Planet Coaster 2 Update 12 and the Spooktacular Pack: everything that's new
Photo Stand-Ins, Reaction Points and free decals in Update 12 — plus walkthrough attractions, seven new rides and the return of the Spooky theme in the paid Spooktacular Pack.
Just in time for Halloween, Frontier released Update 12 for Planet Coaster 2 on October 29 — together with the sixth DLC, the Spooktacular Pack. The update is free for everyone; the pack is paid and brings the big new feature: walkthrough attractions. Here is everything at a glance.
The free Update 12
Photo Stand-Ins
Guests now stop and pose behind cut-outs for photos. There are five themed stand-ins (Aquatic Resort, Mythology, Planet Coaster and Viking) plus a plain cut-out you can design yourself.
Reaction Points
This is the one I am most excited about for building: when guests come into range of a Reaction Point, it can trigger an Event Sequencer. You set the range and how guests react — No Reaction, Admire, Scared, Excitement, Selfie, Dance or Fireworks. Think preshows, animatronics that wake up as guests walk by, or little dance spots along the main street.
Everything else
25 free damage and dirt decals
New "Scared" and "No Reaction" options for Event Points and Vista Points
Trees move less in the wind
The scenery grid is easier to see when building at night
Event Sequencers pick a sensible default length depending on the audio (music 2 minutes, ambience 1 minute, SFX their own length)
Three new speakers: ground, rock and lamppost
For Silver Screen DLC owners: the Cornell Butterworth flag in the souvenir shop
The Spooktacular Pack (paid DLC)
The pack costs 18.99 € / $18.99 / £14.99 and is all about Halloween. Update 12 is required to play it.
Get the Spooktacular Pack on Steam 18.99 € · Update 12 required
Walkthrough attractions
You build attractions from several sections that form a path for guests to follow, and you can trigger events along the way with the new Reaction Points. Guests react to the scenery around them, which creates one of four atmospheres: scary, funny, exciting or interesting. Careful though — too much scary scenery and guests panic and leave early. Over 30 blueprints are included, both complete attractions and individual sections to combine.
Seven new rides
Spectre (Big M's Rides) — a coaster with animated track pieces, a multi-track turntable and a jumping track
Sledge (Jerry St Lauer) — a classic wild mouse
Inverted Dark Ride (Bosetti) — an inverted, rotating dark ride
The Huntsman — a tracked ride
Rumpus Room, Ballista and Horror Heights — three new flat rides
Two themes, new entertainers and music
The new Spooktacular theme with over 400 scenery pieces, props, animatronics and building parts
The Spooky theme from the original Planet Coaster returns with over 350 pieces — and King Ghoster with a brand-new look
New entertainers Queen Scream and Wigglebones
14 new music tracks across both themes, new sound effects, ambiences and triggerable special effects
Three Spooktacular Photo Stand-Ins and new gift shop items
My first impressions
[Your take: what you tried first, what surprised you, what you want to build. Link the review once it is up.]
All details come from Frontier's official 1.12.0 update notes.