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Pixel Starships 2NewsOctober Content and Quality of Life Update
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October Content and Quality of Life Update

Pixel Starships 2 · published 29 Sep 2026, 07:21 UTC

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Patch Notes — v0.9.110


🌕 Full Moon & Astral Event Promotions

  • Daily Gift Box: Log in daily to claim your Gift Box and collect Mooncakes! VIP players receive +1 extra Mooncake with every claim (Sept 29 – Oct 14).

  • Fabrication Gacha Exchange: Exchange 10x Mooncakes in Fabrication to craft the Chang'e Locker!

  • Dove Gacha Boxes: The Chang'e Box is now available in the Dove shop!

  • Limited-Time Shop Bundles: Special $20 Full Moon Pack available daily featuring Chang'e, the Full Moon Ship Skin and the Moon Armor Skin (duplicate grants Starbux)!


🛸 New Features & Content

  • Full Moon Event Content: Unlocked the Full Moon Ship Skin, Moon Armor Skin, and event crew member Chang'e.

  • Bug Hunter Badges: Introduced Bug Hunter Badges to recognize community members who help report issues and improve the game!

  • Steam Deck Keyboard Support: Text input fields on Steam Deck now automatically bring up the native virtual keyboard.

  • User Feedback System: Added an in-game feedback submission feature allowing players to send thoughts directly to the team.

  • Friend Battle Chat Integration: Challenge friends directly through private chat channels with updated matchmaking screens.

  • New Sound Effects & Assets: Added new character sound effects, the Crab Head Skeleton, and updated lobby customization options.


⚖️ Balance & Systems Updates

  • VIP Market Tax Cut: Sellers with an active Monthly VIP subscription now receive a reduced GBay fee of 10% instead of 20%.

  • Bridge Accuracy Tuning: Corrected Bridge room accuracy calculation caps to display maximum targeting bonuses accurately (60%).

  • 7-Mart Session Limits: Items in 7-Mart now visually darken once you reach your session purchase limit.

  • Bedroom Inventory Overflow: Newly hatched crew members now automatically transfer to inventory if the Bedroom is full.

  • Ground Battle Enhancements: Applied Ground Battle Part 6 updates and improved Escape key behavior in team setup panels.


🎨 UI & Quality of Life Improvements

  • Prestige Yield Preview: The Prestige UI now displays estimated star yields before you commit to a prestige merge.

  • Dismissal Delay Cooldown: Added a confirmation delay timer when firing crew members to prevent accidental dismissals.

  • Arabic Text Formatting: Fixed right-to-left text alignment issues for Arabic localization.

  • Mission Camera Tracking: The camera now automatically pans to center on target planets during guided mission steps.

  • Notification Cleanup: Resolved persistent unread mail notifications caused by orphaned messages.

  • Dropship Interface: Updated Dropship visual dimming and display elements.


🛠️ Bug Fixes & Technical Optimizations

Equipment & Layout Fixes

  • Phantom Gear Cleanup: Fixed issues with phantom equipment and gear bonuses persisting across prestige, merges, or locked ship slots.

  • Layout Syncing: Ship and room layouts now dynamically update when crew members are deployed, recalled, or merged.

Combat & Battle Fixes

  • SFX & Visual Sync: Fixed missile travel sound effects looping infinitely after battle end, and resolved visual bugs where modules destroyed by Ultra Dismantle appeared intact.

  • Combat Controls: Fixed an issue where double-clicking a crew member during PvP incorrectly opened the room panel.

  • Urgent EMP Repair Fix: Integrated core fixes for urgent EMP repair calculations.

Economy & Marketplace

  • GBay Listings: Resolved an issue where active weapon sales stopped rendering on GBay market listings.

  • Weighted Pricing: Market price averaging is now accurately weighted by total units sold.

  • GBay Data Subscriptions: Fixed background memory leaks when unsubscribing from market feeds.

Missions & Progress

  • Mission Display Fixes: Fixed duplicate story missions showing on the star map and ensured compound requirement validations pass correctly during previews.

  • Tutorial Locks: Resolved selection freezes in the PvP tutorial when targeting with the Mining Laser.

General Stability

  • Scene Transitions: Prevented loading scene progress bars from jumping from 100% back to 0% during transitions.

  • Network Failovers: Improved WebSocket and HTTP fallback logic for more reliable reconnects.

  • Inventory & UI Fixes: Fixed missing reward notifications when opening multiple boxes with a full inventory, and resolved UI crashes on the Sacrifice panel.

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