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Entropia Universe Version Updates

This archive preserves the complete history of Entropia Universe Version Updates, documenting the technical evolution of the platform and the development of its virtual worlds. Each update represents a snapshot in the ongoing transformation of the universe, from early system foundations and gameplay mechanics to major graphical upgrades, planetary expansions, and platform milestones.

The release notes collected here provide insight into how the real-cash economy virtual universe has evolved over time — including engine transitions, interface redesigns, new systems, balance adjustments, and community-driven improvements. Together they form a chronological technical record of the changes that shaped Entropia Universe from its early years to the modern era.

Use the search function to explore specific Version Updates, locate historical features, or trace how particular systems and mechanics have developed across different eras of the universe.

VU 19.0.1 September 17, 2025
Entropia Universe 19.0.1 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 19.0.1 Release Notes?


Fixes

  • Frontier Armor pieces should now be visible
  • The Drones on Setesh should now count towards the Drone Codex Challenge, instead of the Droka
  • Balanced the stats on the healing tools on Setesh
  • Added missing description text for the healing tools on Setesh
  • Removed “ARIS Overseers” and “Shattered Descent” messages being accidentally sent to everyone on Setesh
  • Fixed add friend button not offsetting correctly in the UI causing issues with clicking it
  • Fixed userlist offline timer should display correctly now
  • Clarified waypoints in the Setesh main mission chain
  • When being set to investigate the crashed shuttle on Setesh, it is now possible to skip investigating the debris
  • Fixed spawning and visibility issues with Teleporter Beacons

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 19.0.0 September 16, 2025
Entropia Universe 19.0.0 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 19.0.0 Release Notes?


New Features
  • New beginner experience set on the moon Setesh (replaces Thule)
    • A lush landscape centered around the bustling frontier city Port Cabrakan
  • New NPC behavior, enabling schedules, movement and reactions to make locations from now on feel more alive
  • New Creatures and Codex entries
    • Altaik
    • Robot Commando
    • Setesh variants of existing creatures
  • Plenty of new missions introducing the game mechanics and lore, go to Security Chief Harkov to start!
    • New exciting mission rewards for all players (note some items will not be available for people who have played through Thule)
    • Secrets and side missions to help connect to future content
  • Various QoL fixes (details below) to help new players get into the game easier and also alleviate annoyances

Changes
  • Ashi Oil Rig
    • Ground & flying vehicles allowed in surrounding area (zone on the map); still blocked near the rig
    • Oil output increased
    • Pets not allowed in the surrounding area
    • Creatures cannot be trained into the surrounding area
  • Orthos Oil Rig
    • Rig reactivated; same rules as Ashi with lower rewards
    • Removed robot spawns on the rig area
    • Creatures cannot be trained into the rig area

The Gauntlet
  • The instance has been temporarily disabled
  • The Vivo S10 reward has been moved to the mission chain in Setesh


Fixes
  • Creatures that are set to be instantly looted when killed are now looted even if the player is dead when the creature dies

Known Issues
  • Performance on Setesh, specifically Port Cabrakan and Outpost Bacab is not optimal and we are planning a second pass.

AI System Updates

Mission System Enhancements

  • Introduced "hand-in" missions, allowing NPCs to request specific items in exchange for rewards.
  • New daily mission givers, Trader Joel (Cabrakan) and Trader Joanna (Camp Icarus), have been implemented, offering item-for-reward missions.
  • Addressed and resolved an issue where NPCs occasionally experienced "tiredness" when attempting to initiate missions, leading to improved mission initiation reliability.

Memory and AI Model Improvements
  • The NPC memory system has undergone a significant rework, enhancing its efficiency in retaining information over time. This update facilitates the development of more comprehensive and enduring NPC memories regarding user interactions.
  • Underlying AI models have been upgraded for improved performance and capabilities.

User Interface (UI) Updates
  • Action Bar
  • Drag-and-drop no longer requires being in edit mode.
  • Action bars can now be individually locked/unlocked to avoid accidental dragging while not in edit mode.

Message Center
  • The Message Center window has received a comprehensive overhaul.
  • Addressed various minor bugs, including incorrect icon rendering, deactivated tutorials displaying pages, and improper display of bid entries (incorrect backgrounds and placement).

User List
  • Resolved a bug preventing the display of offline timers for users.
  • The visual presentation of the User List window has been consolidated for a cleaner appearance.
  • Texturizer Tool
  • Corrected an issue where items in the Texturizer Tool window did not rotate and zoom accurately in the preview.
  • Chat System
  • Chat colors have been restored to their pre-UI update palette.
  • Quest Tracker
  • A soft background has been added behind the text in the Quest Tracker to enhance readability.
  • Options Menu
  • A new "MISC" option, previously exclusive to the client launcher settings, is now directly accessible within the in-game Options menu, this for example includes language and connection settings.
  • Dropdown menus within the Options with a significant number of entries now provide increased visual space to facilitate scrolling.

