A new Empyrion – Galactic Survival update 1.16 patch notes are released for players. Since the last major update, players have been experiencing multiple issues and bugs Hopefully, today’s Empyrion – Galactic Survival update 1.16 will address some of these issues and bugs.
Read what is new and fixed in today’s Empyrion – Galactic Survival patch. Read the official patch notes below.
Empyrion – Galactic Survival Patch 1.16 Notes- March 25, 2026
Random planets and moons:
Fixed many spawn conflicts of POIs; Replaced some missing / broken POI groups with stand-in POIs for now. Put into a new config structure, for better future maintenance & additions
Drones spawn now much more often on planets.
Warlord dronebases are common in non-faction spaces and at the edges of faction territories
Switched all Zirax territory Dronebases to spawn their subfactions.
Some worlds can be much more infected by the Legacy, depending on territory and planet type. (Very common in Silent Quarter)
(*)Smaller and easier Legacy POI (Alien faction) may appear more often in lawless and hostile places, but might have low-detection ranges. Search by visual.
(*)Abandoned Bases appear less deep inside of faction spaces
(*)Talon are now much more common in lawless space.
Added Platinum deposits to Lava, LavaCollided, LavaCollided2 (Removed Magnesium for it).
Snow playfield updated in terrain, looks, POI, OPV
Random space playfields:
Fix for Orbital Patrol Vessels missing for the factions: Kriel, Arkenian Republic, Prenn, Farr, Pirates.
Higher diversity of OPV and Freighter vessels in many space playfields.
Adjusted OPV self destructs & timers: Non-fanatic / non-militarized factions self destruct less. Vessel loot time much increased for nearly all random playfields
(*)Factions Epsilon (aggressive) and Polaris (neutral) may now uncommonly spawn in the space beyond territories
Zirax territory now spawns additional (hostile) Xenu vessels at some playfields.
Many asteroid resources adjusted: More dangerous playfields have chances for richer asteroids. (*) Sometimes, those are extra guarded.
Platinum asteroids are now very rare, but some very dangerous or exotic space playfields spawn them still.
Richer asteroid fields tend to have bigger OPV. Use caution
(*)Trading stations might have some Pirates and Warlord OPV around, and are now guarded by OPV.
GalaxyConfig (*):
Adjusted faction territory other faction spawn chances
Distinction between “lawless space” (or planets) and “faction spaces”:To the edges of a large faction’s space, the POI distributions may become more similar to what is seen in non-faction space. (Gradient depends on the military strength of that faction)
“Unclaimed Space” – Added a territory of (for now) complete faction POI emptiness.
Arkenian Republic: Helios switched to a future Subfaction; removed UCH from Arkenian space
Replaced Polaris POI with Arkenian Republic, Trader with PrennFederation. (Polaris and Trader vessels still spawn.)
Starter playfields:
Added in the “Frontline Alpha” system: GS_ConflictArid_Planet2 (variant of new Snow) and GS_ConflictArid_Planet3 (Variant of NitrogenVolcanic)
Fixes:
– Fixed FOV reduction fails to reset when toggling 1PV
– Exception when opening an armor locker whilst in motion
– Co-op server didn’t start when double clicking on a save game from the Co-op save game list
– 01563: PDA function PlayfieldOps SignalStructure doesn’t work in MP/Co-op
– 01705: Players entering an instance counted for 2 instead of 1 (MaxPlayer)
Download Empyrion – Galactic Survival update 1.16 on PC.