BattleBeasts

BattleBeasts is a survival game set on Shima, a planet whose unique resources draw adventurers from across Galaxy BB-79. Mysterious effects have made Shima’s artificial intelligence hostile to intelligent animal species. You gather resources, build shelters and claim territory, hunt wild animals, craft equipment and vehicles, and investigate the planet’s mysteries to understand what is happening.

Shima and its dangers

The first location is an 8 × 8 km island of forests and lakes. Day and night bring different ways to explore its mysteries and find resources. The island also has abnormal areas where life is at high risk, and dangerous resources are found in remote anomalous places and among hostile creatures. Safe zones are located at bases; to obtain resources and develop, you must build a shelter outside their walls. Defensive forts can be built and fought over elsewhere.

The island’s threats include combat cyborgs and ownerless robots that attack intelligent species, as well as wild animals. Mobs have motion sensors, see well in the dark and react to sounds and explosions, making them difficult to kill or catch.

Build and craft

You use resources such as wood and stone to build shelters. Choose a suitable site, then improve every part of the structure—the foundation, walls, doors and roof—because any unimproved element can break and let intruders in.

A grid-based inventory lets you plan, save resources and craft items. You can research new items and their settings, including weapons, armor and transportation, and customize objects with distinctive properties. The world also contains ammunition boxes to unpack and storage that can be opened with tools.

Resources include common building materials, scarcer necessities such as water and food, and unique quest resources. These can recharge vehicle batteries, upgrade shelters and make unique items, among other uses. Rarer resources are harder to access.

Creatures and equipment

You can choose from different intelligent beast characters. The game includes sci-fi weapons with different settings and skins, as well as armor and vehicles, including hoverbikes. Character types and the appearance of many skins or objects are shaped by community voting.