Star Citizen Release Date Estimates

Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 went to LIVE Preview on December 19th 2024. This patch finally brings Pyro and Server Meshing and a lot of other things including asteroid facilities, contested zones and the Mirai Guardian. See official Alpha 4.0 Patch Live Preview Notes.

Released 19 December 2024

Features that were released:

• Pyro System
• Jump Points
• Server Meshing
• Increased Player Caps (500)
• Asteroid Bases
• Space Stations - Contested Zones

Ships that were released:

• Mirai Guardian
• Mirai Guardian QI

Estimated Release Date (Live): Q3 Q4

Features that could be released (Speculative)

• Pyro System
• Server Meshing
• Solar Burst
• Life Support - Removed
• Fire & Fire Propagation (Fire Extinguisher) - Removed
• Engineering (In PU) - Removed
• Persistent Entities (Released in Alpha 3.18)
• Increased Player Caps
• Charge / Drain - Removed
• Asteroid Bases (Added)
• Space Stations - Contested Zones (Added)

Ships that could be released (Speculative)

• Mirai Guardian
• Polaris - Released in Alpha 3.24.3
• Zeus Mk II ES - Released in Alpha 3.24.2
• Zeus Mk II CL - Released in Alpha 3.24.2
• Hull C - Released in Alpha 3.20
• Banu Merchantman - Removed

Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 went to Wave 4 testers on 11 December 2024.

Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 went to Wave 2 testers on 7 December 2024. Shards at 500 players for Stanton and Pyro.

Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 went to Wave 1 testers on 16 November 2024. This patch adds Pyro system and the jump point Stanton - Pyro (static server mesh).

Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 went to Evocati testers for a 2 hour playtest on 12 October 2024. This patch adds Pyro system and the jump point Stanton - Pyro.

• Roadmap Roundup (30 October 2024)
• Citizencon 2954 (October 2024)
• Star Citizen Roadmap
• Roadmap Roundup (May 2024)
• Roadmap Roundup (July 2024)

*Note: This information is highly speculative but based on Citizencon 2954 and following development of the game. These details have a high chance of variation until release.

Star Citizen 1.0 is the point where the game can be considered finished enough where it is out of early access. What this means in terms of gameplay is:

• 1000s of players per system
• Friendly to new players
• Stable
• Polished
• Enough Engaging Content
• Update / Review for all existing ships
• Star Citizen Storyline & Quests
• 5 Systems (Stanton, Pyro, Nyx, Castra and Terra)
• Crafting
• Vehicle & Ship Crafting
• Profession Guilds & Career Paths
• Player Organization Management Features
• Player Base Building
• Player Station Constructing
• Player Shops
• Blueprints
• AI Blades
• No more resets & wipes

Update 21 October 2024: Star Citizen's vision for release was defined at Citizencon 2954 (2024). The divergence of features from Alpha 3.24.2 to Star Citizen 1.0 is very large and therefore the release date estimate for 1.0 is being pushed back from 2026 to well beyond 2027.

Update 17 July 2024: With the delays of Alpha 3.24 as well as the features planned for Star Citizen 1.0 there could easily be more than a year of work between Alpha 4.0 and SC 1.0. Another year buffer is being added as the minimum estimate window is at least 2026 (changed from 2025+).

Given the divergence in features between what is currently playable and what could be considered 1.0 there could easily be a year of development to get the game to the required state from the time of announcement (April 2024).

The period from Pyro / Persistence / Meshing (Alpha 4.0) to Star Citizen 1.0 could possibly be considered Star Citizen Beta. Beta signifies the end of early development and the road to commercial launch.

The following is a list of features that are either known to be not planned or speculated (by SCFOCUS) for Star Citizen 1.0 but will come sometime after:

• NPC Crew (Not confirmed in 1.0 "most likely" coming after)
• Fishing (Confirmed again at Citizencon 2954)
• MISC Endeavor
• Most Star Systems (Confirmed again at Citizencon 2954)

Released November 20 2024.

Features released:

• Intergalactic Aerospace Expo
• Point Defense Cannons (New!)

