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Formation Builder Idle PlaytestNewsv0.5.1: Formations on Autopilot
Game update

v0.5.1: Formations on Autopilot

Formation Builder Idle Playtest · published 8 Sep 2026, 19:14 UTC

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New Features

  • Auto Farm is now available as a permanent unlock for 60 Otherworldly Essence or $14.99 USD. Rotate saved Free Play formations while online, automatically level your team, and move to the next world after using your wave skips and clearing the landing wave.
  • Configure Auto Farm from Town Square or its customizable shortcut(u). A status indicator, stop-after-run option, and recent run history help you follow your rotation.
  • Otherworldly Essence packs keep their existing rewards and now include additional resources that scale with your progress. New Stable Supplies, Mount Training, and Pet Treats packs are available.
  • Tower and Campaign battle forecasts now show predicted remaining health and identify time-limit results. Forecasts can be hidden in Settings.
  • Protect your run from accidental prestige resets, with a separate reset section and an optional hold-to-confirm prompt. Prestige Warps remain separate.
  • Compare your total Workshop station levels on the new Workshop Levels leaderboard.

Performance Improvements

  • Reduced repeated work when calculating propagated hero buffs and refreshing hero tiles.
  • Reduced unnecessary checks when processing wave rewards.

Bug Fixes

  • Improved Steam purchase approval handling and recovery after interrupted payment requests.
  • Battle forecasts now account for carried-over mount prestige bonuses.
  • Mine and pet warnings now appear correctly after login. Infinite-resource warnings check every active mine.
  • Riven and Sylra now correctly have the Animal trait.
  • Improved scrolling for mining machine assignments and handling of missing leaderboard update times.
  • Reward callbacks now safely update hero stacks during scene changes.

Quality of Life

  • Workshop production now grows linearly after station level 10, with upgrade costs adjusted for steadier progression. Existing later station levels, machine levels, resource balances, and pending production are converted to the new economy.
  • Workshop upgrade alerts show when a station upgrade is affordable, with an option to hide them.
  • Premium pack cards explain which rewards scale with your gear or mounts and which amounts stay fixed. Displayed amounts are previews until the rewards are granted.
  • Speedy Mine descriptions explain catch-up drops and pauses when returning to previously rewarded waves.
  • Updated mount and machine artwork and added thirteen talent icons.
  • Improved tooltip spacing and compact settings layouts.
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