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Distant Worlds 2 · Community Announcements · September 21, 2026

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A new Distant Worlds 2 is now live, bringing a range of gameplay improvements, new options, balance changes and stability fixes.

Key Update Highlights:

• Independent Colonies can now become full empires earlier, with a new setting to enable or disable this feature.

• Boarding & Raiding have been rebalanced, with more unpredictable battles and reduced raid rewards.

• Artifacts can now be traded through the Diplomacy screen.

• New Research Location filters make it easier to identify and target foreign research sites.

• Pirate gameplay has been rebalanced, including reduced ship production and increased protection fees.

• Galaxy Map visuals, weapons, ships and story events have received various improvements and fixes.

• Multiple crash fixes and stability improvements.

Full changelog here.

We're ready to release the new DLC, don't miss Distant Worlds 2: Shadows Rising on October 7th.

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