Developer Far From Home has announced that its survival game, Forever Skies, is now out of Early Access. The game, just got its 1.0 update, which brought with it a host of new content along with getting the game out of its Early Access period. Along with its official PC launch, Forever Skies is now also available on PS5. Check out the launch trailer below. Among the content that got added to Forever Skies thanks to its 1.0 update are new biomies, a host of new locations, and several new points of interest to explore. The new biomes are dubbed Silent City and Overgrown Ruins. Each biome will have its own unique vibe, and will have different things that players can scavenge for. Check out the full patch notes of the update below. Back when it had announced the 1.0 update release date for Forever Skies, Far From Home had also revealed a loose roadmap of future content for the game. Summer 2025, for instance, will be getting the Airship Expansion update. There is also a major content update planned for Fall 2025, and December will see a seasonal event. Forever Skies 1.0 Patch Notes: New content: World The world has been split into 3 different Biomes, with unique visuals – Silent City – Overgrown Ruins – New Nature Different gates surround different biomes – The Wall – Charged Blockade New locations – Cosmodrome – Workshop – AI-Tree Surface Lift – AI-Tree Roots New small locations / POIs – Loot Containers – Luciferin POIs – Three unique Colossal Life Form POIs Murals – 20+ unique world murals Story / Progression The story finale has been added with more than one possible ending New Research: Computers with blueprints for Airship parts Discoveries tab in the Studies menu showing all the collectibles (replacing Scanner tab) Lore tablets in the Ark Capsule Drop random event Tools & Devices Cutting Tool Extractor module: Organic Mural Frame New Balloons – Bulky – Flat – Tech Three Colossal Life Form Eggs for airship decoration Resources Luciferin Machine Scrap Technology Token Basic Research Part Advanced Research Part Unique Research Part Settings & UI Ingredients Auto Crafting added – you can now craft items in printers for which you don’t have all the necessary components, but you have resources to craft them. Scalable UI (up to 120%) HUD elements highlights (Select Item, Flashlight, Helm’s Lock Speed) for better visibility of useful key shortcuts HUD discoveries count while exploring locations All action bar slots are possible to bind A UI widget that shows when the game is being saved Difficulty settings description added to the main menu when starting a game Building mode description added to the main menu when starting a game Database button to mark all entries as read Option to leave the game to the desktop from the Pause Menu Gamepad input settings to Settings DLSS Frame Generator Changed: World / Locations The Lower Greenhouse platform changed into a small early standalone location Locations and their surroundings changed their height/altitude to adjust them to the relevant biomes Dust color presets have been assigned to each biome to make them look more visually distinct from one another Rains less often (every 15 minutes, more or less) Clients’ weather, especially rain, should now be better synchronised with the host’s session (small issues may still appear, though) Locations general level art and level design pass Sewer lid under Sleeping Lilies moved to its correct position on Underdust: Suburbs Moth Swarms spawn time reduced World generation minor changes to prevent spawning locations on other locations Collisions on some locations adjusted Story / Progression First Immunity drop moved from Greenhouse Tower to Underdust: Tunnels Second Immunity drop moved from Underdust: Tunnels to Overgrown Lift Researching Encrypted Data no longer needs Evolved Flora Hologram as its crafting component Food and Water tutorial quests made as optional Item economy balance to progress the main quest path has changed Extracting Biomass grants a blueprint for Biomass Fuel Organic Printer removed from the Blueprints menu Tools / Devices All special rewards from the Kickstarter campaign, the Holiday event and the WDC charity DLC have been moved from Device Fabricator into Furniture Fabricator Airship decoration items moved from Device Fabricator into Furniture Fabricator Boosters research recipes moved from Device Fabricator to Suit Printer tab Crossbow research recipe moved from Device Fabricator to Suit Printer tab Medium Backpack research moved from Device Fabricator to Upgrade Fabricator Bolt’s research moved from Device Fabricator to Suit Printer Radar visual changed to highlight surrounding biomes better – Biomes representation on the outer ring – The biome you’re currently exploring is represented by the background colour – Murals icons added – Container icons added – World events icons added Filtering Deck Extractor now allows you to select Biomass for extraction Basic Turbine and Advanced Turbine now give not only an altitude bonus but also a maximum weight bonus (+50 / +100 respectively) Altitude bonus for Advanced Turbine is now +30 (instead of +20) Airship ascends/descends faster now – it’s permanent, not related to Turbines Repair Thrower and Airship Builder now has a longer-lasting battery Both Automatic Extractors need Crystal Batteries Small Backpack moved from New Nature Territory to Greenhouse Tower Medium Backpack moved from Underdust: Suburbs to New Nature Territory Plant Oil and Organic Fertilizer are the default Distiller recipes now Low stamina animation with Knife plays its animation faster Wrecked versions of Repair Thrower and Paint Tool added so they match all the other Wrecked tools research process Crossbow bolts tweaked for a better lifespan, especially