Surviving Mars news & patch notes

Hello Colonists!

We’re beyond excited to announce that Surviving Mars: Relaunched will touch down on November 10th!

Surviving Mars: Relaunched brings the award-winning city builder back, remastered and more stunning than ever. Experience the brand-new political system the Martian Assembly, all previous expansions included, upgraded visuals and refined UI. Whether you are returning or landing for the first time, life on the Red Planet has never looked better!

Would you like to know more? Check out our Feature Highlights on YouTube!

Join our Prime Mission with Surviving Mars: Relaunched - Ultimate Edition. 

Wondering what is next? We are happy to announce our first expansion pass, available at release with the Ultimate Edition. Alongside the complete base game, you’ll gain access to the ‘Prime Mission’ expansion pass - including a new mission sponsor and two new expansions redefining life on Mars!

Instant Unlock - Interplanetary Codex (New Mission Sponsor)

Politics has always been part of human nature. Now, it’s part of Martian nature too. Your influence and negotiation will shape the destiny of your colony. With this new Mission Sponsor, you will supercharge the political process and get access to a new building - The Law Office.

Coming 2026 -  Feeding the Future and Machine Utopia

Next year Feeding the Future expands on food and production systems with deeper management, new ingredients, and meals that will help colonist well-being. Later, Machine Utopia replaces human labor with powerful machines. Forging a colony built on electricity and steel, not sweat, marking a new era for Mars.

More information will come!

What’s New in Surviving Mars: Relaunched

• Remastered visuals & UI: Experience Mars with new stunning details with upgraded visuals and improved environmental effects. A refreshed UI offers smoother colony management and modernized navigation.

• Martian Assembly: Shape the future of your colony through a brand-new political system. Pass laws, manage the colony’s needs, and steer your citizens toward prosperity or independence from Earth.

• Includes all past DLCs: Enjoy all past DLCs, many of which have received major reworks and improvements.

• Rebuilt: Surviving Mars: Relaunched has been rebuilt, bringing better performance, improved stability, and better mod support and tools.

Mark your calendars, dust off your domes, and prepare your rockets because Mars awaits! Wishlist now and be among the first to step foot on the red planet again! 🚀

See you on Mars. The Surviving Mars: Relaunched Team

Hello Survivors!

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Now’s your chance! This adorable Surviving Mars Drone plush is the perfect desk buddy or gift for any Surviving Mars fan out there!

Exploring Mars can be a lonesome task, but with Drone #1 on your side, you will never truly be alone!

This trusty helper is always there to keep you company, ready to offer moral support during tough missions or just chill during downtime between missions. Compact, loyal, and now also available for snuggles, it's the perfect co-op partner for any off-world adventure.

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It’s time to Relaunch our mission!

After seven years on the Red Planet, it’s time for a fresh start. Surviving Mars: Relaunched brings together the base game, all expansions, content packs and radio stations - plus improved visuals, UI, and quality of life improvements. We’ve added the brand-new Martian Assembly update and have re-worked some of the previous additions as well. Whether you’re a veteran commander or touching down for the first time, this is the most complete and polished version of Surviving Mars yet. Follow our take-off and prepare for landing - in weekly episodes we will highlight what Surviving Mars is and what our Relaunched mission entails. We will explore key features - new and familiar - through video highlights and Developer Diaries. Make sure to also sign up to our newsletter to get your mission update every week! If you are a returning player, we have an offer to upgrade your current game to the relaunched version. Learn more about that here:

https://pdxint.at/SurvivingMarsRelaunched

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Release date: 2022-05-18​

• Fixed missing train sounds
• Fixed issue with dome/habitat birth timing
• Fixes issue where too many colonists would be gathered for transport (elevator and rockets).
• Fixed an issue when "Remote Farming" is researched and but there are no stations or domes built on a map (building either will restore the game even without the patch)
• Fixed stations not transporting colonists when it or the nearby dome/workplace was completed while on a different map. Should fix existing bugged stations on game load.
• Fixed duplicated colonists in station infopanel when SetCommand is called while they are waiting for trains
• Fixed issues when colonists are "teleported" to rockets, landers or elevator while in stations or trains
• Fixed game hanging under some conditions when colonists use the elevator

