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4.3.2|Mar 24, 2026
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Stellaris 4.3.2 patch released (checksum 171a)

2/5 Minor

Fleets now engage targets further from system centers while Wilderness and Sovereign Guardianship civics receive significant Empire Size penalty reductions.

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Key Changes

  • 1Fleets now engage targets further from the system center, improving combat at system edges.
  • 2Wilderness Empire Size penalty from colonies has been halved.
  • 3Sovereign Guardianship Empire Size penalty from colonies reduced by 25%.
  • 4Fixed two major crash-to-desktop (CTD) scenarios in the particle and diplomacy systems.
  • 5Galactic Archivism technology acquisition reworked into a weighted roll.
  • 6Ritualistic Implants now grant a bonus to Artisan Job Efficiency.
  • 7Grand Fleet achievement requirement increased from 120 to 500 fleet size.
  • 8Fixed food budget allocation for Machine, Lithoid, and Infernal empires using Bioships.

All Changes

🎮Gameplay Systems(2)

  • changeFleets: Fleets are now willing to fight further from the center of the system, especially against stationary targets at the edge.
  • changeGrand Fleet Achievement: The Grand Fleet achievement now requires 500 fleet size, increased from 120.

🏛️Civics & Traits(3)

  • buffWilderness: Halved the Empire Size penalty from colonies for Wilderness.
  • buffSovereign Guardianship: Reduced the Empire Size penalty from colonies for Sovereign Guardianship civics by 25%.
  • buffRitualistic Implants: Ritualistic Implants now provide a bonus to Artisan Job Efficiency.

🧪Technology(1)

  • changeGalactic Archivism: Removed the automatic popup for Galactic Archivism technology; it now has increased spawn weight based on specimens acquired and Curator deals.

🎨Visuals & Audio(4)

  • fixAberrant Dimensional Portal: The Aberrant Dimensional Portal now glows with an orange light.
  • fixVehement Dimensional Portal: The Vehement Dimensional Portal now glows with a green light.
  • fixResearch Buildings: Realigned images of research building variants.
  • changeSoundtrack: Reordered music tracks in the original soundtrack and corrected the Steam playlist.

🐛Bug Fixes(4)

  • changeInfernal Species: Renamed the Infernal species to Thermophile while in-game.
  • fixSpace Fauna: Fixed a bug where AI-generated space fauna designs lacked weapon components.
  • fixBioGenesis Achievement: Fixed BioGenesis achievements not being obtainable on the Microsoft Store.
  • fixBioships: Machine, Lithoid, and Infernal empires using Bioships now correctly allocate food budgets for colonization.

⚙️Stability & Performance(2)

  • fixParticle System: Fixed a crash caused by a wrong stride used in the particle system leading to data overwrite.
  • fixDiplomacy: Fixed a crash-to-desktop in diplomatic relation distance calculations involving invalid relations.

🛠️Modding(4)

  • fixSpinner UI: Added a null object to Spinner UI element to prevent crashes if not found.
  • fixOverlappingElementsBox UI: Added a null object to OverlappingElementsBox UI element to prevent crashes if not found.
  • fixListBox UI: Added a null object to ListBox UI element to prevent crashes if not found.
  • fixSmoothListBox UI: Fixed SmoothListBox UI element not using null objects properly, preventing potential crashes.

Summary

Combat and Balance

Fleets have received an improvement to their engagement logic, allowing them to fight further from the center of a system, which is particularly helpful when attacking stationary targets at the edge. Several balance adjustments have been made to civics; the Wilderness empire size penalty from colonies has been halved, and Sovereign Guardianship has seen a 25% reduction in the same penalty. Additionally, the Galactic Archivism technology is no longer a guaranteed popup, shifting instead to a weighted technology roll based on specimen count.

Stability and Bug Fixes

This update addresses two critical crash-to-desktop (CTD) scenarios related to the particle system and diplomatic relation distance calculations. It also includes various visual fixes for dimensional portals and research buildings, alongside a rename of the 'Infernal' species to 'Thermophile' for better in-game consistency.

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