Galaxy Life — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Starbase Contest! | 2026-05-11 | Hello Chiefs!It’s time for another competition between all the Chiefs! This event is a little different from the usual contests, as this time the focus is entirely on destroying starbases.Destroy as many starbases as possible to climb the rankings and earn in-game prizes depending on your position on the leaderboard. More details can be found in the in-game event menu. The event will run until May 24th 22:00 GMT indicated by the timer in-game, the event will officially end once this timer is over.Good luck, Chiefs! |
| New Unreal Cube by Mich007! | 2026-04-07 | Hello Chiefs! Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates!We just sent out a brand new Unreal Cube! This cube is called France Leader 3 and was sent out by Mich007, Here are the drop rates of the cube. 2 gold refills, 2 mineral refills, 5 nukes — 5%25 boulders, 25 missile rain, 25 earthquake drills — 5%25 freezes, 20 green berets, 15 mercenaries — 5%15 laser sights, 15 armor, 20 star shields — 5%5 defective cubes, 5 imperfect cubes, 5 perfect cubes — 7%15 Star batteries, 50 bulldozers — 4%50 emissaries of evil, 25 chips, 30 stun traps — 4%50 raiders, 50 moles, 20 colossus, 20 menders — 10%20 S-trikes, 20 Zeppelin 20 wasps, 15 laser sights — 8%15 |
| Easter Event 2026 | 2026-03-27 | Hello Chiefs! The Easter Event has officially begun! During this event you can collect Galactic Eggs by Helping other Players and Attacking them. These special eggs can be exchanged for Mystery Eggs, each having their own separate drop list. The drop rates for the eggs will be posted below this message with the chances of each item. The event will be live until the 12th of April after that the eggs will stop dropping! Good luck Chiefs! Event pack 1bulldozer x10 20%earthquake x5 10%missile rain x6 10%boulder x4 10%starlinator x5 10% Colossus x5 10% zeppelin x5 10% green beret x3 10%green beret x5 10%Event pack 2bulldozer x25 10%earthquake x7 1 |
| Phoenix Network Accounts Rework! Renaming,Devices and more! | 2026-03-05 | Accounts Rework Today we bring an update to the Phoenix Accounts system, with improved stability, new looks and even some new features! Find your improved settings menu here: https://accounts.phoenixnetwork.net/account/settings We have new looks for everything, such as the settings menu, register menu, login menu and much more! New FeaturesYou can now change your name!Account deletion will now take 30 days, and CANNOT be undone after those 30 days.See which devices are logged in to your account and remove them easilyChanging your password and email has become easier!Add/remove connections (such as Discord, Steam or Memberful) easily With more |
| Valentine's event | 2026-02-16 | Hey Chiefs!Valentine's is almost here and then it's time to steal each other's hearts again! Show each other love by attacking each other or simply by helping each other's bases. Get the highest score on the leaderboard to win some lovely rewards - up to 1500 chips! Hearts drop rates:Destroying regular buildings → drops between 1 and 2 heartsDestroying Star Bases → drops between 3 and 19 heartsHelping friends → drops 2 heartsMore information can be found in-game by pressing the event icon at the top left (available after the event has started). The event lasts until the 28th of February!Bug fixesFixed a rare issue causing players to be able t |
| Galaxy Life Doomsday Polarity Golem 12/12/25 | 2025-12-12 | Hello chiefs! 12/12/25 is finally upon us and doomsday strikes again, this time however a much bigger golem has walked out of the portal... the Polarity Golem! Because of this golem the planet is now half red and half green... Will we make it to Christmas? This golem is the strongest yet and deals an immense amount of damage like no other unit has seen before in Galaxy life. To make up for this insane amount of damage the golem has a very long charging time and has to wait before being able to fire again. The unit can be received by beating the event and also trough purchasing the Polarity pack and trough the store itself. There is also 5 new |
