# Plague Inc: Evolved Patch Notes 1.22.1.4

- Product: Plague Inc: Evolved (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/plague-inc-evolved)
- Vendor: Ndemic Creations
- Date: 2026-01-06
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/246620/view/536621842119527258
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/plague-inc-evolved/releases/2026-01-06-patch-notes-1.22.1.4

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- **fixed** — Mad Cow Disease Scenario Score threshold now correctly awards three biohazards at 50,000 points and over, and two biohazards at 30,000 points and over
- **fixed** — Side Hustle Mutator now gives DNA points
- **fixed** — Traits no longer devolve while giving DNA points
- **fixed** — DNA bubbles now disappear at the correct rate
- **fixed** — Mutators can no longer be visually deselected
- **fixed** — Bonus Icon no longer shows on all Outbreaks
- **fixed** — Outbreak origin countries now match Mobile version
- **changed** — Improvements to Multiplayer Versioning
- **changed** — Improved Save and Load functionality

Happy New Year! We can see you're all enjoying [Outbreak Mode](https://steamcommunity.com/games/plagueincevolved/announcements/detail/536620574115366611?snr=2___). Small patch to address some of the issues you reported, thanks for letting us know!

Be sure to keep reporting them in the [Steam Forums](https://steamcommunity.com/app/246620/discussions/5/?snr=2___) or our [Bug Report Form](https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fform.asana.com%2F%3Fk%3DKYwjskq75lMzTAwMepUHoA%26d%3D767680931555)

##### Changelog

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed issue where Mad Cow Disease Scenario Score threshold wasn't correctly awarding biohazards. Now correctly gives three biohazards at 50,000 (and over) Points and two biohazards at 30,000 (and over).

- Fixed issue where the 'Side Hustle' Mutator didn't give DNA points

- Fixed issue where Traits would not devolve but would still give DNA points

- Fixed issue which caused DNA bubbles to disappear much quicker than they should

- Fixed issue where Mutators could be visually deselected

- Fixed issue where "Bonus Icon" would show on all Outbreaks

- Fixed issue where outbreak origin countries could differ from Mobile

- Improvements to Multiplayer Versioning

- Improved Save / Load functionality

- Minor UI fixes

Stay Healthy!

Ndemic Creations