Operation: New Earth

Hunted Cow Games

Released: Dec 14, 2016
Platforms: WindowsmacOS
Last updated: 10 Sep 2026, 00:40 GMT

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23 Jun 2026Developer post
Game Update 16.6
Toxic Alien Bugs Added level 9 and 10 Toxic Bugs to the Toxic Bug Invasion Event , the new levels have improved loot tables that are skewed towards the rarest materials and improved Hero XP! Resource Node Changes Gathering Speed on Resource sectors of level 7 through 12 have been
Toxic Alien Bugs
Added level 9 and 10 Toxic Bugs to the Toxic Bug Invasion Event, the new levels have improved loot tables that are skewed towards the rarest materials and improved Hero XP!
Resource Node Changes
Gathering Speed on Resource sectors of level 7 through 12 have been increased, allowing players to harvest these resources considerably faster.
Gameplay Improvements
Added new Settler title.
Added ability to sort Alliance members list by Online status, Power or Rank.
Added an Online member count to the Alliance Panel.
Added a Unit Tier display to the Scout Report.
Added a new Growth Bundle to the Shop - offer milestone rewards for upgrading your HQ, with claimable shards.
NPC location Levels are now displayed in the March Panel.
Added Hero Energy regeneration rate to the Add Hero Energy panel.
Replaced the Equipment Crafted Region Leaderboard with Territory Captured.
March Unit quantities now display their full Values instead of shortened values.
QOL Changes
The input field no longer resets when using Chest from your Inventory Screen.
Added the ability to allow multi-spinning in the Gambling Den.
Added a confirmation warning when leaving an alliance and you have unclaimed Alliance Challenge rewards.
March Capacity items can now be saved to March Loadouts.
Alliance can now select which Nuke they wish to fire if they control more than one.
Added a notification count on HUD challenges button when there is a challenge that can be claimed.
Bug Fixes
Fixed challenge tier icon defaulting to recruit even if it was not achieved in challenge history component and challenge rewards panel
Fixed an Alien Icon remaining on the map after being defeated.
Fixed a cost component being styled as missing resources in some cases where it was not applicable/incorrect
Fixed the Defeat Aliens Legion Challenge and Defeat Invaders Legion Challenge not combining alliance points for Rank rewards.
Fixed the Total Defense value displaying as 0 in Player Profile.
Fixed the missing bonuses for Resource Generation in the Currency Panel.
Fixed duplicate entries in the resolution list (one per refresh rate) on PC.
Fixed various rounding errors when displaying modified values.
Fixed Resource Tile Info gather rate always incorrectly including any Territory bonuses.
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29 Apr 2026Developer post
Game Update 16.5
Commanders! Here are the full patch notes for the update tomorrow! New Features Added functionality to discard troops which you no longer need. This will refund 40% of their training cost in resources. Add a button on HUD to view Shield Status and to apply a Shield quickly. Added
Commanders! Here are the full patch notes for the update tomorrow!
New Features
Added functionality to discard troops which you no longer need. This will refund 40% of their training cost in resources.
Add a button on HUD to view Shield Status and to apply a Shield quickly.
Added Medium Invader Cache with Rare to Augmented crafting components dropped as a reward for defeating Level 9+ Invaders.
Increased the Maximum Level for numerous Hero Equipment from 4 to 5.
Added Level 35 Raids for both the Megaship and the Titanic Strider.
Added the functionality to Move and Swap the position of various Base Structures.
Added improved HUD UFO rewards bracket for HQ Level 25 to 35.
Alliance Members can now initiate a Mutiny against an Inactive Alliance Leader.
New Research Projects
