Upcoming features

This is a list of features that will be added to Scrap Mechanic at some point in the future. These features have been mentioned in devblogs and on Twitter.

Near Future

• A major content update for Survival Mode, referred to as the "next chapter"
  • Quests
    • Managed through the Logbook
    • Involve new NPCs
      • Dialog via telephone
      • Farmer with binoculars, a walkie-talkie, and a whistle
      • Woc calf
  • Mining island
    • New, mostly underground area of the world
    • Accessed as part of a quest
    • Can tunnel underground using a vehicle
    • Structures
      • Underground Propane Station
        • Involves recharging a large "Freight Battery" that loses charge over time and needs a vehicle to transport it
  • Cablebot
    • Very small
    • Attack in swarms
    • Attach to and eat away at vehicles
    • Can leech battery and fuel from Engines and Consumable Containers
  • Trash Bot
    • A boss robot
    • Found on the roof of Warehouses
    • Shoots either a stream of sticky goo or goo-coated trash bags
      • Trash bags explode into items, including Bananas, Redbeets, and Mannequin Boots
  • Red Totebot
    • Small Explosive Canisters on its head
    • Explodes when attacking
    • Spawns at the Propane Station
  • Chili Pepper
    • Farmable crop
    • Attracts an unspecified type of robot
    • Possibly used in cooking a new food item that resembles a slice of pie (seen in Devblog 19)
  • Sticky Wheels
    • Wheels that stick to surfaces
    • Stickiness can be toggled
    • Use Chemicals as a resource
      • Draw from connected Chemical Containers
  • Plasma Drill
    • Can drill through some rocks found in the mining island
    • Can drill faster than the standard drill
  • Plasma Saw
  • Battery Generator
    • Powers up a Battery Container placed inside it when its handle is spun
    • Can be spun with either the Sledgehammer or an arm on a Bearing powered by an engine
  • Turret Seat
    • Rotates with the camera
  • Wedge blocks
  • Sawbot
    • Used to craft wedges
  • Ore Collector
  • Crusher
    • Extracts minerals from ore
  • Cable roll crafting part
  • Multi-component kit
  • Gold
  • Warehouse changes and additions
    • New story elements and associated quests
    • Access to the Encryptors, so they can be disabled or removed
  • New Clothing
    • T-Shirts
    • Outfits
      • Welder
      • Miner
      • Tuxedo
      • Woc (possible)
      • Glowb (possible)
  • The ability to load blueprints with the Lift in Survival
    • Will require the items needed to build it
  • Digital clock
    • Displays the time
    • Can activate connected parts at a configured time of day
  • Digital sign
    • Three sizes
    • Can customize text color
  • Weather
• Respawn Bed rework for balance reasons
  • Initially planned that beds would break after five uses, with an updated model to indicate the remaining uses
  • Final rework plans yet to be determined
• Tutorial part
  • Placed on a Lift to activate an interactive vehicle building tutorial

Around The Corner

• A major content update for Challenge Mode, set to release in May 2022
  • 10 New Challenges coming to Master Mechanic Trials pack.
    • Completing all Challenges will grant player an exclusive outfit.
  • Bot Spawner
    • Available in Challenge Builder
    • Spawns a bot when triggered
    • Bot inherits the color of the spawner

Far Future

• Dedicated servers
• Server admin commands
• Propellers
• Wings
• Possible Mac support
• Achievements
• Purchasable game Soundtrack in steam page

Undetermined

• Leaked Outfits found in current Clothing Sets
  • Spacehiker
  • Duck
  • Jetpack (Possibly a backpack only item)
• Folders for saved blueprints
• Ladders
• Jetpack
• More than two binds per key
• Controller support
• Remote activation
  • Activate parts that belong to other creations
• Ropes with physics
• Exo-Suit
  • Likely a form of armor
  • Modifies player movement in some way, possibly by increasing speed
• Scrapyard biome
  • Inhabited by a new type of Robot that looks similar to a bulldozer
    • Yellow color
• Possible Xbox One and PS4 support
• New wheel variants with "some fun extra features" (possibly referring to the Sticky Wheels coming out in Chapter Two)
• "Ocean-based" Totebot variant
  • Likely the Blue Totebot