• Added option to manually make colonists exit trains
• Select the train and right click on the colonist icons in the passengers list to get them out of the train. Can be useful if you want them to take their chances walking when the train is stuck on a damaged track.
• Increases the number of colonists that can wait for trains at a station
• If you notice colonists going home from work by foot or via more distant stations check if the station near the workplace doesn't get full when shifts are ending.
• Fixed clogging for station depots
• Station depots will try to reserve "desired amount" (DA) for each resource that it can accept from drones and trains. If DA is higher than the total space divided by the number of accepted resources, clogging may still happen but in such case that DA value also becomes a hard cap for each resource.
• Changes to balanced mode for crates
• If the source depot is in balanced mode (for a resource) and has more it's DA it will try to satisfy the DA of the destination then split the quantity that it may still have over its own DA between the two. If the source has exactly its DA it will send 1 crate of that resource if the target has less than its own DA of it.

• Welcome commuters! Build your stations anywhere on the map and help your colonists get to work and back. Click on the info panel to see their reason for traveling and make sure that everyone gets their seat. otherwise, they’ll have to wait for the next train - and be frustrated, nobody likes to miss the train.
• New tracks Click and drag to create tracks that connect your stations. Tracks will be elevated allowing your rovers and drones to pass underneath together with power cables, while pipes can cross over them.
• Same train, different cargo Traveling on the red planet has never been safer (and efficient!). Trains will have 2 wagons to transport colonists and resources at the same time. Don't worry: they'll travel on the same track with no risk of collision. Build your trains in the stations, assign them to the connected tracks and watch them go.

• 10 terrestrial building skins to give your colony some added flair.

• 16 new songs from 4 artists for approximately 70 minutes of music from the comfort of your own dome.

• The Jumbo Cave Reinforcement cannot be built if a Dome was already built nearby
• Rovers and RC Dozers can clean cave-ins only from certain points
• Anomalies from events can spawn under a deposit
• Landscaping projects from Surface are displayed in the Underground if one of them is finished
• The salvage process for Storages does not resume after they have been emptied
• The Bottomless Pit Lab doesn't convert some resources into research points in the Normal workload
• Resources stored to be used for maintenance or to upgrade the Bottomless Pit can also be converted into Research points, causing maintenance and upgrading to be delayed
• The Drones don't get commands after being unpacked from Prefabs by Ancient Artifact
• The Asteroid Extractor tooltip doesn't show the available amount of rare metals and exotic minerals in the nodes on the Asteroid when trying to place an extractor
• The Mystery Log cannot be dismissed on the Asteroid after completing the "Asteroid from outer space" mini-mystery
• Prefabs not being correctly transported to the underground via the elevator

• Elevators can now also be built from the underground.

• Welcome commuters! - Build your stations anywhere on the map and help your colonists get to work and back. Click on the info panel to see their reason for travelling and make sure that everyone gets their seat. otherwise, they’ll have to wait for the next train - and be frustrated, nobody likes to miss the train.
• New tracks - Click and drag to create tracks that connect your stations. Tracks will be elevated allowing your rovers and drones to pass underneath together with power cables, while pipes can cross over them.
• Same train, different cargo - Travelling on the red planet has never been safer (and efficient!). Trains will have 2 wagons to transport colonists and resources at the same time. Don't worry: they'll travel on the same track with no risk of collision. Build your trains in the stations, assign them to the connected tracks and watch them go.

• Adjust the Fungal Farm to have higher food production in the underground and lower food production on the surface.
• Adjust recon center discovery rate; discovery frequency is now less extreme, with no more multiple events on the same sol or long periods without asteroids. This also fixes recon centers with a low recon per sol not contributing to discoveries.
• Reduce oxygen and water consumption for underground domes, to be more in line with surface domes.

