Visit Rob Repairo in the Outpost shipyard area to repair your vehicles using auto chips, which can be found in the world or purchased at the Outpost.
Your friends can ride on deck or pose dramatically in the bow.
Similar to the previous boat tech, useful for crossing large bodies of water.
Drive carefully to avoid blowing yourself up!.
They include a passenger seat so you can transport your friends!.
Great for travelling across planet surfaces quickly!.
New system for player-controlled vehicles which can be spawned and despawned using Vehicle Controllers (acquired at the Outpost).
Hostile monsters now damage the player on touch.
Replaced electric stun status effect with Electrified, which periodically damages other nearby enemies.
Remade shields and improved blocking mechanics.
Monsters have clearer ‘telegraphing’ to indicate when they are about to attack.
Knockback is more powerful and reliable.
Lots of new unique monsters found throughout the galaxy, each with their own special abilities and behaviors.
A few miscellaneous unique weapons and items such as flamethrowers and remote-detonated grenade launchers.
Dual wield fist weapons to enable powerful combo finishers.
Find blueprints to upgrade these weapons into even more powerful and specialized versions at higher tiers.
Several new classes of hard-to-find unique weapons: boomerangs, chakrams and fist weapons.
Change to spear mechanics: continue holding left click after a swing to keep the spear out to fend off enemies.
Change to hammer mechanics: hold left click to wind up, release to fire.
Many (45+) possible abilities are available for various classes of ranged and melee weapons!
Generated and tiered two-handed weapons now have special abilities that can be activated using right click.
In fact, backing up your existing characters in an Early Access game is never a bad idea.ĪTTN Modders! We’ve put a comprehensive tutorial up on the wiki describing how to create new missions in Tiled!Īs always, click ‘read more’ for the changelog.
I’d recommend backing up your existing characters before launching the game!
If you are running any Starbound mods, they may be incompatible with the latest version of Starbound.
Your existing characters and worlds should be more or less intact, but as usual, you will need to start a fresh universe or explore far-off systems in order to experience some of the new content.
The combat update is finally here! As in, it’s out! Right now! Go play it! Or, if you’re still waiting for Starbound to update, why not check out the trailer?