Star Citizen 4.1.0 patch summary: what changed

Alpha 4.1.0 'Orbital Assault' (27 March 2025) is a major content and balance patch that overhauls flight dynamics, introduces item recovery, and adds significant new content across both Stanton and Pyro.

Gameplay & Missions

• Item Recovery T0 lets players reclaim equipment lost when their ship is destroyed — a first step toward persistent gear.
• The new Align & Mine sandbox activity gives pilots mining objectives near asteroid belts at Hathor Alignment Facilities.
• Medical Beacon, Courier, Prison O2 Repair, and 890J Boarding Action missions have all been updated to work properly with Server Meshing.
• Contested Zone missions are now available in Pyro, and a Banu Collector Emporium NPC shop type has been added.

Ships & Vehicles

• Two new vehicles arrive: the Drake Golem heavy industrial walker and the Argo ATLS GEO mining variant.
• Collision physics now produce realistic damage consequences when ships ram one another; thruster mass values have been reintroduced so ships behave correctly in gravity.
• Corsair and Reclaimer pilot-turret control configurations were updated, and several ships now default to slaved-turret behaviour.

Balance

• A general archetype balance pass touched SCM speeds, NAV speeds, linear acceleration, and angular rates for heavy and medium fighters, aiming for more varied and meaningful class differences.

Locations & AI

• The juvenile Valakkar creature stalks Pyro as a new dangerous predator.
• New Hathor Alignment Facilities and orbital platforms have been added, and additional moons received updated cloud technology.

Tech & Fixes

• Nearly 130 bugs and crashes fixed from 4.0.2-LIVE, including an Nvidia Vulkan crash, server and client crash fixes, and numerous mission and UI corrections.

This is a high-level summary; always consult the official patch notes for the full list of changes and known issues.