| Dev Blog - 02/12/2025 | 2025-12-02 | The problems of the last few days are finally resolved and the planned migration was successfully finished, although it took a lot longer than anticipated. All incoming messages (such as sent free gifts, or alliance join requests) were unfortunately lost due to the problems. On a brighter note, we're happy to announce that we've found and fixed the issue of the recent servers instabilities, and on top of that, we've made several changes to our codebase and infrastructure to improve the overall performance, for example you may notice your templates loading much faster than they used to, and the suggested alliances panel should now load pretty |
| Kebab Mixte Cube by Mich007 | 2025-11-04 | Hello chiefs! Another cube has been sent out to all players! This cube is called, Kebab Mixte and was sent out by Mich007, Here are the drop rates of the cube. 25% 50x star shield, 10x lightning bullet, 10x laser aim, 10x rock skin, 10x attractor, 5x 1day colony shield, 50x stun trap25% 25x emissary of evil, 25x reindeer soldier, 20x zeppelin, 20x colossus, 50x menders, 10x Mercenary Squad25% 1x SB upgrade, 2 workers, 1 refill bundle, 5x star battery, 50x bulldozers, 6x treadmill decoration25% 30x missiles rain, 10x boulder, 10x freeze bomb, 10x earthquake drill, 2x nuke, 25x battle support cube The cube is being sent out if you have not rece |
| New Halloween Unreal Cube! | 2025-10-31 | Hello chiefs! We just pushed a small patch with a new Halloween themed Unreal Cube! This cube is called, Evil Leader and was sent out by Mich007, Here are the drop rates of the cube. 20 golem thunder 4%20 golem tornado 4%20 golem rock 4%20 golem fire 4%20 golem forest 4%20 reindeer soldier 4%25 pumpkin bomb 4%25 protection seal 4%25 explosive pumpkin 4%25 arcane seal 4%25 holy potion 4%50 skeleton 4%50 zombie 4%50 demon 4%50 emissary of evil 4%50 shriek 4%30 deadly mine 4%15 decoy 4%30 mighty mine 4%15 attractor 4%25 potion 4%2 gold refill 4%2 mineral Refill 4%3 doom pack 4%3 horror pack 4% The cube is being sent out if you have not received |
| Galaxy Life 2025 Halloween! & Ban Wave | 2025-10-25 | Hello chiefs!The Horrors of Halloween have arrived once more! Get in-game now to enjoy the Galaxy Life Halloween event up until the 16th of November. During this event you will be able to obtain 3 new decorations for free and there is 2 new decorations available for purchase trough the in-game store as packages. When completing the event you will receive all Halloween units including the shriek unit which is only available during Halloween. With this update we have also pushed a fix for a very big exploit that had been going around for a very long time now regarding the refinery. All players who actively abused this have been banned and punis |
| Bug fixes! | 2025-09-28 | This small update just fixes some annoying issues you guys reported to us!Bug fixes:- Fixed the ability to overlap buildings in base builder.- Fixed game totally freezing when searching for alliances with specific search key.- Fixed infinite requests when searching for alliances.- Fixed public API frequent errors.- Fixed maintenance timer not properly showing up in-game.- Improved target finder performance.- Fixed outdated links in social panel.Other changes:- War opponents will no longer appear in target finder. (when they did, it wouldn't count warpoints, this is to avoid confusion) |
| Galaxy Life 3 Years! and Skull Seeker event | 2025-08-24 | Hello chiefs!In exactly 1 week Galaxy Life will have been officially back for 3 years!! To celebrate this starting from today until the 7th of September there will be an extra repeatable quest in your quest log where you will receive our brand new Anniversary decoration! In combination of this there's also the skull seeker event that will be live until the 7th of September where you can collect skulls for great rewards! The drop rates for the event packages: Event pack 1 bulldozer x10 18.5%earthquake x5 9.25%missile rain x6 9.25%boulder x4 9.25%starlinator x5 9.25% Colossus x5 9.25% zeppelin x5 9.25% green beret x3 9.25%green beret x5 9.25%sk |
| Brand new Unreal cube! | 2025-08-07 | Hello chiefs! A brand new Unreal Cube is being sent out! This cube is called, SMILEYFAC3 and was sent out by SMILEYFAC3.The drop rates of the cube are kept private as requested by him! |
