Patch Notes

Update #18: Base Expansion, New Warning Indicators January 14, 2026

Details

New Features

• Base Expansion - Use HQ Base slots to expand your existing Base up to two times (add 15 slots for first expansion, 10 slots for second expansion)
• Base warning indicators - Added indicators to Bases list: Consumables running out, Factory not producing, and Buildings needing repair. In Settings, you can now specify thresholds at which the indicators are shown (including already existing ones)
• Galaxy Production chart now shows Used Quantity stat for materials
• Top Companies Medals section now shows your Company's rank for each category even if you're not in the Top 10
• Search bar added to Contracts - search by Company, material, or planet name

Bases

• Company Headquarters upgrades beyond level 10 now require more advanced construction materials (total material value remains roughly the same)
• Plot terraforming cost is now capped at 15 Construction Vehicles
• Relocating buildings in a Base is now free (previously 50 Stars)
• Relocating buildings in a Base is now available on mobile devices
• Added new Concise view mode for buildings (primarily useful for mobile devices)
• Workforce Total Consumption table Reserve sorting is now remembered after page reload
• Consumption updates now run more frequently, making the Consumption expenses graph more precise

Exchange

• Improved Exchange materials concise mode to properly fill entire available width
• Added sorting to My Offers table
• Added Total above My Offers table
• Added button to each material in My Offers that redirects to the material in the Exchange

Missions

• Increased mission rewards for smaller Companies slightly, so they can catch up faster
• Exploration Mission objective is now automatically fulfilled if Ship is already landed on the destination planet when accepting the mission
• Improved refreshing Contracts ready-to-fulfill status

UI Improvements

• Added sorting to My Referrals table
• Companies are no longer removed from previous months' ranking when they reset
• Various UI tweaks on mobile devices

Bug Fixes

• Multiple fixes to improve compatibility with older browsers
• Search Company no longer shows Companies that no longer exist (reset Companies)
• Fixed bug that sometimes prevented Contract creation and showed an error instead
• Company Left/Joined chat channel messages no longer show notifications
• Production tasks' time-until-completion countdowns are now properly updating
• Expansion overhead changes now update consumption rate in all Bases
• Dates in graphs are no longer off by one day if player's local timezone is lower than UTC+0
• Fixed production tasks sometimes jumping forward when upgrading a building

Public API

• GET public/company - Added field id (Company ID)
• GET public/guild/{guildId}/detail - Added Company value and prestige to guild members
• GET public/guild/ - Added Company value and prestige to guild members
• GET public/exchange/mat-details/{materialId} - Added Quantity traded via Contracts to price history
• GET public/exchange/mat-details - Added Quantity traded via Contracts to price history

Update #17: Referral Program, Graphs & Rebalancing December 31, 2025

Details

Referral Program

• Invite your friends - Earn Stars as a reward for bringing new players to the game

New Features

• Galaxy-wide production graph added to material statistics
• Company-specific material graphs showing your production, usage, sales, and purchases
• Contracts now included in material market statistics
• Concise view mode for materials list in Exchange (optional, useful on mobile)
• New alternative Tools recipe: Tiridium Alloy + Nanopolyne = Tools

UI/UX Improvements

• Added a synchronized hover line that highlights the same date and shows tooltips across all graphs on the page
• Exchange materials now show only 10 offers on mobile devices; additional offers can be revealed with the Show All button
• Exchange buy/sell panel prices no longer display decimals for materials with minimum price above 50
• Improved visual formatting for technology level unlock modal on phones (Research tab)
• Fair Play Reminder made clearer and more helpful

Exchange

• Price colors added to My Offers
• Adjusted price color thresholds: green below 83%, yellow above 120%, red above 160% avg price
• Construction Vehicle Federal Reserve cost: 2850 → 2950

Buildings

Shielding costs reduced on T2+ planets:

• Warehouse: 8 → 2 - Warehouses provide the same value on high-tier planets as on Tier 1 planets but were extremely expensive, which forced players to have small warehouses and make many ship trips to those planets daily
• Housing: 8 → 4
• Production Buildings unaffected by fertility/abundance: 8 → 1 (rounds to 2 at level 2) - Production Buildings provide the same value on high-tier planets as on Tier 1 planets. This change makes it more viable to have mixed bases as an alternative to two bases next to each other, reducing frequent shipping between them. Production Buildings affected by fertility/abundance remain unchanged

Ships

• Halved Tiridium and Quadranium Hull Plates needed for ship construction (still slightly more expensive than Basic Hull Plates). The cost of these was far higher than intended, making large ships very expensive.
• Halved Radiation and Heat Shielding required for ship construction, to make them more viable

Recipes

• Ship Interior Kit cost reduced: Pipes 10 → 4
• Cargo Bay Segment cost reduced: Truss 5 → 4
• Improved less profitable Research Data recipes (reduced Office Supplies and Tools costs):
  • 1x Iron + 5x Concrete + 5x Office Supplies = Research Data: Office Supplies 5 → 4
  • 4x Office Supply + 5x Tools + 20x Polyethylene = Research Data: Tools 5 → 4
  • 3x Fruits + 10x Grain + 3x Vegetables + 3x Office Supplies + 4x Fertilizer = Research Data: Office Supplies 3 → 2

Planets

Adjusted starting planet packages for better viability. Increased starting planet resources for more profitable farming and extraction:

• Asteropaios 1: Fertility 53 → 59
• Stellar 2: Fertility 46 → 60
• Astera 4: Fertility 49 → 56
• Iconia 4: Fertility 46 → 52
• Iconia 1: Fertility 59 → 64
• Kentaurus 2: Oxygen 50 → 54
• Daedalus 4: Iron Ore 35 → 52, Oxygen 30 → 40
• Zephyr 3: Oxygen 37 → 62
• Void 1: Iron Ore 14 → 39
• Astera 3: Limestone 54 → 56
• Tidal 5: Silica 46 → 47, Limestone 36 → 46
• Zicigawa 2: Hydrogen 33 → 40
• Zephyr 5: Hydrogen 51 → 55
• Yibbov 1: Hydrogen 22 → 33, Nitrogen 18 → 20
• Tidal 1: Hydrogen 28 → 36
• Light 7: Hydrogen 39 → 44

Bug Fixes

• Improved how right-click context menu activates—it sometimes didn't work properly
• Right-click context menu now displays properly in Guild Projects materials
• Building or dismantling a base now properly updates planet comms channel membership and displays appropriate messages without requiring a game refresh

Update #16: New Missions, Balance and Contract Improvements December 20, 2025

Details

New Missions

• Ho Ho Haul 🎄 - New seasonal mission available now
• Outpost Salvage and Crash Site Salvage - New permanent missions added
• Exploration and Material Delivery Contract Mission destinations now center around your HQ instead of the Exchange

Game Balance

• Building upgrade costs past level 9 now scale more gently, making high-level buildings more viable for players with limited time for multi-base management
• Headquarters relocation cost reduced: 200 → 100 Stars
• Orchard Coffee Beans Fertilizer requirement reduced: 6 → 5
• Prodigy leaderboard removal - The Prodigy leaderboard will be removed from January 1, 2026 onward (you will still receive medals for December). The medal was intended for new players, but currently only favors experienced players resetting monthly

Contracts

• Create Contract window material search now sorts the same way as the Exchange (Favorites → Type → Tier → Tech → Name)
• Contract fees are now included in the maximum price limit, so sellers can receive the same payment regardless of fee
• Filters setting in the Contracts UI now persists
• Contracts now sort by date of acceptance, fulfillment, or cancellation
• Added Contracts to notification settings

Pricing Adjustments

• Raised maximum material prices: soft cap increased from 195% to 225% of average price; hard cap increased from 485% to 785% of base price
• Lowered minimum material price hard cap: 22% → 16.5% of base price

