Starbound

Released: Jul 22, 2016
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Last updated: 16 Sep 2026, 04:54 GMT

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22 Jul 2026Developer post
10th Anniversary Vinyl Announcement
Today marks 10 years since Starbound launched into 1.0, and to celebrate we've teamed up with composer Curtis Schweitzer, illustrator Kkcit, and the team at Lost in Cult on a brand new Starbound: 10th Anniversary soundtrack 2xLP vinyl . All of your favourite tracks have been care
Today marks 10 years since Starbound launched into 1.0, and to celebrate we've teamed up with composer Curtis Schweitzer, illustrator Kkcit, and the team at Lost in Cult on a brand new Starbound: 10th Anniversary soundtrack 2xLP vinyl.
Watch on YouTube
All of your favourite tracks have been carefully pressed across a stunning set, and wrapped in Kkcit’s gorgeous original artwork on the gatefold. There's 2x colourway editions to choose from, the 'Erchius Fuel' variant in purple marble, limited to 500 units with signed certificates from Curtis Schweitzer, or a classic black 'Void' variant.
Pre-orders are available now.
Tracklist
Side A
Starbound
On the Beach at Night
Planetarium
Jupiter
Side B
Haiku
Large Magellanic Cloud
Europa
Side C
Hymn to the Stars
Atlas
Cygnus X1
Vast, Immortal Suns
Side D
The Apex (Apex Theme)
The Deep (Hylotl Theme)
Drosera (Floran Theme)
Error 0xBFAF000 (Glitch Theme)
I Was The Sun (Before It Was Cool) (Novakid Theme)
Chucklefish Publisher Sale
If you haven't adventured into space yet, or you're looking for an extra copy to gift a fellow cosmic explorer, now is as good a time as any, with Starbound currently 70% off in our annual Publisher sale.
Our Publisher sale ends July 31st at 10am PT, so grab a discount while you can.
Core Keeper Bundle
If you’ve not had enough digging just yet, we’re also offering a 10% complete the set bundle with our friends at Pugstorm for their multi-award winning game Core Keeper. Combined with the big discount on Starbound for the publisher sale, it's a great time to pick up both!
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That's all for now. Thank you so much for all of your support, fan art, and countless hours of adventuring among the stars 🚀🌌
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19 Nov 2024Developer post
1.4.4 Hotfix Patch Notes
Hi everyone! Tiny changelist to resolve a launch issue: Fixed issue preventing launch on new MacOS since Sequoia 15.1 update
Hi everyone!
Tiny changelist to resolve a launch issue:

Fixed issue preventing launch on new MacOS since Sequoia 15.1 update
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13 Jun 2019Developer post
Starbound 1.4: Bounty Hunter Update
We're excited to announce the release of Starbound 1.4 - the 'Bounty Hunter' update! In this update players can become bounty hunters, seeking out criminal gangs through missions and climb the ranks as they rebuild the Peacekeepers and restore law and order to the universe. There
We're excited to announce the release of Starbound 1.4 - the 'Bounty Hunter' update!
In this update players can become bounty hunters, seeking out criminal gangs through missions and climb the ranks as they rebuild the Peacekeepers and restore law and order to the universe. There's also new elemental variants of many monsters, which have a rare chance to be encountered - if you see one be sure to capture it! In addition there's a ton of new furniture, objects, weapons, and fun new stuff - including drones, password keypad locks, a laser mining tool, and a sports car!
https://youtu.be/cJUh9gjEuOs
We've been working on this update for a long time, thanks so much for being patient while we took the time to get it just right! Here's an outline of all the changes;
Bounty Hunting

New procedurally-generated quests that see the player travel to worlds and into space, hunting down criminal gangs
New Peacekeeper stations for bounty hunters – work your way through promotions and restore law in the universe
Take the fight to criminal gangs at their hideouts, including a climatic final mission & boss fight!
New quests: Becoming a Peacekeeper, Rookie Assignment, Rising through the Ranks, The Good Fight, Keeping the Peace, Going after the Occasus
New generated bounty quests
New generated criminal hideout microdungeons
New Music

Four new music tracks by Starbound composer Curtis Schweitzer
Rare Monsters

Elemental Monster variants - they are capturable, and earn progress in a new collection.
New Collection: Rare Pets collection
New monster variants: Fire Gleap, Electric Voltip, Poison Smoglin, Ice Peblit, Albino Poptop, Electric Anglure, Fire Bobot, Poison Bulbop, Electric Capricoat, Ice Crabcano, Electric Crutter, Ice Fennix, Elecrtic Hemogoblin, Ice Hypnare, Fire Lilodon, Poison Mandraflora, Ice Miasmop, Ice Narfin, Fire Oogler, Poison Nutmidge, Ice Orbide, Electric Petricub, Poison Pipkin, Electric Quagmutt, Ice Ringram, Poison Scaveran, Elecrtic Snaunt, Poison Snuffish, Poison Sporgus, Fire Taroni, Fire Toumingo, Poison Trictus, Electric Yokat, Electric Ignome, Fire Lumoth, Poison Pyromantle, Electric Skimbus, Fire Spookit, Fire Squeem, Fire Wisper, Ice Agrobat, Poison Batong, Poison Bobfae, Fire Monopus, Poison Paratail, Fire Pteropod, Cultist Scandroid, Ice Crustoise, Ice Iguarmor, Fire Oculob, Poison Pulpin, Ice Snaggler, Electric Tintic, Fire Gosmet
New Furniture

