Build and Defend Your Raft Saturday Patch Checklist
New updates every Saturday. Walk the ring, open the Shop, then raid — in that order.
The Roblox description for Build and Defend Your Raft ends with a schedule: new updates every Saturday. Until Raft Pirates publish a blog, that sentence is the patch calendar. This page is the checklist you run after the weekly load, not a fake bullet list of guns we have not seen.
The launch snapshot lives on the updates hub. Codes live on codes. This page is the ritual.
Before you queue on Saturday
Screenshot Friday’s raft: ring, table, guns, chest room. If a piece vanishes after the update, you will want the picture. Favorite the place and open the Raft Pirates group wall in a browser tab.
After you load
- Do not raid first. A recipe change can delete a wall while you are in the water.
- Walk the perimeter. Count doors. Count spikes. See how to defend.
- Open the Crafting Table. Screenshot the list. Note anything new or missing.
- Open the Shop redeem box. Compare with the codes hub. Redeem only real strings — how to redeem.
- If you use scripts, keep them off for the first session. Stale pastes break more often on patch day. How to use scripts.
- Only then take a light steal kit to a pallet that still looks like hour one.
What a silent patch can still change
- Wall or spike snap points (your S-tier layout grows a hole)
- Table costs (your wood pile is suddenly not enough)
- Cannon range or placement rules
- Harpoon feel (auto loot scripts die here)
- Shop UI (the redeem box moves)
- Physics on barrels (float feels different under a fight)
We will add dated notes here when a change is confirmed in-game. We will not invent a changelog to look busy.
Confirmed timeline so far
- 28 Jul 2026 — place created, loop published: collect, expand, upgrade table, defend, raid.
- 31 Aug 2026 — public codes roundup still lists zero working and zero expired codes.
- 1 Sep 2026 — place updated. Treat that as a Saturday-adjacent drop even if you logged in Sunday.
- 2 Sep 2026 — live listing sits near 1.42 million visits and about 4.2k playing, 6.5k favorites. Still no working codes. Next Saturday window is 6 Sep.
When the next Saturday adds a named piece, it will get a row on gear and defenses, not a rumor paragraph.
Crew patch protocol
One person walks the ring. One person checks the table. Nobody prints a palm until both say the hull is legal. Solo versus crew applies on patch day even more than on a normal night.
If the game will not load
Wait. Roblox experiences hitch when a popular Saturday drop lands. Do not reinstall. Do not download a “patch fixer” EXE. That is malware. Retry, or hop a server. The official place is the only client.
Why the checklist is boring on purpose
Patch day is when people donate rafts. They are excited, they swim, they come home to a missing wall. Be the boring owner. Your chests will still be there when the hype queue thins.
Codes on patch day
People will paste fake strings in chat the minute a Saturday icon appears. Ignore them until this wiki’s codes hub or the Shop itself accepts a value. A mistyped “update code” is how you stand still in the GUI while someone boards. Redeem after the ring walk, not instead of it.
If a real code lands, spend it with what codes give before you raid. A boost that expires in the water is a patch-day joke at your expense.
Pin this page next to raft priority and the loot checklist. That trio is the weekly kit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for raft builders and raiders.
Does Build and Defend Your Raft really update every Saturday?
The official description says yes. Confirm in-game after you load. This page is the checklist for that cadence.
Should I raid right after the patch?
No. Walk the ring and screenshot the Crafting Table first.
Where are the detailed patch notes?
Raft Pirates have not published a public blog yet. We log confirmed changes here instead of inventing guns.