Version 1.4.0

Starbound 1.4 - Bounty Hunter Update Trailer

Version 1.4.0 was the fouth major content patch released after Version 1.0. It was released to the unstable branch on April 23rd, 2019 for testing and released to the stable version of the game on June 13, 2019. On October 24, 2024 this version was released onto XBox One and XBox series consoles.

The primary features introduced in this patch were Bounty Hunting, which included new capture mechanics for criminals, police stations locations, events, and a series of quests, Elemental monster variants, and a new dungeon & new boss.

The update was first teased in late 2017, then put on hold for almost a year while design was re-assessed and other development was prioritized.

It was announced and changes were detailed on the developer blog shortly after unstable release. The full patch notes were shared on the developer blog upon its release.

Changes

Bounty Hunting

• New procedurally-generated quests that see the player travel to worlds and into space, hunting down criminal gangs
• New Peacekeeper stations for bounty hunters – work your way through promotions and restore law in the universe
• Take the fight to criminal gangs at their hideouts, including a climatic final mission & boss fight!
• New quests: Becoming a Peacekeeper, Rookie Assignment, Rising through the Ranks, The Good Fight, Keeping the Peace, Going after the Occasus
• New generated bounty quests
• New generated criminal hideout microdungeons

New Music

• Four new music tracks by Starbound composer Curtis Schweitzer

Elemental Monsters

New Elemental Monster variants. They are capturable, and earn progress in a new Collection - the Rare Monster collection.

• New Collection: Rare Pets collection
• New monster variants: Fire Gleap, Electric Voltip, Poison Smoglin, Ice Peblit, Albino Poptop, Electric Anglure, Fire Bobot, Poison Bulbop, Electric Capricoat, Ice Crabcano, Electric Crutter, Ice Fennix, Elecrtic Hemogoblin, Ice Hypnare, Fire Lilodon, Poison Mandraflora, Ice Miasmop, Ice Narfin, Fire Oogler, Poison Nutmidge, Ice Orbide, Electric Petricub, Poison Pipkin, Electric Quagmutt, Ice Ringram, Poison Scaveran, Elecrtic Snaunt, Poison Snuffish, Poison Sporgus, Fire Taroni, Fire Toumingo, Poison Trictus, Electric Yokat, Electric Ignome, Fire Lumoth, Poison Pyromantle, Electric Skimbus, Fire Spookit, Fire Squeem, Fire Wisper, Ice Agrobat, Poison Batong, Poison Bobfae, Fire Monopus, Poison Paratail, Fire Pteropod, Cultist Scandroid, Ice Crustoise, Ice Iguarmor, Fire Oculob, Poison Pulpin, Ice Snaggler, Electric Tintic, Fire Gosmet

New Furniture

• Egyptian set: Egyptian Bed, Egyptian Chair, Egyptian Crest, Egyptian Lamp, Egyptian Pillar, Egyptian Statuette, Egyptian Table
• Office set: Office Cabinet, Office Computer, Office Desk, Office Desk Lamp, Office Noticeboard, Office Scanner, Office Server, Office Stapler, Office Table
• Peacekeeper objects: Peacekeeper Chair, Peacekeeper Computer, Peacekeeper Desk, Peacekeeper Door, Peacekeeper Emblem, Peacekeeper Rusty Emblem, Peacekeeper Furnishings, Peacekeeper Lamp Post, Peacekeeper Mug, Peacekeeper Notes, Peacekeeper Painting, Peacekeeper Tall Poster, Peacekeeper Wide Poster, Peacekeeper Store, Peacekeeper Table, Peacekeeper Vending Machine, Peacekeeper Poster
• Neon objects: Bounty Board, Neon Hologram, Neon Lamp Post, Neon Magenta Light, Neon Peacekeeper Emblem, Neon Store, Neon Triangle
• Occasus pieces: Cultist Airlock Door, Cultist Airlock Hatch, Cultist Banner, Cultist Chest
• Other: Dark Computer, Extractor Drill, Hanging Guardian, Mech Platform
• New Teleporter: Peacekeeper Teleporter
• New Wireable Object: Numeric Keypad

New Additions

• Drones: Peacekeeper Drone, Mining Drone
• New Weapons: Neo Magnum, Neo Magnum-E78, Neo Magnum-RX, Neo Magnum-ZZZ, Glue Sprayer, Lazercaster, Stun Grenade, Gang Broadsword
• New Tool: Mining Laser
• New Unique Monster: Cosmic Intruder
• New Mission: The Dantalion
• New Boss Encounter: The Swansong
• New Armor: Captain Noble Head, Cultist General Hood, Cultist General Tentacles, Groucho Glasses, Pharaoh Headdress, Sheep Hat, Shirt Top, Peacekeeper Set (Peacekeeper Hat, Peacekeeper Shirt, Peacekeeper Trousers)
• New Figurines: Cosmic Intruder Figurine, Swansong Figurine
• New Mech Parts: Neo Laser Mech Arm, Solus Katana Mech Arm, Peacekeeper Mech Body
• New Augments: Peacekeeper I Augment, Peacekeeper II Augment, Peacekeeper III Augment
• New vehicle: Red Sports Car
• New world spawn vehicles: Dropship, Mini Tank, Mini UFO, Sportscar, Jeep
• New object tags: Cultist, Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office
• New Tenants: Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office
• New block: Sloped Glass Panel, Polygon Platform
• New currency: Peace Credit

Changes and Fixes

• Changed the crafting requirements for all mech parts to match materials in the system where the blueprint is found.'
• Changed name of 'T-Rex' fossil pieces to 'T. Rex'
• Fixed bug where Triplod Figurine was not properly awarding credit to the Collections Library
• Various lua bindings added
• Added /setdungeonid command
• Updated instrument audio position to follow the player
• Display for gendered armor in tooltips
• Add hover state to mission/crew/tech interface lists
• For radial tile brushes, damage tile center instead of tile origin
• Allow equalsSelf material render rule to also match on hue
• Add a glow to inventory button when inventory has new items
• Add a cooldown to ouch noise
• Remove monster families and variantParameters
• Allow bursting particle emitters multiple times in the same frame
• Fix latch object animation bug
• Only suffocate if mouth position is inside collision geometry
• Fix energypickaxe animation state
• Fix projectiles not dealing damage if spawned after the parent projectile has died
• Minor bugfixes

Disabled Additions

Version 1.4.0 also added a major dungeon, the Cultist Lair, but it did not enable generation of that dungeon in the universe.

References

Starbound Version History
Alpha Dev Blogs May 2013 • June 2013 • July 2013 • August 2013 • September 2013 • October 2013 • November 2013 Beta Koala Builds Perturbed Koala • Irritated Koala • Annoyed Koala • Frustrated Koala • Indignant Koala • Offended Koala • Angry Koala • Furious Koala • Enraged Koala • Rampaging Koala Giraffe Builds Upbeat Giraffe • Spirited Giraffe • Pleased Giraffe • Glad Giraffe • Cheerful Giraffe Full Release 1.0 1.0 • 1.0.1 • 1.0.2 • 1.0.3 • 1.0.4 • 1.0.5 1.1 1.1.0 • 1.1.1 1.2 1.2.0 • 1.2.1 • 1.2.2 • 1.2.3 1.3 1.3.0 • 1.3.1 • 1.3.2 • 1.3.3 • 1.3.4 1.4 1.4.0 • 1.4.1 • 1.4.2 • 1.4.3 • 1.4.4 • 1.4.5