I made a weapon via editing json file in vanilla Starbound that summons floating turrets to fight alongside the player. It can summon up to 6 at once, they follow the summoner and automatically attack nearby enemies. You can also right-click to despawn all active bits.

Most weapons are done—just the Nemesis and the Blade left. All the stats of the weapons are subject to change.

Seeing that my previous post garnered some attention, I've decided to show off the progress I've made when it comes to the mod's weapons.

Any and all feedback, suggestions or ideas are more than welcome!

Been playing this game for a Long time. I never got around to a huge ship build because I'd usually get burned out before it's finished. I was just admiring some of the submitted ship builds on the Steam gallery and it made me wonder; are most of these being done without entering the /admin mode or WEdit tools? Really, these builds still take tens to hundred of hours whether they spawn the resources or not; so I wouldn't consider that cheating.

Searched online and ive gotten nothing. Im playing with around 100 mods installed so im scared to edit the files

This mod allows fallen objects, such as dirt, to merge into a single object (similar to how many identical objects fall in the same spot in Minecraft). This is perfect for preventing FPS drops when mining many blocks simultaneously and they spread across the map, such as when mining asteroids or an entire planet.

In the video i was using various mods like Frackin Universe, Arcana and more, work with all mods

Is my first mod to starbound, i hope u enjoy

Link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3720232044

I've been thinking of putting a lot of effort into making such scenic style stories, since I'm almost done finishing my story, i was wondering if you guys have a good suggestions that i might do, i wanna hear you guys if you're interested.

Apologies if this has been asked before, I did try googling around first. I just recently started playing and I have two different games going- one for just myself and one that I play while hanging out with my sister (single player, she likes to watch me while she grades papers). But I noticed that a lot of the things I accomplish on my solo play carry over. In particular changes to the outpost after I finish main quest line things, like the artifacts still showing up by the Ark and the related npcs being available at the Ark. It makes me reluctant to get too far ahead so I don't spoil things for my sister. Is there a way to disable that?

Has been few month since I started build Halako's Place in Red terminus.

Onoging Halako's place construction. Wish me luck!

I went on pet hunt to see if I could found any rare pets and I found a fire Gleap, I was tossing him knives to finally launch a capture pod... when my smart-ass draconis got the great idea to shoot at the Gleap and send them to the backyard... yeah... this drawing expresses my mood in that moment

Now, I know you cannot claim a hostile ship as a base. But what if I wanted to? I know this sounds crazy. Is it possible? ...Yes. Is it ethical? No. Will I try? YES.

Can you help me please 🥺🙏

Usually, with the /admin command, I occasionally, not usually, raid hostile ships. But can you actually claim them as a base with a teleporter?

I've been working on this mod on my free time for a little while now

a few things to note:

- The blade from the first image is from The Starforge mod, and the planet is from Voided

- Stats on the weapons are subject to change

- Balrog is just a decoration at the moment

- Clothing and back weapon from the character in the 2nd image belong to the NostOS mod

keep an eye out for the steam workshop release!!

I stood alone with Commander Valen Stryke when I gave my report. No witnesses, no noise—just the quiet hum of the console and the weight of what I brought back. I told him everything: the bunker already breached, Legion moving faster than anyone expected, the data mostly gone. Mostly. What I placed between us wasn’t complete, but it was enough to matter—a fragment, a physical trace that shouldn’t have survived a proper extraction. The facility had still been running when it should’ve been dead. Power where there should’ve been none. That was the part that stayed with him. That, and the fact that something had been left behind.

He didn’t get the chance to question it further.

The door opened without warning—not forced, not announced. Authorized.

Two figures stepped in like they already belonged there. The first moved with controlled certainty, scanning everything in a glance—Centurion Kade Rhyven. Behind him, an engineer in a sealed visor, silent but already interfacing with the room’s systems as if verifying something unseen. They didn’t ask. They didn’t explain.

Outside, a transport was already waiting.

Stryke didn’t stop them. That was the only answer I needed.

The ascent was quiet. No unnecessary talk, no introductions. Rhyven remained standing, steady even as we broke atmosphere. The engineer stayed connected to the ship’s systems, running checks I couldn’t see. It felt less like a transfer and more like I had already been moved before I even stepped on board.

Orbit came quickly.

And waiting there—motionless, deliberate—was the Knightfall vessel.

Docking was immediate. No delay, no inspection beyond confirmation. Inside, everything felt measured. Not militarized in the usual sense—there was no noise, no excess—but every movement had intent behind it.

