Soulmask 1.0 & Egypt DLC Are Out Now - DLC Free for the First Month!

From the very first day of Early Access to now, it’s been a long and incredible journey.
After 21 months of development and more than 1,800 improvements and upgrades, all of those late nights have led us here—

And before we dive into everything waiting for you, we want to emphasize this one more time:

This is the best gift we could think of for all of you.

We’d also like to sincerely thank Valve for the tremendous support they provided throughout this process, helping us make this free DLC giveaway possible.

Now, let’s take a look at everything you’ll be able to experience.

Soulmask 1.0 is not just another update—it’s a complete reinvention of the game itself. From onboarding and combat to tribal AI and settlement management, every change has been shaped by the feedback you gave us throughout Early Access.

Our new guidance companion, Consciousness X, will step in the first time you encounter special situations and offer timely advice.
At the same time, the new in-game Mask Knowledge Base brings Soulmask’s entire encyclopedia directly into the game—materials, uses, crafting methods, and even where to find them on the map, all in one place.

The Mimicry skills you already know have received a major upgrade in 1.0.
The new Mimicry Ascension system pushes every Mask beyond its original limits, unleashing power worthy of the ancient “gods.”

Fertility now summons a manifestation behind you that unleashes volleys of arrows.
Eternal Flame creates a large field that protects allies while damaging enemies.
Shadow Walker now goes beyond optical invisibility, allowing you to teleport through space and execute enemies from behind.
Tactical Guidance even gains the power to bring fallen Companion back to life.

Every Mask will feel different again.
You’ll rediscover all of them from a whole new angle.

The new Training Ground building allows talented tribesmen to pass on and inherit their exceptional talents through training.
For the first time, you can truly shape the perfect clan warrior entirely your own.

The new tribe role system finally solves the old problem of idle tribesmen standing around the bonfire. By assigning specific duties to each tribesman, they can actively look for work whenever their assigned stations aren’t busy.
And with the new global Tribe Management system, you can oversee your stockpiles, workstation status, and each tribesman’s current tasks from a true commander’s perspective.

Version 1.0 introduces three distinct ways to play, each offering a very different kind of experience.

Survival Mode: If you love the harsh, immersive struggle of classic wilderness survival, this is the original Soulmask experience at its core.

Tribe Mode: If you want to build up your tribe into a thriving civilization, systems like prestige progression, random merchant events, and high-pressure invasion mechanics will make every step of your expansion feel dynamic and rewarding.

Warrior Mode: If all you want is to grab your weapon and fight, skipping the usual survival chores to focus on brutal combat, this mode was built for you—stronger enemies, a harsher combat system, and weapons that no longer break for a pure test of offense and defense.

Every mode also supports deep customization.
In Soulmask, the rules are always yours to shape.

Shifting Sands is a brand-new world built on the same scale as the base game.

Rooted in ancient Egyptian mythology and driven by the spirit of an anti-gravity Sun Ship civilization, it weaves together sandstorms, mechanical ruins, and four divine guardians into the most ambitious adventure this series has ever seen.

Across the dune fields, floating pyramids loom over abandoned temples while the ruins of a lost civilization lie buried deep beneath the sands. Sand Bandit factions wielding ancient technology — and two entirely new tribes — stand openly against you at every turn.

Venture further into the Death Desert and the Eye of Sand, and lethal heat and eternal sandstorms will greet you — along with the legend sleeping in the deepest reaches of the desert.

The most ambitious feature in Shifting Sands is not the Masks.
It is not the ruins.
It’s your ship.

You begin with a creaking little wooden boat.

Defeat Sobek, the Crocodile Guardian to obtain your first anti-gravity engine, and your tribe will finally break free from the earth below.

You can move your entire production line and all your tribesmen onto your ship, keeping your settlement running while you travel, no longer tied to a single piece of land.

You can equip your ship with Cannons, Energy Shields, Rockbreaker Turrets, and even a Battleship Main Cannon, turning it into a flying fortress.

