
Released alongside First Contact.įornax: 22nd major patch. Released alongside Galactic Paragons.Ĭanis Minor: 24th major patch. This is also applicable to mods, which have various levels of compatibility with new patches.

Hotfixes are commonly released shortly after major patches to fix any unforeseen bugs that came with the previous update, or independently to fix newly discovered bugs or exploits. Hotfixes are very small updates to the game that usually fix only a few bugs and may contain a few changes to the gameplay as well.Patches are named by Paradox after various sci-fi writers. When this occurs, a portion of the DLC's features are usually shipped as part of the coinciding free patch, thus made available to anyone who has the base game.

They are sometimes released alongside a new, major DLC. Patches fix bugs and/or implement balance tweaks.Patches and hotfixes are free updates for Stellaris, though they are different in purpose:
