{"id":230804,"date":"2025-10-02T06:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2150656"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:12:42","slug":"returnals-latest-patch-once-again-aiming-to-make-more-deceased-scouts-appear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/returnals-latest-patch-once-again-aiming-to-make-more-deceased-scouts-appear\/","title":{"rendered":"Returnal’s latest patch once again aiming to make more Deceased Scouts appear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Developer Housemarque has released a new patch<\/a> for its PlayStation 5-exclusive sci-fi roguelite Returnal, this one aiming to increase the number of Deceased Scouts appearing during player run-throughs, among other things.<\/p>\n

Deceased Scouts, in the very possible scenario you’ve yet to see one, are supposed<\/em> show up while playing with an online connection, and represent other players who’ve died while attempting to best the horrors present on the planet Atropos. The idea is that players can either scavenge or avenge these corpses to increase their ether or gain other rewards, but many have reported a distinct lack of Deceased Scouts in their game since release.<\/p>\n

Housemarque initially attempted to fix the problem with Returnal’s ill-fated 1.3.3 update, which was pulled after players began reporting it was corrupting save games. A follow-up patch<\/a>, officially known as 1.3.6, reinstated most of bug fixes yanked alongside 1.3.3 with the exception of those missing Deceased Scouts. Which brings us to today.<\/p>\n

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Developer Housemarque has released a new patch for its PlayStation 5-exclusive sci-fi roguelite Returnal, this one aiming to increase the number of Deceased Scouts appearing during player run-throughs, among other things. Deceased Scouts, in the very possible scenario you’ve yet to see one, are supposed show up while playing with an online connection, and represent other players who’ve died while attempting to best the horrors present on the planet Atropos. The idea is that players can either scavenge or avenge these corpses to increase their ether or gain other rewards, but many have reported a distinct lack of Deceased Scouts in their game since release. Housemarque initially attempted to fix the problem with Returnal’s ill-fated 1.3.3 update, which was pulled after players began reporting it…<\/p>\n

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