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Hello Bastards! 🚀 We've been working on something new for the upcoming Ore Bastards updates, and today we'd like to give you a little preview. As the universe grows more dangerous, with larger pirate ships, powerful military vessels, and increasingly deadly encounters, knowing w
v.1.2d Hello Bastards! 🚀 We've been working on another round of fixes and improvements based on your feedback. This update focuses on making the universe feel more alive, improving navigation and exploration, and fixing a few annoying gameplay issues. Here's what's new! 📻 Stati
The Ore Bastards universe is about to get bigger. Much bigger. And so are the ships! We're working on a new content update that aims to introduce massive Capital Ships, military fleets, and armed conflicts between powerful corporations into the depths of space. In the Ore Bastard
Hotfix v.1.2c — Star Visibility & Story Improvements Added a new Background Star Visibility slider under Options > Video (0–100%). Players can now dim the background stars to reduce visual distractions and make ships, asteroids, stations, and other foreground objects easie
QoL & Tutorial Improvements This update focuses on quality-of-life improvements and making the early game easier to understand. We improved the Codex UI, made page navigation clearer, added Ship Info and Operations sections, and added a new Tutorial Content section so you can
Shield Save Hotfix We’ve fixed a very rare shield corruption bug that could occur under a specific set of circumstances. The issue could happen if you had an empty Artifact slot , switched to a ship with much lower shields, and then loaded an older save in which your previous hig
This update focuses mainly on travel speed, exploration flow, readability, and a few long-standing quality-of-life issues . We want long-distance exploration to feel rewarding without making the journey itself unnecessarily tiring. Gameplay Improvements Improved ship speeds for l
Fixed an issue where Player Station Outfitter and Shipyard inventories could stop refreshing properly , sometimes leaving the exact same items in stock for too long. Added a new Refresh Market button to stations. It refreshes both the Outfitter and Shipyard inventories at once. M
Fixed a crash when using View on Map for completed player stations. Fixed incorrect shield capacity, regeneration, and recharge values shown on Shipyard ships and an issue that could alter these stats after activating or loading a ship. Added additional safeguards for older save
Mason “Bastard” Rourke His real name is Mason Rourke . Whether the last person who called him that is still alive remains unclear. Across most of the galaxy, people simply know him as Bastard . He didn’t choose the nickname. He earned it. Mason Rourke didn’t get into mining with
TL;DR Explore slowly when you want to discover what’s out there. Hit Overdrive when you’ve got somewhere to be. v1.1d Hello Bastards, Following a large number of requests from our players, we’re introducing a new system designed to make long-distance travel significantly faster a
Zoom transitions have been smoothed out to reduce eye strain and make camera movement feel more comfortable.
Ore Bastards — Hotfix v.1.1b Thanks again for all the reports and feedback! This hotfix focuses on several small issues spotted by players: Fixed Skill Respec so Bastards skills and skill bonuses are properly reset and Skill Points are returned correctly. Player Stations and Mini
Hello Bastards; This update focuses heavily on quality-of-life improvements, progression balance, navigation, and fixes based directly on player feedback. Save & Quit Exit game with " Save & Quit " We’ve added a new Save & Quit system for players who need to leave the
Hello Bastards, This update focuses on progression, exploration rewards, and several quality-of-life improvements: Improved enemy scaling across Sectors 1–20. Pirates in higher sectors are now significantly more dangerous and better suited to late-game ships. Improved loot progre
Hello Bastards, The galaxy is open. Ore Bastards 1.0 is now live. Ore Bastards is a space sandbox built around one simple idea: Go wherever you want. Become whatever kind of bastard you want. There is no fixed path waiting for you. You can leave civilization behind and spend your
Bug Fix We identified and fixed a rare issue where a ship’s maximum shield capacity could become stuck at around 20 points after certain ship-switching and save/load situations. Selling structures We also added a new Sell Structure option for player-owned Mining Camps and Station
Hello Bastards, With this update, Mining Camps and Player Stations arrive in Ore Bastards, adding a new layer of ownership, expansion and long-term progression to the game. Until now, finding a rich part of space usually meant one thing: fill the cargo hold, sell the ore, and eve
Hey Bastards, The new update is live, bringing two major additions to Ore Bastards: Drones and the new Engine Turbo system . View game page DRONES Your ship can now equip and deploy several different types of drones, depending on its available Drone Hangar capacity. Mining Drones
Hello Bastards, With the next update, space miners are getting their hands on a whole lineup of highly capable—and seriously tough—drones.