Egyptian set: Egyptian Bed, Egyptian Chair, Egyptian Crest, Egyptian Pillar, Egyptian Statuette, Egyptian Table
Office set: Office Cabinet, Office Computer, Office Desk, Office Desk Lamp, Office Noticeboard, Office Scanner, Office Server, Office Stapler, Office Table
Peacekeeper objects: Peacekeeper Chair, Peacekeeper Computer, Peacekeeper Desk, Peacekeeper Door, Peacekeeper Emblem, Peacekeeper Rusty Emblem, Peacekeeper Furnishings, Peacekeeper Lamp Post, Peacekeeper Mug, Peacekeeper Notes, Peacekeeper Painting, Peacekeeper Tall Poster, Peacekeeper Wide Poster, Peacekeeper Store, Peacekeeper Table, Peacekeeper Vending Machine, Peacekeeper Poster
Neon objects: Bounty Board, Neon Hologram, Neon Lamp Post, Neon Magenta Light, Neon Peacekeeper Emblem, Neon Store, Neon Triangle
Occasus pieces: Cultist Airlock Door, Cultist Airlock Hatch, Cultist Banner, Cultist Chest
Other: Dark Computer, Extractor Drill, Hanging Guardian, Mech Platform
New Teleporter: Peacekeeper Teleporter
New Wireable Object: Numeric Keypad
Other New Additions

Drones: Peacekeeper Drone, Mining Drone
New Weapons: Neo Magnum, Neo Magnum-E78, Neo Magnum-RX, Neo Magnum-ZZZ, Glue Sprayer, Lazercaster, Stun Grenade
New Tool: Mining Laser
New Unique Monster: Cosmic Intruder
New Mission: The Dantalion
New Boss Encounter: The Swansong
New Armor: Captain Noble Head, Cultist General Hood, Cultist General Tentacles, Groucho Glasses, Pharaoh Headdress, Sheep Hat, Shirt Top,
Peacekeeper Set (Peacekeeper Hat, Peacekeeper Shirt, Peacekeeper Trousers)
New Figurines: Cosmic Intruder Figurine, Swansong Figurine
New Mech Parts: Neo Laser Mech Arm, Peacekeeper Mech Body
New Augments: Peacekeeper I Augment, Peacekeeper II Augment, Peacekeeper III Augment
New vehicle: Red Sports Car
New world spawn vehicles: Dropship, Mini Tank, Mini UFO, Sportscar, Jeep
New object tags: Cultist, Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office
New Tenants: Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office
New blocks: Sloped Glass Panel, Polygon Platform
New currency: Peace Credit
Changes and fixes

Changed the crafting requirements for all mech parts to match materials in the system where the blueprint is found.
Changed name of 'T-Rex' fossil pieces to 'T. Rex'
Fixed bug where Triplod Figurine was not properly awarding credit to the Collections Library
Various lua bindings added
Added /setdungeonid command
Updated instrument audio position to follow the player
Display for gendered armor in tooltips
Add hover state to mission/crew/tech interface lists
For radial tile brushes, damage tile center instead of tile origin
Allow equalsSelf material render rule to also match on hue
Add a glow to inventory button when inventory has new items
Add a cooldown to ouch noise
Remove monster families and variantParameters
Allow bursting particle emitters multiple times in the same frame
Fix latch object animation bug
Only suffocate if mouth position is inside collision geometry
Fix energypickaxe animation state
Fix projectiles not dealing damage if spawned after the parent projectile has died
Minor bugfixes
We hope you all enjoy this update, please let us know what you think on Twitter or Discord! We'll also be streaming the update live on our Twitch channel later this afternoon if you'd like a preview!
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18 Oct 2017Developer post
1.3.3 Hotfix Patch Notes
Original Post Hey, everyone! Things are busy here as we’re still hard at work on the 1.4 update. A number of players have been encountering a crash bug when switching between weapons of the same type, so we decided to address that with a hotfix update rather than waiting for the
18 Oct 2017Developer post
1.3.3 Hotfix Patch Notes
Original Post Hey, everyone! Things are busy here as we’re still hard at work on the 1.4 update. A number of players have been encountering a crash bug when switching between weapons of the same type, so we decided to address that with a hotfix update rather than waiting for the
18 Jul 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.3.2 Changelog
Hello, Starbound has been updated with some minor gameplay changes and bug fixes. Everyone on Steam should see the update immediately, but those on GOG and Humble may need to wait a little while for the files to update. :SBmm: Check below for patch notes! :SBmm: Additions & C
Hello,
Starbound has been updated with some minor gameplay changes and bug fixes. Everyone on Steam should see the update immediately, but those on GOG and Humble may need to wait a little while for the files to update.
:SBmm: Check below for patch notes! :SBmm:
Additions & Changes

Reduce cost of player station parts

Show some system information on hovering over stars in the navigation interface

Show system name on the system screen in the navigation interface

Properly beam away a player's mech when a player beams off the world

Deploying to asteroid fields puts you in a position related to where in the field your ship is

Allow any number of script panes with no source entity.

Add player.interact lua binding

Keep player from starving when in a mech

Bug Fixes

Various NPC and Monster behavior fixes

Fix issue where player ships from other systems would be visible on the navigation screen

Fix issue where deploying to a party member could result in deploying a mech to their ship

Improve jarring movement of the sky during flying and warping

Fix issue where inventory items would count twice in crafting interfaces

Fix parameters argument for spawnnpc console command

Fix issue allowing the player to fly the ship before fully repairing it
Original post
18 Jul 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.3.2 Changelog
Hello, Starbound has been updated with some minor gameplay changes and bug fixes. Everyone on Steam should see the update immediately, but those on GOG and Humble may need to wait a little while for the files to update. ːSBmmː Check below for patch notes! ːSBmmː Additions & C
Hello,
Starbound has been updated with some minor gameplay changes and bug fixes. Everyone on Steam should see the update immediately, but those on GOG and Humble may need to wait a little while for the files to update.
ːSBmmː Check below for patch notes! ːSBmmː
Additions & Changes

Reduce cost of player station parts

Show some system information on hovering over stars in the navigation interface

Show system name on the system screen in the navigation interface

Properly beam away a player's mech when a player beams off the world

Deploying to asteroid fields puts you in a position related to where in the field your ship is

Allow any number of script panes with no source entity.

