Pre Alpha Patchnotes (v.0.6.0.94)

Our latest update expands the world of Persist Online with new content, the first iteration of Sectors, extensive weapon balancing, and several quality-of-life improvements. Read on for all changes and bugfixes included in this patch.

1. New Content

Added the first iteration of our new guild PvP feature, “Sectors,” to the game, starting with the first Sector, “Junkyard.” More Sectors will be added later.
- Developer Comment: Read more about Sectors in our preview blog here.

2. Other Content Changes

Multiple areas around Ashwater, especially in the south and east, have been expanded and populated.
Derrick Walsh in Junction now offers a quest for player characters who have reached Level 15 that introduces the Nodes system.
Added an option for players to mute other players in the in-game chat by right-clicking their family name.
- Developer Comment: A player can mute up to 25 families. Type /mutelist in the chat for an overview of the families that have already been muted.
Added a new temporary UI element that displays the remaining ammunition for the equipped ranged weapon.
Improved how quest objects and markers are displayed on the compass.
Pristine Items can no longer be accidentally sold using the “Sell All” button at vendors. However, they can still be sold individually using the standard “Sell Mode.”
Updated outdated Journal entries.
Adjusted the visual effect of the special Dreadnought ability to display its actual range.
“Auto Walk” in the Key Bindings can now be toggled to “Auto Sprint.”
- Developer Comment: When “Auto Sprint” is activated, a player character will automatically sprint when the key is pressed until all stamina is consumed.
Added the difficulty level (Ring) to zone names in the UI.
Updated the orientation of shoulder and wrist equipment images so that the items can be more easily identified in the inventory.
Added new loot filter options:
- Different armor types (Sturdy and Flexible).
- Ammunition.
Items can now be retrieved from mail by right-clicking them.
Implemented Shift-click to place or add individual items from the player’s hand to a target slot or stack. In addition, Ctrl+Shift-click now automatically moves half of a stack to the player’s hand.
Added slightly different frame borders for Flexible and Sturdy armor to make them easier to distinguish visually.
Pop-up windows can now also be closed by pressing Enter instead of clicking “OK.”
Changed the three default craftable ranged weapons for the second part of the new-player tutorial:
- Assault Rifles: AK-47 → AK-15
- Revolvers: M206 → S&W Model 10
- Shotguns: M37 → SPAS-12
Guild Quests have been overhauled with new score-based hunting and harvesting objectives. Special enemy targets and requested tools grant triple the progress, while other valid enemies and tools still contribute. The interface and quest tracker now also display objectives more clearly, difficulty spans levels 1–10, and kill tracking has been improved. A total of 125 hunting and harvesting quests are now available across Rings 2–6.
Faction Quests have received several updates:
- Improved the variety of Faction Quest tasks/missions.
- Interactable objects for Faction Quests are now better protected by enemies.
- The Faction Quest Receiver NPC, where a player hands in a completed Faction Quest, is now placed in an area that has the same Ring difficulty as the actual Faction Quest.

