Star Realms news & patch notes

Calling all Star Realms Players!

The Universal Storage Box Promos are now available!

Improvements:

• Universal Storage Box Promos is available to purchase

• Rise of Empire Promos 1 is available for Legend account holders

Balance Changes:

• Alliance Procurement modified

• Leech combat reduced from 6 to 5

• Breeding Pit defense lowered from 4 to 3

• Combat cost for Freyja and Hathor lowered from 4 to 3

Bug Fixes:

• Spelling mistake in Castlerock

• Merc ships cause Mission to complete with 6 cards instead of 7

Bug fixes:

-Campaign chapter 14 bugs

-Purchase screen bugs

Bug fixes:

-Blob Command Deck "Frenzy" gives combat when it shouldn't

-Union Command Deck "Union Blitz" should only give 1 combat

-Command Deck selection broken in tournament screen

Balance changes:

-Plasma Spike defense lowered from 2 to 1

Bug fixes:

-Mech World doesn't count as an ally for Rise of Empire factions

-Lost Dreadnaught doesn't have Rise of Empire factions

• Trade Federation from 55 up to 60
• Merc from 55 up to 75
• Blob from 60 down to 58
• Star Empire from 55 down to 53
• Machine Cult from 55 up 60
• Coalition to 62 up to 70
• Lost fleet 72 down to 55

• Feed the Machine changed to "Every time you scrap a card from your hand or discard pile, gain 1 combat."
• Union Blitz changed to have a dual-faction symbol, and give 1 combat.
• Alliance Procurement changed to say "Once per turn you may gain 2 Trade and put the next ship or base you acquire this turn on the top of your deck."
• Battle Frigate combat changed from 6 to 5
• Plasma Wurm combat changed from 5 to 6
• Pirate Lair ally ability changed from 4 Combat to 2 Combat

• Lieutenant Governor Labella affect puts any faction of ship or base on top of deck
• Acquiring The Shell when multiple acquire effects are active gives an Explorer
• Explorers added directly to hadn't don't match RoE Explorers
• Base defense values don't revert when Storm World destroys opponent Fortress or Fire World
• Fire World can reduce defense lower than 1.
• Cluster base is missing from Rise of Empire Scavengers
• If opening trade row has 3 planets, the row doesn't immediately get scrapped
• Warp Bot needs to give a choice before shuffling the draw pile
• Cruiser Mech's ability order doesn't match the order on the card
• Hathor should shuffle your deck
• Transport Spike is scripted like Tusker
• 3-Planet trade-row scrap triggers Frenzy gambit
• The Furnace is missing a layout
• Using the Anubis planet effect triggers Machine Cult gambit
• Conversion Center doesn't block Play All
• Base defense values don't revert when Storm World destroys opponent Fortress or Fire World
• Armada Assembly top-deck effect should be optional
• Set-aside "scrap" effects cause Frenzy to give combat
• Planets set aside show "trade" in the purchase description

Improvements:

-Updated expansion selection screen

Expansions can be sorted in different ways

Cards in each expansion can be previewed

-Lists of cards that stay in play (Gambits, Heroes, Tech, etc.) are now sorted by type

Bug fixes:

-Merc ships don't get combat from Command Center

Congratulations to TheCutter for winning the Summer Championship tournament in the Star Realms app!

Did you know that we have many casual tournaments in the app each week, and large tournaments with big prizes several times per year? The next one is coming in October, and registration is open now!

When: October 11, 2025 1:00PM Eastern Where: In the Star Realms app Entry Fee: 2500 Credits (Free for Legend account holders!

To register, click Play Online in the app and then click on the Tournament button. Check it out today!