UI Improvements

• Exchange price color-coding - Green (below 80% avg), yellow (above 125% avg), red (above 165% avg)
• Context menus (right-click or press-and-hold on mobile) now open faster and work on all devices, including iPhones
• On mobile, context menus now display tooltip text at the top (e.g., material names)
• Encyclopedia Building entries now display total workforce and housing at each level when Sum toggle is enabled

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where daily guild donation limits weren't resetting properly

Update #15: Favorite Materials December 8, 2025

Details

Exchange

• Favorite Materials - Star your most-traded materials for quick access at the Exchange
• All Contracts can now be copied - easily recreate similar deals with one click

UI Improvements

• Warehouses now default to 'Type and Tier' (T) sorting
• In-browser automatic translators now skip company and guild names for better readability
• Locally hosted fonts for improved loading performance

Ship Updates

• Ship Flight Simulator distances adjusted for better accuracy (40 → 35, 80 → 60)

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

• Contracts' required material check now refreshes when other contracts are fulfilled
• Planet messages now correctly display "dismantled their base" when a company leaves
• Fixed sell price suggestions to correctly reflect undercut steps (e.g., 1000 now suggests 990 instead of 950)
• Various network traffic optimizations

Update #14: Guests in Planet Comms December 4, 2025

Details

Planet Comms

• Guest access to Planet Comms - Companies can now join any settled Planet Comms as guests, even without owning a base there
• Block Company button is now always available, even for companies not in contacts

Public API

• New endpoints for Contracts and Guild data
• GET public/company/contracts
• GET public/guild/{guildId}/detail
• GET public/guild
• GET public/guild/donations
• Improved Swagger documentation

Guilds

• Improved calculation of Ship Speed and Overhead Reduction bonuses from Guild Projects
• Multiple backend improvements for Guild Projects
• Fixed guilds not appearing in the Find Guild tab despite active leadership and enabled 'Looking for New Members' setting

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Various small UI improvements
• Optimized base consumption updates when no consumables are present (faster server startup)
• Fixed positioning for Search Planet, Search Material, and Search Company dropdowns
• Fixed Prodigy Top 10 list

Update #13: Trade Contracts November 30, 2025

Details

Trade Contracts

• Player-to-player trading - Trade any material directly with other players on any planet using Contracts
• Trades away from the Exchange incur a small transaction fee; contracts at the Exchange have no fees
• Contracts tab added to Exchange
• Create Contract option added to context menus - right-click (or press and hold on mobile)
• Right-click on company logos in Comms now opens context menu
• Right-click on company Bases in Company window now opens context menu
• Changed filters in Balance History

UI Improvements

• My Offers tab moved to Exchange
• Improved API keys UI in Settings
• Improved clarity on Company creation page
• Various other small improvements

Guild Updates

• Guild Leaders and Officers now see notification indicator for pending join applications
• Daily company donations limited to 7% of Company Value
• Guild Arcade now correctly grants prestige based on consumables filled at the time of the update
• Guild Arcade now grants prestige to the guild as well
• Internal guild info now properly updates when a Company joins
• Leaving and joining a guild now correctly updates bonuses applied to the Company

Ship Improvements

• Ships now automatically deliver mission cargo on arrival when "Unload on Arrival" is enabled

Company Changes

• Apostrophes (') now allowed in Company names
• Player Rank in Company Detail window now updates correctly and matches the top navbar
• Company resets limited to 4 per 24 hours
• Company reset window no longer closes on clicks outside of it—prevents accidental closure while retrieving 2FA codes

Quality of Life

• Federal Reserve stock now restocks more reliably
• Profanity filter tweaked
• Various backend optimizations and improvements

Public API

• Added Access-Control-Expose-Headers for Rate-Remaining, Rate-Reset, and Retry-After (JavaScript access)
• Fixed Swagger authorization with bearer token