15 new Research Projects have been added to the game across multiple Research Trees.
Defensive:
Defensive Strategist II
Special:
Deployment Speed III
Deployment Size III
Efficiency:
Rally Speed II
Rally Capacity II
Specialized
Prototype Attack II
Prototype Defense II
Prototype Armor II
Alien Attack II
Alien Defense II
Alien Armor II
Mech Attack II
Mech Defense II
Mech Armor II
Drone:
Drone Shard Detector II
Quality of Life Changes
Saving location bookmarks will append the location level to the name on the bookmark.
Added various new counters to display in your Player Profile.
Increased the Global chat message limit from 25 to 50.
Added option to fully hide blocked messages from global chat (these still count towards the 50 message limit even if hidden from global chat)
Increased the limit for Alliance descriptions and bulletins from 128 to 256 characters.
Improved sorting of Routine Missions. Additionally, when claiming a routine mission, it will now be moved to the bottom of the list.
Added Health and Power values of the target location in the Add Troops panel.
Added the location Level to the Invader Attack notification.
Improved dismantle Gear cost from 25% to 75%
Increased the Shard quantities that spawn within the base view by 300% and changed one to be very rare.
Added buttons to the Gear crafting panel to view the Gear stats and costs at any level.
Increased the quantity of Crafting Components given from regular Invader Caches.
Increased unit quantities from drone level 9 and 10
8hr: Level 9 (40 to 100), Level 10 (80 to 150)
16h: Level 9 (75 to 175), Level 10 (150 to 250)
24h: Level 9 (140 to 350), Level 10 (275 to 500)
48h: Level 9 (275 to 500), Level 10 (525 to 700)
72h: Level 9 (525 to 700), Level 10 (800 to 1000)
Scaled HUD UFO rewards brackets
HQ 0 - 8 scaled by 1.5x
HQ 9-16 scaled by 2x
HQ 17-24 scaled by 3x (bracket range was also shifted from 17-35 to 17-24)
Scaled daily login rewards 0-55 (items by 3x, currencies by 4x)
Some rewards between 28-55 were replaced with new rewards or moved to a different day
New Objectives
Added Objectives for all 15 new Research Projects.
Bug Fixes
Fixed some incorrect display values in some counters in the player profile panel.
Fixed a rare case where VIP expiring during a session would not update correctly
Fixed all rewards always being displayed on the Challenge reward claimed panel.
Fixed incorrect rewards being displayed when claiming Alliance Challenges with combined Alliance points
Fixed a case where if an Enemy is reinforcing the target of one of your attacking marches, it would display as an ally deployment incoming in the Passive tab.
Fixed a text input field for changing the Alliance Description, going across one line.
Fixed the Total Units Killed and Total Unit Power Killed counters not updating during the same session.
Fixed the colour on certain gear not displaying correctly when viewing from the Storage Locker.
Shards in the base view now refresh and spawn automatically while you are online, instead of having to log out and back in to trigger their spawn
Corrected some Chest Prices as they did not reflect the value of contents correctly. (Chests with a higher discounted value were left unchanged.)
Speed up chest from 22.5k to 20,550
Expert speedup from 50k to 40,250
Basic resource from 3.5k to 2.3k
Resource chest from 10k to 4.5k
Expert resource from 25k to 12,950
Basic defense chest from 4.5k to 2,975
Defense chest from 8k to 5,150
Expert defense chest from 15k to 10.2k
Basic attack chest 4.5k to 2,975
Attack chest from 8k to 5,150
Expert attack chest from 15k to 10.2k
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10 Feb 2026Developer post
Game Update 16.0
Features Added a new Challenge: Alliance Raid Challenge, in which your Alliance will gain points by working together to defeat ‘Raid’ locations across New Earth! Players can now create up to 5 Deployment Presets when creating a Deployment. This will allow them to save and load th
Features
