What changed in Stellaris in 2026

Empires can convert other empires to their Ideology, enhancing relations and bonuses.

New Fanatic Faction types have been added, which provide increased resource output and affect disapproval rates.

Ideologies spread from populations and affect Claim and Starbase Influence costs, as well as Starbase upkeep.

Empires can gain Ideological Authority and codify Tenets that provide various bonuses.

A new mechanic tracks Ideological Momentum, which can lead to revolts if it dips negatively.

A new system called Ideologies has been introduced, allowing empires to adopt and spread specific ideological beliefs.

Players can adopt official Ideologies with a monthly upkeep of Influence, impacting societal principles.

Three new Origins: Golden Generation, Lost Makers, and Great Mosaic.

Five new Fanatic Civics introduced with the Willpower expansion.

New gameplay mechanics involving Ideologies and the Force of Will Ambition.

More than 40 events related to Ideologies as they rise, clash, and fracture.

Four new music tracks by Martin Hall added to the game.

Stellaris Season 10 continues with the Willpower expansion, part of the Stellaris 4.6 ‘Corona Borealis’ update.

Updates to the Ideological Diplomacy and Espionage systems.

Relocatable megastructures that amplify the ideological voice of a colony.

New Inquisitor advisor added to the game.

New Inquisitor shipset and city set introduced.

Disabled the auto-disengagement from battle when a ship didn't take part in combat for 15 days.

A Synaptic Lathe built by nomads in another empire's system no longer changes ownership to the owner of the Starbase.

Duplicate keys in a database now always log an error.

Fixed multiple rare crashes related to alliances, starbase design, game startup, galaxy generation, war joining, first contact, federation law votes, subject release, and diplomatic weight.

Executing a spawn_natural_wormhole effect targeting an inexistent spatial reference object does not result in crashing the game any longer.

Fixed a very common Out of Sync that would occur after the first day of Multiplayer Games where custom AI empires were spawning.

Removed the Harvesting Agreements Automation sub-menu setting, since the Trade Action has been removed.

Fleet automation now follows the actions and options you select, instead of choosing for itself.

Empires can now cancel accepted contracts, improving gameplay management.

Ethics and factions are now shown on pop group entries with tooltips for attraction.

New policies for better control over auto-designer for players and AI.

Consecrate World can now be declared on specific worlds, with reworked rewards.

Pops shift ethics and factions more frequently, enhancing dynamic gameplay.

Modifiers now affect strike craft and missiles launched from starbases and defense platforms.

Trade League federations now automatically grant Commercial Pacts between member empires.

Pop groups will have a percentage belonging to each faction or ethic, impacting gameplay significantly.

Base knights upkeep and soldier alloy upkeep increased.

AI and auto-complete ship designs no longer leave weapon or strike craft slots empty after upgrades.

Deep Scan now uncovers anomalies and archaeology sites at intended rates.

An empire with a subject on Limited Diplomacy now offers contracts to Nomadic empires again.

Reaching The Great Awakening as a Shroud-Forged empire no longer enslaves every pop lacking the Shroud-Forged trait.

Biological ships are now affected by food deficits.

Assimilation events should no longer attempt to move 0 sized pop groups.

Abandoning a Forever Cruise contract now states how it affects Passenger Satisfaction.

Fixed an error log spam issue from the Genetic Memory trait.

Nomadic Evolutionary Predators now gain genetic material from Pops held by their temporary purge vassals.

Economic plan completion is now decided by income alone, with other factors no longer holding a plan open.

common/economic_plans/00_example.txt has been rewritten to reflect new modding guidelines.

We will no longer try to add psionic or other traits to envoys.

Ban Buttons on MP now have bespoke icons.

Fixed waystation modules that were incorrectly available or unavailable in systems based on resource matching.

The invitation to join the Galactic Community no longer arrives repeatedly while its window is still open.

S.I.D.N.I. now greets you with a catchphrase when hired, and leaders who previously arrived in silence now have a greeting too.

Fixed the Sacrifice boon staying active after an empire abandoned the Death Cult civic.

Cyber-zombies created by Mechromancy now take jobs instead of being stuck as purged pops.

Enforced Nemma Slavery Planet Modifier now shows correct icon.

Biological ships are no longer affected by energy deficits.

AI empires no longer overbuild Strongholds and starve themselves of necessary alloys.

AI empires can no longer end up with no economic plan at all, ensuring they always have something to aim for.

Fixed the supporters icon overlapping the size value in the Factions view.

The Pierce the Shroud decision's effect text now fits its window and states the chance of the world being consumed.

The contract offer and contract completion windows now use the same reward heading.

A Nomadic empire with a subject on Limited Diplomacy now receives contracts again.

The Dathnak Gas exhibit description no longer has a gap where an empire name belongs.

Fixed multiple buildings generating errors on colonies with no owners.

Fixed savefiles where nomads inherited a subject with an invalid type.

The Shroud-Forged origin no longer always starts with a red dwarf star.

The Cycle of Growth no longer grants monthly food and pop growth speed to empires that cannot use them.

Pierce the Shroud now leaves a properly formed Shrouded World when the Shroud consumes a planet.

Storm Buildings will no longer throw errors when built on AI Arkships.

Empires with the Evolutionary Predators origin can no longer gain species traits from disabled DLCs.

AI empires no longer pour everything into one resource while another resource holds their economic plan back.

Fixed the tooltip for the Prosperous Unification Origin for non-Nomadic Thermophile and Machine species.

At player request, the 'optional' flag on an economic plan subplan blocks plan completion again.

Fix a tiebreak issue in pop group statistics, potentially causing desyncs.

Aquatic species can now take the Wet Climate Mods trait from the Cybernetic ascension path.

