Changelog

This is a full archive page for all the past updates to Rocket Bot Royale. Latest update is at the front.

## 2023-03-31 SEASON 19: Rise of the Bots

Client Version: 47
9 months ago

###  New

#### Tanks

* Champion S18
* Hovering Bot
* Enemy Bot v1.0
* Mini Enemy Bot v1.0
* Enemy Bot Prototype

###  Changes

* 3 new bots! (mine bot, buff bot, smart bot)

## 2023-02-03 SEASON 17: Hanky Tanky

Client Version: 46
11 months ago

###  New

#### Tanks

* Champion S16
* Army1
* Army2
* Army3
* Army4

## 2023-01-11 SEASON 16: Retro Rumble

Client Version: 45
1 year ago

###  New

#### Map

* Pixel 1
* Pixel 2

#### Tanks

* Champion S15
* Pixel
* 8bit
* 16bit
* 32bit
* 128bit
* Handheld

## 2022-11-25 SEASON 15: Holiday Havoc

Client Version: 44
1 year, 2 months ago

###  New

#### Map

* gingerbread map
* gingerbread ranked map

#### Tanks

* Gingerbread
* Giftbox
* Champion S14
* Tree
* Tree Evolved
* Snowglobe

## 2022-11-01 SEASON 14: Nautical Disaster

Client Version: 43
1 year, 2 months ago

###  New

#### Tanks

* Sailboat
* Viking
* Pirate
* Viking Evolved

###  Changes

• You can now get health from crates \* New helicopter design

## 2022-09-22 SEASON 13: Spooky Swamp

Client Version: 42
1 year, 4 months ago

###  New

#### Tanks

* Skull
* Eyeball
* Pumpkin
* Pumpkin Evolved

## 2022-08-26 Season 12: Frigid Waters

Client Version: 41
1 year, 4 months ago

###  New

#### General

* Friends-only leaderboard
* Option on mobile to increase view area
* Able to see how trophies are calculated after a match (click the ❔)

#### Tanks

* Icy
* Snowmobile
* Snowman
* Snowman Evolved

###  Changes

* In Solo mode, player names are hidden while you're still in the chopper to protect against targeting

## 2022-08-08 Mid-season Update

Client Version: 40
1 year, 5 months ago

###  Changes

#### Armory

* Grenade is available in the armory again after fixing the bug

#### Trophies calculations

* Match placement doesn't effect trophies as much
* Reduced the ability for top-ranked players to gain thousands of trophies
* Player don't lose trophies if the plyaer quit the lobby before the match starts

###  Fixes

* Grenade damage is no longer miscalculated

## 2022-07-29 Season 11: Mars Attacks

Client Version: 39
1 year, 5 months ago

###  New

#### Skill based leaderboard

* Gain and lose trophies as you play solo matches. Rise through the rank tiers and earn HUGE rewards!

#### Maps

* Mars 1
* Mars 2
* Mars 3

#### Tanks

* Miner
* Rover
* UFO
* UFO Evolved

###  Changes

#### Season

* Seasons duration is increased from 2 weeks to 1 month (28 days) long
* Maximum season points progession is increased from 15,000 points to 20,000 points

#### Leaderboard

* Option to view self on the leaderboard (not just top 50)

###  Fixes

* Fixed minor bugs related to the Drill and the Mine

## 2022-07-15 Season 10: Food Fight

Client Version: 38
1 year, 6 months ago

###  New

#### Perk

* Insight: Get a better look at what weapons your opponents are packing

#### Tanks

* Hot Dog
* Fries
* Burger
* Burger Evolved

###  Changes

#### Season

* Maximum season points progession is decreased from 20,000 points to 15,000 points (faster to complete)

#### Weapons
* Nuke now charges up before firing
* Rapidfire does less knockback, shoots faster
* Poison deals more damage

Map
* Modified City 2 and City 3

General
* Destroying a tank refills all missiles, not just one
* Increased killspree time window

 Fixes
* Fixed connectivity issues in certain situations
* No longer receive credit for poisoning teammates

