Our buggiest update yet is here | Super Natural (v2.2)

The first playable Super Bugs have joined the fight and the Museum of Super Natural History has opened its doors in the Super Natural Update!

Fishing and bug catching have received their biggest update yet, with the new museum for your bug collection, functional aquarium tanks at Super Sea Land, a day-night cycle in the Social Hub alongside new critters and catching tools.

And competition gets fiercer too with the new Bullpup burst rifle joining the rotating weapon lineup alongside SAW vs. Rebellion updates including a new Merc class and class helmets.

Highlights

The Museum of Super Natural History and functional aquarium tanks display your bug and fish collections
First-ever playable Super Bugs arrive: Super Moths & Ants
Day-Night Cycles arrive in the Social Hub, with certain fish and bugs appearing only at specific times
30+ new bugs and fish to catch
Bug Detectors and Fish Food help you track down nearby bugs and improve fishing pools for everyone nearby
The Super Natural Pass brings cosmetics themed around bugs, fish and nature, while the Super Natural Starter Pack includes the Super Luna Moth and unlocks Super Moths early in the Research Lab
The Bullpup, a new burst rifle, joins the rotating weapon lineup with enough bark to match its bite
Uzis & Dualzis permanently join the weapon pool
SAW vs. Rebellion receives the new Merc class, custom class helmets, smarter bots, and more quality-of-life improvements
The New Chat Experience (Beta) on PC lets you message Discord friends directly between SAR and Discord, alongside a fully redesigned in-game chat box

There's a lot packed into this update, and the trailer above gives you the quick tour. We also invited SAR Content Creators to explore it early, so you can watch their first reactions to everything new here:

Now, let's stay a while and take a gander at everything in the Super Natural Update!

Museum of Super Natural History

The Museum of Super Natural History has finally opened its doors after months of beaver construction! This new point of interest is more than just a staging ground for your gunfights. Its exhibits let you show off your bug collection, and when you're in a party, you can view your friends' collections too!

But what about the fish?

Super Sea Land's aquarium tanks are now fully functional, displaying your fish collection or the collections of your friends. We've wanted to bring these tanks to life ever since we first added Super Sea Land in the Sea Legs Update years ago, so we're super excited to see them swimming with your very own fish at last!

Exterminators Beware: Super Bugs Are Here

The highly requested Super Moths and Super Ants have joined the fight as Super Animal Royale's first playable Super Bugs!

Super Ants can be unlocked in the Research Lab at level 10:

Super Ant
Super Blue Ant
Super Fire Ant
Super Army Army Ant

Super Moths can be unlocked at level 70:

Super Moth
Super Red Moth
Super Grey Moth
Super Rosy Moth

Super Natural Pass

With such a nature-themed update, a nature-themed Animal Pass only made sense, naturally. The Super Natural Pass celebrates the arrival of Super Bugs and the grand opening of the Museum of Super Natural History with new cosmetics inspired by bugs, fish and nature, as well as the Mini Elephant pet and Shrug emote.

During this season, the Super Natural Pass will be available for a discounted price of 550 SAW Tickets.
As always, Animal Passes never expire, so you can continue working on passes you own from previous seasons on your second track, or purchase previous ones from The Archive for 750 SAW Tickets.

Super Natural Starter Pack

Like a moth to a lamppost, the Super Natural Starter Pack is here!

The Super Natural Starter Pack includes:

Luna Moth Dress
Lamppost Melee
Super Luna Moth
Bonus: Super Moth instant unlock (get it before reaching level 70)
600 SAW Tickets

The Bright Future Starter Pack and Alien Overlord Starter Pack will also remain available for one more week before going into the vault.

Fishing & Bug Catching Upgrades

The Social Hub and collecting are getting a lot of quality of life additions this update!

Day-Night Cycle

The Social Hub now has a (Super) natural Day-Night Cycle! Along with bringing new ambience to the island, certain fish and bugs only appear during the day or at night. Many NPCs and Mini Animals will even settle in for some sleep after dark, but you can still wake NPCs up to chat or continue their quests. All "come back tomorrow" quests now reset with the next in-game morning too, rather than making you wait a full real-world day!

You might be wondering: will this come to other game modes? The short answer is that we're not sure yet, but it's possible, and we'd love to hear what you think after trying it in the Social Hub. For now, matches will still be set during either the day or night from the beginning of each round, but let us know if you'd like us to explore bringing the full cycle to matches in the future!

30+ New Bugs & Fish to Catch

We've added 30+ new bugs and fish to discover across the island, with some only available during day or night! Good luck tracking them all down. Thankfully, the Museum staff have some new tools to help with completing your collections…

Fish Food & Bug Detectors

Introducing Fish Food and Bug Detectors! These new utility items can be purchased with Carl Coins from Museum staff members stationed around the Social Hub and carried in a new utility slot in your inventory.

