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Rooted

TBA (Early Access)•Headlight Studio•PC

A post-apocalyptic cooperative survival game set near 2100, in the ruins of a civilization destroyed by global bacteriological warfare. Explore alone or with up to 6 friends, scavenge and salvage relics of the past, craft tools and weapons, build and fortify your camp, and navigate encounters with wildlife, hostile survivors, and deadly machines. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, the game emphasizes exploration, base building, crafting, and adapting to an evolving world reclaimed by nature. Developed by Headlight Studio.

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Rooted

A complete overview of Rooted, the open-world survival game set roughly 20 years after a bacteriological war near the year 2100. Developed by Headlight Studio on Unreal Engine 5.6, Rooted features co-op for up to 6 players, base building, crafting, hunting, contaminated zones, and a 30+ square kilometer map. Over 1 million Steam wishlists and 133,500 alpha registrations.

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Headlight StudioMar 2 Food ManagementMar 2 CraftingMar 2 EnemiesMar 2 The MansionMar 2

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A guide to gardening and farming mechanics in Rooted. Farming was introduced in patch v0.0.2.111 alongside wood farming, allowing players to grow crops and harvest lumber as renewable food and resource sources.

Contaminated Zones

A guide to contaminated zones in Rooted. These areas are filled with deadly spores from the bacteriological war, requiring respirator masks or antidotes for protection. Drones can scout contaminated areas safely, and zones follow a forest-to-city progression of increasing danger.

A guide to weapons in Rooted, including the M4A1 assault rifle, Glock pistol, three weapon categories (salvaged classics, futuristic 2080-era tech, player-crafted), the training range near The Mansion, hunting traps, and combat animations.

A guide to all enemy types in Rooted, including hostile survivors, dangerous wildlife, and ROTOR Corporation robots. Covers AI behavior, scaling difficulty, and combat tactics for each threat category.

Systems6

A guide to the salvaging system in Rooted, covering how players break down junk items into usable crafting resources. Salvaging works alongside scavenging to fuel the crafting and base building progression loop.

Character Customization

A guide to character customization in Rooted, covering the Mutable character system introduced in v0.0.2.319, male and female characters, dynamic skeletal meshes, interactive backpack physics, drone companion, clothing tied to sewing skills, and seasonal cosmetic events.

Food Management

A guide to food management in Rooted, covering the three food sources (hunting, fishing, gardening), water collection and purification, cooking mechanics, campfire fuel types, and the temperature system that affects survival.

A guide to base building in Rooted, covering modular construction, free-rotation placement, multiple base support, securing existing structures, building tiers, and the revamped build menu with keyboard shortcuts.

World2

The Mansion is a central location in Rooted, serving as a hub area with interior rooms, a Manor Memorial photo gallery, and a nearby shooting range for weapon practice. Interior collision was fixed in patch v0.0.2.362.

A guide to animals and wildlife in Rooted, including the deer added in January 2026, dangerous wildlife enemies, the planned hunting system for Phase 3, fish traps, and swimming mechanics introduced in v0.0.2.80.

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Bacteriological Warfare

The lore behind Rooted's bacteriological war, which occurred roughly 20 years before the game's events near the year 2100. The war released deadly spores that contaminated vast regions, collapsed governments, and forced survivors into a hostile wilderness reclaimed by nature.

ROTOR Corporation

ROTOR Corporation is a pre-war technology company in Rooted that manufactured autonomous robots in the 2080s. Their machines, resembling Boston Dynamics-style quadrupeds and bipeds, continue operating decades after the bacteriological war and represent the most powerful enemy type in the game.

General2

A complete overview of Rooted, the open-world survival game set roughly 20 years after a bacteriological war near the year 2100. Developed by Headlight Studio on Unreal Engine 5.6, Rooted features co-op for up to 6 players, base building, crafting, hunting, contaminated zones, and a 30+ square kilometer map. Over 1 million Steam wishlists and 133,500 alpha registrations.

A guide to multiplayer in Rooted, covering solo and co-op gameplay for up to 6 players, drop-in/drop-out, in-game VOIP, optional friendly fire, and planned PvP servers after the full release.

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