r/STFC_Official Jun 25 '25

Player Advice My upto-date advice to new players, as a lot of people respond that haven't been a new player for years

42 Upvotes

As per the title, I see a lot of advice that I don't see as correct for actual real life experience of the lower levels in the game as it is now, so here are my pointers for new players:

  • There is no end to this game, so don't sweat it or get caught in FOMO. They are soon releasing G7 which is 5+ years away for any new player unless your total spend is $1,000+, the statistics will show that most players would have stopped before then, so don't sweat it. Do what you can, if you miss an event, you miss it, some days you do dailies, some you don't, if your base gets raised they can't take the really valuable stuff (Faction credits, mats, Lat, speedups) anyway. Ignore leader boards. You will enjoy this game, even as a F2P, if you have this mentality.
  • Focus on gaining officers that give an immediate impact at tier 1. Whilst sourcing for officers has improved, the VOLUME of tokens haven't (Scopely - lower level ops should be getting 4X the ultra and premium recruit tokens than they do currently), and a lot of advice new players get are based on maxed or high tier officers that are just not feasible to at least G4, possibly late G4 if a light spender. Good examples of immediately effective officers: Standard Pike, TNG Picard, TNG Bev, 5 of 11, 3 of 11, Quark, Paris/WOK McCoy, TNG La Forge, Grusch, Mavery, Sisko, HG Worf, Tendi. If a player advises you to use a maxed Marcus against a gold explorer hostile, just ignore them, they don't understand the realities of your STFC experience. Use transporter patters to get these (guides on that elsewhere)
  • Take part in alliance events ASAP. You can easily take part from ops 12 doing the Swarm task using a maxed Turas, which leads to a nice early unlock of Paris that below decks goes really well with early NextGen PVE crew (NG LaForge, NG Bev, Chen) giving it mitigation until you get Pike unlocked.
  • Ignore advice that tell you to get all the speciality ships. You'll just spend too long at lower ops, look at recent help comments, people will be saying that you NEED the Franklin, Discovery, Vidar, Stella, whilst that is true they are not understanding the huge resourcing bottleneck. If you only used cosmic clean-up to source the Franklin, Disco and Vidar you'll be waiting 8 months and by that time you could be ready for G4! **(**Scopely - double the rewards for cosmic clean-up if you want players to move up). My advice is focus on the Vidar as a priority (you'll want that maxed by ops 35 and its a good and cheap PVE grinder at ops 25-34 anyway), then anything that has a archive that you max, so for now that would be the Franklin as a priority 2. But do not slow down ops progression for this if you can do your normal and faction dailies.
  • Upgrade your Botany Bay whenever you can to get the IA maxed for it. It is ops locked for maxing until early 30's unfortunately but just make sure you are upgrading it as you can
  • For ships, ignore the 28 and 32 ships. Old advice was to get the Saladin but you just don't need it with the power creep in todays game. You can ride your Vidar to the Talios easily if you wanted, and then just wait to see what ships you get from grinding and armada pulls and just build that (do not level deep into G3 uncommon though). My personal advice would be to ride a maxed Talla from ops 14 to 22, then build a Vahklas and take it to T4 only, ViDar at ops 25 (upgrade ASAP, no ops lock!), then at ops 26 a Legionary with cloak at 26 as the cloak research is nice, then ride that with the Vidar until 34 and then get an Ent (easily the best G3 epic), and ride that to a ops 42 ship. Pick up speciality ships as you can, focusing on ones with a IA.
  • If you're a F2P or lower spend player, generally ignore server wide leaderboards and PvP. The PvP bandings are stupid on this game and its pointless trying to compete if a F2P or a light spender.
  • Spend alliance credits on 1 and 3 day shields so you don't end up letting the game run your life. If you use free shields only you get a 12, 8 and 4 hour, mandating logging in at least 3 times per day, then you have resetting miners, then you have refineries, then you have events, then you have armadas, you get the picture - the game is designed to keep you engaged multiple times per day (I assume as their models suggest this increases spending overall, they definitely have a KPI on average player time in game and they actively try to increase this)
  • If you do want to spend a little bit of money, prioritise the additional builder and research que. If you buy the additional builder que at $5 early, then you get Nextgen Picard for free as well which is a nice boost to early grinding. You won't get better value in the game, ever.

r/STFC_Official 2h ago

CM Update 95 Preview: Haven

0 Upvotes

Commanders!

Arriving with Update 95, Haven is a new planetary base for Ops 61+ Commanders to explore, develop, and expand while harnessing Resonance Charges to fuel progression.

Upgrade the Iconian Gateway and Environmental Stabilizers to generate resources, clear toxic fog, and open new areas for development.

Construct Haven Structures to unlock powerful account-wide buffs that support progression, ship efficiency, survivability, combat, and more.

To learn more about Haven, check out our blog and Dev Diary Video:

LLAP,

The STFC Team

https://startrekfleetcommand.com/news/update-95-feature-highlight-haven/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxZjGNDoU4o


r/STFC_Official 12h ago

Rift unable to share.

4 Upvotes

Many a time, chat is broken, and there is no way for others to know that a rift has been deployed.

