Gameplay update (September 17, 2026)
Rage Roadkiller arrives, Dash works in the air, Guard and Treasure Finder get stronger, cards need 250 defeats, and every infected zone gets services.
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A gameplay patch built from player requests. It adds a roaming boss, changes how three Nano powers work, makes cards quicker to earn and repairs several of the level 9-12 mission chains.
New
- Rage Roadkiller: a new boss, Rage Roadkiller. Each defeat drops three copies of its own crate, the Rage Roadkiller CRATE, and the boss comes back 15 minutes later. The crate holds its own set of rewards plus the Shark Hood and the Monkey Mask.
- Habitat Holmes: Bubbles offers Habitat Holmes at level 15, an investigation that leads from a clue to a Monkey Minion, to Bobby Baboon and back to Bubbles.
- Services in every infected zone: each infected zone now has a Nano Station and a Power Shopkeeper inside.
- Dukey's shop: Dukey sells the Johnny Test Tee, Johnny Test Lab Coat, Turbo Action Backpack, Johnny Test Jetbike and the Dexlabs Vegan Saber.
- Nuclear Plant: the Nuclear Plant infected zone is rebuilt, and Fusion Johnny Test's lair has a working entrance and its own interior.
Combat and Nano powers
- Dash in the air: Dash now works while you are airborne. Double-tap W, A, S, D or an arrow key to dash in that direction, or press the Nano power button. Your active Nano must know Dash, and the usual stamina cost and cooldown apply.
- Guard: Guard cuts incoming damage by 25%, or 30% with a gumball, and keeps its boost and potion protection. It also protects you for half a second after a hit. With a melee weapon, against an attacker in melee range, that grows to one second.
- Treasure Finder: it keeps its old effect and also raises your chance of Sooper and Sooper Dooper C.R.A.T.E.s by 25%, or 30% with a gumball.
- Rockets: rocket weapons aim at the enemy you have selected.
- Guard and Group Recall have new icons.
Cards and items
- Monster cards unlock at 250 defeats instead of 1,000.
- Fusion enemies are removed from the card collection, except Fusion Spawn.
- Dismantling: crushing gear enchanted to +2 or higher returns more materials.
- New drops: Power Painsaw can drop the Painsaw Chainsaw and Nergal Jr. Glasses. Motorilla and Silverback Motorilla can drop the Monkey Mask. Cylomander, Motorilla, Ramcycle, Overclocked Ramcycle, Silverback Motorilla and Sir Cylomaster can drop the Corus Armor Helmet, General Modula Hat, General Steel Helmet, Manus Helmet and Solomon Hat.
- Time To Groove from Larry 3000 now also rewards the Time Squad Cowl.
- The Benwolf Snout is renamed Blitzwolfer Snout and added to the Pumpkin C.R.A.T.E.
- The Dexlabs Vegan Saber's description now calls it a replica of Dark Vegan's lightstick.
Mission fixes
- Progress and waypoints are fixed for Scooter Scramble, Father Time, Nuclear Bore part 2, The Grooviest Fusion part 3 and Time To Groove.
- Father Time: the walk-backwards waypoint is placed behind your character.
- Fusion Dracula's lair: the entrance moved into the Mandark's House infected zone, and its entrance, exit and mission steps work.
- Missions that were added in earlier updates now hand out the rewards they are meant to give.
Other fixes
- Opera on a desktop computer is no longer treated as a phone, so it does not show touch controls.
- A crash that briefly took the whole game offline is fixed.
See also: Combat Changes, Monster Cards, Dismantling, Fusion Lairs and Infected Zones.
