# Brotato Paws & Claws update is available now! - Product: Brotato (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/brotato) - Vendor: Blobfish - Date: 2026-02-11 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1942280/view/490463750770395336 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/brotato/releases/2026-02-11-paws-claws-update-is-available-now What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — A new item type called Pets, which are autonomous friendly creatures that fight alongside the player - **added** — 9 new Pet items: Ratzilla, Bonk Dog, Catling Gun, Bot-O-Mine, Blazemander, Doc Moth, Lootworm, Jellyshield, and Scapegoat - **added** — A new character, the Beast Master, who uses Pets instead of weapons - **added** — A timeline representation on the pause menu showing waves and upcoming threats - **added** — Swimming animation in the Abyss for characters with the Abyssal Terror DLC - **added** — Better representation of enemy HP and speed in the Codex with visual attack patterns - **added** — One new achievement unlockable by winning with Beast Master - **added** — New Steam Point items including Brotato stickers, animated avatars, animated profile background, and Steam Deck intro video - **added** — Pet and Turrets highlight options in accessibility settings - **added** — Option to adjust pet transparency in accessibility settings - **added** — Cursed particles to Cursed Landmines - **added** — Item pop-ups in the solo character selection menu - **added** — Feedback sound effect for the Whistle item when a Loot Alien spawns during a wave - **added** — Schematics for every Elite attack in the Codex - **added** — Small description on the retry screen showing how many retries have been used - **changed** — Added the Lifesteal restriction group to Bull Hello everyone! The time has come, the Paws & Claws Update is live! Here's a TLDR of the content, for full details keep reading: - A new type of item: Pets - 9 new Pets - 1 new character, the Beast Master - QoL & Codex improvements - 1 New achievement and new Steam Point items And if you're more of a visual learner, we made a trailer for this update containing this new content in action. And is that.........an animated Brotato??? **Technical note: Steam's video embedding is not fully functionable for all. If you don't see a full vide below this text, there should be a small hyperlink instead.** ##### **Before getting into the content, an important warning about MODS:** - The game has been updated. Before playing, please make sure to unsubscribe from all out-dated mods. **Incompatible mods can cause your game to crash and your save data may become corrupted.** We recommend using only mods that clearly state their compatibility with this version of the game. If you have any questions about that, do not hesitate to ask. So, “Paws & Claws” is out, and if you have no idea what it's about, I'll tell you everything you need to know! The last update was about improving the game experience while introducing very few new elements. This time however, we’re not holding back and released a new type of item, the Pets. As you might have guessed, Pets are autonomous, friendly creatures that will fight alongside you. Think of it as a turret with more personality. And more flavorful effects. And to go with it, we added 1 new character to get the most out of the Pets - the Beast Master! Now, here’s the extended details with a bunch of explanation and pictures: ##### 9 new Pet items They gave the name to the update, they are the star of the show! Pets are friendly creatures that will help you fight or survive longer against the hordes of aliens. There are Pets for all types of builds, so you should find your happiness among the 9 new Pets that we are bringing to the game. Pets are new, you might want to highlight them or see less of them when going into your Endless runs. **You can change the highlighting and opacity of Pets in the accessibility options.** Like other items, Pets have to be unlocked. Here is the list of the items with their unlock challenges: To unlock each item: - Ratzilla: No unlock conditions. - Bonk Dog: Equip at least 6 weapons that scale with Melee Damage. - Catling Gun: Equip at least 6 weapons that scale with Ranged Damage. - Bot-O-Mine: Equip at least 6 weapons that scale with Engineering. - Blazemander: Equip at least 6 weapons that scale with Elemental Damage. - Doc Moth: Reach at least 10 HP Regeneration and +10% Life Steal in the same run. - Lootworm: Leave at least 20 materials on the ground at the end of a wave. - Jellyshield: Get hit by 3 enemy projectiles in one wave. - Scapegoat: Win a run with Beast Master. ##### New character - the Beast Master Introducing Pets is all well and good, but we wanted to craft a potato with a special bond with them. That's why we are introducing the Beast Master - our first ever potato made by Evil Empire! This new free character is meant to play around the Pets and unlock their full potential. Try it out now! **To unlock the Beast Master, you must unlock the Bonk Dog, the Catling Gun, the Bot-O-Mine, the Blazemander and the Lootworm.** The idea behind the character is to fight solely with Pets. So, the Beast Master doesn't use weapons and instead uses his wild ways to make his pets super strong! ##### QoL and Codex additions **New timeline representation on pause menu.** Now, when you pause during a wave, you will see at the bottom of your screen where you stand in terms of waves and upcoming threats! Visually helpful and practical. **Swimming animation in Abyss** If you own the Abyssal Terror DLC, you’ll notice that Brotato does not walk but now swims. Because we figured that what was missing in a game potato with six floating hands was re _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1942280/view/490463750770395336]_