UNOFFICIAL: DarkOrbit Revealed

QUITE RIGHT ,i never thought of that and if on there discord banned for mentioning it .

 

Prometheus Day event designs

Prometheus Hammerclaw Plus ship:


Prometheus Solace Plus ship:

 

Breaking News: Railgun System - December 2025​

> this will be a long post so give yourselves plenty of time to read and digest it. I have inserted comments like this one inbetween to provide some simple explanations. As usual, this is all pre-release leaks. Everything is subject to change on release.

There will be new weapons and shields added. The weapons are called Particle Cannons (aka Railguns). The shields are called Refractors (aka Cannon Shields).

There are three element types for both:

• Thermal
• Corrosive
• Electro

They can have various effects:

• Damage
• PvE damage (NPCs)
• PvP damage
• Faction damage
• Evasion
• Hit chance
• Defence
• Penetration
• Critical rate
• Critical damage (also called Strike damage)
• Anti-thermal/corrosive/electro critical rate

> this is similar to ship upgrade modules, with a few new additional stat types

The Particle Cannons and Refractors are upgradeable. Example stat upgrades:
Increase in railgun damage.
Increase in refractor defence.

Collectable: OptiGrad Chip (aka OGC)
Info: Engineers can utilize OptiGrad chips to enhance advanced optical systems, optimize energy shield integrity or craft weapons that focus plasma discharges with pinpoint accuracy.
Obtain: It can be attained from ‌particle cannon‌s or refractors in the Restabilize tab in Assembly.


> restabilise (reroll) and recycle system is similar to ship upgrade modules

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Particle Cannon Section

> there are different tiers and different names for each element type which I've simplified below

C: Common (worst)
UC: Uncommon
R: Rare
EP: Epic
MA: Master
LEG: Legendary
UL: Ultimate (best)

Thermal name = Helios
Corrosive name = Nidhogg
Electro name = Indra

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Helios

Spoiler: Helios Full List

C-Helios
Common Thermal ‌Particle Cannon‌: This is the most fundamental weapon with minimal combat effectiveness. Sizzling hot plasma slugs burn your enemy to a crisp!

UC-Helios
Uncommon Thermal ‌Particle Cannon‌: A modest improvement over the base model, offering slightly increased damage output and better reliability. Sizzling hot plasma slugs burn your enemy to a crisp!

R-Helios
Rare Thermal ‌Particle Cannon‌: This weapon marks a clear step up in destructive capability. Sizzling hot plasma slugs burn your enemy to a crisp!

EP-Helios
Epic Thermal ‌Particle Cannon‌: Featuring enhanced damage mechanics, this weapon delivers reliable performance in moderate combat scenarios. Sizzling hot plasma slugs burn your enemy to a crisp!

MA-Helios
Masterpiece Thermal ‌Particle Cannon‌: A powerful asset on the battlefield, capable of taking down reinforced targets with precision and force. Sizzling hot plasma slugs burn your enemy to a crisp!

LEG-Helios
Legendary Thermal ‌Particle Cannon‌: Reserved for elite pilots, this weapon exhibits exceptional damage potential and superior engineering. Sizzling hot plasma slugs burn your enemy to a crisp!

UL-Helios
Ultimate Thermal ‌Particle Cannon‌: Custom-designed for specific ship, its destructive power surpasses all imagination. Sizzling hot plasma slugs burn your enemy to a crisp!

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Nidhogg

Spoiler: Nidhogg Full List

C-Nidhogg
Basic Corrosive ‌Particle Cannon‌: This is the most fundamental weapon with minimal combat effectiveness. A barrage of acidic rounds eats its way through enemy armor with insatiable precision!

UC-Nidhogg
Uncommon Corrosive ‌Particle Cannon‌: A modest improvement over the base model, offering slightly increased damage output and better reliability. A barrage of acidic rounds eats its way through enemy armor with insatiable precision!

R-Nidhogg
Rare Corrosive ‌Particle Cannon‌: This weapon marks a clear step up in destructive capability. A barrage of acidic rounds eats its way through enemy armor with insatiable precision!

EP-Nidhogg
Epic Corrosive ‌Particle Cannon‌: Featuring enhanced damage mechanics, this weapon delivers reliable performance in moderate combat scenarios. A barrage of acidic rounds eats its way through enemy armor with insatiable precision!

MA-Nidhogg
Masterpiece Corrosive ‌Particle Cannon‌: A powerful asset on the battlefield, capable of taking down reinforced targets with precision and force. A barrage of acidic rounds eats its way through enemy armor with insatiable precision!

LEG-Nidhogg
Legendary Corrosive ‌Particle Cannon‌: Reserved for elite pilots, this weapon exhibits exceptional damage potential and superior engineering. A barrage of acidic rounds eats its way through enemy armor with insatiable precision!

UL-Nidhogg
Ultimate Corrosive ‌Particle Cannon‌: Custom-designed for specific ship, its destructive power surpasses all imagination. A barrage of acidic rounds eats its way through enemy armor with insatiable precision!