Ships that were released:

• Polaris
• Starlancer MAX
• Intrepid
• Terrapin Medic
• F7C-R Hornet Tracker Mk II
• F7C-S Hornet Ghost Mk II

Estimated Release Date (Live): IAE - November 2024

This patch will bring features for Intergalactic Aerospace Expo.

Features in this patch:

• Save Stanton Event
• Intergalactic Aerospace Expo
• Point Defense Cannons (New!)

Ships that could be released:

• Polaris
• Starlancer MAX
• Intrepid

Released to LIVE: 17 October 2024

This small patch is due before or around CitizenCon 2954.

Major Estimated Features:

• Hover Trolleys
• HUD & MFD Rework

Estimated Ships:

• Zeus Mk II CL
• Zeus Mk II ES
• Starlancer Max (Released during Citizencon)
• Argo CVS-SM (Released during Citizencon)

Alpha 3.24.2a went LIVE November 5 2024. This was a minor patch (and therefore not tracked on this page) that brought stability fixes. See official patch notes.

Alpha 3.24.2 went LIVE September 17 2024. This patch introduced new character creator features, new cave types, new MFDs, HUD update, Zeus Mk II (ES and CL) and more. Argo ATLS, F7C mk2, Mirai Pulse, RSI Ursa Medivac, ARGO MPUV-1T, Aegis Sabre Firebird and retaliator modules added to in-game shops. See official Alpha 3.24.2 patch notes.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.24.2 went to Open PTU (ALL BACKERS) 9 October 2024.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.24.2 went to Wave 1 testers 5 October 2024 (Patch notes).

• Multi Function Display (MFD) update
• Vehicle HUD Update
• New Acidic and Rock Caves
• Flight Tuning and Archetype Balance (Ongoing)
• Tattoos, piercings and other character creator additions
• New Arena Commander Updates
• Zeus CL and Zeus ES
• Hover Trolleys
• Other unannounced and smaller features

Alpha 3.24.1 went LIVE September 13 2024. This patch brought the Argo ATLS official Alpha 3.24.1 patch notes.

Alpha 3.24.1 went to PTU testing on 6 September 2024. This patch brought the Argo Astronautics ATLS (Atlas) Suit. See official patch notes here.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.24 went live 18 August 2024.

This patch was relabeled from Alpha 3.24. Official Alpha 3.24 patch notes.

Features that were released:

• Personal Hangars
• Instanced Hangars
• Cargo Hauling Missions
• Storage Access (Previously Item Banks)
• Freight Elevators
• Hangar Decorations (Added)

Ships that could be released (Speculative):

• Aegis Sabre Peregrine

Estimated Release Date (Live): June July August 2024

This patch was relabeled from Alpha 3.23.2.

Features that could be released:

• Personal Hangars
• Instanced Hangars
• Cargo Hauling Missions
• Storage Access (Previously Item Banks)
• Unique Item Recovery
• Freight Elevators
• Hover Trolleys (Added)
• Hangar Decorations (Added)

Ships that could be released (Speculative):

• TBD

Alpha 3.24.1 went LIVE August 27 2024. This patch brought personal and instanced hangars, freight elevators, cargo hauling missions, item banks, hangar decorations and a new Blockade Runner event. See official Alpha 3.24 patch notes.

Alpha 3.24 went to open PTU testing on August 15th 2024.

Alpha 3.24 went to Wave 2 testing on August 14th 2024. See official Alpha 3.24 Wave 2 patch notes.

Alpha 3.24 went to Wave 1 testing on August 5th 2024. Features available for testing: Personal and Instanced Hangars, Freight Elevators, Storage Access, Hover Trolleys, Hangar Decorations and Blockade Runner. See official Alpha 3.24 Wave 1 patch notes.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.23 went live 10 May 2024.

