What’s new in Crownfall
Straight from us
What we have told players in the Discord’s announcements channel, newest first.
Posted in #announcements on 23 October 2026
Where we are
A straight word on where things are, because the last weeks have been noisy. We have decided to shape Crownfall after a model we are comfortable with, and the changes come one after another. No dates: we say when each one lands.
What you were on that day
- Version 95, on Google Play and TestFlight.
- Version 96 built and tested on both phones, going out on our word, with the hour posted in the Discord.
- iPhone: the App Store listing still with Apple’s reviewer. We have spent days answering their questions to get Crownfall on the store.
Already changed since 95, no update needed
- Nothing leaves a shielded base any more, not even recyclers.
- Your POWER no longer dips while your ships are flying.
- Free Fighters: the rate went up 15 %, and they now grow with your PRODUCTION stat.
- The website shop is open at crownfall.kyvarr.com/shop, card payments live. Gold lands in your Messages, tap CLAIM.
- The world pictures on the website lost their pale edge.
What 96 brings
- The Commander’s Book: a new BOOK tile, finish a chapter, earn gold.
- Daily Supply Drop: metal and fuel once a day, free; every third drop adds a speed-up.
- Clan quests: do things together, fill the clan pot, everyone takes a share.
- Fuel rate on the Planets tab shows the doubled core rate everywhere; “use up to 2 speed-ups” is written where you use them.
- The RIVALS row points only at worlds you can attack, never a capital, or at empty ground to colonise when none is near.
- RIVALS is off by default: switch it on in Settings → SHOW RIVALS ON THE MAP. New players see it until their first colony.
- Smaller fixes you will simply see: the gem and clan cards fit the small iPhone, Bronze gem art, the notification ask at your first world, planet pictures without the pale edge in the game.
Also on today: everything you buy lands in your Commander Storage, and the top three of every league win Legacy gems when the season ends.
Posted in #announcements on 23 October 2026
What is coming
Being built now.
Gear and gems
- Gear: a full equipment system, nine slots, five rarities, stars, a Forge and a new inventory screen.
- Gems socket into Epic and better pieces instead of the legacy slots. Every gem you hold comes back to your bag.
- Chests for equipment and jewelry, with the odds shown before you buy.
Fighting
- The new attack panel: your power against theirs on one line, and an ATTACK button beside HOME.
- Scavenger and Salvager pay past 100 %, with the next server update.
- The debris order is renamed RECYCLE, so “salvage” means only the battle payout.
- A captured world cancels its ship queue and refunds the old owner in full.
- The rally message will say which fleet was refused and why.
- Shields switch on with that version, with their own post.
Seasons and the rest
- Season rewards by your league place: medals, gems and speed-ups by where you finish; gold as before.
- READ ALL and CLAIM ALL on Messages.
- The creator programme: a code and a share for creators who bring players.
The shop
- Everyone: the website shop at crownfall.kyvarr.com/shop, card payments, gold into your Messages.
- iPhone: the in-game STORE stays closed until Apple finishes its review.
Thank you for testing with us. Questions in #gameplay-chat, bugs in #beta, every change in #changelog, all in our Discord.
Coming with the next update
Raise a shield. Call a vote.
Choose your lineage.
Each of these goes live the day its switch is turned on.
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Orbital shields
Raise a shield over your worlds
Put up a 4, 6 or 8 hour shield, now or at a time you schedule, and let it repeat every day. A dome rises over your worlds on the map. While it holds, nobody can attack or scout you, and fleets already on their way turn back for home. It works both ways: behind your shield you cannot attack either. Once it drops, you can raise it again later the next day.
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Three lineages
Human, Reptilian or Grey
Every commander belongs to a lineage. Humans grow wide and build big. Reptilians strike first and strike often. Greys know more and outlast everyone. Each has its own strengths and one signature that sets it apart. You choose once, when you take command, and your commander’s face follows your lineage; you can convert later for gold, from the next season. And somewhere out in the dark, a fourth lineage is stirring.
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Scout reports
Know what you are flying into
A scout report gives you one total defence figure for everything that guards a world, stamped with the moment it was taken. Whatever your Intelligence cannot reach is marked CLASSIFIED until you research further. Found something worth showing your clan? Share the report as a card with its own QR code.
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Clans at war
Your clan votes for war
A clan goes to war together. The leader proposes it, every member gets one secret vote, and the majority decides. The war panel keeps the score, the alliance hub shows every member clan and its wars at a glance, and every clan carries a public description of who they are.
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Research and shipyards
Queue it up
Research takes time, so plan ahead: two research levels run at once, with more waiting in a queue. Every shipyard builds two orders side by side, with its own queue behind them.
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Fresh Start
A second first day
Off to a bad start? Early in a season you can begin again from a new, quiet capital. You keep your gold, Crown Medals, cosmetics and lineage, and your first Fresh Start each season is free.