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X4: Foundations

X4: Foundations

App 392160EgosoftActionSimulationStrategy📅 Nov 30, 2018

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.

📦Patches analyzed
30
/30 total
🟢Buffs
86
🔴Nerfs
1
🎯Subjects tracked
72
87 changes

Power trajectory

▲ Net +85 overall buffed
0+85May 4, 2023Apr 10, 2026May 4, 2023 — Update 6.00 HF 3 +2 / -0 (cum +2)May 11, 2023 — Update 6.00 HF 4 +5 / -0 (cum +7)May 15, 2023 — Update 6.00 HF 5 +5 / -0 (cum +12)Jul 4, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 2 +4 / -0 (cum +16)Jul 11, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 3 +2 / -0 (cum +18)Jul 19, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 4 +1 / -0 (cum +19)Jul 25, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 5 +0 / -0 (cum +19)Aug 2, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 6 +0 / -0 (cum +19)Aug 9, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 7 +0 / -0 (cum +19)Aug 16, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 8 +1 / -0 (cum +20)Aug 23, 2023 — 6.20 Public Beta 9 +0 / -0 (cum +20)Jul 11, 2024 — 7.10 Public Beta 2 now available +7 / -0 (cum +27)Jul 17, 2024 — 7.10 Public Beta 3 now available +13 / -0 (cum +40)Jul 24, 2024 — 7.10 Public Beta 4 now available +4 / -0 (cum +44)Jul 31, 2024 — 7.10 Public Beta 5 now available +5 / -0 (cum +49)Aug 6, 2024 — 7.10 Public Beta 6 now available +8 / -0 (cum +57)Aug 26, 2024 — Update 7.10 Hotfix 2 released +0 / -0 (cum +57)Dec 12, 2024 — 7.50 Public Beta 2 now available +6 / -0 (cum +63)Jan 10, 2025 — 7.50 Public Beta 4 Hotfix 1 now available +0 / -0 (cum +63)Jan 17, 2025 — 7.50 Public Beta 5 Hotfix 1 now available +1 / -0 (cum +64)Feb 6, 2025 — 7.50 Public Beta 8 Hotfix 1 now available +0 / -0 (cum +64)Feb 14, 2025 — 7.50 RC2 now available +0 / -0 (cum +64)Feb 17, 2025 — 7.50 RC3 now available +0 / -0 (cum +64)Feb 18, 2025 — 7.50 RC4 now available +0 / -0 (cum +64)Jul 14, 2025 — 8.00 Public Beta 1 Hotfix 2 +0 / -0 (cum +64)Sep 17, 2025 — 8.00 HF1 Public Beta +7 / -0 (cum +71)Sep 24, 2025 — 8.00 Hotfix 1 released +7 / -0 (cum +78)Oct 8, 2025 — 8.00 HF2 Public Beta +8 / -1 (cum +85)Jan 7, 2026 — 8.00 Hotfix 4 released +0 / -0 (cum +85)Apr 10, 2026 — 9.00 Public Beta 5 Hotfix 1 now available +0 / -0 (cum +85)
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Latest patches

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8.00 HF2 Public BetaOct 8, 2025
🐛 7 fix4 update7 subjects

Hotfix 8.00 HF2 focuses on combat AI improvements, production fixes for the Envoy and Cypher, and general stability.

8.00 Hotfix 1 releasedSep 24, 2025
🐛 13 fix2 update4 subjects

Hotfix 1 for version 8.00 focuses on stability and bug fixes following the Diplomacy Update, primarily addressing AI behavior, mission scripting, and UI issues.

8.00 HF1 Public BetaSep 17, 2025
🐛 13 fix2 update4 subjects

Hotfix 8.00 HF1 addresses various bugs and stability issues introduced by the Diplomacy Update, focusing on AI behavior, mission scripting, and the Diplomacy Agent system.

What got changed

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Top abilities tweaked

Most-touched abilities across all patches

Ship Assignment+2/-0
Agent Spawning+2/-0
Attack Subordinates+2/-0
Travel Mode+2/-0
Turrets+2/-0
Main Weapon+1/-0
Agent Feature+1/-0
Dal's Gift+1/-0
Undocking+1/-0
Diplomacy Feature+1/-0
Gifted Ship+1/-0
Engines+1/-0