Hello everyone! I’ve created a Windows world-editing tool designed for vanilla Starbound: Starbound World Editor.

If you have ever wanted to change the weather or background of an existing planet, repair an incorrectly generated ocean floor, or fully transform a selected region into another biome instead of simply replacing a few surface blocks, this tool may be exactly what you are looking for.

It can read Starbound World4 .world files and convert their complex world parameters into an editable JSON format. The toolkit consists of three parts.

01 — Export World to JSON

Exports the editable parameters from a .world file to JSON, including:

Planet name / Weather / Sky and ambient light colors / Gravity / Day length / World layer definitions / Surface Level / Space Level / Biomes / Monster spawn tables / Terrain selectors / Caves and ores / Liquids / Ambient sounds and music / Parallax backgrounds

Large amounts of tile, entity, and sector data are not included in the JSON, making the exported file much easier to read and modify. The source .world file is not changed.

02 — Import JSON to World

Writes the modified JSON parameters into a copy of the original world and creates a new .world file.

Unmodified world data, previously generated terrain, player-built structures, placed objects, and entity records are preserved. It can also change the planet’s name and optionally synchronize the name displayed on the navigation map.

03 — Regenerate Biome Region

This is the toolkit’s most important feature.

After selecting a target biome and an X/Y coordinate range, the tool reads and compiles the biome’s complete generation rules from the selected Starbound assets. The game can then regenerate the selected region with:

Terrain elevation and shape / Foreground and background blocks / Caves and ores / Vegetation, trees, and placed features / Creatures and monsters / Liquids and oceans / Microdungeons / Ambient sounds, music, and Parallax backgrounds

Even if the selected biome has never appeared on the target planet, it can still be compiled and added as long as it exists in the selected assets.

For oceanfloor, toxicoceanfloor, arcticoceanfloor, and magmaoceanfloor, the tool automatically generates both the upper ocean and the lower ocean floor. This includes seawater, island-generation rules, uneven seabed terrain, underwater plants, creatures, treasure chests, microdungeons, and the appropriate backgrounds.

Vanilla Terraformers mainly convert the surface biome of an entire planet. This tool instead lets you select a precise rectangular region and generate the terrain, vegetation, creatures, and background that genuinely belong to the target biome, providing much more control and a more complete result.

Vanilla Compatibility and Custom Parallax

When using vanilla assets, the tool does not modify any original game files and does not require an in-game script or runtime mod. Its output remains a standard World4 .world file that can be placed back into the vanilla storage\universe directory.

In addition to using existing vanilla backgrounds, you can edit the Parallax parameters, convert custom images into image directives that Starbound can understand, and write them directly into the planet’s background.

Important Warning

03_Regenerate_Biome_Region.exe completely removes every saved sector that intersects the selected region, including:

Natural terrain / Player-built structures / Placed objects / Liquids / NPCs / Monsters / Stagehands / Unique entities

Starbound cannot reliably distinguish naturally generated blocks from blocks placed by players. Therefore, the tool currently cannot regenerate only the natural terrain while preserving player-built structures inside the selected region.

The tool does not overwrite the source .world file. It creates a new output file instead, but you should still always back up the original world before using it.

Languages and System Requirements

The interface supports English / Simplified Chinese / German, and confirmation messages and warnings follow the currently selected language.

I would also like to give special thanks to a German friend of mine. I hope the German interface will make the tool more accessible to additional Starbound players.

System requirements: Windows 10/11 / Python 3.8 or later / Python 3.11 or 3.12 recommended / No third-party pip packages required. The archive must be fully extracted before use.

This is an independent community-made tool and is not official Chucklefish software. It is still being tested and improved, so suggestions, test results, and error logs are very welcome.

I hope this tool can take Starbound planet editing beyond basic terraforming and turn it into a genuine way to create entirely new worlds.

