September 2026
What changed on Star Realm around the open-beta launch.
Open beta opened on Friday 25 September. One line per change; the linked guide has the details. Later changes are on October 2026.
✨ New#
New features are on What's New at Launch. The sections below cover changes to things that already existed.
🧭 Hunting and bosses#
- Rift Warden pinned for launch — Einbech Mine Dungeon F2 at Lv 70+, Nameless Abbey F3 at Lv 86+; the Monday rotation is paused — Hunting Mission.
- Rift Warden retuned — 200 kills per target, 10 / 20 Hunting Points, free abandon, first reset of the day free — Hunting Mission.
- Dimensional Giant Fly Wing — 20,000z at the Rift Warden, Crack maps only.
- Bounties pay out only at the bracket's minimum level or above. — Bounty Board.
- World Boss counter paused for now. — World Boss.
🎟️ Battle Pass and daily quests#
- Battle Pass objectives reshuffled — 18 objectives, every weekly pays — Battle Pass.
- Elban's board retuned — new Kill 300 daily, lower MVP and Enchant targets — Daily & Weekly Quests.
🔨 Refining and gear#
- Refine rates rewritten; a failed +4 → +5 with a Blessing keeps the item — Refine Rates.
- Glastheim Observer is fully tradeable.
- Battle Manual [3 Hr] works like a normal Battle Manual, for 3 hours.
- Star Combat Core can go in your own storage — Star Combat.
- Time Keeper pieces sell for 10z (were 1,000z) — NPC Sell Prices.
🛒 Shops and prices#
- Star Token Shop reprice — Blessing and Agility Scroll 5 tokens (were 20); new Infinite Flywing Box 1H — Star Token Shop.
- Tool Dealer prices — Fly Wing 100z; new Infinite Fly Wing Box (1 hour) and Grape Juice — Tool Dealer.
- Overcharge Ticket drops to 10,000 CP (was 100,000) — Support NPCs.
⚔️ PvP#
- PvP potions work in every PvP room and in Mayhem.
- PvP White and PvP Blue Potion heal like normal potions — 228–284 HP and 28–42 SP; 100z and 200z.
- PvP ingredients are required in every PvP room and in Mayhem.
- Party Recall Scroll pulls from any map — 3-second cast, 2-minute party cooldown — Moonlight Mayhem.
- Guild Altar bonuses switch off on WoE, PvP and Mayhem maps — Guild Altar.
🎰 Gacha and costumes#
- The gacha is now Genesis: First Light — same odds and pity; your history carries over — Genesis: First Light.
- Genesis Ultimate is now the Selection LHZ Aura (Choice); an LHZ Aura set replaces the Killua set — Crafted Costume Sets.
- Valuable Costume Box grows to 30 items — six new R blueprints — Crafted Costume Sets.
🎲 Spooky Machine#
- A flat 1,000z per attempt. — Spooky Machine.
- New prizes, open from level 40 (was 80) — Spooky Machine.
🧍 NPCs and services#
- Life Insurance covers one death, not every death in its 30 minutes — Death penalty.
- Bot Check is back on, softly — the 10th failure onward bans for a day — BotCheck.
- Plagia Rinn drops seven skills; 53 remain — Support NPCs.
- Resets moved to the Build Manager — weekends only, free up to Lv 40 — Support NPCs.
🔒 Removed#
- PvP Point Shop: Box of Gloom, Box of Resentment, Box of Drowsiness.
- Tool Dealer: Novice Fly Wing, Compressed Fly Wing.
- Raid: The Flamebrand hidden until release — End-Game Raids.
- Star Token Shop: Special MVP Box (cannot be obtained for now) and the four Essences.
- Star Token Exchange: Enriched Oridecon, Enriched Elunium, Boarding Halter 1-day box.
- Creator Points retired on 25 September.
- Starfall Rift world boss event retired on 24 September.
- Aegis Moonbind (Old) off the Moonbinder; copies still work as a Moonbind I for shields.
- Collection test NPC and Omnibook NPC; the Omnibook is still in the Star Realm menu.
🛠️ Fixed#
- Hunting Points are paid from 29 September; no back-pay.
- "Mission on a different character" block at the Rift Warden.
- Nokki's window shows both prices.
- The Pet Synthesizer cannot lose your eggs.
- @claim no longer drops a mistyped referral code, and its referral box no longer freezes — 0 skips.
- Blank answers no longer freeze NPC dialogs.
- The Megaphone box cannot trap you — 0 cancels.
- Payon's front door lands in town.