Optional client update that may eventually be merged with LIVE if confirmed working.

To switch to HOTFIX, remember to rename your game LIVE folder to HOTFIX first before updating.

5GB delta (expected download size)

Progress persists between this version and LIVE if you switch back. Expect hotfix to be rolled into LIVE once CIG confirms it is working.

4.7 HOTFIX CENTRAL

ALPHA 4.8 EXPECTED MID-MAY, INCLUDING INVICTUS LAUNCH WEEK, TACTICAL STRIKE GROUPS, and TRANSIT REFACTOR

How do we know?

CIG rarely ever tell us exactly when a patch will release, except for on the day they beginning "warming the environment".

All we have are clues such as, Wakapedia posting English days in the MOTD (Message of the Day), when otherwise in Norse.

PTU patches in Open/All Waves include the letters 'RC' for Release Candidate.

An exception for this if Jared mentions it on an episode of Star Citizen Live, or Inside Star Citizen.
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WHEN A PATCH DROP IS ANNOUNCED
AVOID BUYING SHIPS AND ITEMS, BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR UPDATE
Ensure all ships are properly stored.

NO CONFIRMED LTP WIPE

COMMON PROBLEMS WITH FAILING SUCCESFUL JUMPS (arriving in the same system) OR SHIP CONFIGURATION REJECTING CONNECTION WITH JUMP POINT

Many players continue to experience issues trying to use the jump gate wormholes.

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APPROACH THE JUMP POINT IN NAV MODE
As you get closer you should see the green flashing alignment rings that look like ( ). Stop at the last ring. Avoid travelling too fast so that you don't bounce off the gate.
Your ship should start to 'tune' with the jump point. Once completed it should prompt you to activate the gate if it is not open. If it asks to be activated, tap LMB once to send a pulse to open it.
Then your ship should be checked to meet requirements such as if you have enough fuel.
Once open, or if open already, your ship will be taken inside automatically.
You are required to pilot your ship through the tunnel, avoiding the walls and pillars. Hitting these too many times could fail the jump and you will fall out into the same system.

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IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE ALIGNMENT RINGS
This is one of a few reasons that you cannot use the gate. This is either that your rader is powered off, you are missing a Jump Module, or not in NAV mode.
If you are not sure if there is a Jump Module (sometimes called Jump Drive - this is not your Quantum Drive) you can check your ship Diagnostics MFD. If it is missing you can land at the nearby Gateway station to buy and fit another for the size of your ship. The likely reason it is missing is that you previously changed your Quantum Drive and the Jump Module became 'detached'.

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ARRIVING IN THE SAME SYSTEM AFTER SUCCESSFUL JUMP
This continues to be a server authority bug that seems to refuse connections or being rejected by the server you are trying to move to, for the target system. This seems to be worse on high-pop shards, or during a free-fly. It may be possible to try the jump again, or use another jump point to go around the long way.

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A new issue related to immediately losing available fuel is being seen, it is still possible to complete a jump, and if the jump is good, still travel to the nearby station to refuel.

Recurring issue with mining nodes on planets and caves, typically gem deposits of Aphorite, Dolivine or Hadanite.

Appearing on ship scan, but trying to scan with ATLS GEO or Multitool has no result, and mining beam passes through them.

Some nodes within clusters may work, but most not and seems completely random.

Potentially fixed in 4.8

There are no current plans for an intentional Long-term Persistence wipe at this time confirmed by CIG-Bault on 2nd Feb 2026.

In response to the economy exploit they have indicated that they would do targeted wipes for those with excessive duplicated aUEC.

An LTP wipe is expected to reset all persistence data: progress, ships and items. Pledged ships, items including account bound rewards will not be affected.

If a wipe is announced, it will come with six weeks notice, based on the previous.

The last recorded LTP wipe was December 2024 for 4.0 Preview.

Patch updates currently carry a risk of randomly lost ships and items due to LTP bugs, as well as items that are regularly removed such as consumables. This is unrelated to a wipe.

CIG have put out an open call to promote your ORG leading up to Tactical Strike Groups, expected in Alpha 4.8

PROMOTE YOUR ORGANISATION HERE

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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026
This Week in Star Citizen

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2026
Alpha 4.7.2
Roadmap Update
Roadmap Roundup

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2026
RSI Weekly Newsletter
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SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026
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Multiple reports of missions generally failing to work in a number of ways:

No valid QT marker, mission relevant entities failing to spawn, update or complete and give rewards, or show up in the contract list at all.

This includes numerous mission types if not the majority including Alliance Aid, Hyperion, Vanduul Tech Smugglers, new salvage missions, missing persons etc.

This can lead to needing to abandon contracts, possibly affecting reputation, but this seems to be a low concern for now.

Instability of missions seems to be highly server dependent, especially on high pop shards.

Avoid missions with high turn in requirements such as Wikelo.

Not fixed as of 4.6

Location audio such as at planet city hangars have overlapping audio from other areas.

ASD Onyx Engineering reactor core pulse 'countdown' is not heard.

Not fixed as of 4.7.1

NOW HAS A COMPLETE REWORK
General repeat issues will become known in time.

Regularly fails to load contents.

Seems to falsely report available backspace capacity.

Delays in updating equipped items, and moving items around.

Inventory Kiosk may fail to show items that are stored, but only visible via Cargo Terminal, or reappear with subsequent access to it.

Randomly reloads after some interactions.

Not fixed as of 4.7

Community member MrKraken has put together a variant localisation patch that updates mission strings to indicate if certain missions drop blueprints, and what they may be.

This is completely safe, and approved by CIG, and highly recommended.

STARSTRINGS

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Additionally, the Star Citizen Mission Database website lists various information about blueprints, which missions drop them and what materials are needed to craft the items.

SCMDB

CRAFTING

RediMake Item Fabricator is available from the following locations:
Kel-to on Orison, Stratus mall Cloudview platform Crusader, Stanton
Kel-to - Aspire Grand, New Babbage, Microtech, Stanton
Dumper's Depot, Area 18 ArcCorp, Stanton
Tammany & Sons Lorville, Hurston, Stanton
or on L1 station Refineries.

It is not available from Kel-to's in spaceport lobbies.

It is apparently possible to break the crafter when dismantling some items.

The Drake Clipper does not have a working crafting station as of 4.7

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BLUEPRINTS

Can be obtained through doing missions.

You can see where each one can be obtained via SCMDB.NET

The only way to see what BPs you have is via the Item Crafter.

CIG have said that BPs will become physicalised as datapads.

RECURRING 30K (Crash exception handler) and 60K ERRORS REPORTED

4.20.2026: 4.7.1 - Client hotfix 11674325is now on the LIVE channel This update includes multiple client stability/crash fixes, chat color tag removal, and a fix for quantum travel causing ships to rotate when starting.

Some servers reporting full or not accepting new connections. Reports of 60K and 30K errors. Players suddenly crashing to desktop or being kicked to menu.

Increased latency and desync leading to issues anywhere from repeating music to inability to properly control ships.

System status for Star Citizen and Arena Commander.

Current status reported by CIG, as reflected by their own platform status page.

RSI STATUS PAGE

Maintenance from 08 April 2026.
Please do not expect it to have fixed any specific issue you are having.