TU5

General

Official name

TU5

Development versions

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Phase

Pre Alpha

Release date

3 December 2025

Compilation date

1 December 2025

Platform(s)

Xbox Series X/S

Version information

Version string

PRE_ALPHA 0.0.231.0_251201_1 (105692)

Version number

0.0.231.0

Build number

105692

Version suffix

SRA

TU5 (Title Update 5), labelled PRE_ALPHA 0.0.231.0_251201_1 (105692) in-game, is a major content update to Reforj released on 3 December 2025, which adds multiplayer, customisable skins, new mobs, and many new elements and items.^[1]

From the release of this version, Pioneers are able to provide other users with referral codes that supply guaranteed access to the Pioneer program, to allow players to be able to play the new multiplayer with their friends.^[2]

Additions

Elements

Clay Pots

Can be placed into the world.
Fired at a kiln.
A plant can be placed inside of it once placed.

Doors

Can be opened and closed.
Come in all the different wood types.

Tables

Added variants for each wood type.

Wooden Stools

Added variants for each wood type.

Cushion

Decorative element.
Crafted from silk.

Lumenstone

Comes in 24 colours.
Creative only.

Magnetite Ore

Replaces amethyst ore.
Drops magnetite.
Requires Bracer Level 5.

Vertium Ore

Found in tundras.
Drops vertium.
Requires Bracer Level 4.

Silkthistle

Found in deserts.
Drops silk.

Deep Root

Generates underground.
Drops sticks.

Items

Vertium

Drops from Vertium ore.
Can be smelted into vertium fiber.

Vertium Fiber

Smelted from vertium.
Used in upgrades.

Silk

Obtained from silkthistle plants.
Used as a crafting and upgrade ingredient.

Nightbloom Thorn

Dropped by the nightbloom at night.
Acts as a ranged weapon at night.

Skimmer Shell

Dropped by the skimmer when it dies on land.
Can be placed on water and ridden.

Sap

Collected from sapwood.

Magnetite

Replaces amethyst.
Drops from magnetite ore.

Magnetite Ingot

Smelted from magnetite.

Improved Wingsuit

Can be crafted in the upgrades section.
Allows the player to fly further and faster.

Mobs

Skimmer

Spawns in bodies of water.
Drops a skimmer shell.

Nightbloom

Hostile at night, passive at day.
Drops aura, as well as nightbloom thorns at night.

Butterfly

A cosmetic entity.

Gameplay

Multiplayer

Added peer-to-peer multiplayer.
Up to four players can be in a world.

Skins

Players can now change their skin.
- There are 16 skin options available.

Tools

Added new Blaster Mode tool.
- Allows player to throw an element or item.
  - Throwing explosives (spignite or boomblock) causes an explosion.

Audio

Added dynamic music and ambience tracks.

Changes

Elements

Boomblock

Changed texture from to .
Can now be broken at bracer level 2.
Lit boomblock is now an unbreakable element.

Iron Ore

Changed texture from to .

Gold Ore

Changed texture from to .

Noble Glass

Can now be smelted at a kiln.

Aura Storage Container

Recipe now requires Noble Glass instead of Noble Glass Shards.

Lantern

Recipe now requires sticks.

Wood

Names have been changed:
- Renamed Oak Wood to Hearthwood.
- Renamed Pine Wood to Alpine Wood.
- Renamed Birch Wood to Silverbark Wood.
- Renamed Kapok Wood to Sapwood.
- Renamed Dead Wood to Deadwood.

Timber

Names have been changed:
- Renamed Oak Timber to Hearthwood Timber.
- Renamed Pine Timber to Alpine Timber.
- Renamed Birch Timber to Silverbark Timber.
- Renamed Kapok Timber to Sapwood Timber.
- Renamed Dead Timber to Deadwood Timber.

Leaves

Names have been changed:
- Renamed Pine Leaves to Alpine Leaves.
- Renamed Snowy Pine Leaves to Snowy Alpine Leaves.
- Renamed Dark Pine Leaves to Dark Alpine Leaves.
- Renamed Oak Leaves to Hearthwood Leaves.
- Renamed Dark Oak Leaves to Dark Hearthwood Leaves.
- Renamed Golden Oak Leaves to Golden Hearthwood Leaves.
- Renamed Birch Leaves to Silverbark Leaves.
- Renamed Kapok Leaves to Sapwood Leaves.
- Renamed Dark Kapok Leaves to Dark Sapwood Leaves.