 Other
* Other small bugfixes

 Seasonal Game Mode
* Red VS Blue

###  New

#### Weapon

* Poison: Spit a cloud of poison at the enemies, but be careful because it has self-damage.
(Unlocked at Level 16, cost 3 energy)

#### Tanks

* Bug
* Log
* Spider
* Spider Evolved

###  Changes

#### Perk

* Health Perk is split into two! Now +20% for 2 energy each and with a limit of 2
(used to be +40% for 4 energy and with a limit of 1)

#### Cosmetics

* Skins can be purchased directly for gems (only skins with common or rare rarity)

#### XP

* Receive 1 XP for every kill in public matches

###  Fixes

* Minor improvements and fixes to Custom Lobbies

###  New

#### Game Mode

* Private Lobbies: Play with your friends only. More options coming in the future.

###  New

#### Weapon

* Jetpack: Fire to activate the jetpack, sending the player flying through the air and reach new heights!
(Unlocked at Level 18, cost 2 energy)

#### Tanks

* Buggy
* Pail
* Crab
* Crab Evolved

#### Trails

* Water (trail)
* Shells

###  Changes

#### General

* Coin bonus is increased from 50 coins in 30 minutes to 100 coins in 30 minutes

###  New

#### General

* Friendly indicators in team-based gamemodes

#### Weapon

* Whirlwind: Blow the enemies away!
(Unlocked at Level 14, cost 2 energy)

#### Themes

* Castle (theme)
* Construction (theme)

#### Maps

* Castle 1
* Castle 3
* Construction 1

#### Tanks

* Canon
* Hay (tank)
* Catapult
* Catapult Evolved

#### Trails

* Hay (trail)
* Arrows

###  Changes

#### General

* Players drop fewer crates (in-game) when killed

#### Weapon

* Reduced damage of the missile and some powerups
* Slightly buffed Drill (+20% speed, smaller explosion radius, removed damage falloff)
* Powerup slots are now limited to 10 maximum ammo

###  New

#### Armory

* Instead of spending coins, gear up FOR FREE using Energy!
No tricks here, just pick a limited number of weapons and perks before each match.
Energy refills immediately after each game, so don’t worry about wasting it!

#### Season Pass

* Spend gems to unlock a second set of improved season rewards including EXCLUSIVE cosmetics available only this season.
Season Pass also gives DOUBLE XP for completed goals for the duration of the season.
More benefits and details in game.

#### Crates

* Spend coins on Salvage Crates to unlock random cosmetics!
Basic Crate: Unlock a random cosmetic (with a chance of duplicates)
Elite Crate: Guaranteed to unlock an new item
Some items are more rare than others, with new items being added every season.
Try to collect them all!

#### Tanks

* Mixer
* Fork
* Dozer
* Dozer Evolved

###  Changes

#### General

* Coin and Gem balancing
* Coins are less densed on maps
* Coin bonus is decreased from 250 coins in 30 minutes to 50 coins in 30 minutes
* Gems are less densed on Gems Spawn Spots

#### Weapon

* Mines have been upgraded with IntelliChip2.0 across all modes, dealing more damage, with improved detection tech

#### Perk

* Moved Damage Perk unlock to Level 20 (Was Level 1)

###  New

#### General

* In game icon added to party UI
* Copy icon added to Friend code copy-able label
* Clicking accept invite on friends tab takes to battle tab
* Party member's display in-game status icon when they are in a game

###  Changes

#### General

* Increased time out for making account service API calls

###  Fixes

* Fixed some DNS issues related to the 'hanging connecting screen'

###  New

#### Maps

* City 1
* City 2
* City 3
* Lava 2

###  Changes

* Coin bonus is changed from 500 coins in 2 hours to 250 coins in 30 minutes

###  Changes

* Beta season winners Crowns are now the Wooden Crown

###  New

#### General

* Added an 'Inventory Full' pop-up when the player cannot pickup a crate

###  Changes

#### Perk

* Increased cost of Damage Perk to 500 coins
* Increased cost of Speed Perk to 250 coins

###  New

#### General

* 2 choppers
* Big arrow indicator to inform the player what direction the player will jump out of the chopper at
* New button on the home screen

