Down with the Ship news & patch notes

Balance adjustments

• Weapons-Grade Uranium now gives projectiles +40% chance to inflict 1 Radiation instead of inflicting Radiation on every hit.
• Split projectiles now retain 60% damage, down from 70%.

Fixes

• Fixed Merchant's Table appearing to take gold on the first turn without creating a Gem.
• Fixed Gatling Gun firing audio continuing after combat ended.
• Fixed unavailable captains' trinkets appearing in the Trader and Random mode.
• Fixed Detonator Rounds projectiles being mislabeled in the combat log.
• Fixed a rare background lighting crash during window resize.

Features

• Ally trinkets are now visible and hoverable in the co-op ship-selection menu.
• Random mode can now select any available trinket, including ones you have not unlocked. Co-op-only trinkets remain exclusive to co-op runs.

Fixes

• Fixed radiation resistance not reducing radiation max-hull decay.
• Fixed Enriched Uranium and Weapons-Grade Uranium reporting two extra activations in the DPS list.
• Fixed co-op pairing-menu ally ships not updating.

Features

• Added a hull tile progress indicator showing progress toward the next Weight stack while editing your ship.

Balance adjustments

• Decreased the Pneumatic Puncher damage slightly.
• Cooling array damage multiplier decreased from 1.5x -> 1.4x
• Siege Ram bonus damage now scales with 5% of enemy hull instead of your hull.
• Resonance Amplifier increased from 8% -> 12%.
• Breacher Shield reduction increased from 50% -> 70%.
• Enriched Uranium now transforms at Burst 6.
• Hoverboard chance decreased 60% -> 50%. Charge amount decreased from 75% -> 70%.
• Megabomb cooldown decreased and accuracy increased from 90% -> 95%.
• Starfire Beam cooldown decreased and electricity cost decreased from 8 -> 7.
• Juicy Ribs now permanently grants health instead of max health.

Fixes

• Fixed the DPS list undercounting electricity generated by Quartz Tipped Shells.
• Fixed co-op DPS lists and battle summaries assigning debuff damage to different teammates for each player.
• Fixed co-op battle summaries defaulting to enemy #2 when that enemy shared the viewer's username.
• Fixed Enriched Uranium on Shipping Pallet continuing to gain Burst instead of converting into Weapons-Grade Uranium.
• Fixed Auto-Fabricator's max hull gain animation briefly showing incorrect values.
• Fixed Radar Dome affecting weapons on only one enemy ship in co-op.
• Fixed some issues with items in storage sometimes remaining visible during co-op battle.
• Fixed frozen items disappearing while spectating your ally's shop in co-op.
• Fixed ally shop reroll prices showing your price instead of your ally's while spectating in co-op.
• Fixed the co-op battle summary button becoming unresponsive after editing ships.
• Fixed bonus faction items being hidden from the admin sandbox.
• Fixed Hoverboard tricks progressively indenting the combat log.
• Fixed co-op showing active room controls while refreshing a room link.
• Fixed battle replays sometimes leaving co-op players waiting for an absent ally.
• Fixed Random mode battle stats not being recorded.
• Fixed some number text formatting.
• Improved season reward and battle replay loading performance.

Features

• The DPS list now shows resources and buffs generated and consumed by each item.
• Enriched Uranium turns into Weapons-Grade Uranium at 10 Burst.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with pump connection artifacts in co-op.
• Fixed co-op item transfers occasionally desynchronizing the recipient.
• Fixed Bionic Legs ejecting gems from transferred crewmates in co-op.
• Captains can no longer be transferred to a co-op partner.
• Fixed co-op mirror matches sometimes duplicating the top player's ship.
• Fixed incomplete co-op battles leaving both players stuck before combat.
• Fixed 2v2 rating history appearing under individual captains in season performance charts.
• Fixed network failures sometimes submitting co-op actions more than once.
• Improved co-op reconnection behavior when servers are busy or rate-limited.
• Fixed stale Steam lobbies preventing players from joining a valid co-op room.

