General Changes

  • Main menu and gameplay hud have both received updates.

  • Made various changes to the in-game economy.

  • You now get brief invulnerability when respawning during gameplay.

  • Survival games now have multiple lives.

  • Guest mode is now available for non members.

 

Social Features 

Brand new social features are now available in Squid Game: Unleashed. 

  • Crews: Form groups of up to 100 players to more easily keep up with friends.

  • Text Chat: Global, Party, and Crew chat are now available.

  • Voice Chat: You can now communicate with party members via voice chat.

    • Voice chat is available while playing in a party.

    • You must be signed into a Netflix account to utilize voice chat features.

  • Player Profiles: Track and view various stats from your gameplay.

 

Item Changes

 

Item Swapping:

We’ve adjusted item swapping timing so it’s easier to pick up fresh items after using another.

 

Melee Improvements: 

We’ve sped up all melee item attack speeds (Baseball Bat, Knife, etc.)! Also, you’ll now keep your item if you hit a player protected by shields.

  • Faster & smoother attack speeds.

  • Keep items if you hit an Invulnerable player.

 

Power-up Item Adjustments:

We’ve lowered the base duration of Long “power-up items”. However, certain Characters have access to longer-duration versions of these items!

  • Shield duration reduced to 3s (from 6s).

  • Shoe duration reduced to 3s (from 6s).

  • Dalgona duration reduced to 3s (from 6s).

 

New Item: Skateboard: 

We’ve added a spicy new platforming item similar to pogo and available for two characters, Dani and Jackie. (see character ability updates)



Character System Upgrade

 

Character progression in general has received a big update. 

  • Level Cap Increase - Max Character level is now 20 (up from 11).

  • 3 Abilities - Characters can unlock 3 different Abilities (up from 1).

  • Fun at Level 1 - You have access to the first perk at level 1; unlock the other 2 as you level-up.

  • Upgrades - You unlock 3 upgrade tiers for all your Abilities as you level-up.

 

Character Change Breakdown:

Characters have also received ability and rarity updates, with some being reworked from their previous Ability. 

Ace

We’ve added some synergistic Abilities to accompany his Golden Bat.

  • *New* Rarity: Rare 

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Bat Specialist - Start with a Bat. Chance to find Bats in Mystery Boxes. 

  • Golden Bat - Chance of converting a Bat into an unbreakable Golden Bat. 

  • *New* Bat Speed - Gain a speed boost after hitting with a Bat.

Beatriz

We added more Abilities to reinforce her Pogo theme, and rebalanced the Bonus Pogo change rate.

  • *New* Rarity: Uncommon

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Pogo Specialist - Start with a Pogo. Chance to find Pogos in Mystery Boxes. 

  • Bonus Pogo - Chance for additional uses of a Pogo. 

  • *New* Pogo Safety - Gain invulnerability after using a Pogo.

Binnie

We’ve tweaked his specialization from bat to shoe - something more fun and useful for beginners. 

  • *New* Rarity: Common

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Shoe Specialist - Start with a Shoe. Chance to find Shoes in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Lasting Shoe - Your Shoes last longer. 

  • *New* Shoe-Bat Combo - Chance of gaining a Bat after using a Shoe.

    • Nod to his old Smuggled Bat Ability

Carl

Carl now has more Abilities to reinforce his Pogo theme!

  • *New* Rarity: Uncommon

 

New Abilities:

  • Pogo Specialist - Start with a Pogo. Chance to find Pogos in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Shockwave Pogo - Chance Pogos you gain push players away on use. 

  • *New* Pogo Speed - Gain a speed boost after using a Pogo.

Dani

We’ve built Dani’s kit around a special new item: the Skateboard!

  • *New* Rarity: Rare

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Skateboard Specialist - Start with a Skateboard. Chance to find Skateboards in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Skate Speed - Gain a speed boost after using a Skateboard. 

  • *New* Skate-Bat Combo - Chance of gaining a Bat after using a Skateboard.

  • No longer a Shoe specialist (we think Skateboard is way more fun, and hope y’all do too)

Deok-su

We’ve expanded on his murderous knife theme.

  • *New* Rarity: Uncommon

 

New Abilities:

  • Knife Specialist - Start with a Knife. Chance to find Knives in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Knife Speed - Gain a speed boost after hitting with a Knife. 

  • *New* Knife Safety - Gain invulnerability after hitting with a Knife.

Diego

Diego’s new kit expands on the strong dodgeball concept.

  • *New* Rarity: Uncommon

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Dodgeball Specialist - Start with a Dodgeball. Chance to find Dodgeballs in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Dodgeball Speed - Gain a speed boost after throwing a Dodgeball. 

  • *New* Dodgeball Safety - Gain invulnerability after throwing a Dodgeball.

DJay

His bat Ability was fun, but it wasn’t strong enough in the new world, so we’ve made a Shoe-Bat hybrid theme!

  • *New* Rarity: Rare

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Shoe Specialist - Start with a Shoe. Chance to find Shoes in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Shoe-Bat Combo - Chance of gaining a Bat after using a Shoe. 

