Summary
Terminal Colony: Deep Core v1.3.6 is a hotfix and balance update focused on consistency and persistence. It resolves a long-standing issue where click power could differ depending on whether it was rebuilt after a prestige reset or after loading a save, sometimes resulting in large and unexpected changes. The update also tightens prestige rules by scoping achievement bonuses to the current prestige run, preventing bonuses from stacking across multiple runs.
This release improves reliability of language and display settings by ensuring they always persist to the preferences file and are no longer overwritten by older save data. Several UI and display issues were corrected, and late-game economy pacing was adjusted through targeted cost increases. All saves from v1.1.6 and later remain fully compatible with no migration required.
Release Notes v1.3.6 (2026-02-08)
Highlights
Fixed click power inconsistencies across prestige resets and save reloads by using a single canonical rebuild path.
Achievement bonuses are now scoped per prestige run to prevent stacking across runs.
Language and display settings now reliably persist through menu changes, in-game changes, and exits.
Balance adjustments: plasma offers +30%, Crystal Detection cost increased to 80 crystals.
Bug Fixes
Click Power Consistency (Prestige vs Reload)
Resolved a divergence where click power could be rebuilt differently depending on whether the player prestiged or reloaded.
Both prestige reset and post-load recalculation now use the same rebuild logic.
Click power is rebuilt from: prestige level, claimed achievements, researched tech, and purchased upgrades.
Prevents unexpected jumps or drops after restarting.
Achievement Bonuses Now Reset Per Prestige Run
Achievement progression is cleared on quantum reset.
Click power and global bonuses now apply only from achievements earned in the current prestige run.
Prevents unintended long-term stacking from prior runs.
Prestige UI Cleanup
Removed a duplicate “full reset” action from the main Prestige tab.
Full reset is now available only from the Recovery tab.
Header Prestige Display
Fixed HUD header showing a hardcoded prestige value.
Header now displays the live prestige level from game stats.
Settings Persistence When Loading Saves
Fixed language/resolution reverting after loading an older save.
Preferences now take priority over save-file settings for language and display.
In-Game Settings Not Saving
Fixed multiple paths that did not write updated settings to the preferences file:
Header language cycling
Settings display “Apply” action
Exit paths (Escape menu exit, window close, Alt+F4)
Settings changes now persist reliably.
Main Menu Resolution Not Applied on Restart
Fixed startup resolution defaulting to 1920×1080 regardless of saved preference.
The game now launches at the resolution saved in the preferences file.
Balance Changes
Plasma Offer Costs Increased
Increased plasma offer costs by 30% across both plasma trader energy-cost trades and plasma buff offers.
Example: a 50 plasma offer now costs 65 plasma.
Plasma buff pricing continues to scale by:
Base cost: 50 plasma
+5 plasma per prestige level
1.5x multiplier per buff purchased during the current prestige run
Quantum Computing Upgrade Cost Increased
Increased late-game requirements:
Crystals: +170 (new requirement)
Dark Matter: 17 → 134
Ore: unchanged
Upgrade effect remains unchanged.
Crystal Detection Research Cost Increased
Cost increased from 35 crystals to 80 crystals.
Effect remains unchanged (+25% rare drop chance).
Research time unchanged (45 seconds).
Settings & Preferences Improvements
Preferences file now overrides save-file settings for language and display to prevent older saves from reverting user choices.
Settings are saved consistently from:
Main menu changes
In-game UI actions
All normal exit paths
Compatibility
Fully compatible with all saves from v1.1.6 and later.
No migration or conversion required.
Progression data remains intact (prestige, research, workers, resources).
Achievement data is preserved, but bonuses are now applied per prestige run under the new rules.