The Under the Ice archaeological site no longer offers Nomad empires research they cannot use.

New defines AI_INCOME_TARGET_BUFFER_FACTOR, AI_DEATH_SPIRAL_MONTHS_OF_COVER and AI_MARKET_BUY_MONTHS_OF_COVER added.

Nomad empires now receive research from several archaeological sites and Ruler Insight events that previously gave them nothing.

Corrected the spelling of 'gases' throughout.

Chance to increase Resource Deposit Size on Survey now correctly applies regardless of the source.

Biomorphosis now takes about half as long to complete, aligning it with other ascension paths.

Bioship empires now have a food target at every stage of their economic plan.

Fixed duplication of Great Khan event targets that could confuse the game when playing heirs of the khan.

AI empires now settle on a small surplus above each income target, improving resource management.

AI empires now regularly revisit a colony's designation as it develops.

Nomad Contract button in arkship view is disabled when there are no contracts to view.

Megastructure build speed modifiers no longer apply twice to construction ships.

Removed the unused `ai_update_type` technology parameter.

Event popups are no longer suppressed while the research window is open.

Fixed Action Action Speed modifiers from jobs not applying.

Ship aura effects are now recalculated when an aura-carrying ship is destroyed and replaced.

Reworked the empire ethics header and tooltips to match the faction ones.

Removed unused modifiers related to planet max buildings.

Fixed map ping staying visible after right-clicking an event notification.

Added the `pop_attraction_tag` parameter to pop faction types.

Situation Log entries for contracts, archaeological sites, etc., no longer go stale when replaced.

Pops faction fill is much slower by default, with increased ethic attraction factor for faster change.

Fixed layout issues in the Form Federation and Change Federation Type windows.

Orbital stations can now be built on the star while playing with Red Giant origin and Eager Explorers civic.

Fixed ethics randomization failing for multiple reasons.

In coop, dismissing an event window now also removes the corresponding notification.

Contingency worlds now detonate their failsafes if they come under control of another empire.

Driven Assimilator purge vassals no longer get stuck on conquered worlds with robotic pops.

Leaders missing in action can no longer stand for election.

AI empires no longer construct certain buildings on colonies without matching districts.

Pops now leave a faction immediately when it becomes invalid or exceeds eligible Pops.

Downgrading a starbase now asks for confirmation first.

Improved hitboxes for the factions tab entries.

AI should no longer build superfluous colony ships.

The Claimant event in the Heirs of the Khan origin now correctly names the rival candidate's species.

The holding max building modifiers have been renamed for clarity.

Forced empires are once again displayed correctly in the New Game galaxy setup.

Special projects with triggered requirements now show their icon on the galaxy map again.

Designer window no longer blocks player from interacting with edit section buttons on biological ships.

Fixed Change Federation Type window not updating the federation level text automatically.

AI economic plans no longer consider themselves complete based on uncounted resource targets.

Minimum value for max number of holding buildings is now always 0.

Fixed missing species names in several Grand Archive specimen descriptions.

Arc Furnace Smelting tab now acts on the furnace on screen instead of the first one opened.

Mardak Vol and Vol species names no longer always appear in English.

Protostars can now yield physics and engineering deposits from Deep Scanning and The Surveyor relic.

Opening the holdings buildings tab on a biologic species planet no longer causes the game to freeze.

Different modifiers for max buildings in a branch office are now summed before truncation.

Tooltip of the Genomic Services Outreach now correctly displays the replicators effect.

AI empires are less likely to leave Urban Expansion districts on Urban World colonies.

Factions without supporters are no longer hidden from the outliner and factions tab.

Synthetically ascended founder species can now be released as sector vassals.

C.A.R.E's world can now be bombarded from orbit once its defensive protocols turn hostile.

The 'Grotesque Rock Formation' special project is now anchored to the planet where the anomaly was found.

Pops ethics change is accelerated, increasing frequency and slightly diminishing the size of changes.

Ethics Pop changes are now cached per empire and per colony.

New icons for faction approval, support, supporters, attraction, and ethics modifiers.

Faction icons moved to a new directory for better organization.

Planets colonized by the Contingency or Prethoryn Scourge now show a complete set of districts.

`POP_ETHOS_MIN_ATTRACTION` is ignored when no ethic reaches it, allowing ethics shift.

Added missing localization for several bypass types.

Factions now display their average attraction and breakdown in their size tooltip.

Several interface lists no longer show outdated entries after replacements.

Nomad empires are no longer missing the excavation option in the Infernals event chain.

Faction attraction, eligible Pops, and monthly Pop changes are now cached instead of recomputed for every tooltip.

Faction approval icon now matches its modifier icon, and support no longer reuses the attraction icon.

Fixed Starlit Citadel origin failing to spawn its initial Deep Space Citadel.

Faction and ethic entries now show their monthly supporter change with per colony breakdown.

Added the missing Behemoth ship size icon, including its damaged variant.

Fixed some branch office max building modifiers being applied to both colonies and branch offices.

Fixed auto-generated ships occasionally receiving two sections in a single section slot.

Precursor dig sites (Vultaum, Yuht, First League, Irassian, Cybrex) not appearing when surveying, and the Fear of the Dark origin's hostile empire failing to spawn.

Fixed numerous issues with Total Wars affecting Nomadic Empires and their ownership of arkships and planets.

Fixed the crime events not firing on arkships.

The Anomaly, Archaeological Site, and Astral Rift views now show the assigned scientist while a science ship carries out that task on automation.

The Cybernetic species trait now provides an additional +5% Job Efficiency.

Consecrate World can now be declared on a curated set of worlds tied to your empire's origin and traits.

Strike craft and missile defensive modifiers now also affect strike craft and missiles launched from starbases and defense platforms.

