Curated from official Stars Reach dev blogs and patch notes. Not affiliated with Playable Worlds.
Networking fix restoring inventory, skills, and crafting UI visibility. Patched a bug where the /dance emote could heal other players' wounds.
Replaces the linear "on-the-rails" tutorial with the new Challenges system, introduces the Galactopedia, revamps the Skills window, adds Pistol and Grenade Launcher ability trees, and updates Haven's starter experience.
Completes the new player pathway by adding Crucible as the third onboarding planet. Introduces Grenade Launchers, ability loadouts, map overhaul, movement balancing, and extensive UI improvements.
Small patch fixing GPU memory leaks, opening Jotania wormgate for testing, and improving server exception logging.
Rapid patch smoothing the Haven update launch: fixed building offsets, NPC interactions, mission dialog errors, and multiple Haven-specific bugs.
Introduces Haven, the TPL Training Moon, as the first post-Hallway onboarding location. Adds first-person view, BioScanner tool, spatial chat overhaul, targeted emotes, and major mission system rework.
Follow-up patch to Hidden Fog: first pass on revised Skill Tree window, server memory improvements eliminating periodic resets, improved graphical settings, and Hallway refinements.
Major visual overhaul introducing volumetric fog, custom light grid, improved global illumination, and terrain tiling. Also revamps Hallway onboarding, replaces stock Unity lighting with a 400× faster custom grid, and improves general stability.
Introduces the GovBot system — a TPL sequence for establishing and governing townships on new planets, enabling government tools and civic progression.
Adds the Vendor Kiosk to let players sell goods directly from their Homesteads. Recipe unlock automatic for now via Business skill tree.
Small followup to University Update: building tile model refresh (first step of larger performance asset overhaul) and misc bug fixes.
Massively expands visible skill trees to preview future content, adds four new weapon types, introduces the Ecology Kiosk and Servitor Violation system, and overhauls the First-Time User Experience.
Targets the "zombie" player-death bug where health bar misrepresents death state, plus miscellaneous fixes.
Major tools/weapons refactor introducing PQRV stat differentiation for all equipment, long-range Terraformer scanning, inventory stack merging, two new shops on the Starbase, new Homesteading workflow, and significant combat rebalancing.
Fast-turnaround update following the 36-hour stress test. Addresses critical issues discovered during community testing to enable continued gameplay before the next major content update.
Extensive network upgrade with stress testing of flora and creature densities. Community invited to test pushed limits.
Introduces Wild Wormholes: random, temporary planet connections for exploration and resource discovery. Planet Rotation concept previewed.
Comprehensive quality-of-life patch: full XP refund, flora system reset, soft grouping for XP sharing, loot distribution improvements, movement and flora system overhauls, new crafting skill branches, and Refinery station.
Official breakdown of how P/Q/R/V resource stats work in crafting, plus heavy data changes requiring a player and world wipe.
Post-Kickstarter world and character reset to restore the intended new player experience. Characters now start with fewer tools; XP boxes must be earned.
Major under-the-hood creatures system overhaul to support procedural world generation. Sets up data architecture for future procgen creature generation.
Part 1 of the Seasons system, new procedural sky rendering, and the introduction of Public Events (meteor storms, boss invasions).
Introduces Escarion as a new buildable world with new threats, alongside a broad quality-of-life pass fixing many small annoyances ahead of player influx.
Introduction of the skill tree system with 14 professions, XP trees, and the 80-skill cap.