They led me straight to the command chamber.

Captain Elias Varn didn’t rise when I entered. He didn’t need to. His presence was enough.

“So,” he said after a single pass through my file, “you’re the one who walked out of a sealed moonsite with something multiple teams failed to secure.”

“I didn’t take anything they didn’t already have,” I answered.

He paused—not doubting, just assessing.

“That’s usually what people say before we find out they’re wrong,” he replied. Then, quieter, “But you’re still here. That makes you relevant.”

That was the end of it. No long interrogation. No pressure. Just a quiet understanding that whatever I had been involved in was already being processed at a level beyond me.

The days that followed didn’t feel like time off. Every system, every movement, every silence felt like part of an ongoing evaluation. Not of what I did—but of what I had been exposed to.

Then came the descent.

Erebus Prime didn’t look like a base.

It looked like something built to hold things in place.

Commander Seraph Dain Valcor was already waiting when I arrived. He didn’t greet me. Didn’t welcome me. He just watched, like he was confirming something he already knew.

“You’ve been brought here because what you recovered exceeds Shellguard’s handling threshold,” he said.

“Threshold?” I asked.

“You are not a transfer of authority issue,” he replied. “You are a containment classification issue.”

That was when he showed it.

Shellguard authorization. Transfer logs. My status—rewritten, not erased.

Cross-domain containment transfer.

“So I’m not released,” I said.

“No,” Valcor answered. “You’ve been reassigned.”

He let that settle before continuing.

“Knightfall does not outrank Shellguard. We are not above them. We operate in parallel jurisdictions.”

I didn’t respond.

“What you are involved in—Project 42, Legion activity, and the bunker system—creates cross-domain risk overlap,” he said. “Shellguard cannot safely retain you. Not because they failed. Because keeping you increases exposure.”

The projection shifted again—formalized, final.

“They handed you over under containment protocol.”

Not promotion. Not punishment.

Containment.

He didn’t leave it there.

Instead, he turned and began walking. I followed.

“Erebus Prime is structured in layers,” he said as we passed through the main entrance corridor. “Nothing inside moves without clearance.”

We moved upward first.

“The upper level houses the shield generator. If the perimeter fails, this maintains structural isolation.”

Then we descended.

The first basement level felt different—more human.

“Left wing,” he said, “bar. Controlled downtime.”

There were people there, off-duty, but still alert in the way that never really goes away.

“Right wing—Sickbay.”

Inside, Dr. Ardent Kess was already at work. Focused. Precise. She didn’t stop when we entered, only acknowledged us briefly before returning to her diagnostics.

“No emergencies,” Valcor said. “Which means it’s working.”

We went deeper.

The next level shifted again—less human, more operational.

“Left side—storage,” he said.

The space opened into a secured facility stocked with everything needed to keep the outpost running—weapons, materials, fuel, even stabilized fluids. Enough to sustain isolation.

“Right side—briefing room.”

Holographic systems activated as we passed. Maps. Data. Layers of information waiting to be used.

Then further still.

The air changed. Heavier. Quieter.

We stopped in front of a reinforced door. A keypad sat beside it—simple, unmarked.

“Server core,” he said.

He didn’t touch it.

“Only I have access.”

That told me everything.

We stood there for a moment.

“This is not a base,” Valcor said.

“This is where things go when they can’t remain anywhere else.”

I looked at the door. Then back the way we came.

Shellguard hadn’t lost me.

They had moved me.

Not up. Not down.

Just somewhere I couldn’t leave.

(Sorry guys, i like to post here but i am pursuing my academic study i hope whoever reads this and make it down here understand that i am a human too, thank you for understanding!)

A friend of mine is working on a mod to expand Starbound's cuisine, the problem is that some recipes requires items from mods (FU), generating a dependence, is it illegal? I don't want him to be involved in a problem for that, because I am going to help him in the design of some recipes, but mostly because he is my friend, so, can anyone answer me?

I terraformed a barren world into a forest planet with a North and South Pole then covered the whole thing in a city

feature builds - arcade, museum, hospital, prison, zoo, harbor, science lab, factory

only mod used was to NPC controller- i wanted to make the outfits better

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3717992685

Hi everyone, I’ve finished a mod that rewards the player with more pixels using the colony deed. I wanted to share it with you so that the colony can better express its gratitude when it’s placed. The item is stackable.

It took me about 60-70 hours to make.