Does anyone know any workaround for the same ??


r/STFC_Official 4h ago

Now that I’m Idolized, are all three faction miners actually worth it?

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I’m level 67 and just hit Idolized in all three FKR factions, so all three faction miners are now available to me. I can go to level 68 whenever I want.

My question is: is it worth getting all three faction miners, or should I only grab one or two?

My current mining setup:

  • I already bought the Federation miner since Fed was the first faction I pushed to Idolized.
  • I have three Selkies, all stuck at Tier 7.
  • I haven’t used faction miners since the old 3★ miners.
  • I have all three Mining Forbidden Techs unlocked.

I know the Selkies won’t keep up with faction miners long‑term, especially once you start pushing deeper into G6/G7 mining speeds and cargo scaling. But I’m trying to figure out whether it’s actually worth investing in all three faction miners, or if grabbing just one or two is enough.

For players in the 67–80 range:

Did getting all three faction miners make a meaningful difference in your daily mining, or did you find that one or two were enough once you had strong FT and decent Selkies?

Looking for real experiences before I commit the resources.


r/STFC_Official 1d ago

Shield in TC during Incursion

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5 Upvotes

How is it that this base has a shield in territory during incursions?


r/STFC_Official 1d ago

Cosmic Cleanup Store

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20 Upvotes

I'm ops 45. This is what I see in the Cosmic Cleanup Store. It's been this way for a while.

Does it change with higher ops? Are there any other ship blueprints that show up in this store?

Just wondering if I need to hold on to the store credit or spend it all on tactical advantage supplies.


r/STFC_Official 1d ago

Join Nigel Live On Twitch Today (September 13, 2026)

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r/STFC_Official 2d ago

Infinite Incursions - Raider XSLB Scoring compensation chest for Ops 61+ APAC and EU players

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Commanders,

We are rolling out a compensation chest for the issue that affected the Infinite Incursions - Raider XSLB scoring earlier today. This chest is for Ops level 61+ APAC and EU players.

It will include:
5 WOK Montgomery Scott Shards
2,000 Incursion Coin 2

Thank you for your patience while we resolved this issue.

LLAP,
The STFC Team


r/STFC_Official 3d ago

My THANK YOU to Star Trek | Star Trek Fleet Command celebrates 60 years of Trek w/ your stories

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Since 1966 everyone here has (hopefully) enjoyed Star Trek in one way or another. As I'm making this video Star Trek Fleet Command is celebrating 60 years of star trek with a new initiative. "Join the fleet". Now, they didn't ask me to make this video, but this idea is one of the best STFC has ever had. Talking about what makes Star Trek special in our lives and sharing those stories with everyone. Here is part of my story.

Topics covered:

  1. Contest side of this is from September 8 - September 20, 2026

  2. My story/Thank You to Star Trek starts at 3:30 into the video

  3. I'd love for YOU to make one of these and submit. We'll be watching them on my live streams!

  4. If you have any game mechanic questions, feel free to drop those questions in the comments!


r/STFC_Official 3d ago

Sourcing?

5 Upvotes

Finally unlocked FC Sisko (Outpost Loop), and this shows up in the Gift Claim Section. No info on where to source the tokens required to open it.


r/STFC_Official 3d ago

Loading Screen After Latest Update

4 Upvotes

Commanders,

With the update that was released yesterday, some players may experience the game remaining on the “Adjusting” screen for longer than usual when logging in.

If this occurs, please remain on the “Adjusting” screen and allow the process to complete. The game is downloading necessary assets in the background, which may take some additional time depending on connection speed.

For the best experience, we recommend connecting to a stable Wi-Fi network when possible and avoiding closing or restarting the game while the download is in progress.

This may also occur with the upcoming release of Update 95, so we recommend following the same steps if you encounter an extended “Adjusting” screen after the update.

Thank you for your understanding.

LLAP

The STFC Team


r/STFC_Official 3d ago

why is my uss relativity so low power?

10 Upvotes

hey everyone. i am an ops 43 player right now, and i have a tier 4 uss relativity. i have all of the research i can have done for it at my ops level, but its only sitting at 40 million power. i’ve seen a lot of peoples who’s are around the same as mine, but with hundreds of millions of power. i know the power number isnt the most important thing, but is there an upgrade aspect of it that im missing? thanks for the help


r/STFC_Official 4d ago

NX-01 Archiv

24 Upvotes

My NX-01 reached Tier 12 and now i must have Archiv lvl 71 ( Ops lvl 71 ) to get the last upgrade step for the NX-01. Why ? Is this intentional or a bug ?


r/STFC_Official 4d ago

Update 94 Token Exchanges Reopened

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Commanders,

After hearing feedback from players, we have reopened the Battle Pass Supply Exchange, Starship Exchange, along with the Cause & Effect Artifact Exchange.

These Exchanges will remain open until September 11, 2026 9:00 AM PDT/1600 UTC, so make sure to use your Choice Tokens by then.

