# Raft Update 13: The Renovation Update - Out Now! - Product: Raft (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/raft) - Vendor: Redbeet Interactive - Date: 2021-06-21 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/648800/view/3016830306058776857 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/raft/releases/2021-06-21-update-13-the-renovation-update-out-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** — Over 65 new decorative items including sofas, bathtubs, beds, candelabras, paintings, and cupboards - **added** — New tier of building blocks with tighter fit, finer wood and straight angles - **added** — Multiple new building block shapes to fill angles and turns - **added** — Engine controls to manage all engines on/off state and direction from a single interface - **added** — Paint patterns for walls, ceilings and floors - **added** — Two-color painting option for decorative and functional placeable objects - **added** — Color swatches in paint menu showing recently used colors, color combos and patterns - **added** — Aim-n-Select feature to instantly select building blocks or color palettes by aiming and clicking middle mouse button - **added** — Paint preview showing what will be painted before applying - **added** — Axe visualization showing which block will be chopped down - **added** — Mirror feature for blocks built with hammer - **added** — Wildlife including whales, turtles, dolphins, sting rays, jellyfish and bird packs - **added** — Control settings to choose between toggle or hold to sprint - **changed** — Paint different sides of walls, ceilings and floors separately - **changed** — Revamped graphical appearance of older building blocks with softer edges and cleaned up wood patterns - **changed** — Adjusted textures of placeable objects to match game style - **changed** — Decoration items provide different model variations depending on placement on walls, ceilings or floors Hello Rafters! Summer is here and we are happy to announce that The Renovation Update has just launched and is ready to play! With the previous chapter updates we have put a lot of focus on the story and adventure side of Raft, so we felt it was time to show some love for all the people who like to spend time building, painting and making their rafts look absolutely amazing! Over the years we have seen you build everything from pirate ships, yachts and oil tankers to skyscrapers, cathedrals and even large city areas. With this update, we hope to give you a lot more freedom in what you can create, and how much you can personalize your own rafts. This is a great time to hop on your Raft and get it nice and tidy in preparation for new future adventures! For everyone wondering about Chapter 3, do not worry, the Renovation Update has not been our only focus since the release of Chapter 2. A lot of work has been done on the next part of the Raft story, and we’re excited to show you more of that soon. We cannot give you a time of release for Chapter 3 yet, but we can tell you that it is going to be even bigger and better than the previous ones, and we believe it is going to be worth the wait! But now, let's get into all the new stuff for decorating your raft! ##### NEW BUILDING BLOCKS This new set of fancy building blocks will surely make your Raft look more robust and luxurious, if that is what you are into! With their tight fit, finer wood and straight angles, these blocks will surely take your Raft to the next level! They will be available from your hammer menu as soon as you jump into the game, but at a slightly higher cost. There are also some new shapes to help fill in those weird angles and turns! ##### NEW DECORATIONS With this update comes over 65 new decorations to craft for your Raft! There’s sofas, bathtubs, beds, candelabras, paintings, cupboards, trash cans and a whole lot more! Many of them will provide different variations of the model depending on whether you place them on walls, ceilings or floors! These decorations will be unlocked via packages that can be found via the metal detector, in floating barrels and in crates on islands. Will you find them all? ##### NEW PAINTING OPTIONS We have overhauled the paint menu to allow for much more interesting painting options! First of all, you will now be able to paint the different sides of walls, ceilings, and floors separately. ##### Patterns Walls, ceilings and floors can also be painted with eight different patterns for additional cozyness! ##### Two-Part Painting In order for you to match your building blocks, we have added the option to paint almost every decorative and functional placeable object on your raft with two different colors! This is a toggle option. ##### QUALITY OF LIFE FIXES Alongside all of these new options, we have added some features to help you build and paint effectively! First out is swatches. In the paint menu, you will be able to easily pick recently used colors, colors combos and even patterns! ##### Aim-n-Select! With both the paintbrush and the hammer, you are now able to simply aim at an object, click the middle mouse button, and that building block or color palette is instantly selected. This is tremendously helpful when building complex rafts. ##### Axe Visualization Have you ever tried chopping down a floor or ceiling, and instead managed to break a supporting pillar sneakily hiding behind? Well, no more! When the axe is equipped, you now get a clear visualization of which block you are actually about to chop down. Very nice! ##### Paint Preview Since there’s a lot of new painting options, and you do not want to waste your paint, you will now get a preview of what you will be painting as you aim at an object with the paint brush selected. ##### WILDLIFE To make the world of Raft more immersive and alive, we have added more wildlife to the game! Once in a while you will be visited by whales, turtles, dolphins, stin _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/648800/view/3016830306058776857]_