Features that were released

• Fauna (dogs - Kopions, birds - Maroks) (Source)
• Creature Hunting - New!
• Distribution Centers (Official Video)
• Engineering Gameplay (Arena Commander)
• Ship Weapon & Component MultiTool Repair (Released in Alpha 3.23.1)
• New Character Customizer
• Server Recovery
• EVA Rework (Flying)
• Interaction Menu Rework (Source)
• Visor & HUD Lens Rework
• MobiGlas Rework
• Master Modes in PU
• New Starmap
• FPS Minimap & Compass
• New in-game Ship Prices (Prices of larger ships increased)
• Reputation - Hostility
• Dynamic Crosshair
• Vulkan Graphics API
• New Water Simulation (not yet swimming and floating)
• Image Upscaling
• Replication Layer Update
• Vehicle Modularity (Retaliator modules)

Ships that were released

• Ursa Medivac (Released Alpha 3.23.1)
• Saber Raven Firebird (Released Alpha 3.23.1)
• Mirai Pulse (Released Alpha 3.23)
• Hornet F7A MK II
• Hornet F7A Mk I
• Mirai Pulse (Released Alpha 3.23)
• MPUV-1T (Released Alpha 3.23.1)
• Retaliator Gold Standard (Released Alpha 3.23.1)
• Argo 1T Tractor (Released Alpha 3.23.1)

Estimated Release Date (Live): Q1 Q2 2024

Features that could be released (Speculative)

• Fauna (Cows, dogs, birds...) (Source)
• Creature Hunting - New!
• Vehicle Modularity (Retaliator Modules)
• Server Meshing - Moved from Alpha 3.21 - Moved to Alpha 4.0
• Distribution Centers (Official Video)
• Engineering Gameplay (Arena Commander)
• Ship Weapon & Component MultiTool Repair (Alpha 3.23.1)
• New Character Customizer
• Server Recovery
• EVA Rework (Flying)
• Interaction Menu Rework (Source)
• Personal Hangars & Instanced Hangars (Est. 3.23.2)
• Visor & HUD Lens Rework
• MobiGlas Rework
• Master Modes in PU
• New Starmap
• FPS Minimap & Compass
• New in-game Ship Prices (Prices of larger ships increased)
• Cargo Hauling Missions (Est. Alpha 3.23.2)
• New Dynamic Event: Blockade Runner
• Reputation - Hostility
• Item Bank (Est. Alpha 3.23.2)
• Unique Item Recovery - (Est. Alpha 3.23.X) Pushed
• Freight Elevators - (Est. Alpha 3.23.2)
• Dynamic Crosshair
• Vulkan Graphics API
• New Water Simulation (not yet swimming and floating)
• Image Upscaling
• Replication Layer Update

Ships that could be released (Speculative)

• RSI Zeus Variants
• F7A MK II (Est. Invictus)
• Polaris?
• Retaliator Gold Pass (modules)

Star Citizen Alpha 3.23.2 was reversioned to 3.24 due to the features being added being quite major.

Source:

Introducing Star Citizen Alpha 3.24 (Official)

Alpha 3.23.1a went LIVE June 13 2024. This patch brought Retaliator modules, bug fixes, and new Xenothreat and Jumptown versions. See official Alpha 3.23.1a patch notes.

This patch went to PTU on May 29th. This patch is bug fixes for Alpha 3.23.1 and is not a major patch. See Alpha 3.23.1a patch notes here.

Alpha 3.23.1 went LIVE May 16 2024. This patch brought Invictus, gold passes for the Retaliator (and modules) and the Sabre Raven as well as some fixes and polish. Additionally, multitools can now repair ship weapons and components. See official Alpha 3.23.1 patch notes.

Alpha 3.23.1 PTU went to all backers on May 11th 2024. This patch introduces Invictus Launch Week, the Polaris (without interior), keybinds for SCM and Nav mode, item stacking of the same kind button, fixes and optimizations, npcs taking trains and more. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.23 went LIVE May 10 2024. This patch brought Master Modes and a ton of other features too long to list here. See the official patch notes and full features info.

Alpha 3.23 went to Wave 1 PTU testers on 10th April 2024. This major patch introduced many new additions including fauna, mobiGlas rework, new EVA flight, personal hangars, distribution centers, Master Modes, and much more. Check what wave you have access to here:

Alpha 3.23 went to Wave 1 EPTU testers on 10th April 2024. This major patch introduced many new additions including fauna, mobiGlas rework, new EVA flight, personal hangars, distribution centers, Master Modes, and much more. Check what wave you have access to here:

Alpha 3.23 went to All Testers testers on 30th April 2024. See full details here on spectrum.

