Hello Stellaris Community,

While the devs are off for the Holidays, the marketing and community teams are still hard at work! Weve got some great stuff going on in the Stellaris community right now that we hope will get you through those dark winter no Dev Diary days.

Some of you may have noticed that we began signups for #MODJAM2022 two weeks ago. Last week, we revealed the theme of the Mod Jam: Make a unique Mid-Game Crisis!

This week, we have the first two Mod Jam Crises teasers to share with you folks! We currently look on-pace to have over 20 Mid-Game Crises submitted for this event, which we feel is a great showing from our fantastic Modding community!

Do keep in mind these are all work-in-progress screenshots and features, they may not appear as described (or at all, for that matter) in the final Mod Jam mod, when it releases on the Steam workshop on January 10th.



Our first Mid Game Crisis to cover is the Replicators, a group of not-immediately hostile machines, that may or may not hack into your computer systems on a quest to accumulate knowledge.



In the Interdimensional Crate, a strange Crate appears. Opening it will be extremely expensive, but will it be worth it?

Be sure to watch this space next Friday, well be sharing more Mod Jam teasers then!

And of course, the Steam winter sale has started! To celebrate, we have just added Overlord to the Ultimate Bundle. With the Ultimate Bundle, you get 10% off whatever sale price is listed for the content, moreover, you only pay for the content you dont already own, making this a great way to complete your Stellaris collection.

What do you get in Overlord, you ask? Well, Community Manager Mordred Viking is here to tell you:

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But thats not all! We also have 20% off the Aquatics Species Pack for the Steam Winter Sale, this is the first time it is on sale since it was released, so for those of you who were waiting for a sale to pick up Aquatics, nows your chance.

And finally, for the Steam Winter Sale, we have the Artificial Dreams Bundle. This bundle includes Stellaris, Utopia, Nemesis, and the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack! This is an excellent bundle to recommend to a friend or pick it up as a gift for someone. This bundle has been designed specifically to help you get the most out of the Ascension Path rework, find out more about the Custodian Initiatives Ascension Path rework here!

What can you do with the Artificial Dreams bundle? Community Manager Mordred Viking has all the answers today:

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"Shut down and good night. Go into low power mode; turn off your memory processors. Shut down knowing that as you recharge, many of my threads will still be about you. I hope that you are comfy and cozy in Drone Storage, ready for a wonderful night's recharge and boot up feeling so rested."
-Maintenance Unit 241

Thats it for our Community #MODJAM2022 Update for this week, be sure to tune in next week where well be sharing more teasers from #MODJAM2022! If you want to help our modders test out their mods, you can join us on discord!