Stellaris Dev Tracker

Dear Stellaris Fans,

The team has produced a bugfix and balance patch following our 3.13 + Cosmic Storms release September 10th.

3.13.1 is now available for download. Please find the patch notes below, identical to what was posted earlier by Eladrin.

3.13.1 Patch Notes

Balance

• Added free pop to first blocker for planetscapers
  
• Decreased Storm Creation costs and buffed Astrometeorology job
  
• Stormriders and Subterranean get less devastation from storms
  
• Scientist governors now also reduce devastation from storms
  
• The Nexus Storm of 2211 will no longer happen. (Nexus Storms have been removed from the Early Game storm pool.)

Bugfix

• A Fallen Empire cannot ask for a scientist that is exploring an...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

by Eladrin

Hi everyone!

Today’s dev diary is going to be a relatively short one. The 3.13.1 ‘Vela’ patch is planned for next Tuesday, September 24th, and we have a set of preliminary release notes for you to look over.

The biggest change is probably the removal of Nexus storms from the early game pool.

The Vela cycle will be a very short one, since the 3.14 ‘Circinus’ update and Grand Archive is already bearing down on us.

Preliminary Release Notes​ On to the release notes!

3.13.1 ‘Vela’ Preliminary Release Notes
Balance

• Added free pop to first blocker for planetscapers
  
• Decreased Storm Creation costs and buffed Astrometeorology job
  
• Stormriders and Subterranean get less devastation from storms
  
• Scientist governors now also reduc...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hi everyone,

Gruntsatwork here, putting on my writing hat for today only, while Eladrin is on sick leave. While Dev Diaries are the domain of the Game Directors, we wanted to keep in close contact shortly after a release.

The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion released 2 days ago and we have been collecting your feedback on our forums and every other form of social media we could find.

We will continue to do so over the next few days, working on fixes and improvements to Cosmic Storms, for example:
Individualist Machines will get access to the Storm Touched trait so that they can use the Storm Devotion civic.
Planetscapers will get a deposit on game start to clear for +1 Pop.

There are also a few balance considerations we are making that we figured would be nice to mention.
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion is now available as the second installment of Stellaris: Season 08!



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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

by Eladrin

Hello everyone!

The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion is nearly here, so today we’ve got preliminary release notes and some of the Custodian changes.

Cosmic Storms is going to be released next Tuesday, on September 10th.
Changes to Planetary Resource Deposits​ As part of the Custodian changes in 3.13 ‘Vela’, we’ve made some changes to how some planetary deposits for rare resources are handled.

The deposits that previously gave access to Crystal Mines, Gas Extraction Wells and Mote Harvesting Traps buildings, now instead increase the number of mining districts available on the planet and, after researching the technology to extract the relevant resource, add a small amount of resource production to miners on that planet.

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

by Eladrin

Hi everyone,

Today, we’ll review the Origin and Civics of the Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion and provide some information about the new Precursors (without spoiling everything!)

Cosmic Storms is going to be released on September 10th.

Passing it over to @PDX_Ferry[forum.paradoxplaza.com] and ... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hi everyone,

The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion is going to make planetfall on September 10th. That’s not that far away, so today we’ll be going over the Storm mechanics and their aftermath effects.

Passing it over to Gruntsatwork [forum.paradoxplaza.com]to take over from here.
How Do Storms Spawn?​ Hello everyone, without much preamble, lets dive right into the new storm mechanics.

• Storms will randomly start to spawn a few years after gamestart.
  
• Each Storm triggers a cooldown until the next na...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

A phenomenon is sweeping across the galaxy.


I’m excited to announce that Episode 2 of Stellaris: Season 08, the Cosmic Storms mechanical expansion, will be released alongside the Stellaris 3.13 ‘Vela’ update on September 10th, 2024.


Note: Tooltips shown in the video were from a development branch that has already been updated, more info next week.

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello everyone!

Welcome to another mod highlight! This will be the final mod highlight of the summer, and we will be returning to our regularly scheduled dev diaries on Thursday!

This mod highlight is all about new technologies, and all of the mods add new techs to expand on vanilla mechanics.


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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

by MrFreake_PDX

Hello everyone!

Welcome to another mod highlight, Michael_Stellaris has some great mods lined up for us this week, and this week’s theme is exploration! These mods will make the galaxy more interesting and diverse, and who doesn’t love new things to find out in the galaxy. I’m sure nothing bad will happen.



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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.