STALZONE Patch Rebalances Electrostorm Event and Adds Typhoon Scout Supplies

The September 9, 2026 patch for STALZONE, authored by Morty, centers on a significant rebalance of the Electrostorm event and its Forge-11 instance, alongside a handful of bug fixes and a new cosmetic/supply offering.

What changed

Electrostorm & Forge-11 rebalance

• The maximum number of players per Forge-11 instance has been reduced.
• Three Lightning Rods are now active simultaneously during Electrostorm, up from an implied lower number.
• The mutant-kill requirement for the Destroy Mutants task drops from 500 to 300.
• Artifact spawns after eruptions are reduced by 28%, scaled to the lower player count.
• Snares and Mug now share the same post-eruption drop chance as Larva, Black Hole, and Timber.
• Lightning Rod artifact rarity chances are reduced to offset the third Rod, though total artifact output from Rods increases overall.
• Spawn chances for a named list of artifacts generated by Lightning Rods have been specifically reduced: Dumbbell, Amberite, Frame, Bracelet, Steel Hedgehog, Scrubber, Snake Eye, Polyhedron, Gum, Helium, Transformer, Mirror, Spiral, Shard, Atom, Prism, Sun, Radiator, and Viburnum Branch.

Bug fixes

• The Internal artifact could incorrectly drop from the ZIVCAS Raid event — fixed.
• Zombie, ZIVCAS, and Mutant events failed to spawn in some Forge-11 instances — fixed.
• Event tooltip reward icons displayed incorrectly — fixed.
• A timer element issue related to Lightning Rod and Chronor has been addressed (note: source text is truncated here).
• The Burrow at Forge-11's center now routes to a player's faction base.
• Season Pass progress points are now displayed.

New content

• The Typhoon Scout Supply pack has been added, described as containing survival essentials suited to Zone conditions.

The Forge-11 changes collectively shift the event toward smaller, denser groups with more frequent but less extraordinary artifact rewards — a deliberate effort to recalibrate the event's economy.