• Fixed expeditions rockets not loading colonists (now on all platforms).
• Fixed waste rock not appearing in the command center timeline stats in existing save games (now on all platforms).
• Fixed multiple Drones not being able to be reassigned/moved with the suggested hotkeys on the controller.
• Fixed The War Tension in the "Last War" Mystery not changing.
• Fixed Power of Three: With S.H.E.P.I.D researched, Black Cubes can appear inside of the colony with active sensor towers.
• Fixed crash when Toxic rain starts.
• Fixed Cargo UI displaying prefabs that are not available.
• Fixed drones endlessly fixing an Elevator on Mars’ surface because the underground Elevator is shrouded in the rubble.
• Fixed the underground staying dark in Photo Mode.
• Fixed Lander Rockets' Auto Mode not being able to request Seeds and Waste Rock.
• Fixed resources being unloaded from the Elevator being subtracted and ignored from requests.
• Fixed Lander rockets losing drones while transporting them to an Asteroid if more than 20 drones were requested.
• Fixed dome passages appearing on the other map when switching maps during construction.
• Fixed drones trying to make their path to deposits through underground walls if the proper route was first blocked and then cleared.
• Fixed drones trying to get to the unreachable areas on Asteroids in order to gather resources.
• Fixed orphaned drones not being able to be transported via the Elevator's Cargo UI.
• Fixed the Asteroid Lander having an "Unknown launch issue" status when the destination is set, the fuel tank is full but resources are still being unloaded.
• Fixed the missing anomaly near the Underground Entrance on a particular map.
• Fixed underground anomalies spawning under stone formations.
• Fixed regular anomalies having technical text instead of the correct description in Turkish.
• Fixed an issue with the remaining time of Asteroids in the Planetary view having technical text in Spanish.

• Fixed Underground resource nodes spawning in tunnels; they now only spawn in rooms.
• Fixed no disasters appearing in some cases, though this can still occur on old saves and in specific edge cases.

• Fixed expeditions rockets not loading colonists.
• Fixed the issue with waste rock not appearing the command center time line stats in existing save games.
• Fixed the disaster settings being reset (to defaults such as very low) when starting a new game with mods.

• Buried Wonder Upgrades: each Buried Wonder has a new upgrade or building they unlock, which benefits your entire colony (Surface, Underground and Asteroids). The story of each Buried Wonder is also extended to include these upgrades.
  • Players that already (partially) completed buried wonder events still get access to these.
• Rare Anomalies: These are special anomalies that can be found throughout the Underground which each give you a choice between multiple powerful rewards.
• New Breakthrough Techs: 6 new breakthrough techs have been added that can be found on the Surface, in the Underground and on Asteroids.
• 2 New Commander Profiles, The Spelunker and The Space Miner: The Spelunker gives easier access to the Underground and makes colonists regain Sanity while in the Underground instead of losing sanity. The Space Miner has an easier time getting to asteroids.

• Edit both sides of the Cargo UI: In the elevator cargo UI, you can now set requests or minimums for both sides of the elevator in the same screen. You no longer first have to switch maps to configure the other side.
• The Cargo UI shows an explanation on how auto mode works for Asteroid Landers and the Elevator.
• Waste Rock can now be transported.
• Truly Universal Depot: The Universal Depot now includes the DLC resources, depending on which DLCs you have; Seeds if you have Green Planet and Exotic Minerals if you have Below & Beyond.
• Asteroid Landers now visibly take off when they automatically launch at the very last second when an Asteroid goes out of range.
• Changed the Recon & Expansion tech tree order; Underground Domes and the Recon Center are unlocked earlier, while the Drone Hub Extender is unlocked later.
• Rovers and drones loaded into the Lander Rocket drop any resources they were still carrying.
• Tunnels, Wonders and Food and Mystery depots can no longer be refabbed.
• Added an asteroid specific skin for the RC Dozer.

• Greatly increase resources found on Asteroids.
• 2 bars guarantees resources are present, 1 bar guarantees water, metals and exotic minerals.
• Added metals to C-type asteroids (1 bar).
• Reduced Recon Center Maintenance 4 > 1 Electronics.
• Increase the odds of a Recon Center finding an asteroid, especially while you have no asteroids.
• Decrease the odds of Recon discovery events, and each event can only occur once.
• Generic Discoveries from the Recon Center now reward research progress.
• Reduce Asteroid Lander price.
• Slightly Increase Asteroid Lander cargo capacity.
• Greatly increase the cargo module upgrade cargo bonus.
• Increase polymer in the default Asteroid Lander loadout.
• Highly increase resource extraction of the Micro-G Mining Station (with colonists).
• Reduce maintenance frequency for Micro-G buildings (auto, water, station, habitat) and Electrolyzer.
• Reduce power consumption of the Micro-G Auto Extractor, Micro-G Water Extractor, Electrolyzer and Micro-G Habitat.
• Increase residence space in the Micro-G Habitat.

• Increased resource nodes in the underground.
• Increased the buried wonder research costs.
• Reduced maintenance costs of buried wonders.
• Changed maintenance costs of the Support Strut to Metals (instead of Exotic Minerals).
• Farms can no longer be built in the underground.
• Fungal Farms can now be built in the underground.
• Increased food production for Fungal Farm.
• Slightly increased Sanity benefit of Psych Studies.

