What Are Pacific Drive Anomalies? Explained and Listed
In 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 |
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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