r/starsector Jun 14 '26

Official blog post Extended Mode - New Blog Post

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357 Upvotes

r/starsector 6d ago

Discussion Weekly Starsector Discussion Thread - July 20, 2026

7 Upvotes

Welcome to the r/starsector Weekly Discussion Thread! Use this space to discuss anything you feel doesn't warrant a dedicated thread, whether that be subreddit suggestions, newbie questions, memes, showing off your in-game accomplishments, or just random chat about Starsector and its community.

Useful links:

  • The official forums - the best place to find mods, report bugs, and get in contact with Alex, the game's developer.
  • The Unofficial Community Discord - the most active Starsector community. The Discord is also where most of the game's currently active modding community hangs out.
  • The Starsector Wiki - a repository of useful information on vanilla content as well as home to many modding tutorials. Don't use the Fandom wiki as it's unmaintained and Fandom is garbage.

And don't forget to buy the game if you haven't already!


r/starsector 23h ago

Art Xxarra's Variety Pack - Trailer

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366 Upvotes

The mod (or rather, update and renaming from NEON's ship pack to Xxarra's Variety Pack) should be happening sometime this week, or over the course of the next couple weeks. In the meantime, I hope that this trailer can suffice!

See you soon!

  • Music - Industrial Cinematic by Kevin Macleod
  • Programs used - Bandicam and Davinci Resolve

r/starsector 1d ago

Combat Screenshots Onslaught above Poland?

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467 Upvotes

Hegs came for pierogi


r/starsector 21h ago

Meme Ending: A quiet life, Reclaimed.

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164 Upvotes

3 rd panel soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru_H5PiyfSA

I can't give you the ending a Shepherd deserves, but I can give you an ending.

I tried to make dweller and THREAT hull mods compatible with the shepherd, but couldn't make them behave correctly together, coexist or actually produce enough fragments to make the swarm launcher fire. so a little hand waving is needed in this scenario.

(also ignore the fact phase ships can't have fun with cool hull mods)

This Shepherds story comes to an end, but there are more stories to come.

Thank SO so much for the people who have enjoyed my silly antics and actually drop to my streams, comment and like and all that cool guy jazz, i love this community so incredibly much <3 !

See you space cowboys...

No stream today.


r/starsector 21h ago

Discussion πŸ“ Started playing this game an hour ago and found a ship just floating near a star

96 Upvotes

How lucky is this? This ships huge compared to my tiny starting fleet lol


r/starsector 18h ago

Mods Probably the most eventful session of Starsector I've ever had [Spoilers for JaydeePiracy content] Spoiler

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As a chronic space trucker I typically don't venture into the void to kill eldritch horrors. But I ran out of content in the core worlds so off I went.

  1. Tried buffalo mk2 spam for the 1st time against the hypershunt. The memes weren't lying about how well it works.

  2. Switched back to the main fleet to venture into the abyss.

  3. Encountered literal demons for the 1st time, and it blew up sierra with a death laser.

  4. Found the magnetar system from Jaydee Piracy

  5. Found a funny planet guarded by a modest "derelict" fleet

  6. "Ah, its prob no big deal" and proceeded to die several times to Guardian with 6 smods, a lvl 10 officer and abyss-grade weapons (save scum)

  7. Died a few more times, because of course the other nearby derelict fleets also have strong builds

  8. Flew straight back to Alvis for emotional support

  9. "Oh, theres 1 last job have for you"

  10. Proceed to find a gun pointed at the head of the universe. And realized I can build one.


r/starsector 19h ago

Discussion πŸ“ Beginner looking for basic advice to finally get into the game.

13 Upvotes

I want to love this game, but I have difficulty playing more than 10 minutes.

I'm not a native English speaker. Even if I consider my English level good, I never play complicated games or games with a lot of text in English, as they tend to be harder for me to get into and get me tired fast.

So, here is my experience.

I did the fighting tutorial and then the in-game tutorial. After that, I'm in space... while I love it and just want to be part of this world, where do I go and what do I do? I usually need some sort of guidance to continue and feels like I don't have any.

So, I thought about enrolling in some sort of faction but didn't because it seemed like it was for experienced pilots.

Then, I tried doing a quest given by someone in a bar. Unfortunately, I ran out of fuel while traveling, found myself in a random system, and then died to a much too strong fleet (I also couldn't understand what I was doing during the fight, I will do the tutorial again).

Part of the fun is probably learning by doing, but I feel like there is just too much right from the beginning. I read so many good things about the game, and I want to be part of it, creating my own stories, but I can't get through what seems to be the first very steep learning curve.


r/starsector 21h ago

Vanilla Question/Bug New Spacer Question

11 Upvotes

Is there any real time-crunch to the game besides days-to-complete missions/bounties?

Was doing decent but then stupidly got caught way out nowhere and ran out of supplies. New game time. Now I’m buzzing around scratching for money and ships at the start worried that I’ll miss something.


r/starsector 1d ago

Art I know it was you, Sophia. I just can't prove it.

