What changed in Stellaris in 2023

Three methods for spawning Legendary Leaders: Random Spawns, Random Leader for Players, and Players Choose.

Some Legendary Leaders will be restricted to owners of specific DLCs, such as the Mircorv Core requiring Astral Planes.

Players can choose which Legendary Leaders will spawn when starting a game with the Mod Jam mod enabled.

Improved old species packs, added new tradition trees, traits, and civics.

Feedback from the community will be used for potential inclusion in the 3.11 'Eridanus' update.

Introduced narrative origins and cloaking for Science Ships, along with new roles for Frigates.

Ongoing adjustments following the 'Gemini' update.

Acknowledgment of technical issues introduced with the latest release.

Introduced in the 'Pyxis' update.

Added the Council and enhanced leader influence, along with experimental Cooperative gameplay.

Introduced Leader Consolidation and the largest Story focused expansion with branching narratives.

The theme for this year's Mod Jam is Legendary Leaders, with specific requirements for submissions.

Community voting for the winners will take place from January 11th to February 11th, 2024.

Modders have until January 9th to submit their entries, with feature-complete submissions due by January 4th.

Released a hotfix to resolve DLC ownership verification issues for the Astral Planes DLC.

Fixed a configuration issue causing ownership verification problems for the Astral Planes DLC.

Addressed a mismatch between the DLC checksum reported and calculated by the game.

Unlocks Rift Sphere tech.

New site types and mechanics including Astral Scars and Astral Rifts for exploration.

Each site contains branching narratives with multiple endings and powerful rewards.

Introduction of 10 new Astral Actions.

New technologies including Astral Harvesting and Rift Sphere for exploring Astral Rifts.

Over 30 new Rift Sites with branching narratives and potential rewards.

Introduction of 8 new relics for players to discover.

Addition of over 70 new event pictures.

Start with an active Astral Rift in your home system.

New resource called Astral Thread introduced for gameplay mechanics.

A new resource named Astral Thread has been added.

Added four new civics including Hyperspace Speciality and Dimensional Worship.

Astral Planes will release on November 16th for US$/€19.99.

New origin allowing players to start with an active Astral Rift.

Three new music tracks composed by Andreas Waldetoft.

Enhancements to the visual and audio experience of the game.

Reduced the number of Leader Classes from four to three, improving leader functionality.

Added tabbed organization to the outliner for better management.

Added a new site type called Astral Rift for exploration.

Introduction of a new resource called Astral Thread for gameplay mechanics.

Over 70 new event pictures added to enhance visual storytelling.

Introduction of 8 new relics including Infinity Root and The Continuum.

New actions that can be performed using Astral Threads.

Added 10 new Astral Actions for gameplay.

Introduction of a new site type called Astral Rift.

Includes two new pre-scripted Empires: The Certeran Covenant and Guardianship of Nyrr.

Introduced a new origin called Riftworld Origin.

Introduction of over 80 new sound effects for improved audio experience.

Four new civics with unique gameplay effects.

New technology to harvest Astral Threads.

Includes 3 new music tracks and 80+ new sound effects.

Includes Hyperspace Specialty, Dimensional Worship, Dark Consortium, and Sovereign Guardianship.

Three new music tracks composed by Andreas Waldetoft.

New technology to explore Astral Rifts.

Requires Overlord expansion.

Leader capacity adjustments with new penalties for exceeding capacity.

Introduced a new Empire Council position to enhance diplomatic effectiveness.

Astral Planes is now available, introducing new mechanics, resources, and narrative content.

Astral Planes will be available on November 16th.

New technology allowing exploration of Astral Rifts.

Includes new relics such as the Infinity Root and The Continuum.

New mechanic affecting Council Agenda Speed based on Council Legitimacy.

Each site features branching narratives and potential rewards.

Rebalancing of civics related to leaders and adjustments to tradition trees.

Expanded the Recommended Content element to provide detailed previews of DLCs.

New subtitles added to events to help track event chains.

Hundreds of leader traits have been rebalanced or replaced, with a general decrease in overall power level.

Admirals and Generals merged into the Commander class with new subclass effects and traits.

High Council Legitimacy now provides bonuses to Council Agenda Speed, while low legitimacy imposes penalties.

All leader classes can now govern planets and sectors, with specific focuses for each class.

Leader adjacent tradition trees and ascension perks have been rebalanced.

Added tabbed outliner with four tabs: Government, Ships, Politics, and Structures.

Majority of civics related to leaders have been rebalanced.

The Astral Planes Narrative Expansion will be released on November 16th with a 10% discount until November 27th.

New action that prevents movement across wormholes and other bypasses for 10 years.

Astral Actions are empire-wide effects activated by spending Astral Threads.

Action that provides a boost for researching Hyper Relay technology.

New resource called Astral Threads can be harvested from Astral Scars.

A new category for Discoveries has been added to the sidebar, containing all Relics and Astral Actions.

New action that allows players to open a new Rift every 10 years using Astral Threads.

Allows instant placement of Hyper Relays at double the normal Influence cost.

Over 30 new outcomes from exploring Rifts, including new Relics, Faction Modifiers, and recruitable Leaders.

New resource obtained from exploring Rifts, details on usage to be revealed in future updates.

New technology that enables players to explore Astral Rifts safely.

New mechanics for exploring Rifts, including risk vs reward decisions and unique rewards.

New gameplay feature allowing exploration of Astral Rifts that open procedurally during the game.

The expansion features 1 new Origin for players to explore.

The expansion includes 8 new Relics for players to discover.

The expansion includes 3 new music tracks composed by Andreas Waldetoft.

Announcing the release of the Astral Planes expansion alongside the Stellaris 3.10 ‘Pyxis’ update.