Download:
here in github

The lower walkway/platform allows access to ~6-9 storage lockers around you and the 1-3 workstations below.

Same goes for the middle walkway with the upper workstations.

The top walkway is only needed for holding the workstations and accessing the 1-2 chest atop the atomic furnace.

Kinda annoyed the medical station has a rectangular footprint when a 2*2 area remains empty.

Only 21 squares are not used by storage or workstations (25 when one includes the empty squares in the wiring station's and rail crafting table's footprints).

Moved the sewing machine by the pilot's seat so I can manufacture "woven fabric" while navigating the starmap & travel between systems (added an atomic furnace later).

1st playthrough, 2nd workspace (after initial messy setup on starter planet).

No me reconoce ningun botón , bueno también es un joystick bluetooth, de esos los genéricos así que pregunto si hay alguna manera de solucionar eso

Me deja esa pantalla negra nomas tengo 4GB de ram y Helio G81

I want to put art from this image on profile photo, but I'm not so good at drawing, so I'll be pray for someone draw this shi, or I'll do it myself later)

Hi, does anyone know what these blue minerals are? I tried mining it but the asteroid won't break. Either by the manipulator or the Mech Drill. Not sure if these are worth, but the blue minerals actually break inside. Unfortunately, I can't get them. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfq1xkLrJfk

Nyx Chronicles is a long-form, reality-style roleplay series following Captain Lothai through a single continuous sci-fi universe. Starbound serves as the primary world, while other games may represent planets, missions, star systems, civilizations, and exploratory detours—all within the same shared timeline and canon. Decisions are made as they happen — no resets, no scripts, no future knowledge.

The new Chroma update has been released on the workshop, due to the suggestion of a user you can now select colors with a color selector and also directly from the preview with the eyedropper.

