v2.0.3.5 - Stock Exchange, Mining Automation & a Smoother Mining Journey

Hello, miners! There are new ways to put your credits to work, automate your mining trips, and track your progress. Here's everything in this update!

The Stock Exchange is open for business

The Stock Exchange community proposal has become a playable feature! Open Quick Actions → Stock Exchange from orbit or your station to explore the regional market.

• Buy and sell shares in six fictional spacefaring companies using your in-game credits.
• Follow regional prices that update every five seconds, with 1-minute, 5-minute, and hourly candlestick charts.
• Check your holdings, profit and loss, and trade history in dedicated tabs.
• Trading opens at the start of each hour and closes at :55, with a five-minute break before reopening.
• Shares and current-run portfolio results reset on Ascension, alongside your credits.

The proposal is now marked Implemented in Community Voting, with its historical votes preserved. Keep supporting the other ideas you'd like to see next!

Less back-and-forth with mining automation

Two new early skill-tree upgrades branch off Auto Miner:

• Auto Return: costs 45 Iron Warden. Unlocks Return when full: dock automatically when your cargo fills, unload into available station storage, then wait at the station.
• Extended Auto Mining: requires Auto Return and costs 90 Iron Warden. Unlocks Extended mining: after returning and unloading, launch again if unloading freed cargo space. The cycle stops at the station when unloading can no longer free any space.

Choose your mode in Settings → Accessibility → Mining automation. Modes start Off each session; enable one after buying the upgrade, and launch manually to begin if you're docked. Automation works while the game is open and connected, never sells your ore, and stops when you travel manually. These upgrades reset on Ascension.

Grow stronger, move further: sector mastery

Your permanent mining power now sets a minimum sector for your current Ascension run.

• Earn automatic promotion as your sustained power grows. Temporary boosts do not count toward mastery.
• Finish your current asteroid first; promotion applies to your next assignment.
• Automatic promotion grants access to the required sector without Navigation research or a portal. Early travel above your minimum still uses the normal research and portal requirements.
• Earlier sectors become Mastered and close for the rest of that run. Earlier ore types remain available in higher sectors.
• Sector Navigation now shows your peak power, promotion thresholds, and any pending promotion. After Ascension, retained permanent power determines your new starting minimum.

A clearer achievement journey

• Repeated goals are now organized into 18 tiered achievement tracks, showing your next target with expandable tiers and earned dates.
• In-game celebrations focus on significant milestones, with grouped notifications when several arrive together.
• Find the complete, searchable archive of all 169 existing records in Mining Log → Lifetime.
• Previously earned tiers and unlock dates are preserved through Ascension.

Server notices, right where you're playing

Important announcements and maintenance messages can now appear as dismissible in-game banners, including while you're docked, in the lounge, browsing menus, or paused. Notices can reach one region or all enabled regions.

Clan chat fix

Clan chat now reliably scrolls to the latest messages when opened or refreshed, including after longer messages finish laying out.

Last but not least your reviews and feedback mean a lot

Reviews, feedback, and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share an idea, report a bug, or talk about their experience with Asteroid Watch. If you've spent some time in the belt, please consider leaving an honest Steam review. It helps other players decide whether the game is for them and helps us understand what's working and what needs more attention. I'd love to hear them:

• Share feedback, report bugs, or suggest an idea on Steam Discussions
• Leave a Steam review

Thank you for helping Asteroid Watch grow. See you in the belt! UI screenshots show the updated interface with example data.