Players can now choose from 4 new Civics in the game.

Introduction of Astral Threads and Astral Actions in the gameplay.

The expansion adds over 30 Astral Rifts with branching narratives and storylines.

Regular empires start with one additional councilor to lessen the advantage of Gestalt Councils.

Ghost Signal includes Daily Challenges with global and local leaderboards for players to compete.

Ghost Signal is a VR action roguelite set in the Stellaris universe, featuring dynamic space battles and exploration.

Merging Admirals and Generals into the Commander class, with new focuses for military leaders.

Leader caps remain per-class, with over-cap penalties affecting only the specific leader class.

Old Governors and some Envoy functions merged into Officials, introducing new veteran classes.

Planet or sector can now be governed by any leader, with varying effects based on leader class.

Players can scan exotic creatures and conduct research in multiple tech trees, with asynchronous multiplayer for scavenging.

Leader classes are no longer hard-coded, allowing for more moddable scripts.

The story mode features randomized maps, ensuring that every session is unique.

Envoys can now be assigned to Federations and Galactic Community, with effectiveness based on level and traits.

Scientists remain a leader class with new veteran classes focusing on exploration and research.

Plans to make council agendas more impactful and related to the ethics of active councilors.

Major rebalancing of traits, reintroducing sector-wide traits to governors split across veteran classes.

Players can use the full artillery of the Aurora against enemy armadas and loot or purchase various power-ups.

Set a manual planet size for the Toxic God star asset, as it otherwise counts the large visual effects as part of the planet.

Gardening Drones will no longer have an unlocalized string.

The knights will no longer try to quest if you pacify their habitat.

Fix a CTD when loading a save containing an invalid species archetype.

Fix for wrong value for evasion in ship design.

Removed MTTH from anomaly, fallen empire tasks, communications spread, crime events, and more to improve performance.

Industrial designation is now only available on habitats for gestalt empires, if they use consumer goods.

Blocked empires without the Scientific Method technology from constructing research districts.

Certain AI personalities are now 25x more likely to select Diplomacy traditions.

Fixed the Patron achievement not firing.

Rebalanced requirements for diplomatic treaties to require trust.

Pre-FTL empires now have reduced technological development before the mid-game year.

Fixed being able to build multiple gaia seeders on a single planet.

The AI will no longer request to become the subject or overlord of another empire unless they have 50 Trust with the other party.

Insulting someone decreases their Trust of your empire.

Habitat Central Complexes constructed around stars should now be placed further away, so they no longer clip into the star.

Fixed the Prethoryn getting stuck because their starting system contains an FTL inhibitor that prevents them from expanding.

The AI will no longer request to be subjugated by empires that are equivalent or weaker than them.

Fixed the Colonial Remains deposits not spawning for the Remnants origin in some cases.

Federations End should no longer spawn empty habitats if the pre-FTL slider is set to 0.

The Intimidation menace perk now allows you to ignore diplomatic requirements for proposing subjugation.

Fixed stage 4 gaia seeders being buildable, but immediately destroyed by non-Idyllic Bloom empires.

Fixed the Surveyor not spawning resources in some cases.

The Crystal Splitter will now hopefully stop blowing up Fruitful Partnership colonies.

Paradisiacal Habitat modifiers in Ithome's Gate no longer use placeholder icons.

Trust between nations is now visible in the main diplomatic screen.

Having less than 50 Trust with an empire imposes a -100 Acceptance to them becoming your subject or overlord.

Fixed Fallen Empires not triggering their monthly random events.

Fixed pre-ftl civilizations that naturally progressed to the Early Space Age being unable to become space faring.

Restored -25% penalty if the government doesn't have a head of research.

Anomalies that reward Scientist Expertise traits now apply those traits to the Cognitive Node for gestalt empires.

Added researchers_add.txt, archaeoengineers_add.txt, chemist_add.txt, factory_add.txt, foundry_add.txt, refiner_add.txt, and translucer_add.txt inline scripts for buildings.

The spiritualist fallen empire will now wake up if you eat their holy worlds.

Fixed Secrets of the ... no longer granting Expertise traits.

Merc enclaves now inherit their shipset from their creator.

Merc enclaves now inherit their shipset from their creator.

Fixed the Surveyor not spawning resources in some cases.

Habitat Central Complexes constructed around stars should now be placed further away, so they no longer clip into the star.

Industrial designation is now only available on habitats for gestalt empires, if they use consumer goods.

Added researchers_add.txt, archaeoengineers_add.txt, chemist_add.txt, factory_add.txt, foundry_add.txt, refiner_add.txt, and translucer_add.txt inline scripts for buildings.

Removed MTTH from anomaly.6710, assorted fallen_empire_tasks events, communications_spread events, crime events, fallen_empires events, leviathans events, pop events, random caravaneer events, refugees events, and Migrating Forests event chain.

The spiritualist fallen empire will now wake up if you eat their holy worlds.

Fixed pre-FTL civilizations that naturally progressed to the Early Space Age being unable to become space faring.

Fixed being able to build multiple gaia seeders on a single planet.

The knights will no longer try to quest if you pacify their habitat.

Fixed stage 4 gaia seeders being buildable, but immediately destroyed by non-Idyllic Bloom empires.

Pre-FTL empires now have reduced technological development before the mid-game year.

Fix a CTD when loading a save containing an invalid species archetype.

The Crystal Splitter will now hopefully stop blowing up Fruitful Partnership colonies.

Fixed the Prethoryn getting stuck because their starting system contains an FTL inhibitor that prevents them from expanding.

Fixed Fallen Empires not triggering their monthly random events.

