What changed in Stellaris in 2024

Includes Space Fauna systems, new Relics, Megastructure, Tradition trees, Origins, Civics, new forms of spaceborne life, and a possible mid-game crisis.

Includes Individualistic Non-Gestalt Machine Empires, Gestalt Machine Intelligence Empires, a new End-Game Crisis, new Origins, Civics, Mid-Game Structures, Ascension Paths, new Species Traits, and Cybernetic/Synthetic portraits.

Bonus portrait available for players who purchase the Season 08 Dynamic Bundle.

Season 08 will transition from a Steam Package to a Dynamic Bundle, allowing discounted access to remaining DLCs for those who purchased individually.

Introduces 8 New Space Storms, Storm Chasers Origin, new Civics, Galactic Weather Control Ascension Perk, Weather Forecasting Map Mode, new Precursor narratives, and storm-related technologies.

Added in all supported languages.

Can swap from regular to corporate version and vice versa.

Now don't use naval capacity.

Also added linebreaks to the same tooltip.

Aligned similar to Prethoryn Brood Queen fleets.

Will no longer spawn two Siriuses if guaranteed habitable worlds slider is set to 1.

Fix when capturing them.

Fixed issue where it captured literally anything.

Now don't show they can upgrade anymore.

Energy upkeep reduced by 25%.

Displayed status was not always correct.

Cloning cost reduced by 10%.

Prevent duplicate specimens from being found in the same empire.

Now correctly accessible if Voidworms are captured instead of killed.

AI that was not willing to build Shipyards now fixed.

Changed from motes to be consistent with the event.

Now don't move away from their system.

Added to each other's opposites block.

AI won't build infinite science ships when trying to build frigates anymore.

Stop showing upkeep part of message when leader upkeep is zero in hire leader confirmation dialog.

Now properly refers to Officials and not Envoys.

Now correctly boosts Beastport and Hatchery on Orbital Ring.

Text made clearer about what it affects.

Now stop bombarding if the Immunity technology is researched.

Can no longer be discovered on Astral Scars.

Cloning cost reduced by 15% and fauna upkeep reduced by 10%.

Fixed a case where lured space fauna were uncapturable.

Fixed potential crash when trying to create a ship from a scripted design with unusable components.

The Grand Archive Story Pack is now available for players.

Fixed potential crash when using FromFromFrom scope in 'on_planets_zero_pops' on action.

Gravity Snare costs can no longer go negative, preventing economic exploitation.

Fixed a crash where an AI could capture fauna even if they shouldn't be able to.

New life forms added, each with unique behaviors and impacts on gameplay.

Players can collect and display specimens, with costs and upkeep based on the number of displayed specimens.

Includes 151 new specimens to collect and display across events.

New Civics offer different playstyles and bonuses.

Enhancements to the game's audio experience with new tracks.

The Grand Archive Story Pack is now available, featuring new gameplay elements and content.

Fifteen new relics associated with the three specimen categories will be added to the Curators.

The Grand Archive is a new cultural center for empires to house and display collected specimens.

The Grand Archive Story Pack adds 151 unique specimens to collect from events and archaeology sites.

Expanded gameplay with new events and discoveries.

New Tradition trees added to enhance gameplay.

The new Archivism tradition tree becomes available after researching Galactic Archivism.

Players can now capture, breed, and modify Space Fauna.

Galactic Curator civics provide bonuses for specimen collection and building the Grand Archive.

Construct the Grand Archive to exhibit specimens and contain live Space Fauna.

New Origins provide unique gameplay mechanics and narratives.

A new mid-game crisis involving aggressive Voidworm populations.

Cutholoids are cunning ambush predators that can capture enemy ships.

New sliders added to control the prevalence of Voidworms and Cutholoids.

A potential crisis where Voidworms enter a reproductive frenzy, bombarding planets.

A narrative-focused Origin featuring a treasure map and event chain.

An Origin focused on fauna-related playstyles with various stance choices.

Voidworms are parasitic creatures that reproduce using planet-based hosts.

New Vivarium and Hatchery modules allow for the breeding and observation of space fauna.

Players can now capture wild space fauna using Gravity Snares technology.

Players can build Voidlures to attract specific species of space fauna.

Players can manage the growth stance of space fauna to control their size and capacity.

New Domestication Traditions and Beastmaster civics enhance space fauna management.

New technology allows players to modify captured fauna with mutations.

Auto-Culling feature added to manage captured space fauna.

Ship tooltips now display time until fauna reach their next growth stage.

The game setup screen will be updated for better usability and understanding.

Fixed crash in espionage tooltip on multiplayer resync.

Triggered species modifiers will now show in trait tooltips even when there are no regular modifiers.

Fixed the issue where Gestalt Empire industrial districts only provided 1 Fabricator job instead of 2.

Fixed crash in species creation when trait for planet class does not exist.

Fixed the issue where the tooltip of a Cosmic Storm incorrectly stated 0 days remaining.