cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

21 January 2026

Year 4, month 1, patch 2

Patch goals

• Continue balancing for all races
• Continue Askosi development
• Further improve audiovisuals
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Notes in italics are from Pr0nogo

Core changes

Random (c. Jesse)

• Now has a chance to roll Askosi
• Now displays the race assigned to players on map start

Bugfixes

• Stability:
  • Fixed Grandstand cargo crash (r. ConcealedOrganic)
• Audiovisual
  • Fixed vespene and supply icons for Askosi (c. Jesse)

Audiovisuals

• New sprite for:
  • Zealot (incl. Starbound variant; c. Solstice)
• New unit responses for:
  • Striga (c. OunceOfMilia)

Balance changes

Protoss

• Atreus:
  • Resource costs 200/50 » 200/25
• Grand Library:
  • Resource costs 250/50 » 225/50
  • Build time 55 » 60
• Prostration Stage:
  • Resource costs 400/200 450/200
  • Build time 65 » 70
• Unitary Union:
  • Resource costs 400/350 450/350
  • Build time 65 » 70
• Argosy:
  • Build time 70 » 75

Zerg

• Bone of Reflection:
  • Used by Tethzorokor, Zarcavrokor*
  • Armor penetration 3 » 0
• Agrileth:
  • Transport weight 8 » 6
• Tethzorokor:
  • HP 240 » 220

Askosi

• New arrivals:
  • T1: Eyelet (from Proselyte)
  • T2: Biotic (full), Conduit, Bestiary
• Dyad:
  • Resource costs 50/50 » 50/25
• Rove:
  • Armor 1 » 0
• Intendent:
  • Resource costs 150/50 » 125/50
  • HP 140 » 120
  • Armor 2 » 1
  • Ersa Driver:
    • Armor penetration 3 » 0
    • Weapon range 6 » 5
• Helion:
  • Resource costs 100/50 » 100/25
  • Build time 18 » 15
  • HP 120 » 100
  • Usko Scrapray:
    • Weapon cooldown 0.63 » 0.5
• Tirade:
  • Armor 2 » 1
  • Ikta Driver:
    • Weapon damage 10 » 7
• Cipher:
  • Build time 65 » 75
• Gauntlet:
  • Resource costs 200/75 » 200/100
  • Build time 80 » 90