Added a new Challenge: Alliance Raid Challenge, in which your Alliance will gain points by working together to defeat ‘Raid’ locations across New Earth!
Players can now create up to 5 Deployment Presets when creating a Deployment. This will allow them to save and load the optimal configuration of their Units, which can be saved and loaded quickly.
Added 6 tiers of Loyalty Rewards, granting additional Rewards for players who purchase Shards via IAP.
Quality of Life Changes
Players can now access the Rally UI for donating troops to creating Rallies from the World Map.
Defensive Salvage (Tier 6) has been added to the Efficiency Panel of the Facility Overview.
An indicator is now available above your Situation Room if a Rally is forming.
Removed the 100-item limit on multi-use pop-up (This only applies to items that do not contain random rewards.)
Added troop tier and total Power Values to display in some Outpost/Rally panels
Added info button to Free Shop Chest to view possible rewards.
Allow Rallies to be created against NPC targets while PVP is disabled
Added VIP points 300 and 1000 to the Alliance Store
Rally Only Locations are now renamed to 'Raids'
Structure Level Increases
Eleven structures have had their maximum level increased from 32 to 35:
Headquarters
Black Market
Oil Rig
Alloy Refinery
Geoponic Farm
Turrets
Defensive Walls
Engineering
Security Station
Supply Depot
Global Network
New Objectives have been added for each of these new Structure Levels.
Bug Fixes
Location info Gather Speed now displays a modified value (used to only take into account friendly territory bonus, but now includes all other stat bonuses on the player)
Fixed the Challenge Description text, it was displaying the default text and not showing the correct way players can earn points.
Fixed an issue where the Tabs in the Challenge Panel wasn’t always being translated correctly.
Fixed two incorrect component requirements on both the Reinforced Gun and the Storm Surge Rifle.
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10 Dec 2025Developer post
Game Update 15.5
Below are the patch notes for the update: New VIP Levels The maximum VIP level has been increased from 25 to 30. Festive Calendar Updated with new Rewards running from the 15th Dec to 26th Dec 2025 New Content Increase the maximum level of Hero Armory from 28 to 32 Added the new
Below are the patch notes for the update:
New VIP Levels
The maximum VIP level has been increased from 25 to 30.
Festive Calendar
Updated with new Rewards running from the 15th Dec to 26th Dec 2025
New Content
Increase the maximum level of Hero Armory from 28 to 32
Added the new Objectives for levels 29-32 of the Hero Armory.
Added 2 new Titles (the Host and the Healer) to the list of titles that can be granted.
Titanic Strider Raid
A new Rally Activity is available across the Regions of New Earth. The Titanic Strider looks to turn the tide of this Invasion of New Earth.
Collect the Strider Emitter, a powerful new crafting component used to craft the Vanguard Armour Set. Titanic Striders also store large caches of VIP points within their Loot Tables.
Double Challenge Rewards
Various challenges have been updated, and can now be run with DOUBLE rewards!
Vanguard Item Set
A new Gear set is available, featuring Helmet, Armour, Boost and a Rifle. This Vanguard Set requires the new higher levels of the Hero Armory to craft.
Bug Fix
Fixed display issue where the title of the previously selected player would appear when selecting another player in the World view.
Good luck out there, Commanders!
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10 Sep 2025Developer post
Patch 15.0.4
Hello Commander, This is a minor patch that fixes a few things. Changes Improved Sector Scanning - Better sorting options and high-level scan locations Fixed Fixed achievements not unlocking on some platforms Fixed incoming march notifications incorrectly showing allies as enemie
Hello Commander,
This is a minor patch that fixes a few things.
Changes

