Build and Defend Your Raft Updates
Confirmed milestones · early accessThe developer ships new updates every Saturday (promised in the official description) plus near-daily hotfixes, but publishes no changelog page. This timeline is assembled from the official Discord #announcements channel, the official Roblox badges API and the games API "updated" timestamp. Entries marked "inferred" rest on indirect evidence and await in-game confirmation.
Game launches
Raft Pirates launches Build and Defend Your Raft. The launch loop is published in the official description: collect resources, expand the raft, upgrade the Crafting Table, build defenses, then raid other players' rafts and steal their loot. New updates are promised every Saturday.
Badges arrive — Welcome and Meet Frank
The first two badges are added to the game on the same day: Welcome (You joined the game!, 100% freebie) and Meet Frank (55.5% Easy, no description). Both badge creation timestamps come from the official Roblox badges API.
Viral takeoff week
Search interest jumps from baseline noise to real volume overnight as the first big gameplay videos land on YouTube (Giga Dash's 1 Hour VS 100 Hours raft build crosses 50K views within days). GameRant publishes the game's first codes roundup on August 31 and the first dedicated fan wiki sites appear the same weekend.
Small Midweek Update
Official Discord announcement: new user servers, new backpack visuals, hotbar order now saves between sessions (no more reorganizing the backpack every spawn), and bugs fixed with mobile building.
Daily patches continue
The Roblox games API "updated" timestamp advances again alongside the promised Saturday cadence — the dev is shipping near-daily fixes on top of the weekly content drops. No official changelog text is published for these hotfixes.
Peak interest — map tease
Search interest hits its all-time high. In the official Discord #questions channel a team member posts a map emoji, hinting at map content in an upcoming update. Watch the next Saturday patch.