• Fixed the lander rocket having the status “not enough full” even when the tank is full
• Fixed fuel filling the lander rocket resetting to 0 when editing the payload
• Fixed Micro-G mining buildings not taking resource grade into account
• Fixed MDS lasers not working if the player is on another map
• Fixed "Rocket can't land during dust storms" warning showing on Asteroids for Landers in orbit
• Fixed cargo rockets duplicating if they are sent on an expedition and the launch is cancelled
• Fixed cave-ins spawning on walls
• Fixed cave-ins spawning at the same angle so that the player sees the pattern
• Fixed cave-ins disappearing when cancelling the clear operation using the RC Dozer
• Fixed colonists having the wrong group label (martian/earth born) when transported to another map
• Fixed drones getting stuck on the Bottomless Pit after the Bottomless Pit Lab is salvaged
• Fixed freezing when the Underground Marsquake is occurring in the mid and late-game stage
• Fixed Colonist and Tourism top bar tooltip defining colonists as "stored"
• Fixed the bottom textures of a Dome remaining after prefabbing
• Fixed the Exotic Minerals icon not showing in the Production tab for the asteroid's extractors
• Fixed Underground Domes not changing color when changing building colors
• Fixed cave-ins falling on Buried Wonders and becoming unremovable
• Fixed the "Signs of Organic Matter" event becoming blocked if another Asteroid goes out of range
• Fixed colonists suffocating when a rocket returns from the Covert Ops (Space Race) and lands
• Fixed earthsick colonists losing their earthsick status from getting sent to another Asteroid
• Fixed uneven terrain blocking rovers in the underground
• Fixed Bottomless Pit: "The Pit: Experiment requirements" event checking only the nearest Dumping Site
• Fixed the RC Explorer and Elevator building appearing in different places in the Underground through the same Underground Entrance
• Fixed colonists/tourists occasionally teleporting away from the elevator when using auto mode causing colonists to suffocate.
• Fixed screen freeze when pressing the “tab” button while switching to another map
• Fixed the RC Explorer not being able to reach a specific Anomaly in a Underground map
• Fixed the bonus from the Stirling Generator Fault event not applying to the underground
• Fixed the Buried Wonder Log not being able to close for the second time if optional tasks were completed after the main ones
• Fixed the bottom rock asset emerging when a player makes a ramp over the Asteroid's pit in the donut shaped map
• Fixed elevator's Auto Mode duplicating the request of objects
• Fixed notifications from the recon center appearing in the underground map
• Fixed hunger game rule disabling food transport for the elevator and lander rockets
• Fixed the second anomaly in the Bottomless Pit event chain not reappearing if the requirements haven't been met
• Fixed the Astrogeologist commander profile extractor production bonus not applying to the Asteroid's extractors
• Fixed the elevator malfunction event being able to be bypassed by turning the elevator on or off or through a regular malfunction
• Fixed save screenshot missing in load game on Mac and Linux
• Fixed salvaging the bottomless Pit Research Center breaking the drones’ route
• Fixed asteroid extractors still extracting a large number of resources if the breakthrough Nona Refinement is researched
• Fixed a drone making one extra unnecessary move when repairing the elevator
• Fixed rovers and buildings researched with the Global Support Breakthrough not being added to the Cargo lists
• Fixed drones assigned to the malfunctioned elevator not being able to deliver resources while trying to repair the elevator.
• Fixed Lander rocket being able to take off during Dust storms when using the Depart Now
• Fixed requested Drones not departing with the Lander rocket if they were assigned to the a requested RC Commander
• Fixed drones assigned to the RC Commander being reassigned to the command centers from the surface map after being transported to the underground
• Fixed temporary anomalies appearing in unreachable places in the Underground with Mystery Metatron active
• Fixed the Lander rocket occasionally getting a 'waiting for maintenance' status after a request and but being able to return to Mars if the asteroid goes out of range

• If the performance of the Recon Centre building is below 86, it does not contribute to the Recon Progress or help with Asteroid discoveries.