| Summer Ducky Event! | 2025-07-18 | Hello chiefs! The annual summer ducky hunt has started once more, get in-game now to get as many duckies as you can! Remember you're not allowed on the summer planet without a summer ducky. the contest will last until the 2nd of August, in-game you can view the event timer too. The ducky drop rates are: Patch notes: New summer background,New summer foundations,You can no longer receive more badges than you can hold, The ducky drop rates are: 1-2 - Destroy buildings 3-19 - Destroy Star Base 2 - Help friends There's more summer updates to look forward to after this contest is done! Have fun chiefs! |
| Gold Event Droprates | 2025-06-11 | Event pack 1bulldozer x10 20%earthquake x5 10%missile rain x6 10%boulder x4 10%starlinator x5 10% Colossus x5 10% zeppelin x5 10% green beret x3 10%green beret x5 10% Event Pack 2 bulldozer x25 10%earthquake x7 10%missile rain x10 10%boulder x6 10%Colossus x10 10% Zeppelin x10 10% Green Beret x15 5% Star shield x5 10%Star shield x10 5%Nuke x1 3%Turret Damage boost x1 6%Turret damage boost x3 5%Mineral Refill x1 0.5%Gold Refill x1 0.5% Event pack 3Bulldozer x50 25%Earthquake x15 10%Missile Rain x20 10%Boulders x12 10%Star Shield x20 10%Starlinator x50 5%Colossus x30 4%Zeppelin x25 4%20 Colossus & 20 Menders 2.5%40 Strikes & 20 Starlinators 2.5 |
| Galaxy Life Gold Trading event 2 & New Unreal Cube | 2025-06-11 | Hello chiefs!Starting from today we have launched the Galaxy Life Gold Trading event! In this event you will collect gold pieces and trade them in at the banker for goodies and more! The event will last until the 27th of June and you can see an exact event counter in-game. Fixes: - Removed Advanced Spy Capsule inventory limit- The mission We need more resources 5 no longer requires you to own 12 level 10 Mines and Houses it is now level 9 in-stead- Increased Engine Drop rate And there is also a brand new Unreal cube that's being sent out to everyone thanks to Michi-007!Credits to Galactifer for making the cube's image. France Leader II with t |
| Galaxy Life Downtime Database Upgrade | 2025-05-13 | Hello Chiefs! Galaxy Life is currently under maintenance for approximately 5 hours while we migrate & upgrade our database server. This should fix any remaining issues with the game feeling slower than usual or stuff not working. Battlelogs will be deleted & this should improve the stability of both API and the backends, regarding the issues you guys experienced in the last week or so! Another post will be made once Galaxy Life is back online. |
| War matchmaking changes & 2 Unreal cubes | 2025-05-01 | War Matchmaking Changes We've heard your recent questions regarding the matchmaking logic we shared here in 2022. After further investigation, we noticed we made some mistakes when implementing it, which we will be fixing shortly. Alongside these bug fixes, we will be using the average of main players Starbase level only instead of the average Starbase level of all planets. For most alliances this has almost no effect, but for those at the top, they can see up to a 2x increase in possible opponents. We have considered these changes thoroughly and even asked some community members about them, and everyone seems to agree it's good! These change |
| Easter Decoration update and Friends update | 2025-04-16 | Easter Decoration update and Friends update Paid decoration We have a paid cosmetic for the first time in our store! Thanks to our artist Atociber, who made a really cool Easter Basket. We'd love to hear your feedback, would you like to see more of these? Friends update We also pushed a friends update yesterday, with some major improvements: - Performance improvements for people with lots of friends - Complete UI revamp for a much cleaner look - Added the ability to disable receiving friends requests - Added the ability to block players |
| Unreal Engine & Easter Event | 2025-04-13 | Unreal Engine & Easter Event Hello chiefs! We have made a video about Galaxy Life Unreal Alpha testing where we explain how you can join the Alpha tests and showcase some Unreal Engine mobile and pc footage. Make sure to check it out here! Easter Event The Easter event has started, Collect as many eggs as you can to win the best prizes! You can get eggs trough Attacking, Collecting and Friend Helps. The easter event will last until the 28th of April Event boosts All house income will be boosted by 50% Cooldown of Star Batteries will be reduced from 11h to 6h Cooldown of Toolboxes will be reduced from 23h to 16h This will be reverted at the en |