What Are Pacific Drive Anomalies? Explained and Listed

Pacific Drive Cover ImageIn Pacific Drive, Anomalies are strange, supernatural phenomena that distort the environment. They are a side effect of the LIM experiment, led by Dr. Ophelia Turner (Oppy) and her team at ARDA. While most anomalies create obstacles as you navigate the Olympic Exclusion Zone, some are passive or even helpful, like the Beating Heart.
Anomalies take various forms—some are harmless, like the Pacemaker and Beating Heart, while others disrupt your car’s electronics, such as the Left-Right. More dangerous anomalies, like the Bolt Bunny and Hot Dust, can cause significant damage to your Station Wagon, making careful navigation essential.
Understanding how each Anomaly behaves is key to survival, as some can be avoided while others must be carefully dealt with.

List of Pacific Drive Anomalies

Pacific Drive has a total of 53 Anomalies. Below is a complete list of all anomalies you’ll encounter in the Olympic Exclusion Zone.

Anomaly

Anomaly Description

Abductor

Lifts your car and throws it around.

Airstrip

Upcoming

Beating Heart

A harmless anomaly that sometimes fixes small car damage.

Belching Barnacle

A sticky blob that spits out gas and damages your car.

Birds

Upcoming

Blacksmith

Upcoming

Bollard

A sudden obstacle that pops up to block the path.

Bolt Bunny

Sticks to your car exterior and releases electric shocks that harm your car.

Boom Bunny

Explodes on contact, causing major damage.

Broken Bunny

A malfunctioning Anomaly that behaves unpredictably.

Bubblegum Buddy

A sticky mass that slows down your car.

Burp Bunny

Upcoming

Can Opener

Tears apart car panels if you drive too close.

Corrosive Squall

A storm that erodes and weakens your car’s body.

Cough Box

A gas-emitting box that blocks your view.

Crackling Crawler

A crawling Anomaly that spreads electricity.

Devil Grinder

Upcoming

Dust Bunny

Upcoming

Electromagnetic Squall

A storm that disables electronics in your car.

Fallen Firmament

Upcoming

Glittering Boulder

Upcoming

Happy Hare

Upcoming

Honeypot

Upcoming

Hopped-Up Hare

Upcoming

Hot Dust

A radiation cloud that damages your car on contact.

Hurricane Squall

A powerful windstorm that pushes your car.

Left-Right

Messes with your steering, making controls unpredictable.

Meteorite Squall

Upcoming

Minutemen

Upcoming

Pacemaker

The Pacemaker is an Anomaly that can be used to charge your car’s battery or trade items for higher-tier resources. It doesn’t attack or cause damage and has no surrounding radiation.

Pickpocket

Steals small items from your car.

Pothole

A sudden dip in the road that can damage tires.

Pufferfish

Expands and bursts, pushing everything away.

Radiant Dredge

Upcoming

Rotten Egg

Upcoming

Seismic Squall

Upcoming

Shaggy Scrambler

Upcoming

Shaker

Upcoming

Shocked Tourist

An electrified figure that zaps nearby objects.

Sick Mickey

Upcoming

Sizzling Mist

Upcoming

Spark Tower

A tall structure that sends out electric sparks. A source of plasma.

Spike Log

Upcoming

Spike Puddle

A seemingly harmless puddle that punctures tires.

Ticking Tumbler

Rolls unpredictably and explodes when hit.

Titan’s Bone

Upcoming

Tour Bus

A ghostly bus consisting of disfigured Tourists that occasionally appears.

Tourist Trap

Upcoming

Tourists

Shadowy figures that usually appear in groups. Drops random items when nearby.

Wriggling Wreck

Upcoming

About Pacific Drive

Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game where your car is your only companion. Navigate the Olympic Exclusion Zone in this single-player adventure, facing supernatural threats along the way. It is a driving, survival, story-rich, and sci-fi exploration game, and is available on PC and PlayStation.

Developed by Ironwood Studios and published by Kepler Interactive, the game won Best Gameplay at the BIG Festival Awards 2024 in São Paulo, Brazil.

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