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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fan unearths work in progress items

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds could be getting a whole new range of items and skins.

Redditor DevinWatson went digging through the game files of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and came came across some hidden gems. In a post called Data Mining Unreleased Skins / Items, DevinWatson revealed 54 items, in various states of completion, including a leather jacket, Mad Max style armour and hooded duster jackets.

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Image credit DevinWatson
Image credit DevinWatson

Other items include poison apples, survival kits and a full body armour suit, which looks like it belongs on Andromeda.

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The items were among development and test files, leading some to believe the items were scrapped. However, a representative of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds told Eurogamer the items are a "work in progress", suggesting they will come to the game at some point.

In a separate thread, DevinWatson revealed he also spotted the stairs in the game go "way underground", which another redditor explained was just in case you bugged and fell through the map - so you can easily get back to normal ground again. A clever idea used by many games still in development.

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As PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is still in early access, with patches and updates taking priority, it may be some time before we see these items in the game.

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