Existing saves with starbase build queues stuck after a controller flip are now repaired on load.

Automated science ships now spread out again, instead of all clustering in the same highest weight system.

Fixed Commercial Pact trade value growing out of control in federations, swinging between near-zero and enormous values each month.

Numerous events, decisions, and buildings silently failing or producing error log spam for Nomad empires.

set_planet_flag, remove_planet_flag, set_timed_planet_flag and has_planet_flag now also work in colony, carrier, and ship scope.

Fixed a bug where starbase building queues remained locked after a controller flip at the end of a war.

AI and auto-complete ship designs no longer leave weapon or strike craft slots empty after upgrades or power rebalancing.

Increased base knights upkeep by .15 alloys and .15 consumer goods.

Wars declared with Nomadic Raid, Plunder, or Wipe Them Out goals now include the war type in their name.

Fixed science ships being lost permanently when set to automatically explore Astral Rifts.

Fixed a regression that caused many anomalies, events, and origin features to stop working, including Precursor dig sites.

Fixed the 'Gather Information' operation sometimes failing to deliver its report when the target empire no longer existed.

Fixed an issue where a Nomad waystation disabled by hostile space fauna could remain disabled after the fauna left.

The Prosperous Unification origin now displays correct effects and flavor text for Nomadic empires.

The Stellar Cannon is now a Tier 3 tech, requiring Wormhole Stabilization and UV Lasers.

Fixed a script error in the genetic mutation event for Spiritualist empires.

Scan Debris Contracts now automatically cancel when the target debris decays.

The Anomalous Cube archaeology site now refers to the correct empire.

Nomads can now reactivate and own gateway megastructures.

Nomad AI empires now build contract-required Waystations even when over Starbase Capacity.

The game will no longer instruct players to kill their own Behemoth to remove the Elder Voidspawn.

Synaptic Lathes no longer stop purging pops and existing saves will repair over the course of a year.

Automated ships no longer switch off automation when avoiding hostile fleets.

General centralization of notification icons.

Fixed several minor artifact and anomaly research projects granting no reward when completed as a Nomad empire.

Empires are no longer allowed to join ongoing wars against their subjects/overlords.

Fixed the Drums of War event displaying an incorrect species insult.

Arkship weapon and reactor specializations now indicate in their tooltip that they add Strategic Resource upkeep.

The 'Assault Armies' and 'Shipyard' buttons on the Arkship Ship Controls tab are now properly localized.

You can now visualize precursors using the debug.

Fixed a crash when quitting the game on macOS.

AI empires will no longer fire the Stellar Cannon into the territory of peaceful empires and prioritize static targets when at war.

Resource Regions can now be created and weighted using scripting.

The game will now recalculate species rights on loading a save game.

Added Waystation Voidlure modules for luring space fauna.

Operational Reserves now track Energy and Minerals 1:1 and scale with Arkship tiers.

Fixed an issue where Tombworld Earth was spawning too frequently.

Arkship can now issue a survey command by clicking the survey button on the galaxy map.

Tooltips added to clarify requirements for Nomadic Empires regarding waystations and L-Gates.

New module allows players to lure space fauna by right-clicking on a system.

Assault Armies will no longer split into separate Transport Fleets after leaving the planet surface.

Clarified the tooltips for map modes.

Automated ships will not switch off automation when avoiding hostile fleets.

Adjusted the spawning frequency of Tombworld Earth to prevent it from replacing the UNE.

Harvest Resources Contracts will now be cancelled if a different empire harvests the resources first.

Added the Explore automation order to Arkships.

Introduced Arkship Voidlure Array module to lure space fauna.

Arkships will no longer unintentionally sync to the same auto-generated design.

Font size in the Empire Creation setup decreased to prevent overlap with numbers.

Operational Reserves now track Energy and Minerals 1:1 and scale with Arkship tiers.

Contracts will now be cancelled if a different empire harvests the resources first.

Added new modules for Waystations to lure space fauna.

Added a Resource Abundance slider in galaxy settings ranging from 'Scarce' to x5.

Assault Armies will no longer split into separate Transport Fleets after leaving the planet surface.

Fleet automation menus now offer per-action options and can save settings as defaults.

Nomads can now build Megastructures in systems with their Waystations.

Details map mode now toggles between 3 states: Normal -> Detailed -> Hidden.

Wanderlust now gives some bonuses immediately after completing 4 categories.

Introduced a slider in galaxy settings to control resource abundance from Scarce to x5.

Resolved an issue where automated science ships would vanish when exploring Astral Rifts.

Arkships now have a 10 year cooldown after benefiting from a Max Aura effect.

Added policies for better control over starbase loadouts.

Nomads can now build Megastructures in systems containing their Waystations.

Pops shift ethics and factions more frequently.

Tooltips for map modes have been clarified.

Assault Armies will not split into separate Transport Fleets after leaving the planet surface.

AI and auto-complete ship designs no longer leave weapon or strike craft slots empty after upgrades.

New modules added for Waystation Voidlure.

Updated Cyberization policies to account for changes to pop groups and ethics, including removal of Limited Cybernetic species trait.

A slider in galaxy settings ranges from 'Scarce' to x5 for resource abundance.

Contracts will now be cancelled if a different empire harvests the resources first.

Unlocked Knights of the Toxic God for nomads.

Per-action options added for fleet automation.

Cosmogenesis is now available for Nomads.

Fixed Deep Scan uncovering anomalies and archaeology sites less often than intended.

Fixed auto-generated ships occasionally receiving two sections in a single section slot.

Details map mode now toggles between 3 states: Normal, Detailed, Hidden.

Allows players to lure space fauna by right-clicking on a system.