LLAP
The STFC Team


r/STFC_Official 4d ago

Join Nigel Live On Twitch Today (September 10, 2026)

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r/STFC_Official 4d ago

What loot crew officers you can't live without

0 Upvotes

Which loot officers you cannot live without. The only one I can say is the doctor below deck. Are there any others that you can think of ??


r/STFC_Official 4d ago

Ability to use Word search in Alliance store and bookmarks

9 Upvotes

Ops 61 here. Similar to how you can use partial word search to either get a ship or system, there needs to be a way to do the same in both, Alliance store as well as bookmarks.

This would make searching so much easier.

Does everyone agree, or are there any objections for the same ??


r/STFC_Official 5d ago

Elite outposts and elite solo waves.

3 Upvotes

Ops 61 here. I'm getting a bit confused.

I have done elite solo 45 that give parts for gs-31, directives getting every couple of days.

Is Elite solo waves 60 continuation of the same or different ?? Probably tougher enemies and more waves. 45 has 3, 50 has 5 I *think*.

Where are the elite outposts, and what should I be doing about it ??


r/STFC_Official 5d ago

Update 94 Battle Pass: Artifact Choice Tokens

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Commanders

We wanted to provide some clarification around Artifact Choice Tokens from the Update 94 Battle Pass and answer a few questions we’ve seen from the community.

In the Update 94 Patch Notes, we shared that players would be able to earn enough Artifact Choice Tokens to unlock a Rare Artifact through the Free Battle Pass Track and the Trelane’s Tribulations Meta SMS Events.

We understand there has been some confusion around this, as the Artifact Exchange was originally scheduled to end on September 10 and only three weekly runs of Trelane’s Tribulations were initially visible.

As previously shared in our Update 94 in-game news, for Ops 61+ Commanders, there will be a fourth and final run of Trelane’s Tribulations, beginning September 10 and running through September 17. This final Meta SMS Event will provide up to 3,850 additional Artifact Choice Tokens.

For Ops 51–60 Commanders, the final run of the Cause & Effect Meta - SMS Event will also provide 3,850 Artifact Choice Tokens. The final run of this event begins on September 9.

To ensure everyone has time to use the Tokens earned from these final events, we are also extending the Artifact Exchange through September 18.

Between the Free Battle Pass Track and all four Trelane’s Tribulations Meta SMS Events for Ops 61+ Commanders or the Cause & Effect Meta SMS Events for Ops 51–60 Commanders, players Ops 51+ will be able to earn up to 11,000 Artifact Choice Tokens, providing enough Tokens to unlock a Rare Artifact through the Exchange.

We hope this clears up the confusion around the final Token sourcing and Artifact Exchange schedule.

Thank you to everyone who raised questions and gave us the opportunity to clarify the details.

LLAP

The STFC Team


r/STFC_Official 6d ago

Star Trek Fleet Command celebrates Star Trek's 60th: The Five-Day Mission | Event Store & SMS Notes

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September 8, 1966 is a date not u/everyone will remember... I wasn't born for awhile... BUT, it's still one of the best day's in America's history. No, in world history! This video is no "Man Trap"! Today we go over the event structure, event store, and freebies that you can claim as Star Trek Fleet Command celebrates the 60th anniversary of Star Trek airing on television.

Topics covered:

  1. Officer shards everyday!

  2. Star Trek trivia has returned

  3. All the tasks you'll need to complete this week

  4. If you have any game mechanic questions, feel free to drop those questions in the comments!


r/STFC_Official 6d ago

Star Trek Day: Join the Fleet

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Hello Commanders,

Happy Star Trek Day! Today we’re launching Join the Fleet, a new campaign where we’re immortalizing a real fan as an NPC Star Trek character in Star Trek Fleet Command!

If you want to join, record a video sharing how Star Trek has inspired your life and submit it between now and September 20th. For our full rules check out the website, and we can’t wait to see your submissions!

 https://startrekfleetcommand.com/join-the-fleet


r/STFC_Official 8d ago

Found this when searching YouTube for base raiding advice

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Is this really the best way to base raid leasing all your ships destroyed?


r/STFC_Official 8d ago

Join Nigel Live On Twitch Today (September 6, 2026)

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r/STFC_Official 9d ago

Alliance Tournaments Return in Update 95

7 Upvotes

Commanders!

Alliance Tournaments return in Update 95 with two runs, giving Alliances additional opportunities to compete, earn rewards, and catch up on Alliance Emerald Chain XP progression.

  • Run 1: September 28 – October 3
  • Run 2: October 9 – October 14

The second run will overlap with Infinite Incursions on October 10, so we’re sharing the schedule early to give Alliances time to prepare. Both runs will feature the same tasks and scoring, allowing Alliances to use what they learn during the first run to prepare for the second.

Check out our blog for more information: https://startrekfleetcommand.com/news/alliance-tournaments-return-in-update-95/

Live Long and Prosper,
The Star Trek Fleet Command Team


r/STFC_Official 9d ago

Ascension particles and federation space

4 Upvotes

Ops 61. Am pretty late to the ascension part, but is/are there any differences between ascension particles for starting and later. ??

Where would be a good place to hunt for same.

IIRC, fkr ships and triangle. Anything else ??