Bedrock

Is now internally classified as an unbreakable element.
- Prior to this, it simply had an unobtainably high required bracer level value.

Resin

Renamed Pale Blue Resin to Aqua Resin.

Prairie Grain

Now drops more when harvested.

General

Improved the appearance of some plants.

Items

Canister

Recipe now requires Noble Glass Shards.

Prairie Grain

Renamed from Grain.

Aura Torch

Changed icon from to .

Iron Nugget

Changed texture from to .

Iron Ingot

Changed icon from to .

Gold Ingot

Changed icon from to .

Mobs

Kibi

Kibis will now attempt to flee out of water.

Boomshrooms

Reduced the amount of screen shake when a Boomshroom emerges.

Tunneler Scouts

Now deal damage to other mobs that get in the way during an attack.

Gameplay

Bracer

Added bracer levels 4 and 5.
Bracer Blasting now affects the player's movements on ice and in water.
Rebalanced mining speeds for different Bracer Levels.

Daylight cycle

Made night time darker.

Wingsuit

Added wingsuit progression.

Tools

Column and Row Mining tools are now locked behind Bracer Level 4.

Tool Selector

Added a second page.

Damage

Made fall damage more forgiving.

Cooking

Balanced cooking times.

Inventory

Made item icons brighter.

General

World saves

Changed how save data is handled. This may make previous saves slow to load when first opened.

UI

Scanner prompt no longer shows for elements the player has previously interacted with.
Updated multiple in-game descriptions.
Adjusted position of scanner prompt.
With the addition of two new bracer level dots, the bracer level indicator now hangs on the right side of the health and tool gauge, instead of to the left.
Added the option to copy a save.
Added the option to disable mob spawning in Creative mode.
Added a confirmation pop-up if hints are reset.
Some settings can now be changed in Survival mode if the save is marked as a Creative save. These include:
- Changing Time of Day
- Enable/disable Mobs
- Enable/disable Time of Day Cycle
World names can now support punctuation.
Moved World Settings to the Pause menu.
Added Plants tab to the Creative inventory.
Re-ordered the Creative inventory.
Improved the appearance of elements and items in the hotbar and inventory.

Sound effects

Added denial sound when attempting to scan nothing.
Improved sound effects for:
- The Wingsuit
- The Tunneler Scout
- Player footsteps
- Player death
- Player healing
- Ambient sound effects and tracks

Removals

Elements

Amethyst Ore

Replaced with magnetite ore.

Items

Amethyst

Replaced with magnetite.

Fixes

Fixed having to tap the stick twice to select a sculpt.^[3]
Fixed a glitched white collectible dropping when a storage crate is blown up. (#869ak7c8t)
The game no longer crashes when interacting with Kilns and Campfires while they are being destroyed.
Fixed a game crash occurring when taking an item out of a storage crate at the same time it is blown up. (#869ak7kj7)
Fixed aura campfire particles still appearing after it is blown up. (#869ak7ntf)
Fixed time of day changes from Creative mode being kept when the game is switched back to Survival. (#869apvwzg)
Fixed gliding under blocks causing jitter. (#8699ec0z6)
Fixed ghost item appearing when relogging as an item is being picked up. (#8698x9jae)
Fixed the glider being able to kill the player. (#869arjvur)
Fixed the tunneller scout animation getting stuck. (#869aybfc6)
Fixed curve sculpts causing hitbox issues when the player moves east or west. (#869af1atu)
Players can now walk through sculpted circle shapes in any direction.
The player will no longer be knocked through the world when caught in a large Boomblock explosion. (#869a98apn)
Breaking an element and pausing at the same time no longer makes the block appear in the pause menu. (#869ak7r2h)
The progress bar no longer displays while attacking a mob immediately after being in the process of mining an Element.
Kilns will now always be extinguished with water regardless of how much fuel they have.
Boomshrooms no longer drop loot if they are killed while they explode.
Boomshrooms now drop loot when killed by other Boomshrooms.
Players can collect dropped Aura if a Tunneler Scout fails to consume it.
The player can now smoothly walk up stairs adjacent to a wall.