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• Your existing characters and worlds should be more or less intact, but as usual, you will need to start a fresh universe or explore far-off systems in order to experience some of the new content.[/*]
• If you are running any Starbound mods, they may be incompatible with the latest version of Starbound. I'd recommend backing up your existing characters before launching the game![/*]
• In fact, backing up your existing characters in an Early Access game is [u]never[/u] a bad idea.[/*]

• Generated and tiered two-handed weapons now have special abilities that can be activated using right click. Many (45+) possible abilities are available for various classes of ranged and melee weapons![list]
• Yes, some guns now have flashlights[/*]

• Lots of new unique monsters found throughout the galaxy, each with their own special abilities and behaviors[/*]
• Knockback is more powerful and reliable[/*]
• Monsters have clearer ‘telegraphing’ to indicate when they are about to attack[/*]
• Remade shields and improved blocking mechanics[/*]
• Replaced electric stun status effect with Electrified, which periodically damages other nearby enemies[/*]
• Hostile monsters now damage the player on touch[/*]

• New system for player-controlled vehicles which can be spawned and despawned using Vehicle Controllers (acquired at the Outpost)[/*]
• Hoverbikes![list]
• Great for travelling across planet surfaces quickly![/*]
• They include a passenger seat so you can transport your friends![/*]
• Come in several attractive colors![/*]
• Drive carefully to avoid blowing yourself up![/*]

• Quest givers’ portraits are shown on quest dialogs and in the log[/*]
• Colonists now occasionally give players new procedural quests to help improve their house or social standing[/*]
• The abandon button can be used on procedural quests and the same quests can now be declined[/*]

• New ‘Midnight’ planets[/*]
• New ‘Frozen’ planets (replaces Tundra)[/*]
• Prism, Steam Spring, and Hive sub biomes[/*]
• Over 300 new microdungeons and other improvements to all underground biomes, including background caves and parallaxes[/*]

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• Craftable elevator objects, because stairs are so last millennium[/*]
• Consumable dyes to change the color of armor and clothing[/*]
• Capture pods are (for now) used to capture and relocate critters, with a more complete pet system returning in a future patch[/*]
• Loads of item descriptions have been fixed/replaced/added, including lots of Novakid ones![/*]
• Too many new objects, items, costumes, colony tenants, etc. to list[/*]
• Too many bug fixes, item tweaks, and balance changes to list[/*]
• Improved support for Tiled map and tileset format for modders[/*]

• Some one-handed, unique and biome weapons which still use the old system will be replaced in a future patch[/*]