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Lord of RigelNewsJune Community Update- New Monster Weapon and Community Requested Features
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June Community Update- New Monster Weapon and Community Requested Features

Lord of Rigel · published 5 Jun 2026, 20:19 UTC · build 23591699

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Greetings Lords of Rigel! Release 1.21 includes a new monster weapon that can be acquired by defeating the grand menace Von Neumann Mothership or Von Neumann Probes. Updates over May also include community requested features including customization features, namely renaming species in the Evolutionary Mutation menu and bombers contributing to bomb counts in the orbital bombardment menu.

What is coming next as a roadmap? Some more community requested features are planned, including a codex in the info screen with gameplay hints and lore. Codex entries will be unlocked based on encountering monsters and species, but persistent between games.

For those players facing issues such as with keybindings, please check out the following resources. There are some common settings and performance issues for some systems that can be easily resolved by following the steps under common issues:Common Issues:Common Issues and SolutionsFor players with questions on game mechanics, the Lord of Rigel Official Guide is a good reference:

If you are experiencing an issue with your game, please let us know. Save files help with narrowing down to reproduce any issues. Strategy games are complex, and what may seem like an obvious issue could be tied to a specific game's history or a particular hardware configuration:

Reporting Issues:Issue Reporting GuideIf you enjoy the game please leave a review!

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