update · April 1, 2024
Star Conflict Update 1.12.4.8 Introduces April Fools Balance Changes and Snail Progress Resets
Star Conflict patch 1.12.4.8 introduces a sprawling suite of joke changes for April Fools, featuring crawling account-resetting space snails, monochrome UI elements, and aggressive balance overhauls. The update also adjusts weapon damage in PvE and tweaks specific ship availability.
Star Conflict has received a joke update for April Fools, applying sweeping satirical alterations to game mechanics, ships, interfaces, and weapons.
Game World and Store Changes
Infected territories now feature schools for studying biomorph language, and players must file a hand-written application 10 days before entering the Detonation game mode. A space snail now crawls toward the player's ship across all locations including the hangar; if it touches the ship, it resets account progress while granting bundle rewards before respawning 5 percent faster. New store bundles include purchase crashes and credit packages.
Interface and Chat Modifications
All in-game icons are now strictly black and white. A new confirmation window asks pilots if they forgot their head before entering Open Space. ChatGPT 4.0 bots populate chat channels, accompanied by a quest to identify them for rewards or penalties based on accuracy.
Ship Adjustments and Balancing
All ships except Nordstorm are restricted to holidays, and ships unused for a month are automatically deleted. Guard frigates must now pursue allies and shield vulnerable destroyer modules, while Suppression destroyers have their respawn times halved and module repair disabled permanently on destruction. The Nordstorm receives a 50 percent buff to damage, speed, and cooldowns. Several ship names are altered, including the Pilgrim changing to Saw Two and the Tornado becoming Saw Half.
Weapon and Module Tweaks
All PvE weapons deal 3000 percent more damage. Laser weapons receive aim assist. The IFG-4622 burning damage now persists after target destruction, and the Fort-4 launcher beam width is increased to 200 meters with doubled firing range. Disintegrator projectile speed is increased to 100,000 m/s, and the Reflecting shield relic now protects the hull and repairs 10,000 shields per second.
Why this patch matters
Update 1.12.4.8 brings a joke patch loaded with absurd economic penalties, structural ship alterations, and chaotic gameplay mutators.