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Change history of the Xterium space strategy: what was added, changed and fixed — by category and year.

1180 changes 2018–2026 Latest: 03.10.2026

Each change is broken down by category and type (added / changed / fixed / removed) — this is a brief summary; the full patch text is on the forum.

Changes by year

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Changes by year and category

Year EconomyFleet & DefenseCombatResearchAlliancesExpedition & PvEEvents & PromosInterfaceOther Total
2026 8 7 48 1 16 4 5 20 12 121
2025 9 8 67 2 4 23 8 21 1 143
2024 15 9 45 · 14 · 6 2 5 96
2023 33 7 42 4 9 10 24 22 12 163
2022 23 8 28 1 9 10 25 7 6 117
2021 11 28 15 4 11 8 22 18 9 126
2020 3 11 5 3 8 22 6 5 1 64
2019 39 9 22 10 2 42 25 21 23 193
2018 26 7 36 6 14 23 8 18 19 157
Total 16794308318714212913488 1180

All changes — Fleet & Defense

  • 08.04.2021 Fleet & Defense Added In the shipyard's defense section, the planet's defense point limit and the shield bonus from energy are now displayed Update 2.7.1 [WoA] ↗
  • 08.03.2021 Fleet & Defense Added Added missing blueprints for Pirates and Devastators Update 2.7.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 08.03.2021 Fleet & Defense Added You can buy extra upgrade slots for star ore (when Hostile enemies are maxed and all slots are bought with DM) Update 2.7.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 08.03.2021 Fleet & Defense Changed Increased the number of slots for saving upgrade setups Update 2.7.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 08.03.2021 Fleet & Defense Changed Default fleet save time changed to 16 hours; departure time is shown immediately without a 5-minute wait Update 2.7.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 08.03.2021 Fleet & Defense Removed Prime fleet restoration for dark matter is now prohibited Update 2.7.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 08.03.2021 Fleet & Defense Changed Reduced the upgrade bonus to shot accuracy and misses Update 2.7.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 25.12.2020 Fleet & Defense Changed Shipyard fully visually reworked Update 2.6.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 25.12.2020 Fleet & Defense Changed Fleet/defense order batch size now depends on Shipyard level (+25% per level) rather than the Robot Factory Update 2.6.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 25.12.2020 Fleet & Defense Added You can now swap the Shipyard queue order Update 2.6.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 25.12.2020 Fleet & Defense Added You can add up to 25 Shield Domes to a single order Update 2.6.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 10.09.2020 Fleet & Defense Added Added saving of upgrade setups with quick switching Alliance bonuses 2.5.2 [WoA] ↗
  • 17.07.2020 Fleet & Defense Added Added 23 new upgrades Update 2.5.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 17.07.2020 Fleet & Defense Changed Upgrade bonuses no longer depend on the player's technologies, but add up with them as technologies Update 2.5.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 11.04.2020 Fleet & Defense Changed Announcement of new upgrades for update 2.5.0: upgrade bonuses will become static and stop depending on research leveling (concept) Upgrades 2.5.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 11.04.2020 Fleet & Defense Added Presented concepts of new upgrades for Barbarians, Pirates and Aliens with bonuses to armor, shields, weapons, engines and shield restoration Upgrades 2.5.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 27.01.2020 Fleet & Defense Changed Defense points in armament are now counted from a single planet only Changes 27.01.20 [WoA] ↗
  • 21.01.2020 Fleet & Defense Changed Suggestion: count defense armament points only from the planet with maximum defense, so other planets' defense doesn't inflate the stats Weapon points calculation system for defense [WoA - Classic] ↗
  • 16.10.2019 Fleet & Defense Changed Shipyard: fleet and defense build speed bonus increased from 10 to 20%, added +1 queue per every 4th level Update 2.4.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 06.08.2019 Fleet & Defense Changed Large Transport flight speed increased from 5,500 to 6,500, shields lowered from 50 to 35 Changes 06.08.19 [WoA] ↗
  • 06.08.2019 Fleet & Defense Added Added selling Solar Satellites to the fleet buyer Changes 06.08.19 [WoA] ↗
  • 12.07.2019 Fleet & Defense Added Added a new Modernization Center section (via the Arsenal) Update 2.3.2 [WoA] ↗
  • 12.07.2019 Fleet & Defense Added Resources in transit are now shown in the Flight Center Update 2.3.2 [WoA] ↗
  • 12.06.2019 Fleet & Defense Added Announcement: the next update will add a fleet/defense leveling section via contracts and around 15-20 new upgrades Arsenal [WoA] ↗
  • 01.05.2019 Fleet & Defense Changed Maximum fleet and defense build speed raised from 100 to 250 units per second. Update 2.3.1 [WoA] ↗
  • 01.05.2019 Fleet & Defense Added Defense can be sold to the Buyer for 50% of its value. Update 2.3.1 [WoA] ↗
  • 20.03.2019 Fleet & Defense Changed The promo/premium on the number of Expeditions now also adds fleet slots (Microprocessors research). Update 2.3.0 [WoA] ↗
  • 19.11.2018 Fleet & Defense Changed Separated the display of prime unit discounts in the Shipyard section. Update 1.2.7 [WoA] ↗
  • 13.08.2018 Fleet & Defense Changed Limited fleet recovery and instant building if less than 30 seconds remain before an attack. Update 1.2.5 [WoA] ↗
  • 07.07.2018 Fleet & Defense Added Added selling fleet to the Dealer for 50% of its value via the Orbit section. Update 1.2.4 [WoA] ↗

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