Star Citizen 4.1.1 patch summary: what changed

Alpha 4.1.1, released 13 May 2025, is a landmark content patch that makes the Idris capital ships flyable, introduces AI Blade crew modules, launches the Invictus 2955 free-fly event, and delivers a sweeping set of new missions, locations, and quality-of-life improvements.

• Capital Ships & New Vessels: The Idris-M and Idris-P are now fully flyable for owners, requiring coordinated multi-crew play to operate effectively. Joining them are the RSI Starlancer TAC, Mirai Guardian MX, Greycat MTC cargo tug, and Anvil Asgard heavy gunship, along with Idris K-Kit and T-Kit upgrade modules. An Idris tour experience is available during Invictus.

• AI Blades & Crew Systems: A new Flight-category AI Blade system allows players to install NPC crew modules into compatible ships, automating certain crew roles and lowering the number of real players needed to run larger vessels. Physical Scrips have also been introduced as a tangible faction currency, with Pyro Scrip tied to Pyro faction reputation rewards.

• New Missions: Ship Battle Missions V1 arrives with Patrol, Ambush, and Gilly's Advanced Combat Gauntlet mission chains, plus the server-wide Hunt the Polaris event in Stanton. New Flight Combat Tutorial missions help players get to grips with ship combat. Several older missions including Repair and Animal missions have been refactored for server meshing.

• Locations & Events: Invictus Launch Week 2955 is running at Area 18, letting all players fly a selection of military ships for free. New asteroid cluster mining base POIs have been scattered across Stanton and Pyro, and Wikelo's Emporium has opened its second floor.

• Balance, Tech & Fixes: Cross-Platform Chat bridges Spectrum and the in-game chat. Capital ship flight tuning has been adjusted for a greater sense of mass. The Argo Raft doubles its cargo capacity to 192 SCU. The new VOLT Quartz SMG and several FPS weapon balance passes round out the update, alongside over 200 bug fixes.

This is a community summary — always cross-reference the official patch notes for the full list of changes.