[Game Update] - The Aquatic Planet Pack DLC Beta - 731233

[Colqhoun]

On 5/21/2026 at 5:05 PM, JarrettM said:

Natural backwall (not exclusive to this DLC).

so we're going to see natural backwall scattered among all the existing world gens?

[Colqhoun]

I heard bionic dupes cannot swim, can jetpack atmosuits fly in liquids?

[Twiki]

They can swim.

[suicide commando]

On 6/10/2026 at 5:25 AM, Colqhoun said:

I heard bionic dupes cannot swim, can jetpack atmosuits fly in liquids?

They don't have the swimming skill like regular dupes can get, however in the last patch they added a swim hack booster, which is an upgraded version of the suit training booster that allows them to swim.

[Henlikuoth]

3 hours ago, suicide commando said:

swim hack booster

Together with the new swimsuit and rubber boots, they seem to be immune to liquid damage/stress, right?

Quick remark: Now, the bionics have three options for the Exosuit penalty reduction, namely Complex Processing, the new Swim Hack Booster, and the Suit Training Booster.

Is this not a bit redundant and superfluous? I think it would be better if CP got something else instead. Also, the Suit Training Booster is a bit useless in its current form. Other features or benefits should be added. 

[suicide commando]

Not entirely. with boots they can walk through small puddles without getting zapped, with the swimsuit they can wade through water ( not sure how much exactly, but I assume up to mopping levels ). If they go fully underwater, they still get the zappy time, you need atmosuits for that.

As for complex processing, it not only gives suit training, but also TWO booster slots. Also boop that doesn't need to go swimming can can just ignore the suit training booster or swim hack booster in favor of a skill booster that still gives them +2 athletics AND +5 to said skill. Suit Training boosters really should get something for making them useful. As it stands, it's almost completely useless as it's perk can be gotten with a skill, and three athletics is a minor boost compared to the +24 they already will have from their skills + 8 boosters, making the +5 to a skill that much more relevant.