• Elevator Grid resource transfer: The elevator now transfers excess power, water, and oxygen between the Martian Surface and Underground. This enables you to start expanding in the underground while relying on your production on the surface.
• Elevator Auto mode: You can now set a minimum amount of resources you want on the Surface and Underground. While the elevator is in auto mode it will automatically request resources when under this minimum. You can also still manually request resources. - Requesting resources for the Elevator is now done on the side where you need the resources, instead of where you send them from. With arrows indicating from where to where the resources will be transported.
• Reworked cave-ins: Cave-ins no longer require a specific tech to clear, and blocked tunnels that required the landscaping tool are also removed. To still maintain an element of gradual exploration, we introduce the new Collapsed Tunnels which do still require the tech to be cleared. - Increased room for exploration in the underground, greatly reduced the number of tunnels blocked while the new Collapsed tunnels are placed such that they lead to larger new areas to explore or extra anomalies to find. We also increased the number of anomalies in the underground.
• Exotic Minerals upgrades: We introduced a few upgrades to surface buildings that cost Exotic Minerals; - Improved Photovoltaics; doubles power production for solar panels - Exotic Mineral Treatment; greatly increases health and sanity recovery from Infirmaries (and Medical Posts if you have In-dome Building Pack).

• Added clear warnings to the lander rocket for why it cannot depart yet, so you can take action.
• Added a "Depart Now" button to the Asteroid Lander, which allows you to launch the lander before the requested payload is loaded, as long as it has enough fuel.
• Disabled the “visit asteroid” button, if there is no Asteroid to go to.
• Removed the Micro-G Vehicles tech, RC Vehicles can now always be brought to Asteroids.
• Elevators can now recharge drones, just like drone hubs.
• Improve requested payload feedback on the elevator.
• Added 1 drone to terraforming initiative default loadout to fill out the cargo space.
• After map switching once, all switches afterwards have a fade instead of a loading screen, which shortens the loading times significantly.

• Halved research costs for the Recon & Expansion tech tree.
• Reduced Exotic Minerals costs for underground domes.
• Added an anomaly close to elevators which gives some Exotic Minerals, to get you started.
• Rebalanced Drone Hub Extender to cost less Exotic Minerals.
• Increased success chance of Jumbo Cave events.
• Increased time players have on asteroids.
• Adjusted the tech tree order; moving Low-G Excavation Permits and Low-G Tunnel Supports down while moving Underground Dome Construction and Micro-G Mining up.

• Asteroid Lander now gives correct feedback when requiring maintenance.
• Fixed an issue with lander rocket showing payload when landing, instead of requested payload.
• Fixed an issue with the elevator panel not removing colonists already transported to the other side.
• Fixed the lander info panel showing an incorrect status when there aren't enough prefabs.
• Fixed the lander showing an incorrect status after canceling the trip.
• Fixed the First Rainfall milestone not being achieved after reaching all requirements
• Fixed disasters running back to back.
• Fixed Lander rocket not taking off if RC Vehicles required for take-off are in the cargo of another rocket.
• Fixed Mirror Sphere mystery never-ending, the counter however remains on screen in existing saves.
• Fixed an issue with suffocating colonists continuing to suffocate when they get out of the Elevator.
• Fixed an issue with colonists suffocating while trying to reach micro-g habitat.
• Fixed an issue with drones needing several takes on a single cave-in to clear it.
• Fixed an issue with vehicle navigation when collapsed tunnels are cleared.
• Fixed Electrolyzer continuing to consume water when turned off.
• Fixed Drone Hub Extenders not receiving the extra range of 15 hexes.
• Fixed Drone Hub Extender active range not being redrawn immediately after researching the Signal Boosters.
• Fixed an issue with the “Unknown” status of drones and rovers while using the Elevator.
• Fixed empty tooltip and building panel of the Forestation plant when the language is set to Turkish.
• Fixed drones facing the wrong side while gathering Metals or Exotic Minerals.
• Fixed an issue with the lander rocket’s color being different before and after construction for some sponsors.
• Fixed an issue with colonists not occupying the last (14th) slot of the Micro-G Habitat.
• Fixed tooltip for the Micro-G Habitat colonist filter referring to a dome instead of habitat.
• Fixed the Jumbo Cave experiment pop-ups showing incorrect cost cuts.
• Fixed Cave-ins and Collapsed Tunnels not having a texture in the quick bar.

• Fixed Alien Artifact Anomalies spawning underground in the Dredgers Mystery.
• Fixed an issue with Mystery3Counter notification triggered by Countdown Sphere Unknown Event being stuck.
• Fixed an issue with numbers going into the negative on countdown timers.