Add player.interact lua binding

Keep player from starving when in a mech

Bug Fixes

Various NPC and Monster behavior fixes

Fix issue where player ships from other systems would be visible on the navigation screen

Fix issue where deploying to a party member could result in deploying a mech to their ship

Improve jarring movement of the sky during flying and warping

Fix issue where inventory items would count twice in crafting interfaces

Fix parameters argument for spawnnpc console command

Fix issue allowing the player to fly the ship before fully repairing it
Original post
19 Jun 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.3.1 Changelog
Hey everyone! :SBmm: We've just released a Starbound update with some minor changes and bug fixes. Check below for patch notes! :SBmm: Minor Changes / Bug Fixes Added and improved sound effects for a variety of monsters, weapons and mech components Fixed lots of typos Fix ‘Parts
Hey everyone!
:SBmm: We've just released a Starbound update with some minor changes and bug fixes. Check below for patch notes! :SBmm:
Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Added and improved sound effects for a variety of monsters, weapons and mech components
Fixed lots of typos
Fix ‘Parts and Labour’ quest description not matching its requirements
Fix bookmarks not being sorted alphabetically
Fix players ‘swimming’ off rail stops using rail hooks
Fix world.spawnLiquid not functioning on tiles with rails/platforms
Fix a bug allowing placement of blocks on some outside walls of player stations
Fix Triplod not registering in monster collection when captured
Fix final ore type not being listed in navigation interface for some planets
Fix placement of a boulder trap in a challenge room
Fix rustick being affected by physics forces/collisions
Make airless space areas actually airless and require breath protection
Fix tier 4 mech bodies not protecting against radiation
Fix penguin weapon shop not unlocking when repeating weapon testing mission
Fix passive monsters becoming aggressive when player engages hostile monsters
Fix some systems not zooming out far enough in nav and planets going out of view
Fix a bug causing a navigation crash when selecting gas giants
Fix objects with minimum / maximum liquid levels not being broken
Fix item drops being stuck in force regions at top / bottom of world
Fix quest indicators being affected by world lighting
Fix bug preventing some background tiles from being painted
Disable ‘go to quest’ button in nav when that system isn’t explored (e.g. in another universe)
Fix some bugs when dual wielding rail hooks
Prevent activating techs during mech deployment
Don’t show the ‘E’ hint in dialog sequences that are not skippable
Fix a bug where navigation could be canceled after consuming fuel but before starting flight
Rework behavior of hoverbikes in zero gravity
Boats no longer sail out of water
Add an icon to Tonauac’s safe fall blessing
Add a few more mech horns
Prevent rail trams from driving off the ends of active stops
Modding API Changes

Add world.setDungeonId binding
Original post
19 Jun 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.3.1 Changelog
Hey everyone! ːSBmmː We've just released a Starbound update with some minor changes and bug fixes. Check below for patch notes! ːSBmmː Minor Changes / Bug Fixes Added and improved sound effects for a variety of monsters, weapons and mech components Fixed lots of typos Fix ‘Parts
Hey everyone!
ːSBmmː We've just released a Starbound update with some minor changes and bug fixes. Check below for patch notes! ːSBmmː
Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Added and improved sound effects for a variety of monsters, weapons and mech components
Fixed lots of typos
Fix ‘Parts and Labour’ quest description not matching its requirements
Fix bookmarks not being sorted alphabetically
Fix players ‘swimming’ off rail stops using rail hooks
Fix world.spawnLiquid not functioning on tiles with rails/platforms
Fix a bug allowing placement of blocks on some outside walls of player stations
Fix Triplod not registering in monster collection when captured
Fix final ore type not being listed in navigation interface for some planets
Fix placement of a boulder trap in a challenge room
Fix rustick being affected by physics forces/collisions
Make airless space areas actually airless and require breath protection
Fix tier 4 mech bodies not protecting against radiation
Fix penguin weapon shop not unlocking when repeating weapon testing mission
Fix passive monsters becoming aggressive when player engages hostile monsters
Fix some systems not zooming out far enough in nav and planets going out of view
Fix a bug causing a navigation crash when selecting gas giants
Fix objects with minimum / maximum liquid levels not being broken
Fix item drops being stuck in force regions at top / bottom of world
Fix quest indicators being affected by world lighting
Fix bug preventing some background tiles from being painted
Disable ‘go to quest’ button in nav when that system isn’t explored (e.g. in another universe)
Fix some bugs when dual wielding rail hooks
Prevent activating techs during mech deployment
Don’t show the ‘E’ hint in dialog sequences that are not skippable
Fix a bug where navigation could be canceled after consuming fuel but before starting flight
Rework behavior of hoverbikes in zero gravity
Boats no longer sail out of water
Add an icon to Tonauac’s safe fall blessing
Add a few more mech horns
Prevent rail trams from driving off the ends of active stops
Modding API Changes

Add world.setDungeonId binding
Original post
08 Jun 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.3 - Spacefarer Update
Hello! Starbound 1.3 - Spacefarer Update is here! With the Spacefarer Update, our goal was to give players more things to do in space! Starbound has always focused heavily on traveling from planet to planet, but objectively space is just much cooler than any planet. Check out the
https://youtu.be/iX3Mvvm5vRI
Hello! Starbound 1.3 - Spacefarer Update is here!
With the Spacefarer Update, our goal was to give players more things to do in space! Starbound has always focused heavily on traveling from planet to planet, but objectively space is just much cooler than any planet.
Check out the trailer for an overview of what we've added this patch, or check the patch notes below for a more comprehensive list of changes/additions. This is one of the biggest Starbound updates to date and has been really exciting for us to work on. We hope you enjoy it!
Major Changes
Navigation Overhaul
The cockpit navigation interface has been completely overhauled. Planets, moons and ships are all visible and orbit each other in real time. Systems will now contain NPC stations, friendly and hostile NPC ships, and strange space anomalies to visit!
Customizable Mechs
Explore these new space locations in customizable spacefaring mechs! Traverse hostile space in zero gravity, fight powerful new space monsters, and collect unique rewards as you upgrade your mech to progress through more difficult hazards. Mechs can also be deployed to planets, to crush your enemies with overwhelming firepower!
Modular Space Stations
Make a permanent home among the stars with player-owned stations! Use a station transponder to place your station into orbit, then expand it with modular rooms to suit your needs.
Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Gameplay now pauses while menu is open (single player only)

