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title: Calamity goes Hog Wild!
date: 2026-04-02
author: Calamity Team
tags: [announcement, news]
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# Calamity Dev Newsletter: April 2026
<cite>(written by the Calamity Team, edited by carnymassacre + Ozzatron)</cite>

<h2 class="text-center">Calamity goes Hog Wild!</h2>

Hiya folks!

Happy Easter to those who celebrate! We hope you’ve been enjoying the Brainstorm update!

We’re very pleased to see the response the update has received over the past couple of months. Thank you very much for your continued support through this new era of Calamity history.

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<div class="divider-text"><span>Makin' Bacon</span></div>

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<a>With the hotfix period over...</a> we can now look to the future and make moves towards streamlining the production of future updates.

We have an appetizer for you guys to chew on that will be coming in the near future!
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<h2 class="text-center">Version 2.2 - “Hog Wild”</h2>

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Calamity will be releasing the “Hog Wild” update soon!
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<i><a>“Hog Wild”</a></i> will be a smaller update which will introduce some fun and wacky new items, accessories and critters, as well as expand on a few existing items added in the Brainstorm update.

The main course of this meal is some new flavors of pork! The Piggy has received some love and has met some exotic new friends.
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  <figcaption>A Tale of a Cruel Hog.</figcaption>
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### Test your luck with the Tinkerer’s Voucher. *May the odds ever be in your favour.*
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  <figcaption>Let's go gambling! Aww, dang it.</figcaption>
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### Pull out the Trusty Old Rod and fish up some surprises.

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  <figcaption>Fish fear me.</figcaption>
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### Unearth the Elumphant from the ice, and freeze enemies in their tracks.
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  <figcaption>Mega Mammoth Cube.</figcaption>
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<div class="divider-text"><span>Take life one hog at a time.</span></div>

But that's not all! There's a bunch more oddities arriving for you to get your hands on as well. It'd be silly if we didn't leave some surprises.

This update has been something we’ve enjoyed making in the time between our larger, more serious content patches, and we look forward to seeing you all mess around with these new goodies!

<i>(The builds featured in these teasers were made by LordMetarex, TYESKI and StipulateVenus for the purposes of showcasing these new items. They are not world generated structures and are not part of the Hog Wild update.)</i>

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<h2> In The Meantime... </h2>

As our 10th anniversary draws ever closer, we hope you’re as excited as we are to celebrate what is a huge milestone for the team and the Calamity community as a whole.

That’s all for now. We always appreciate you taking your time to read through these newsletters. When we’re ready to release Hog Wild, we’ll be sure to let you know!

See you again soon!

_- Ozzatron and the Calamity Mod Team_