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"A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune." General Information Game Overview - The game, what to expect UI - Basics of the UI Game Music - OST available now! Game Concepts Captain - Starting the game, backgrounds XP - Gaining XP, levels, level caps Skills - Skill points, loadouts, bonus points Mastery - Skill masteries Officer Skills β - Ships - Ships overview, ship roles and modules Ship List β - All known ships, compare and plan ahead Ship Decoration - Decals! Items - Items, types, rarities, sizes, storage Substats - Item bonuses Navigation - Map, navigation, gates and keys ECHO - The autopilot / idle mode Activity types: Combat - Fighting other ships Mining - Mining asteroids for ore Salvage - Salvaging wrecks for scrap Trade - Trading Bulks for profit Boarding β - Stations - Stations and services Workshop - Workshop operations Refinery - Refinery operations Forge - Forging new items, crafting Power - How Power works Drones - How Drones work Damage and mitigation - How damage is calculated and mitigated Precision - Precision and critical hits Energy - Reactor output and effects The World Great Gate - What is known Credits - The short and short of it Factions - Various factions and their goals Faction Currencies - Tokens Faction Reputation - Reputations and bonuses Conquest Reputation - Reputations and bonuses Conquest Zone - Ara Martis, The Conquest Ship Manufacturers - People building ships Characters - Friends we made (enemies) along the way Missions - General mission overview Skill Missions - Missions unlocking skills and skill points Patrol - Patrol Mission Bounty Hunt - Bounty Hunt Mission Industrial Ops - Industrial Ops mission Umbral Missions - Umbral missions and infections Spoiler Territory! Story Thus Far - Story spoilers Story Missions - Story Arc Missions Useful Lists Ship List - All known ships, compare and plan ahead Items overview Boosters β Consumables - Deployables included Modules - Ship components Turrets - Ship turrets Ammo - Food for ship turrets Picture of a Space Ship - The most critical of all items Aspects - Module Aspects list Latest Patch 2026.06.06 - Beta Hotfix 0.8.1.5 Game News 2026.05.29 - New Beta Update 0.8.1 2026.05.06 - Soundtrack release 2026.04.21 - Supporter Pack DLC 2026.04.10 - Early Access Plans 2026.03.17 - Update 0.8 Conquest 2026.01.23 - Conquest: The next beta release is coming soon 2025.12.16 - Update 0.7.5 Gathering Storm 2025.10.30 - Vanguard Galaxy released in Early Access 2025.10.28 - Early Access Roadmap 2025.09.25 - Release Date and Demo Update 2025.09.03 - Closed Beta Test has begun 2025.06.30 - Our plans for Vanguard Galaxy 2025.05.08 - Vanguard Galaxy Demo now available! Guides and Tutorials The Best Ship? - "Best" ships at various stages of the game. Challenges - "Fun!" challenges to try at home.

Quick Tips The game runs on the Steam Deck. There is no "Offline" Idle. Currently, the Max Level Cap for the Player and Crew is 60. Skill Point cap is 120. Distinguished is the max Reputation Rank attainable (30.000 Rep). The Savefiles / Savegame for Windows are saved under C:\ ↳Users\ ↳[username]\ ↳AppData\ ↳LocalLow\ ↳Bat Roost Games\ ↳VanguardGalaxy\