SAND: Raiders of Sophie is heading offline for Update #2

SAND: Raiders of Sophie was scheduled for server maintenance on July 3, 2026, with the studio saying the downtime would start in about 45 minutes from the post. The work was expected to last 30 to 45 minutes, after which Update #2 would go live.

The patch centered on a fix for the server issue that left players stuck on the Connecting screen, along with BattlEye adjustments, movement work, trampler collision changes, and a long list of expedition and economy fixes.

Patch Notes

Update #2 also brought a wide balance pass. The biggest changes touched 80mm cannons, 70mm ammo, the Triple Barrel shotgun, turret loading, and several item sell prices. The studio also listed a few known issues that were still being tracked.

Update #2 changelist

• Fixed an issue that caused servers to become unavailable, and players were stuck on the “Connecting” screen
  • Because of thіs issue, we reverted yesterday’s update
• Improved BattlEye behavior to decrease false-positive bans
• Occlusion changes that will have a minor positive effect on game performance
• Additional improvements to the character movement
• Improvements to the trampler collisions
• Decreased the number of shakes and glitches during the collision between tramplers
• Possibly fixes issue when character would fly in the air after the collision between tramplers
• Possibly fixed the issue that trampler parts would be invisible but you would still be able to interact with them
  • Let us know if you will still encounter this issue after the patch
• Fixed oversaturated boxes and props in the lobby
• Fixed that trampler stability didn’t affect speed
• Fixed energy rod selling price on the contract platforms from 450 to 50Fixed the issue where a character’s body may remain in the air after death
• Fixed the issue that you could make additional shots from autocannon by pressing the right mouse button
• Another round of improvements to the character controller. Including but not limited to:
  • Fixed issue with getting stuck on difficult terrain
  • Fixed several issues with parkour
  • Fixed different issues with movement
  • Fixed issue with flickering names on the landing cutscene
  • Improvements to the hit registration
• Improved occlusion for the compartments on the trampler
  • There are still some cases where compartments might occlude, and we’ll fix them in the upcoming updates
• Grenade pin no longer gets pulled automatically in Outlaw controls
• Improved upiors’ behavior
  • Now has collision with player
  • Their movement is now less twitchy
  • The overall behavior is more responsive and more natural
  • Upiors can now use cannons (except shotguns)
  • They will leave the cannon when the player gets close to them
• Added a gas giant next to the Sophie
• Improved design for some of the pop-ups
• Fixed issue for some of the crew compartments where character would respawn outside of the compartment
• Fixed exploits where items could be duplicated
• Fixed the issue when some doors may be restored improperly after fixing the Compartment with a Repair kit
• Fixed the issue where, visually, the door is displayed as broken after being fixed with a repair kit
• Fixed the issue where the expedition will end for the player even though their teammates are still alive. This would also cause issues with receiving the loot after the expedition
• Fixed the issue where players could get into the compartments by sliding on the entrance group ladder
• Fixed the issues where Toggle and Combine Sprint settings didn’t work as intended
• Fixed the issue where matchmaking preferences were not saved between Expeditions
• Fixed the issue where incorrect crew sizes were shown during loading

Balance changes

• Increased Recoil for 80mm Cannons
• Increased T3 80mm cannon reload time from 2.5 to 3 sec
• Base and low recoil 40mm ammo now have slightly better range (150m/s -> 200m/s and 100m/s -> 150m/s)
• Added 20% more projectiles for regular 70mm Ammo (42 -> 52)
• Decreased siege damage of regular 70mm Ammo by 20% (30 per pellet -> 25 per pellet)
• Added 5 more meters before the damage starts decaying for regular 70mm Ammo (35m -> 40m)
• Decreased fire rate of Triple Barrel shotgun by 30%
• Projectile amplifier radius decreased from 15m to 5m
• Manually loading turret from the container now transfers shells from the container into the turret’s inventory instead of actually loading it (thank you for the tip Peanut)
  • This is now called “Transfer Content” instead of “Load Turret” to avoid confusion
• Loot containers will spawn slightly less pneumatic parts
• Increased Canned Sea Deer XL sell price from 100 to 500
• Decreased MedKit sell price from 50 to 20
• Increased Sell price of Small Valuables and Valuables by 1 crown (3 -> 4, 6 -> 7)
• Ironclad Crate slot changes (12M -> 1L and 11M)
• High-tier resources orbital stack size increase (50 -> 75)

Known issues

• Character can get stuck at the top of the ladder
• Character may become transparent in Spectator mode in some cases
• Character cannot crouch while carrying the Repair Kit
• The Character cannot enter the Expedition if the Invite has been accepted at the Tutorial pop-up background
• Items may be displayed inside of the character’s body in some cases
• Character may become invulnerable to melee damage while interacting with turrets or the steering wheel

If you are jumping back in after the maintenance window, share your thoughts in the comments, and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram for more gaming updates.

Source: Steam