Improved Sector Scanning - Better sorting options and high-level scan locations
Fixed

Fixed achievements not unlocking on some platforms
Fixed incoming march notifications incorrectly showing allies as enemies
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07 Aug 2025Developer post
Patch 15.0 Shock and Awe
New Event: Megaship Armada Alien Megaships have appeared across New Earth. Sound the alarm to your Alliance members! Only by using a Rally will you stand a chance against this new threat! Feature Improvements Maximum Outpost Level has been increased from Level 5 to 6. This new 6t
New Event: Megaship Armada
Alien Megaships have appeared across New Earth. Sound the alarm to your Alliance members! Only by using a Rally will you stand a chance against this new threat!
Feature Improvements
Maximum Outpost Level has been increased from Level 5 to 6. This new 6th Level will double Neutronium Generation for Harvest Outposts, and the Reinforcement Capacity on Strategic Outposts will now be 1.25m Troops. These new levels will require a substantial amount of Alliance Credits to upgrade from Level 5 to 6.
Dropships of all 4 variants can now be increased from Level 6 to 7. These new variants will further enhance their relevant stats, making them best-in-class for each of their respective disciplines. To upgrade a Dropship to Level 7, players will be required to collect Hyper Thrusters.
Rewards from Rally marches will no longer all go to the Rally Leader; the rewards will now be split amongst all participating members, with any remainder going to the rally host.
Contribution points towards Challenges added from Rallies will now be split amongst all participants, instead of going all to the Rally host
New Research Projects
We can confirm that we received a secure data-burst containing Research Projects for trainable tier 6 reinforcements!
12 new Research projects have been added to the Offensive Tree.
All 4 of the main Unit Types have had new research projects added for Attack and Defence.
New Trainable Tier 6 Units
These new units can be trained via both the Barracks and the Factory.
Tier 6 Light Infantry - Breacher Squad
Tier 6 Heavy Infantry - Rocket Trooper
Tier 6 Ground Vehicle - Tarantulon
Tier 6 Air Vehicle - Stealth Fighter
Added Structure Levels
Fifteen structures have had their maximum level increased from 30 to 32:
Headquarters
Black Market
Oil Rig
Alloy Refinery
Geoponic Farm
Turrets
Defensive Walls
Situation Room
Engineering
Security Station
Supply Depot
Bunker
Global Network
Airstrip
Satellite Uplink
The following structure has had its maximum level increased from 28 to 32:
Factory
Barracks
Command Post
Medical Bay
Research Lab
The following structure has had its maximum level increased from 28 to 30:
Hostile Containment
New Location Levels
Various new high-level locations have been added to the game, and they will spawn periodically. The new locations are:
All 5 of the various Resource Tiles - levels 11 and 12 added.
Alien Activity - levels 11 and 12 added.
Challenge Improvements
Improved the Leaderboard Rewards for the Speed Boost Global Challenge.
Added an additional reward to “Defeat Aliens Sustained Challenge” for players HQ 21 and higher.
New Objectives
The new Structure Levels, Research and Units all now have new Objectives added.
New Routines
2 new Routines have been added, one for Crashed UFOs and one for the Daily Login Reward.
New Rally Functionality and Items
Rallies can now be boosted using Rally Fuel items, increasing their speed by 25 or 50%.
Rallies can also now be recalled by using a new Rally Recall item.
New Bundle
A new speed-up bundle containing Alien Augments has been added to the store rotation.
New Daily Rewards
28 new daily rewards have been added.
General Improvements
Added Unit Tier Values in all training structures Overview Panel.
Added the Unit Tiers in the HQ Overview Panel.
The Percentage of remaining health is now visible within the tooltip of Invaders on the World Map
Pressing collect all button in the Alliance Caches panel with now auto dismiss any expired cache
Added functionality to claim multiple objectives at once (up to 100 at a time)
Added info button to caches in the Alliance Caches panel to view the possible rewards
Bug Fixes
Fixed an incorrect crafting cost of the Storm Surge Helmet.
Fixed an incorrect cost on Level 30 Alloy Refinery.
Fixed an issue with the Ferocious Defender and the Doomblaster not correctly affecting Tier 5 and 6 Defences.
Changed how the Shard reactor logs into Facebook and retrieves friends.
Fixed issue with notification counter on the tabs in the notification panel would not get set the first time the panel was opened
Fixed a divider not showing up between tier 5 and 6 in the Defensive Research Tree.
Fixed the Alliance button tooltip. The text is now correctly above it when hovering over the button.
Fixed a display issue caused by being able to click in the Research Tree whilst the Research Info Panel was on screen.
Fixed missing audio when the player opens the Supply Shop.
Fix counter display in player profile for PVP Units defeated
We look forward on hearing your feedback on this update!
~The Operation: New Earth Team
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12 Mar 2025Developer post
14.0.6 Hotfix
Hello Commanders, Patch Notes v14.0.6 Fixed an issue where chat was not set to use auto correct. Fixed an issue where certain Rally notifications not displaying correctly sometimes. Fixed a bug where the Hero Armory was not correctly displaying level at level 25+. Fixed an issue
Hello Commanders,
Patch Notes v14.0.6

