Starborn Archives: More Than A Collectible Card Game

They look like nothing special. Just collectible art cards. Each one depicts a fragment of reality: a creature, a place, an item… Some things and some people you know, and some you don’t.

For most, they’re just collectibles. Lore on cardboard. But for the Starborn? They’re everything.

These Starborn Archives cards are more than relics. They are keys: keys to summon and to vanish, to transmute and to unlock, to twist fate itself. They are the true currency of the Unity, the reason Starborn risk betrayal, madness, and death. Because once awakened, you see them for what they really are: power.

As your collection grows, so does your arsenal. The only question is: will you master the Archives… or will they master you?

Features

• 100+ cards to collect—loot them, buy singles from vendors, or grab booster packs from kiosks.
• Five categories: Animals, Characters, Items, Locations, and Powers.
• Five rarities: from Common trinkets to one-per-universe Uniques that define your journey.
• Hand-crafted visuals: designed by a lifelong TCG player, each and every card is meticulously photoshopped for immersive detail.
• Playable effects: transmute resources into useful items, summon allies, teleport across the battlefield, open town portals, or tap into hidden powers like the mysterious Starborn Vault.
• Persistent collection: your cards follow you through the Unity, so you can keep hunting for more!
• Rival Starborn: carrying Unique cards can trigger ambushes from other card chasers.
• Unity Resonance: grow your resonance to amplify the strength of every card you use.
• Knowledge Cards: if there's an Archive encyclopedia, they are it. Each card features a literally infinite amount of information on a particular subject, thanks to Starborn hyperbolic writing.
• Cross-mod synergy: patchless integration with DarkStar: Total Gameplay Overhaul, Watchtower, Xeno Master (both free and achievement-friendly versions), and more. If those mods are installed, you'll find cards that grant Quantum Rigs and Codexes for DarkStar, Computer Cores for Watchtower, and treats and specialized gear for Xeno Master.
• Gameplay Options: diverse settings to tailor your experience with Starborn Archives.

Features that might appear in future versions:

• More cards, depending on the ideas the community will endorse
• A bigger Starborn Vault, with even more mystery and loot
• Ambushes from Unique Starborn characters: the Collector, the Archivist, the Completionist, and so on.
• Character classes that will influence how the cards work for you.
• Card holding frames to show off your collection in your outpost/house/ship.
• Patchless integration with more Creations such as TG's Galactic Harvest, Cryomancers, E.X. Solution Systems*, VIGILANCE, and more.
• A dedicated patch for Shattered Space is in the making.

Join the community and share your ideas for the future growth of Starborn Archives!

Big Thanks A lot of people helped me in small and big ways in making this possible. By teaching me, testing, making assets, and sometimes providing the most precious of help: proving me wrong.

Bp42s, BriarShayde, Caracal5707, Daf, DaAngryMechanic, Daze0, DownfallNemesis, FenHarellan, FlightControl, FlippingEggs, GhostRider231, GoArray, Harra, Imperial Sympathiser, Invoker Gray, KaoruSatou, LarannKiar, Miss_o, OldBard, Paulie B, ProfX, S1nderion, Scrivener, Syberghost, Tank_Girl444, Vaernus, WhortleBerryJam, WykkydGaming, Yak, ZeeOgre... to name a few.