Features

• Trinkets are now included in the DPS list.
• Radiation now reports max health removed in the DPS list.
• Buffs, debuffs, and resources are added to the DPS list.
• Duplicate items in the DPS list are now numbered.

Adjustments

• Random loadout rolls are now 40% shorter, and each roll can be skipped with a click or key press.
• The hoverboard is now cooldown based, but operates similarly.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the Hoverboard tricks being interrupted.
• Fixed an issue with the Network Breacher stuns sometimes resetting item charge progress.
• Fixed an issue with the Fitness Band's tooltip.
• The Graviton Generator now attracks spikes from both enemies.
• Fixed co-op item transfers sometimes disappearing when received while spectating your teammate.
• Fixed some co-op room connections failing unless players were Steam friends.
• Players must now complete the tutorial before entering 2v2.
• Fixed an issue with the ancient computer targeting stunned items.

Adjustments

• Prickly Pear has been changed to use different abilities.
• Ion armor penetration increased from 45% -> 50%.
• Spike armor penetration increased from 18% -> 25%.
• Slug Ammo multiplier decreased from 1.3x -> 1.2x.
• Focusing Lens damage multiplier decreased from 1.25x -> 1.2x.
• Exotic Goods now increases its sell value instead of giving 1 gold per turn.
• Hoverboard activation chance adjusted to 50%. It now gives 1 electricity when activating, instead of on combo finish.
• Added your highest Hoverboard score to the stats page.

Fixes

• Sandworm depth adjusted during combat.
• Fixed some issues with the Paint job editor.
• Fixed an issue with Salvage Magnet interfering with frozen items.
• Debuff damage now appears under damage dealt again.

New Features

• Started Season 3.

• Default paint jobs can now be saved for each captain.

• Added a text filter to the trinkets menu.

• 2v2 co-op play is now available. Please be patient with any glitches or issues while it is still experimental.

Mechanics Changes

• Repair healing bonus decreased from 2% -> 1.5%.

• Radar crit chance bonus increased from 1% -> 2%.

• Ion armor penetration reduced from 75% -> 45%.

• Spike armor penetration reduced from 30% -> 18%.

• Sandworms can now split.

• Upgrading Ammunition adds 1 weight with each upgrade.

Item Changes

• Strike Optimizer crit chance bonus increased from 8% -> 12%.

• Sharpshooter radar gain increased from 1 -> 2. Ammo gain increased from 4 -> 5.

• Slug Cannon damage increased from 8 -> 9.

• Mega Bomb base damage increased from 25 -> 30.

• Tungsten Bulwark armor gain increased from 15 -> 20.

• Spike Factory armor gain increased from 5 -> 8.

• T.R.A.K. missile radar gain increased from 2 -> 3.

• R.I.B. Cage now grants 3 plating.

• Fuel Tank heat gain increased from 3 -> 4. Fuel gain increased from 7 -> 8.

• Drainage Pipes heal percentage increased from 20% -> 25%.

• Incendiary Rounds burn chance increased from 100% -> 140%.

• Starfire Beam spikes removal increased from 2 -> 3.

• Chemical Tank acid decreased from 3 -> 2. Fuel increased from 3 -> 4.

• Necrotic Beam acid chance increased from 40% -> 60%.

• Waste Pump cooldown increased.

• Hull Support Beam health bonus decreased from 25 -> 20.

• Enriched Uranium burst speed reduced.

• Acid Capsule and Waste Factory are back to debuff multiplication, with a hard limit of 100 at a time.

• Gatling Gun burst size increased from 8 -> 10.

• Corrosive Rounds chance increased from 100% -> 120%.

• Prickly Pear armor penetration reduced from 20% -> 12%.

• Rust Nugget cooldown increased and resistance loss reduced from 8% -> 6%.

• Igor, Rust Glutton cooldown increased slightly. Health gain reduced from 20 -> 15.

