This is a list of features that will be added to Scrap Mechanic at some point in the future. These features have been mentioned in devblogs and on Twitter.
Near Future[ | ]
Features that will appear in the next few planned updates.
- A major content update for Survival Mode, referred to as the "next chapter"
- Quests
- Mining island
- New, mostly underground area of the world
- Accessed as part of a quest
- Can tunnel underground using a vehicle
- Structures
- Underground Propane Station
- Involves recharging a large "Freight Battery" that loses charge over time and needs a vehicle to transport it
- Grow Labs
- Inhabited by Green and Yellow Tapebots
- Underground Propane Station
- Cablebot
- Very small
- Attack in swarms
- Attach to and eat away at vehicles
- Can leech battery and fuel from Engines and Consumable Containers
- Trash Bot
- A boss robot
- Found on the roof of Warehouses
- Shoots either a stream of sticky goo or goo-coated trash bags
- Trash bags explode into items, including Bananas, Redbeets, and Mannequin Boots
- Red Totebot
- Small Explosive Canisters on its head
- Explodes when attacking
- Spawns at the Propane Station
- Yellow Totebot
- Stomp attack that can destroy blocks and parts
- Blue Totebot
- Can swim
- Attacks with a drill mounted on its head
- Green Tapebot
- Shoots rolls of bubble wrap, which deal less damage compared to tape rolls
- Yellow Tapebot
- Shoots ink blobs that can slow down Mechanics
- Minerbot
- Can fly
- Rock shower attack
- Drill Spawner
- Drilling vehicle that shoots out robot capsules
- Chili Pepper
- Farmable crop
- Attracts an unspecified type of robot
- Possibly used in cooking a new food item that resembles a slice of pie (seen in Devblog 19)
- Sticky Wheels
- Wheels that stick to surfaces
- Stickiness can be toggled
- Use Chemicals as a resource
- Draw from connected Chemical Containers
- Plasma Drill
- Can drill through some rocks found in the mining island
- Can drill faster than the standard drill
- Plasma Saw
- Battery Generator
- Powers up a Battery Container placed inside it when its handle is spun
- Can be spun with either the Sledgehammer or an arm on a Bearing powered by an engine
- Turret Seat
- Rotates with the camera
- Wedge blocks
- Sawbot
- Used to craft wedges
- Ore Collector
- Ore Crusher
- Extracts minerals from ore
- Ore Prospector
- Refines gravel produced by Ore Crushers
- Baby Craftbot
- Similar to the Mini Craftbot, but can be crafted and attached to creations like a Craftbot
- Limited crafting capabilities
- More compact, making it more suitable for vehicles
- Cable roll crafting part
- Multi-component kit
- Fire Extinguisher
- Puts out fires
- Useable resource, like Fertilizer
- Gold
- UV Grow Bed
- Can place a Soil Bag inside
- Requires power from an Electric Engine to function
- Schematics
- Unlock crafting recipes at Craftbots
- Scrap Spudgun
- Reduced range
- More projectile drop
- Lower damage
- Spud Launcher
- Shoots flaming potatoes
- Warehouse changes and additions
- New story elements and associated quests
- Access to the Encryptors, so they can be disabled or removed
- New Clothing
- T-Shirts
- Outfits
- Welder
- Miner
- Tuxedo
- Woc
- Glowb (possible)
- Backpacks for the Farmer and Farmhand outfits
- New Garment Box variant
- Pink with a heart on it
- New Garment Box textures with patterns
- The ability to load blueprints with the Lift in Survival
- Will require the items needed to build it
- Digital clock
- Displays the time
- Can activate connected parts at a configured time of day
- Digital sign
- Three sizes
- Can customize text color
- Boombox
- Larger than the Radio
- Plays music
- Weather
- Fire spread
- Blocks and parts listed as flammable will catch fire
- HUD compass at the top of the screen
- Respawn Bed rework for balance reasons
- Initially planned that beds would break after five uses, with an updated model to indicate the remaining uses
- Final rework plans yet to be determined[1]
- Raid overhaul
- "PROTECT YOUR FARM" message when the raid starts
- New HUD element
- A segmented meter with a seed icon
- Possibly indicates how many crops are left
- Small flame icon
- Possibly indicates raid level
- A segmented meter with a seed icon
- Attacking robots will target specific marked crops
- Food and water bars show amount restored as a number and regenerate over time instead of instantly
Far Future[ | ]
Features that will not be appearing for a while.
- Dedicated servers
- Server admin commands
- Propellers
- Wings
- Possible Mac support
- Achievements
- Purchasable game Soundtrack in steam page
Undetermined[ | ]
Features that have been mentioned without any sort of specified time frame.
- Leaked Outfits found in current Clothing Sets
- Spacehiker
- Duck
- Jetpack (Possibly a backpack only item)
- Folders for saved blueprints
- Ladders
- Jetpack
- More than two binds per key
- Controller support
- Remote activation
- Activate parts that belong to other creations
- Ropes with physics
- Exo-Suit
- Likely a form of armor
- Modifies player movement in some way, possibly by increasing speed
- Scrapyard biome
- Inhabited by a new type of Robot that looks similar to a bulldozer
- Yellow color
- Inhabited by a new type of Robot that looks similar to a bulldozer
- Possible Xbox One and PS4 support[2]
- New wheel variants with "some fun extra features"[3] (possibly referring to the Sticky Wheels coming out in Chapter Two)