Alpha 3.22 released December 14 2023.

What was released:

• Additional Settlements and Outposts and new Jumptown Location at Hurston
• Structural Salvage
• Openable Containers

Ships that were released:

• Aopoa San’tok.yāi (Released in Alpha 3.22.1)
• X1 (Released in Alpha 3.22.1)
• X1 Velocity (Released in Alpha 3.22.1)
• X1 Force (Released in Alpha 3.22.1)
• Cutter Rambler
• F7C MK II (Released Alpha 3.22.1)

Alpha 3.22 is scheduled for Q4 2023.

• Structural Salvage
• Cargo Containers Inventory
• Replication Layer Update (Pushed from Alpha 3.21)

• Origin X1
• Origin X1 Velocity
• Origin X1 Force
• Cutter Rambler
• Aopoa San'tok.yai

Leaked Evocati patch notes for initial Server Meshing tests have emerged. Tech Preview for Wave 0 testers allows players to spawn in Stanton or Pyro and could still be a while before Jump Gates are operational for a 200 player universe. Whether this tech will make it into 3.23 or some later patch like Alpha 4.0 is yet to be seen. A new era for Star Citizen is approaching.

Alpha 3.22.1 went LIVE February 22 2024. This patch introduced a gravlev hoverquad map, changes to distortion weapons (NERF) and some bug fixes. The San'tok.yai and Origin X1 ships were also released. There are modifications and updates to Arena Commander maps and more ships have been added to AC Master Modes. Capacitor gameplay was also included. See patch notes here.

Alpha 3.22.1 is in also in PTU testing. This patch brings the Origin X1 and the Aopoa San'tok.yai as well as a new dynamic Data Heist event. There are also bug fixes and new Arena Commander modes. See Wave 4 patch notes here.

Alpha 3.22.0a went live January 25. This patch introduced small fixes. No major new features are in this patch.

Alpha 3.22 went live December 14 2023. This patch added structural salvage and openable containers as well as bug fixes and other content additions. See official Alpha 3.22 patch notes.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.22 went to Wave 1 testers on 4 December 2023. This patch introduces the hair update, a balance pass on mineables, procedural recoil and Arena Commander Multicrew! See official Alpha 3.22 Patch Notes here.

Alpha 3.21 was released October 19 2023.

What was released:

• Large Tractor Beams (Alpha 3.21.1)
• Ship Towing
• Ship Trespass

Ships that were released:

• Argo SRV
• Tumbril Storm
• Crusader Spirit A1 (Released in Alpha 3.21.0)
• Crusader Spirit C1
• Gatac Syulen

Alpha 3.21.1 went to all backers for testing 10 November 2023. Features of this patch include: Ship Trespass, Vehicle Tractor Beams (Argo SRV and others) and the Crusader C1 Spirit. See open PTU patch notes here: Alpha 3.21.1 Open PTU

This patch was not in the roadmap at Alpha 3.21 PTU. Alpha 3.20.1 was renamed to Alpha 3.21. Read more about this here (official).

• Server Meshing - Moved to Alpha 3.23
• Large Tractor Beams (Alpha 3.21.1)
• More missions including Crusader Platform Missions

• Argo SRV
• Tumbril Storm
• Crusader Spirit A1 (Released in Alpha 3.21.0)
• Crusader Spirit C1
• Origin G12
• Aopoa San'tok.yāi

Alpha 3.21.1 was released November 15 2023. Alpha 3.21.1 introduced some vehicles and IAE2953 as well as stability improvements to Alpha 3.21.0.

Alpha 3.21 was released October 19 2023. This patch paves the path for Pyro, Magnus and Terra (and perhaps more) systems to be added. Persistence is working better. Combat logging has received attention. See official patch details. Also this patch was released days before Citizencon.

Alpha 3.21 went to PTU on 29 September 2023. This patch introduced some new gameplay types. (Official Source).