• Gunner cooldown increased slightly.

• Officer cooldown increased slightly. Damage amp decreased from 10% -> 8%.

• Chemist cooldown charge speed amp decreased from 8% -> 6%.

• Hardpoint and Fighter Wing now also grant +10% true strike chance to weapons placed on top.

• Thousand Year Drum base damage reduced from 14 -> 12.

• Note: no major changes to Freight items. I would like to redesign them a bit, but did not want to rush in the wrong changes.

Trinket Changes

• Charge Rifle activation chance increased from 20% -> 30%.

• Detonator Rounds now creates an additional grenade, instead of replacing the current projectile.

• Comet Shard now creates an additional icicle, instead of replacing the current projectile.

• Weather Panel now gives burn resistance, and resistance increased from 25% -> 30%.

• EMP Cannon stun time increased from 7s -> 8s.

• Access Card 4 electricity gain increased from 4 -> 8.

• Access Card 5 fuel gain increased from 4 -> 6.

• Access Card 3 electricity gain increased from 4 -> 5.

• Pocket Rust stun time increased from 12s -> 15s.

• Lost Package now also gives +5 max ammo.

• Neodyne Canister burn resistance reduction increased from 20% -> 25%. Fuel gain increased from 10 -> 12.

• Orb of Symmetry bonus health and damage bonus decreased from 20% -> 16%.

• Surplus Ammo bonus decreased from 0.5% -> 0.4%.

• Merchant's Wallet rarity bonus decreased from 30% -> 25%.

• Fitness Band activation chance decreased from 100% -> 70%.

• Affliction Crystal now decreases your debuff resistance by 10%.

• Cigarette now adds 6% of the heal as acid.

• Bionic Heart energy cost no longer increases with upgrades, but base cooldown increased by +2s.

• Armor Piercing Rounds armor penetration reduced from 10% -> 6%.

New Items

• Added a new unique item: Hoverboard.

New Trinkets

• Added Salvage Magnet, which replaces the next shop with random salvaged enemy items after you win a battle.

• Added Auto-Fabricator, which permanently gives +3 hull for each empty hull tile at the start of each turn.

• Added Void Intake, which gives +1 of your lowest resource every 5 seconds.

• Added Emergency Thruster, which gives +6 speed once when your hull falls below 20%.

• Added Tungsten Shell, which multiplies your hull by 1.1x but adds 1 weight.

• Added Quartz Tipped Shells, which gives +1 electricity when you critical hit. +25% critical hit damage.

• Added Mag-lev Research, which starts the run with a Hoverboard.

• Co-op: Added Graviton Generator, which makes all enemy attacks target your ship instead of your ally. Also gives +10% hull and +1 plating.

• Co-op: Added Molecular Bonding, which gives 50% of your hull restoration to your ally instead.

• Co-op: Added Speed Loader, which gives +1 ammo to your ally whenever you gain ammo.

• Co-op: Added Fuel Couplings, which gives +1 fuel to your ally whenever you gain fuel.

• Co-op: Added Power Lines, which gives +1 electricity to your ally whenever you gain electricity.

• Co-op: Added Centrifuge, which transfers 10% of your ally's debuffs to your ship every 5 seconds.

• Co-op: Added Amplification Rod, which transfers 10% of the buffs on your ship to your ally every 5 seconds.

• Co-op: Added Hull Reforger, which converts 10% of your hull into armor for your ally every 5 seconds.

• Co-op: Added Bionic Legs, which makes your crew items jump to empty spaces on your ally's ship when your ship explodes.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where resource rate change popup numbers would show during battle.

• Fixed an issue with the captain speech bubble disappearing during transitions.

• Fixed an issue with the captain mission expand/collapse symbol.

