Spaceships

Spaceships (also known as starships, spacecraft, or ships), are player-controlled units that can be built from the Shipyard using credits. There are four classes of ship in Hades' Star: Transports, Miners, Battleships are accessible to all players; Flagships are a special warship class available only in White Stars.

Battleships and Flagships are the only ships that have hull strength. Transports and Miners are destroyed instantly upon taking damage from any hostile source.

Ship loadouts can be saved to allow easy access to mod setups when creating ships or editing them.

Up to 16 Spaceships can be built by the player with a maximum level Shipyard. Spaceship designs may also be upgraded using Credits at the Shipyard, granting increased hull strength and/or additional module slots. Once completed, upgrades take effect immediately for all Spaceships owned by the player in the Yellow Star. There is no possibility of downgrading after the upgrade is complete, however, so make sure you made the right choice.

Purchasing the 'Starter Package 1' reduces the cost of building spaceships by 80%. It also reduces the upgrade cost of ships by 10%.

Pre-2023.1 update ship values are viewable here.

Transport []

Transport ships (also referred to as TS) are crucial for trade and moving goods of various types in the Hades galaxy. Use them to deliver shipments between planets and moons, to transfer Artifacts from Red Stars, or to retrieve relics during White Star missions. This simple ship class is the backbone of the economic aspect of your Star System. In most game modes, the player's objective is to protect transport ships from attack by Cerberus or enemy player forces.

The modules mounted on these ships are Transport Modules.

The upgrade data for the Transport is as follows:

Level	Model	Production Cost	Upgrade Cost	Unlock Time	Base Cargo Slots	Hydrogen Used
1		250	--	--	1	2/100AU
2		1 000	2 000	2m	2	3.6/100AU
3		5 000	60 000	1d	3	5.2/100AU
4		100 000	300 000	3d	4	6.8/100AU
5		200 000	1 000 000	7d	6	10/100AU
6		800 000	7 000 000	10d	18	24/100AU
7		2 000 000	31 500 000		60	50/100AU

Miner []

Miner ships (also referred to as MS) can collect Hydrogen from asteroid fields.

Miners are quick ships built with one purpose in mind - to extract Hydrogen from the asteroid fields found throughout the galaxy. Similarly to transports, miners are generally defenseless and must be defended by battleships. These humble ships are vital to an efficient Hades' Star Fleet. Without Miners, Hydrogen will be in short supply.

Miners at Level 2 or higher can be programmed to mine specific sectors in the Yellow Star. The amount of programmable sectors increases with each Miner upgrade.

Miners use a class-exclusive module type, Miner Modules, to enhance their collection capabilities.

The upgrade data for the Miner is as follows:

Level	Model	Production Cost	Upgrade Cost	Unlock Time	Mining Sectors	Base Hydrogen Capacity	Module Slots (Mining)	Mining Speed (YS)	Mining Speed (WS) (?)	Mining Speed (RS)
1		400	--	--	1	20	1	7.5/m	200.0/m	6.0/m
2		800	2 000	1m	2	200	2	15.0/m	240.0/m	7.5/m
3		8 000	50 000	1d	3	400	3	24.0/m	300.0/m	12.0/m
4		100 000	250 000	3d	4	800	4	48.0/m	400.0/m	24.0/m
5		200 000	800 000	7d	5	1 200	5	120.0/m	500.0/m	60.0/m
6		800 000	6 000 000	10d	6	1 600	6	162.2/m	545.5/m	80.0/m
7		2 000 000	24 000 000		7	2 000	7	187.5/m	600.0/m	92.3/m

Battleship[]

Warships that can be equipped with weapon, shield, combat and drone modules.

Battleships (also referred to as BS or BB) are strong, combat-orientated ships possessing a unique Shield Module and a Weapon Module. As the only ship type with dedicated armament in the game, they provide an offensive punch and a create a defensive safety net.

A Battleship without a shield will still hold up reasonably well when taking fire, but it is usually negligent to engage the enemy without a shield active. In some cases, players may choose to intentionally take hull damage to enable module effects or for strategic reasons.

A battleship may not equip more than one Shield and one Weapon module, so choose wisely, and pick a set that suits your strategy. A legacy build page is available here (outdated).

Battleships should be used to clear sectors, making a path Transports and Miners can follow through safely. Combat Modules and Drone Modules are also available to battleships, helping further increase combat efficiency.

All Battleship levels repair from 0%-100% hull strength over 10 minutes at a station or colonized planet.

The upgrade data the Battleship is as follows:

Level	Model	Production Cost	Upgrade Cost	Unlock Time	Added Slots	Hull Strength	Blue Star Credit Reward
1		500	--	--	Weapon, Shield	4,200	5 000
2		1,000	20,000	5m	Combat	5,000	20 000
3		10,000	140,000	1d	Drone	6,000	80 000
4		100,000	400,000	3d	Combat	7,000	140 000
5		400,000	1,500,000	7d		8,000	200 000
6		1,000,000	8,000,000	10d		9,000	500 000
7		2,000,000	28,000,000		Drone	10,000	600 000

Corporation Flagship[]

The Corporation Flagship is an extremely powerful warship exclusively used in White Stars and is upgraded using credits donated by all corporation members. The upgrade will be applied after the required Credit amount is reached on the next Flagship deployment. Excess contributions will be saved towards the next upgrade.