Non-piercing projectiles (e.g.) rockets now stop at the edge of the entity they hit, correcting knockback direction from explosions

Adjusted player and other physics to behave better in zero gravity

Remove gravity from asteroid fields

Asteroid fields now ring their stars and can be entered at any position

Add rail tram vehicles and tram stop objects

When opening inventory, first tab will be selected by default

Auto-sorting inventory will also stack items

Add visual novel engine

Fix threat level of player ships to always be 1 for colonist purposes

Cheese is now considered produce and players will be paid to launch it into space

Made several block types permeable to liquids

Perfect armor set now slightly weaker than tier 6 crafted armors

Fix several issues with NPC pathfinding

Various performance improvements

Engineer and Mechanic crew members now give flat bonuses to ship speed and fuel efficiency

Ancient Vaults will no longer regenerate if the game is restarted while the vault is open

Added unbanip and unbanuuid commands for servers

Rail platforms and trams can now be broken using the matter manipulator

Modding API Changes

Support script panes opening and closing with inventory (like containers)

Item slots / grids in script panes now display tooltips for contained items

Special keys are now passed separately to techs as special1, special2, and special3. If a player is lounging, they will be suppressed and instead passed to the active vehicle (if applicable)

Support rectangular force regions with a linear force gradient

Support setting gravity for specific dungeon IDs in dungeon files

Rework canvas widget bindings. Canvas widgets can now be bound to a Lua object and controlled directly

Support damage sources for vehicles

ActiveItems will now include the player lua bindings when held by a player

Techs now have access to the message table for entity message handling

Add celestial lua bindings for script panes

Behavior nodes must now be explicitly defined in .nodes files. This includes specifying node parameters and outputs, with associated types. (Supported types: json, entity, position, vec2, number, bool, list, table, string)

Behavior trees (.behavior) now explicitly specify whether a parameter is a blackboard key or a raw value. This includes parameters passed into module (sub-tree) nodes.

Behavior node Lua implementations no longer directly perform blackboard lookups (BData methods). Lookups are performed before running the function, and the raw values are directly available in the “args” argument.

Behavior node Lua implementations no longer directly set blackboard values. Node output is set by returning or yielding a second value. This second value is a table of output key to output values.

Added Lua bindings:

world.environmentStatusEffects

world.materialHueShift

world.modHueShift

world.materialColor

world.setMaterialColor

world.entityTypeName

world.setDungeonGravity

world.setDungeonBreathable

world.itemDropItem

mcontroller.zeroG

mcontroller.atWorldLimit

physics.setCollisionEnabled

player.blueprintKnown

player.unequipTech

player.swapSlotItem

player.setSwapSlotItem

player.loungingIn

player.worldHasOrbitBookmark

player.orbitBookmarks

player.systemBookmarks

player.addOrbitBookmark

player.removeOrbitBookmark

player.addTeleportBookmark

player.isMapped

player.mappedObjects

root.materialConfig

root.modConfig

root.liquidConfig

root.elementalResistance

root.dungeonMetadata

vehicle.setForceRegionEnabled

vehicle.setDamageSourceEnabled

pane.setTitle

widget.active

widget.hasFocus

widget.registerMemberCallback

widget.itemSlotItem

widget.setItemSlotProgress

widget.bindCanvas

entity.persistent

Removed Lua bindings:

activeItem.giveOwnerItem (now available via player)

activeItem.ownerHasItem (now available via player)

activeItem.takeOwnerItem (now available via player)

player.addBookmark (use addTeleportBookmark / addOrbitBookmark instead)

root.materialPath (use materialConfig instead)

root.getConfiguration (removed for security)

root.setConfiguration (removed for security)

root.getConfigurationPath (removed for security)

root.setConfigurationPath (removed for security)
Original post
08 Jun 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.3 - Spacefarer Update
Hello! Starbound 1.3 - Spacefarer Update is here! With the Spacefarer Update, our goal was to give players more things to do in space! Starbound has always focused heavily on traveling from planet to planet, but objectively space is just much cooler than any planet. Check out the
https://youtu.be/iX3Mvvm5vRI
Hello! Starbound 1.3 - Spacefarer Update is here!
With the Spacefarer Update, our goal was to give players more things to do in space! Starbound has always focused heavily on traveling from planet to planet, but objectively space is just much cooler than any planet.
Check out the trailer for an overview of what we've added this patch, or check the patch notes below for a more comprehensive list of changes/additions. This is one of the biggest Starbound updates to date and has been really exciting for us to work on. We hope you enjoy it!
Major Changes
Navigation Overhaul
The cockpit navigation interface has been completely overhauled. Planets, moons and ships are all visible and orbit each other in real time. Systems will now contain NPC stations, friendly and hostile NPC ships, and strange space anomalies to visit!
Customizable Mechs
Explore these new space locations in customizable spacefaring mechs! Traverse hostile space in zero gravity, fight powerful new space monsters, and collect unique rewards as you upgrade your mech to progress through more difficult hazards. Mechs can also be deployed to planets, to crush your enemies with overwhelming firepower!
Modular Space Stations
Make a permanent home among the stars with player-owned stations! Use a station transponder to place your station into orbit, then expand it with modular rooms to suit your needs.
Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Gameplay now pauses while menu is open (single player only)

Non-piercing projectiles (e.g.) rockets now stop at the edge of the entity they hit, correcting knockback direction from explosions

Adjusted player and other physics to behave better in zero gravity

Remove gravity from asteroid fields

Asteroid fields now ring their stars and can be entered at any position

Add rail tram vehicles and tram stop objects

When opening inventory, first tab will be selected by default

Auto-sorting inventory will also stack items

Add visual novel engine

Fix threat level of player ships to always be 1 for colonist purposes

Cheese is now considered produce and players will be paid to launch it into space

Made several block types permeable to liquids

Perfect armor set now slightly weaker than tier 6 crafted armors

Fix several issues with NPC pathfinding

Various performance improvements

Engineer and Mechanic crew members now give flat bonuses to ship speed and fuel efficiency

