Special Blocks Guide — Ice, Cobwebs, Lights & Glue

The June 2026 patch expanded the Build and Hide to Survive shop with specialty blocks that reward creative builders without replacing the wood-seat-door core loop. Ice, cobwebs, lights, and glue each solve a narrow problem — emergency roofing, entrance friction, sightline testing, and tight panel bonds — but none of them beats S-tier wood for first purchases.

This guide explains when each specialty item earns its cash cost, how placement differs from standard wood blocks, and which metas pair with the new car build aesthetic. Track future balance changes on our updates page.

Ice Blocks

Ice panels snap like wood but carry a distinct visual profile useful for roofing when your wood count hits zero mid-construction. Gameplay footage shows players finishing sky towers with ice caps after exhausting standard inventory. Ice does not grant extra HP or predator resistance — it is a material substitute, not an upgrade tier.

Buy ice only when wood is unavailable and the round timer still allows placement. Pre-buy wood during intermission instead of relying on ice as a default. Sky base players benefit most because vertical builds consume the highest wood counts from the sky base guide.

Cobweb Traps

Cobwebs place at entrances to slow predator pathing through door gaps. They work best on ground-level box builds and car-shaped hideouts where the predator must funnel through a single opening. Misplaced cobwebs on exterior walls do nothing because lock-on acquires through sightlines, not movement speed alone.

Pair cobwebs with doors for maximum effect: close the door, force the predator to break pathing at the web layer. Do not skip wood or seats to afford cobwebs early — a sealed box without webs survives more rounds than an open structure with decorative traps.

Lights

Light fixtures illuminate dark corners during build phase so you can verify enclosure gaps before sitting. They are quality-of-life tools, not defensive items. Lights help mobile players with small screens spot diagonal roof holes that cause mid-round eliminations.

Lights do not blind or distract the predator. Remove or hide lights before hunt phase if their glow creates a beacon on your structure exterior. Use them in sandbox mode when prototyping, then strip cosmetics for public survival rounds.

Glue

Glue bonds adjacent panels for tighter joints in complex shapes like car builds and multi-room sky bases. Advanced builders use glue to reduce wobble when griefers bump supports during build phase. Glue does not restore deleted blocks or block predator lock-on.

Budget glue after doors and before springs on the tier list for players who already win consistently. Experiment in private servers — glued joints behave differently on mobile touch placement versus PC mouse precision.

Specialty Purchase Order

Follow this order after mastering wood, seat, and door loadouts: lights for build-phase QA, ice as wood backup, cobwebs for ground-box defense, glue for complex aesthetics. Never buy specialty blocks before your plane build survives five consecutive predator phases.

Limited specialty stock may appear in some sessions after patches. Farm cash with corner hides before chasing limited inventory so one experimental round does not drain your progression fund.