Pop groups are no longer divided by Ethics or Factions, with each group having a percentage for each faction or ethic.

Arkships now have a 10 year cooldown after benefiting from a Max Aura effect.

The game will now recalculate species rights when loading a save game.

Operational Reserves now track Energy and Minerals 1:1 and scale with Arkship tiers.

Added a Fleet Doctrine policy with six doctrines affecting automated ship designs.

Strike craft and missile defensive modifiers now affect those launched from starbases.

Trade League federations now provide free, automatic Commercial and Wayline Pacts.

Ethic attraction now impacts faction growth.

Ethics and factions are now shown on the pop group entries in the planetary management UI with detailed tooltips.

Tombworld Earth was spawning too often; this has been corrected.

Federations can now enact laws for automatic Commercial Pacts and Research Agreements.

Arkships can now use the Explore automation order to navigate to Points of Interest.

Wanderlust now provides some bonuses immediately and the rest after completing 4 categories.

Pop group faction conversion happens more frequently.

Fleet automation menus now offer per-action options for various automation tasks.

Arkships now have a 10 year cooldown after benefiting from a Max Aura effect.

Fixed that Tombworld Earth was spawning too often.

Added a Resource Abundance slider in galaxy settings ranging from 'Scarce' to x5.

Operational Reserves now track Energy and Minerals 1:1 and scale with Arkship tiers.

Details map mode now toggles between 3 states: Normal -> Detailed -> Hidden.

Added Waystation Voidlure modules and Arkship Voidlure Array module.

Wanderlust now gives some bonuses immediately and the second half after completing 4 categories.

Assault Armies will no longer split into separate Transport Fleets after leaving the planet surface.

Harvest Resources Contracts will now be cancelled if a different empire harvests the resources first.

Added the Explore automation order to Arkships.

The Void Reavers civic no longer requires both First Contact and Nomads.

Fixed multiple crashes related to AI contract evaluation, combat, and UI interactions.

Idle Arkships and Logistic ships will notify the player about having completed the waystation/wayline stockpile collection.

Preventing a waystation UI from crashing in some cases.

The Defenders of the Galaxy achievement should now be completable.

Rebalanced Arkship habitability from species traits.

Added Logistics Hub indicator in the galaxy map.

Reduced the rate of the Forever Cruise situation speed on all difficulties.

Fixed various tooltips and localization issues related to nomadic empires and Arkships.

Automated science ships that temporarily run out of reachable tasks now stay automated and resume when new work appears.

Fixed overlapping and missing items in single player game setup.

The Stellaris 4.4.1 ‘Pegasus’ update and Nomads DLC released.

Fixed opinion modifiers from Defender of the Galaxy applying when they shouldn't.

Significantly reduced the amount that the situation increases based on game difficulty.

Corrected the Trust and Opinion thresholds required to propose a Waystation Pact.

AI will now consider abandoning a contract after 20 years have passed since they have accepted it.

Doubled the grace period after completing a crew or passenger contract to 24 months.

The Void Reavers civic no longer requires both First Contact and Nomads.

Corrected the Trust and Opinion thresholds required to propose a Waystation Pact.

Fixed opinion modifiers from Defender of the Galaxy applying when they shouldn't.

Reduced the rate of the Forever Cruise situation speed on all difficulties.

Fix crash in spawn_random_anomaly when orbital fleet has no ships.

Fix crash when escaping combat as an enemy is destroyed.

Fixed a potential crash when opponents were deleted in mid-combat.

The Defenders of the Galaxy achievement should now be completable.

Fix crashing on 800p and lower resolutions when clicking on Waystations.

Fixed a crash that could occur when changing the animated main menu background from the in-game settings screen.

Fixed overlapping and missing items in single player game setup.

Doubled the grace period after completing a crew or passenger contract to pause progress in the passenger satisfaction situation for 24 months.

Preventing a waystation UI from crashing in some cases.

Fixed a crash that could occur when hovering ethics tooltips in the empire setup screen.

Fixed a crash that could occur while the AI was evaluating which contract to take on.

Fixed a crash that could occur when hovering an empire's ethics tooltips, including after that empire was destroyed.

Significantly reduced the amount that the situation increases based on game difficulty.

Fix combat crash when calculating ship design states from required component arrays having null-object placeholders.

Reduced the amount that the situation increases based on game difficulty.

A megastructure that allows you to weaponize your energy stockpile into a devastating beam.

Includes Caravan Masters, Deep Sleep, Void Reavers, Flight Schools, and Star Seekers.

Participate in gladiatorial fleet combat across the galaxy for glory and trophies.

Stellaris: Nomads will be released on June 15th, introducing new gameplay mechanics and features.

Reduced the rate of the Forever Cruise situation speed on all difficulties.

Create empires that are not bound by claiming systems or colonizing worlds, navigating the stars with massive Arkships.

The Arkship replaces traditional Worlds for your empire and can be upgraded with Military, Scientific, or Civilian classes.

New tracks by composers Andreas Waldetoft and Batzorig Vaanchig.

Perform task-driven interactions with other empires to earn favor, resources, and influence.

Stellaris: Nomads - the first installment of Stellaris: Season 10 - is available now.

Fixed a crash that could occur when changing the animated main menu background from the in-game settings screen.

Construct Waystations to create lasting interstellar trade routes that benefit both nomadic and settled empires.

Perform task-driven interactions with other empires to earn favor, resources, and influence.

Void Reavers no longer additionally requires First Contact.

Preventing a waystation UI from crashing in some cases.

Create empires that are not bound by claiming systems or colonizing worlds, navigating the stars with massive Arkships.

A new ambition for players to rise as a defender against the Galactic Nemesis.

The Arkship replaces traditional worlds, offering three classes: Military, Scientific, and Civilian.

