ICARUS Week 241 Adds Single Barrel Launcher and Reverts Screw Recipe

ICARUS's Week 241 update, published 17 July 2026, introduces a new weapon category — the Launcher — with its first entry being the Single Barrel Launcher, a Tier 2 device designed to fire grenades with greater precision than hand-throwing.

According to developer Exctoris, the Launcher grew out of work on Elysium missions, where the team first created the Flare Gun and then saw potential for a more generalized platform. The Single Barrel Launcher is positioned as an early taste of a tiered system, and the name itself is described as a hint toward what higher tiers may look like.

What changed

• New weapon archetype: Single Barrel Launcher (Tier 2), fires grenades with improved accuracy over manual throws
• Steel Screw recipe reverted: output ratio restored from 1→10 back to 1→100, following community feedback on last week's change
• Pouch/Bag weight fix: contents weight was not being calculated or updated correctly
• Food buff removal fix: on clients, clicking the remove button was only clearing the UI element, not the underlying effect
• Underground debuff fix: debuffs were not being cleared when using the unstuck command inside caves

The update also previews a new Workshop item arriving next week, though no further details are provided in the source.

For players, the screw revert is an immediate quality-of-life restoration, while the Launcher marks a deliberate expansion of utility combat options that the developers indicate will continue across future tiers.