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Diplomacy is Not an OptionEventsAbout the Penetrative Update: Starting Bonuses
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About the Penetrative Update: Starting Bonuses

Diplomacy is Not an Option · published 15 Aug 2026, 12:01 UTC

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Pupultas!
We’ve already announced that the main feature of the next update will be Starting Bonuses in campaign — and some of you have already helped us test it! So today, we want to talk about what the feature entails.

With the Penetrative Update release when starting a campaign mission you will be prompted to choose some bonuses that will provide some perks for that mission. Of course, you can’t have them all — bonuses have different costs that get deducted from the pool of Bonus Points available to you. This pool increases while you progress through the campaign, and you also get access to more powerful (and as such, more expensive) bonuses.
The bonuses include: free buildings or units, some technologies researched from the start, or additional resources to help you in the beginning… and also something special we’ll mention in our next post. So stay tuned!

Yours, the Door 407 dev team

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