Physics & Wedge Update

Do not confuse this with Drilling Thunder

Physics & Wedge shipped on December 5, 2024 as Early Access update 0.7.0. Scrap Mechanic 1.0 / Drilling Thunder shipped on July 24, 2026. Guides that treat wedges as a 1.0 exclusive are wrong — wedges predate Drilling Thunder by more than a year.

For the 1.0 chapter, read Drilling Thunder what’s new and the updates log.

What Physics & Wedge added

• Smart physics — improved creation-to-creation collision and stability for complex vehicles.
• Wedge blocks across materials for smoother shapes — see wedges and shapes.
• Network improvements for multiplayer builds.
• Creative QoL and selected Survival ship parts unlocked in Creative.

Hotfixes 0.7.1–0.7.3 followed within days for network speed, wedge physics, and save sync. 0.7.4 (March 2026) was a security hotfix only — it did not unlock Chapter 2.

Enabling Smart physics on old saves

If an older Creative or Survival save feels like pre-0.7 physics:

1. Open Options → Gameplay.
2. Set Physics quality to Smart.
3. Save and retest suspension-heavy machines.

New 1.0 worlds already assume the post-0.7 physics stack plus later engine work.

Why this page exists

Returning players often ask “are wedges new in 1.0?” — no. They are a 2024 foundation that 1.0 still uses. Keep wedge tutorials under building and treat Drilling Thunder as the story/mining/schematic chapter instead.

Related pages

• Wedges and shapes
• Creative Mode
• Updates
• Drilling Thunder what’s new