Known Issues
  • Friend Requests is not working properly in the Message Center - this will be patched

Vehicle Updates
  • Place and Enter action:
  • A new vehicle action that spawns the vehicle at the player’s position and automatically enters the vehicle.
  • Accessed through the inventory or by using a vehicle in the hot bar.
  • Recall Changes
  • The recall action now returns the vehicle to inventory while on the same planet.
  • Added a new recall action that forces all vehicles to planet storage.
  • Automatic recall
  • A new option for automatically recalling vehicles to the inventory when they are far away.
  • The distance is configurable by the player.
  • Automatic re-equip
  • If a tool was equipped while entering a vehicle it will be re-equipped upon exiting the vehicle.
  • This is disabled in PvP

Map
  • Nearby owned vehicles now appear as a floating marker

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.15.4 July 9, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.15.4 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.15.4 Release Notes?


Fixes
  • NeoPsion Booster Implant, Prototype bug fixes:
    Will now show up on the Hall of Fame board
    Can now be auctioned
    Buffs will now display on nameplates
  • Installation
    Entropia gameinstaller fix for unicode and wide character paths.



MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.15.3 July 1, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.15.3 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.15.3 Release Notes?


Fixes
  • Starter pack items can now be Protected again
  • Fixed an issue with Frontier Thigh Guards that prevented it from being used together with certain clothing items
  • Interplanetary teleports usability

Known Issues
  • Some shops in Thebes, Ancient Greece are not functioning as shops, this will be fixed.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.15.2 June 25, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.15.2 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.15.2 Release Notes?


New Features
  • New fonts:
    Supports Bold and Italics in all languages
    Provides better readability
  • Character Sheet:
    Zoom and rotation functionality added to the character sheet avatar view

Changes
  • The items from the Frontier Starter Packs can now be sold at a Trade Terminal
  • The NeoPsion Booster Implant, Prototype is now tradeable

Fixes
  • Running animations have been adjusted further, and matches the higher running speeds better now
  • Fixed a bug with the Frontier Knives that allowed non-melee attachments to be used with them
  • Fixed a bug with the Frontier Harnesses that prevented you from using cloaks, wings, backpacks, etc. together with them
  • Character Sheet:
    Armor masks now appear in the head slot
    Garment list is now sorted alphabetically
    The missing character sheet action icon is now visible

Known Issues
  • There is a known animation bug with the player character arms when jumping or falling, where a held weapon/tool will be jerk to the side and bac
  • Typing in chat can sometimes turn characters into boxes - toggling bold fonts in chat settings can resolve this but a fix is being worked on.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.15.1 June 17, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.15.1 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.15.1 Release Notes?


New Features
  • It is now possible to travel between the following planets directly at a cost of 15 Teleporter Tokens. To travel from a Planet to another location, you must use the planets’ main landing teleporter (i.e. Port Atlantis Mall). You can also travel from the following planets to any space station. Other planets will be added in a future patch.
  • Calypso
  • Next Island
  • ARIS
  • Howling Mine
  • Crystal Palace

Fixes
  • The Male Player Character running animations have been reverted to the earlier version
  • Fall damage scaling has been adjusted
  • Shorter falls will now deal much less damage
  • Agility now increases the distance you can fall without taking damage. However, it does not extend the maximum height you can fall before taking lethal damage
  • Summer Strongbox item name should now be correct

Known Issues
  • Bold fonts - bold font are still missing in the language update, this will be patched shortly
  • Attempting to use Planet to Planet teleportation to Rocktropia is not currently working as expected
  • It is not possible to enter Ancient Greece from Next Island teleporters. We are urgently working to resolve this issue


MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.15.0 June 10, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.15.0 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.15.0 Release Notes?


Entropia Universe

New Features

New Items

  • Various new items and MindForce chips have been created

Character Sheet
  • Access the “Character Sheet” at the bottom right of the inventory user interface or keybind. This is the initial iteration and more functionality is being worked on.

Map Improvement
  • The map can now zoom in two additional levels
  • The map now shows the location of players in your team

Game Localization
  • We now support 49 new languages in the Entropia Universe Interface.
  • Here is a comprehensive list of supported languages in alphabetical order:
Albanian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish (Gaeilge), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese


Changes
  • Font Update: Implemented new, streamlined font to support all languages and keep a cohesive interface.
  • Popup Message Redesign: Revised the design of red popup messages to improve readability and alignment with the updated fonts and languages.
  • Language Selection Enhancement: Added language selection to the Clientloader as a dropdown menu, allowing users to choose their preferred language before launch.

