Peak dropped an update today and it's genuinely good for anyone who bounced off the base experience. Aggro Crab and Landfall added custom expedition settings, which means you can finally tune the misery to your liking. Want to climb without fall damage? Turn it off. Hate spiders? Gone. Too busy to deal with hunger? Disable it. The full six-biome gauntlet is still there if you want it, but now you've got options.

What Custom Settings Actually Change

The toggles are: fall damage, spiders, hunger, and weather effects (snow storms and wind). That's a solid list. Weather especially can completely change how a run feels, so having that as an option is useful rather than gimmicky.

The tradeoff is that custom expeditions don't reward badges. Makes sense. If you're playing on easy mode, you shouldn't get the same progression as someone doing it straight. No complaint here.

Grapple Mode (Stupid)

This is in the update and the name is accurate. Grapple Mode (Stupid) gives every player a rescue claw with unlimited uses. If you've been running Peak with the popular mod that bumps the player limit from 4 to 20, this mode now exists specifically to keep that chaos from becoming unplayable. Sixteen people falling off a mountain with infinite grappling hooks sounds like a good time, actually.

Mini Runs Are Useful

Mini run mode lets you play a single biome instead of all six in sequence. Peak has six biomes total, and running all of them back to back is a commitment. This is good for learning specific biomes, shorter sessions, or just messing around without carving out two hours. Campfires still save your progress as long as you get back before the daily map changes, so the core loop is intact.

Still $8

Nick Kaman (co-creator) made a statement about the price back in January. The game costs $8. That's it. And they're adding this stuff for free. The custom settings alone make this a different game for people who wanted to play with friends but found the default settings too punishing. At $8, there's basically no argument against trying it.

If you already own Peak, update it and try Grapple Mode (Stupid) with a full group. If you don't own it, this update is a decent reason to finally pick it up.

Source: Pcgamer