Includes Voidfarers, Heirs of the Khan, The Sacred Path, and Forever Cruise.

Construct Waystations to create trade routes that harvest resources and benefit both nomadic and settled empires.

Mod playlists have been deactivated to reduce issues with un-updated mods.

Fixes a crash during AI contract evaluation.

Includes Voidfarers, Heirs of the Khan, The Sacred Path, and Forever Cruise.

Fix crashing on 800p and lower resolutions when clicking on Waystations.

Construct Waystations to harvest resources and create trade networks.

As a Nomad, seek rare systems for rewards.

Transforms the Defender of the Galaxy Ascension Perk into a five-level Ambition path.

New gameplay mechanics centered around Nomadic Empires.

Mods will automatically disable on major updates; incompatible saves will divert to main menu.

Corrected the position of the Mindlink Metropolis district on the capital planet screen.

Corrected scoring for energy zones instead of mining zones.

Includes characters like Orun Veyth and Ashar, the Wandering Sage.

Escalating consequences for empires with all colonies occupied.

Settled empires can issue task-driven Contracts for Nomadic empires.

Eight new tracks by Andreas Waldetoft and Batzorig Vaanchig.

Massive mobile capitals that replace homeworlds, serving as colonies, shipyards, and warships.

Empires can negotiate to join or leave ongoing wars.

An offensive Megastructure that fires energy at a target system.

New slider to cap automated job slots.

Includes Caravan Masters, Void Reavers, Star Seekers, and more.

A gladiatorial enclave hosting fleet combat tournaments.

Resolved issue where pops could end up in 'reprocessing' jobs forever.

Includes Voidfarers, Heirs of the Khan, The Sacred Path, and Forever Cruise.

Includes traits like Photoadaptive and Recursive Learners.

New background selector for the Graphics settings screen.

New mechanics allowing nomadic empires to settle on planets or embark from them, providing strategic options for gameplay.

Introducing new civics including Caravan Masters, Flight Schools, Hired Guns, and more, enhancing gameplay for nomadic civilizations.

New species traits that reflect the unique characteristics of nomadic species, including traits for Arkship habitability.

New research option related to the Exodus Jump Coordinator, allowing for unique travel mechanics within the game.

A new offensive megastructure that can be built by Settled Empires, allowing them to target enemy systems with devastating effects.

A new prescripted empire, the Gundersen Research Society, added to the game with unique traits and lore.

New Military-Class Arkships outfitted for combat with unique abilities.

Unique military contracts that affect gameplay dynamics for Heirs empires.

Buffs to federations, Galactic Community, diplomacy, and defensive structures.

New mechanics for nomads including Arkship combat and vassalization.

Reworked crisis mechanics and new Ambition paths for unique victory conditions.

Unlock unique ships and abilities through the Paladin Initiative after becoming Custodian.

New gameplay focused on revenge and military contracts with marauder fleets.

New gameplay origin where players manage a cruise ship with crew and passengers, balancing their needs.

Introduction of Civilian Arkships designed for resource refinement and harvesting.

Nomads have new Focus Tasks related to contracts and modified Focus Progression steps.

A new mechanic tracking the satisfaction of passengers versus crew on the Forever Cruise.

New resource management system for nomads that affects stability and research speed based on reserves.

New district specializations for Crew and Passengers on the Forever Cruise.

Nomadic empires can now issue contracts to settled empires for various tasks, including military and resource harvesting.

Nomadic empires can perform various harvesting actions on celestial objects, affecting resource management.

New automation settings for Arkships and Logistic Ships to streamline resource collection.

Unique district specialization for The Sacred Path origin, introducing new roles and jobs.

Waystations allow Nomadic empires to exert influence without claiming systems, forming Waylines when built in neighboring systems.

New modifiers and technologies for Scientific Arkships that enhance economic and military development.

Arkships act as Colonies, Shipyards, and hybrid Military/Science ships for Nomadic empires.

A new origin that focuses on the journey of finding sacred sites, influencing gameplay and empire identity.

Logistic Ships are used to construct Waystations and collect resources, replacing traditional Construction Ships.

A Behemothkin portrait has been added to Reptilians for players logged into their Paradox Account.

Fix to a CS_COUNTRY_RESOURCES OOS.

Fix applied when playing with nascent species.

The handling of 'very old age' has been simplified in code, affecting mod compatibility.

Most elements of the Galaxy Edition upgrade will be rolled into the base game.

The spinner will load all files in the substitutions folder at game start.

Corrected Vipra the Vapor’s greeting audio.

Fix to a CS_SPECIES_COUNT, CS_SPECIES_INDEX OOS when playing with nascent species.

A Behemothkin portrait has been added to Reptilians for players logged in with a Paradox Account.

Players can now override the default 90 FPS render cycle cap by modifying settings.txt.

Players can now override the default 90 FPS cap by adjusting settings.txt.

The price of the base Stellaris game will increase by $10 when the DLCs are added to the base game.

All players will receive the Utopia and Synthetic Dawn DLCs, and the Humanoids Species Pack for free.

New modes that replace spider-like portraits with alternative artwork and vice versa.

DLC ownership check made backward compatible for mods not updated for Utopian Abundance changes.

The define is now a fixed point that makes you more likely to die if over 120% of species' lifespan.

Added a Portrait Substitution option in Accessibility settings.

These three DLCs are being rolled into the base game with the 4.3.6 release.

Leaders can no longer become too old to die.

The Portrait Substitutions spinner will now load all files in the specified directory at game start.

A Portrait Substitution option has been added in Accessibility settings, allowing for customization based on Arachnophobia/Arachnophilia modes.