Ancient Vaults will no longer regenerate if the game is restarted while the vault is open

Added unbanip and unbanuuid commands for servers

Rail platforms and trams can now be broken using the matter manipulator

Modding API Changes

Support script panes opening and closing with inventory (like containers)

Item slots / grids in script panes now display tooltips for contained items

Special keys are now passed separately to techs as special1, special2, and special3. If a player is lounging, they will be suppressed and instead passed to the active vehicle (if applicable)

Support rectangular force regions with a linear force gradient

Support setting gravity for specific dungeon IDs in dungeon files

Rework canvas widget bindings. Canvas widgets can now be bound to a Lua object and controlled directly

Support damage sources for vehicles

ActiveItems will now include the player lua bindings when held by a player

Techs now have access to the message table for entity message handling

Add celestial lua bindings for script panes

Behavior nodes must now be explicitly defined in .nodes files. This includes specifying node parameters and outputs, with associated types. (Supported types: json, entity, position, vec2, number, bool, list, table, string)

Behavior trees (.behavior) now explicitly specify whether a parameter is a blackboard key or a raw value. This includes parameters passed into module (sub-tree) nodes.

Behavior node Lua implementations no longer directly perform blackboard lookups (BData methods). Lookups are performed before running the function, and the raw values are directly available in the “args” argument.

Behavior node Lua implementations no longer directly set blackboard values. Node output is set by returning or yielding a second value. This second value is a table of output key to output values.

Added Lua bindings:

world.environmentStatusEffects

world.materialHueShift

world.modHueShift

world.materialColor

world.setMaterialColor

world.entityTypeName

world.setDungeonGravity

world.setDungeonBreathable

world.itemDropItem

mcontroller.zeroG

mcontroller.atWorldLimit

physics.setCollisionEnabled

player.blueprintKnown

player.unequipTech

player.swapSlotItem

player.setSwapSlotItem

player.loungingIn

player.worldHasOrbitBookmark

player.orbitBookmarks

player.systemBookmarks

player.addOrbitBookmark

player.removeOrbitBookmark

player.addTeleportBookmark

player.isMapped

player.mappedObjects

root.materialConfig

root.modConfig

root.liquidConfig

root.elementalResistance

root.dungeonMetadata

vehicle.setForceRegionEnabled

vehicle.setDamageSourceEnabled

pane.setTitle

widget.active

widget.hasFocus

widget.registerMemberCallback

widget.itemSlotItem

widget.setItemSlotProgress

widget.bindCanvas

entity.persistent

Removed Lua bindings:

activeItem.giveOwnerItem (now available via player)

activeItem.ownerHasItem (now available via player)

activeItem.takeOwnerItem (now available via player)

player.addBookmark (use addTeleportBookmark / addOrbitBookmark instead)

root.materialPath (use materialConfig instead)

root.getConfiguration (removed for security)

root.setConfiguration (removed for security)

root.getConfigurationPath (removed for security)

root.setConfigurationPath (removed for security)
Original post
18 Jan 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.2.2 Changelog
Hey everyone! That unstable hotfix from last week is now a stable hotfix! Thank you to everyone who checked out the unstable branch and helped ensure we weren't releasing a hotbreak. Here's what we fixed: Fix a bug causing frequent save file corruption on Windows after power loss
Hey everyone!
That unstable hotfix from last week is now a stable hotfix! Thank you to everyone who checked out the unstable branch and helped ensure we weren't releasing a hotbreak.
Here's what we fixed:

Fix a bug causing frequent save file corruption on Windows after power loss

Fix generated monsters not using their special attacks

Fix kill achievements not unlocking properly

Fix several materials being erroneously tillable or tilling with the wrong tile mod

Fix a dungeon piece in underwater Hylotl cities occasionally failing to place

Fix a dungeon piece in ice vaults occasionally failing to place

Fix airship dungeon sometimes spawning without a clue object

Fix Dreadwing not properly dying when killed with Doomcannon

Fix Mazebound64 game

Disable Outpost return gate to prevent several potential exploits

Miscellaneous bug fixes

Santa has gone ho ho home, to return another Christmas!
Original post
18 Jan 2017Developer post
Starbound 1.2.2 Changelog
Hey everyone! That unstable hotfix from last week is now a stable hotfix! Thank you to everyone who checked out the unstable branch and helped ensure we weren't releasing a hotbreak. Here's what we fixed: Fix a bug causing frequent save file corruption on Windows after power loss
Hey everyone!
That unstable hotfix from last week is now a stable hotfix! Thank you to everyone who checked out the unstable branch and helped ensure we weren't releasing a hotbreak.
Here's what we fixed:

Fix a bug causing frequent save file corruption on Windows after power loss

Fix generated monsters not using their special attacks

Fix kill achievements not unlocking properly

Fix several materials being erroneously tillable or tilling with the wrong tile mod

Fix a dungeon piece in underwater Hylotl cities occasionally failing to place

Fix a dungeon piece in ice vaults occasionally failing to place

Fix airship dungeon sometimes spawning without a clue object

Fix Dreadwing not properly dying when killed with Doomcannon

Fix Mazebound64 game

Disable Outpost return gate to prevent several potential exploits

Miscellaneous bug fixes

Santa has gone ho ho home, to return another Christmas!
Original post
15 Dec 2016Developer post
Starbound 1.2 - Vault Update
Hello! Many thanks for everyone who helped us out by playing 1.2 on the unstable branch and provided feedback or bug reports. Starbound 1.2 - Vault Update is here! Check out the trailer above to get the gist of what's been added in 1.2, or check the patch notes below for a more i
https://youtu.be/ru5Mh7_IxuE
Hello! Many thanks for everyone who helped us out by playing 1.2 on the unstable branch and provided feedback or bug reports. Starbound 1.2 - Vault Update is here! Check out the trailer above to get the gist of what's been added in 1.2, or check the patch notes below for a more in-depth list. Or both, even! Follow your heart! Either way, please enjoy the last big Starbound update of the year. :)
In case you missed it, we also recently launched a shop page on the Chucklefish blog! You can see all Starbound merch in the same place, and there are links to partner sites where you can buy them.
Onward to patch notes!
Major Changes

