# Unreal World Gets Fundamental Update

> Unreal World's 34-year-old survival game gets a major clothing update in October.
- Title: Unreal World Gets Fundamental Update · PC Gamer | Shortify
- Summary: Unreal World's 34-year-old survival game gets a major clothing update in October. Unreal World, a 1992 survival game with a Guinness World Record, will add…
- Keywords: unreal world, sam maaranen, enormous elk, clothcrafting, survival game, october update, guinness world record, crafting, Unreal, World, Gets, Fundamental
- Source: PC Gamer — https://pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/a-fundamental-update-for-this-34-year-old-survival-game-is-coming-in-october
- Published: 2026-09-28T20:28:16+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: unreal world, sam maaranen, enormous elk, clothcrafting, survival game, october update, guinness world record, crafting
## Unreal World's 34-year-old survival game
Unreal World launched in 1992 and remains the first open world survival game with a Guinness World Record.
## Creator plans no end to updates
Sami Maaranen, the game's creator, has no plans to stop updating it after achieving one feature, he always has two more waiting.
## Fundamental clothcrafting update coming
The October update brings fundamental new clothcrafting features requiring days to craft complex garments.
## Crafting costs significant resources
One screenshot shows Heta bartering for nine feet of linen cloth using a hunting bow, five arrows, and a handaxe.
## Heta haggles over cloth price
Heta is haggling over the price of nine feet of linen cloth, which makes an undershirt.

> Heta is haggling over the price of 9 feet of linen cloth. That's just the length required for making an undershirt
## Heta makes socks over nights
Heta has spent several moonlit evenings making socks for herself, with few more evenings to go before trying them on.

> Heta has spent several moonlit evenings making socks for herself. Few more evenings to go, and she can finally try them on.
## Crafting satisfaction in survival game
The game's creator says characters spend evenings crafting garments to enjoy the satisfaction of making good-quality clothing.
## Key takeaway

Unreal World, a 1992 survival game with a Guinness World Record, will add complex clothcrafting features requiring days of crafting to complete in its October update.