• Elevator colonist cap has been increased to 250
• New warning notifications when trying to launch a lander with colonists while not having a ‘habitat’ on the asteroid or when the habitat does not have enough resident slots

• Fixed ‘no disasters’ rule not working
• Fixed ‘no terraforming’ rule not working
• Fixed disabling ‘no Below and Beyond content’ rule awarding ‘Space Explorers’ achievement
• Fixed a crash on starting a new game on macOS
• Fixed a crash when sending a planetary expedition that requires an RC vehicle
• Fixed a crash when a lander rocket returns to mars with cargo containing a transporter that carries resources
• Fixed a crash when requesting colonists from an asteroid
• Fixed a crash after the event ‘rough touchdown’ when drones unload the payload
• Fixed a rounding error on resources prevent the lander rocket from launching
• Fixed a Waste Rock value being incorrect during landscaping
• Fixed event anomalies spawning under resource deposits
• Fixed the amount of surface polymers being very high
• Fixed ‘The last War’ event preventing the loading of cargo onto asteroid landers
• Fixed not being able to send multiple drones through the elevator by right clicking
• Fixed the lander rocket request payload tooltip showing the ready status for prefabs that the player does not have
• Fixed the issue where the number of requested colonists gets reset to 0 in the lander rocket cargo menu
• Fixed where one drone gets transported through the elevator when assigning multiple drones to the elevator as drone controller
• Fixed maintenance getting stuck on certain buildings (fusion reactor and electronics factory)
• Fixed where drones were active in drone hub extender range while the extender wasn’t powered
• Fixed the effect ranges remaining visible after refabbing a building
• Fixed rovers leaving the lander rocket twice
• Fixed the issue where multiple capital cities could be built after terraforming (Old saves will continue to contain multiple capital cities, but the option to build more is now restricted)
• Fixed the RC explorer continuing to scan queued surface anomalies while the RC explorer has been transported to the underground
• Fixed incorrect landing angle of the supply pod on a landing pad
• Fixed the asteroid banner not working without the Space Race DLC
• Fixed the issue where landscape cursor does not show
• Fixed the colony being automatically renamed to ‘missing text’ in the planetary view
• Fixed the concrete extractor not being able to build underground at specific coordinates
• Fixed domes not being built underground because drones stop delivering resources

• The in-game bug reporting tool has been removed in favour of an automatic system
• Playstation 4 and 5 now have Turkish translations

• Fixed the game crash after loading a save game with invalidated drones.
• Fixed the game crash when a player selects the Rock Formation object on an old retail save.
• Fixed missing Terraforming tech tree in the old saves.
• Fixed the "Advanced Martian Engines" tech adding 20 fuel to Cargo Rockets.
• Fixed the “Transport Optimization” tech not adding extra cargo space.
• Fixed the description of the "Banner" mentioning Mars while on an asteroid map.
• Fixed the Cave of Wonders description.
• Fixed the Lander rocket disappearing when the “Rough Touchdown” event occurs.
• Improved feedback when the Asteroid Lander requires maintenance.
• Fixed ramps being instantly built.
• Fixed the progress bar of “Required Waste Rock” not changing while flattening.
• Fixed the problem when a fired worker immediately returns to work.

• Incorrect value of Excess Waste Rock is displayed when Flatten in progress.
• The limit for colonists being allowed through the elevator is too low.
• Crash on certain Mac versions.

• Remove the Micro-G Auto Extractor prefab from the default loadout for Asteroid Landers, so you don't accidentally include a prefab without having one.
• Visual improvement to the base of asteroids (mostly for photo mode).