Patch 0.93.07

• Fixed some issues with health threshold abilities processing too eagerly.
• Puncher Rounds damage bonus decreased from 40% -> 25%.
• Mega Bomb ammo cost decreased from 7 -> 5. Cooldown decreased. Stun increased from 4s -> 5s.
• Heavy Rounds damage bonus decreased from 40% -> 30%.
• Gunner charge amount decreased from 15% -> 10%.
• Sharpshooter crit lifelink increased from 20% -> 30%. Ammo increased from 3 -> 4.
• Comet Gemstone hull restored decreased from 16% -> 15%. Activation chance decreased from 35% -> 30%.
• Explosive Rounds damage bonus decreased from 40% -> 35%.

Patch 0.93.06

• Late game simulation performance and consistency improvements.
• Battle intro avatars now face each other.
• Percent healing now considers radiation health reduction.
• Fixed an issue with enemy weapon travel time being reversed.
• Fixed an issue with Suspicious Chef granting bonus gold when chopping up crew members.
• Lasers no longer continue firing if they are destroyed.
• Fixed an issue with lifelink rounding.

Patch 0.93.04

• Fixed a visual issue with Pump connections.
• Win streaks are now only counted for ranked wins.
• Fixed an issue with Thousand Year Drum activations causing too many combat log indentations.
• Fixed an issue with the wrong taunt voicelines being played for some captains.
• Undoing the purchase of a frozen item now preserves its frozen state.

Patch 0.93.03

• Increased the cooldown of Combat Thruster and reduced the charge amount to 20%.
• Fixed some issues with late game simulation performance.
• Fixed some issues with simulation inconsistencies.

June: 2v2 Co-op

• Team up with another player
• Fight in 2v2 ship battles
• Build around ally synergies
• Create new balance problems, probably caused by you

Q3: Bottomless Well

• Spend excess gold on long-term progression
• Unlock epithets, titles, or cosmetic identity markers
• Add more goals outside a single run
• Give veteran players another place to pour their winnings

Q3: Starmap

• A global Starmap for all players
• Hourly refreshes as pirates take and hold planets
• Sector modifiers that change the rules of engagement
• More strategic run planning
• Different routes, rewards, and risks

Q4: 1.0 Launch

• Starmap fully integrated into the base game
• A new faction
• More content, balance, polish, and quality-of-life improvements
• A larger launch update built from Early Access feedback

Thank You

Season 2 has begun!

Kragg is angry, and out for revenge...

This season brings far-reaching gameplay adjustments, and some shiny season rewards. Here is the complete set of patch notes:

• Note: I am currently exploring new things for you to spend your salvage on.

• Supply Crate rarity changed from Uncommon -> Common.

• Repair now increases all hull restore by +2% per stack.

• Spare Parts now increases max ammo, fuel, and electricity by the same amount.

• Bomb flame amount increased from 5 -> 10.

• Hack damage reduced from 8 -> 6.

• Laser hits reduced from 6 -> 5.

• Ram damage bonus increased from 10% -> 15%.

• Increased max positive resistance from 80% -> 90%.

• Increased max negative resistance from -80% -> -200%.

• Radar now gives +5% accuracy and +1% crit chance per stack.

• Target Acquired now gives +25% crit chance.

• Kragg, Steel Forger now gives repair in addition to armor.

• Kragg, Steel Forger now has an upgrade tier limit for upgrading other items.

• Lead Hull now gives hack resistance in addition to radiation resistance.

• Kraggs's Workbench armor gain charge bonus increased from 0.25s -> 0.5s.

• Ventilation System now costs 1 electricity.

• Oldsteel Rounds now gives 1 armor gain and 25% of damage dealt on hit.

• Reactive Plating now gives 1 repair.

• Prickly Pear armor penetration reduced from 25% -> 20%.

• Decreased the cooldowns of Solar Tiling, Fuel Reservoir, and Ammo Cache from 7s -> 6s.

• Petri Dish limited to 10 stacks per trigger.

• Weather Panel now gives 25% cold and poison resistance.

• Reinforced Plating now reduces the first 6 instances of damage in a battle to 3.

• Third Siege Manuscripts now adds the special items, even if the Stronghold pool is not added to the shop.