on long distances, e.g. for destroying the 3rd Biome gates Automatic Deck Extractor size reduced Automatic Deck Extractor crafting recipe changed (Fiberglass added) Metal Collector cannot be moved when there are some Metals gathered already Better detection range of Garden Pots placed under Sprinklers, less probability of those not being watered down with Sprinklers Sprinklers watering time reduced Sprinklers work when Garden Pots are out of water only Garden Pots collisions reduced so they can be placed closer together Paint Tool now contains 4 basic paints after acquiring this tool Airship The Ladder Room module now has a proper ladder matching climbing animation Landing the airship at high speed will no longer cause damage Resources / Balance Changes to flying debris: – Silicon is found in the Silent City biome – Biomass is found in the Overgrown Ruins biome – Glass is found in the New Nature biome Repair Patch stacks improved from 5 to 10 Biomass stacks changed from 50 to 100 Solid State Battery and Upgrade Fabricator crafting cost reduced Paint Tool moved from Furniture Fabricator to Suit Printer Energy Crystals are now craftable Fiberglass is now craftable All Keycards no longer need Access Modules as crafting ingredients Costs for crafting Polymer changed from 3 to 5 Plant Oil stacks Picking up a Firecracker plant now rewards with its fruits (with a random chance on getting its seed) Artifacts can’t be recycled anymore – they can only be sold in Artifacts Printers on the Dust Territories only Plants from the Overgrown Ruins biome need Organic Fertilizer for their growth process aboard your airship Plants that are pickable in Underdust locations only need Dust Fertilizer for their growth process aboard Radio Towers artifacts pool raised (from initial 2 to 6), so players can find a bigger variety of items Glowweed Seeds added as a loot on Infected Gardens Glowweed Seeds added and Petit Bruiseflower removed from Overgrown Lift Some plant spoiling timers were prolonged Rebalancing research and craft recipes Stacks Balance – Energy Crystal: 10->50 – Polymer: 20->50 – Epoxy: 20->50 – Transformer: 10->25 – Machine Parts: 25->50 – Synthetic Compound: 25->50 – Luciferin: 20->50 – Solid State Battery: 10->25 – Upgraded Battery: 10->25 – Copper Element: 25->50 – Virus samples 1->10 Energy Crystals can now be found on both Wild Habitat and New Nature Territory Energy Crystals can now be found in the Colossal Life Form cave in the New Nature biome Stamina Booster is now a reward from extracting Photophobia Virus Sample (previously assigned to Pyrexia) Biomass Fuel crafting recipe changed (Clean Water >> Dirty Water) Lobster Pepper plants added to Greenhouse towers again All Plants should have their boiled versions (instead of an Overcooked Meal) Synchronize the growing times with the water quantity in the soil Settings / UI Blueprint menu adjusted to uniform UI look Database entries stripped of any irrelevant data (like edible and nutrients sections) Suit Printer tab moved to the leftmost space in the Research Station Cooldowns to many repeatable VOs and message log lines Distiller message log informs about finishing the whole process instead of every stack of distilled liquid Hold time on an Insect Catcher device reduced Hold time on picking up placeable objects has been reduced Removed greyed out layer from locked slots, color change and paddle shake added instead Slight change in a selected inventory slot for better visibility Removed color coding from object health indicator, outline added instead Minor changes in UI for localization purposes Inventory gamepad bindings – “Move” is on Facebutton Bottom (X/A) and “Use” is on Facebutton Left (Square/X) Posters were rescaled Database icons and backgrounds adjusted Simplified controller’s Adaptive Triggers conditions for some tools Other Clients can’t join the session while the host is operating lift to or from Underdust locations to prevent further session problems Elevator ride “interactive loading screen” changed not to generate so many frame drops Scrapwing Hatchery no longer spawns when all players are sleeping at the same time Insect Catcher sound tweaked Player breathing sounds tweaked Player coughing sounds for Dust tweaked (oxygen threshold for coughing lowered) Ladder climbing sounds tweaked The virus, which the player is infected with, is named Grey Plague and updated in the Database entries Only the first intake of the Cure plays its animation Viewing Corner dimensions adjusted Stair Rooms dimensions adjusted Inverted Cockpit model adjusted General texts polish Many optimization works to boost the performance of the game – Further optimization of airship flight physics – Elevator rides should be less choppy – The intro movie should play more smoothly – Hosting a co-op game should now be less taxing on the host’s CPU – Other CPU-side optimization – Draw call reductions – Lighting optimization – Reduction of memory consumption of models and textures Fixes: Fixed a bug where Thunderstorms were looping indefinitely, which resulted in lowering performance Corner View room tops do not overlap with floors anymore, and its glass material has been corrected to standard airship modules’ glass Hanging Cabinet pivot lined with the center of the cabinet Fixed collisions on Infected Garden, blocking entry to one of the location branches Large Bloom Two-Deck Cockpit icon changed to a proper one Fixed a bug where the player could pick up Thorn Bee Hive, resulting in bees staying in the world forever Fixed a bug where players could rescue two Friendly Insect pets Fixed a bug where players couldn’t join a co-op session if their Steam names included some special characters Fixed a bug where clients in co-op sessions