• Fixed dome birth controls.
• Fixed the same anomaly event appearing multiple times.
• Fixed dust storms, cold waves, and meteor storms not triggering.
• Fixed the martian surface filling with water after connecting a lake to a water producer.
• Fixed asteroid landers sometimes not properly showing their status when returning from an asteroid at the very last second.
• Fixed drone control fix for broken food storages.
• Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when landing an Asteroid Lander with drones on an Asteroid.
• Fixed a crash when Asteroid Landers departed with drones.
• Fixed not being able to order seeds from the earth for old saves without B&B.
• Fixed cold waves not vanishing after they end, in old saves.
• Fixed the “must include” filter for seniors.
• Fixed missing images for anomalies.
• Fixed smart complexes not receiving electricity after loading old saves.
• Fixed the "Winter is Coming" rule not being selectable in the game rules screen.
• Fixed the RC Safari's missing UI panel (the one showing visitors).
• Fixed lamps of the elevator floating in the air in some cases.
• Fixed incorrect ground texture after refabbing buildings within a Mega Dome.
• Fixed missing warning when launching a rocket back to earth while still unloading cargo
• Fixed sponsor-specific rovers' weight being counted twice for Lander/Elevator/Resupply cargo.
• Fixed the asteroid lander not loading more than one rover of each type.
• Fixed the asteroid hopping achievement unlocking after visiting 10 asteroids, instead of 11.
• Fixed wasp drones in colony always showing 0 in the resupply menu
• Fixed the camera zooming into the wrong sector in the underground.
• Fixed Philosophers Stones Mystery that couldn't be completed after destroying a stone.
• Fixed a crash related to the Inner Light Mystery on old save games.
• Fixed landing pads being unusable after canceling the construction of a rocket.
• Fixed an empty B&B tech tree showing for old saves.
• Fixed drones facing the wrong direction while gathering Metals or Exotic Minerals.
• Fixed the Fast Radio Burst turning several colonists into Geniuses.

• The crash related to food storages has been fixed for the majority of saves but can still occur occasionally, investigation is in progress.

• The lander rocket now loads items in increments of 1 instead of 5.
• Moved the cave-in clearing tech earlier in the tech tree, now appearing between position 5 and 8, instead of as the 13th tech.
• Change the order in the cargo screens, grouping buildings of the same type together.
• Rebalance rewards for recurring Recon Center discovery events.

• Fixed colonists and drones getting stuck in food stockpiles. Attention: the fix requires the rebuilding of depots and food production buildings that display broken behaviour!
• Show the Lander Rocket immediately amongst the pinned items on Mars when it does its last second launch as an Asteroid goes out of range.
• Lander Rocket now properly loads all drones when launching at the last second as an asteroid goes out of range.
• Lander rocket now only starts loading drones, rovers, crew and prefabs if everything is available.
• The “died in orbit” trigger will activate only if the crew actually dies.
• Removed colonists that died in orbit.
• Cave-ins can be reached more easily by drones to clear.
• Fixed issue where elevator cargo could get lost if both sides of the elevator requested the same resource.
• Fixed issue where elevator cargo could not be updated after the initial request.
• Fixed vehicles cannot be transferred through the elevator using right-click.
• Ancient Artifact spawns the correct amount of drones.
• Auto explore of the RC Explorer no longer reveals hidden anomalies.
• Added missing icons for pinned surface passage and underground passage.
• Correctly updated pin dialog when transporting RCRover.
• Fixed incorrect game over condition when colonists died on Asteroids while there were still alive colonists on Mars or the Underground.
• Fixed issue where cables and pipes were created on the wrong map.
• Workshifts now properly update while on another map.
• Prevented refabbing landing and trade pads while they're in use.
• DLC buildings will be accessible on a new game after loading an old save.
• Fixed missing Passenger Rocket UI in the resupply menu on old retail save.
• Cheat panel improvements (available in creative mode only on Windows, Mac, Linux).

• Fixed startup crash on certain Windows 7 installs.
• Removed the assert window on Linux.
• Disconnecting controller issue.

• Dome births cannot be controlled.
• The game crashes when a lander rocket is departing with drones in cargo while the asteroid moves out of range.
• Youths, adults, and seniors occupy child-only buildings.
• Same anomaly events are found multiple times on the surface, breaking the game balance.
• There is no warning about an unloaded cargo when launching a rocket back to Earth.
• Crash related to Inner Light Mystery on old retail saves.

Game version

Below and Beyond

• A new area to explore right beneath your colony. Uncovering what the Martian Underground has been hiding from us, perhaps we can even find something rivaling our wonders.
• Expand your colony into the Underground, providing shelter against the hazards from the surface and bringing you closer to richer deposits.
• Be careful, as there may be underground marsquakes that can lead to dangerous cave-ins.

• Venture to asteroids as they fly past Mars, giving you a limited window to visit them.
• Set up temporary mining outposts to extract as many rewards as you can from each asteroid.
• Bring back Exotic Minerals, a new resource exclusive to asteroids, to improve your colony on the Martian surface and its underground.
• Some asteroids may not be as they appear and have a mystery to solve while you are on them.

