Star Kingdoms Help - Round Changes Archive

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Every Universe Event hit harder and more chaotically than usual — see the Celestial Storm guide and Round Eras.

• Research Kingdom State
  • Research efficiency +30% → +40%
  • New: -5% scientist cost
  • New: scientists train 4 ticks faster
• Kill Shots
  • Shared between everyone who attacked that kingdom in the last 24 hours, split evenly by number of attacks — see Alliances Guide
• Inter-Alliance Restrictions
  • Attacking, probing, and missiling your own alliance mates was disabled
• Domination Points
  • Relic weight for domination score increased from 20% to 40% — see Domination Points
• Alliance Relations
  • War's +10% offensive bonus ramped up 1%/tick over 10 ticks instead of applying instantly
  • Peace renamed to Barricade; its +15% defense bonus ramped up 1%/tick over 15 ticks instead of applying instantly — see Alliances Guide
• Mine Gold
  • Rebalanced returns and a higher residence money cap — see the Mine Gold section below
• Relics
  • New purchasable income bonus for holding a relic — see the Relics section below

• Mystical Lands
  • -15% offensive losses (previously -10%)
• Ice Giant
  • +10% land gains (previously +7%)
• Multiple Terrain
  • Race Tokens 40% cheaper (previously 30%)
  • New unique research: Race Tokens 13-15 (300k/350k/350k points, chained), locked to Multiple Terrain
• Forest and Wilderness
  • New: +10% population
  • New: -$25 Soldier cost
  • Removed: +10 starmine income
  • New unique research: Verdant Bloom — +10% Population, all bio units train 4 ticks faster, locked to Forest and Wilderness
• Desert Wasteland
  • New: +20% power production
  • Removed: +10% Mech Space (ACH/ASB capacity)
  • New unique research: Thermal Conversion Array — another +20% power production (stacks to +40% total) and -$15 Soldier cost, locked to Desert Wasteland

Mine Gold probe returns were rebalanced that round. See the dedicated Mine Gold guide for the current breakdown. Comparison at a few probe counts:

• Money cap per Residence built: $100 (previously $50)

See the dedicated Relics guide for the full breakdown. New that round:

• Each relic held generated 1 faith per tick for the alliance; faith bought an income bonus:
  • 24 faith → +2% income for 12 ticks
  • 48 faith → +4% income for 12 ticks
  • 72 faith → +6% income for 12 ticks

• Relics v2
  • Attacking, arsoning, or saboing an enemy alliance that holds a relic builds luck toward stealing it — the bigger the target's land share of their alliance, the more luck it's worth
  • Holding relics grants a WarHonor bonus each tick and feeds the Relic leaderboard in Domination Points

• Shadow Lands
  • +10% probe production
  • -15% probe losses
  • +50% ignore MA
  • -5% return time (previously -10%)
  • Research
    • Fusion technology
    • Probe Armor 1-5 - 50% discount
    • Probe Assembly 1-3 - 50% discount
    • Expanded Recon 2
    • PT specific research: +25% probe attempts (extra PA every 4 ticks) — 750k points, research available from start
• Volcanic Inferno
  • -55% power required (except kingdom shields)
  • -55% power to shield probes
  • 2x power storage (previously 3x)
  • Research: Starts with fusion technology
• Mountainous
  • +20% income
  • +65% honor
  • -25% probe shield cost (previously -30%)
  • -20% power produced

See the dedicated Relics guide for the full breakdown. Summary for that round:

• Relics now belong to the alliance, not the player who found them — no single owner anymore
• Relics count towards domination points, and still contribute honor as before
• To steal one, sabo / arson / attack any kingdom in the owning alliance — not just the original holder
• Bigger kingdoms (by land) are more likely to yield the relic when hit
• Hitting / probing the same kingdom twice does nothing — pick a new target each time
• Other alliances hitting the kingdom first doesn't affect your chances, unless they actually steal the relic — e.g. if kingdom A was hit by alliance 1, alliance 2 can still get the relic by hitting kingdom A
• Your own alliance mates are the exception: if one of them already hit a kingdom, hitting it yourself won't gain you the relic

• All units draft 4 ticks faster
• Minimum of 4 tick drafting time

• Mountainous
  • Income +20%
  • Honor +65%
  • Probe Shield Cost -30% (previously -0%)
  • Power Produced -20% (previously -10%)
• Oceanic
  • Income +10%
  • Defense +10%
  • Enemy Offensive Losses +10%
  • Research Efficiency -10% (previously -0%)
• Jagged
  • -15% mili costs
  • +10% sci costs (previously +0%)
  • +10% land gain (previously +0%)
• Herbal Jungle
  • -50% training camps required
  • -20% scientist cost (previously -15%)
  • +10% military space (previously +5%)
  • -15% probe production (previously -10%)
• Terra Form
  • -50% research required for land bonuses (previously -30%)
  • -30% research required for static researches
  • +5% max research on land bonuses
  • -10% income
• Albion Prime
  • Income +10%
  • Probe Production +10%
  • Offensive Strength +10%
  • Land Gain +10%
  • Return Time Factor +10% (slower)
• Shadow Lands
  • +10% Probe Production
  • -15% Probe Losses (-10% before)
  • +25% Probe Attempts (extra PA every 4 ticks)
  • +50% Ignore MA
  • -10% Return Time
  • Research
    • Start with Fusion, PA 2 and Intel 2

• Ancients Lvl 3
  • +35% research efficiency
  • -10% scientist cost
  • Train scientists 8 ticks faster (8 ticks in mobi instead of 16, 16 when not in mobi)

• PT Diversity Penalty
  • –3% income per planet of the same type beyond 3 per alliance
  • Example: 4 Shadows → –3%; 4 Shadows + 4 VIs → –6%
• Population Overflow Formula
  • 1 Residence = 50 overflow space (fixed, no population bonuses)
  • Military overflow occupies residences before civilian capacity is calculated
• HoF Bonuses
  • Deactivated for this round
• HoF Points
  • Aggressive probe fail now awards 1 HoF point
• Vault & AFK Automation
  • Automatically turn vault on when a lot of income stacks up
  • Automatically turn AFK on when vault fills up
• Aid Restrictions
  • Aid cannot be triggered from hitting your alliance mates
• Home World / Land Size Bonuses
  • +10% income when 4 WLs home
  • -5% building cost when hitting someone 80-99% your land size
  • -10% building cost when hitting someone 100%+ your land size