• Targeting Goggles now gives 1 radar and +50% crit damage.

• Blast Furnace now creates an Oldsteel Ingot at the start of the turn and has a new passive ability.

• Nuclear Reactor chance to trigger other items reduced to 20%.

• Undercity Ghoul now heals 3 hull + 5% of poison and radiation on hit.

• Sandworm lifelink reduced from 40% -> 25%.

• Abominations now gain 2 repair instead of increasing max health.

• Magnetic Rounds lifelink decreased from 60% -> 40%.

• Striker Cannon cooldown reduced.

• Key to the Stronghold rust resistance increased from 15% -> 25% and gives it without needing to be upgraded.

• Merchant's Table now increases show sale frequency by +25%.

• Flamethrower fuel cost reduced from 4 -> 3.

• Cooling Array damage multiplier increased from 1.2 -> 1.5.

• Ammunition items no longer add weight.

• Bomb stun time increased from 3s -> 4s and stuns in a 3x3 area.

• Weapons Computer weapon charge buff increased from 20% -> 25%. Cost decreased from 7 -> 6.

• Spiked Plate now creates an ammunition item the turn after it is bought.

• Chemical Tank poison inflicted reduced from 4 -> 3.

• Flower Petal charge rate decreased from 75% -> 60%.

• Chef's Cooking Pot fuel cost is increased each time it activates.

• Sewer Mutant poison life steal reduced from 10% -> 6%.

• Juno, Expert Botanist cooldown increased slightly.

• Added seasonal rewards for captain rating placement.

• Added unlockable rating-based avatar frames.

• Rusty Plate plating gain increased from 2 -> 5.

• Combustion Engine now gives 3 repair.

Captains,

We want to know what you'd like us to work on the most (poll at the end of the post).

But first, let's summarize what happened in the launch week.

Launch Week Updates

1. Unlock progression became much cheaper and faster

• Captain unlock costs reduced to 40 / 60 / 80 gold.

• Trinket unlock costs reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 gold.

• Rounds now reward 2 gold for a win and 1 gold for a loss.

• Captain mission Trinkets were subsequently made purchasable through the Trader as an alternative acquisition route.

This is a substantial reduction in early-player friction: players can access more captains and build-defining Trinkets significantly sooner than at launch.

2. A new Random mode was added

We introduced a new mode with a seperate leaderboard where players begin with a random captain and random Trinkets. This directly supports players who want less forced rerolling and more improvisational runs.

3. Several items and combat interactions were reworked or rebalanced

The most material gameplay changes were:

Item / System

Change

Projectile Speed

Now slightly affected by where weapons are placed on the ship.

Grind Wheel

New ability: grind a rare-or-higher item into 2 random common items; later its base cost was reduced from 1 to 0.

Cooling Array

Now grants cold-inflict chance rather than replacing projectiles with icicles.

Network Breacher

Now costs 1 electricity.

Bionic Heart

Electricity cost reduced from 3 to 1.

Nuclear Warheads

Now inflict 10 radiation and no longer fire muons.

Muons

Can no longer inflict Weight.

Spikes

Return damage based on final damage inflicted.

Toxic Barrel

Fixed upgrades incorrectly reducing rather than increasing cracks chance.

Rust Shaman

Fixed activating 6 times instead of 5 per battle.

Tryptonic Canister

Fixed reducing every resistance instead of only hack resistance.

Smokestack

Fixed unintentionally granting acid resistance.

4. More information is exposed to players

A noticeable theme is improving clarity around builds and battles:

• Trinkets can now be viewed in the Codex even before unlocking.

• Mutations were added to the Codex.

• Mission rewards can now be previewed on hover.

• The Combat Log gained filtering, followed by fixes to text filtering and layout.

• Most weapons now show a Travel time field.

• The glossary was split into sections and alphabetized.

• Hints were expanded for Heat, Cloak, Radar, and Speed.

