Headwinds — Patch Notes 1.13.0

Raiders! Patch 1.13.0 is here. Welcome to Headwinds.

What’s New

Solo vs Squads

• New matchmaking option for experienced solo players (level 40+)
• Toggle to join Squads queue as a solo player
• +20% bonus XP on both extract and defeat

Trophy Display

• Long-term project: hunt increasingly dangerous ARC groups
• Build Display Case over 5 steps
• Rewards include blueprints, Raider Tokens, Howl emote, guitar, 300,000 Coins
• No fixed end date; unaffected by Expedition resets

Bird City

• Permanent map condition for Buried City, cycling weekly
• More bird traps and ziplines added
• Expect more rooftop combat, flying ARC, increased player proximity

Other

• 2 new Epic Augment types
• 7 new quests added
• Open Parties for seamless friend joining (including mid-round)
• Squadmate invite permissions added
• Mouse smoothing option
• Gamepad rebinding support

Balance Changes

• Lowered condition-specific blueprint spawn rates during Electromagnetic Storm, Hidden Bunker, Locked Gate
• Raised higher-tier weapon chances in weapon cases
• Slightly lowered Matriarch and Queen unique part drop chances
• Tick: Players now have brief dodge-roll window to escape grab

Bug Fixes

Extensive fixes across ARC enemies, audio, maps (Dam Battlegrounds, Buried City, Spaceport, Stella Montis), movement, UI, utility, and quests. See the official patch notes for the full list.

Anti-Cheat

Three-strike progressive ban system: 30 days → 60 days → permanent ban.