The Utopia, Synthetic Dawn Story Pack, and Humanoids Species Pack have been rolled into the base game.

Introduces Machine Intelligence empires, Machine Rebellions, Machine Fallen Empire, and 7 Machine Portraits.

Includes Megastructures, Habitats, Ascension Perks, Indoctrination, Advanced Slavery, Hive Mind empires, and Fanatic Purifiers.

Utopia, Synthetic Dawn, and Humanoids Species Pack will be rolled into the base-game for free.

Adds 10 humanoid portraits, Master Artificers, Pleasure Seekers, Pompous Purists civics, Clone Army origin, and Humanoid Shipset.

A new ambition path for players to become the champion of the galaxy.

Bundling of DLCs into fewer release moments based on community feedback.

New system for trade and interaction between nomadic and settled empires.

New mobile capital ships that replace traditional worlds for nomadic empires.

A new megastructure that allows players to weaponize their energy stockpile.

New music tracks added to enhance the gameplay experience.

Season 10 Expansion Pass now available for purchase.

Exclusive species portrait available immediately with Season 10 purchase.

Introducing new origins: Voidfarers, Heirs of the Khan, Sacred Path, and Forever Cruise.

Announcing the Nomads expansion, featuring new gameplay mechanics and content.

New civics and options for tradition swaps introduced in the Nomads expansion.

Machine Worlds can now be assigned a Trade Colony designation, with correct handling of trade districts.

The Modularity tradition's soldier stability bonus now correctly provides +0.25 stability per 100 soldiers.

Fixed an issue where Volcanic World districts would disappear when terraforming to a Machine World or Hive World.

Players can now pin entries in the Situation Log for easier access to important information.

Corrected the job output for 'Offworld Prospectors' jobs under specific conditions.

The Lathe Cogitator building no longer provides bonuses when deactivated.

The Virtuality tradition's bonus jobs now scale per district rather than applying a flat bonus per planet.

The Evolutionary Predator hive authority’s reduction to empire size per species trait now functions as expected.

The Megastructures UI has been cleaned up and unified for better information display.

The Situation Log has been redesigned to enhance user-friendliness, addressing navigation and organization issues.

Fixed an issue where Driven Assimilators completing the Cybernetics tradition tree quickly missed a government choice event.

Robotic leaders in Driven Assimilator empires no longer lose the Cyborg trait post-modification.

The Open Shroud Rift planetary decision can no longer be exploited by queueing it and then terraforming.

Multiple fixes to out-of-sync issues caused by country AI and resource calculations.

The Adaptability tradition finisher tooltip now correctly states its bonus applies to all colony types.

Cybernetic governors in Machine empires now correctly boost Pop Assembly rate instead of workforce efficiency.

The Grand Archive event now correctly removes 20% of the affected pop group instead of a flat 20 pops.

The Living Metal deficit tooltip now correctly states that a shortage reduces Job Output by -30%.

Fixed an issue where MSI would start with buildings they couldn't pay the upkeep for.

Entries that clutter the Situation Log are now grouped under a new 'Findings' tab, including categories like First Contacts and Anomalies.

Situation Log entries are now grouped under collapsible categories such as Tutorial, Crises, and Urgent.

The Machine Fallen Empire's Administration Hub II now correctly provides 1200 unity jobs.

Tankbound empires with the Void Dwellers origin now correctly receive reduced starting pops.

Fixed an issue in fleet creation effects that created fleets five times the size it was supposed to.

Increased Specimen Storage to 60 and improved management of specimens in the Grand Archive.

Automated jobs now have their own workforce limit slider for better control over job automation.

Biologists on a Relic World now produce +0.25 Minor Artifacts (was +0.1) and other related bonuses adjusted.

Fixed Mutagenic Habitability being capped at lower threshold than stated.

Disruptor weapons now reduce Regeneration Effectiveness on hit for 10 days, with specific adjustments to T1, T2, T3, and Psionic types.

Increased Astral Siphon thread production and reduced Physics bonus and upkeep for Gestalts.

Removed demotion and promotion blocks in pop job script definitions and other related changes.

Fixed the 'Volcanic Forge' technology not appearing for certain origins.

Ministry of Production and Production Center Alloy and Consumer Goods bonus increased to 0.2 from 0.1.

Exotic Gas production of Advanced Bio-Reactor increased to 0.1 from 0.05.

Reduced the fleet power of Voidworms to be more accurate to their capabilities.

Corrected Ion Cannon collateral damage from 20 to 100.

Starbases now support Tab and Ctrl-Tab for cycling through the list.

Added a cap of 10 years for how long a fleet can go MIA, with exceptions for certain fleet types.

Purges now pause any time there is a ground battle for the planet.

Fixed Mutagenic Habitability being capped at a lower threshold than stated.

Added a cap of 10 years for how long a fleet can go MIA, with exceptions for certain fleet types.

Adjusted names and tooltips for various technologies and jobs.

Fixed an issue in fleet creation effects that created fleets five times the intended size.

Fixed the 'Volcanic Forge' technology not appearing for certain origins.

Increased Astral Siphon thread production and reduced Physics bonus.

Tiers of disruptor weapons have had their shield and armor/hull regeneration effects adjusted.

Increased Exotic Gas production of Advanced Bio-Reactor to 0.1 from 0.05.

Biologists on a Relic World now produce +0.25 Minor Artifacts (was +0.1).

Reduced Building Upkeep to 8 Energy from 10 Energy.

Reduced the fleet power of Voidworms to be more accurate to their capabilities.

Disruptor weapons now reduce Regeneration Effectiveness on hit for 10 days.

Fixed multiple OOS issues related to hotjoining and player rejoining.

Increased bonus to 0.2 from 0.1.

Increased Minor Artifact storage cap to 2000 (was 1000).

Updated AI alloy and food budgets to better handle new Starbase costs.

T1: -20% Shield, -10% Armor/Hull Regen; T2: -35% Shield, -20% Armor/Hull Regen; T3: -50% Shield, -30% Armor/Hull Regen.

Increased Minor Artifact storage cap to 2000 (was 1000).

Fixed multiple OOS issues related to hotjoining and player rejoining.

Increased Astral Siphon thread production and reduced Physics bonus.

Disruptor weapons now reduce Regeneration Effectiveness on hit for 10 days.

Reduced the fleet power of Voidworms to be more accurate to their capabilities.

Biologists on a Relic World now produce +0.25 Minor Artifacts (was +0.1).

Corrected Ion Cannon collateral damage from 20 to 100.

Fixed the 'Volcanic Forge' technology not appearing for certain origins.

Reduced Building Upkeep to 8 Energy from 10 Energy.

Increased Exotic Gas production of Advanced Bio-Reactor to 0.1 from 0.05.

Increased Archaeo-Engineering AP bonus to +0.15 (was +0.05).

Purges now pause during ground battles for the planet.

Added a cap of 10 years for how long a fleet can go MIA, with exceptions for certain fleet types.

Updated AI alloy and food budgets to better handle new Starbase costs.

Increased Alloy and Consumer Goods bonus to 0.2 from 0.1.

Fixed an issue in fleet creation effects that created fleets five times the intended size.

Psionic disruptors now have -35% Shield Regen and -20% Fire Rate.

Adjusted AI food budget so bio-ship empires will rebuild their fleets after losing a war.

Fixed Mutagenic Habitability being capped at a lower threshold than stated.

Cyborg version of Learning Algorithm now grants +1 effective leader skill level instead of +1 councilor level.

Vaults of Knowledge now grants +1 leader trait pick and modifies energy upkeep based on Destiny traits.

The bonus for Planned Polymorphism has been reduced from 15% to 10%.

Starbases no longer receive double armor nor propagate armor to defense platforms.

Planetary Automation should now reliably work and build districts as intended.

Soldiers, Battle Thralls, and Warrior Drones now provide the same Naval Cap of 4 for the same upkeep.

AI improvements made to prevent it from sending fleets into stronger forces and better economic planning.

Buildings like Slave Processing Facility and Administrative Complex now provide 10% efficiency instead of 5%.

A new system allowing players to substitute portraits based on preferences, starting with Arachnophobia Mode.

Fixed a bug preventing penalties from exceeding Naval Capacity from applying to ship upkeep.

Fixed threading issues and other stability-related bugs to improve overall game performance.

Sliders added to Advanced Galaxy Settings for Naval Capacity and Command Limit, affecting late-game performance and balance.

Utopia, Synthetic Dawn, Humanoids Species Pack, and Galaxy Edition portraits rolled into the base game.

New accessibility setting that replaces non-spider portraits with spider-like portraits.

Arachnophilia Mode is still under development and may change before the Utopian Abundance release.

In multiplayer, players will see true portraits unless Arachnophilia Mode is enabled by both.

Local portrait substitution system that affects appearance in Empire Creation and Selection.

The Specialist Training tradition now works properly for Gestalt empires.

Voidworms have been weakened on Civilian and Cadet difficulty.

Soldiers, Battle Thralls, and Warrior Drones now provide the same Naval Cap (4) for the same upkeep (1 alloy).

Planetary Automation should now reliably work, including building districts.

Planned Polymorphism bonus reduced from 15% to 10%.

Fixed an issue where the AI would lock itself into buildings repeatedly.

Buildings that provided 5% efficiency bonuses now provide 10%.

Fixed a bug preventing exceeding Naval Capacity from applying upkeep penalties.

Added sliders to Advanced Galaxy Settings for Naval Capacity and Command Limit, affecting gameplay balance.

Lavafalls planetary modifier now provides 0.2 alloys per 100 thermoforger instead of 0.02.

Housing reduction from virtual trait now applies correctly to individualist machines.

Fixed multiple tooltip and localization issues across various events and mechanics.

Empire-designed Space Fauna defensive components are now scaled to be 80% of Bio-ship components.

Fixed logic for Artisan stations being destroyed incorrectly.

Increased Lifespan bonus from the Luminary trait from +40 to +60.

Fixed threading issues with modifier names causing synchronization problems.

Cyborg version of Learning Algorithm now grants +1 effective leader skill level instead of +1 councilor level.

Vaults of Knowledge now grants +1 leader trait pick and changes to unity production.

Starbases no longer receive double armor nor propagate armor to defense platforms.

Fixed an inverted trigger on the Telepathy technology.

Fixed AI's tendency to send fleets into much stronger forces and improved decision-making.

You no longer receive a popup for the Galactic Archivism technology upon first specimen acquisition; its weight is now based on the number of specimens acquired and active Curator deals.

Fixed a crash-to-desktop issue in diplomatic relation distance to border calculation.

Fixed the BioGenesis achievements not being obtainable on the MS Store.

Spinner UI element now has a null object to avoid crashing if not found.

The Empire Size penalty from colonies for Sovereign Guardianship civics has been reduced by 25%.

Fixed wrong stride used in the particle system that could lead to data overwrite and crashes.

Machine, Lithoid, and Infernal empires using Bioships now allocate their food budgets for colonization correctly.

The Aberrant Dimensional Portal now glows with an orange light.

Ritualistic Implants now also provide a bonus to Artisan Job Efficiency.

ListBox UI element now has a null object to avoid crashing if not found.

The Vehement Dimensional Portal now glows with a green light.

The Infernal species has been renamed to Thermophile in-game.

Images of research building variants have been realigned.

OverlappingElementsBox UI element now has a null object to avoid crashing if not found.

Fixed a bug where AI generates space fauna designs without weapon components.

The Empire Size penalty from colonies for Wilderness has been halved.

Fixed issue with SmoothListBox UI element not using null object properly, which may cause crashes.

Fleets are now willing to fight further from the center of the system, especially noticeable when fighting stationary targets at the edge.

The Grand Fleet achievement now requires a fleet size of 500 instead of 120.

Reordered the music tracks in the original soundtrack and corrected the Steam playlist.

Fleets are now willing to fight further from the center of the system, especially against stationary targets at the edge.

Fixed bug when AI generates space fauna designs that don't have weapon components.

OverlappingElementsBox UI element now has a null object to avoid crashing if not found.

The Aberrant Dimensional Portal now glows with an orange light.

Spinner UI element now has a null object to avoid crashing if not found.

Fixed issue with SmoothListBox UI element not using null object properly, which may cause crashes.

ListBox UI element now has a null object to avoid crashing if not found.

Fixed wrong stride used in particle system leading to overwrite of data that sometimes crashes the game.

Empire Size penalty from colonies for Sovereign Guardianship civics reduced by 25%.

The Vehement Dimensional Portal now glows with a green light.

Fixed CTD in diplomatic relation distance to border calculation not accounting for invalid relations safely.

Updated save compatibility to show the incompatible save icon for all pre-4.3 save games.

Avian portrait granted by Paradox Account log in has returned.

The Resume button on the launcher will no longer load incompatible saves, potentially ruining them. It will instead send you to the Main Menu.

Fixed corruption in modifier name generation that sometimes caused CTD when generating OOS logs.

Major reductions across the board to unity generation, planetary ascensions, per pop jobs, and more.

Significant changes to Navies to reduce overall ship counts, making individual ships feel more valuable.

Changes made based on community feedback and bug reports during the Open Beta.

Game significantly faster and more stable from start to end-game.

Reworked many Ascension Paths and Origins for better balance; Cybernetics strengthened, Psionic and Biological bonuses toned down.

Adjusted costs, upkeep, and build times of Fallen Empire buildings.

Increased base Naval Capacity and rebalanced naval capacity techs.

Refactored how Refugees are calculated and added mechanics that affect their likelihood to flee to certain empires.

Reduced the power of various fleets and adjusted difficulty scaling for crises.

Significant changes made to the economy to rebalance it at a generally lower power level, with fewer bonuses or modifiers that stack non-linearly.

Ship defenses improved, especially for larger hulls, leading to longer combats.

All unemployed pops now demote to Civilian at the end of the month, and the 'Rising Unemployment' event chain has been removed.

Living standards now include information for Slaves and happiness penalties apply to Civilians.

Job automation is now moved from district to planet, applying to all technician jobs on a planet.

Cybernetic traits no longer have energy upkeep, and new positive cyborg species traits added.

Most job efficiency modifiers have been reduced to make stability more important.

Higher tier ship and component costs and upkeep have generally been increased.

Major changes to ship naval capacity usage and improvements to ship defenses.

Improved grammar for French, German, and Spanish translations of empire names for certain randomized empires.

Pop Groups can now have multiple ethics and factions simultaneously, simplifying ethic randomization logic.

Improvements made to string allocations for better performance.

Optimizations to reduce memory allocations throughout the game.

Various balance changes to Mutagenic Spas, including changes to amenities and job production.

Scaling adjustments for pirate fleets to be more reasonable for 4.3.

Job efficiency now scales with roboticists or identity designers instead of civilians.

Rebalanced Experimentation Chambers and related job production.

Traditions renamed to Commerce and Fortification to match naming structure.

Further optimizations to reduce allocations and recursions in the localization system.

Changes to Offworld Trading Company and Hyperlane Registrar trade outputs.

Subterranean origin now correctly provides extra housing on mining districts.

Corrected wrong amenities buffs on planetary populations.

Nobles now correctly contribute to stability.

Corrected housing modifiers for various technologies.

Adjustments to various traits and their effects on empire size and leader levels.

Planet Automation should work again after design pass improvements.

Includes Micro, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly.

Expected to improve performance in the Open Beta.

Intensity caps at 50, affecting the number of ships.

Aims to reuse memory and reduce allocation times.

Changed from a multiplier to existing pop growth.

Aims to reduce the 'monthly stutter'.

Includes Planets, PopGroups, Armies, Leaders, Ships, and Fleets.

Compliance Filters can now be picked by Augmentation Bazaars at game start.

Improvement 'Scorched World Heralds' civics now mention that diplomacy with other Thermophiles is possible.

Reduced the minimum fleet power necessary to trigger the fight with the ambushing Cutholoid to 600.

Improved Scripted Trigger caching for better performance.

Fixed the Resync button in multiplayer.

The Luminary for Under One Rule will now have the correct number of traits for their level.

Fixed some scoping issues with the random events if you neighbour the caravaneers.

The 'Scion' origin now blocks the 'Scorched World Heralds' civic.

Modifiers from starbase targeting owner country now makes the country recalculate as it should.

Field Modulation, Eco Simulation, and Geothermal Fracking technologies are now marked as Gateway technologies.

Fixed the Galactic Crucible not triggering a notification/event choice after capture in certain situations.

Optimize string allocation 76% faster.

Option text for Rogue Servitors discovering alien life is tonally appropriate.

'Scorched World Heralds' can no longer grant Full Citizenship or Residence status to conquered non-Thermophile pops.

First Robot timeline event blocked for machine species.

Upgrading a Starbase with a Resource Silo on it no longer lowers the total resource capacity for the Empire.

Optimized event parameter storage leading to significant performance improvements.