• Multiple tooltip problems were fixed, including missing stun/stunned text and unclear projectile resistance descriptions.

5. Achievements, UI, platform support and server stability were improved

The patches also fixed a wide collection of launch-week issues:

• Multiple broken achievements fixed: Unbroken Wake, Perfection, Overkill, Cauldron Veteran, and Bombs Away.

• Prevented achievements incorrectly unlocking while spectating replays.

• Fixed mission-menu crashes.

• Fixed daily missions generating too slowly.

• Added a new language selector because the prior one failed on Linux.

• Added a global setting for idle voice-line frequency and reduced default frequency.

• Fixed undo/redo overlap and Rust Powder level issues.

• Fixed oversized tooltips, camera-limit issues, resource bars exceeding their displayed maximum, shockwave graphics, and long username truncation.

• Fixed some server slowdowns in the Random-mode patch.

Chronological Patch Summary

Date

Patch

Main contents

16 May

0.92.66

Launch-week fixes: broken achievements, mission-menu crash, global-stat tracking, daily mission speed, glossary/hint improvements.

17 May

0.92.67

Grind Wheel and Cooling Array redesigns; Linux language selector; Codex mutations; voiceline setting; undo/redo and achievement fixes.

18 May

0.92.68

Major progression economy reduction for Captains and Trinkets; win/loss gold income; Codex and Combat Log improvements; Network Breacher rebalance.

18 May

0.92.70

Nuclear Warhead/Muon/Spikes combat changes; Trader access for mission Trinkets; Trinket price follow-up fix; edit-widget and Combat Log fixes.

19 May

0.92.72

Trinket unlock and Trader cleanup; Bionic Heart and Grind Wheel buffs; Combat Log, tooltip, sell-bonus and achievement fixes.

21 May

0.92.73

Toxic Barrel, Rust Shaman, Tryptonic Canister and Personal ID Card fixes; weapon travel-time display; projectile-positioning effect; two new skins.

22 May

0.92.74

Added Random mode; server slowdown fix; Smokestack and Codex fixes.

Feature Poll

We'll be preparing a roadmap in the following weeks. But before we do that, we'd like to hear what your favorite features are. We've gathered a few, but you're welcome to elaborate on your own in the comments.

Poll

Thanks for playing.

And if you haven't grabbed the game yet, the Early Access launch price is still 10% off until 30 May.

— Proxy Studios & Iron Anchor Games

Patch 0.92.74 - Introducing "Random" mode

• Added a "random" mode, allowing for a random starting captain and trinkets.
• Fixed an issue causing some server slowdowns.
• Fixed an issue with the word "stunned" in the frostbite ability tooltip.
• Fixed an issue with the Smokestack granting acid resistance.
• Fixed an issue with some additional, under-development Trinkets appearing in the Codex.

Patch 0.92.73

• Fixed an issue with the Toxic Barrel cracks chance decreasing instead of increasing with upgrades.
• Pride now shows under the Rust Glutton buffs.
• Fixed an issue with animations causing resource bars to display more than their max value.
• Fixed an issue with camera limits when zoomed in.
• Fixed an issue with the Personal ID Card Trinket not working.
• Fixed an issue with Rust Shaman activating 6 times instead of 5 times per battle.
• Fixed an issue with Tryptonic Canister reducing all resistance instead of just hack resistance.
• Added a Travel time field to most weapons.
• Weapon projectile speed is slightly affected by their positioning on the ship.
• Added two new skins for the Steel Hull and Superconductor Coils items.
• Fixed an issue with Rust Powder not showing level upgrade.
• Fixed an issue with oversized tooltips.

Patch 0.92.72

• Fixed an issue with trinket unlock inconsistencies.
• Fixed an issue with the word "stun" missing from some tooltips.
• Adjusted projectile resistance tooltips for cracks and Plating.
• Fixed a graphic issue with shockwaves.
• Grouped captain Trinkets in the Trader.
• Fixed an issue with text filtering in the Combat Log.
• Fixed an issue with item sell bonuses not applying.
• Bionic Heart electricity cost reduced from 3 -> 1.
• Grind Wheel base cost reduced from 1 -> 0.
• Fixed an issue with the "Bombs Away" achievement.

