# PlanetSide 2 πŸ“’ July 8, 2025 - Summer Alpha EventπŸ“’ - Product: PlanetSide 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planetside-2) - Vendor: Rogue Planet Games - Date: 2025-07-08 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/218230/view/541109583272218456 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planetside-2/releases/2025-07-08-july-8-2025-summer-alpha-event 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 Β© What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted β€” terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** β€” Added summer event directive Operation: Helios running from July 8th to August 5th, 2025 with limited time rewards - **added** β€” Activated Aerial Anomalies alert for all continents - **added** β€” Added Bull Market implant to available implant packs and made it available for ISO-4 buyout - **added** β€” Added Tactical Surf Board exterior attachment for the Harasser (249 DBC) - **added** β€” Added Ice Cream Hood Ornament (99 DBC) - **added** β€” Added Buoyant Tires for the Harasser (399 DBC) - **added** β€” Made Tides of Summer Alpha 2024 directive bundle available in Members Only section (1395 DBC / 3999 A7) - **added** β€” Made NS Primed Lapis Shard available in Members Only section (1 DBC / 10 Certs) - **removed** β€” Decided not to put Deadman Trigger implant onto live servers - **changed** β€” Changed continent selection screen label from Last Occupation to Current Occupier - **fixed** β€” Fixed descriptions of Exceptional directives to match the amount of kills required to complete All servers will be down for our summer update maintenance tomorrow 7/8 @ 6AM PDT / 3PM CEST. ~ 3 Hour downtime. The following additions and fixes will be updated to the PC client. ##### **Summer Alpha Event Directive - July 8th, 2025 - August 5th, 2025** Enjoy the summer heat with the new summer event directive "Operation: Helios" Limited time rewards will be available during this time for those that complete the summer event directive! [table equalcells="1" colwidth=",,,"] **Tier 1** **Tier 2** **Tier 3** **Tier 4** 250 Certs 500 ISO-4 500 A7 Deluxe Implant Pack Title: Shipwright Ocean Waves Banner Basic Implant Pack Sand Trails (Harasser) Surf's Up Decal Ocean Docks Banner Frame Oshuri Shirt Camo --- ##### **Alerts** - Aerial Anomalies has been activated for all continents. **Note:** Let us know if you'd like to see this alert left on and have its frequency adjusted outside of events. Give us your thoughts on [**our forums**](https://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps2/index.php?threads/july-8-2025-summer-alpha-event-pc-update-discussion.264329/). --- ##### **Implants** - Bull Market implant will be added to the currently available implant packs and be made available for ISO-4 buyout. **Note: **While the Bull Market implant is beneficial for hunting A7 terminals, the issues discussed during the PTS release were mostly related to how A7 terminals work currently. We will be addressing this in a future patch to provide a fair and less frustrating experience while hunting this currency. **Note 2: **We have decided to not put Deadman Trigger onto the live servers and will re-evaluate its purpose. Thank you for providing feedback on these implants. --- ##### **Depot** Returning summer items make a return to the depot: [table equalcells="1" colwidth=""] **Name** Mega Soldier Soaker (Ballistic Blue) Mega Soldier Soaker (Imperial Purple) Mega Soldier Soaker (Riot Red) Mega Soldier Soaker (Electric Sky) Mega Soldier Soaker XP100 Ares Helmet NSX-P Tanto Summer Fun Decal Summer Splash Bundle Amphibious Bundle (Summer 2022) Frogman Gear Collection Bundle Tides of Summer Alpha 2023 Directive Bundle Lightning Surfbreaker Plating Corsair Surfcutter Plating Corsair Surfbreaker Plating --- ##### **New summer themed items Arrive on the Depot!** - Tactical Surf Board - 249 DBC - Exterior attachment for the Harasser - Ice Cream Hood Ornament - 99 DBC - Buoyant Tires - 399 DBC - New tires for the Harasser --- ##### **Members Only Items** The following bundles and items are now available for purchase in the Members Only Section: - Directive Bundle: Tides of Summer Alpha 2024 (1395 DBC / 3999 A7) - NS "Primed Lapis" Shard (1 DBC / 10 Certs) --- ##### **Bug Fixes** - Descriptions of Exceptional directives now match the amount of kills required to complete. - Changed "Last Occupation" to "Current Occupier" on the continent selections screen.