Developer diaries

Version

This article is timeless and should be accurate for any version of the game.

Version history

  Astral Planes

 3.10 • 3.10.1 • 3.10.2

  Galactic Paragons

 3.9 • 3.9.2 • 3.9.3

 3.8 • 3.8.2 • 3.8.3 • 3.8.4

  First Contact

 3.7 • 3.7.3 • 3.7.4

  Overlord

 3.6 • 3.6.1

 3.5 • 3.5.2 • 3.5.3

 3.4 • 3.4.3 • 3.4.4 • 3.4.5

  Nemesis

 3.3 • 3.3.2 • 3.3.3 • 3.3.4

 3.2 • 3.2.1 • 3.2.2

 3.1 • 3.1.2

 3.0 • 3.0.1 • 3.0.2 • 3.0.3 • 3.0.4

  Federations

 2.8 • 2.8.1

 2.7 • 2.7.2

 2.6 • 2.6.1 • 2.6.2 • 2.6.3

  Ancient Relics

 2.5 • 2.5.1

 2.4 • 2.4.1

 2.3 • 2.3.1 • 2.3.2 • 2.3.3

  MegaCorp

 2.2.4 • 2.2.5 • 2.2.6 • 2.2.7

 2.2 • 2.2.1 • 2.2.2 • 2.2.3

  Distant Stars

 2.1 • 2.1.1 • 2.1.2 • 2.1.3

  Apocalypse

 2.0 • 2.0.1 • 2.0.2 • 2.0.4 • 2.0.5

  Synthetic Dawn

 1.9 • 1.9.1

 1.8 • 1.8.2 • 1.8.3

  Utopia

 1.6 • 1.6.1 • 1.6.2

 1.5 • 1.5.1

  Leviathans

 1.4 • 1.4.1

 1.3 • 1.3.1 • 1.3.2

  Base version

 1.2 • 1.2.1 • 1.2.2 • 1.2.3 • 1.2.4 • 1.2.5

 1.1

 1.0 • 1.0.1 • 1.0.2 • 1.0.3

**Developer diaries** are articles, sometimes accompanied by videos, published by Paradox to describe the game design in detail.

## Astral Planes

All developer diaries about the *Astral Planes* narrative expansion and patch 3.10 (aka Pyxis).

Patch 3.10 (Pyxis)

## Galactic Paragons

All developer diaries about the *Galactic Paragons* expansion, patch 3.8 (aka Gemini), and patch 3.9 (aka Caelum).

Patch 3.9 (Caelum)

Patch 3.8 (Gemini)

## First Contact

All developer diaries about the *First Contact* story pack and patch 3.7 (aka Canis Minor).

Patch 3.7 (Canis Minor)

## Toxoids

All developer diaries about the Toxoids species pack, patch 3.5 (aka Fornax), and patch 3.6 (aka Orion).

Patch 3.6 (Orion)

Patch 3.5 (Fornax)

## Overlord

All developer diaries about the *Overlord* expansion, and patch 3.4 (aka Cepheus).

Patch 3.4 (Cepheus)

## Aquatics

All developer diaries about the Aquatics species pack, patch 3.2 (aka Herbert), and patch 3.3 (aka Libra).

Patch 3.3 (Libra)

Patch 3.2 (Herbert)

## Nemesis

All developer diaries about the *Nemesis* expansion, patch 3.0 (aka Dick) and patch 3.1 (aka Lem).

Patch 3.1 (Lem)

Patch 3.0 (Dick)

## Necroids

All developer diaries about the Necroids species pack and patch 2.8 (aka Butler).

Patch 2.8 (Butler)

## Federations

All developer diaries about the *Federations* expansion, patch 2.6 (aka Verne) and patch 2.7 (aka Wells).

Patch 2.7 (Wells)

Patch 2.6 (Verne)

## Lithoids

The developer diary about the Lithoids species pack and patch 2.5 (aka Shelley).

Patch 2.5 (Shelley)

## Ancient Relics

All developer diaries about the *Ancient Relics* story pack, patch 2.3 (aka Wolfe), and patch 2.4 (aka Lee).

Patch 2.4 (Lee)

 13 | The 2.4 "Lee" patch | The new paradox launcher comes to Stellaris | 2019-10-09

Patch 2.3 (Wolfe)

## MegaCorp

All developer diaries about the *MegaCorp* expansion and patch 2.2 (aka Le Guin).

Patch 2.2 (Le Guin)

## Distant Stars

All developer diaries about the *Distant Stars* story pack and patch 2.1 (aka Niven).

Patch 2.1 (Niven)

## Apocalypse

All developer diaries about the *Apocalypse* expansion and patch 2.0 (aka Cherryh).

Patch 2.0 (Cherryh)

## Synthetic Dawn

All developer diaries about the *Synthetic Dawn* story pack, patch 1.8 (aka Čapek) and patch 1.9 (aka Boulle).

Patch 1.9 (Boulle)

 20 | Tech Progression in Cherryh | The release of the Humanoids Species Pack and patch 1.9. | 2017-12-07

Patch 1.8 (Čapek)

## Utopia

All developer diaries about the *Utopia* expansion, patch 1.5 (aka Banks) and patch 1.6 (aka Adams).

Patch 1.6 (Adams)

 18 | The Adams Update (part 2) | Devouring Swarm civic for Hive Minds, terraforming enhancements, and full patch notes. | 2017-05-04

Patch 1.5 (Banks)

## Leviathans

All developer diaries about the *Leviathans* story pack, patch 1.3 (aka Heinlein) and patch 1.4 (aka Kennedy).

Patch 1.4 (Kennedy)

 14 | New Achievements | Kennedy hails with 32 new achievements | 2016-11-10

Patch 1.3 (Heinlein)

## Post-release patches

All developer diaries about the post-release patches, patch 1.1 (aka Clarke) and patch 1.2 (aka Asimov).

Patch 1.2 (Asimov)

 6 | New Skyboxes | Variation added to the universe with the introduction of new Skyboxes | 2016-06-27

Patch 1.1 (Clarke)

 3 | QA in Space | A little light on QA work | 2016-05-30

## Base game

All developer diaries about *Stellaris* (base game).

## Videos

Developer video diaries and developer's let's play sessions on the various expansions.

Videos

Let's Plays