Anomalies that reward Scientist Expertise traits now apply those traits to the Cognitive Node for gestalt empires.

Paradisiacal Habitat modifiers in Ithome's Gate no longer use placeholder icons.

Fixed an issue where blocked empires without the Scientific Method technology could not construct research districts.

Gardening Drones will no longer have an unlocalized string.

Set a manual planet size for the Toxic God star asset, as it otherwise counts the large visual effects as part of the planet.

Federations End should no longer spawn empty habitats if the pre-FTL slider is set to 0.

Fixed the Colonial Remains deposits not spawning for the Remnants origin in some cases.

Review existing AI personalities to make them more impactful in AI weights.

Find ways to reduce the impact of pops on late game performance issues.

Investigate the number of habitable worlds and rebalance if necessary.

Enhance tutorials to better introduce concepts new players need to learn the game.

Make the Outliner easier to use during different phases of the game.

Pop up the Select an Empire UI from Multiplayer if you lose a Single Player game.

Make Espionage more impactful, but have systems in place to prevent 'dog-piling'.

Improve the Megastructures UI to manage large space constructions more effectively.

Investigate performance issues related to ships and fleets.

More species pack based wallpapers have been added, including 4k variants.

Agendas will now show the required time to enact.

A followup localized release will include new text and additional fixes based on Open Beta feedback.

A general bugfixing patch is planned for roughly two weeks from now.

The recommended DLC screen will now display tooltips for origins and content details.

The modifiers on the unique Habitats in the Ithome's Gate now provide additional building slots.

Fixed issue with tooltips flickering when ending up under mouse when having concepts.

Removed the 'Seed Pod' placeholder sensor component.

Hydroponics Habitat Designation now increases food production from farmers.

Gestalt empires spawned via the Common Ground and Hegemony origins no longer have their Growth Node acting as the governor of their homeworld.

Fixed Mechromancers purging their cyber-zombies.

Habitat Industrial Districts give +0.25 Building Slots.

Swapped is_orbital_ring = no for is_normal_starbase = yes.

Upgrading the seeded planet modifier now removes the previous modifier.

Added effects to Infected planets stage 1-3, infested planets by the scourge crisis and added entity with effect for hive worlds.

Fixed an issue where Fruitful Partnership empires were unable to establish first contact with Amoebas.

Machine Intelligences now have access to the Harvesters trait.

Small visual update on shroud entity.

Gestalt empires spawned via the Common Ground and Hegemony origins now have the correct traits.

Orbitals constructed in orbit of bodies that have both energy and mining deposits now provide both types of district.

Trigger graphical_culture now supports the megastructure scope.

Restoring the Payback habitat correctly spawns a major orbital.

Clerks now also provide +1% trade value.

You can no longer have two habitats in the Payback starting system.

You can now build Habitat Central Complex and Major Orbitals around stars.

Fruitful Partnership: lowered the cost of the 'Open Seed Pods' special project from 5000 energy to 3000.

Fixed the end-game crisis not being able to destroy orbitals.

Void Dwellers and Voidborne now gives +2 Max Districts on Habitats.

Upgrading Habitats with planetary decisions now gives +1 Branch Office Building for each upgrade.

Void Dweller Hive-Minds no longer start with unemployment.

The From Beyond science ship will no longer crash the game if you don't own First Contact.

You can no longer construct an Orbital Assembly Complex on a Ringworld or Habitat.

Reduced Trader upkeep to 1 CG.

Seeded planet modifier now shows their modifiers in addition to custom tooltips.

Fixed 'In Breach Of The Galactic Law' not working properly.

Removed the Influence cost of Orbitals.

Orbitals are now graphically smaller.

Increased Alloy and Influence cost of Habitat Central Complexes.

The Star Mall and Federation's End habitats are now correctly size 6 and level 3 or 1 respectively.

Removed dedicated automation stockpiles and allowed automation to use empire stockpiles directly.

Open Beta for the 3.9 'Caelum' update announced for player feedback.

Two new humanoid portraits added to the Humanoid Species Pack.

New jobs introduced to replace Merchants, with adjusted Trade Value outputs.

Clerk job now produces 3 Trade Value and 3 Amenities instead of 4 Trade Value and 2 Amenities.

New perk allowing Machine Intelligences to reanimate certain leviathans and purged organic pops as cyborg zombies.

Two new negative traits, Psychological Infertility and Existential Iteroparity, along with a new positive trait called Jinxed.

Reworked habitat mechanics including the introduction of Habitat Central Complex megastructures.

The first ever Species Pack tradition tree focused on rivals, allowing players to rival more people for bonuses.

Updated starting systems for Void Dwellers to ensure resource-rich systems are generated.

New civic allowing for a worker-led Corporate empire, replacing Executives and Managers with Stewards.

Introduces new technology tiers, ship types, planet types, neutral factions, megastructures, origins, and reworked armies.

Allows players to form Superstates with unique civics, events, and flags, enhancing roleplaying potential.

Overhauls traditions with new paths and ascension perks, offering more meaningful choices and gameplay options.

Adds new authorities, civics, ascension perks, megastructures, and reworks base features for a vanilla-like feel.

New recruitment options for Level 5 Scientists and Governors from various Enclaves, replacing existing modifiers.

NInterface moved to unchecked_defines/interface.txt, allowing mods to alter it without blocking achievements.

The Ranger Lodge now scales Ranger jobs with Natural Blockers, and empires can expand Nature Preserves for more jobs.

New origin for Plantoid and Fungoid civilizations that starts in contact with Tiyanki and has Starseed Gardens on home station.

New Plantoid species that starts on Earth, exploring the concept of humans as plants.

New trait for Plantoid or Fungoid species that provides +5% habitability and +5% pop growth speed for each negative trait.