Alpha 3.20 went LIVE on 19 September 2023

What was released:

• Arena Commander Rework
• Master Modes (Only in Arena Commander)
• Containers up to 32 SCU

Ships that were released:

• Hull C (Confirmed in Alpha 3.20.0)
• Mirai Fury LX (Confirmed in Alpha 3.20.0)
• F8C Lightning (Confirmed in Alpha 3.20b)

This patch is estimated for release Q3 2023 (August or September)

What could be released:

• Ship Trespass - Removed
  
• MobiGlas Rework
• Arena Commander Rework
• Master Modes (Flight model rework)

Ships that could be released:

• Hull C (Confirmed in Alpha 3.20.0)
• A1 Spirit (Possibly Alpha 3.20.1) (Possibly Alpha 3.21)
• C1 Spirit (Possibly Alpha 3.20.1) (Possibly Alpha 3.21)
• Mirai Fury LX (Confirmed in Alpha 3.20.0)
• Tumbril Storm (Possibly Alpha 3.20.1) (Possibly Alpha 3.21)
• SRV (Added) (Possibly Alpha 3.21)

Alpha 3.20 went live September 19 2023. This patch did not bring much in terms of new gameplay but it did bring in MAJOR key binding changes. Containers up to 32 SCU have been introduced. Arena Commander has received a massive rework.

Alpha 3.20 went to wave 1 and wave 2 PTU on August 25th 2023. This patch brings the biggest overhaul to Arena Commander and adds the Hull C in the PU. See the massive full list of features at the official announcement. This patch also introduces new wave tiers. See official PTU FAQ.

This patch is estimated for release Q4  2022 in Q2 2023.

What could be released:

• New Player Experience
• Component and Weapon Stripping (New - Added)
• Player / Machine Physical Interaction

Ships that could be released:

• Lynx Rover (Confirmed)
• Aopoa San'tok.yāi (Released Alpha 3.22.1)
• Crusader Spirit (Released Alpha 3.21)
• Origin X1 (Released 3.22.1)
• Unannounced and / or unknown
• Mirai Fury (Released Alpha 3.20)

Alpha 3.19.1 went live June 15 2023. This patch brings bug fixes and latency improvements. Spaceloop.it has an excellent breakdown of what is in this patch. For official patch notes click here.

Alpha 3.19.1 went to open PTU on 23 May 2023. This patch brought in some bug fixing. (Official Source)

Alpha 3.19 went live May 16 2023. This small major patch introduced the ability to attach and detach weapons on ships and vehicles. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.19 went to Wave 1 PTU on  May 1 2023. The biggest feature of this patch is weapon stripping. This patch includes some new scripted missions for mining, salvage and data as well as a rework to Lorville skyline. Read official Patch Notes.

This patch released March 10, 2023.

What was released:

• Zergo G Push & Pull - Moved from Alpha 3.15
• Salvage - Hull Stripping
• Crafting
• Cargo System Refactor
• Persistent Entity Streaming
• Greycat Racetrack
• Hand Salvage (Greycat Multi-Tool Attachment)
• PU Racing Time Trials
• Ship Soft Death

Ships that were released:

• Drake Vulture
• Reclaimer (Hull Stripping)

This patch is estimated for release Q3 Q4 2022. (Lapsed)

What could be released:

• FPS Radar & Scanning - Moved from Alpha 3.14 - Removed
• Hacking - Moved from Alpha 3.14 - Removed
• Zergo G Push & Pull - Moved from Alpha 3.15
• Salvage - Moved from Alpha 3.2 - Removed
• Salvage - Hull Stripping - Added
• Crafting - Added
• Cargo System Refactor
• Persistent Entity Streaming - Added
• Greycat Racetrack - Added
• Hand Salvage (Greycat Multi-Tool Attachment) - Added
• PU Racing Time Trials - Added

Ships that could be released:

• Drake Vulture
• Drake Corsair - Added - Released "early "in Alpha 3.17.4)
• MISC Hull C - Moved from Alpha 3.16 - Removed

Alpha 3.18.2 went live April 21 2023. This patch included an Item reset but Balance  and Reputation were maintained. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.18.2 went to PTU testing on April 6th 2023. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.18.2 went to EPTU testing on March 31 2023. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.18.1 went live April 12 2023. This patch included many fixes and also a balance, reputation and vehicle reset. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.18.1 went to PTU testing on March 24 2023. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.18 went live March 10 2023. This is a major patch that brought in major changes to item entities and much more.