Update #12: API Private Endpoints, Federal Reserve Adjustment November 17, 2025

Details

Federal Reserve

• Federal Reserve prices increased by 5-20% – Materials most heavily purchased from the FED saw larger increases. This gives players more room to compete and accelerates the transition to a fully player-managed market

Ship Improvements

• Ship Auto-Unload AI upgrade now available – Ship Auto-Unload is now free once Auto-Unload AI is installed

Public API

• New endpoints for private Company data
• Added API keys UI to Settings
• API keys have 200 rate limit points every 5 minutes; anonymous requests continue with 100 points
• Rate limit window advances 1 second when exceeded—clients should pause several seconds before retrying
• New headers: Rate-Remaining and Rate-Reset for better tracking
• Full API docs → API Overview

Quality of Life

• Guild Projects added to Encyclopedia
• Added Company Online indicator for Guild candidates
• Mission to donate materials to the Guild is now given only to companies with value over 600k
• Inactive companies are now filtered from planet stats more frequently
• Improved Galaxy display performance

Bug Fixes

• Orchard Herbs now affected by Fertility
• Building level field in Encyclopedia can now be cleared—improving editability on mobile devices
• Company Online/Offline status now properly updates when users connect/disconnect
• Mission reward claims now update Complete Missions achievements without requiring to leave and reenter the Missions page
• Material consumption tracking fixed—Total Consumption 'Reserve' in Workforce tab now updates in real time
• Quantity of consumables in the Warehouse now updates every 10s (down from 30s) for better precision

Update #11: Galaxy Map Overhaul and Logistics Upgrade November 10, 2025

Details

Galaxy Map

• Favorite Planets - Bookmark your expansion targets and key locations
• Missions now appear in Planet window and galaxy sidebar for easier access
• Mission markers - Toggle to display mission locations directly on the map
• Guild Ship tracking - Toggle to watch your guildmates' ships fly across the galaxy in real-time
• Company density indicator - Shows how many active players settled on each planet
• Multi-material Planet filter - Search for planets containing multiple specific resources
• Planet search - Find planets by their name

Ship Improvements

• Transfer all - Move entire cargo with one click
• Auto-unload cargo on arrival for 5 Stars

Minor UI & Quality of Life

• Message notifications now show which channel they're from
• Company menu simplified—your company is now directly clickable
• Production order 'Time' column now factors in your Technology Bonus
• Base consumption updates more frequently (minimum every 8h instead of 24h) for smoother graphs and achievement tracking

Payment Options

• Added Pix payment method for Stars purchases (Brazil)
• Support contact added to Stars purchase page

Bug Fixes

• Companies below 350 prestige no longer get Guild donation missions they can't complete
• Company name/logo updates correctly after Company reset

Update #10: Notes, Localized Comms November 5, 2025

Details

New Features

• Notes System - Jot down your master plans, track deals, or remember which planet had that sweet titanium deposit
• Encyclopedia Button - Now easily accessible in the top-right menu
• Language-Specific Channels - Deutsch, Français, and 中文 channels added. New players auto-join their language channel, and everyone can opt in/out (cogwheel at the top of Channels)

Comms

• Send message field now remembers your text per channel—switching Contact/Channel will no longer clear your partially written message
• Pressing enter multiple times won't send the same message multiple times anymore
• Incoming notifications repositioned so they don't cover your message input anymore
• Mobile: Left panel properly closes when channel is selected

Ship Flight

• Added FTL Capacity and weight ratio display for better flight calculations

Workforce

• Consumption table no longer shows confusing old values while loading
• Reserve timer now accurately shows remaining time, including internal consumption buffers (when workers eat the last pie, you'll know exactly when they need more)
• Consumption buffer no longer resets to zero incorrectly during server recalculation (you will no longer lose reserved consumable if you fed just one)

Guild

• Guild Projects now require 350+ prestige to donate (prevents brand-new company abuse)
• Arrow in donation window is now clickable to instantly max your donation
• Guild finder now only shows guilds with active leadership (online in past 36 hours)
• Mission 'Donation Drive' buffed: ~25% better rewards, with occasional larger-scale versions available