Patch 0.92.70

• Nuclear warheads now inflict 10 radiation and no longer fire muons.
• Spikes now return damage based on the final damage inflicted.
• Fixed an issue with the word "Stunned" not appearing.
• Muons can no longer inflict Weight.
• Removed the camera controls from the edit widgets.
• Added an advanced editing menu to the edit widgets.
• Fixed some translation issues.
• Captain mission Trinkets can now be alternatively purchased in the Trader.
• Fixed Trinkets prices still being too high.
• Fixed an issue with the Oribius, Cosmic Merchant sell bonus causing insufficient gold errors in some situations.
• Fixed an issue with the Combat Log being too tall in the Battle result menu.

Patch 0.92.68

• Decreased the gold cost of Captains to 40/60/80.
• Decreased the gold cost of Trinkets to 10/15/20.
• You now gain 2 gold for a win and 1 gold for a loss.
• Starfire Beam and Tesla Coil are now always available in the Shop.
• Trinkets are now viewable in the Codex, even if they are not unlocked yet.
• Mission rewards are now previewable when hovered.
• Added new epithet unlocks for 15, 20, 30, and 50 wins in a single run.
• Your row preview on the Leaderboard is now moved to the top of the page instead of the bottom.
• Wild Unique item drop rate increased from 1% -> 1.5%.
• Added a filter to the Combat Log.
• Fixed some issues with Codex/Combat Log filtering not working for some keywords.
• Usernames can now be longer before they get cut off in the HUD.
• Network Breacher now costs 1 electricity.
• Shop item pools no longer adjust if you move the Unique item on/off of your ship.

Down with the Ship 0.92.67

• Replaced the Grind Wheel ability with a new one: Grind a rare or higher item into 2 random common items.
• Cooling Array now grants cold inflict chance instead of replacing projectiles with icicles.
• Fixed an issue with Igor, Rust Glutton showing Health damage numbers instead of Max Health.
• Decreased the frequency of idle voicelines and added a setting to adjust global voiceline frequency.
• Fixed an issue with gemstone items activating at the wrong frequency.
• Added a new language selector as it was not working on Linux.
• Added mutations to the Codex.
• Fixed an issue with undo/redo allowing items to be placed on top of each other.
• Fixed an issue with undo/redo messing up levels after applying Rust Powder.
• Fixed an issue with Factory 9 Mutant voice lines being slowed down.
• Fixed an issue with the Nutrient Paste item tooltip.
• Fixed an issue with the Cauldron Veteran achievement unlocking incorrectly.

Down with the Ship 0.92.66

• Fixed a visual issue with the Freight Engine particle effect.
• Fixed an issue with the "Unbroken Wake" achievement not being unlockable.
• Fixed an issue with the "Perfection" achievement not being unlockable.
• Fixed an issue with the "Overkill" achievement not being unlockable.
• Fixed an issue with some achievements being unlockable when spectating replays.
• Fixed an issue with Bounce not showing its hint.
• Adjusted some Food item tooltips to be more clear.
• Fixed a mission menu crash.
• Fixed an issue with hull restored and armor gained global stats not being tracked.
• The glossary is now split into sections and sorted alphabetically.
• Added detailed explanations for Heat, Cloak, Radar, and Speed to the hints.
• Fixed an issue with daily missions generating too slowly.

Captains,

We're finally here. After more than two years of development, Down with the Ship is now available in Early Access!