Through the ship-linking system, you can combine factory ships, warships, and scout vessels into your own airborne fleet.

And with the new dye system and Egyptian-style building parts, you can transform your city in the sky into something uniquely yours.

More importantly, your ships can be saved as Blueprints and uploaded to the Steam Workshop, allowing you to share them with players around the world. Your creativity will become a permanent part of the skies of Shifting Sands.

And once your fleet is fully armed and your Masks have reached their full power, the legendary beast that once destroyed an ancient kingdom—Death Sandstorm—will finally face a challenger worthy of awakening.

Every Mask in Shifting Sands is a trophy torn from the body of a divine guardian beast you defeat with your own hands.

Celestial Wings, the Mask of Horus, god of the sky, grants immunity to fall damage, free aerial gliding, and a devastating dive attack from above. It is heavily tailored toward survival and serves as your first real lifeline in Shifting Sands.

Abyss Overlord, the Mask of Sobek, god of floodwaters, converts enemy life into bonus armor with every kill. Surging tides periodically nullify incoming damage, while Fluid Imprisonment traps enemies inside a watery prison. The more enemies you kill, the harder you become to bring down.

Doomsday Judgment, the Mask of Anubis, god of the underworld, reflects every negative status effect your enemies inflict on you and lets fallen enemies rise again to fight at your side. Your enemies become your army.

Glorious Hymn, the Mask of Amun-Ra, god of the sun, burns all nearby enemies while in Mimicry form and unleashes solar light that ignites everything in sight. Every kill fuels your next outburst of power. It is pure, overwhelming destruction.

Four completely different combat styles.

Four completely different growth paths.

Which one will you start with?

Available only from April 10 to May 10. The exact hourly availability window will be announced in our pre-launch FAQ.

There are two ways to receive it:

1. Players who already own Soulmask will automatically receive it in their Steam library.

2. After the launch of 1.0, players who purchase the base game between April 10 and May 10 will also automatically receive the Shifting Sands DLC.

Please note:

• After May 10, the Shifting Sands DLC will return to its regular price of $19.99 / RMB 72.

• We strongly recommend that all players launch the game after Version 1.0 goes live and confirm that the DLC has been successfully added to their account.

Finally, to all the Chieftains who have supported us since Early Access—Thank you.

You were the first to step into this rainforest world.

Every piece of feedback, every suggestion, and every moment of patience is etched into every line of Soulmask 1.0.

And now, at this special milestone, we think it’s time for new Chieftains to hear your story with Soulmask too.

We warmly invite you to leave a Steam review and share your story and your thoughts on the game.
That story belongs to you—but it is also one of Soulmask’s most valuable treasures.

And to every new Chieftain joining us now: Thank you as well.

We’ll be waiting for you in both of these new worlds, and your voice will continue to shape where Soulmask goes next.

We’ll see you in the game!

— The Soulmask Team

1. Added the tribe role system, making tribesmen work assignment more convenient.

2. Added a new expedition structure that lets you dispatch tribesmen to outposts for rewards.

3. Repeatedly succeeding in defending against invasions can now attract talented tribesmen to join your settlement.

4. Added the Training Ground, where tribesmen can learn talents, improve talent levels, and increase combat technique limits (weapon proficiency caps).

5. Added dungeon respawn points, with an option to enable or disable them.

6. Added merchants.
   a. Added two new currencies used for buying and selling goods.
   b. Merchants only purchase specific item types. After opening the merchant interface, only items marked accordingly in your inventory can be sold.

