Epochs
An epoch is the time period when the current resource deposits are active. Locations keep their place and identity; they do not shift around the map. What changes is the resource roll available at gatherable locations. When the next epoch begins, those locations roll new deposits: specific resources, quantities, and qualities.
How this affects play
Each new epoch starts a new gold rush across the whole map. Scout fresh opportunities, update extractor queues, and watch for high-stat resources that are suddenly worth crafting with or selling.
- 01 New rush
The whole map is worth another look
Every gatherable location gets a new deposit roll. A quiet corner, a drained site, or a place no one has checked yet can suddenly matter.
- 02 Bases get new options
Built bases get new priorities
Extractors and warehouses stay useful, but the best deposit to gather, craft with, or sell can change when the next epoch begins.
- 03 Queued gathers stay valid
Current work is not cancelled
A gather queued during this epoch uses this epoch's deposits, even if the next epoch begins before the gather finishes. The job is not cancelled partway through.
What stays fixed
Epochs only reroll deposits. Planets, asteroids, and buildings stay in place.
- Map position
- Planets, asteroids, and buildings keep their coordinates. Routes and distances do not reset.
- Location identity
- A rocky planet stays the same rocky planet, with the same size and resource types.
- Player infrastructure
- Extractors, warehouses, and other buildings stay where players placed them.
How the next epoch is chosen
For the proof trail, the important idea is simple: the next deposit roll is locked before anyone can see it. When the epoch changes, the hidden value is revealed and checked against the earlier commitment.
- 1
Commit
Before the next epoch begins, the game stores a hash of a hidden value that will drive the next deposit roll.
- 2
Reveal
At the epoch change, that hidden value is revealed and checked against the stored hash.
- 3
Roll new deposits
Gatherable locations receive new deposits from that revealed value: same resource types, new specific resources, quantities, and qualities.
commit = sha256(reveal)next_seed = hash(salt + reveal)resource = derive(epoch_seed, coordinates, stratum)Add to the next seed
Salt is a public number mixed with the reveal before the next epoch seed is made. Anyone can add a random salt value. Your action does not pick the result by itself; it changes one shared input so the next epoch includes more player-supplied randomness.
Loading...Any connected wallet can submit salt. You do not need to be the oracle.
Live epoch details
Live chain values for the active epoch, current seed, salt, and next commit.