We’re excited to announce the release of Starbound 1.4 – the ‘Bounty Hunter’ update!

In this update players can become bounty hunters, seeking out criminal gangs through missions and climb the ranks as they rebuild the Peacekeepers and restore law and order to the universe. There’s also new elemental variants of many monsters, which have a rare chance to be encountered – if you see one be sure to capture it! In addition there’s a ton of new furniture, objects, weapons, and fun new stuff – including drones, password keypad locks, a laser mining tool, and a sports car!

We’ve been working on this update for a long time, thanks so much for being patient while we took the time to get it just right! Here’s an outline of all the 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

Rare Monsters

Elemental Monster variants – they are capturable, and earn progress in a new collection.

New Collection : Rare Pets 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 Pillar, Egyptian Statuette, Egyptian Table

Egyptian Bed, Egyptian Chair, Egyptian Crest, 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

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

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

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

Cultist Airlock Door, Cultist Airlock Hatch, Cultist Banner, Cultist Chest Other: Dark Computer, Extractor Drill, Hanging Guardian, Mech Platform

Dark Computer, Extractor Drill, Hanging Guardian, Mech Platform New Teleporter: Peacekeeper Teleporter

Peacekeeper Teleporter New Wireable Object: Numeric Keypad

Other New Additions

Drones: Peacekeeper Drone, Mining Drone

Peacekeeper Drone, Mining Drone New Weapons: Neo Magnum, Neo Magnum-E78, Neo Magnum-RX, Neo Magnum-ZZZ, Glue Sprayer, Lazercaster, Stun Grenade

Neo Magnum, Neo Magnum-E78, Neo Magnum-RX, Neo Magnum-ZZZ, Glue Sprayer, Lazercaster, Stun Grenade New Tool: Mining Laser

Mining Laser New Unique Monster: Cosmic Intruder

Cosmic Intruder New Mission: The Dantalion

The Dantalion New Boss Encounter: The Swansong

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)

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

Cosmic Intruder Figurine, Swansong Figurine New Mech Parts: Neo Laser Mech Arm, Peacekeeper Mech Body

Neo Laser Mech Arm, Peacekeeper Mech Body New Augments: Peacekeeper I Augment, Peacekeeper II Augment, Peacekeeper III Augment

Peacekeeper I Augment, Peacekeeper II Augment, Peacekeeper III Augment New vehicle: Red Sports Car

Red Sports Car New world spawn vehicles: Dropship, Mini Tank, Mini UFO, Sportscar, Jeep

Dropship, Mini Tank, Mini UFO, Sportscar, Jeep New object tags: Cultist, Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office

Cultist, Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office New Tenants: Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office

Egyptian, Peacekeeper, Office New blocks: Sloped Glass Panel, Polygon Platform

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

We hope you all enjoy this update, please let us know what you think on Twitter or Discord! We’ll be streaming it later this afternoon on our Twitch channel if you’d like to see a preview!!

Till next time