Alpha 3.18 went to OPEN PTU testing on February 14 2022. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.18 went to Wave 2 testing on January 31 2022. This wave 2 patch brings some bug fixes and opened PTU to a wider tester base. Also more vehicles and ships were made available for sale in game. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.18 went to Wave 1 testing on December 19 2022. This patch introduces Persistent Entity Streaming testing and several gameplay features as well as many smaller updates. See Alpha 3.18 wave 1 patch notes here (Source: reddit).

What was released:

• No major features tracked by SCFOCUS estimates.

Ships that were released:

• Drake Corsair
• Drake Cutter

Update (December 19 2022): This patch is now scheduled for release sometime in January 2023 (source).

This patch is estimated for for Intergalactic Aerospace Expo in November 2022. See Roadmap Roundup here (Official).

What could be released:

• No major features tracked by SCFOCUS estimates.

Ships that could be released:

• Drake Corsair
• Other unannounced ships

Alpha 3.17.4 went live 17th November 2022. This patch brought the Corsair and IAE 2952 event showrooms. View official patch notes here.

This patch went live 29 July 2022

What was released:

• AI Planetary Navigation
• AI Dropship Reinforcements
• Siege of Orison
• Additional Stanton Lagrange Points
• Colonial NPC Outposts
• Increased player caps (from 50 to 100)

Vehicles that were released:

• Anvil Centurion

This patch is estimated for release June in July 2022

What could be released:

• AI Planetary Navigation
• AI Dropship Reinforcements
• Siege of Orison
• Additional Stanton Lagrange Points
• Colonial NPC Outposts

Vehicles that could be released:

• Anvil Centurion

Alpha 3.17.2 went to wave 1 testing June 30 2022. Alpha 3.17.2 patch added NPC dropship reinforcements to missions (AI planetary navigation), Siege of Orison and derelict colonial outposts. Alpha 3.17.2 brings a player account balance and item wipe. Please read the patch notes.

Alpha 3.17 went live 29 April 2022

What was released:

• Mining Gadgets
• Ship to Ship Refueling
• Selling Items to Shops

Ships that were released:

• MISC Hull A (Alpha 3.17.1)
• RSI Scorpius (Alpha 3.17.1)

Vehicles that were released:

• Drake Mule (Alpha 3.17.1)

This patch is estimated for release end of March 2022.

What could be released:

• AI Homesteads - Moved from 3.15 - Removed
• Mining Gadgets - Moved from 3.16
• Ship to Ship Refueling - Moved from 3.3
• Hangar Manager App - Removed
• Selling Items to Shops
• Persistent Hangars - Removed
• NPC Taxi Missions - Removed

Ships that could be released:

• RSI Scorpius
• MISC Hull A

Alpha 3.17 went live 29 April 2022. This patch added derelicts and provided small bug fixes and polishes. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.17.1 went to evocati testing May 3rd 2022 (Source Spaceloop.it.). This patch introduces FPS missions in Crusader planet as well as the ability to buy items directly to ships.  Read the Evocati patch notes here: https://www.spaceloop.it/en/star-citizen-alpha-3-17-1-eptu-8054391-playtest-information-en

Alpha 3.17 went to Wave 1 PTU testing on March 31 2022. Alpha 3.17 introdoces Mining gadgets, Starfarer ship refueling, selling Items to shops, coffee shop vendors and one river. This build is unusually unstable. Read the official patch notes here.

What was released:

• Derelict Spaceships
• Trip Mines

Ships that were released:

• Hoverquad (Released in Alpha 3.16.1)

This patch is estimated for release end of December 2021.

