- Reaching round 8 in Dust Rush now earns one random eligible starter item for the next Dust Rush run. A seven-second neon notification announces the reward, and the next run grants it with the usual inventory sound and automatically opens the inventory while the normal two-item choice remains available.
- The main ship's installed Tractor Beams now share a minimum and maximum dust-tier filter in their click menu in both the main game and Dust Rush. The menu shows the unlocked tier limits, keeps both controls locked to tier 1 at the base upgrade level, and saves the selected range for future sessions.
- Every creature killed in Dust Rush now drops the existing clickable stopwatch bonus, granting two seconds per creature tier.
- Cargo Pods now join the Dust Rush end-of-run explosion sequence and burst into dust like the rest of the player's equipment, including while docked to the main station.
- Tightened the main ship Tractor Beam tier-filter menu click area to match its small hover target, preventing clicks on the nearby Clean Dust container from opening the Tractor Beam menu.
- Rare Rock Miners now become permanent hover-only equipment once they begin embedding into the Rare DustRock, preventing drag relocation and its resulting snap-back while retaining their statistics popup.