Bitburner (tuxdb.com)

Inspired by games like Else Heart.break(), Hacknet, Uplink, and Deus Ex, Bitburner is a programming-based incremental RPG where you, the player, take the role of an unknown hacker in a dark, dystopian world. The game provides a variety of mechanics and systems that can be changed through coding and solved or automated in whatever way you find suitable.
While a very basic programming background is recommended, it is not required to play the game!

Write scripts in JavaScript to automate your gameplay
Hack through a network of servers to train your abilities and earn money
Solve real programming questions to hone your skills and earn rewards
Improve your character with 100+ Augmentations
Trade in the stock market and write automated trading scripts
Interact with various gameplay mechanics to increase your stats and earn money
Explore the world and discover different companies, locations, and factions
Mini-games
Unlock secret perma-upgrades
Continuing development!

2.8.1 Patch Notes

## v2.8.1: 4 April 2025

### MAJOR CHANGES

### UI

- Increase width of each job in "Job" tab (#2017) (@catloversg)
- Fix: Cannot buy augmentations via UI when money is equal to cost (#2039) (@catloversg)
- Do not close scripts in editor when their servers are deleted (#2049) (@catloversg)
- Add button for exporting save file in recovery screen (#2060) (@catloversg)
- Show faction enemies even after joining (#2046) (@catloversg)

### MISC

- Correctly initialize board from save when there are no prior moves (#1995) (@ficocelliguy)
- Fix first-time Go initialization (#2012) (@d0sboots)
- Add support for getting the save file through the RFA (#2004) (@G4mingJon4s)
- ns.getServer("home").moneyAvailable returns player's money (#2024) (@NagaOuroboros)
- Fix: Game crashes when loading new save in edge cases (#2026) (@catloversg)
- Ensure that IPvGO promises are initialized correctly on a new save and on fluming (#2032) (@ficocelliguy)
- Ensure there is always at least one offline node (#2030) (@ficocelliguy)
- Fix: Player can manipulate internal state of coding contract (#2040) (@catloversg)
- Fix: Player can win more than casino's limit (#2042) (@catloversg)
- Add new analysis method to set a custom testing board state (#2029) (@ficocelliguy)
- IPvGO: Improve type checking and documentation (#2028) (@ficocelliguy)
- Restarting the tutorial doesn't soft reset your game (#1992) (@paulcdejean)
- Fix exploit where favor limit from IPvGO was removed on augmentation (#2050) (@ficocelliguy)
- Add support for highlighting nodes and adding small text (#1996) (@ficocelliguy)

### DOCUMENTATION

- Update TSDoc of ns.purchaseServer and CodingContract types (#2023) (@catloversg)
- IPvGO: Clarify how favor is gained from wins (#2051) (@ficocelliguy)
- Clarify AutocompleteData.server and ns.formatNumber (#2062) (@catloversg)

### SPOILER CHANGES - UI

- Make SF description in Augmentations tab and BitVerse always be the same (#2013) (@catloversg)
- Make BN-hint popups harder to be dismissed accidentally (#2021) (@catloversg)
- Warn player if they enable territory clash when gang power is too low (#2061) (@catloversg)

### SPOILER CHANGES - MISC

- Warn player that they cannot accept Stanek's Gift after joining Bladeburner with SF7.3 (#2005) (@catloversg)
- Disable effect of SF7.3 and SF10 if player disables them with advanced options (#2019) (@catloversg)
- Add ns.singularity.cat (#1999) (@NagaOuroboros)

### SPOILER CHANGES - DOCUMENTATION

- Clarify effect of Bladeburner augmentation and Stanek's Gift fragment (#2058) (@catloversg)
- Clarify conditions of activating Gang, Bladeburner, Stanek's Gift (#2053) (@catloversg)
- Clarify Market-TA1, Market-TA2, MaxSalesVolume (#2014) (@catloversg)

### CODEBASE/REFACTOR

- Suppress false-positive console errors caused by RamCalculation.test.ts (#2002) (@catloversg)
- Fix React warnings in BitVerse (#2020) (@catloversg)
- "getCornerMove" coordinates corrected (#2027) (@wasniahC)
- CI: Pin commit id of tj-actions/changed-files (#2031) (@catloversg)
- Add mathjax-full and csstype as direct dependencies (#2037) (@ficocelliguy)