Toaster Arena New Release Brings Patreon Enhancements and Bug Fixes

February 24, 2026

Toaster Arena, the first‑person multiplayer arena shooter, has entered its latest release, introducing a suite of new features, optimizations, and bug fixes as detailed by the development team.

• Patreon Tier 3 feature: Texture and material support for .GLTF character exports, producing smaller export files.
• Intro animation added to game modes.
• Argox voice lines added.
• New Toy Skin for SMG.
• Pirate Patreon Tier 2 skin added.
• Red MX‑Vulcan skin added.
• Factory‑new skin for SMG added.
• Server‑side player logs switched from .json to .txt for easier readability.
• Speed prediction added for AI characters and sentries.
• Optimized Static Mesh Builder mode with conversion of non‑optimized meshes.
• Team‑only invisible walls added to Builder mode.
• Tweaks to player‑data transmission (intended to reduce lag).
• Optimized character texture memory usage (re‑uses materials).
• Rendering tweaks.
• Dedicated server config files changed from .json to .txt (requires re‑creation of existing configs).
• Networking changes for builder‑map loading.
• Vehicles no longer lock passengers when submerged in water.
• Tower map background ship updated.
• Corruption zombies can no longer grab weapons.
• New Features:
  • Texture and material support for .GLTF character exports (Patreon Tier 3).
  • Reduced‑size character export files (Patreon Tier 3).
  • Intro animation for game modes.
  • Argox voice lines.
  • Toy Skin for SMG.
  • Pirate Patreon Tier 2 skin.
  • Red MX‑Vulcan skin.
  • Factory‑new SMG skin.
  • Server‑side logs in .txt format.
  • Speed prediction for AI characters/sentries.
  • Optimized Static Mesh Builder with mesh conversion.
  • Team‑only invisible walls in Builder mode.
  • Player‑data transmission optimizations.
  • Character texture memory optimization.
  • Rendering improvements.
  • Dedicated server config files (.txt).
  • Networking updates for builder‑map loading.
  • Submerged‑vehicle passenger‑lock fix.
  • Updated Tower map background.
  • Corruption zombie weapon‑grabbing restriction.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed crab fish having the wrong name.
  • Fixed Prowler preventing players from entering the turret cannon.
  • Fixed sniper speed‑debuff issue causing speed to set to 0 (array indexing bug).
  • Ava no longer performs jog exercises during patrol duty; Lobby AVA no longer stuck in a constant run state.
  • Updated Patrol AVA collision to allow players to stand on top of her.
  • Fixed faster fire‑rate and double‑damage power‑ups not resetting after player death.
  • Fixed character export failures due to Patreon status not being recognized.
  • Fixed sentries being unable to take damage.
  • Fixed bug allowing players to counter‑grab the player who grabbed them.
  • Fixed mouse cursor not locking after closing the customization menu.
  • Fixed Corruption game mode’s Last Man Standing feature.
  • Fixed ping display on the player scoreboard.
  • Fixed issue with character exports not working due to Patreon status recognition.
  • Fixed sentries not being able to take damage (repeated for emphasis).
  • Fixed bug that allowed players to counter‑grab whoever grabbed them (repeated for emphasis).
  • Fixed mouse not locking after customization menu closure (repeated for emphasis).
  • Fixed Corruption’s Last Man Standing feature (repeated for emphasis).
  • Fixed ping display on scoreboard (repeated for emphasis).

More details are available here.