutterbug Screenshot Contest Sweater and Mythical Shutterbug Instant Camera cosmetics!

Submissions are still open until April 15th!

"Rate my Armory" by u/BobsUrUncle2306.

Screenshots by Miller ≽^•⩊•^≼.

Screenshots by 九九.


Q. How long are playtime drops active?
Playtime drops have been temporarily enabled from March 19th to April 9th!

Q. Can free playtime drops return permanently?
This is something we frequently receive requests to do. If you have a few minutes, our latest survey includes a question about playtime drops!

Q. I've copied the vanilla notes, but my custom note doesn't have a model. What am I missing?
If you're simply looking to reuse the same model as vanilla notes, simply make sure your object as the following lines included:
Master_Bundle_Override core.masterbundle
Bundle_Override_Path /Objects/Medium/Furniture/Note

Q. Can my mods reuse vanilla audio clips?
For any item properties that look for a Master Bundle Pointer, you can search the core.masterbundle (vanilla game files) for an asset to use. For example, core.masterbundle:Sounds/WoodenPlacement.mp3.

Thanks for reading!

We regularly respond to questions posted on our Forum, Discord, Steam Discussions page, or the r/Unturned subreddit! You can also message us via email, Bluesky, or 𝕏 (Twitter).

Rio de Janeiro aims to feel like a classic curated map while adding new features, new challenging spins on the gameplay, and quality-of-life improvements from newer maps.

By popular request, playtime drops are returning for the duration of the update event!
(March 19 through April 9)


For the full details on the map, check out the workshop page here:

View Rio de Janeiro Remastered on the Steam Workshop

To host a server running the map add its workshop file ID (3416057692) to the File_IDs list in WorkshopDownloadConfig.json, and set the map to "Rio de Janeiro Remastered" (without quotes) in Commands.dat.

This project was created by Zefirka, Leprechaun12, Nolamo, Flodo, JienSultan, and L2. If you enjoy the map and would like to support them, consider checking out their items in the Stockpile:

Rio Mystery Box
Rio Map Bundle
Skull Sergeant Bundle

Other links:

Feedback Thread
Bug Reports
FAQ


Added

• Rio de Janeiro Remastered curated map.
  
• 49 new Rio-related playtime drops available during the release event.
  
• Rio-themed main menu takeover.
  
• Rio Map Mystery Box and Bundle with 20 items.
  
• Rio's Skull Sergeant premium bundle.

Changed

• Weekly free item drops are re-enabled for the Rio release event.

Fixed

• Animals broken attack cooldown. [Thanks Владимир and Mark15612!]
  
• Missing line under Gold suit arm and inconsitencies with Luck o' the Irish suit. [Thanks Zefirka!]
  
• Missing newlines in server missing asset kick message.

Players frequently ask us if playtime drops will return to the game. We acknowledge that this feature provides a lot of value to players, so we have considered a few options for reintroducing playtime drops to the game.

To further gauge player interest, playtime drops are temporarily active for the Rio de Janeiro Remastered update event (March 19 through April 9). Your feedback during this period, and in any future survey(s), will help us decide if/how playtime drops could be permanently reimplemented.


Players with 100% completion status who moved on from the game (Unturned is more than 10 years old now!) have shared feedback they want to maintain their 100% status without playing new maps. As a compromise, we've added an "-UnlockSteamAchievements" command-line flag to unlock all Steam achievements. To use this, add the flag (without quotes) to the game's launch options and run Unturned.

Our best wishes and good luck to everyone playing through the map to unlock the achievements, have fun!


The Rio community team is currently focusing on performance improvements, popular requests, and bug fixes. Thank you to everyone sharing feedback!

Changes

• Rio Butterflies, Cascading Chips, and Toxic mythicals effects should use omnidirectional variant on backpacks and vests. [Thanks Feel!]
  
• Fixed Blueprint identical warning when input amount was different. [Thanks Rio Team!]
  
• Added "-LogAutoPlayAnimsInServerPrefabs" command-line option to help find Animation components with Play Automatically enabled in objects using Has_Clip_Prefab false.
  
• Added Editor Asset Redirector support for trees/resources, terrain materials, and foliage.