Dead Rails Update 0.14.0 (16 May): New Melee System, Potions, Scorched Earth & More

The Dead Rails update 0.14.0 has arrived, and it's a literal game-changer. From a reworked melee system to a brand-new liquid mechanic that lets you drench the map in kerosene, blood, or even unicorn juice, this patch dials up the chaos in all the right ways.

We're talking custom potion crafting, puddles that can ignite or resurrect enemies, and a terrifying new Scorched Earth mode where fire is the least of your problems. Oh, and yes, the Milkman class is real—and the milkier you get, the stronger you become.

Dead Rails Update 0.14.0 Patch Notes (16 May 2025)

Below you can find the full patch notes of the latest Dead Rails update.

• New melee system: melee weapons can be charged in order to do a heavy attack.
• New liquid system: glass bottles will spawn around the map containing liquid, these liquids can be poured into puddles. Players and NPCs can be covered in each liquid, some give special effects. The new liquids are water, milk, kerosene, blood, zombie blood, and unicorn blood. Glass bottles can be used to collect liquids as well.
• Potion creation: Potions can be created by mixing puddles. Unicorn blood is the base of all the potions. I don’t want to spoil too much, but as an example, you can create holy water by pouring water onto a puddle of unicorn blood. There are 4 potions in the game that can be created, each one is super OP, so if you kill a unicorn, make sure to collect its blood.
• Holy water and Molotovs were reworked to use the new liquids system. Meaning Molotovs now spawn physical puddles of kerosene and fire.
• Players can now be set on fire and take fire damage. Players (or NPCs) covered in kerosene will burn longer.
• 10% chance it will rain during a day, 0.5% it will rain a non-water liquid (kerosene, blood, milk, unicorn blood).
• Since unicorns are rare, you can create unicorn blood by striking any puddle with lightning, but it will cut the quantity in half.
• NPCs will leave puddles of blood upon death, these puddles can be collected via glass bottles.
• Arsonist was changed so that instead of doing 2x damage, users of this class are now immune to fire.
• New mode: Scorched Earth. During the day, it rains kerosene, enemies have a 25% chance of spawning on fire and being immune to it, meaning they can set you on fire by hitting you. At night, flaming running zombies will spawn. Classes are not allowed for this mode since the new arsonist class would negate everything. Complete it to complete the new scorched earth challenge.
• Fixed the outlaw turrets at the end.
• New class, the Milkman. The more you are covered in milk, the more powerful you will become…

This update may be a surprise to many, but I promise it will give you a lot more freedom. Here are some examples of things you can do with the liquids:

• Cover an object in kerosene, light it on fire, and throw it at an enemy to set them on fire.
• Make a large puddle of kerosene, lead a horde of zombies through it, then set them on fire.
• Mix liquids to create potions that cover a large area in fire, resurrect dead enemies, and heal players instantly.
• Resurrect a werewolf and set them on fire, in order for them to do fire damage to enemies.
• Cover yourself in a non-flammable liquid in order to move across fire without being burned.

That's basically everything new in the Dead Rails patch on 16 May 2025. It's quite a big update!