Fixed an issue where chat was not set to use auto correct.
Fixed an issue where certain Rally notifications not displaying correctly sometimes.
Fixed a bug where the Hero Armory was not correctly displaying level at level 25+.
Fixed an issue with invader loot display.
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25 Nov 2024Developer post
Game Update 14.0
Added Structure Levels Four structures have had their maximum level increased from 28 to 30. These are: Airstrip Global Network Security Station Bunker The following structure has had its maximum level increased from 25 to 28: Hero Armoury New Objectives Objectives have been adde
Added Structure Levels
Four structures have had their maximum level increased from 28 to 30. These are:

Airstrip
Global Network
Security Station
Bunker
The following structure has had its maximum level increased from 25 to 28:

Hero Armoury
New Objectives
Objectives have been added for the following new content:

The increased Structure levels.
Unlocking of the new Defenses.
New Researches
5 new Research projects have been added to the defensive tree, these are:

Defense Salvaging VI
Frag Grenades
Claymore Mines
Electric Fence
Missile Battery
New Items and Sets
4 new craftable items, all are part of the new item set, the Neural Strike set, were added. These items are:

Neural Strike Boots
Neural Strike Helmet
Neural Strike Armour
Neural Strike Shotgun
Crafting and Equipping between 2 and 4 of these gear pieces will grant the following additional set bonuses:

2 Piece Bonus - Hunting Chain Attacks - 15
3 Piece Bonus - Rally Speed - 45%
4 Piece Bonus - March Unit Capacity - 25000
4 Piece Bonus - Defense Salvage (Tier 6) - 5%
New Defenses
Four new Tier 6 Defensive Units have been added to the game, they are:

Basic Defense - Thermite Grenades
Advanced Defense - Claymore Mines
Experimental Defense - Electric Fence
Air Defense - Missile Battery
New Event
Added a new World Map Event:

A new enemy has arrived, Evolved Xenosaurs have been unleashed across the globe, in a attempt to finally seize control of New Earth.
Evolved Xenosaur invaders will appear across the world in a new event, these invaders are level 25, 30 and 35.

New Crafting Component
A new crafting component will drop from the Evolved Xenosaurs:

Xenosaur Fang
New Loot Chest
Added a new Loot Chest which is obtained when defeating Evolved Xenosaurs.
New Challenges
Two new challenges have been added to the game, they are:

Speed Boost Global Challenge
Territory Claim Legion Challenge
Additional Research Projects
The following Research Projects have been added to the Offensive Research Tree:

Resilient Infantry
Adaptive Circuitry
Advanced Stamina
Advanced Engines
The following Research Projects have been added to the Operations Research Tree:

Troop Load 2
Gathering Speed 2
Capture Speed (increase how fast Territory Sectors are claimed)
The following Research Projects have been added to the Efficiency Research Tree:

Specialized Efficiency IV
Prototype Efficiency IV
Alien Efficiency IV
Specialized Efficiency VI
Prototype Efficiency VI
Alien Efficiency VI
🌐 Global Event Time Change

Over the next few months, all Global events will last for a 4 hour period.
Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where it was impossible to search for Level 11 or 12 Scavengers.
We hope you will enjoy these improvements and thank you for being an awesome community as always 🙌
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02 Aug 2024Developer post
13.5.3 Hotfix
Greetings commanders. We have squashed additional alien bugs. Here's the details. Changelog for 13.5.3 Fixed a regression where level 1 scan would scan for high level instead. Changelog for 13.5.2 Fixed an issue where the loading circle is white on challenge contributors UI. Fixe
Greetings commanders.
We have squashed additional alien bugs. Here's the details.
Changelog for 13.5.3

Fixed a regression where level 1 scan would scan for high level instead.
Changelog for 13.5.2