didn’t see plants growing Fixed a bug where non-picked-up items in buildings containing Wrecked Objects needed for main quest progression (e.g. Wrecked Basic Turbine) appeared again floating mid-air on the next visited locations Fixed a rare bug where the Sleeping screen (when a player got exhausted) didn’t fill the whole screen Fixed a bug where the Friendly Insect animation breaks when more than one player tries to pet it at the same time Fixed a bug where eating Green Colander raw treated the Pyrexia disease Fixed a bug where players caught anything other than Dust Moths during the tutorial Fixed a bug where clients in a co-op session didn’t see the dust on the Underdust: Suburbs Airship shouldn’t get stuck in a location’s geometry Fixed a bug where Charged Blockade sound wasn’t playing properly Fixed a bug where both biome gates weren’t playing sounds Underdust: Suburbs level design tweaked so Mantis enemies do not get stuck in the floor Fixed a bug where clients in a co-op session saw incorrect Docking Plank movement Fixed a bug where the Blueprints screen showed placeholder items on the first opening Fixed some bugs with levitating items Fixed bugs with the wrong interactive material setup for some objects Fixed a rare bug where the healing sound from a Medical Station didn’t end after healing was completed Fixed a bug where trigger for running a lift was present on the whole lift Fixed a bug where new Room frames were weirdly rotated in ghost mode Fixed a bug where player was stuttering while snapped to Helm during flight Fixed a bug where Filtering Bottle was showing durability 0/0 after crafting Fixed a bug where player could block themselves when building Balloon Core Fixed a bug when player is using a gamepad and is in the splitting menu, pressing anything on the mouse causes them to lose focus Fixed a bug with Dust shader visible on entering both combat locations Fixed a bug where Copper Elements on the Lower Wind Farm could be picked up again after saving and loading a game Fixed a bug where Alternator switch doors weren’t working on Underdust: Suburbs Fixed a bug with the wrong message being played and shown in the log when Engines were being placed Fixed a bug where items dropped on the airship were detached from it after save / load Fixed a bug where Moth Swarms were blocking players from interacting with world objects (no triggers were shown) Fixed a bug where some objects in a Greenhouse Tower weren’t visible for clients in a co-op session Fixed a bug where players couldn’t use the Artifact Trade Station properly with a controller Fixed a bug where clients in a co-op session saw some strange items in the middle of Underdust: Suburbs Fixed a bug where clients in a co-op session stopped seeing the Dust after they returned to the same location for the second time Fixed a bug where the crosshair disappeared after opening and closing the pause Menu Fixed a bug where clients, after joining a co-op session, saw an empty Radar (and it got refreshed only after moving the airship) Fixed a bug where some in-game screens lost their focus and couldn’t be interacted with when using a controller Fixed a bug where resources on a Standard Wind Farm lower landing pad were visible & floating midair after scanning the Wrecked Basic Turbine and then visiting a different Standard Wind Farm Fixed a bug where consuming items from dropped stacks removed the whole stack but gave a boost from a single item only Fixed a bug where clients, after joining a co-op session, couldn’t see the quest log on their HUD Fixed a bug where the Garden Pots preview stayed visible after the player moved the Sprinklers Fixed a bug where the ghost previews for Garden Pots, flickered while the airship was moving Fixed a bug where the Select Item menu was opening when the player wanted to pick up an object from the ground with a controller Fixed a rare bug where a client in a co-op session saw the Extractor ray pointed in a weird direction instead of towards the extracted object Fixed a bug with the player changing their look direction after using the Select Item menu with a controller Fixed a bug where Descent to the Underdust “!” mark stayed on the Radar after leaving this location Fixed a bug where Radar was placed upside down after loading a game or moving it Fixed a bug where player could lock their movement after using Cure from any container other than the inventory Fixed a bug where Friendly Insect Pet stayed in its cage after being rescued by a client in a co-op session Fixed a bug where Medical Station collisions prevented placement of other devices on the floor down below it Fixed a bug where a player standing from a chair could’ve been flying and falling off an airship Fixed a bug where a player using a controller had an additional, invisible row between Inventory and Backpack Fixed a bug where Friendly Insect Pet could get lost forever after player death Fixed a bug where Soft Cushion could be lost when placed on Catwalks and taken by a Scrapwing Hatchery Fixed a bug where blueprints in Artifact Trade Station and Technology Printer could be bought more than once Fixed a bug where the player couldn’t switch filters on an empty container of a Filtering Deck Extractor A set of vines, which could spawn on Wild Habitat arenas removed Level design and level art improved in some locations for a better exploration Several of the most common sources of a crashing game have been removed Final texture added to the recharge strap of the Extractor tool Known Issues: There’s a rare bug where the radial menu (C key bind) stops working and requires a save and reload to start working again There is a bug where the player’s position while using the Medical Station change when an airship is flying