Ancient Vaults

Players who have completed the main storyline can visit a mysterious trader on the Outpost who will send them on a quest to activate and enter the Ancient Gateways found floating in some systems

These gateways provide access to Ancient Vaults: challenging procedural dungeons left by the ancients, filled with dangerous guardians (including procedural bosses!) and fantastic lost technologies

Terraforming

Using powerful devices acquired from the Ancient Vaults along with a new Essence currency, you can now transform regions or whole planets into entirely different biomes

Terraformers can be used to expand a region across a planet’s surface, replacing natural blocks, objects and plant life, and eventually changing the type of the planet itself

Microformers are consumable single-use terraformers which provide even more region types to add to your worlds

Weapon Upgrades

Use the ancient anvil available at the end of Ancient Vaults and spend Essence to upgrade your outdated legendary weapons, opening up many new options for endgame combat styles

Elemental Damage

Monsters now have resistance and weakness to elemental damage types, making your choice of weapons more important than ever

Holiday Spirit!

Celebrate the holidays with the variety of festive items bought from Space Santa at the Outpost!

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Holding the activation key while in a distortion sphere tech will force deactivation, to avoid being permanently stuck in small spaces

Contain tooltips within the game window when they’re near the edge

Fix a bug with monster kill sounds not playing correctly

Several bug fixes to monster/NPC behaviors and pathfinding

Various typo and asset fixes

Add appropriate “bushes” to the Rust biome

Update SDL2 to 2.0.5, should fix some fullscreen issues

Fix some security vulnerabilities in server packet handling

Fixed an issue where crew would duplicate

Fix a player inventory networking issue

Performance Improvements

Improve generation time of older, image-based dungeons

Other minor improvements to dungeon and world generation

Use larger texture atlases on graphics cards that support them

Various optimizations to monster/NPC scripts

Improve loading speed for dungeon worlds

Modding API Changes

Behavior Tree system moved to engine for performance reasons, now accessible with the root.behavior lua binding. (Check lua documentation)

Cleanup node removed

Decorator node lua implementation changed

Action node arguments moved around, now (args, output, nodeId, dt).

Generic currency support.

Additional currencies can be added and consumed without requiring configuration

To associate a currency with a currency item, to be used in crafting, it needs to be configured in /currencies.config

.coinitem files changed to .currency

Object changes for terraforming support

Objects can have a new boolean key, "biomePlaced" which if true will cause them to be placed and removed by terraforming.

Objects can have a new boolean key, "rooting" which if true will mark all of their anchor spaces as roots and prevent those tiles from being broken until the object is broken (identical to how trees and vines work).

Player inventory can now be configured in player.config, allowing changes to:

Number of bags

Inventory size of each bag

Number of action bars

Action bar size

NOTE: modifications to player inventory size need to be applied both server side and client side, and will invalidate existing characters

Damage sources, requests, and notifications

Introduced new hit types; WeakHit, StrongHit and Killed.

Removed killed boolean from damage notifications, replaced with Killed hit type.

Damage effects (sounds, particles) can be configured for each hit type (Hit, WeakHit, StrongHit, ShieldHit, Killed) in damage type configurations (.damage files).

Added support for elemental types to damage types. Elemental types can be configured in /damage/elementaltypes.config and can be set for each damage type using the “elementalType” key, which defaults to the “default” elemental type. Each elemental type has a unique set of damage number particles for each hit type.

Monsters

Added support for client side rendering scripts

Allow overriding randomly selected monster parts by setting “selectedParts” in parameters

Add support for direct palette swaps with the “colorSwap” parameter

Allow overriding “shortdescription“ in parameters

Allow overriding “dropPools” in parameters

Allow setting animation parameters directly in monster parameters with the “animationCustom” parameter. This is merged into the animator configuration.

Lua API changes:

ActiveItemAnimation

Removed activeItemAnimation.animationParameter (replaced with animationConfig.animationParameter)

Animator

Added animator.partProperty

Item

Replaced item.is with item.matches

Monster

Added monster.setDamageParts

Added monster.setAnimationParameter

Npc

Added npc.loungingIn

ObjectAnimator

Removed objectAnimator.animationParameter (replaced with animationConfig.animationParameter)

Player

Added player.currency

Added player.addCurrency

Added player.consumeCurrency

Modified player.hasItem to allow exact parameter matching

Modified player.hasCountOfItem to allow exact parameter matching

Modified player.consumeItem to allow exact parameter matching

Added player.id

Added player.uniqueId

Root

Added root.behavior

Added animationConfig table for use in client side rendering scripts

ScriptPane

Added pane.playSound

Widget

Added widget.setSliderValue

Added widget.getSliderRange

Added widget.setSliderEnabled

Added widget.setItemSlotItem

World

Modify world.spawnItem to allow optionally setting a velocity and an intangibleTime

Added world.size

Added world.inSurfaceLayer

Added world.terrestrial

Changed world.entityMoney to world.entityCurrency

Added world.universeFlagSet

Modified world.entityHasCountOfItem to allow exact parameter matching

Added world.lineTileCollisionPoint

Added world.addBiomeRegion

Added world.expandBiomeRegion

Added world.pregenerateAddBiome

Added world.pregenerateExpandBiome

Added world.setLayerEnvironmentBiome

Added world.setPlanetType
Original post
15 Dec 2016Developer post
Starbound 1.2 - Vault Update
Hello! Many thanks for everyone who helped us out by playing 1.2 on the unstable branch and provided feedback or bug reports. Starbound 1.2 - Vault Update is here! Check out the trailer above to get the gist of what's been added in 1.2, or check the patch notes below for a more i
https://youtu.be/ru5Mh7_IxuE
Hello! Many thanks for everyone who helped us out by playing 1.2 on the unstable branch and provided feedback or bug reports. Starbound 1.2 - Vault Update is here! Check out the trailer above to get the gist of what's been added in 1.2, or check the patch notes below for a more in-depth list. Or both, even! Follow your heart! Either way, please enjoy the last big Starbound update of the year. :)
In case you missed it, we also recently launched a shop page on the Chucklefish blog! You can see all Starbound merch in the same place, and there are links to partner sites where you can buy them.
Onward to patch notes!
Major Changes

