Template:Update history/factions

Release date	Update	Changes
October 22, 2026	v2026.10.22	Factions can now enable “Open Recruitment” – players who request to join will be added to the faction immediately without requiring prior approval. Faction browser now sorts Factions differently, prioritizing those that are more engaged with the game, as well as listing those with Open Recruitment first.
September 16, 2026	v2026.09.16	The “Faction Routing” research is now called “Vault Routing“. Hardcore profiles can use it: the Mint bay’s routing slider can send a share of each Mint payout straight into your own Vault as FP.
September 8, 2026	v2026.09.08	Hardcore and Seasonal profiles can open faction links to view faction information, but you’ll see a mode-specific warning that you cannot interact with Factions. Profiles that are already in a faction or cannot join factions can still open the Faction Leaderboard from the faction details.
August 26, 2026	v2026.08.26	Type durations like 30min, 2h, or 1h30min into the Vault deposit box to deposit enough FP to keep your current boosts running that long. Boost actions are now compact rows instead of four expandable sections; each row shows the multiplier, FP/hour cost, and how strong it is compared to your biggest boost. Checkboxes let you pick which specific actions a bulk change applies to (instead of changing all four at once). Vault sidebar badge now turns yellow when you have under 30 minutes of boost time left, and red under 10 minutes.
August 16, 2026	v2026.08.16	A new “Vault” badge appears on the Faction / Vault nav tab and counts down while your FP boost is draining. As any other badge, requires Bay Telemetry research in Relay Network. The badge hides when nothing is draining.
August 14, 2026	v2026.08.14	Faction Vault, Faction Boosts, and your personal Vault modals now show how long your current FP balance will last.
August 13, 2026	v2026.08.13	Faction Boosts and Solo Vault modals now have an “All actions” section to raise or lower every action’s multiplier at once, instead of one at a time.
August 7, 2026	v2026.08.07.2	The Faction page loads again (it was erroring for factions with relay activity).
August 3, 2026	v2026.08.03.2	New Features Hardcore profiles get their own personal Vault they can deposit BC into to power boosts. Use deposits to add per-action boost steps for fishing, hunting, exploring, and mining (up to 16 steps each). Each step adds +0.25× to loot and boss damage. The Vault balance drains over time depending on how many boost steps you run; when it empties your boosts reset. You can increase Vault capacity by upgrading with Grand Halls. The “FP Contributed” stat and its leaderboard are renamed to “FP Deposited to Vault” and now include personal Vault deposits. Bug Fixes When you deposit BC to a faction vault the new total now appears on the faction page right away.
July 28, 2026	v2026.07.28.2	Ironman profiles can only join, create, or receive ownership of factions run by other ironman players; main profiles stay in main-run factions. The faction browser now only shows factions you’re eligible to join. Players currently in a faction of a different profile type have been removed as a one-time cleanup. Hardcore and Seasonal profiles no longer see the Faction tab at all.
July 8, 2026	v2026.07.08	Boss faction damage bonuses now increase when faction members are online while the boss is active, they no longer have to attack first. Faction members who were online for a boss keep contributing to that boss’s faction bonus even if they later go offline. The boss multiplier text now describes online faction members instead of calling them co-attackers.
July 7, 2026	v2026.07.07	Improvements Faction Lieutenants and Leaders see “Active N ago” alongside “Joined” on their own faction member cards. Member actions are now in an Actions menu on each member card, and the faction member list has a refresh button to update activity on demand. Bug Fixes The “BC routed to faction from minting” stat now shows the actual amount routed going forward instead of a tiny number that only counted mint ticks. Existing totals aren’t changed retroactively.
June 13, 2026	Mint Update	A new research node (Faction Routing) allows rerouting a portion of your Mint generated income to your faction instead. Fuel boosts the transfered BC by 15%.
June 13, 2026	Mint Overhaul	The biggest new idea is teamwork. Once you research the new routing node, you get a slider that lets you send a share of your minted BC into a shared faction Mint buffer. You decide how much to keep for yourself and how much to give. There is a boost for giving away while your Mint is fueled. The portion you route during fueled time arrives in the faction buffer with a 15% bonus on top. Anything that does not fit in the buffer simply stays with you, so nothing is ever wasted. The faction buffer has a limit that grows as your faction builds more halls, same mechanics as the Vault itself. To turn that buffer into spendable faction funds, a player with Sergeant rank or higher moves it into the faction vault. This keeps the shared pot under trusted control while still letting every member chip in.