Companies on the Planet

• Inactive companies are hidden from planet stats (larger companies stay visible longer)
• Added Workforce column to company listings

Bug Fixes & Polish

• Company logo changes now update immediately for all players
• Fixed various long name display issues
• Updated company reset interface

Update #9: Total Daily Production November 1, 2025

Details

New Features

• Total Daily Production - Flip toggle on to see your entire base's combined inputs/outputs

Improvements

• Add Production Order quantity field is easier to edit on mobile—no longer forces a minimum value of 1
• Technology tree now clearly indicates that tech levels continue beyond what's displayed
• New shiny icons for Lithium and Silicon Wafer
• Company Icon renamed to Company Logo

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Top Medals showing wrong prestige reward values
• Various minor text corrections

Update #8: Pixel Perfect October 29, 2025

Details

New Features

• 7x7 Company Logos - Logos have been upgraded to 7x7 — 5x5 didn't offer enough unique patterns, giving you more creative freedom. Existing company logo patterns remain unchanged, just converted to the new system with updated colors. Players can now change their company logo for stars in their Company window, which includes a pixel editor
• Move up in Production Queue - You can now move production orders to the top of the queue

Recipe Changes

We made some changes to make Pump more useful:

• Life Support System now requires Cooling System (instead of Coolant) and takes 15min longer to produce
• Cooling System now requires Pump (instead of Electronic Circuits)
• Filtration System now requires Pump (instead of Pipes)

Game Balance

We made some tech level tweaks, so the progression makes more sense:

• Office Supplies weight reduced: 0.3 → 0.2
• Advanced Circuit Board: Tech 5 → 4
• Console: Tech 4 → 5
• Fuel Tank: Tech 4 → 5

Exchange Changes

• Exchange offer merging changed - You can only add materials to existing offers if there are no same-priced offers below it (added after your offer). This removes any competitive advantage and makes merging purely a convenience feature

Improvements

• Discord button added to the loading screen for quick support access
• Fixed text wrapping bug for CJK characters in guild tags
• Backend improvements to guild warehouses, donations, and buff systems
• Federal Reserve icon changed

Update #7: Contact Management, HQ & Guild Projects Rebalance October 24, 2025

Details

New Features

• Added search function to Top Companies page
• Headquarters upgrade costs rebalanced - high-level upgrades are now more reasonable

Comms

• Added 'Remove Contact' via right-click menu or settings menu
• 'Add Contact' now suggests company names as you type
• Channel notifications now show accurate unread message counts
• Many small polish changes

Guild Projects

• Headquarters: Cheaper upgrades under level 10, max level now 35
• Flight Center: Adjusted building costs; first two levels are now buildable with tier 1 materials
• Admin Center, Arcade, Warehouse: Reduced cost scaling at high levels

Materials

• Truss weight: 2t → 1t
• Composite Truss weight: 2.5t → 1.5t
• Adjusted 'Advanced Prefab Plant' recipe that produces 'Construction Kits' so it's more viable
• Material average prices are now significantly more affected by more recent trades
• Improved price calculation for materials having inputs from multiple sources

Bug Fixes

• Fixed starting base detection for proper terraforming costs after abandoning the first base
• Tank display during Ship refuelling is more precise
• Ship flight simulator now accurately shows fuel consumption based on cargo load
• Company Value calculation improved to handle ship part price changes better
• 'Company Inputs and Outputs' chart now loads correctly the first time
• Some hidden improvements

Update #6: Building Maintenance Overhaul + Improved Analytics October 17, 2025

Details

Building Repair

• Repairs now go above 100% condition to prevent material waste from rounding
• Building degradation slowed by 33% - buildings now last 40 days instead of 30 until 0% condition
• Gray repair icon appears when building condition drops below 80%
• Building window now shows helpful info about leftover materials extending repair time

Analytics

• New Company Growth graph added (Company Cash → Company Value tab)
• Company Spending and Output split into separate graphs for better clarity (Company Cash → Expenses tab)
• Improved graph functionality and value labels

Bug Fixes

• Guild Warehouse now properly grants Exchange Warehouse increase
• Right-click quick repair on ships now working correctly
• Ship repair calculation fixed (backend was over-repairing)
• Minor design polish throughout

Update #5: Speed Bonus Extension + Partial Ship Repairs October 16, 2025

Details

New Features

• Starting speed bonus extended from 10 to 14 days - the last 4 days now give 1.2x speed to ease the transition
• Partial ship repairs now available - no more all-or-nothing repairs!
• New notification setting: Private Comms (Guild, personal chat) separate from Public Comms (General, Trade, Help, planets)

Improvements

• Global channel renamed to General
• Guild project consumption now only uses materials needed for the remainder of the day
• Guild project now starts working immediately the first time it's fully fed
• Mission progress now rounds down properly (no more 199.8/200 confusion)
• Minor FAQ changes
• Various hidden improvements
• Wiki button added to top menu
• Wiki updates

Bug Fixes

• Improved company ships value calculation
• No longer possible to add more ships/production orders than slots available

Public API

• Added company names to material details

Quick Public API Update October 12, 2025

Details

Public API Changes

• Added new endpoint: GET /public/exchange/mat-details
• Adjusted rate limiting
• Added company ID to orders in both mat-details endpoints
• Fixed CORS issue

Update #4: The Great Chicken-Egg Paradox October 12, 2025

Details

Game Balance

• Chickens now unlock at Tech Level 4 (down from 5)
• Eggs now unlock at Tech Level 5 (up from 4)
• The universe is now slightly less confusing

New Features

• Wiki launched - it's a work in progress but feel free to check it out: wiki.galactictycoons.com
• Guild Boards - Guilds can now add internal text, only guildies can see

Game Improvements

• Headquarters building can now be clicked in the building window and is listed in the Encyclopedia
• Clicking Comms now keeps you in your last channel instead of jumping to unread messages
• FAQ expanded with more helpful entries
• Desktop notifications no longer spam you during company creation
• Multi-account warning added on company creation (same IP as existing company)
• Tutorial improvements
• Various hidden improvements

API

• New public API endpoints for Exchange data (for you data nerds and tool builders!): wiki.galactictycoons.com/api/exchange
• Added documentation for game data json: wiki.galactictycoons.com/api/game-data
• Press Kit - Added to website footer for media/content creators

Update #3 October 9, 2025

Details

New Features

• Workforce consumable detail now shows one decimal place for better precision
• Companies are now limited to 4 offers per material at the Exchange
• Right-click context menu added to the comms channel list (Mute/Unmute)

Changes

• Guild badges next to company names are now slightly smaller

Bug Fixes

• Fixed content of a page sometimes not showing
• Fixed "&" turning into "&amp" in names
• Some minor improvements

Update #2: FAQ, Social Links & More October 6, 2025

Details

New Features

• FAQ added to top-right menu
• New explainer tooltip for building upgrade
• New explainer tooltip for Starter pack
• Clarified text about star and galaxy lifecycle in Premium features
• Social links added (X, Reddit)

Bug Fixes

• Cash display now rounds down correctly (no more 'Not enough cash' errors)
• Some other minor fixes & improvements

Update #1 October 3, 2025

Details

Fresh updates! Comms got some love + bunch of small improvements.

Comms

• Added Online status indicators in personal chats
• Dev names now appear in blue
• No more notification toasts when already viewing that channel
• Auto-scroll disabled if you've scrolled up (no more interruptions)
• Mobile: Scrolling up no longer refreshes page

Other

• Notifications settings now save correctly
• Companies now have minimum of 100 stars after reset
• Offline/inactive indicators now show grey after 3+ days
• Skip tutorial now requires confirmation
• Production slot unlock now has tooltip
• Improved notification sync for mute/unmute/block actions
• Various mobile UI tweaks
• Various small bugfixes