7. Added new game modes: Survival, Tribe, PVP Mode, and Warrior.

   a. Survival Mode
   i. Equivalent to the original default PVE experience.
   ii. Mid- and late-game leveling has been adjusted so progression becomes faster later on.

   b. Tribe Mode
   i. Added a tribe progression system focused on management and expansion, allowing for a more complete automation and defense structure.
   ii. Features an independent tech tree with significantly reduced Tech Point requirements.
   iii. Includes invasion mechanics more intense than those in Survival Mode.
   iv. Adds random merchant events and wandering merchants.
   v. Offers more defense challenges and a mode-exclusive prestige progression system.

   c. PVP Mode
   i. A separate mode customized from the original official PVP servers.
   ii. Added a server progression restriction system for the first ten days after launch, with adjustable settings tied to Awareness Level Caps on Server Day X after Launch.
   iii. Drop rates and durability of high-tier gear are affected by server progression.
   iv. Includes mode-exclusive Awareness Level progression settings to smooth out leveling time.
   v. Increased recruitment, growth, and production efficiency.
   vi. Added an exclusive merchant that can sell workstations and building parts once requirements are met, along with exclusive medicine and set repair items.
   vii. High-tier boss sets and mysterious sets now gain PVP-oriented effects, and the damage reduction high-tier gear had against lower-tier weapons has been removed.
   viii. Dying in multiplayer combat no longer causes you to drop all equipped items.
   ix. Tribe population limits are greatly reduced, with simplified tribesman production behavior to improve performance.
   x. Advanced sticky explosive jars now deal less damage to buildings but significantly more damage to creatures.
   xi. The duration of Hammer’s Sun Shelter damage reduction effect has been reduced.

   d. Warrior Mode
   i. A fully customized challenge mode, including support for speedrun attempts with save playtime tracking.
   ii. Downed state, building decay, invasions, and item drops on death are disabled by default.
   iii. Your initial body starts drastically weakened, returning to the earliest white-quality, talent-free state, but you are provided with weapons and gear at character creation.
   iv. More enemies and creatures, including elite enemies, can appear in the wild.
   v. Enemies and creatures are stronger and have smarter AI, making even starting-area enemies a serious threat.
   vi. Combat is much harsher and places greater emphasis on Stamina and Poise, requiring more precise dodge timing. Support from multiple tribesmen becomes far more important.
   vii. Awareness Level rises very quickly, supported by a custom tech tree with dramatically reduced Tech Point requirements.
   viii. Food and fuel consumption are greatly reduced.
   ix. Weapons and armor no longer break or lose durability, item stat values are no longer fixed, and high-tier gear no longer gains extra damage reduction against lower-tier weapons.
   x. Recruitment, growth, production, and crafting efficiency are all greatly increased, along with higher item output multipliers.
   xi. Merchants are permanently stationed at camps, and special events occur far more frequently.
   xii. Added more Boss challenges and exclusive challenge structures.
   xiii. The Hammer’s Solar Protection damage reduction and duration are both halved.

8. Different modes now support different game coefficients, difficulty settings, data setups, quest types, event types, and UI configurations.

9. Added more customizable gameplay settings, including level restrictions, guidance options, Spirit consumption, Stamina recovery intervals, HP damage scaling, and Poise damage scaling.

10. Added more King of the Region to server events, with one appearing at random each time, along with a new challenge boss: the Mysterious Strong One.

11. Tutorial quests have been streamlined by simplifying some of the early blueprint-learning steps, and guidance content can now be customized for different modes.

12. Added milestone quests to provide stronger gameplay goals.

13. Added save playtime tracking.

14. Elite and Boss dynamic power scaling has been adjusted: the influence of tribesmen in battle has been halved, while player participation remains unchanged.

15. Improved monkeys’ auto-loot behavior.

16. Optimized the tech tree interface.
    a. Blueprints that require no Tech Points are now learned by default.
    b. Text for items that require no Tech Points is no longer shown.
    c. Expanded support for displaying DLC- and map-exclusive blueprints.

