# Scrap Mechanic Scrap Mechanic 1.0 and Drilling Thunder! NOW AVAILABLE! - Product: Scrap Mechanic (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scrap-mechanic) - Vendor: Axolot Games - Date: 2026-07-24 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/387990/view/684133298613520063 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scrap-mechanic/releases/2026-07-24-scrap-mechanic-1.0-and-drilling-thunder-now-avail 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** — Add full story campaign to Survival mode with voice-acted NPCs - **added** — Add Drilling Thunder expansion featuring new locations and growlabs - **added** — Add multiple new enemy bot types, more than doubling the previous count of five bots - **added** — Add Claygun tool to shape and modify terrain in Creative and Survival modes - **added** — Add new building parts and interactive parts for creative construction - **added** — Add new garments and outfits to customize character appearance - **added** — Add Steam Achievements with various difficulty levels - **added** — Add dynamic 100% dynamic lighting system with up to 512 light sources on-screen - **added** — Add fully volumetric clouds and responsive weather system - **added** — Add realistic water rendering and physically reactive grass - **added** — Add custom material system for detailed skin, metal, and foliage rendering - **changed** — Expand world with brand-new locations and forest roads - **changed** — Revamp terrain generation with new biome tiles and desert biome - **changed** — Improve network responsiveness for multiplayer experience - **changed** — Perform extensive performance optimizations for game and visuals - **fixed** — Warn players that Red Explosive Totebot bots can dig and should be prioritized in combat ##### Mechanics, the wait is over. Scrap Mechanic is finally jumping into 1.0 with a blast in what is by far our biggest update yet! Scrap Mechanic is finally jumping into 1.0 with a blast in what is by far our biggest update yet! Along with extensive optimizations that dramatically improve both game performance and visuals, this update features the long-awaited Drilling Thunder expansion. It revamps Survival mode with new locations, a ton of fresh content, and a full story. Whether you are a veteran mechanic whose constructions are collecting dust, or a newcomer ready to engineer incredible machines, the time to get back into Scrap Mechanic is now! --- ##### Major Changes & New Features **Story and NPCs** Embark on the main quest to find out why the bots have gone rogue on the Farming Planet. But most importantly, find a way back home after your ship crashed! For the first time in Scrap Mechanic, the Survival experience comes with a full story from beginning to end, featuring fully voice-acted NPCs. **World Overhaul** The current world has been expanded with brand-new locations and growlabs to explore. Clear out newly updated ruins, meet random NPCs who need your help, and collect fun rewards! The terrain has also gone through major changes, featuring beautiful new tiles as well as reworked terrain generation. Drive through new forest roads and cross the desert biome, but avoid the tornadoes… or don’t! **New Building Parts** For all you builders out there, a ton of new building parts have been added, allowing players to build completely unique creations that were never possible before! There are a massive amount of new blocks, parts, and interactive parts to get creative with. Best of all, these are also available in Creative mode right away! **New Enemies** Previously, we only had five bots in Survival mode, but that number more than doubles with this update! These new bots create some really interesting encounters and encourage creative new combat and defense gameplay. Survival mode will never be the same now that we’ve let these bots loose into the wild! **Caution! **Be extra careful with the Red Explosive Totebot. He is highly problematic, and we strongly recommend prioritizing him in all combat situations. **The Claygun: Shape the Terrain!** We are very excited to introduce the Claygun, available in both Creative and Survival modes! This tool introduces a completely new way of building and shaping the ground. Don’t like the terrain? With the Claygun, you can completely change it! However, if you think you can easily barricade yourself from bots with a little bit of clay, you are in for a surprise. Some bots can dig now! **New Garments to Customize Your Character** Let’s admit it, there can never be enough cool new garments to customize your mechanic! This update comes loaded with a bunch of new shirts and outfits to collect. Some are much harder to obtain than others! If you love collecting garments, you will really enjoy this update. **Steam Achievements** With the 1.0 release, we have finally added Steam Achievements! There are definitely some wacky ones to hunt down, alongside some really challenging goals for the completionists out there. See if you can unlock them all! **Improved Network Responsiveness** This update comes with a massive wave of optimizations, but the one we think multiplayer fans will appreciate the most is the improved network responsiveness for connected players. This drastically smoothens out the multiplayer experience in Scrap Mechanic! --- ##### Next-Gen Visual Upgrade! Get ready for a massive visual overhaul that brings Scrap Mechanic to life like never before. We are introducing a 100% dynamic lighting and weather system that dramatically enhances your immersion, all without requiring expensive ray-tracing hardware! - **Next-Gen Lighting: **Experience up to 512 dynamic light sources on-screen at once, delivering flawless volumetric sunlight, smooth day-to-night transitions, an _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/387990/view/684133298613520063]_