-Damaged handgun, comes with the broken broadsword, a weak, but handy early game weapon.
-The protector's handgun, repaired like the protector’s broadsword from the damaged handgun, a fairly powerful chargefire pistol with three modes.
-Protector's armor, end game armor, recipe is unlocked from the protector’s handgun + broadsword quests and is a tier 7 set of armor, comes with unique techs attached! (techs also available separately on the tech console once the armor is crafted).
-protector's mech body colors are now available as proper mech colors.
-protectorate armor themed colors as dyes.
-a 'secret' codex found in the protectorate base space encounter.
-buffed protector's broadsword to restore it to it's rightful place as the best broadsword in the game, also buffed the protector's mech body to feel like a proper reward for all the trouble of finding it.
-an obtainable version of the protectorate dropship! comes with various modifications such as an infinite supply of plasma bombs and durability, as well as limitless flight. you can get its recipe from a quest by penguin pete once you've beaten the glitch mission. It's crafted at the upgraded foraging table (agricultural station)

-neo tonfas, dagger like weapons to act as the melee equivalent to the neo magnums.
-a new stun missile alt ability for the lazercaster, making it less underwhelming.
-on duty peacekeepers, helping to dispense justice whenever an innocent civilian is under attack

-a new codex, and a unique weapon, both available in a new USCM remnant ship encounter.
-a re-implemented version of the old beta USCM tower, this time with some additional decor, loot and guards.
-camo dye.
-a brand new USCM remnant bunker dungeon, including its own unique codex.
-folding chairs can be found as USCM prison loot now
-uscm riot shields, basically riot shields, but with built in flashlights. they can be found as USCM remnant bunker loot

-a new hat, unique dagger, and unique wand obtained as ancient vault loot.

-two new codices describing the human and hylotl governments (both found in their respective racial villages, such as human campsites and hylotl underwater cities)
-new outpost dialogue for Esther, Nuru, Koichi, and the Baron!
-Agaran and Penguin history codices, the former is found on Agaran merchants while the latter is found in penguin ships
-novakid lore covering their physiology, reproduction, and psychology
-lore codices expanding on apex and avian lore

-obtainable and improved versions of the penguin tank and ufo, both of which are sold by the bartender.
-shadow guards, armed with sinister daggers, these beings will be summoned by their unarmed fellows, and strike back with a vengeance against those who dare harm them...
-Impervium Plates (crafted at the atomic furnace), plus a defense oriented armor set and shield crafted from this rare metal. Its ore can be found left over in the craters of large meteors, which in turn are found on magma and volcanic worlds. Impervium armor comes with bonus buffs that halve knockback from the player, and render the player immune to both lava and poison.
-The frost shield and frozen bow can be found as loot in ice caves.
-The rock bow can be found in stone caves.
-Fire lord’s cape can be found in volcanic chests.
-The handy space helmet and neat welder’s helmet can be found alongside other hats
-stone sword and legend blade can be found as alpine loot
-Brass Knuckles, chargegun and frying pan are found alongside unique weapon loot.
-Cardboard box armor is obtainable now!
-the barrel set can be found on the surface of ocean planets
-the stun mine can be obtained from the tier 1 peacekeeper shop
-the parachute back item can be found as cosmetic loot, no longer has the WIP tag attached either
-various new unused healing items can be found in mushroom patches, mushroom caves, and the wilderness caves.
-bouncy balls can be found in slime caves.
-the vr headset object can be found as loot within scorched biomes.
-the model m instrument can be found as dungeon loot now
-reintroduced platinum, which can be used to craft the unused sharp furniture set.
-implemented some unused outpost npcs
-re-enabled the unused radio messages for the ruin mission, they must have forgotten to re-enable them.
-made raw ham obtainable + cookable and also made raw tentacles cookable too.
-coconut blocks! crafted with coconuts
-the harpoon gun can be found as ocean floor loot while the bubble blaster can be found in colorful biomes
-novakid and deadbeat fossils
-the Guard's Bastion, a unique shield with a shield-bashing ability obtained as a quest reward from the guy who hangs out at the bottom of the outpost. It's available once the glitch mission has been completed.
-the night light can be found as loot within luminous caves.
-bubble gun can be found as colorful biome loot.

-various unused outpost npcs have been brought back
- a new lost and found merchant who shows up at the back of the Ark, she sells protectorate items, including the intro mission cosmetics, and broken broadsword + damaged handgun. She also sells the Protector's Broadsword/Handgun, Protectorate dropship, and Guard's Bastion when they are unlocked by the player.

-buffed the solus katana mech arm, since some people found it underwhelming.
-buffed the ruin mission to tier 8, since it's apparently not difficult enough.
-balanced the recipes for perfectly generic items and the elemental crossbow to use solarium stars, no more skipping to tier 6 through farm animals!
-both the halogen and xenon pack now come with radiation resist
-some minor sprite tweaks here and there