XP scaling for leaders over capacity replaced with a curve to reduce negative effects.

Ascension Perks now have changed requirements and grant 25% progress in associated technologies.

New empire begins on the Desert World of Theia, featuring a unique backstory.

Base price of Plantoids, Humanoids, Lithoids, and Necroids Species Packs increased from $7.99 to $9.99.

Removed habitability loss from Lithoid Craters for Lithoid pops and increased effectiveness of lithoid exclusive traits.

Allows creation of an empire consisting only of the primary phenotype, with associated gameplay effects.

Added new Society technologies to allow replacement of Nodes in Gestalt Councils.

Terravores no longer require clicking a decision every 6 months; now handled in a compact situation.

Introduced a new Hive Civic with unique effects for Void Dweller Hiveminds.

Plans to consolidate five leader classes into three (Commanders, Diplomats, Scientists) in a future update.

Origins requirements relaxed to allow non-genocidal Hive-Minds and Machine Intelligences to participate.

Decreased research speed and draw weight for Archaeotech from the Expertise trait.

Energy upkeep of the Facility of Archaeostudies has been halved.

Archaeoengineers AP now reduces Minor Artifact cost for ship components by 10%.

The new leader capacity system faced UX challenges, making it difficult to understand leader limits and penalties.

Starting head of research for Remnants empires now has the Expertise: Archaeostudies trait.

Introduced individual leader caps by class, allowing different limits for Generals, Scientists, and Admirals.

Federation members no longer own neighboring systems, starting with 0 Cohesion and halfway to Level 2.

The range of Macro Batteries has been increased by 50%.

Adjustments planned to reduce negative effects of over-cap leader limits until the rework is ready.

Added a new admiral trait that increases damage and fire rate with Archaeotech weapons.

Discussion on implementing a Galaxy slider to restrict Habitat usage, including various potential restrictions.

The team is reviewing the Habitat system due to community feedback on AI empires building excessive Habitats.

Initial prototype of Support Habitats as megastructures to enhance the Central Habitat Complex.

Exploration of linking all Habitats in a system to reduce the burden of managing multiple Habitats.

New variant simplifies the building process of Habitats, introducing pre-specialized units called 'Orbitals'.

Updated Voidborne Ascension Perk to provide Habitat build cost reductions for Void Dwellers.

Prototype treating Support Habitats as special Starbases, enhancing the functionality of Habitat Central Complexes.

Creates a civic swap for Lithoids to generate amenities from mining jobs instead of farming.

Play as Organic Zealots who seek to outlaw AI and robotics with new gameplay mechanics.

Adds a new playable species of energy beings called 'Electroids' with unique features.

A patch to allow selected mods to run together, though not maintained for future versions.

Reworks and expands content for Machine Intelligence and Synthetic Ascended Empires.

Re-imagined Ground Armies with unique Army Types based on Origin/Civic/Authority.

Allows transfer, sale, auction, and lease of fleets between players.

Introduces new galaxy shapes, sizes, and win condition mechanics.

Adds 3 origins inspired by Roman history with unique jobs and bonuses.

Players can now play in co-op mode with up to five players sharing the same empire.

Stellaris will be free to play on Steam from June 22nd to June 26th.

A new bundle of recommended DLCs for new players based on community feedback.

Details about the next update focusing on revisiting old packs and improving the game will be shared in future dev diaries.

Cyborg general trait now adds +2 combat width as stated in the tooltip.

Imperial Rulers and Heirs now have a 5% chance to start with a negative trait and an additional positive trait.

Pharma State civic is now correctly blocked by Payback and Broken Shackles.

Removed DLC lock on some faction demands introduced in 3.8.

Empires with this origin no longer ignore the initial 20 year cooldown on government reform.

Made it possible to set what leader portrait container to use for each location of the new portraits.

Fixed randomly generated species having DLC-locked traits.

Adjusted width of MP lobby chat entries to prevent overlap with the scroll bar.

Bombardment effectiveness of large fleets has been increased.

Empire size string now uses actual defines instead of localized numbers for its message.

Imperial Heirs are excluded from the effects of The Orb.

Void Dweller MegaCorps with Pharma State civic now correctly replace starting Holo-Theaters with a Gene Clinic.

Made reload_gui console command more stable.

Fixed duplicate tradition names in French.

Imperial Heirs that are generals or admirals now benefit from the +2 starting level.

Fixed Imperial Heirs not having a starting leader trait.

Colonists now increase planetary build speed by 10% instead of creating defensive armies.

Fixed AI hiring a governor without having a planet to assign them to.

Warform no longer has the synth trait and has the second tier of the skirmisher trait.

Invalid civics will get removed when authority is changed through event for Under One Rule.

Homesick event no longer casts affected Pops into the void.

Several leader traits converted to council traits to reduce micromanagement and address stacking issues.

Fixed tooltip for Beacon of Liberty and Fanatic Purifiers to mention incompatibility with Crusader Spirit.

Flocks of Cloud should no longer get stuck in the situation log.

Reworked the planet occupation icon frame.

Imperial Heirs benefiting from bonus starting levels now have selectable traits for those levels.

Fixed leader portrait clipping in the level up window.

If a player adds a leader trait while the level up window is open, it will show the last selection if no more traits to add.

Adjusted living standards and faction unity gain for better balance.

Base rate of Raiding bombardment stealing pops dramatically reduced.

Fixed randomly generated species not having enough traits if it has required traits.

Fixed position of Speech To Text button in the MP lobby.

Fixed width of MP lobby chat text for large fonts and text to speech.

Set the AI weight for reorganizing the council to 0.

