Permanent Server Merges in Once Human Will Begin September 16 With 2 Scenarios
Character levels and supplies will transfer, but scenario task progress will reset and some territories may be packed up during migration.
Once Human will begin a phased merge of its permanent servers on September 16, 2026 (PT), starting with every permanent server for The Way of Winter and Deviation: Survive, Capture, Preserve in each region. Starry Studio outlined the plan, which aims to bring players in the same region and scenario together, in a Steam dev blog.
South America, Japan, Korea, and HK & MO & TW will also be the first regions to receive the Manibus permanent server merge. Merges for Manibus and Endless Dream in other regions will arrive in later versions, with the timing announced ahead of time.
How the permanent server merge will work
Within each region, all permanent servers for the same scenario will move into one brand-new permanent server with enough worlds prepared for the incoming population. Once a merge begins, the original servers cannot be restored.
The new overseas server names will be Manibus (Permanent), W_Winter (Permanent), E_Dream (Permanent), and Deviation (Permanent). Character Level, Supplies, Tech Level, and other character data will transfer without loss, while hive relationships will also move to the new server.
Task progress is the main exception. Progress from the original server will be reset to the current scenario challenge tasks and rewards, giving new and returning players the same task structure after the merge.
Territories may need to be placed again
Starry Studio plans to keep territories at their original coordinates as much as possible, and players who shared a world will be placed together in the same new world whenever the rules allow it. Overlapping coordinates, world capacity, and changed region rules mean some territories may still be packed up.
Players whose territories are packed up will receive compensation through in-game mail and can use territory relocation to choose a new location. Facilities placed by other Metas in your territory will be refunded automatically. Facilities you placed in someone else’s territory will also be refunded when that Meta logs in, with all refunds delivered by mail.
Players should claim mail attachments and rewards before the September 16 version update and leave enough space in their mailbox. Full mailboxes could cause older messages to be cleared by the system.
The Way of Winter has 3 special rules
The W_Winter-Y0001 and W_Winter-Y0002 permanent servers are being merged across the scenario’s 1.0 and 2.0 versions. Characters from those 2 servers will receive special handling after entering the new The Way of Winter server:
- Tech points and Tech Level will reset to zero, then the matching Tech points will be sent by mail within 3 business days to restore the Tech Level.
- Thermal Tower Tech will be cleared, with the related Tech unlocked within 3 business days.
- The Public Thermal Tower area will become a no-build zone. Territories that overlap it may be packed up, with compensation sent by mail.
New worlds will have population and building limits
The merged servers will receive enough worlds for the opening population, but the number can later increase or decrease based on server conditions. If the population grows too high, another permanent server for the scenario may open after an advance announcement.
Each world will also have several limits. When its online player cap is reached, other players will need to switch worlds, although players whose territories are in that world can still enter it. Certain game modes will have their own activation caps, and worlds that reach their territory limit will stop accepting new territory placements.
Because players from the same region and scenario will no longer be split across separate permanent servers, the server merge reservation feature will close at the same time as the merges begin.
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Once Human
Developed by Starry Studio
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
- Genre Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
- Perspective Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release July 9, 2024
- Publisher Starry Studio
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