Since the first demo released almost 10 months ago, we’ve been hard at work expanding, polishing, and reworking major parts of the game. The Early Access release offers a ton of new content, including:

• 9 additional captains (!) with unique mechanics and item pools

• New trinket mechanics, including pre-combat decisions that add more strategic variety

• A revamped tutorial

• Steam achievements

• Unlockable lore

• Improved matchmaking

• Demo unlocks carry over, so anything you unlocked in the demo will still be yours in Early Access

• Lots of balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and miscellaneous tweaks

The Early Access launch price is 10% off for the first 14 days.

For the superfans among you, we're offering a Supporter bundle. While it gives you a little flair to stand out across the game, it's primarily a contribution to us, to encourage us to continue working on the game. Regardless, we're greateful for every single one of you, whether you're just playing the free demo, buying the game at discount or going all in with the supporter package.

We’re excited to read your thoughts continue shaping the game with your feedback. Please consider leaving a Steam Review, joining the Steam Forum discussions or interacting with us directly on Discord.

We also have a special form prepared which we will be reviewing periodically; it's reachable both in-game and at this link.

— Proxy Studios & Iron Anchor Games

Captains,

The wait is nearly over: Down with the Ship launches into Early Access on May 15!

Since the demo, we’ve been hard at work expanding, polishing, and reworking major parts of the game. The Early Access release will offer a ton more content than the demo, including:

• 9 additional captains (!) with unique mechanics and item pools

• New trinket mechanics, including pre-combat decisions that add more strategic variety

• A revamped tutorial

• Steam achievements

• Unlockable background lore

• Improved matchmaking

• Demo unlocks carry over, so anything you unlocked in the demo will still be yours in Early Access

• Lots of balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and miscellaneous tweaks

Down with the Ship is an async PvP spaceship autobattler where you draft items, outfit your hull and send your creation into battle against other players’ ships.

The Early Access launch price will be 10% off for the first 14 days:

• US: $14.99 $13.49

• EU: 14,99€ 13,49€

• UK: £14.99 £13.49

• Canada: CDN$ 16.99 CDN$ 15.29

• China: ¥ 59.00 ¥ 53.10

• Russia: 599 руб. 539 руб.

We’re excited to get the Early Access version into your hands and continue shaping the game with your feedback.

Wishlist now and prepare for launch on May 15!

— Proxy Studios & Iron Anchor Games

Greetings captains,

It's time for the Steam Next Fest!

To celebrate, we're marking how far we've gotten with the state of the demo. If you haven't played in a while, here's some things added recently:

• Trinkets: Unlockable upgrades to equip before you start a run. Although we were very happy with item variety in the game, we wanted to bring more replayability through build planning before you even start a run. We've currently settled on 3 trinkets per run, but are looking for feedback whether it should be less or if the trinkets should be more powerful.

• New voice overs: We entirely reworked and expanded voice overs in the game. You'll now hear your captain comment on your choices, taunt the enemy as well as complain when resources are low (plus some easter eggs). Let us know how this feels!

• New music: The grooves were pretty basic before. We scrapped them and started over to upgrade the quality of compositions; plus every faction now has its own tracks.

• New items: Inspired, we've added lasers, 3 new legendary items, new special shop doors and more.

• Feedback form: We're looking for as much feedback as we can get as we pilot towards release. This form appears in-game, but you can jump to it here for convenience.

• Plus lots of polish and tuning.

Join us in shipbuilding!

Proxy Studios is teaming up with a new solo indie dev—Nate (Iron Anchor Games)—to publish Down with the Ship, a Backpack Battles-inspired spaceship auto battler.

"Design a heavily-armed spaceship. Draft 200+ items, outfit your hull, and unleash it in async PvP. Blend captains and factions for absurd combos and galactic domination. Roll, buy, place, pray."

If the game interests you, please consider wishlisting, it greatly helps us get the Steam algorithm to show us across the platform.

For those who'd like to play it early, we have the first Steam demo ready to go public on Thursday, August 7th, as part of the Tiny Teams 2025 and Debut Festival 2025 festivals (links live once the festivals start on August 7th).

We've loved collaborating with Nate so far—he's brilliant and we think he's created a gem of a game. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts as well.