Fixed bonus leader trait from Aptitude Traditions not applying to Imperial Heirs.

Fixed randomly generated empires having DLC-locked civics.

Fixed randomly generated species having invalid trait and climate preference combinations.

Leaders excluded from upkeep cost now correctly produce resources.

Council Agenda Costs now benefit from Empire Size Effect modifiers.

Imperial Heirs are now up to 10 years younger than regular leaders; starting Imperial Rulers are now up to 15 years older.

Sequential End-Game Crises now get +2 strength multipliers instead of +1.5.

Now only affects normal empires capable of independent diplomacy.

Fixed queued move orders from a system with an FTL inhibitor not displaying correctly.

Empire Size now has a floor of 50, preventing it from going negative.

Selecting a ship by clicking it will now ignore its bounding box if it has a collision mesh.

Fixed an error preventing use of Operation Crisis Beacon beyond intended lockout period.

Fixed AI hiring scientists without having science ships to assign them to.

The amount of collateral damage ground units deal has been reduced to prevent colonies from being destroyed before battles are completed.

To celebrate Stellaris’ 7th anniversary, a community event featuring content creators exploring a galaxy with community-suggested objectives will take place on June 7th, 14th, and 21st.

The base rate at which Raiding bombardment steals pops will be dramatically reduced, with each army protecting 3 pops from being stolen.

Admirals that command fleets hired from marauders no longer count towards your leader cap.

Intellectual Espionage trait now takes into account all researcher category jobs on the planet.

Cloaked Ships will no longer block starbases from being rebuilt.

The pre-sapients that worship the Beholder now have the Psionic trait.

Under One Rule now changes to Imperial Authority when transitioning to Galactic Emperor or Psionic Sovereign.

Legendary leaders do not count towards Leader Capacity.

The planet visuals should now update properly when planets change class.

Made the three different 'Terraforming Candidate Discovered' events turn into messages if you have already found one before.

It is now possible to rename council positions by clicking on council position name in the council view.

Imperial Heirs will now be more likely to adopt the class of the current ruler if you have the Philosopher King civic.

Military fleets led by an Admiral can now explore unsurveyed hyperlanes.

Under One Rule now will take into account if the ruler was bad or good towards citizens.

XP Penalties for going over leader capacity have been reduced.

Added the Reorganize Council agenda, which allows reselection of unlocked council positions without the need to reform the government.

Fixed an issue where the Expanded Hive Warren would get deleted if there was no remaining unupgraded Hive Warrens on the planet.

The Beholder's Psi-Inoculation process is now a pair of decisions to toggle it on and off.

The Eager trait now has an additional effect: these leaders will not contribute towards Leader Capacity until they reach level 4.

Added additional event chains to Under One Rule.

Added a checkbox to toggle automatic expansion of a sector in the sector editor.

Admirals that command fleets hired from marauders no longer count towards your Leader Capacity.

Aptitude Tradition 'Champions of the Empire' now gives bonus per Leaders' levels.

Effect is now a flat -2 Empire Size per Governor level, and 0.5% Exp per Scientist level and 2 Naval capacity per Admiral/General level.

Legendary leaders no longer count towards Leader Capacity.

Assigned some event spawned leaders the Leader of Opportunity trait.

Performance optimizations have been made to the leader view.

Fixed a bug where ships would sometimes stop following its target when they entered a hyperlane.

The Galactic Paragons expansion has been released on all PC platforms.

Leaders can no longer start the game with traits that produce resources.

Added the Leader of Opportunity trait, leaders with this trait do not count towards Leader Capacity while under Level 4.

AI will now wait until it has at least 5 planets and 25 years before choosing a specialization designation for its homeworld.

Autocannons are no longer valued at three times their intended military power.

Players can now rearrange the left-side menu options, changing the hotkeys accordingly.

Players can now share empires in cooperative multiplayer mode, allowing up to 5 players.

Attract unique leaders with their own art, events, and stories to your empire.

New modules added for science ships to automate exploration, surveying, and research tasks.

A new system allowing players to shape leaders by picking traits and selecting Veteran Classes.

Introduction of a new origin, several new civics, tradition trees, agendas, and council positions.

Galactic Paragons is now available, expanding the Council mechanic and introducing new leaders and civics.

A new ruling council where characters in high positions can influence political agendas.

Fleet and Ship designer tabs are now combined for easier access and usability enhancements.

Players can recruit and improve leaders, shaping their traits and classes throughout their careers.

Dozens of unique council roles based on civics and government types added to expand Council Mechanics.

Low priority notifications now appear as toast messages from the top right of the screen.

Players may encounter powerful paragons and legendary beings that can change the core of their empire.

Planetary devastation impacts production more, and bombardment now has increased damage and effects.

Announcing the release of the Galactic Paragons expansion focusing on leaders and their impact on empires.

Includes a new origin, eight new civics, 12 new veteran classes, and two new tradition trees.

Players can now edit sectors in the Planets and Sectors screen for better management.

New tradition tree focusing on leaders, enhancing their experience and traits.

A semi-story origin with multiple outcomes based on player choices.

Allows MegaCorps to hire pirates for various tasks instead of fighting them.

Focuses on creating better leaders faster through legendary figure worship.

Allows leaders to store knowledge, enhancing future leaders with bonuses.

A civic for converting others to your ethos, usable by non-spiritualist empires.

New civics that allow leaders more individuality and reduce leader upkeep.

Focuses on council features and boosting leaders for better governance.

Boosts Medical Workers and unlocks a new Corporate Building for MegaCorps.

New civics targeting leaders, enhancing gameplay variety for different empire types.

Extracts memories from drones to create more powerful leaders.

New characters called Paragons, divided into Renowned and Legendary categories, introduced in the upcoming DLC.

