The Adventure is Only Just Beginning as Neolithic Dawn Updates Released
Neolithic LLC is hyper-focused on improving the survival title!
London, UK, 24th July 2025 - After an Early Access launch on Meta Quest in July, survival adventure Neolithic Dawn continues to go from strength to strength. The team at Neolithic LLC has been hard at work improving the highly anticipated VR experience, taking on board player feedback to roll out a myriad of quality-of-life updates.
As an Early Access game that's continually being enhanced and refined, the team has released three major patches for Neolithic Dawn since launch. Targeting a range of gameplay features and mechanics, community suggestions have led to a number of fixes. These include taming animals in co-op, improving spear and stabbing physics, fixing graphical glitches and skill tree balancing.
"The team has been pushing out weekly updates to fix bugs that may have affected your first experience, as we continue shaping Neolithic Dawn into a survival game the community can be proud to have supported from the beginning!" said James Bellian, CEO & Founder of Neolithic. "The feedback we've received on Neolithic Dawn in these first few weeks has been invaluable. We want to thank everyone playing in Early Access for their trust in the team - and for all the reviews, bug reports, and ideas for future updates!"
Major Bug Fixes (Patches 1-3):
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[Fixed] Unable to tame animals in co-op
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[Fixed] Multiple bugs that may have caused save file corruption or loss of backpack
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[Fixed] Items getting lost or clipping through the floor are
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[Fixed] Graphics issues in multiple maps that led to invisible colliders, holes, missing meshes, or missing materials
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[Fixed] Waterfall audio in the Bruce Peninsula map
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[Fixed] Items clipping through the map
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Improvements to backpack fixing bugs that made it impossible/difficult to remove items, especially in multiplayer
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Improved spear and stabbing physics to prevent weapons from getting stuck in animals or pulled from your hands
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Improved Physics
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Improved the lighting in the first dungeon
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Made butchering easier—stabbing the animal now also works for skinning and butchering
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Balanced stat draining so players aren't starving, thirsty, or passing out every 10 seconds
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Balanced skill tree boosts to have better improvements and fewer debuffs
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Hip holsters' position adjusted and now stay in place when looking down to be more comfortable to use
Set across five open-world maps in North America, players are whisked back to a time when they can discover prehistoric creatures and ancient Ice Age civilisations. Neolithic Dawn is a true survival game where factors including hunger, thirst and warmth all have to be accounted for. To maintain that sense of realism throughout, players will have to handcraft weapons and tools, hunt animals, and prepare for the ever-changing seasons.
Neolithic Dawn is available now as an Early Access release on the Horizon Store for Meta Quest. A Steam edition is in development with a launch date coming soon. Neolithic LLC has an expansive roadmap planned during Early Access for Meta Quest in 2025, with further details to be announced.
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About Neolithic Dawn:
An open-world VR survival adventure like no other, Neolithic Dawn has been built exclusively for VR. Become a hunter/gatherer in 10,000 BC North America, taking a journey that will take more than one lifetime. In this unrelenting wilderness, explore dense forests and icy tundras looking for valuable resources. Craft tools and weapons to fight prehistoric beasts, or test your skills and tame them!
About Neolithic LLC:
Started by James Bellian in 2021, Neolithic Dawn was originally a solo project looking to harness the power of VR. Over the past four years, the project and the development team have grown to create an expansive, prehistoric world filled with exciting possibilities.
