# War Robots WAR ROBOTS 8.1 - Product: War Robots (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots) - Vendor: MY.GAMES - Date: 2022-05-27 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/767560/view/3339994651665807324 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots/releases/2022-05-27-war-robots-8.1 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** — New event Scavenger Rising with event task chain available in Operations interface - **added** — New solo game mode Hunting Grounds available during Scavenger Rising event where players defeat Grey AI Spiders using special Hangar presets and earn rewards with daily free Scavenger Tickets - **added** — New mothership Northlight that launches an orbital beam to repair robots and allies in a small radius, converting excess durability into Aegis shield and providing additional defense points - **added** — New titan weapons Gargantua and Pantagruel that deal damage to multiple enemies and tear microbots and robot parts to repair the Titan - **added** — New titan module Grand Balanced Reactor that increases both durability and damage of the Titan - **added** — New drone Armadillo that grants 15 defense points when a robot destroys an enemy or captures a beacon - **added** — New pilot Roberto Baros with Suppression effect that reduces outgoing damage of enemies within 100 meters when switching to attack mode - **added** — New pilot Peregrin Raine whose weapons Scald, Scorcher and Incinerator partly ignore enemy Defence systems - **added** — New special edition robots Scavenger Heimdall, Scavenger Lantern, and Scavenger Dazzler - **added** — New paintjob Scavenger Skyros - **fixed** — Reduced Smuta, Razdor and Kramola SFX volume - **fixed** — During Legendary Days mini-event, pilot upgrade discount now works with the exact amount of gold needed instead of requiring more gold than necessary - **fixed** — Maya Patel's ability now works as intended - **fixed** — Fixed Scarab Leech visual bug on robot deployment screen ##### EVENT: Scavenger Rising The event will start soon after 8.1 lands on your platform. The event task chain will be available in the Operations interface. Meet a new faction – Scavengers. Robot battlefields are like pastures to them. Scavengers cross the vast plains with their mobile encampments. As they go, they pluck the grounds for scrap and valuables. Any piece of junk can find a second life in scav's hands. Join Adam O'Leary, Roberto Baros and their newly found mate Peregrin Raine in a new story! You will find these new items in Special Deliveries and operations throughout the event: - New mothership: Northlight - New drone: Armadillo - New weapons: Gargantua, Pantagruel - New pilots: Roberto Baros (Skyros), Peregrin Raine (Blast Rockets) - New titan module: Grand Balanced Reactor - Special editions: Scavenger Heimdall, Scavenger Lantern, Scavenger Dazzler - Paintjob: Scavenger Skyros ##### New game mode: Hunting Grounds Hunting Grounds is a new solo mode available during the Scavengers Rising event. This mode is available for a limited time only and allows you to use special Hangar presets. Kill the Grey AI Spiders to increase your reward and complete quests. Try to survive and kill as many spiders as possible. Enter the Hunting Grounds with a Scavenger Ticket. You will have one daily ticket for free! ##### NEW MOTHERSHIP: NORTHLIGHT Your very personal rejuvenating flower at your orbital service! This defense ship will let you get through the hardest battles with barely a scratch. On activation, the ship launches an orbital beam, repairing the robot and all allies in a small radius. Durability points that exceed robot's maximum durability are transformed into an Aegis shield. All robots inside the area of effect get additional defense points. ##### NEW TITAN WEAPONS: GARGANTUA, PANTAGRUEL Super-heavy magnetic weapon that deals damage to several enemies in front of it. It tears microbots and enemy robot part to repair your own Titan. ##### NEW TITAN MODULE: GRAND BALANCED REACTOR Increases both the durability and damage of the Titan. ##### NEW DRONE: ARMADILLO Every time your robot destroys an enemy or captures a beacon, it receives 15 defense points until the end of the match. ##### NEW PILOTS: ROBERTO BAROS, PEREGRIN RAINE **Roberto Baros**: When switching to attack mode, Skyros activates a Suppression effect, reducing the outgoing damage of all enemies within 100 meters. Scavenger to the bone, always willing to fill people in on dustman's way of life. **Peregrin Raine**: Scald, Scorcher and Incinerator partly ignore enemy Defence systems. Peregrin Raine is a descendant of Old Earth survivors. His parents sealed themselves in a bunker when the Cataclysm hit many years ago. Now Roberto needs your help with turning Peregrin into a true Scavenger. Complete his questline and unleash Peregrin's true potential! ##### BUGS FIXED - Smuta, Razdor and Kramola SFX volume reduced. - During Legendary Days mini-event, you can now upgrade your pilot at a discount if you have sufficient amount of gold. Previously, the discount worked, but you had to have more gold on you account than actually needed to upgrade the pilot. - Maya Patel's ability now works as intented. - Fixed Scarab Leech visual bug on robot deployment screen. ##### THE LIST OF EVENT TASKS New tasks from the list will appear daily and help you progress through Event Operation story. - Watch the act of bravery of Theseus - Deal damage using old robots - Warm up with Roberto: Win some battles - Warm up with Roberto: Win some battles in Free For All - Show Peregrin the World: Take part in some battles - Show Peregrin the World: Capture some beacons - Peregrin's first tasks: repair some durability in battle - Peregrin's first tasks: get honor points for being at the first place by repairing others - Help Peregrin release his anger: deal damage to other robots - Help Peregrin release his anger: destroy the o _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/767560/view/3339994651665807324]_