May 21, 2026	Welcome to the Relay Network	Faction-level relay stats Faction pages get a new 📡 Relay Network section. Daily, Weekly, and Total tabs show BC Minted and BC Refined across the faction’s members. The faction browser lets you sort factions by any of those metrics. Salvage itself is deliberately excluded from faction stats. Joining or leaving a faction does not reset your relay stats; they follow you.
April 24, 2026	v2026.04.24	The Faction Vault deposit buttons (25%/50%/75%/100%) were also fixed so they no longer error when your client-side vault number is out of sync – the vault modal sends the percent to the server to be resolved against the server’s current max. Accepting or declining faction join requests works again (previously those actions failed after a refactor).
April 14, 2026	v2026.04.14	Faction member contribution totals now use a compact formatter (e.g. 1200 → 1.2k) in the member list so large numbers are easier to scan.
June 11, 2025	Summer Stargazing	Active boost FP drain per second increased to 15M FP/s (from 1.5M FP/s) This is a significant but necessary increase due to how powerful Faction boosts have remained since their introduction This change allows maximum boosts to still be achieved, but now requires meaningful contributions from multiple Faction members to sustain
March 5, 2025	Spring Fling (Spring 2025)	Maximum FP drain per second increased to 1,500,000 FP/s (from 1,200,000)
February 22, 2025	Game Update (02-22-2025)	Changelog / Supporter Perks Supporters can now set customizations for an owned Faction, including Tag Color, Name Color, Name Style and Emblem These customizations will be disabled if the owner’s perks expire Name customizations are now displayed on Profiles, Leaderboard, Faction Members, and several other UI elements Changelog / Other Fixed bug preventing faction tag reset
December 6, 2024	Game Update (12-06-2024)	Max FP/s drain for Boost increased to 1.2M/s (from 1M/s)
December 5, 2024	The Quests Update: A Cold Start	Faction maximum Boost drain per second increased to 1,000,000 FP/s (from 800,000 FP/s)
November 25, 2024	Game Update (11-25-2024)	Faction Members view sorts deposits by ascending, not descending
November 5, 2024	A Pets Update	Faction Boosts are now completely reset if the Vault FP falls to 0 deposit small amounts of FP needed only for the duration to run commands to maximize command efficiency – unfortunately, this was not intended behavior and has been patched out
August 19, 2024	The Fearsome Factions Update	Additions Deposited Bcoins are now converted to Faction Points (“FP” in-game) Faction Level has been removed from the game “Total FP Deposited” and “Monthly FP Deposited” are the metric for measuring a faction’s power and activity level Existing factions have had BC spent on leveling added to their Total FP Deposited counter Boosts: FP can be consumed to trigger faction-wide loot action boost multipliers Faction Boosts increment by steps of 0.25x, up to a total of 5x Increasing the Faction Boost level also increases FP consumption per second Faction Boosts can be active forever, depending solely on whether there is FP available to consume Changing any Faction Boost will incur a 20 minute cooldown on further changes to that action’s Faction Boost Faction Customization: Factions can set tags, which are identifiers that display in front of members’ names (like “[EPIC] Wewert”) Faction owners can set a “Message of the Day” (shown to members) and an “About” description (shown to the public) Ability to transfer faction ownership re-enabled Number of pending join requests are shown to faction members with adequate permissions directly on faction info page Faction changes (Receiving a join request, promotions/demotions, changing a boost) are now logged to the Faction’s chat channel Changes Grand Hall crafting recipe difficulty increased (to ~300k base worth) Each Hall now grants +1M vault capacity (from +100k) This increase applies retroactively to already used Halls Faction Ranks now grant different sets of permissions This is visible through an in-game reference menu Number of Grand Halls applied to Faction is now uncapped Some faction changes by other members now immediately live update for all users logged into the Web Client (instead of requiring an app reload)
August 6, 2024	2024 Relaunch	Proper Faction recruitment and invite system
October 16, 2023	v8.1.0	Browse factions directly from the web client.
November 17, 2022	v6.3.1	Bug fix for faction promotion not working
August 16, 2022	v6.1.6	Warehouse now upgradeable to 15B Items are now required for high level Warehouse upgrades!
August 4, 2022	v6.1.4	Faction fleets have been disabled current fleets have been disabled and you can refund units for their purchase price.
