There's now a small update out on the Beta Branch that should fix most connection issues in cross-play between PC and Consoles.

The survival classic Raft is officially setting sail on the PS5 and XBOX SERIES X/S this December 4th as a surprise release!
Console players can now experience the thrill of survival at sea from the comfort of their couches. Build, scavenge, and explore the vast open ocean with all the immersive features that the PS5 and XBOX SERIES X/S has to offer.

There is also some great news for all you PC players! A new version of the game is available on the Raft Beta Branch that lets you enjoy the open ocean in new ways!

Survival is better with friends! Crossplay ensures that you can join forces with players across platforms, uniting the entire community in the quest for survival.

If you want to enjoy Raft on the big screen, or simply just put your mouse and keyboard to the side, you can finally lean back and enjoy full controller support!

Communication is key when venturing out onto the great seas! That is why we have now added crisply clear voice chat support, directly in Raft!

Adding all these features means shuffling around a bit in the good ol’ code base. To be on the safe side, all these new features will currently only be available on our Beta branch here on Steam. This lets us stress test the new features, gather your feedback and make sure everything is as it should once we release it to the masses.

So, if you want to try the new version follow these steps;

1. Go to your Steam Library, right click Raft and choose Properties.
   
2. In the new window, navigate to Betas on the left hand panel.
   
3. In the Beta Participation drop-down menu, choose 'beta'.
   
4. Restart Steam to make sure the game updates.

WARNING!
The Beta branch is a test version of the update. Please back up your save files before proceeding, as this version may contain bugs that could corrupt game data.

Today, Raft celebrates 5 years on Steam! Head over to our Discord to join in the celebrations! The event continues until June 11! Join here![discord.com]

Hey there Rafters!

We just wanted to let you know that we have just now pushed a small update containing a rework of the multiplayer network code, to increase security for hosts and clients.

If you notice any bugs or desync of objects, please let us know through our support page![support.redbeetinteractive.com]

Hey Rafters! It has been a while since Raft left Early Access and the Final Chapter was released! It has been amazing to see all the great feedback, your reactions to the finale of the story and the incredible rafts you all have been building. Please keep them coming!

We are happy to announce that we have partnered up with Makeship to release a one time limited edition set of plushies! Up until November 15, you can get yourself a cuddly version of the Raft Shark, Maya or the Pufferfish! Or perhaps all three? You can find the storepage right here![www.makeship.com]

And for even more exciting news, we can finally announce that we are actively working on getting Raft onto consoles! We strive to be able to release it on as many platforms as possible and hope we can give as many players as possible the chance to build their own raft! We want the console experience to be just as good as the PC game, and make sure that everything looks and feels as good as possible, and that takes a bit of time. Therefore it is too early to give you a time of release, but we will let you know as soon as we can! Many of you have asked for it and we hope you are as excited as we are!

We will let you know as soon as we have more to share!

Until next time!

//Raft HQ

Hi there! We have yet another hotfix ready for you! Big thank you to all of you that have reported issues!

We have received reports of players games crashing during loading their save files or creating a new world. We believe this could be due to high RAM memory usage. We have been able to reduce the amount of memory required quite substantially which we hope will lead to a lot fewer crashes during loading.


CHANGE LOG

• Added titanium loot in temperance tunnels
  
• Creative Mode no longer loads all the islands - should lead to quicker load times and better performance in creative mode
  
• Rebalanced most cooking pot and juicer recipies

• Issue where some players experienced random building blocks would dissapear (We believe this is fixed but weren't able to reproduce the bug ourselves)
  
• Bug where snow mobiles were falling from the sky
  
• Bug where some sounds stopped playing
  
• Metal fishing rod had wrong loot pool
  
• Holding X while holding advanced biofuel refiner duplicated the item
  
• Bug where stacking in full storage did not behave correctly
  
• Picking up a fridge did not return the items in the fridge
  
• Bug where treasure dirt piles were visible before excavating them
  
• issue were players could see into Selene through the wall
  
• issue where players fell through the ground outside temperance tunnels
  
• Bug where there were no butler bots on Tangaroa
  
• Machines could be placed on solid wood fences
  
• Hunger and thirst depleted in creative mode when sleeping
  
• Canteen could not be used to fill water tank
  
• Solid wood foundations and all triangle foundations did not count towards Builder achievements
  
• issue where Varuna boss shark would go to the wrong floor at the wrong time.