Starbound

Starbound v1.1 - Changelog

Hey, everyone! It's patch day!


Version 1.1 is our first content patch since the full release of Starbound – we've added a fishing game, item collections, Novakid villages and more! Check the changelog below for a list of major/minor changes and bug fixes, and then go relocate some Fluffalo!

Major Changes



  • Fishing
    • Two tiers of fishing rods are now craftable from the Foraging Table and can be used to fish on ocean planets (including arctic, toxic and magma oceans)
    • Added 48 unique fish types to catch
    • Rare fish can give valuable rewards, including reel and lure upgrades to enhance your fishing rod
  • Collections
    • New Collections interface tracks various kinds of collectables including captured pets, figurines, fish, cooking recipes, fossils, and bugs

  • Added the Relocator tool, which allows non-hostile creatures such as critters, fish, bugs, and farm animals to be moved

  • Added friendly Novakid villages including a variety of new Novakid-themed furniture and objects

Minor Changes & Bug Fixes


  • Saloon furniture previously sold at Frogg Furnishings is now available in Novakid villages, and has been replaced with the Pastel set (which has its own unique tenant)
  • Novakids can now be generic tenants or guards
  • Added Novakid NPC dialogue
  • Implemented party chat and local (planet) chat
  • Acid rain now applies poison instead of direct damage
  • Console objects are now available as themed tenant rewards
  • Added option for “borderless window” style fullscreen mode
  • Improved sound effects for Staff abilities
  • Improved sound effects for several unique boss weapons
  • Adjusted which bugs appear in Midnight, Mutated and Giant Flower biomes
  • Shockhopper Mk I and Dreadwing now have a chance to drop their respective action figures
  • Mother Poptops on starter worlds now drop enough Core Fragments to complete the initial gate quest
  • Added chance for Snuffish to appear in ocean biomes
  • Kelp now unlocks the Rice Cake cooking recipe when picked up
  • Reduced moon threat level from 10 to 1
  • Fixed a bug causing merchants to offer material items for free (which made them impossible to purchase)
  • Fixed several armor descriptions that didn’t fit within their tooltips
  • Fixed a bug causing fireworks to deal large amounts of damage
  • Fixed birds and other monsters spawning in the atmosphere and asteroid layers of moons
  • Made several NPC-like monsters uncapturable
  • Fixed monsters getting stuck outside arena in final arena side quest
  • Fixed friendly NPCs and monsters being damaged by environmental effects such as traps
  • Fixed a few edge cases in pathfinding
  • Fixed several items displaying erroneous recipe unlocks when obtained
  • Fixed a bug causing underwater audio filters to continue after quitting to title
  • Fixed several cases of incorrect cursors displaying over GUI elements
  • Fixed a bug in LoS calculation determining whether the player can reach objects
  • Fixed a bug causing Dreadwing’s UFO to visually flip
  • Fixed a bug causing boats to oscillate at the surface of water
  • Fixed a bug causing physics AoE effects to move projectiles
  • Wire Mode overlay is now hidden on protected tiles
  • Lots of typographical/grammatical text fixes