June 28, 2022	v6.1.2.1	Work Bonus frequency slightly decreased to account for Commission
June 27, 2022	v6.1.2	Faction Commissions added, max faction slots reduced to 50 Commissions are powerful boosts to user actions that finally add tangible benefits to being a faction member, with higher level factions proportionally increasing the Commission. This will hopefully incentivize teamwork in levelling up Factions in lieu of future additions like Faction Wars. Faction Level Cap raised to 250
May 25, 2022	v6.0.9.10	Faction leadership transfer has returned /faction transfer
August 2, 2021	v5.9.13	Fixed faction name changing failing as Lieutenant
July 9, 2021	v5.9.0	Attempting to level up a faction without enough space will notify a hall is needed
June 2, 2021	v5.5.14	bkick not working via Bcoins ID bpromote and bdemote now work via Bcoins ID Various faction fixes
June 2, 2021	v5.5.13 – Happy pride month	New command bvpay allows faction members to send vault BC to other users lower ranked users can now withdraw from the vault without needing to be promoted. This means that factions could potentially assign "vault manager" positions to users who manage payouts after each expedition, ensure members don't "go rogue" and withdraw everything, encourages greater faction cohesion, and much more. bmembers now shows each members' Bcoins ID bkick and bvpay accept both Bcoins ID and user pings
May 28, 2021	v5.5.9	Factions now track invited users’ join dates (not retroactive) Lieutenant+ members can reset vault contribution statistics now Members page for faction now displays 10 members per page Lieutenants can no longer promote other users to Lieutenant or demote them from Lieutenant
May 24, 2021	v5.5.2	Faction emblems are now displayed in emoji form on "btf" and your balance Donors can now set custom faction banners
May 11, 2021	v5.3.5	Limit of Grand Halls per faction now scales with faction rank Maximum seaplanes for 1 faction is now capped at 23
May 10, 2021	v5.3.1	Vault tracker enabled – typing "bmembers" will display how much a user has taken or given to the faction vault
May 3, 2021	v5.2.3	"bupgradevault" merged to "buse hall"
April 29, 2021	v5.1.4	Donors now can set custom taglines and use faction banners to display on their balance (see "bhelp all 7")
April 2, 2021	v4.9.5	Faction ID is now shown when viewing
April 2, 2021	v4.9.2	New command "bleadershiptransfer" for factions Update insignia for Sergeant and Lieutenant Sergeant rank can now properly kick users
April 2, 2021	v4.9.1	More than 10 seaplanes can now be purchased depending on faction level Fix faction rank issues
April 2, 2021	v4.9.0 – Factions Update Phase 2	Factions have been completely overhauled Users now have a faction-specific ranks with permissions – check these with "bfperms" Faction specific ranks come with insignia (based off US military) Tiered promotion/demotion system Factions can now hold up to 50 users
March 19, 2021	v4.8.2	Fleets update – you can now own more of each unit (1/2 of faction lv except for Seaplanes), easier fleet buying process Command "blevelup" changed to "bfaclevelup"
March 13, 2021	v4.7.2	Other users’ factions can now be looked up with pings (ex. bfac (Discord user))
March 12, 2021	v4.6.2	Fix "vault over capacity" even when grand halls are available
March 4, 2021	v4.2.5	Rename "Warehouse" to "Grand Hall" New command "bupgradevault" – using Grand Halls will upgrade your faction's vault by 500k each
February 25, 2021	v3.9.5	Fix leaving factions
February 25, 2021	v3.9.4	Re-enable faction disbanding
February 22, 2021	v3.7.8	Factions can now be levelled up to Lv 100 *DEV NOTE: This serves no purpose right now aside from increasing your spot on top factions! By reaching level 20 you have all faction benefits in the game. I'm adding this now so players have a BC sink in case they wish to prepare for future updates.
February 20, 2021	v3.7.4	Disable disband factions feature until a fix is implemented
February 19, 2021	v3.7.2	Faction changes
February 13, 2021	v3.4.0	THE BANNERS UPDATE Added 12 ALL NEW faction banners! Type "bbanners" for more info!
February 9, 2021	v3.1.3	Introducing faction leaderboard! Type "btopfactions"/"btf" to view how your faction ranks.
February 5, 2021	v3.1.2.1	Fixed bug with faction kicking
January 28, 2021	Game Update (01-28-2021)	Faction logs are enabled! Type "bfaclogs" to view faction logs. Minor faction log fixes Fixed glitch with faction invites
January 10, 2021	Game Update (01-10-2021)	Fixed glitch where "createfaction" and "changefactionname" commands would not execute Nerfed naval fleets – 33% instead of 50% of unit price earned Implemented seaplanes – each seaplane decreases exp time by 4 hours Max faction level cap raised to level 20 Max user count per faction raised to 12
January 5, 2021	Game Update (01-05-2021)	Faction list is also per-server
January 4, 2021	Game Update (01-04-2021)	Removed warchest from faction view
January 3, 2021	Game Update (01-03-2021)	Warchest has been deprecatd