• Unlock multiple specialized buildings, rockets, and upgrades in the underground and on asteroids.
• Gain benefits and upgrades for your entire colony.

Free Update

• Amphitheater - a new building to comfort your colonists and increase tourists' satisfaction.

• Construction Ranges - You can now hold CTRL (Y on Xbox and Triangle on Playstation) to see dust ranges of other buildings and other relevant ranges.
• Reorder tech queue - You can now easily adjust the order of techs within your research queue.
• Leak Icons - Cable and Pipe leaks now show icons above them so you can easily locate them.
• Cycle Grids - You can now cycle through different power grids and life support grids by clicking on power or oxygen and water in the top bar.
• Extended Resource info - We expanded the Top UI tooltips with more information per resource.

• Custom Colony Name - Change your colony's name to best fit your colony.
• Dome birth limit - Besides allowing and forbidding births, you can now also allow births as long as the dome still has available living space.
• Must include Filter - Colonist filters now have an option to include all colonists with a certain trait or specialization, even if they have undesired traits.

• Rebalanced the Door to Summer event.
• School Spire; reduced the odds of the genius trait being given.
• Smart Apartments; reduced resident slots and increased maintenance cost.
• Medical Post; reduced number of colonists that can use it per shift and increased service comfort.

Known issues

• Drones that are “busy” with transporting resources do not get added to the cargo of a Lander rocket when the asteroid moves out of range. This can occasionally cause a crash
• After salvaging an asteroid lander, its contents are dumped on the landing pad. Any drones and RCs part of the cargo can not be used
• Pin menu does not show incoming Asteroid Landers from Asteroids
• There is no warning about an unloaded cargo when launching a rocket back to Earth
• Drones occasionally try to get to the unreachable area on Asteroids in order to gather resources
• The camera is out of the map if the player clicks on the Astronomer's pin while s/he is in orbit (Dying Wish mystery)

• Even after clearing debris, the area is uneven and unbuildable
• Some cave-ins are unreachable and therefore cannot be cleared which prevents further exploration.
• Shuttles can fly ‘too high’ vertically in the Underground.

• MAC: Many UI images don't show up in the Mac build
• Black squares are shown instead of B&B content icons on Epic build (Mac)

• Back to the Bases - Expand your colony into caves and lava tubes under the surface. Players can use existing structures, or underground-specific buildings to build a base for exploration. Expand with caution, potential cave-ins can destroy everything.
• Mine Your Own Business - Players can now go below the surface and beyond the red planet for resource mining. Construct special rocket-propelled buildings to mine resources, including exotic minerals and Data Samples, on passing asteroids. Don’t stick around too long or else the Asteroid will drift away with your stuff!
• Branching Paths - The Recon and Expansion research tree unlock additional buildings, vehicles, upgrades, and locales. They will also unlock asteroid mining and tunnel colonization.

• Fixed for In-Dome Buildings Pack DLC to apply Assistive Technology upgrades.
• Added a missing Upgrade in the TechPreset.
• Removed Rain Man story bit.
• Fixed tourism reward screen soft lock.
• Fixed upgrade name.

• Fixed dome filtering issue - colonists should now only live where they are allowed to
• Fixed Hotel issue - the door should no longer require Space Race DLC to let the colonists leave
• Fixed Safari sight bug - sights now work even if the player does not have the Green Planet DLC

• Clicking the Tourist Overview button on a Rocket will cause a soft lock
• Existing Hotels will load with a graphical issue on pre-hotfix saves - Rebuilding the Hotel resolves the issue

• Fixed Xbox One Paradox Account login
• Fixed tourist expedition exploit
• Fixed In-Dome building pack localization
• RC Safari visiting tweaked - The RC Safari should show it has a maximum of 10 passengers - Increasing the wait time before departing

• Windows 7 always starts in windowed mode
• Rocket Naming does not stick on saves created before the hotfix. Renaming functions correctly with new games.

• Fixed Windows 7 startup crash
• Fixed crash that often occurred on Mega Dome completion in existing save games.
• Fixed an issue where colonists suddenly committed suicide in large numbers.
• Fixed an issue where colonists stopped aging and tourists didn’t want to leave Mars after 5 sols.
• Fixed an issue where the Low-G Amusement Park awarded a lot more satisfaction than intended.
• Fixes Rocket naming issue
• Terra Tourism text change in English only (for now) to fit with the new tourism reward mechanic.

• Windows 7 always starts in windowed mode