Satisfactory gets weird for a month with the adorable, festive FICSMAS event

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Satisfactory released its big 1.0 update this year to pretty much universal acclaim from critics and record player numbers, the blend of first-person survival and factory building giving a unique flavor that's hard to put down once you get going. I think some of us figured that'd be it, but now developer Coffee Stain Studios has rolled out a revamped and upgraded version of their FICSMAS holiday event for its 1.0 version. Having happened throughout early access, FICSMAS is an in-game holiday that releases giant gifts, surprises, and an entire new research tree of stuff to mass produce for the pure holiday spirit of it all.

As in prior years you'll be able to research and produce festive items like tinsel, trees, bows, ornaments, and more to work toward a special goal: A spectacularly decorated giant FICSMAS tree. Along the way you unlock special skins, placeables, toys, and equipment that match the spirit of the event. I'm a particular fan of the gingerbread truck and wintry gift-wrapped drone.

There's a lot going on that's new for this 2024, finished game edition of FICSMAS, the biggest one of which is an adorable advent calendar of sorts that pops up in your HUB building and dispenses new rewards every day. We had one of these before, but this time it'll dispense special data cartridges that you use in your MAM to unlock parts of the special FICSMAS research tree.

To get started with FICSMAS just load up your Satisfactory world, then visit the HUB for details on the calendar and stay vigilant for giant FICSMAS gifts that'll fall from the sky within about 300 meters of your pioneer. You'll also go into the MAM and work your way down the research tree to get stuff like conveyor belt skins that have the holiday vibe, culminating in the FICSMAS Wonder Star as a tree topper for your giant FICSMAS tree—a seasonal corollary to your classic Satisfactory space-elevator-driven megaproject.

Alternately, if you're about to let out a big ol' humbug, you can turn of FICSMAS in