A new window type for recruitment has been introduced, moving away from the standard diplomacy screen.

Four Legendary Paragons will be encountered during exploration, each with unique abilities and stories.

Legendary Paragons feature dynamic poses and expressions to enhance visual storytelling.

A new event window design displays leader portraits alongside event art for better engagement.

Azaryn is a Legendary Paragon with unique terraforming abilities and a narrative tied to her character.

16 Renowned Paragons will seek out empires that match their ethics, each with unique art and backstories.

A soft cap on leaders has been introduced, increasing costs for leaders above the cap to encourage strategic choices.

Almost 700 traits introduced, including Common, Veteran, and Destiny traits, enhancing leader customization.

Players can set Agendas for the Council, providing strategic bonuses that take time to complete.

Leaders will now be capped at level 10, gaining traits every 2 levels, with a new tiered trait system introduced.

Leaders can choose from 3 Veteran Classes at level 4, enhancing customization and gameplay strategy.

Players can now choose starting ruler traits, enhancing customization options for empires.

The Empire Council now includes 3 initial seats for Ruler, Head of Research, and Minister of Defense, providing unique bonuses.

Governor traits now only apply to the planets they are assigned to, improving gameplay clarity.

Players can unlock 3 additional Council positions based on their Civics, adding variety to gameplay.

Research scientist positions removed and combined into a single 'Head of Research' position to streamline gameplay.

Four new designations: Forge Capital, Factory Capital, Trade Capital, and Capital Extraction World.

Ground combat is now more devastating, with collateral damage mechanics improved.

Orbital Bombardment can now take control of planets after defeating defending troops.

Players can customize the order of items in the side menu for hotkeys.

A new tool to build and gather Assault Armies at starbases.

New troops will automatically merge with existing Assault Army fleets.

Bombardment damage now scales with the number of ships involved.

Allows recruitment of assault armies directly to defend planets without prior deployment.

Introduction of toast notifications for low-priority messages.

UI reorganized, allowing for more fleets to be displayed and easier management.

Allows players to freely move systems between adjacent sectors.

Liberation wars now show up correctly for Payback empires.

Added unique textures for Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Earth, and Mars when terraformed.

Added missing icons and tooltips for tech_cloaking_1 and tech_detection_array.

The game will now use the platform's browser instead of an in-game web browser.

Fixed issue where full games were listed even if 'Not full' was checked.

Added a special solar system protected by the Lone Defender.

AI no longer requires wrong techs to build some megastructures.

Base Minor Artifact storage capacity reduced to 2,000, with Facility of Archaeostudies increasing it.

New effect added to copy all flags and variables from one scope to another.

Added a decision to clear wreckage if the planet is conquered before enacting the Memorial to the Unshackled.

Synthetically ascended empires no longer refer to their own pops as having owners.

Introduced two Cooperative modes allowing up to five players per empire for PvE and PvP gameplay.

Added Presence Markers to show which tabs teammates are currently using.

Two cooperative gameplay modes allowing up to five players to control the same empire.

Flow for creating a competitive multiplayer coop game similar to normal multiplayer, with an 'Allow Coop' checkbox.

New main menu entry for starting a Cooperative PvE game where all players control the same empire.

All members of a coop team can see events and select responses, with the selected option marked.

Fix AI Empires building hundreds of observation stations if you don't own First Contact.

Fixed an issue where Sol X and your Beta homeworld would overlap.

Hivemind pre-FTLs will no longer be producing consumer goods.

Fixed an issue where the Solarpunk society would stay neutral after being attacked.

Fixed a crash when loading old savegames.

Added correct icon for Negative Media Coverage modifier.

Empire naming adjectives should now be seen for German, Simplified Chinese, and Russian.

Fixed an issue where the Solarpunk society would stay neutral after being attacked.

The Raise Awareness espionage operation now prevents pre-FTL Awareness from naturally decaying for 5 years.

Hive-Minds with both Cordyceptic Drones and Stargazers now start with 3 reanimated amoebae.

If a pre-FTL society has more than one planet then none will keep being available for observation once the society becomes fully aware.

Broken Shackles empires with robots outlawed now correctly purge machine and mechanical pops.

AI with Clone Army Origin now creates clone vats to keep their colonies alive.

It is no longer possible to acquire multiple Galatrons from reliquaries.

Fixed the Fear of the Dark Separatist country being localized incorrectly in German, Polish and Spanish.

Terraforming a planet now also has a chance of triggering an awareness increase.

Fixed a case where you were blocked from building orbital rings on a Fear of the Dark planet.

Starbases should now correctly reflect their new sensor range on the monthly tick.

Adding missing cloaking stat on ship design view.

Hivemind pre-FTLs will no longer be producing consumer goods.

Various adjustments to the Payback Origin, including changes to war goals and surrender acceptance.

Fixed a case where you were blocked from building orbital rings on a Fear of the Dark planet.

Ancient Saturator Artillery tech now unlocks the Spinal Mount Bow section for battleships.

Hive-Minds with both Cordyceptic Drones and Stargazers now start with 3 reanimated amoebae.

Construction ship and science ships gained from picking a specialization as part of the Imperial Fiefdom origin now correctly start with hyper drives for empires with the Eager Explorer civics.

Corrected icon for Declining Healthcare modifier.

Removed ability to use the 'reveal yourself' diplomatic action while you're already revealing yourself.

If a pre-FTL society has more than one planet then none will keep being available for observation once the society becomes fully aware.

Fixed the Dark Forest achievement not triggering in some cases due to interactions with marauders.

The devolving beam now properly destroys the final contingency world when boosted with the Archaeo-Engineers Ascension Perk.