What could be released:

• Derelict Spaceships
• Engine Swapping (M50) - Removed
• Trip Mines
• Ship to Ship Refueling - Moved from 3.3 - Moved to 3.17
• Mining Gadgets - Moved to 3.17

Ships that could be released:

• MISC Hull C - Moved to 3.18

Alpha 3.16 went live 22 December 2021. This was a minor patch that added stability more than gameplay. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.16 went to PTU 10 December 2021. Alpha 3.16 is a small end of year patch that brings mostly some bug fixes as well as derelict spaceships, Jumptown 2.0 event, laser trip mines and mining gadgets. See official Alpha 3.16 PTU patch notes here.

Alpha 3.16 was a small end of year patch that brought mostly some bug fixes as well as derelict spaceships, Jumptown 2.0 event, laser trip mines and mining gadgets. See leek source here.

This patch was released November 10th 2021.

What was be released:

• Physical / Personal Inventory - Moved from 3.14
• Healing
• Clinics
• Asset Manager Mobiglas
• Bombs
• Infiltrate & Defend Missions
• Loot

Ships that could be released:

• Origin 400i
• Aegis Redeemer (Released in Alpha 3.15.1)
• Crusader A2 Hercules Starlifter
• Crusader Ares Starfighter Ion (Released in Alpha 3.15.1)
• Crusader Ares Starfighter Inferno (Released in Alpha 3.15.1)
• Anvil Spartan (Released in IAE)

This patch is estimated for release end of September 2021.

Update 25 September 2021:It seems Alpha 3.15 will have some pretty interesting changes to how the game will play and therefore marks a significant patch. As the last major patch of the year it is looking unlikely that Salvage will be testable in 2021. Since FPS & scanning has been pushed it seems unlikely Squadron 42 is anywhere near completion (probably more than 2 years away). 

What could be released:

• FPS Radar & Scanning - Moved from 3.14 - Moved to Alpha 3.18
• Physical / Personal Inventory - Moved from 3.14
• Healing - Moved from 3.14
• Clinics - Added!
• Asset Manager Mobiglas - Added!
• Hacking - Moved from 3.14 - Moved to 3.18
• AI Small Home Outposts - Moved to 3.17
• Cutting - Removed
• Bombs & Space Mines
• Salvage - Moved to 3.18
• Zero G Push & Pull - Moved to 3.18
• Infiltrate & Defend Missions - Added!
• Loot - Added!

Ships that could be released:

• Origin 400i - Added!
• Aegis Redeemer
• Crusader A2 Hercules Starlifter
• Crusader Ares Starfighter Ion
• Crusader Ares Starfighter Inferno

Alpha 3.15.1 went live 18 November 2021. This patch added the Aegis Redeemer, Crusader Ares Starfighter Inferno and Crusader Ares Starfighter Ion. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.15 went live 10 November 2021. This massive patch brought Medical Gameplay as well as Persistent Inventory and more. See official patch notes here.

Alpha 3.15 was leaked on Reddit to have gone to Evocati testers on 25 September 2021. (Source).

Alpha 3.15 went to Open PTU to ALL Backers:  (Source).

Alpha 3.15 went live 10 November 2021. This massive patch brings Medical Gameplay as well as Persistent Inventory and more. See official patch notes here.

This patch is estimated for release end of June 2021 (Lapsed).

What could be released:

• Planet Crusader
• Orison Landing Zone
• FPS Radar & Scanning - Moved to 3.15
• Weapon Charging / Draining
• Physical Inventory
• Long Range Scanning
• Healing - Moved to 3.15
• Hacking - Moved to 3.15
• Vehicle Module Swapping - Moved to 3.16
• Missile Operator Mode - Moved from 3.13

Ships that could be released:

• Constellation Taurus

Alpha 3.14 went to private Evocati testing on 18 June 2021 (Reddit source)

Alpha 3.14 went to PTU wave 1 testing on 9th July 2021 (Source)

Alpha 3.13 went live 22 April 2021.

What was released:

• Ship to Ship Docking (Merlin & Constellation)
• Ship to Station Docking
• Mounted Guns
• Custom Vehicle Names & Numbers

Ships that were released:

• C2 Starlifter
• M2 Starlifter

Vehicles that were released:

• Tumbril Nova "Tonk"*
• ROC-DS

This patch is estimated for release end of March 2021.

