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Vehicle update··6 min read

Added the drivable Rust Jackal

The first wasteland vehicle can be placed from inventory, driven across the desert, loaded with cargo, damaged, repaired, and recovered as a wreck.

Survived / Field capture

The Rust Jackal is the first complete vehicle in Survival. It begins as an inventory item, unfolds into the world, and can be entered for direct driving across the desert.

Fuel, tire condition, body damage, and cargo persist with the vehicle. Tracks remain behind the wheels and a bad exit can leave both driver and machine in a dangerous position.

The desert feels larger when crossing it depends on a machine that can run out of fuel or lose a wheel.

Damage can lead to fire and explosion, while repair kits and recovered wheels provide a path back from failure. A destroyed Jackal becomes a wreck that can still be salvaged.

The vehicle changes the scale of the map: distant resources, heavy cargo, and a mobile retreat now belong to the same survival plan.