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Down with the ShipNewsSeason 5 has begun!
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Season 5 has begun!

Down with the Ship · published 9 Sep 2026, 17:20 UTC

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Features

  • Added a new game mode: Daily Challenge. Play a daily fixed-seed run that earns rewards.

  • Significantly improved performance throughout the game.

  • Removed the account Salvage limit.

  • Adjusted the rating gain/loss to be less brutal/punishing at very high ratings.

  • All ships now begin each battle with 8 stacks of Warp Dampening. Each stack reduces all damage taken by 10%, and one stack is lost every 2 seconds.

  • Removed Hull Hardening's post-turn-10 item cooldown increase.

  • Added text search and optional name labels to Trinkets in the Codex.

Starmap — coming soon

  • The starmap is in active development. It is taking a bit longer than expected but should be ready soon.

Item balances

  • Welding Laser cooldown and Electricity cost decreased slightly.

  • Mining Laser cooldown and Electricity cost decreased slightly.

  • Toxic Barrel cooldown now doubles after each activation.

  • Chef's Cooking Pot base Fuel cost reduced to 1. Fuel cost now increases by 2 after each activation instead of 1.

  • Dax, Contraband Runner poison transfer cooldown increased from 2s -> 2.5s.

  • Conveyor Belt now charges only connected non-Crew items.

  • Extra Potent Rust Nugget debuff resistance loss reduced from 12% -> 8%.

  • Admiral Thorne, Sharpshooter cooldown reduced from 6s -> 5s.

  • Gunner now charges connected weapons by 0.6s instead of 0.5s.

  • Undercity Ghoul healing from poison and radiation increased from 5% -> 7%.

  • Igor, Rust Glutton max hull gain increased from 15 -> 20.

  • Igor, Rust Glutton base cooldown reduced from 3.5s -> 3s.

  • Rocco, Drill Sergeant connected Crew charge increased from 35% -> 45%.

  • Combat Medic's emergency ability Hull threshold increased from 20% -> 25%.

  • General Gribbon, Mortar Master's connected Weapon damage and lifelink increased from 15% -> 20%.

  • Radio Tower cooldown reduced from 5s -> 4s.

  • Supply Crate cooldown reduced from 4.5s -> 4s.

  • Ion Drive cooldown reduced from 5.5s -> 5s.

  • Synthesizer Hull cost reduced from 3 -> 2.

  • Magnetic Rounds lifelink increased from 40% -> 50%.

  • Prickly Pear additional spike chance increased from 25% -> 40%.

  • Titan Core hull gained per connection reduced from 4% -> 3%.

  • Galvanized Plate Plating gained decreased from 2 -> 1.

New trinkets

  • Twinfire Chip: While you have exactly 2 Weapon items, both charge +30% faster.

  • Reactor Tap: Every 7s, gain 1 Electricity per Crew Member.

  • Afterburner: While cloaked, Weapons deal +60% more damage.

  • Smuggler’s Cache: Every 8s, gain 4 Ammo and 2 Fuel.

  • Siege Mount: Weapon items gain +1 damage per 2 tiles they occupy.

  • Cauldrite Plating: Gain 3 Armor whenever a Crew Member activates.

  • Boarding Codes: Each Crew Member’s first activation inflicts 1 Hack on the enemy ship.

  • Rogue Drone Processor: Crew Members charge 20% slower; other items charge +10% faster.

  • Matter Exchanger: Restore 1 Hull per debuff removed.

  • Venom Membrane: Convert 30% of incoming non-Poison damage into Poison on your ship.

Trinket balances

  • Crew Pager now guarantees a Crew Member item in each of the first two shop rolls of the turn instead of only the first.

  • Fitness Band healing chance increased from 70% -> 85%.

  • Lost Package max ammo increased from 5 -> 10.

  • Petri Dish hull-restored trigger decreased from 20 -> 15.

  • Quartz Tipped Shells chance to gain 1 electricity on critical hit increased from 60% -> 75%.

  • Orb of Symmetry Hull and damage bonuses increased from 16% -> 20%.

  • Burnt Capacitor now fires a 50-damage lightning strike every 40 electricity spent, down from 50.

  • Void Intake base cooldown reduced from 3s -> 2s.

  • Focusing Lens focused-beam damage multiplier increased from 1.20x -> 1.30x.

Fixes

  • Fixed Access Cards adding their doors more than once per 10 rerolls.

  • Fixed resource bars extending beyond the HUD on Steam Deck.

  • Separated 2v2 from All captains on the Leaderboard and made the 2v2 tab clearer.

  • Fixed first-time 2v2 setup trapping players in the tutorial and blocking the room.

  • Fixed Bionic Legs moving captains or failing to apply transferred gem bonuses to the allied ship in co-op.

  • Fixed delayed co-op battle data causing partners to enter different fights or advance to different run states.

  • Fixed reconnecting during co-op Ready rolling ships back to older builds without refunding gold spent on newer purchases.

  • Fixed co-op ally ships not updating during build phases and restored active co-op rooms after restarting.

  • Fixed battle outcomes sometimes disagreeing with the surviving ships, final Health, or combat log.

  • Fixed Burn, Acid, and other effect damage being credited to the wrong co-op teammate in battle summaries.

  • Fixed co-op Confirm actions sometimes stalling instead of completing.

  • Fixed Crew Member progress being lost after using Mutation Chamber or Training Bay.

  • Fixed Crew Member merges at the mutation limit discarding incoming mutations instead of replacing the oldest mutation.

  • Fixed Debuff lifelink not restoring Health when radiation removed maximum Health.

  • Exotic Goods no longer gains sell value when undoing a merge, keeping displayed gold in sync with the server.

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