VLUBounty Hunters

Field transmission // 22 September 2026

New Horizons, Darker Waters

The courier arrived with mud on his boots and two new worlds on his charts. Taanab had taught him to watch the horizon. Nal Hutta had taught him to watch everything.

Beyond the landing lights

Nal Hutta opens its gates

At Bilbousa, the engines barely cool before the swamp begins calling. Trainers, terminals and city services offer a foothold—but outside the settlement, the cartel and the creatures of the mire have little patience for visitors.

  • Nal Hutta is now open, with two-way travel through Bilbousa's outdoor starport plaza.
  • Galaxy-map travel, a planetary map and waypoint support accompany the new world.
  • Three datapad points of interest mark Bilbousa, the Abandoned Spice Mine and The Eastern Grime.
  • Chemilizards, dragonsnakes, xuuvas and hardened Hutt cartel enforcers populate the wilderness.
  • These new surface enemies range from level 300 to 350, with Heavy armor, 75% resistances and 300,000–650,000 HAM—tougher opposition than Taanab's frontier.
  • Surveyors and harvesters gain 45 planet-specific resource types.

A gunsmith's overdue delivery

The arsenal takes shape

Another shipment has reached the workshops, carrying repairs for weapons that had appeared as red question-mark cubes. The Disruptor Pistol and related affected weapon appearances receive the latest correction; close the game and update before inspecting them.

  • Weapon-display repair delivered for fourteen affected model chains, preserving weapon stats and recipes.
  • All five Crusader weapons carry Heavy armor piercing, including existing weapons.
  • Crusader Heavy Rifle firing audio repaired; the DC-15 Carbine uses E-11 Carbine firing sounds.
  • The MagnaGuard Electrostaff retains Heavy armor piercing for new and existing staffs.
  • The expanded melee and ranged catalogue's missing crafting registrations have been restored.

Recent chapters // crafting and rewards

Life returns to the laboratories

Behind the frontier, the workbenches are busy and the veteran vaults are open. These recent releases remain part of the current galaxy:

  • 120 additional Master Bio-Engineer creature schematics, bringing the catalogue to 190 recipes, including Krayt Dragons.
  • Recipe knowledge for returning and newly trained Masters.
  • Repairs for unknown schematic names, missing test prototypes and the associated character-login fault.
  • Krayt Dragon DNA sampling, Bio-Engineer creation and Creature Handler taming.
  • Veteran rewards activated: twelve milestones from 90 through 1,080 days, then another choice each year.
  • 242 veteran choices drawn from 121 distinct rewards, respecting account age and previous claims.

A message before departure

The launcher learns a new trick

Launcher version 2026.9.22.1 introduced automatic launcher-update checks at startup. Its old bootstrap download has since been superseded by the complete installer.

Download the current complete Vlu launcher. Close the game and launcher before installing. Keep your game files, select their folder in the installed launcher, and run Scan/Update for the latest world, crafting, weapon and sound files.

These changes have been deployed. Please report any remaining travel, waypoint, badge, crafting, appearance or sound problems through Discord.

The story so far

Every dispatch has its place.

Continue through The Frontier Answers Back, The Menagerie Awakens and The Deepening on Lok for the preceding reports.

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