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"
  • 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
    • Possibly shoot trash
  • 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
  • Wedge blocks
  • 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
  • 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
• 10 new challenges for Challenge Mode
  • Completing all challenges will grant some kind of reward
• The ability to place Robots in Challenge Builder
• Tutorial part
  • Placed on a lift to activate an interactive vehicle building tutorial

Far Future

• Dedicated servers
• Server admin commands
• Propellers
• Wings
• Possible Mac support
• Achievements

Undetermined

• Folders for saved blueprints
• Signs with editable text
• 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"
• "Ocean-based" Totebot variant
  • Likely the Blue Totebot