Pre-FTL agreements like 'give technology' now get correctly removed once a pre-FTL civilization becomes spacefaring.

Fixed the Fear of the Dark Separatist country being localized incorrectly in German, Polish and Spanish.

Pre-FTL civilizations now have a chance of having a 'close call' when nuclear war threatens to break out.

Class-4 Singularity can now be constructed when rewarded by event.

Removed ability to use the 'reveal yourself' diplomatic action while you're already revealing yourself.

Blocked 'Salacious Affair' envoy event from firing on pre-FTL worlds.

Dig sites should no longer generate minor artifacts for users that do not own Ancient Relics DLC.

Removing the option of upgrading at neutral starbases.

Ancient Saturator Artillery tech now unlocks the Spinal Mount Bow section for battleships.

Construction ship and science ships gained from picking a specialization as part of the Imperial Fiefdom origin now correctly start with hyper drives for empires with the Eager Explorer civics.

Multiple adjustments to the Payback Origin including changes to war goals and surrender acceptance.

Adding missing cloaking stat on ship design view.

Made it so you can't get an option in an espionage event that requires an interference policy that doesn't allow for espionage.

Fixed Sabotage Starbase operation failing to destroy starbase components.

Fixed the Dark Forest achievement not triggering in some cases due to interactions with marauders.

Fixed tooltip bug with fleets from defensive pacts in a war.

Made it so you can't get an option in an espionage event that requires an interference policy that doesn't allow for espionage.

Increased starbase reactor power by roughly 15%.

Blocked 'Salacious Affair' envoy event from firing on pre-FTL worlds.

Fixed an issue where the Solarpunk society wouldn't reattach itself to the galaxy.

Pre-FTL Awareness cannot naturally decay below 10.

Fixed tooltip bug with fleets from defensive pacts in a war.

Blocking the possibility of terraforming while the planet is under colonization.

It is no longer possible to acquire multiple Galatrons from reliquaries.

Removing an unnecessary progress bar in the clear blocker view.

The devolving beam now properly destroys the final contingency world when boosted with the Archaeo-Engineers Ascension Perk.

Starbases should now correctly reflect their new sensor range on the monthly tick.

Fixed an issue where Sol X and your Beta homeworld would overlap.

Introducing Concepts as a variant of nested tooltips to simplify information for new players.

Removing an unnecessary progress bar in the clear blocker view.

Pre-FTL agreements like 'give technology' now get correctly removed once a pre-FTL civilization becomes spacefaring.

Fix AI Empires building hundreds of observation stations if you don't own First Contact.

Dig sites should no longer generate minor artifacts for users that do not own Ancient Relics DLC.

Corrected icon for Declining Healthcare modifier.

Pre-FTL civilizations now have a chance of having a 'close call' when nuclear war threatens to break out.

Added correct icon for Negative Media Coverage modifier.

Fixed decloaking in a system with pre-FTLs not correctly firing the event to increase awareness.

Blocking the possibility of terraforming while the planet is under colonization.

Fixed an issue where the Solarpunk society wouldn't reattach itself to the galaxy.

Pre-FTL Awareness cannot naturally decay below 10.

Fixed Sabotage Starbase operation failing to destroy starbase components.

Removed happiness penalties from unemployment from living standards, these are now solely applied from job strata.

Buffed MSI by giving them some bonus naval capacity and starting technologies.

The Raise Awareness espionage operation now prevents pre-FTL Awareness from naturally decaying for 5 years.

The Triumviri ending for Fear of the Dark is now achievable from infiltrating the Fevorian government.

Buffed MSI by giving them some bonus naval capacity and starting technologies.

Removing the option of upgrading at neutral starbases.

Class-4 Singularity can now be constructed when rewarded by event.

AI with Clone Army Origin now creates clone vats to keep their colonies alive.

Fix crash when a species doesn't have a valid archetype.

Fixed decloaking in a system with pre-FTLs not correctly firing the event to increase awareness.

Fixed crash when loading old savegames.

Terraforming a planet now also has a chance of triggering an awareness increase.

Broken Shackles empires with robots outlawed now correctly purge machine and mechanical pops.

Genocidal empires can now use assimilation species rights targeting their species.

Increased starbase reactor power by roughly 15%.

Removed happiness penalties from unemployment from living standards, these are now solely applied from job strata.

Empire naming adjectives should now be seen for German, Simplified Chinese, and Russian.

Fix crash when a species doesn't have a valid archetype.

The Separatist Planet will no longer nuke themselves if you lose your capital to space fauna.

Torpedo and Frigate technology now requires you to have researched Corvettes.

The Solarpunk Empire will no longer stay pre-FTL if you decide to steal from them.

Missing localizations are added in English. Proper translations are expected with the following patch.

Fixed Contingency worlds not being properly cracked by devolving beam.

Broken Shackles empires with the Parliamentary System civic will instead have Unshackled Politics fire one month after game start instead of one year after game start.

Admiral doesn't get killed anymore when you upgrade the MSI flagship.

The Accepted Plea for Protection opinion modifier now grants +150 opinion.

The Artist Enclave should no longer offer to sell you a Ministry of Culture if you already bought one.

Fixed Broken Shackles offering Payback information about the MSI even if they got already destroyed.

Fallen empire buildings should no longer disappear when you conquer their planets.

Admirals should no longer be able to gain both versions of the trickster trait.

Randomly generated machine empires now have a chance to use the toxoid machine options if you own the corresponding DLC.

The Solarpunk empire will no longer gain a new fleet every single month.

Gave the Grand Herald archaeo-tech components.

The Ministry of Culture should no longer disappear after you finish building it.

