What kind of game is this
STARFORGE is a space strategy MMO you play straight in a browser. No install, no download. You start with one planet, raise mines, research technology, build a fleet and push out into the galaxy. Your mines keep running while you are offline, so checking in a few times a day is enough.
Every number here is the value the live server uses. This is not a rough overview — probabilities, costs and multipliers are published as they are. When we change the balance, we change this guide with it.
Documents
Getting Started
Three resources, mines, power and storage — everything you need in the first few days.
Buildings
All 14, with costs and growth factors, and what to raise first.
Research
16 technologies. Drives, weapons and Astrophysics.
Ships and Combat
13 hulls, the rapid-fire matchups, six-round combat and the 30% debris rule.
Defenses
12 emplacements, and 80% auto-repair after fleet combat.
Deep-Space Expeditions
Orbit 16 — the real odds and the Dark Force.
Relic Raid
Daily 20:00–21:00. No losses, 15% of what you commit.
Pirate Raid
Nightly at 21:30. Waves 1 to 100.
Guilds and Guild War
Joint attacks, garrison defense and proportional splits.
If this is your first time
- Alternate the Metal Drill Core and the Crystal Spire. Early growth is almost entirely mines.
- Keep the Photon Forge up with them. Short on power and your mines never run at 100%.
- Build the Academy Core and research Core Theory. Nearly every technology grows from it.
- Raise your vaults before they fill. Anything past the cap is simply thrown away.
- Build a few Watchers and look around. They are the cheapest and fastest information you will ever get.
The details are in Getting Started.