17. Adjusted enemy respawn timers and chest refresh timers in the Sacred Ruins of Frozen Valley.

18. Mask-related adjustments.
    a. Masks can now be switched via shortcuts.
    b. Nodes for the Mask selected during character creation are unlocked by default.
    c. Added the Spatial Analysis node, enabling route guidance inside underground ruins after repair.
    d. Life detection for other objects has been merged into the Wide-Area Detection node.
    e. Added a Mimicry Ascension toggle. When enabled, Mimicry can be upgraded to Level 2 (not available in PVP Mode).
    f. Civilization, Conquest, Fertility
    i. Removed Mimicry form and directly granted Mimicry skills.
    ii. Increased values on some nodes.
    iii. Redesigned some node effects.
    iv. Redesigned Mimicry skills.
    g. Eternal Flame
    i. Reduced the amount of incoming damage converted into HP in Divine Mode.
    ii. Reduced the duration of High-Energy Crystal in PVP Mode.
    iii. Added Mimicry Ascension.
    h. Shadow Walker
    i. Increased values on some nodes.
    ii. Adjusted the calculation rules for one-hit kill values.
    iii. Reworked Optical Mimicry, reducing detectability. Being attacked no longer ends stealth, and stealth now includes a teleport attack.
    iv. Added Mimicry Ascension.
    i. Mark of the Wild
    i. Adjusted values on some nodes.
    ii. Reduced the bow damage bonus from Neural Coordination while strengthening bow baseline damage.
    iii. Reduced the cooldown of Fire Guidance.
    iv. Added Mimicry Ascension.
    j. Ironblood Guard
    i. Adjusted values on some nodes.
    ii. Changed Mimicry skill effect to absorb a percentage of incoming damage.
    iii. Added Mimicry Ascension.
    k. Tactical Guidance
    i. Reduced the cooldown of Particle Battle Suit.
    ii. Added Mimicry Ascension.
    l. Natural Enlightenment
    i. Adjusted values on some nodes.
    ii. Increased the duration of Heart of Nature, reduced its cooldown, added the ability for animals to take damage for their owner, and changed animal mode to proactive attack behavior.
    iii. Added Mimicry Ascension.
    m. Explorer
    i. Reduced the cooldown of Electromagnetic Barrier, removed its resistance to photoelectric damage, and strengthened its resistance to arrows.
    ii. Added Mimicry Ascension.

19. Added Status, which changes over time based on individual progression.

20. Added an appearance recording feature that lets you save a tribesman’s appearance and copy it to others.

21. Adjusted the default number of appearance/data records to 5.

22. Added a new data processing function, allowing tribesmen to be stored digitally in a dedicated item or restored from digital form.

23. Reduced the weight of the Mysterious Stone Altar.

24. Greatly reduced the time required for reshaping.

25. Some skins now support damage-state adjustment.

26. Improved climbing animations.

27. Building: workstations now automatically align with the facing of placed floor foundations.

28. Building: increased placement range for hanging braziers.

29. Building: roofs and stairs can now be rotated during placement.

30. Building: pointed roof series structures can now be built directly on foundations.

31. Building: when not under player control, the player’s initial body will automatically sit in a designated Chieftain’s Chair nearby.

32. Building: “Chicken Coop” has been renamed to “Turkey Coop.”

33. Building: wall-type structures now support snapping to foundations.

34. Building: placement preview now displays collision areas.

35. Tribesmen and follower improvements.
    a. Increased attack willingness for tribesmen and Companion.
    b. Tribesmen defending within bonfire range will automatically take preset weapons, gear, and food from the Weapon Rack.
    c. Companion can now automatically loot bags, with this behavior toggleable in tribesman behavior settings.
    d. Companion can now automatically gather after the player performs the corresponding gathering action.
    e. Companion can now automatically dismantle low-tier items in their inventory.
    f. Companion can now automatically use various food effects.
    g. When the home is under attack, tribesmen in passive attack mode will automatically take gear from the Weapon Rack and fight back.
    h. Improved follow behavior for deployed Companion and mounts.

36. Added a new database feature that automatically archives collected text content.

37. Added Consciousness X, providing dynamic quest guidance.