Fish Food can be thrown into fish pools to make fish bite and respawn faster for everyone fishing there.
Bug Detectors reveal nearby rare-or-higher bugs, show how far away they are and how much longer they'll be available. Indicators are shared with everyone in your party too!

Both tools make collecting with friends more active and engaging, while helping everyone fill out their collections!

To learn more about how the new tools work, visit Tantalus the Super Moth at the Museum of Super Natural History and Berryessa the Super Raccoon at Super Sea Land to start their new quests. Accomplished collectors will also find additional new quests from Wild Bull Hickok and Nibbles.

New Weapon: Bullpup Rifle

Thomas Sledison has been working on the long-requested burst rifle and is proud to unveil the Bullpup, a gun with enough bite to match its bark! He wanted to call it the DAUG, but the SAW higher-ups decided that was one pun too far.

The Bullpup fires in three-round bursts, making it ideal for mid to long-range combat, and holds 21 rounds per clip. Scoping in using the creep button also provides a small zoom.

The Bullpup can be found in Common, Uncommon, and Rare versions across all game modes, with an epic tier exclusive to the Tier 2 Merc class in SvR, and will take over the daily weapon rotation slot until Tuesday, July 21st.

Uzis & Dualzis Become Permanent

Uzis & Dualzis are graduating into the permanent weapon pool! They were among our best-received rotating weapons, so they now have kill tracking and a full set of milestone skins alongside some balance adjustments (detailed below) to better define their role in the full lineup.

Weapon Balancing

We've made several balance changes to better define each weapon's role, with a particular focus on our rotating weapons. As the weapon roster continues to grow, we'll keep looking for more ways to expand their availability.

The range of Uzis and Dualzis has been reduced by approximately 22%, positioning them more clearly between shotguns and the SMG.
X-Ray Cannon now uses 3 Superite ammo per shot and no longer breaks armor, but still deals damage through it.
Blunderbuss reload time has been reduced from 1.8s to 1.5s.
Bwoking Launcher ammo capacity has been increased to 6, and time between shots reduced from 0.50s to 0.45s.

SAW vs. Rebellion Improvements

SAW vs. Rebellion has received new additions and improvements thanks to all the feedback you shared when we asked what you'd like to see next! We received more great ideas than we could fit into one update, including some that would need more time and a larger SvR refresh, so we're keeping those in mind for the future and you can keep the feedback coming.

New Class: Merc

A new class has entered the rotation: Merc! You'll spawn with a randomized loadout drawn from rotating weapons and others that don't normally appear in SvR, with possibilities including the Bullpup, Dualzis, Bwoking Launcher, X-Ray Cannon, and Blunderbuss. With so many different combinations, you'll need to adapt your strategy to whatever equipment you're dealt!

Class Helmets

Each class now has its own helmet, making them easier to identify at a glance. The helmets are also shown on the class selection screen, alongside how many of your teammates are playing as each class.

Bot Improvements

Bot improvements were one of the most popular requests, so we've adjusted how they rotate between and defend flags:

Bots stick around flags while a teammate is capturing them.
Bots that capture a flag will remain there and defend it for a short time.
Some bots will visit team-owned flags more often and hold their position there briefly.

Save Multiple Tier 2 Upgrades

Changing classes no longer resets your progress toward tier 2, so you can switch more freely and even have tier 2 upgrades ready to activate across multiple classes at once. Each upgrade can still only be activated once before you'll need to earn it again.

New Chat Experience (Beta) on PC

The chat box on PC/Mac has been redesigned to make it easier to keep up with your squad and team, and, for the first time, chat with your Discord friends without leaving the game!

To enable Discord DMs and friend invites, open BananOS, select the Social button in the top right, and sign into Discord from the Discord tab. You'll then be able to message Discord friends directly from SAR and receive their replies in dedicated in-game DM tabs.

New Chat Feed and DM tabs make it easier to switch between All, Squad, and direct messages, with more messages visible at once and cleaner formatting
DM conversations are remembered throughout your play session and can be closed individually with a mouse or controller
New tags identify Discord messages, developers, moderators, and Founders Edition owners, with clearer team colors for squads, SvR, and Bwoking Dead
The quest tracker now fades when the chat box overlaps it to give the chat box more room
SvR flag captures no longer clutter the chat feed
Once Discord is linked, DMs from all your Discord friends appear in SAR chat by default. In Settings, you can limit incoming Discord DMs to conversations started from SAR or Discord friends you've messaged during that session, keeping unrelated conversations hidden.
If you'd like to prevent all Discord DMs from appearing in SAR while keeping Discord friend invites enabled, open the Discord app and go to Content & Social > Connected Games.

New in SAW Shop

For those looking to relax on the island, or look extremely cozy while eliminating the competition, the Cottage Bundle has arrived!