Two flagships are available to every Corporation. Flagships can only be controlled by those holding the Officer rank or above within the Corporation, and only one Flagship can participate in each White Star, regardless of how many White Stars are in progress.

The Flagship uses special modules unobtainable by any other ship: Immolation, Recoil, Stealth, Recoil Drones, EMP Rocket, Cataclysm, Floating Shield, and Dart Turret. Its sole weapon module is a Battery. The Flagship lacks a dedicated Shield module.

The Flagship has the highest health of any player controlled ship, upto a maximum of 32,500.

Note: The Dart Turret of the Corporation Flagship isn't a Weapon module, but rather, an unobtainable Combat module.

The upgrade data for the Flagship is given as follows:

Level	Model	Upgrade Cost	Total Investment	Hull Strength	Battery	Immolation	Recoil	Stealth	Recoil Drones	EMP Rocket	Cataclysm	Floating Shield	Dart Turret
1		200,000	200,000	5,000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		600,000	800,000	5,500	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		2,000,000	2,800,000	6,050	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		5,000,000	7,800,000	6,650	4	2	1	12	0	0	0	0	0
5		20,000,000	27,800,000	7,300	5	2	1	12	3	0	0	0	0
6		40,000,000	67,800,000	8,000	6	3	1	12	4	1	0	0	0
7		60,000,000	127,000,000	8,800	7	3	1	12	5	2	1	0	0
8		80,000,000	207,800,000	9,700	8	3	1	12	6	3	2	1	0
9		100,000,000	307,800,000	10,700	9	3	1	12	7	4	3	1	0
10		140,000,000	447,800,000	11,800	10	4	1	12	8	5	4	1	1
11		180,000,000	627,800,000	13,000	10	4	1	12	9	6	5	2	1
12		220,000,000	847,800,000	14,200	11	4	1	12	10	7	6	2	1
13		260,000,000	1,107,800,000	15,600	11	4	1	12	11	8	7	2	2
14		300,000,000	1,407,800,000	17,500	12	5	1	12	11	8	8	3	2
15		350,000,000	1,757,800,000	20,000	12	5	1	12	12	8	9	3	3
16		500,000,000	2,257,800,000	22,500	13	5	1	12	12	8	10	3	3
17		800,000,000	3,057,800,000	25,000	13	5	1	12	13	8	11	3	3
18		1,200,000,000	4,257,800,000	27,500	14	5	1	12	13	8	12	3	3
19		1,600,000,000	5,857,800,000	30,000	14	5	1	12	14	8	13	3	3
20		2,000,000,000	7,857,800,000	32,500	15	5	1	12	15	8	14	3	3

Flagship Modules[]

Flagship Modules (except the Battery), are unique modules for the Corporation Flagship for White Stars.

Battery[]

A single-target weapon that does constant damage to its target.

It has a 120 AU range and a 20m switch delay.

Immolation[]

Applies a fixed amount of damage to all Cerberus ships in the sector.

Cooldown = 12h

Recoil[]

The Flagship enters a Teleport countdown, heading anywhere in the star system. After the countdown ends, the Flagship will jump to the destination and will immediately enter a second Teleport countdown, heading back to its original position.

Stealth[]

While the effect is active, the Transport ship cannot be directly targeted by enemy weapons. It will still take Area Damage if within blast range.

Recoil Drones[]

A group of fighter Drones that start Teleporting to the target location in range. After teleportation, the Drones will initiate a new Teleport back to the original launching location, where they'll stay until destroyed or when the Activation timer runs out.

The Teleport and Recoil function are identical to the standard modules.

Base Stats:

Drone Weapon	Added Module	Hull Strength	Lifetime	Cooldown	First Teleport Range
		2,000	1d 12h	2d	800 AU

Leveling Stats:

EMP Rocket[]

Launches a rocket that disables all nearby ships on impact.

Base Stats:

Leveling Stats:

Cataclysm[]

Fires multiple (3) Rockets on each valid target. Valid targets include all move destinations in the target Sector. Enemy ships or drones caught in the blast will take Area Damage.

Base Stats:

Leveling Stats:

Floating shield[]

A stand-alone Ally Shield with a fixed position that can be deployed from the Corporation Flagship. Absorbs hull damage taken by any friendly Ship, Drone or Rocket in the effect area.

Dart Turret[]

A stand-alone weapon with a fixed position that can be deployed from the Corporation Flagship. It will regularly launch a Dart rocket against each enemy ship in range. The Dart rocket will only do damage against its single target, and only if the target is within blast range when it reaches its destination.