Once Human's Isles of Abyss expansion arrives on PlayStation 5 today, October 22, according to a post on the PlayStation Blog, which called it the survival game's largest free expansion to date. The scenario is already open to players, MassivelyOP reported.
The expansion adds five oceanic regions. The PlayStation Blog said players begin on a starter island and can take the remaining four in whatever order they choose, with resources gathered on the islands feeding naval technology and deep-sea materials in turn improving land-based gear and bases.
An ocean that fights back
In the PlayStation Blog's description the ocean is a single conscious entity called the Sunken Lord: the water surface is its body, while staring lighthouses called Towers and spectral ghost ships called Voyagers act as its manifestations. It listed hazards including thick fog, violent black tides and skies that rain temporal fire, and said players clear regional bosses anchored in colossal towers before confronting the Sunken Lord itself.
MassivelyOP reported that the islands range from humid tropics to frosty tundras and that some, designated Haywire Zones, carry their own effects, among them fog that thickens as a player's health drops and time rain that continuously drains item durability. It described the scenario's ocean as PvE-only, with a separate RaidZone version that adds PvP.
Ships, phases and rewards
Players start on a wooden raft and can build, customise and upgrade it into what the PlayStation Blog calls a mobile Sea Fortress, doubling as a forward base, workshop and artillery platform, and can form fleets with other players. MassivelyOP said boats can be fitted with ship cannons, some of which unlock during a scenario's second phase, and that the first phase runs roughly five to 10 days while the second lasts 11.
MassivelyOP listed beachcombing for blueprints, sea fishing, underwater exploration and seaborne points of interest including voyager bases and a calamity tower among the scenario's activities, alongside new gear, enemies and deviation pets. It said dyes have been extended to more fashion sets and that morphed deviations can be found in Nolcott scenarios until December 30.
On PS5 the expansion uses DualSense haptic feedback and adaptive trigger resistance during naval combat, and the console's SSD to move between land, sea and underwater areas, the PlayStation Blog said. The expansion is free and the game is free-to-play.