Space Changes
  • High level M-Type asteroids have been added to Howling Mine PvP area
  • Space station to space station teleportation cost has been lowered from 15 PED to 10 PED
  • Bronze, Silver, Gold and Redulite Mayhem Cosmetic Tokens have been added to Mayhem Assault

Movement Update: Various base values for movement have been altered to make movement feel more fluid and responsive. Some notable changes are:
  • Base movement speed has been increased
  • Agility scaling has been slightly altered, the max move speed bonus is still the same, but earlier levels of Agility will increase move speed more than before
  • Falling damage now deals %-based damage
  • Jumping is a lot quicker

Camera Update:
  • There have been several QoL updates to the camera to make it feel smoother. The Max Camera Distance has also been increased.

Known Issues
  • Installer: Our installer does not yet support non-ASCII characters inside the filepath, meaning if you try to install Entropia Universe inside a folder in for example, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Thai or other special unicode characters the installation will not start properly.
  • Some languages does not support bold or cursive fonts
  • Normal fonts have been added in their places when the specific language is selected
  • Chat cannot activate bold fonts when an unsupported language is chosen at startup
  • Some texts in some languages might have minor text cutoff


ARIS

New features

  • Daily mining and construction missions given by McGrangus

Changes
  • The Ironhaven Island has been overhauled a bit, with new lower levels of the Weak, Defective, and Faint creatures
  • Droktimus Prime instance difficulty has been lowered to give more players a chance to fight it
  • There is now an outpost with a teleport on the south tip of the Ironhaven island
  • The island to the southwest of the main volcano has been moved to another server area. There is a single intended way to get there, but having it on the same server area as everything else lead to too many exploits, bugs, and otherwise unintended ways to get there.
  • Changed requirements for the AI missions to make them less time-consuming
  • Lower spawn density around the Oblivitron instance entrance
  • The path to the S9 Vault event area was made a bit safer
  • Autoloot is enabled in the Vesuvor and Cinderak instances


Fixes
  • Mindforce teleportation is now fully blocked on the whole planet
  • Vehicles are now correctly blocked in the daily robot instances
  • Robots should no longer spawn under the floor in the Droktimus Prime instance
  • The water volume near the Primonaut camp on the center island is now correctly reaching the bottom of the pond


Known Issues
  • The sound is still not behaving, and requires in-depth investigation into the engine


Next Island

Changes

  • Several Next Island estates that were only intended to be apartments have been reverted
  • The Next Island Halo has been corrected to remove the buff, which had previously been noted as incorrect.


MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.14.5 May 27, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.14.5 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.14.5 Release Notes?


Changes

  • Mayhem Tokens are no longer tradeable.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.14.4 May 22, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.14.4 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.14.4 Release Notes?


Changes
  • Moved the mushroom instance areas out into the world on ARIS. After evaluating it, it is preferred to keep regular hunting in the world, and use instances for content that requires more gameplay features. The way to access it is still the same, though.
  • Added the ARIS Outposts and Dropforts to the map
  • Instant loot in Verdathos cave, just like the other daily instances


Fixes
  • Fixed issues with the payment provider Checkout, where payments could sometimes fail without a valid reason
  • Confirmation box for interacting with the rubble in Scorchrift Cavern
  • Daily Samples “Crater Rim” mission was incorrectly named “Cryomusoids”
  • Fixed material list of Hyperion Aurora PF-60 blueprint
  • Fixed issue with Verdathos spawn


Known Issues
  • The sound is still not working correctly on ARIS, still being investigated
  • AI missions on ARIS are generally too time consuming


MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

VU 18.14.3 May 13, 2025
Entropia Universe 18.14.3 Release Notes

Entropia Universe 18.14.3 Release Notes?


Changes

  • The instance cooldowns on ARIS are now triggered when the boss dies and when leaving the instance voluntarily. This is to make it possible to retry in case the client crashes or there is a disconnect for other reasons
  • Increased light in cave instances
  • Reduced range of turrets
  • Increased size of the Weak creatures

Fixes

  • Fixed DPP irregularities on the Hyperion Aurora and Obscura weapon series
  • Replaced the TT-weapons in the loot with their “Improved” versions
  • Decreased the thresholds for what counts as hofs/globals for the Weak, Defective, and Faint creatures
  • Replaced all the destructible objects with interactive terminals in the daily instances
  • Dead Central Processor is now refinable
  • Fixed progress bars for daily hunting missions
  • Clarified that the armor upgrade requires 10x Catalysts, and that it will return the excess value in Nanocubes, in the item info for the different Hyperion Armor pieces
  • You cannot teleport using Mindforce chips to the edge of the server anymore


Known Issues

  • Sound is not working correctly on ARIS.
  • AI missions are generally too time consuming on ARIS

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.