What could be released:

• Ship to Ship Docking (Merlin & Constellation)
• Ship to Station Docking
• Missile Operator Mode - Moved to 3.14
• Mounted Guns
• Custom Vehicle Names & Numbers

Ships that could be released:

• C2 Starlifter
• M2 Starlifter
• ROC-DS (Leak source)

Vehicles that could be released:

• Tumbril Nova "Tonk"*

*Note that vehicles and ships tend to release at a later 3.x.x patch not at 3.x.0. So the Nova should release at 3.13.x not the initial 3.13.0.

Alpha 3.13 went live 19th May 2021. This patch introduced Ship To Station Docking and the Tumbril Nova, M2 and C2 Hercules Starlifter.

Alpha 3.13 went to PTU wave 1 testing April 1 2021.

Update 1st August 2023: There is still no sign of Alpha 4.0 and the features associated with it except for the Hull C which is nearing completion.

Update 22nd May 2022: Alpha 4.0 will bring the start of the road towards Beta. Alpha 4.0 will have Pyro and the ability to add unlimited content going forward.

Update 27th December 2021: Alpha 4.0 features are still no where in sight. Pyro could appear mid 2022 or early 2023 at this rate.

Update 24th December 2020: Alpha 4.0 (and with it Pyro) seems like it will be introduced some time in 2021. This estimate could be revised but at this time it appears the earliest Pyro will be released is mid to late 2021.

Update 11th May 2020: Due to delays of various kinds and renaming of 4.0 to 3.10 this patch was removed from the Roadmap. Alpha 4.0 has been a long ride and is still no where in sight.

(11th May 2020) - 4.0 has now been changed several times and now even removed. Even though the estimate date for 4.0 would be end of December 2020 if it were to come out in 2020, it would be unfeasible for the end of year patch to also be the biggest patch of the year. Even if a 3.12 patch does not slide in for December 2020 then 4.0 will still be no sooner than January 2021.

Estimate: No sooner than January 2021 but more likely end of March 2021.

Due to the delay in Alpha 3.9 due to the global pandemic, the estimate for Alpha 4.0 is being pushed back significantly to approximately mid August 2020. This will probably be revised further as the dates get closer. Expect 3 major patches in 2020 instead of 4.

Update to this note (11th May 2020): It turns out  4.0 was halted and 3.10 and 3.11 will come instead before it. 2020 will contain several minor patches with major features going to 2021.

Estimated Release Date (Live): Early to Mid July 2020 -  Mid August 2020 - End of March 2021 - Mid to late 2021

What could be released (Speculative)

• Pyro System

Ships that could be released:

• Polaris
• G12

Update 31st August 2019:: 4.0 has been added to the RSI Roadmap and still does not feature the original 3.4 major features such as Traveling to Multiple Star Systems, Science and Research or Exploration & Discovery. It looks like 5.0 could be the next possible major patch to include them.

Update 13th February 2018, on the Roadmap we have 3.4 instead of 4.0. The main difference being that 4.0 originally encompassed concepts of traveling between star systems. Our estimation is that features to do with travel between systems will define 4.0 and will come in late 2019. Therefore our original estimates provided a year ago remain the same, except our estimate should be labelled for 4.0 instead of the original 3.4 terminology. The new 3.4 patch planned in the roadmap does not contain the features required to class it as 4.0. We provided no orginal estimate for 3.4 and therefore the content of our estimate still remarkably applies for 4.0 instead.

• Q3+ 2019 (Date Guessed on 24th January 2017)
• Update April 2019: It seems that Q3 2019 will not have the following features meaning that the estimate was short. New potential date for the following now seems to be at least 2020.

Disclaimer: All dates are for our own speculation and enjoyment, provided for entertainment value only.

What could be released:

• Travel To Multiple Star Systems
• Exploration & Discovery
• Science & Research
• Additional Solar System Locations

Ships that could be released:

• RSI Orion
• Anvil Crucible

Update 24th January: Alpha 3.9 and Alpha 4.0 have received what has been described by the community as the "blood bath" update to coincide with the Red Evenvelope Hong Bao celebrations. Many features have been stripped from the roadmap. It is to be seen if these features reappear and when.