Fixed an issue where the loading circle is white on challenge contributors UI.
Fixed an issue where the loading circle is white on challenge contributors UI.
Changed the radar scan UI to be dynamic which should fix the missing levels. High level scan will now return level 6+.
Fixed an issue where the level 10 Flying Saucer did not have the correct reward.
Fixed an issue where the level 13 Plasma Strider did not have the correct reward.
Fixed a display issue where all the bunker units would be counted for defense totals on the client.
Fixed an issue on MacOS where some graphics would not render sometimes.
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06 Sep 2023Developer post
Exclusive Sneak Peek at Operation: New Earth Patch 13.0
📣 Attention Commanders! 📣 You can now watch the preview for the upcoming patch 13.0, which is due to be out mid-September. 🙌 The latest update, coming to your devices soon, will bring forth a variety of increased structure levels as well as the long-awaited Tier 6 Units! The f
14 Mar 2023Developer post
Game Update 12.5
Added Structure Levels Three structures have had their maximum level increased from 25 to 28. These are: • Command Post • Research Lab • Hostile Containment New Research Projects Added new research projects to the efficiency tree, these new researches require a level 26 Research
03 Mar 2023Developer post
Incoming: Xenosaur Invasion!
🚨 Attention, Commanders! Reports from across the globe indicate that the Aliens have a new powerful secret weapon at their disposal! We need to plan for the worst and expect the Aliens to use this new weapon as they enhance their efforts to seize control of our New Earth. Rally
24 Feb 2023Developer post
Special Event: Scavenger!
🔥 Attention, Commanders! Survivors are Scavenging across New Earth, appearing as Scavenging Activity Sectors right now! 💪 Defeating them can liberate both Attack Rovers & Rocket Fuel to improve your facility's offensive strength! Scavenging Activity Sectors, along with a Ga
17 Feb 2023Developer post
Special Event: Dropship Down!
💥 Attention Commanders, we've detected a swarm of UFOs entering the atmosphere this weekend. Dropships are being shot down across every region right now! We should be able to rescue any surviving troops if we can reach the Downed Dropship sectors in time! 🚀 📆 Dropship Down wil
10 Feb 2023Developer post
Incoming: UFO Invasion!
Attention, Commanders! Flying Saucers have been detected entering New Earth's atmosphere this weekend. These UFO Invaders will provide Alien crafting components if your Hero can defeat them. Do not delay Commander, rally and defend New Earth from this latest threat! Flying Saucer
03 Feb 2023Developer post
Special Event: Station Strike!
📣 Attention, Commanders! Our scouts have reported a network of Covert Testing Stations have been discovered. These stations, guarded by deadly elite Black Ops Troops, contain blueprints needed to construct and upgrade your Hero Armory! 💪 ❗ Commanders, you must mobilise and raid
27 Jan 2023Developer post
Special Event: Invasion!
❗ Red Alert, Commanders! Toxic Alien Bugs have been detected swarming across New Earth this weekend. This event begins now and will be active until Monday 30th January at 7 AM (UTC)! There will also be a boost in resources as 'Gathering Burst' will be active over the weekend! ✨ �
20 Jan 2023Developer post
Special Event: Resource Rush!
Attention, Commanders! Our Satellite Uplink has detected a number of well-stocked resource deposits across every region this weekend. It’s time to increase your resource harvesting efforts & claim these precious nodes! Resource locations of levels 7 through 10 will be availab
13 Jan 2023Developer post
Special Event: Plasma Striders!
📣 Attention, Heroes! Colossal lumbering machines, crackling with mysterious Alien power have been detected across all regions this weekend. These Invaders, known to us as Plasma Striders, will provide Storm Surge components if your Hero can defeat them! 👽 This enhanced event in
06 Jan 2023Developer post
Special Event: Hostile Crash Site!
🚨 Red Alert! Hostile Alien raiding parties have been intercepting Specialized units across New Earth. 💪 Send in your strongest troops to battle these wrathful Aliens. If we respond swiftly, we can rescue & recruit any specialized troops that survived the crash! 📅 This even