Ancient Vaults

Players who have completed the main storyline can visit a mysterious trader on the Outpost who will send them on a quest to activate and enter the Ancient Gateways found floating in some systems

These gateways provide access to Ancient Vaults: challenging procedural dungeons left by the ancients, filled with dangerous guardians (including procedural bosses!) and fantastic lost technologies

Terraforming

Using powerful devices acquired from the Ancient Vaults along with a new Essence currency, you can now transform regions or whole planets into entirely different biomes

Terraformers can be used to expand a region across a planet’s surface, replacing natural blocks, objects and plant life, and eventually changing the type of the planet itself

Microformers are consumable single-use terraformers which provide even more region types to add to your worlds

Weapon Upgrades

Use the ancient anvil available at the end of Ancient Vaults and spend Essence to upgrade your outdated legendary weapons, opening up many new options for endgame combat styles

Elemental Damage

Monsters now have resistance and weakness to elemental damage types, making your choice of weapons more important than ever

Holiday Spirit!

Celebrate the holidays with the variety of festive items bought from Space Santa at the Outpost!

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Holding the activation key while in a distortion sphere tech will force deactivation, to avoid being permanently stuck in small spaces

Contain tooltips within the game window when they’re near the edge

Fix a bug with monster kill sounds not playing correctly

Several bug fixes to monster/NPC behaviors and pathfinding

Various typo and asset fixes

Add appropriate “bushes” to the Rust biome

Update SDL2 to 2.0.5, should fix some fullscreen issues

Fix some security vulnerabilities in server packet handling

Fixed an issue where crew would duplicate

Fix a player inventory networking issue

Performance Improvements

Improve generation time of older, image-based dungeons

Other minor improvements to dungeon and world generation

Use larger texture atlases on graphics cards that support them

Various optimizations to monster/NPC scripts

Improve loading speed for dungeon worlds

Modding API Changes

Behavior Tree system moved to engine for performance reasons, now accessible with the root.behavior lua binding. (Check lua documentation)

Cleanup node removed

Decorator node lua implementation changed

Action node arguments moved around, now (args, output, nodeId, dt).

Generic currency support.

Additional currencies can be added and consumed without requiring configuration

To associate a currency with a currency item, to be used in crafting, it needs to be configured in /currencies.config

.coinitem files changed to .currency

Object changes for terraforming support

Objects can have a new boolean key, "biomePlaced" which if true will cause them to be placed and removed by terraforming.

Objects can have a new boolean key, "rooting" which if true will mark all of their anchor spaces as roots and prevent those tiles from being broken until the object is broken (identical to how trees and vines work).

Player inventory can now be configured in player.config, allowing changes to:

Number of bags

Inventory size of each bag

Number of action bars

Action bar size

NOTE: modifications to player inventory size need to be applied both server side and client side, and will invalidate existing characters

Damage sources, requests, and notifications

Introduced new hit types; WeakHit, StrongHit and Killed.

Removed killed boolean from damage notifications, replaced with Killed hit type.

Damage effects (sounds, particles) can be configured for each hit type (Hit, WeakHit, StrongHit, ShieldHit, Killed) in damage type configurations (.damage files).

Added support for elemental types to damage types. Elemental types can be configured in /damage/elementaltypes.config and can be set for each damage type using the “elementalType” key, which defaults to the “default” elemental type. Each elemental type has a unique set of damage number particles for each hit type.

Monsters

Added support for client side rendering scripts

Allow overriding randomly selected monster parts by setting “selectedParts” in parameters

Add support for direct palette swaps with the “colorSwap” parameter

Allow overriding “shortdescription“ in parameters

Allow overriding “dropPools” in parameters

Allow setting animation parameters directly in monster parameters with the “animationCustom” parameter. This is merged into the animator configuration.

Lua API changes:

ActiveItemAnimation

Removed activeItemAnimation.animationParameter (replaced with animationConfig.animationParameter)

Animator

Added animator.partProperty

Item

Replaced item.is with item.matches

Monster

Added monster.setDamageParts

Added monster.setAnimationParameter

Npc

Added npc.loungingIn

ObjectAnimator

Removed objectAnimator.animationParameter (replaced with animationConfig.animationParameter)

Player

Added player.currency

Added player.addCurrency

Added player.consumeCurrency

Modified player.hasItem to allow exact parameter matching

Modified player.hasCountOfItem to allow exact parameter matching

Modified player.consumeItem to allow exact parameter matching

Added player.id

Added player.uniqueId

Root

Added root.behavior

Added animationConfig table for use in client side rendering scripts

ScriptPane

Added pane.playSound

Widget

Added widget.setSliderValue

Added widget.getSliderRange

Added widget.setSliderEnabled

Added widget.setItemSlotItem

World

Modify world.spawnItem to allow optionally setting a velocity and an intangibleTime

Added world.size

Added world.inSurfaceLayer

Added world.terrestrial

Changed world.entityMoney to world.entityCurrency

Added world.universeFlagSet

Modified world.entityHasCountOfItem to allow exact parameter matching

Added world.lineTileCollisionPoint

Added world.addBiomeRegion

Added world.expandBiomeRegion

Added world.pregenerateAddBiome

Added world.pregenerateExpandBiome

Added world.setLayerEnvironmentBiome

Added world.setPlanetType
Original post
08 Nov 2016Developer post
Starbound Dev Blog Round-Up! 08/11/2016 + GOG Connect
Hey everyone! For the next few days, if you've got Starbound on Steam, you can grab Starbound on GOG for no additional cost using GOG Connect ! Take advantage of it while you can! In case you missed 'em, here's a round-up of our most recent dev blogs. 7th October - Status Update
08 Nov 2016Developer post
Starbound Dev Blog Round-Up! 08/11/2016 + GOG Connect
Hey everyone! For the next few days, if you've got Starbound on Steam, you can grab Starbound on GOG for no additional cost using GOG Connect ! Take advantage of it while you can! In case you missed 'em, here's a round-up of our most recent dev blogs. 7th October - Status Update
19 Sep 2016Developer post
v1.1.1 - Changelog
Morning everyone! We've released a small update this morning that should take care of some collection-related issues introduced in 1.1, plus a few other little things! Click through to read the patch notes. :) Starbound v1.1.1 Changelog Make previously captured monsters and previ
Morning everyone!
We've released a small update this morning that should take care of some collection-related issues introduced in 1.1, plus a few other little things! Click through to read the patch notes. :)
Starbound v1.1.1 Changelog

