Aether & Iron — Patch 1.1.666

Released: 7/6/2026, 11:24:54 PM

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1836560/view/710027547571653319

Summary (AI)

Patch 1.1.666 for Aether & Iron introduces visual improvements to vehicles, environments, and character shadows, along with added crowds and sounds in key locations. Several combat encounters have been shortened or adjusted for better opponent behavior and reduced difficulty, with increased scrap rewards. The update enhances controller support, including navigation, input consistency, and hotkeys, while adding a new tutorial for crew turn order. Quality-of-life changes include faster save/load times through compression, item management improvements, and numerous bug fixes affecting gameplay, UI, and platform-specific issues.

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Improved the look of the Aether Rat Transport vehicle with clearer primary and secondary colors.
Improved opponent behaviour in Heist Escape combat encounter.
Improved the appearance of the Dreamland vault door.
Improved how vehicles of different sizes appear in garages.
Improved character shadows in the Nations Crusade Dance Hall.
Updated button layout when accepting combat and dialogue items and made them more consistent.
You can swap items of equal size by dragging and dropping them on each other.
You can double-click items in other inventories to add it to yours (e.g. buy from a store, or take a combat reward).
Use joysticks and D-Pad to navigate tutorials.