The Cottage Bundle includes:

Cottage Hat
Cottage Dress
Cottage Glasses

To match the island's new, and totally natural, day-night cycle, the Moon Weapons Bundle and Sun Weapons Bundle have also landed in the shop!

The Moon Weapons Bundle includes:

Moon Shotgun
Moon Bow & Sparrow
Moon Dualzis
Moon Silenced Pistol

The Sun Weapons Bundle includes:

Sun SMG
Dogna's Sun Dartfly Gun
Sun Uzi
Sun M16

The SAW Shop is also stocked with a new emote, a sharp new melee weapon, and the strongest apron around:

Sleepy Emote
Vegetation Scythe melee
Abs Apron

Mini Mart has also welcomed two new Mini Animals:

Mini Pigeon
Mini Hyena

New in Carl's Cart

Carl has stocked his Cart with an assortment of new items for the buggy new season, including a few that pair nicely with cosmetics from previous Animal Passes.

Potted Plant Gravestone
Cockroach Antennae
Ladybug Cap
Ladybug Antennae
Butterfly Antennae

Code LOVE Update & Super Plush Shark

Two new rainbow cosmetics have arrived! Redeem code LOVE2026 to get your paws on the Rainbow Sunglasses and Rainbow Scarf before they move into Carl's Cart at the end of July.

The SAW Lab Labs have also created the Super Plush Shark, now available permanently in the Research Lab!

Twitch Drops: Explore the Wilderness in Style!

With all the time you'll spend exploring the island for new creepy crawlies and fish, you'll need an outfit fit for the expedition! Earn the Scout Set by linking your Super Animal and Twitch accounts on the SAR Drops website and watching Drops-enabled SAR streamers on Twitch:

Scout Outfit
Scout Dress
Scout Cap

The campaign runs until Friday, July 31st!

Updates, Improvements & Bug Fixes

While we're welcoming plenty of new bugs to the island, we've also been squashing some old ones and making improvements to performance, quality of life, and more! A few changes arrive on PC first, and will be ported later to consoles.

Quality of Life & Other Improvements

Added a setting to use default weapon sounds for your own weapon skins
Mini Animal pets now remain idle and quiet while you're fishing to avoid spooking the fish
Servers will now make additional attempts to find a non-ocean gas circle in Animal Royale
Reduced the volume of the Legendary Fish sparkle sound
Updated the style of the Museum NPC indicator icon
Bwoking Dead and SvR matchmaking in the South American region will now use North American servers to reduce mode splitting. This may result in higher ping for players in the region, but should help create fuller matches
PC ONLY: Added a setting to mute audio while the game is alt-tabbed
PC ONLY: The Low VFX Quality setting now also disables UI blur effects, which may improve performance on lower-end devices
PC ONLY: Increased some party matchmaking time limits to help reduce errors on the ferry scene
PC ONLY: Added icons to each Settings category button

Performance & Optimization

Updated the Spine SDK to v4.2 and changed some animation file imports from JSON to Bytes for faster loading
Reworked floor textures in SAW Research Buildings 1 and 3 and the Health Juice Factory to use smaller tiles and stamps, reducing memory usage with minimal visual differences
Several game objects are now reused between scenes to reduce memory allocations and fragmentation, including environment objects, roofs, ground textures, and zip-lines
Reduced memory allocations during map loading
Adjusted several audio import settings to reduce memory usage during gameplay

Bug Fixes

Fixed a missing wall on the right side of Crocodile Club
Fixed a long-standing issue where changing direction while rolling could cause some incoming shots not to register
Hopefully fixed a rare throwable desync issue that could occur after using bananafied weapons
Fixed glasses not appearing on the Preview FX screen
Fixed grenades sometimes leaving behind a shadow when client simulation finished after the server
Fixed respawn serum disappearing in private matches
Fixed some dialogue buttons using the game language instead of the selected story language
Fixed typos in NPC dialogue
Fixed an error that could occur when loading in near a player who was emoting
Fixed overly bright lighting while freely moving in Ghost Mode
Fixed players being able to drink Health Juice while using a respawn tank
PC ONLY: Fixed Social menu not opening on Steam Deck
PC ONLY: Fixed equipped weapon skins sometimes not carrying over into the next match
PC ONLY: The minimap no longer fades due to phantom mouse input when playing with a controller or on Steam Deck

What's next?

Super Summer Royale kicks off next week on Tuesday, July 7th with new challenges, cosmetics, and Super Animal breeds to unlock!

After that, we'll be working on another small midseason update for later in the summer, followed by our next major update and new season, v2.3, in the fall. Now that we've ticked off most of the items from January's roadmap, we're planning to put together another one, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

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We hope you enjoy our super buggy update and have as much fun playing it as we did making it. See you on the island, Super Animals!

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