Make previously captured monsters and previously completed fossils unlock their relevant collectible entries

Pets and fossils will need to be dropped and picked back up as item drops in order to register as collectables

Better handling of status effects applied by weather, e.g. acid rain

Fix bug with Snuffish and Gosmet not being properly added to monster collection

Fix swapped collection entries for Avian and Apex skeleton fossils

Prevent critters captured in previous versions from also being relocatable

Add a few missing recipe unlocks for cooking recipes to relevant items

Add missing documentation for a few new Lua functions
Original post
19 Sep 2016Developer post
v1.1.1 - Changelog
Morning everyone! We've released a small update this morning that should take care of some collection-related issues introduced in 1.1, plus a few other little things! Click through to read the patch notes. :) Starbound v1.1.1 Changelog Make previously captured monsters and previ
Morning everyone!
We've released a small update this morning that should take care of some collection-related issues introduced in 1.1, plus a few other little things! Click through to read the patch notes. :)
Starbound v1.1.1 Changelog

Make previously captured monsters and previously completed fossils unlock their relevant collectible entries

Pets and fossils will need to be dropped and picked back up as item drops in order to register as collectables

Better handling of status effects applied by weather, e.g. acid rain

Fix bug with Snuffish and Gosmet not being properly added to monster collection

Fix swapped collection entries for Avian and Apex skeleton fossils

Prevent critters captured in previous versions from also being relocatable

Add a few missing recipe unlocks for cooking recipes to relevant items

Add missing documentation for a few new Lua functions
Original post
08 Sep 2016Developer post
Starbound v1.1 - Changelog
Hey, everyone! It's patch day! Version 1.1 is our first content patch since the full release of Starbound -- we've added a fishing game, item collections, Novakid villages and more! Check the changelog below for a list of major/minor changes and bug fixes, and then go relocate so
Hey, everyone! It's patch day!
Version 1.1 is our first content patch since the full release of Starbound -- we've added a fishing game, item collections, Novakid villages and more! Check the changelog below for a list of major/minor changes and bug fixes, and then go relocate some Fluffalo!
Major Changes

Fishing

Two tiers of fishing rods are now craftable from the Foraging Table and can be used to fish on ocean planets (including arctic, toxic and magma oceans)

Added 48 unique fish types to catch

Rare fish can give valuable rewards, including reel and lure upgrades to enhance your fishing rod

Collections

New Collections interface tracks various kinds of collectables including captured pets, figurines, fish, cooking recipes, fossils, and bugs

Added the Relocator tool, which allows non-hostile creatures such as critters, fish, bugs, and farm animals to be moved

Added friendly Novakid villages including a variety of new Novakid-themed furniture and objects

Minor Changes & Bug Fixes

Saloon furniture previously sold at Frogg Furnishings is now available in Novakid villages, and has been replaced with the Pastel set (which has its own unique tenant)

Novakids can now be generic tenants or guards

Added Novakid NPC dialogue

Implemented party chat and local (planet) chat

Acid rain now applies poison instead of direct damage

Console objects are now available as themed tenant rewards

Added option for “borderless window” style fullscreen mode

Improved sound effects for Staff abilities

Improved sound effects for several unique boss weapons

Adjusted which bugs appear in Midnight, Mutated and Giant Flower biomes

Shockhopper Mk I and Dreadwing now have a chance to drop their respective action figures

Mother Poptops on starter worlds now drop enough Core Fragments to complete the initial gate quest

Added chance for Snuffish to appear in ocean biomes

Kelp now unlocks the Rice Cake cooking recipe when picked up

Reduced moon threat level from 10 to 1

Fixed a bug causing merchants to offer material items for free (which made them impossible to purchase)

Fixed several armor descriptions that didn’t fit within their tooltips

Fixed a bug causing fireworks to deal large amounts of damage

Fixed birds and other monsters spawning in the atmosphere and asteroid layers of moons

Made several NPC-like monsters uncapturable

Fixed monsters getting stuck outside arena in final arena side quest

Fixed friendly NPCs and monsters being damaged by environmental effects such as traps

Fixed a few edge cases in pathfinding

Fixed several items displaying erroneous recipe unlocks when obtained

Fixed a bug causing underwater audio filters to continue after quitting to title

Fixed several cases of incorrect cursors displaying over GUI elements

Fixed a bug in LoS calculation determining whether the player can reach objects

Fixed a bug causing Dreadwing’s UFO to visually flip

Fixed a bug causing boats to oscillate at the surface of water

Fixed a bug causing physics AoE effects to move projectiles

Wire Mode overlay is now hidden on protected tiles

Lots of typographical/grammatical text fixes
Original post

Updates & announcements

Chucklefish Publisher Sale

Core Keeper Bundle

Bounty Hunting

New Music

Rare Monsters

New Furniture

Other New Additions

Changes and fixes

Additions & Changes

Bug Fixes

Additions & Changes

Bug Fixes

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Modding API Changes

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Modding API Changes

Major Changes

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Modding API Changes

Major Changes

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Modding API Changes

Major Changes

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Performance Improvements

Modding API Changes

Major Changes

Minor Changes / Bug Fixes

Performance Improvements

Modding API Changes

7th October - Status Update

1st November - A Whole New World

7th October - Status Update

1st November - A Whole New World

Starbound v1.1.1 Changelog

Starbound v1.1.1 Changelog

Major Changes

Minor Changes & Bug Fixes