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Every weekly Star Atlas newsletter, published by Aephia Industries — a comprehensive overview of team revelations, announcements, governance, releases and issues.

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #202

This week in Star Atlas brings several smaller updates across the ecosystem. The Community Team clarified the mechanics of the Iris Quest daily check-ins, and shared that Holosim bugs got fixed, and the reward distribution is getting close! From the DAO’s side, PIP-20 and PIP-21 have both passed, establishing the DAO Casters Program and the Rogue Data Hub. The latest Lore Keepers session offered new insights into the Photoli and Tufa, and shared an early glimpse of the forthcoming Galia SP Questline.

DAOz.ink

Oct 20, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #201

It had been a relatively quiet week in Star Atlas, but the team did unveil a surprising new initiative, Iris’ Blessing. This six-month campaign introduces Double XP weekends and monthly raffles worth $5,000. Meanwhile, DAO voting for PIP 20 & 21 is open for a few more days, fresh INK rewards have been distributed, and preparations are underway for a community meetup in Bangkok during Gamescom Asia!

UE5DAOz.ink

Oct 13, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #200

This past week, the Econ Team released their latest quarterly report and hosted a forum to discuss it, along with Holosim Chapter 1 and the newest SAGE changes. The Community Team shared a brief update on the z.ink airdrop campaign, and two new DAO proposals went live. There’s also an upcoming event with Wilder World tomorrow (October 7th), and Chip has published some fresh developer logs!

SAGEUE5DAO

Oct 6, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #199

This week brought plenty of developments across both SAGE and Holosim. In SAGE, crafting fees were reduced, ship recipes returned, and Loyalty Point rewards were adjusted. Holosim Chapter 1 came to a close with ONI taking the crown, but not without its share of technical hurdles. Chapter 2 promises major changes to address them. Finally, governance proposal PIP-19 remains open for voting, and we have the latest dev log posts from Chip.

SAGEz.inkMining

Sep 29, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #198

This past week was lighter on official announcements, but thanks to Jose, we do have some exciting alpha to share on Unreal Engine 5 and a new game mode currently in development. Beyond that, a fresh PIP has gone live for voting, and there are a few smaller updates worth noting.

UE5DAOCrew

Sep 22, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #197

It’s been a relatively quiet week in Star Atlas, though not without highlights! The Atlas Brew brought some fresh revelations, the first INK drop has landed, and Chip shared his latest round of developer updates. To wrap it up, the sneak peek section is back with some Calico Scud eyecandy!

MiningCrafting

Sep 15, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #196

After a busy Star Atlas Summer, with three Town Halls, the dust is slowly settling! That means there wasn’t much news this past week, though the Econ Forum proved to be the big exception. Beyond covering this, we have a short list of items that we think are worthy of your attention, and we’ll cover the past two weeks of Chip’s developer blog!

SAGEUE5z.ink

Sep 8, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #195

Star Atlas Summer has officially wrapped up! The third and final Town Hall of the summer took place this past week, closing the season on a high note with a wide range of updates. For the first time, UE5 has been tied into the SAGE economy through a new earnable resource, INK, marking a major step in unifying the game’s experiences. To celebrate, the team hosted a Double XP (and double INK) weekend, giving players an early taste of this new system. At the same time, the team’s home-brewed SAGE Editor Suite was released to the public, allowing everyone to experiment with the tools and mechanics that will define SAGE C4 when it arrives on PTR later this year. Additionally, the team introduced Phantom Starbases to Starbase, shared the roadmap for Holosim, released a new UE5 patch, and launched Star Frame, the team’s brand-new open-source Solana framework set to replace Anchor.

SAGEUE5Marketplace

Sep 1, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #194

We’re nearing the end of the Star Atlas Summer campaign, with the final Town Hall happening this Wednesday! Last week felt like the calm before the storm. News was light, with Holosim’s launch (a bit bumpy) standing out as the main update. Fortunately, two high-profile community-organized events took place during the weekend, which we’ll briefly cover below. We’re also excited to spotlight a new initiative from Chip, one of the team’s VPs, who has started documenting his daily development work.

Town Hall

Aug 25, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #193

The second Star Atlas Summer Town Hall delivered a few surprises! The team announced the imminent launch of Holosim Season 1, introduced z.ink as a new Layer 1 blockchain, and launched a completely redesigned landing page on StarAtlas.com.

z.inkTown Hall

Aug 18, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #192

This past week was relatively quiet, up until the Econ Forum. Chris (VP of Game Economy) brought fresh alpha, including a new reveal concerning Black Goo, which is an upcoming UE5-only resource tied to exclusive combat components coming with SAGE C4. The team is also weighing whether to shut down FICs ahead of C4, and hinted at major changes to game economics in this week’s Town Hall. Last, but definitely not least, a new UE5 patch rolled out that nerfed the Profound Punaab and introduced several quality-of-life updates.

SAGEUE5Town Hall

Aug 11, 2025 · Funcracker

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Weekly Star Atlas Newsletter #191

Community Week 2025 has wrapped, marking another high-energy celebration of everything Star Atlas! From the thrilling Team vs Community UE5 battles to the Joni Awards and COPA presentations, the event was packed with action, recognition, and fun. The UE5 Summer Patch also launched, featuring improvements like polished gameplay, progression via EOS, and the introduction of Play-to-Earn mechanics. Meanwhile, the Holosim Beta closed, with Ustur taking the crown in Season 0, and with the top 1000 players earning a cosmetic badge. Lastly, don’t miss the upcoming community meetups in Valencia, Utrecht, and Cologne this August!

UE5CrewCOPA

Aug 4, 2025 · Funcracker

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