Elysium Foliage Reset · Week 250–251 current-player evidence boundary
ICARUS Elysium Foliage Reset: What Week 247 Changed
Quick Answer
ICARUS Week 247 resets foliage and voxels across Elysium, affecting every existing Open World and Prospect on that map. The reset supports terrain and placement cleanup: holes, unreachable voxels, plants inside walls or underground, floating trees, and related map defects. A reset can also make trees, rocks, and shrubs regrow where players previously cleared bases, roads, or sightlines, so that regrowth is an expected side effect rather than proof that the save was replaced. The same update increases harvestable mushrooms in the western swamp and reveals a previously hidden cave and pathway from the eastern swamp toward the volcanic region. The official article does not provide a rollback button or promise that every player-built corridor stays clear.
- Reading time
- 9 minutes
- Difficulty
- Existing-world inspection
- Checked
- 2026-09-26
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Guide details
Before you begin
Understand why Week 247 resets foliage and voxels in every existing Elysium world, what can regrow around cleared areas, and which map changes are intentionally part of the update.
Week 247 Elysium reset scope, regrowth risk, cleanup purpose, western-swamp mushrooms, and eastern-swamp route; no invented coordinates, rollback, or repair.
- Status
- Official weekly-update answer plus current Bing gap review
- Edition
- Week 250–251 current-player evidence boundary
- Platform
- PC · Steam
- Checked
- 2026-09-26
- Check note
- Only the facts stated in the cited official update are treated as verified. Unlisted recipes, costs, controls, recovery actions, later changes, and search metrics remain Unknown.
Before you set out
Prerequisites#
- Apply this guide only to Elysium on Week 247 or later. The official reset statement is map-specific and does not establish the same change on Olympus, Styx, or Prometheus.
- Know whether the save is an Open World or a Prospect. Both existing types are explicitly affected, so an old world is not exempt from the reset.
- Distinguish world terrain and foliage from player structures. The article discusses foliage, voxels, terrain defects, routes, and resources; it does not say that bases are intentionally wiped.
- Preserve the exact build and location when evaluating an unexpected overlap. The source does not publish coordinates for every corrected object or the newly exposed cave.
Why Elysium received a foliage and voxel reset#
The developers grouped multiple map corrections into one reset because foliage resets can disrupt established bases and paths. Week 247 addresses holes in terrain, unreachable voxels, plants spawning inside walls or underground, floating trees, duplicated or poorly placed map objects, and other Elysium cleanup. Bundling those changes reduces how often players face the disruptive side effect. That does not make the reset invisible: vegetation and rocks can reappear in spaces players deliberately cleared. Read the update as a map-maintenance event with both fixes and predictable cleanup work, not as a routine respawn timer and not as evidence that the entire save or player progression was intentionally erased.
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Inspect an existing Elysium world after Week 247#
Use a location-first pass. The goal is to separate expected foliage regrowth from a specific structure, route, or terrain defect that still needs evidence.
Confirm the map and update boundary#
Verify that the affected save is on Elysium and that Week 247 has been applied. The official statement covers all existing Elysium Open Worlds and Prospects. Do not generalize the event to another map just because trees or rocks changed there for a different reason.
Check cleared space around important structures#
Inspect entrances, work areas, power routes, animal paths, roads, and sightlines that depended on removed trees, rocks, or shrubs. Week 247 warns that those objects may regrow in areas players had deliberately cleared. Record the exact overlap before taking action so a normal regrowth case is not confused with a newly introduced terrain defect.
Re-evaluate paths instead of assuming the old corridor remains#
A familiar route may be narrowed or visually changed by regenerated foliage and voxels. Walk critical approaches carefully and compare the current world, especially where a base or transport route used a previously cleared channel. The source confirms disruption risk but does not guarantee which individual objects return at a given coordinate.
Check the western swamp for the intended resource change#
Week 247 increases the abundance of harvestable mushrooms in the western swamp. This is a documented map-side benefit of the reset. The article does not provide a spawn count, fixed coordinate, respawn timer, or guaranteed node, so treat the region—not an invented marker—as the reliable scope.
Look for the newly exposed eastern-swamp route#
Terrain in the eastern swamp was adjusted to reveal a previously hidden cave and a pathway leading toward the volcanic region. Use the live terrain and cave opening rather than a guessed coordinate. The official source verifies that the route is easier to find, not that every approach is safe or that a particular compass bearing is permanent.
Bound any remaining defect before reporting it#
If a structure intersects regenerated terrain, a path is impassable, or an object still floats or clips, record the build, map region, save type, and visible effect. Week 247 fixes broad classes of issues but does not prove that every placement is corrected. Keep the observation specific and avoid claiming total world corruption from one location.
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Expected changes and claim boundaries#
- Expected scope — every existing Elysium Open World and Prospect is affected by the Week 247 foliage and voxel reset.
- Expected side effect — trees, rocks, and shrubs may regrow where a player deliberately cleared a base area, road, approach, or sightline.
- Intended cleanup — the update targets terrain holes, unreachable voxels, underground or wall-embedded plants, floating trees, and related placement problems.
- Western swamp change — harvestable mushrooms are more abundant, but no exact count, spawn timer, or guaranteed coordinate is stated.
- Eastern swamp change — adjusted terrain reveals a previously hidden cave and a pathway toward the volcanic region, without a source-backed coordinate.
- Unknown fields — no rollback button, per-save object list, automatic base repair, compensation, universal cleanup recipe, or later-reset schedule is documented.
Fault ledger
If the reset changed a base or route#
- Trees, rocks, or shrubs returned inside a cleared area
- This matches the documented disruption risk. Confirm Elysium and Week 247, record the affected placement, and use only current in-game removal options. The article provides no rollback or guaranteed automatic clearing.
- A familiar path is blocked or visually different
- Inspect the route under the new foliage and voxel state. Re-establish a safe current path from live terrain; do not assume a pre-update map image still represents every object.
- A player structure appears affected
- Separate the structure from surrounding regenerated world objects and document the exact intersection. The update discusses map foliage and voxels, not an intentional base wipe, but it also does not promise automatic structure repair.
- The new eastern-swamp cave cannot be found
- Use the current eastern-swamp terrain and look for the revealed cave/path toward the volcanic region. No reliable coordinate is present in the saved source, so do not substitute a guessed marker.
- A floating, buried, or unreachable object still exists
- Record the build and location as a bounded remaining defect. A broad cleanup pass is not proof that every instance was removed, and a single instance is not evidence that the whole reset failed.
Field questions
Elysium reset questions#
- Does the reset affect old Elysium saves?
- Yes. The official update explicitly says all existing Open Worlds and Prospects on Elysium are affected. It is not limited to newly created worlds.
- Does it mean my whole save was wiped?
- The cited article says foliage and voxels were reset to support map cleanup. It warns about regrowth around cleared bases and paths; it does not describe an intentional deletion of player progression or every structure.
- Why bundle so many map fixes together?
- The developers say foliage resets can be disruptive, so they aim to bundle fixes and keep resets to a minimum. Week 247 combines terrain, foliage, voxel, placement, resource, and route improvements.
- Where is the new route to the volcanic region?
- The verified scope is the eastern swamp, where terrain changes reveal a previously hidden cave and pathway toward the volcanic region. The source gives no exact coordinate.
- Will there be another Elysium reset?
- The article gives no schedule or guarantee. It states an intention to bundle fixes and minimize disruptive foliage resets, which is not a promise that no future reset will occur.