# Stormgate Stormgate Launch Day Patch Notes - Product: Stormgate (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stormgate) - Vendor: Frost Giant Studios - Date: 2025-08-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2012510/view/534357354429284830 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stormgate/releases/2025-08-04-stormgate-launch-day-patch-notes What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Full 12-mission Vanguard campaign with three Steam achievements per mission - **added** — Unlockable campaign pets: Fuzzy Moth, Terror Byte, and Bobble BOB by completing missions on Brutal difficulty - **added** — Sigma Labs experimental hub for testing features and modes in development - **added** — Terrain Editor Alpha allowing community map creation and custom game support - **added** — Pathing tool in Terrain Editor - **added** — Rotated tool brushes in Terrain Editor - **added** — Camera-aligned object box selection in Terrain Editor - **added** — Collision budget display in Terrain Editor - **added** — Minimap with icons and trees in Terrain Editor - **added** — Camera actions to focus on selection and show entire map from above in Terrain Editor - **added** — Ability to place Stormgates in Terrain Editor - **added** — Two new Challengers in Skirmish mode - **added** — Player Card Nameplates to track factional growth across modes - **changed** — Custom Games moved into Sigma Labs alongside Terrain Editor - **changed** — Custom game map names used in most places - **changed** — Stormgates reworked to better support free-for-all mode - **changed** — Observer and replay UI updated to support larger number of players - **changed** — Celestial Armada Arcships now function as traditional command structures producing workers and casting faction-support abilities - **changed** — Celestial Armada Collection Arrays streamlined with all abilities removed - **changed** — Celestial Armada Prisms aligned with standard worker behavior with up to 12 able to mine from each Luminite mine - **changed** — Ladder reset for competitive play Welcome to the launch of Stormgate: Campaign One - Ashes of Earth! This is our Necrolyte update, the biggest single update yet for Stormgate! This release marks a major milestone as we exit Early Access and officially launch Stormgate on Steam with the full 12-mission Ashes of Earth Vanguard campaign, complete with new unlockable pets and 36 all-new Steam achievements. We’re also introducing the first part of our revamped Celestial Armada faction, giving them a massive mechanical overhaul focused on streamlining complexity and improving playability. Plus, our brand-new Sigma Labs experimental hub debuts with the Terrain Editor Alpha, opening the doors to full community map-making and Custom Games support. Competitive players can dive into a fresh ladder reset, and our progression system now tracks your factional growth across modes with new Player Card Nameplates. There's also new art, two wild new Challengers in Skirmish mode, bug fixes and a balance update for all factions. Whether you're here for the story, the strategy, or the sandbox, this patch has something for every Stormgate commander. ##### Patch Notes: ##### **Campaign: ** The full Vanguard campaign is now available, featuring 12 story-driven missions. Each mission includes three Steam achievements, rewarding players for exploration, challenge, and mastery. For those who brave the campaign on Brutal difficulty, new unlockable pets await: Fuzzy Moth (Mission 6), Terror Byte (Mission 9), and Bobble BOB (Mission 12)—each a unique reward for overcoming the toughest fights Stormgate has to offer. - Vanguard Chapter 2: “The Raging Storms” - Mission 7: “Darkened Skies” - Mission 8: “Destroyer of Worlds” - Mission 9: “Dying Light” - Vanguard Chapter 3: “The Twisting Fates” - Mission 10: “Into Madness” - Mission 11: “Dead Reckoning” - Mission 12: “Edge of Eternity” - Campaign Chapter Pets - Unlock each pet by completing the mission on Brutal difficulty: - Mission 6 - Fuzzy Moth - Mission 9 - Terror Byte - Mission 12 - Bobble BOB ##### **Sigma Labs: ** Welcome to Sigma Labs, our experimental testing ground for features and modes that are still in development. Here, you’ll get early access to tools and content that aren’t fully polished, but are ready for community feedback. Currently, this area includes Co-op Missions, the Terrain Editor Alpha, and Custom Games. In the future, you may see even more modes appear here such as the much-anticipated Team Mayhem. ##### **Terrain Editor Alpha: ** The Terrain Editor Alpha is now open to everyone! You can jump in and start creating your own maps, share them with friends, and explore a growing library of custom experiences built by other players. Whether you're designing competitive arenas or wild experimental layouts, this is your space to get creative and bring your ideas to life. We're calling this initial release the Terrain Editor Alpha because its current focus is on enabling the community to make custom maps using the standard ruleset for PvP games. This release of the editor doesn't include the tools that will be used to edit game data or triggers, but those will be coming in later releases. Be sure to join the #terrain-editor community on the official [Stormgate Discord](http://discord.gg/stromgate) for tips, tricks, and even recruit playtesters to help you improve your original creations. On top of bringing the Terrain Editor to everyone, we have also added a few new features since our previous round of testing: - Pathing tool - Rotated tool brushes - Camera-aligned object box selection - The collision budget is displayed in the editor - Minimap shows icons and trees - Added camera action to focus camera on selection - Added camera action to show the entire map from above - New in Editor page under Sigma Labs - Stormgates can be placed in the editor (there still must be 5) - To add a Stormgate to a map, place a Deactivated Stormgate with a StormgateObjective_TugOfwar on top of it - Deactiv _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2012510/view/534357354429284830]_