  • *New* Bat Speed - Gain a speed boost after hitting with a Bat.

Emmi

Emmi now has even more access to Snowballs (not just Rocks, sometimes)!

  • *New* Rarity: Epic

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Snowball Specialist - Start with a Snowball. Chance to find Snowballs in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Multi-Snowball - Gain additional uses of Snowballs. 

  • Rock - Chance of converting a Snowball into a lethal Rock.

Front Man

Now even more deadly.

  • *New* Rarity: Legendary

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Knife Specialist - Start with a Knife. Chance to find Knives in Mystery Boxes. 

  • Golden Knife - Chance of converting a Knife into an unbreakable Golden Knife. 

  • *New* Knife Speed - Gain a speed boost after hitting with a Knife.

Geum-ja

We’ve pivoted her kit to a more thematically appropriate (and powerful) Knife specialization.

  • *New* Rarity: Rare

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Knife Specialist - Start with a Knife. Chance to find Knives in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Knife Safety - Gain invulnerability after hitting with a Knife. 

  • *New* Knife-Shoe Combo - Chance of gaining a Shoe after using a Knife.

Gi-hun

We stuck with his original Dalgona theme, but tweaked it to reflect the harder edge he’s grown into.

  • *New* Rarity: Legendary

 

New Abilities:

  • Dalgona Specialist - Chance to start with a Dalgona. Chance to find Dalgonas in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Shockwave Dalgona - Chance Dalgonas you gain push players away on use. 

  • *New* Dalgona-Knife Combo - Chance of gaining a Knife after using a Dalgona.

Jackie

We’ve re-tailored Jackie’s kit to more exciting and thematically appropriate items: Fireworks and Skateboards.

  • *New* Rarity: Rare

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Firework Specialist - Start with a Firework. Chance to find Fireworks in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Big Firework - Chance of converting a Firework into a stronger Big Firework. 

  • *New* Firework-Skate Combo - Chance of gaining a Skateboard after using a Firework.

Kara

We’ve re-established Kara’s role to be a solid defensive option for starting players.

  • *New* Rarity: Common

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Shield Specialist - Start with a Shield. Chance to find Shields in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Lasting Shield - Your Shields last longer. 

  • *New* Shield-Dodgeball Combo - Chance of gaining a Dodgeball after using a Shield.

Nia

We’ve expanded on her kit, which already centered around Dalgonas.

  • *New* Rarity: Epic

 

New Abilities:

  • Dalgona Specialist - Chance to start with a Dalgona. Chance to find Dalgonas in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Shockwave Dalgona - Chance Dalgonas you gain push players away on use. 

  • *New* Bonus Dalgona - Chance of gaining use of a Dalgona.

Raja

We’ve re-centered Raja’s Abilities around the Bat - specifically his new super-strong Cricket Bat.

  • *New* Rarity: Uncommon

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Bat Specialist - Start with a Bat. Chance to find Bats in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Cricket Bat - Chance of converting a Bat into a stronger Cricket Bat. 

  • *New* Multi-Bat - Gain additional uses of Bats.

Rin

We’ve expanded Rin’s Shield theme with some new gadgets.

  • *New* Rarity: Uncommon

 

New Abilities:

  • Shield Specialist - Start with a Shield. Chance to find Shields in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Shockwave Shield - Chance Shields you gain push players away on use. 

  • *New* Shield-Bat Combo - Chance of gaining a Bat after using a Shield.

Sae-byeok

We’ve rebuilt Sae-byeok’s kit to be more befitting a Legendary character.

  • *New* Rarity: Legendary

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Knife Specialist - Start with a Knife. Chance to find Knives in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Item Stash - You can hold additional items. 

  • *New* Melee Speed - Gain a speed boost after hitting with a Melee Weapon.

Spud

Big upgrade for Spud.

  • *New* Rarity: Epic

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Bat Specialist - Start with a Bat. Chance to find Bats in Mystery Boxes.

  • Spiked Bat - Chance of converting a Bat into a lethal Spiked Bat.

  • *New* Multi-Bat - Gain additional uses of Bats.

Thanos

Thanos has been a bit of a menace, so while he’s still strong, we’ve brought his power level more in line with systemic changes to power-up items (including Dalgona), and reducing the proc rate on his (and other Dalgona Users) Specialist (formerly “Special Dalgona”) Ability.

  • *New* Rarity: Epic

 

New Abilities:

  • Dalgona Specialist - Chance to start with a Dalgona. Chance to find Dalgonas in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Lasting Dalgona - Chance Dalgonas you gain last longer. 

  • *New* Bonus Dalgona - Chance of gaining additional uses of a Dalgona.

Yong-sik

We’ve converted from his Firework theme to a similar but more thematic Flying Stone theme, like the game he aced in Pentathlon.

  • *New* Rarity: Rare

 

New Abilities:

  • *New* Dodgeball Specialist -Start with a Dodgeball. Chance to find Dodgeballs in Mystery Boxes. 

  • *New* Flying Stone - Chance of converting a Dodgeball into a lethal Flying Stone. 

  • *New* Bonus Dodgeball - Chance of gaining additional uses of a Dodgeball.