Rio de Janeiro Remastered

Rio de Janeiro Remastered
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Game mode	Survival
Release date	March 19th, 2025
Creators	Flodo, JienSultan, L2, Zefirka, Leprechaun12, and Nolamo
Sunny urban region located on the southeastern coast of Brazil, south of Canada. Surrounded by the beautiful beaches and natural beauty of the Guanabara Bay, tourist attractions include iconic landmarks like the Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer, and the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro. Recommended for adventurous and experienced survivors.

This page refers to the 2025 version of the map for Unturned (version 3); For the original 2019 version, see Rio de Janeiro Classic.

Rio de Janeiro Remastered is a curated playable map in Unturned. It was created by Flodo, JienSultan, L2, Zefirka, Leprechaun12, and Nolamo. It was released on March 19, 2025, and featured in the 3.25.3.0 patch. The map's creators can be supported by purchasing the Rio Mystery Box, Rio Map Bundle and Skull Sergeant Bundle, as well as the Rio Vaccinator Bundle, Rio National Guard Bundle, and Rio Tamer Bundle.

It is a reimagined urban-survival map centered around the southeastern Brazilian coast, with Guanabara Bay, beaches, iconic landmarks like Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer, and dense city regions. Being a remaster of Rio de Janeiro Classic, it aims to maintain the original map's gameplay and "classic" feel while introducing quality-of-life changes, stylized environment touches, and new gameplay elements to make exploration more challenging and unique.

Remaster Changes

The map had many changes made to it, including:

• All locations have been redesigned from the ground up, with new buildings and layouts;
• A complete redo of the vanilla item pool, with roughly 1500+ items;
• Remodels of old Rio models, particularly the guns and buildings;
• Rehauled visual identity for the entire map;
• 12 brand new animals;
• The Screamer zombie, a new special zombie type exclusive to the map;
• Rewritten lore;
• 17 new vehicle types, from the original map's 2 unique vehicle types;
• Tweaked progression, including blueprint books, a new structure tier, etc;
• New music tracks composed by staswalle and Nolamo;

As for gameplay changes from the original map, the following are only present in the remaster:

• Recipe Books/Crafting Memorization: Players can find recipe books during gameplay; once learned, recipes may become memorized.
• Safezone & NPCs: The “Brocoió Island” serves as a safezone where you can complete quests and trade items. Occasionaly, some NPCs appear over time near the docks to trade or give quests.
• Item Changes: Some items from both the original map and vanilla have gotten changes. For example, eating a can of beans will leave the can in your inventory, health-related items heal over time, etc.

Geography

Rio de Janeiro is based on the real-world Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.

Related achievements

Welcome to Rio Find your way to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sprout Up! Find all 12 hidden sprouts in Rio.

Bookworm Craft your first Encyclopedia in Rio. Broken Chains Defeat the Horder boss in Rio.

Permanent Tourist Become a member of the Brocoió Safezone in Rio. Chaos Theorem Unleash Chaos in Rio.

Gallery

Images

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  The first potential loading screen, depicting the Galeão Airport.
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  The second potential loading screen, depicting the Copacabana Plaza Hotel.
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  The third potential loading screen, depicting the Bangu Mall.
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  The fourth potential loading screen, depicting the Niterói Museum.
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  The fifth potential loading screen, depicting Paquetá island.
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  The sixth potential loading screen, depicting Christ the Redeemer.
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  The seventh potential loading screen, depicting Christ the Redeemer from another angle.
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  The eight potential loading screen, depicting Rio de Janeiro city.
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  The ninth potential loading screen, depicting Santos Joint.
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  The tenth potential loading screen, recreating one of the original map's loading screens, depicting the Sugarloaf Mountain and Rio de Janeiro city. Photo taken by Slacks.
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  The eleventh potential loading screen, depicting the cable car to Sugarloaf Mountain.
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  The twelfth potential loading screen, depicting the Rio de Janeiro city tram.
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  The thirteenth and final potential loading screen, depicting the railway leading to Corcovado Mountain.
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  The Chart render of the map.
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  The GPS render of the map.

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Trivia

General

• Rio de Janeiro Remaster is the second map remaster to be featured and given new achievements, the first being Ireland.
• The Screamer Zombie is an Animal in code, which allows it to wander freely in any given area.
• There are a handful of easter eggs and references to the original map's contents and lore, despite the rewritten lore.
• The "Nelson Bricks" item is a reference to a project Nelson has showcased in The Unturned Podcast, which was a small tech demo with building blocks.
• The NDM Pernambuco is a returning location from the original map, however it returns as a deadzone and military location instead of an NPC safezone.
  • In the original map, the ship was named "NAM Bahia". Both Pernambuco and Bahia are Brazilian states in the northeastern region.
  • Both are also based on the real life destroyer ship, NDM Bahia.
• Having taken place during the map's development, a memorial for Voepass Flight 2283 was included in Galeão Airport.

Cultural

• Several weapons and creatures are based on elements of Brazilian mythology and culture:
  • The Capelobo and Headless Mule enemies are inspired by mythological creatures of the same names.
  • The “Mapinguari” recoilless rifle takes its name from a legendary Amazonian beast.
  • The “Tucunaré” military boat is named after the Amazonian peacock bass fish.
  • The “Guarani” sniper rifles are named after the Guarani, an Indigenous people of South America.
  • The “Serrano” submachine gun is named after a Brazilian Pitbull breed, referencing the Bulldog item from vanilla Unturned.
  • The “Constrictor” and “Maurus” submachine guns are named after Boa constrictor and Epicrates maurus snake species, respectively.
  • The “Calango” marksman rifle is named after a common lizard found throughout Brazil.
• One of the in-game posters references Abaporu, a famous painting by Tarsila do Amaral.
• The Bendegó Meteorite displayed in the Niterói Museum is based on a real artifact, the largest meteorite ever found in Brazil.