3. Balance Changes

Slightly adjusted the loot dropped by Elite enemies.
Decreased the drop chance for equipment (weapons and armor) across all Ring difficulties.
Further decreased the drop chance for armor by 20% in Rings 0–2 and by 33% in Ring 3 and above.
Reduced the penetration damage of the Machine Gun skill “Mow ’em down!”:
- 25% instead of 50% for the base skill.
- 50% instead of 100% for the “Way of the Impaler” specialization.
Updated ranged weapon stats to slightly increase overall weapon variety:
- Assault Rifles
  - AK-15
    - Base Damage: 13 → 13.75 (+5.8%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 30% (+20%)
  - AK-47
    - Reload Time: 2s → 2.25s (+12.5%)
    - Base Damage: 13 → 14.25 (+9.6%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 30% (+20%)
  - FAMAS
    - Base Damage: 13 → 12 (-7.7%)
    - Attack Speed: 5.00 → 6.25 (+25%)
    - Crit Damage: 50% → 30% (-40%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 30% (+20%)
  - FN SCAR
    - Reload Time: 2s → 1.75s (-12.5%)
    - Base Damage: 13 → 11.25 (-13.5%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 55% (+120%)
  - G36C
    - Reload Time: 2s → 1.75s (-12.5%)
    - Base Damage: 13 → 11 (-15.4%)
    - Crit Chance: 10% → 35% (+250%)
    - Crit Damage: 50% → 65% (+30%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 30% (+20%)
  - M4 Carbine
    - Reload Time: 2s → 1.3s (-35%)
    - Base Damage: 13 → 12 (-7.7%)
    - Attack Speed: 5.00 → 5.26 (+5.3%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 30% (+20%)
- Machine Guns
  - FN Minimi
    - Base Damage: 10 → 9 (-10%)
    - Crit Chance: 10% → 20% (+100%)
    - Crit Damage: 50% → 60% (+20%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 15% (-40%)
    - Penetration Damage: 50% → 25% (-50%)
  - M249
    - Base Damage: 10 → 9 (-10%)
    - Penetration Damage: 50% → 25% (-50%)
  - MG3
    - Base Damage: 12 → 11 (-8.3%)
    - Crit Damage: 50% → 30% (-40%)
    - Penetration Damage: 50% → 25% (-50%)
  - PKM
    - Base Damage: 11 → 10 (-9.1%)
    - Penetration Damage: 50% → 25% (-50%)
- Pistols
  - Desert Eagle
    - Narrow Spread: 1.6 → 2 (+25%)
    - Recoil Spread: 90 → 30 (-66.7%)
  - Glock 17
    - Reload Time: 4s → 3s (-25%)
    - Base Damage: 35 → 33 (-5.7%)
- Revolvers
  - Colt Anaconda
    - Crit Chance: 15% → 30% (+100%)
  - M206
    - Reload Time: 4s → 3s (-25%)
    - Base Damage: 70 → 55 (-21.4%)
    - Attack Speed: 0.67 → 0.83 (+25%)
    - Crit Chance: 15% → 30% (+100%)
  - Raging Bull
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 35% (+40%)
  - S&W Model 10
    - Reload Time: 4s → 3s (-25%)
    - Base Damage: 70 → 55 (-21.4%)
    - Attack Speed: 0.67 → 0.83 (+25%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 35% (+40%)
- Rifles
  - Mk 14 EBR
    - Crit Damage: 75% → 90% (+20%)
  - SVD
    - Crit Damage: 75% → 50% (-33.3%)
    - Headshot Damage: 75% → 90% (+20%)
- Shotguns
  - M37
    - Base Damage: 110 → 120 (+9.1%)
    - Base Spread: 50 → 60 (+20%)
    - Recoil Spread: 90 → 150 (+66.7%)
    - Movement Spread: 10 → 100 (+900%)
    - Knockback Range: 1.5 to 2.5 → 1 to 2
  - M500
    - Crit Chance: 30% → 40% (+33.3%)
    - Crit Damage: 75% → 80% (+6.7%)
    - Base Spread: 50 → 60 (+20%)
    - Recoil Spread: 90 → 150 (+66.7%)
    - Movement Spread: 10 → 100 (+900%)
    - Knockback Range: 1.5 to 2.5 → 1 to 2.5
  - Model 1883
    - Reload Time: 3s → 2s (-33.3%)
    - Crit Chance: 25% → 20% (-20%)
    - Crit Damage: 75% → 50% (-33.3%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 20% (-20%)
    - Base Spread: 50 → 60 (+20%)
    - Recoil Spread: 90 → 150 (+66.7%)
    - Movement Spread: 10 → 100 (+900%)
    - Knockback Range: 1.5 to 2.5 → 1 to 2
  - SPAS-12
    - Crit Chance: 30% → 25% (-16.7%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 40% (+60%)
    - Base Spread: 50 → 60 (+20%)
    - Recoil Spread: 90 → 150 (+66.7%)
    - Movement Spread: 10 → 100 (+900%)
    - Knockback Range: 1.5 to 2.5 → 1 to 2.5
- Submachine Guns
  - FN P90
    - Attack Speed: 8.00 → 7.69 (-3.8%)
    - Crit Damage: 50% → 25% (-50%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 40% (+60%)
  - KRISS Vector
    - Reload Time: 2.8s → 2.2s (-21.4%)
    - Base Damage: 10 → 8 (-20%)
    - Attack Speed: 8.00 → 10.00 (+25%)
  - M1928
    - Base Damage: 9 → 11 (+22.2%)
    - Attack Speed: 8.00 → 6.67 (-16.7%)
  - MP5K
    - Base Damage: 10 → 9 (-10%)
    - Crit Chance: 10% → 20% (+100%)
    - Crit Damage: 50% → 75% (+50%)
  - MP7
    - Attack Speed: 8.00 → 9.09 (+13.6%)
    - Crit Damage: 50% → 25% (-50%)
    - Headshot Damage: 25% → 20% (-20%)

4. Bugfixes

Fixed a bug that caused a player character in combat to leave the world immediately after the game was closed, whether intentionally or accidentally.
Fixed a bug that prevented harvestable resources from spawning correctly after a server restart.
Fixed a bug that caused the Radio Volume slider and Mute Radio option in the Sound Settings to work incorrectly.
Fixed several bugs affecting the Forgot Password and Account Recovery processes.
Fixed several bugs involving floating objects in the world.
Fixed a bug that prevented NPCs from attacking player characters within their line of sight.
Fixed a bug involving the “Decayed Remains” death effect of Decayed Zombies.
Fixed a bug that prevented the color of already harvested spots from updating correctly when the Sixth Sense skill was activated.
Fixed a bug that could cause the launcher’s auto-launch option to start two game clients after an update.
Fixed several typos and misspelled words in the game.
Fixed a bug that caused the Stamina Enhancer skill in the Thievery skill tree to display the wrong icon.
Fixed a bug that caused sound lag after the game client had been open in the background for a longer time.
Fixed a bug that prevented equipment durability from updating correctly after a character’s death.
Fixed several bugs involving missing environment labels in the 404 stronghold.
Fixed a bug that caused the tooltip for the Assault Rifle passive skill “Emergency Reload” to be missing.
Fixed a bug that prevented Faction Quest objectives from being completed in the “Haughton Heights” zone.
Fixed several bugs involving incomplete or unsuitable text in non-English clients.
Fixed a bug affecting the normal attack range and Acid Puddle attack of Acid Elites.
Fixed a bug that could cause the remaining time for Nodes to become desynchronized between the Nodes Tab (C) and the Nodes Tracker UI.
Fixed a bug affecting the tooltip for the Hammer’s “Rage” stack.
Fixed a bug that caused the incoming-damage indicator arrow to point in the wrong direction during PvP.
Fixed a bug that prevented the “Stack All” button in the Safehouse from moving commodity items into storage.
Fixed a bug that prevented a player character’s PvP death message from displaying the opposing player’s name.
Fixed a bug that caused the Penetrating ability for LMGs to work incorrectly depending on where enemies were hit.