Can their be a mod that we find a lost earth satellite that contains DNA of every animal of earth that was on it and clone back domestic pets

```` Area: 29*30 = 870

Layers: 7 (4 high ones + 3 low ones)

Plant lots (w=1) Low: 327-2+2 = 81 High: 423+2 = 94

Max plants by height/width h=6 & w=2 -> 3 (only bananas) [v=36] h=5 & w=2 -> (23+2-1-2)/2+2 = 13 [v=130] (-1, -2 & +2 because of w=1, 1xBanana & 2xChili) h=4 & w=2 -> (3(23-1))/2-4 = 29 [v=232] (-1 & -4 because of w=1 remainder and 2xChili + 2xBanana (near Chili & bottom (different sprinkler position))) h=4 & w=1 -> 4 [v=12 not 16 because rice h=3] h=3 & w=2 -> 5 [v=30] (only ocularthing) h=1 & w=1 -> 4 [v=4] (only kiwi) h=2 & w=2 -> (3(27-1)-4-2)/2-5 = 31 [v=124] h=2 & w=1 -> 81-4-2*(5+31) = 5 [v=10]

Volumes: plants = 36+130+232+12+30+4+124+10 = 578 ground = 81+94 = 175 empty = 40+24+3+41+48+310 = 117

29*30 - (plants+ground+empty) = 0 ````

Well, that last equation should equal 0, not 11. Not going to look for the error in that mess... Found it: The screenshot differs from the calculations because I restrained them to the noted 29*30=870 build volume. -> I forgot some empty space in the bottom row (which is not empty in the screenshot).

Anyway, here are some efficiencies: used for farm = (plants + ground + ~sprinkler) / 870 ~= 95% used for farming = (plants+ground) / 870 ~= 86% used for plants = plants / 870 ~= 66%

Without the vertical shaft those numbers would be even better but I'm not gonna do those.

I played a long while back, and the spaceship used to run on coal (in the beginning anyway) we had to make pickaxes and there was no storyline. The game is fun but grew to be something different and I was wondering if there was a way to experience the nostalgia of that early time (2012 I feel like it was, but I can't remember) in Starbound?

I'm guessing it would be a modpack if so but maybe it's well known. I tried to look through the workshop but it's confusing.

The door is pretty early on. It's next to a part that splits two ways; one way goes down and into a pit that you have to rope out of, and then this door here. I've tried interacting with it, I backtracked and turned on all the consoles. This door just wont open.

Hi, so I really like the GiC mod (Galaxy in Conflict) but the main mod isn't exactly my style of a game, the whole reason I play starbound is because its very moddable and free to explore along with a sanbox.

That being said, I found a mod called Galaxy in Conflict (GiCv2.8+) The Showdown Branch. Which adds everything GiC, but no overhaul so its still starbound.

But there is a problem, i've discovered that to repair the ship it is much different to do than vanilla starbound, and doing the normal quest isn't working. I've look it up and there is a separate quest to do on the starter planet but I cant find what Im looking for. Im kinda stuck, and I was wondering if someone would help me out? I really want to go through the GiC storyline and what it has to offer, its really cool but Its kinda hard to when I can't do this.

more of a rant down here:

i really like what GiC has, but like said in the beginning with the overhaul its not really my style (though, if i tried, I probably could get into it). and i like the race models. now this only happens if i play as a race from GiC and doesnt happen if i play as a vanilla race or a seperate modded race.

I beat starbound, of course I still have more to see but even afterwards the game got boring. I have arcana and several other mods that add more to the game for me to see. I thought regular GiC was like that but I was very wrong, I didnt like how it overhauled my other saves too. I use this game for building a lot and creating characters (or making my pre existing ocs and putting them into starbound) and I dont really focus on the survival aspect of it. i hope thats relatable cause truth be told im not a chud who plays this game every single day for several hours (even though I do have quite a bit of time on this game), its not like i have the game down to 100%. . . anyways. it would just be nice if someone could help out. I really love starbound and just everything about it but I get very overwhelmed with these typa mods that i love not working and i cant figure out why if that makes sense...

Hi everyone!

After two years of on-and-off building, I’ve finally completed the first version of my Urban Biodome!

Above ground, the complex recreates biomes from all kinds of vanilla Starbound planets, complete with their original terrain, plants, critters, monsters, and even rare monsters. It’s essentially a miniature tour of the Starbound universe—without having to burn through all your fuel.

But the real fun begins underground.

The lower levels contain recreations of vanilla underground biomes, ocean biomes, and a collection of minibosses from other mods and games, adapted to fit Starbound’s vanilla style. I’ve also rebuilt several vanilla boss arenas. Entering one of these areas summons the corresponding boss and immediately starts the fight—so please keep your hands, feet, and Matter Manipulator inside the tour vehicle at all times.

And then there’s the largest section: a gigantic Jurassic Park biome, featuring its own dinosaur ecosystem and, far beneath it, a prehistoric underground ocean.

It has taken a ridiculous amount of time, rebuilding, and “just one more little detail,” but the first version is finally finished. Welcome to the Urban Biodome—part museum, part zoo, and part extremely questionable public-safety experiment!

I’m also planning several large new areas for future versions, including:

• An underground Arachnid colony inspired by Starship Troopers—and yes, there will be a Brain Bug boss!
• A terrifying Xenomorph hive inspired by Alien, complete with an Alien Queen boss.
• And, if everything goes according to plan, an area inspired by Rootmars from Metal Slug.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcSsuKjUInA

Next step is secret lab

Tengo un problema en la misión inicial, cuando estás apunto de entrar a la arena del jefe, consiste en que básicamente te quedas atrapado en una escotilla debido a la gravedad de la misión, haciendo que caiga lentamente hacia mi muerte por ahogamiento al estar solapado a una puerta de metal.

I know they're extremely rare, or rather the very specific biome they're in. But since the game has universal coordinates, so if by luck someone has coordinates of a planet where they found one, could you share it please? I don't want to look for these fuckers or do 2 million quests again 😭