No longer have increased ethics divergence.Pops are now more unhappy in collectivist empires.Spiritualists and Materialists now get tech progress towards Frequency Tuning for researching Space Whales Ethics Unlocking Spaceport technologies now makes you more likely to get research options for new reactor techs.Technology costs now increase by +10% per owned planet (up from +0%) and by +1% per Pop (down from +2%).Platypus species portrait and Paradox empire flag is now available for everyone Balance Technology Symbols of Domination is now available for everyone.It is now possible to set difficulty in multiplayer.Slaver mandate no longer possible if slavery is outlawed.Individualist empires will no longer generate election candidates with slaver mandates, and Individualist Pops are less likely to vote for candidates with slaver mandates.Added resource reward to Raid on Smugglers event.“Shipwright” mandate for democractic empires has been reworked.Added settings for AI aggressiveness in the galaxy setup screen.Collection of strategic resources on planet tiles is no longer suppressed by buildings.Added an Influence reward for establishing communications, or conversely being contacted.It is now possible to write a biography for your custom empire.It is now possible to set a custom ruler/heir title for your custom empires.It is no longer necessary to control planets to demand them in war, but controlling planets that are set as wargoals now generates more warscore.Strike Craft attack behavior was changed.Stellaris 1.1 Clarke beta patch notes Features Select “1.1.0_beta” (if you can’t see it, restart Steam).Right-click on Stellaris and choose “Properties”.We’re not sure if mods will break but it’s quite likely. To opt-in and start testing this Stellaris update do the following in Steam.

Everything from the balance to the interface has been tweaked or changed.

The patch notes are pretty extensive as you can see below so pay attention when reading through these. The big 1.1 patch for Stellaris can now be downloaded as in opt-in beta on Steam.

How to play stellaris beta