###  Changes

#### General

* Improved reliability of various systems

###  New

#### Tanks

* Concave
* Pagliacci
* Blade
* Crawler

#### Trails

* Bubbles
* Coins (trail)
* Confetti
* Fire
* Lightning
* Lines
* Parts
* Pixels
* Rings
* Snow
* Sparklez
* Spirals
* Steam

###  Changes

#### General

* Adjusted BOT AI substantially
* More UI polish

#### Season

* Seasons duration is increased from 1 week to 2 weeks long
* Resetting the seasons back to 1 (no longer beta seasons)

#### Weapons

* Buffed the Grenade damage and radius
* Buffed the Mine explosion and proximity radii

#### Goals

* Goals are now completable for gems instead of skippable

###  Fixes

* Fixed the crazy physics bug
* Bug fixes and performance improvements

###  Changes

#### General

* Players get gems and coins when level up
* Players can only buy max 3 perks in the loadout
* Players can only hold 3 powerups at a time
* Crates are mystery crates
* Crates only give powerups that the player have unlocked
* Friends list sorted by online players at the top

###  New

#### General

* Friends list
* Tightened up them UIs
* Alert for Season End, New Badge, and Level Up

#### Tanks

* Hollow
* Long
* Medic
* Trap
* Tub
* Tubdown
* Zig

###  Changes

#### General

* Better controller support
* Scroll views improved

###  New

#### Badges

* Escapist
* The Great Escape

###  Changes

#### General

* Two Choppers in Red VS Blue mode (instead of one)
* Teammates' missiles go right through each other
* Beautified the 'GEAR UP' dialog
* Level Rewards progress added to Goals page

###  Other

* Turbo shrunk the game's file size
* Jittery background smoothed out
* Steam build prepared for Closed Alpha

###  New

#### General

* Added purchases to iOS and Android
* Circle transition to chopper

###  Changes

#### Weapons

* Slower Homing
* Grenades do not blow up until hitting the terrain

###  Other

* Improved performance
* Smoother everything

###  New

#### General

* Gems can be purchased on Android
* Gems Spawn Spots are added on certain maps

#### Weapons

* Drill
* Homing
* Grenades
* Flak

###  New

#### General

* Touchscreen mode (web)
- Added lefty mode
- Invert aim by toggling slingshot mode
- Tap to shoot again quickly

###  Changes

#### General

* Bots are smarter
* More coins

###  New

#### General

* Gems
* XP

###  Changes

#### General

* Different UI layout
* Better Animations
* Better sounds

###  New

#### General

* Click on a player on the leaderboard to see their profile

###  Changes

#### General

* Bots avoid the water
* Beachball collides with tanks
* Physics improved in general

###  New

#### General

* Giving out awards in the game (Kill Types)
* 'Eliminated someone' messages in the lobby
* 'Player joined' messages in the lobby
* Beachballs are added in the lobby

#### Kill Types

* First blood
* Long shot
* Dunk tank
* Two birds
* Yardsale
* From the grave
* Double kill
* Triple kill
* Quad kill
* Killstreak

###  Changes

#### General

* Improved polish on 'Eliminated someone' feedback

#### Weapon

* Missiles only collide with the edge of enemy shields, allowing players to jump out of an enemy shield

###  Other

* Made the whole game smaller so its faster to download
* Handle incorrect local computer clock a bit better
* Alter crate generation logic

###  New

#### General

* Kill give you a coin multiplier
* Indicator arrow to the nearest enemy when there are no enemies on screen

#### Maps

* Some new maps with some existing powerups located at the top middle of the maps

###  Changes

#### General

* 22 bots in the games
* Bots are easier to one-hit kill
* Goals UI loads faster after collecting a goal
* Island sinks faster (water rises quicker)
* Direct hits to tank hulls do more damage

###  Changes

#### General

* Increased level foilage
* Bots exit the helicopter is an orderly fashion

###  Other

* Started to implement new tank designs
* Debug view of terrain destruction in settings menu, for debugging purposes but interesting

###  New

#### Colors

* Blue
* White

###  Changes

#### General

* Two-hit kills
* Slightly faster driving
* Missiles are not shot while in parachute
* Lobbies wait for a second player then go to 30s countdown
* Lobby plays a beep when almost counted down