Fixed an issue where a Payback empire using the End Threat (Payback) war goal against the MSI could end with a whimper instead of as intended.

Fixed events related to the Out of Warranty event chain not firing.

Fixed Liberation wars not showing up for Payback empires.

Buffed MSI by giving them some bonus naval capacity and starting technologies.

Fix being able to build an observation post over Haven using the fleet order button.

Non-Xenophobe empires can once again enable displacement purging.

The Accepted Plea for Protection opinion modifier is now granted to the subject towards the overlord instead of to the overlord towards the subject.

You can no longer select the Fear of the Dark version of the Sol system without the Fear of the Dark origin.

The Raise Awareness espionage operation now prevents pre-FTL Awareness from naturally decaying for 5 years.

Every single atomic pre-FTL will no longer nuke themselves if they are not being observed.

Fixing custom diplomatic action sounds playing for unrelated empires.

The Observation Insight Situation now remembers what approach you had when it last finished.

Hive-Minds with both Cordycepic Drones and Stargazers now start with 3 reanimated amoebae.

Fixed a bug when cloaked ship cannot progress special project inside closed borders.

Proper translations expected in the following patch.

Players can explore the unknown while managing the fears of their civilization regarding space exploration.

The First Contact Story Pack will release on March 14th for $14.99.

The First Contact Story Pack is now available, introducing new origins and mechanics for early encounters with alien empires.

Players can begin their journey after repelling an invasion and gaining access to advanced technology.

Explore three new narrative-led Origins: Broken Shackles, Payback, and Fear of the Dark.

Equip military and civilian ships with cloaking devices to remain undetected while traveling.

Players can now equip ships with cloaking devices for secretive operations and surveillance.

Players can now start as captives who have overtaken their ship to form a new community.

New mechanics for interacting with pre-FTL civilizations based on their technology and awareness.

Cloaked ships can ignore closed borders and are undetectable by normal sensors.

Achievement for having 10 colonies without discovering Hyperdrives.

A civic that starts with reduced resources and a limited jumpdrive for a pre-FTL feel.

Multiple civics added to facilitate various gameplay styles and fantasies.

Cloaking is more effective on frigates and cruisers than on battleships.

New ship component allowing fleets and stations to cloak and hide from enemy sensors.

Changes to how shield nullification works when cloaked, requiring fleets to regenerate shields.

Rearranged starbase UI to list previously hidden modifiers.

Payback is a new origin that focuses on revenge against Minamar Specialized Industries, offering players various methods to achieve their goals.

Payback offers a less linear narrative compared to other origins, allowing for varied gameplay experiences.

Players can choose different strategies for revenge, including annihilation, enslavement, or legal battles in the Galactic Senate.

Players can gain unique technologies by studying pre-FTL civilizations without revealing themselves, tracked through a new situation.

A new non-player faction, MSI, has been introduced with a unique visual style.

New uniform designs for the MSI faction, including male and female variants.

A new diplomacy room designed for MSI representatives, featuring opulent aesthetics.

Art created for the Payback event showcasing the MSI flagship over a city in space.

The MSI flagship features a unique design inspired by 'Corporate Vaporwave' aesthetics.

Players can now trade minor artifacts with other empires.

A new narrative origin focusing on a divided population fleeing their homeworld due to fear and xenophobia.

The Fear of the Dark origin starts with a unique system featuring binary planets.

A new ascension perk for players interested in specializing in archaeo-technologies.

Unlock buildings, starbase modules, and ship components using minor artifacts.

A new weapon for colossi that can revert humans back to their origins.

New technologies found in the society field under the 'Archaeostudies' category.

Artifacts are now displayed in the topbar alongside other strategic resources.

Players starting with the Remnants origin will begin with the Faculty of Archaeostudies unlocked.

Excavated dig sites can now generate minor artifact deposits for exploitation.

Introduction of a new Awareness mechanic that affects interactions with pre-FTL civilizations, ranging from 0 to 100.

New events for players who build Observation Posts around pre-FTL civilizations, allowing for research and interference.

Players can now commit an interplanetary train heist when observing civilizations in the Steam, Industrial, or Machine ages.

Functions of Observation Posts have been integrated with overt Diplomacy and covert Espionage interactions.

Players can form Commercial Agreements with pre-FTL civilizations, generating local trade value.

New mutually exclusive Resolutions in the Galactic Community regarding interactions with pre-FTL civilizations.

A new origin where players start as former slaves who seize control of their captor's ship and crash land on a habitable planet.

Players start at a technological disadvantage and must work to progress, with opportunities to colonize new worlds and seek out former home worlds.

Players will manage diverse factions with different demands to maximize the potential of their empire.

Introduction of a new antagonist, a corporation that exploits less developed societies through loans and indentured servitude.

The First Contact Story Pack is set to arrive later this quarter, alongside the 3.7 'Canis Minor' update.

Pre-FTL civilizations will progress through technological ages with more ways to influence their development and new Awareness levels.

Three new Origins will be introduced in the First Contact Story Pack, each with unique narrative and mechanical themes.

Players can research cloaking fields for observation posts and science ships, adding a new strategic element.

Revamped systems relating to civilization Awareness, Diplomacy, and Espionage.

Two Challenging Origins and one standard Origin focusing on narrative experiences.

The First Contact Story Pack will be released alongside the Stellaris 3.7 'Canis Minor' update.

A new gameplay mechanic involving Cloaking.

New civics that change interactions with pre-FTL civilizations.

Players can choose between Single, Consecutive, or All Crisis spawning options for modded crises.

Players can subscribe to the #MODJAM2022 collection and import the MODJAM2022.json Playlist to access the new crises.

13 unique modded mid-game crises created by community modders are now available for players to enjoy.