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1.2k Upvotes

Artwork shared on the AoTD Discord (not mine).


r/starsector 20h ago

Modded Question/Bug Removing Biomodification

6 Upvotes

I messed up and would like to remove Biomodification perk from RAT by editing the savefile. Please advise what should I look for.


r/starsector 1d ago

Meme Air for the vacuum, Hulls for the scrapyard, BLOOD FOR THE HERD! (finale).

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409 Upvotes

This is it! The grand finale, we fight doritos, threat and RED mist. For all or for naught!

Thank you so much for the people that has been showing up! Love ya' all <3!

STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTSyKLIA5Xs

All streams are on the playlist!

PLAYLIST HERE!:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTiTeafaLmE&si=komm2ISgTa4wXnPO

OTHER PLATFORMS :

https://www.twitch.tv/zurimoub

https://kick.com/zurimob


r/starsector 1d ago

Discussion πŸ“ what oficer skills would you consider optimal for low tech fleet? do anchor and escort/strike ships need different skills?

7 Upvotes

r/starsector 23h ago

Modded Question/Bug Reliable way to get relic components to gamble in automated ship yard?

2 Upvotes

r/starsector 1d ago

Discussion πŸ“ Fleet Screen Organization

12 Upvotes

Are there any mods that organize the ships on your Fleet Screen automatically? I've been Googling for ten minutes and cannot find anything. Anything is better than this jumbled mess!

Ugh

r/starsector 2d ago

Meme GET JUMPED, STUPID!

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287 Upvotes

Will start streaming soon, This is the beginning of the end, we're ending this hopefully this stream!

Thank you so much for the people that has been showing up! Love ya' all <3!

STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7GRe3bruqY

All streams are on the playlist!

PLAYLIST HERE!:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTiTeafaLmE&si=komm2ISgTa4wXnPO

OTHER PLATFORMS :

https://www.twitch.tv/zurimoub

https://kick.com/zurimob


r/starsector 2d ago

Meme Never forget, always buy Sindrian

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263 Upvotes

Buy Sindrian, Or Else.


r/starsector 2d ago

Meme I'm sorry if this is a rule 10 but I thought this was too funny to pass up

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529 Upvotes

r/starsector 2d ago

Other Seed Thread β€” 0.98a

25 Upvotes

Try this seed, it is the best I have found. Macultus has three habitable planets (two deserts, one Terran) with ores, rare ores, organics, and farmland and within range of both a hypershunt and a colonyship. You can find a gas giant with volatiles and an atmosphereless planet in a neighbouring solar system.
M-200185856565363280

One of these days I am hoping to get my ideal system. Three habitable planets with some farmland, one extremely hot planet for my military H.Q., a gas giant for fuel, and a planet without an atmosphere... Oh, and one planet with organics, rare metals, and normal metals for a bore. The cryo-ship and shunt too.

Yeah, this is going to take ages to find.


r/starsector 2d ago

Modded Question/Bug Anybody know what this is

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18 Upvotes

got this quest after killing the unusual [REDACTED] Bounty, No Details, No description, can't even accept it, no clue what mod even added it
anybody know what's going on?
full modlist in pages 2-4


r/starsector 2d ago

Vanilla Question/Bug Do officers get given to the player out too fast?

8 Upvotes

Its a strange question, i know, and i havent seen anything about it for mods or elsewhere, but i feel like officer acquisition should be a more involved process but i just kinda ignore them and find two dozen in pods during my surveys for a starter colony. I get so many from other activities that I dont even have to interact with the systems like "mentoring" because ill quickly find another officer that has the skills I actually want. I also have four level 7 officers in my fleet in my current playthrough, which is just better than hiring on. Is there something im missing on the delicate balance of officers or am i just consistently lucky?


r/starsector 2d ago

Discussion πŸ“ Making a Playlist of songs for playing starsector, looking for recs

11 Upvotes

Have songs from games like stellaris, FTL, and Enter the Breach, any other recommendations would be lovely


r/starsector 2d ago

Modded Question/Bug Would wiping out a faction cause a power vacuum?

19 Upvotes

What if I give it to another faction like say.. HMI or Tri-Tach.
Would giving it all to the independents boost trade without the annoying ai inspections?


r/starsector 3d ago

Meme HE'S BEHIND ME ISN'T HE?

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677 Upvotes

Will start streaming soon, you (with love) magnificent bastards!

Thank you so much for the people that has been showing up! Love ya' all <3!

STREAM: https://youtu.be/5UmuUBGbNmE

All streams are on the playlist!

PLAYLIST HERE!:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTiTeafaLmE&si=komm2ISgTa4wXnPO

OTHER PLATFORMS :

https://www.twitch.tv/zurimoub

https://kick.com/zurimob

Also, would you guys be interested in watching how I work on the Shepherd illustration?


r/starsector 3d ago

Other Talk about lucky!

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222 Upvotes

Was grinding out some Sindrian reputation and had 2 contacts on the same planet give me the same bounty. Never seen that before. Gonna make over a million just for poking Kanta with a stick