🏆 Coliseum highlights

The arena remembers those who emerged victorious. Now it’s time to leave your mark. Show us your best Colosseum moment for a chance to win a Wooden Crate!

The rules are simple:

• The clip must be your own and recorded in the Colosseum;
• No heavy editing or montages;
• One clip per participant;
• Submit your clip in the comments under this post;
• Submissions are open until August 16, inclusive;
• Rewards will be distributed within two business weeks after the contest ends.

🏟 Step into the arena!

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⚙️ Hotfix [14.08.2026]

Without restarting game servers, the following changes have been applied to Coliseum mode:

🔄 Matchmaking Update

Updated protection against frequent rematches: you won’t face the same opponents again within 10 minutes for EU and 1 minute for NA, NEA, and SEA servers (based on your last match).

🕝 Updated Ranked Time Windows

EU:
Mon–Fri: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM;
Sat–Sun: 12:00 PM – 4:00 AM.

NA:
Mon–Fri: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM;
Sat–Sun: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM.

SEA and NEA:
Mon–Fri: 9:30 PM – 1:30 AM;
Sat–Sun: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | 9:30 PM – 3:30 AM.

Thank you for your patience and feedback! Share your thoughts on these updates in the comments.

Best regards,
The EXBO Team

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👀 Check the Event Hub

The SSPP Contracts event ends on August 19. The Receipts will disappear along with it, so make sure to spend them in the shop before then.

The additional Coliseum challenges will also be removed from the Event Hub, so the upcoming weekend is a great opportunity to complete anything you haven’t finished yet.

✔️ Good luck completing your objectives!

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⚙️ New Coliseum ranked time windows reminder

To ensure faster matchmaking and balanced opponent selection, Ranked mode operates only during designated hours. Playing outside these windows would result in long queue times or unbalanced lobbies.

🕒 Reminder of the schedule:

• EU
Mon–Fri: 2:00 PM–10:00 PM.
Sat–Sun: 12:00 PM–4:00 AM.

• NA
Mon–Fri: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM | 10:00 PM–2:00 AM.
Sat–Sun: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM | 4:00 PM–8:00 PM | 10:00 PM–4:00 AM.

• SEA / NEA
Mon–Fri: 9:30 PM–1:30 AM.
Sat–Sun: 6:00 PM–8:00 PM | 9:30 PM–3:30 AM.

✍️ Please take this into account when planning your games. Join ranked matches during these specific hours — this way you'll find matches faster, avoid lengthy queue times, and be able to climb the leaderboard more smoothly.

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☢️ Memories of STALCRAFT: X promo code

We’re releasing a commemorative promo code available on all platforms, featuring a special nostalgic gift set.

✉️ Enter the code STALCRAFTXVSE and receive a souvenir item bundle:
• Iron Hedgehog Charm.
• Familiar Hideout Decoration.
• One of Our Own Paint for weapons and armor.

Steam players, don’t forget about the DLC with a gift from the bygone era.

⚠️ Please note: the promo code can be redeemed until the end of the year and only on one character.

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📺 We're live!

We're jumping into the game, hanging out with the community, and chatting about all sorts of things along the way. Come say hi, ask us a question, or just kick back and enjoy the stream.

📱 Watch live on Twitch

See you in chat!

🤍 STALZONE

🔫 Coliseum Weekend

Let’s test your predictions: how much rating can you earn over these two days?
Post your estimate in the comments — and then try to beat it.

🕒 Schedule reminder:

• EU
Sat–Sun: 12:00 PM–4:00 AM
• NA
Sat–Sun: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM, 4:00 PM–8:00 PM, 10:00 PM–4:00 AM
• SEA / NEA
Sat–Sun: 6:00 PM–8:00 PM, 9:30 PM–3:30 AM

Plenty of time — jump into Coliseum and push your limits!

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🩸 Show Them What You've Got!

The season is live, time to put your builds and skills to the test. Climb the leagues, keep an eye on the leaderboard in the Bar and fight your way into the top to grab the season's top rewards.

😎 Schedule reminder:
• EU:
Mon–Fri 2:00 PM–10:00 PM
Sat–Sun 12:00 PM–4:00 AM
• NA:
Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–12:00 PM, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM, 10:00 PM–2:00 AM
Sat–Sun 8:00 AM–12:00 PM, 4:00 PM–8:00 PM, 10:00 PM–4:00 AM
• SEA / NEA:
Mon–Fri 9:30 PM–1:30 AM
Sat–Sun 6:00 PM–8:00 PM, 9:30 PM–3:30 AM

📹 And since the Coliseum is already in the spotlight, join the contest for the best clip! Show off your most memorable moment for a chance to grab a wooden crate. Submit your entries here.

🤍 STALZONE

🤖 Q&A with the NPC AI department

We are going to collect questions you may have for our AI department. This department works on the behavior of entities controlled by the game. In STALZONE these are usually represented by Mutants and humanoid NPCs.

If you're curious about their behaviour, both in combat and just the world in general, as well as plans about their future development, you've come to the right place.

💬 You can leave your questions on our Discord server.

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📺 Coliseum stream announcement

We're going live with a Coliseum gameplay stream tomorrow!

The stream will feature your questions from the thread, live Q&A with chat, and a guest from the dev team.

❗️ Keep your questions relevant to the game mode — off-topic or toxic questions will be skipped.

Going live Monday, August 17 at 5:00 PM UTC. See you there!

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🎉 Giveaway is live on X!

Head over to our X, follow, and drop a comment with your in-game nickname and region (EU, NA, NEA, SEA) to enter.

📱 x.com/stalzone_game
Runs from August 17 to August 24, 14:00 (UTC).

🎁 30 winners will be selected. We'll announce the list once the giveaway ends, good luck!

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🎙 Coliseum stream is live now!

We're breaking down mechanics and talking about the mode's development and future plans.

📖 Here's what's on the lineup:

• Going through the questions you left in the thread;
• Chatting with viewers and responding to reactions in real time;
• Featuring a special guest from the development team — Zubzalinaza.

📱 Join us here

🤍 STALZONE

📣 Server Maintenance

We will be performing server maintenance in the EU, NA, SEA and NEA regions:

📆 19 August, 2026

06:00 - 11:30 (CEST)
12:00 AM - 05:30 AM (EDT)
01:00 PM - 05:30 PM (GMT+8)
03:00 PM - 06:30 PM (KST)

❕ Schedules may change due to unexpected problems.

🚧 STALZONE servers will be unavailable during maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and patience.

Respectfully,
EXBO Team

🤍 STALZONE

⚙️ Extension of server maintenance [19.08.2026]

Server maintenance has been extended until 11:00 (UTC).

We apologise for any inconvenience. We’re working hard to bring the servers back online as soon as possible.

Respectfully,
EXBO Team

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🚀 Game servers online

🖥 Server maintenance is completed, game servers are back online. The following changes are now available in the game:

• The trade interface has been fully redesigned — it now provides clearer visual feedback and responds more precisely to your actions.

• Map marker settings have been expanded. For each marker, you can now choose where it appears: only on the map, only in the world, everywhere, or nowhere.

• Fixed an issue where a container with an active Polyhedron artefact would be unequipped when changing locations.

• The case-opening sound now always plays when reopening a case using the “Open more” button.

• Added damage to structures to the 23x75 Barricade round. This stat was previously hidden.

Jump in, test the changes — and have a nice raid!

🤍 STALZONE

A legend to everyone else. The gold standard of artificial psychosis to the best of the best.

👤 By Swamp Home

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