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Indra

Spoiler: Indra Full List

C-Indra
Basic Electro ‌Particle Cannon‌: This is the most fundamental weapon with minimal combat effectiveness. Magnetic bolts tear through your foes with hypersonic fidelity. This gun isn't just cute - it's ELECTROCUTE!

UC-Indra
Uncommon Electro ‌Particle Cannon‌: A modest improvement over the base model, offering slightly increased damage output and better reliability. Magnetic bolts tear through your foes with hypersonic fidelity. This gun isn't just cute - it's ELECTROCUTE!

R-Indra
Rare Electro ‌Particle Cannon‌: This weapon marks a clear step up in destructive capability. Magnetic bolts tear through your foes with hypersonic fidelity. This gun isn't just cute - it's ELECTROCUTE!

EP-Indra
Epic Electro ‌Particle Cannon‌: Featuring enhanced damage mechanics, this weapon delivers reliable performance in moderate combat scenarios. Magnetic bolts tear through your foes with hypersonic fidelity. This gun isn't just cute - it's ELECTROCUTE!

MA-Indra
Masterpiece Electro ‌Particle Cannon‌: A powerful asset on the battlefield, capable of taking down reinforced targets with precision and force. Magnetic bolts tear through your foes with hypersonic fidelity. This gun isn't just cute - it's ELECTROCUTE!

LEG-Indra
Legendary Electro ‌Particle Cannon‌: Reserved for elite pilots, this weapon exhibits exceptional damage potential and superior engineering. Magnetic bolts tear through your foes with hypersonic fidelity. This gun isn't just cute - it's ELECTROCUTE!

UL-Indra
Ultimate Electro ‌Particle Cannon‌: Custom-designed for specific ship, its destructive power surpasses all imagination. Magnetic bolts tear through your foes with hypersonic fidelity. This gun isn't just cute - it's ELECTROCUTE!

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Particle Cannons use a new type of ammunition called Slugs

> there are four tiers of ammo for each element type
D01 (worst)
C02
B03
A04 (best)

Spoiler: Thermal Full List

THS-D01
The most basic and widely available thermal particle cannon ammo.
Base Thermal Damage Multiplied x1


THS-C02
Stronger damage and penetration than standard ammo: x2 thermal damage per shot.
Base Thermal Damage Multiplied x2


THS-B03
Powerful and accurate, for advanced weapons and missions: x3 thermal damage per shot.
Base Thermal Damage Multiplied x3


THS-A04
Top-tier railgun ammo with maximum damage and lethality: x4 thermal damage per shot.
Base Thermal Damage Multiplied x4

Spoiler: Corrosive Full List

COS-D01
The most basic and widely available corrosive particle cannon ammo.
Base Corrosive Damage Multiplied x1


COS-C02
Stronger damage and penetration than standard ammo: x2 corrosive damage per shot.
Base Corrosive Damage Multiplied x2


COS-B03
Powerful and accurate, for advanced weapons and missions: x3 corrosive damage per shot.
Base Corrosive Damage Multiplied x3


COS-A04
Top-tier railgun ammo with maximum damage and lethality: x4 corrosive damage per shot.
Base Corrosive Damage Multiplied x4

Spoiler: Electro Full List

ELS-D01
The most basic and widely available electro particle cannon ammo.
Base Electro Damage Multiplied x1


ELS-C02
Stronger damage and penetration than standard ammo: x2 electro damage per shot.
Base Electro Damage Multiplied x2


ELS-B03
Powerful and accurate, for advanced weapons and missions: x3 electro damage per shot.
Base Electro Damage Multiplied x3


ELS-A04
Top-tier railgun ammo with maximum damage and lethality: x4 electro damage per shot.
Base Electro Damage Multiplied x4

New CPU:
Auto ‌Particle Cannon‌ CPU (aka RG-SL)
Info: Automatic ‌particle cannon‌ fire during your laser attacks.
After installation is completed, the RG-SL CPU must be activated on the space map in "CPUs".


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> besides the normal ones, there are also ship-exclusive Particle Cannons.

Indra - Goliath Plus
Info: A custom-built electro particle cannon designed specifically for the Goliath Plus ship. It will accompany the Goliath Plus in conquering the endless starry sky.

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Refractors Section

> these are also tiered, but only go up to Legendary tier

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Thermal Refractors

Spoiler: Thermal Full List

MR-T01
Basic Thermal Refractor: This gear provides fundamental protection. An advanced defense system designed to counter ‌particle cannon‌ attacks.

MR-T02
Uncommon Thermal Refractor: A noticeable upgrade in durability, offering enhanced resistance against common threats. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-T03
Rare Thermal Refractor: Equipped with reinforced materials, this gear ensures reliable defense in standard combat situations. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-T04
Epic Thermal Refractor: Engineered for high-stress scenarios, it delivers strong protection. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-T05
Masterpiece Thermal Refractor: Designed for frontline ships, this gear withstands heavy impacts and extreme battlefield conditions. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-T06
Legendary Thermal Refractor: The highest tier of defense technology—granting unmatched survivability. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

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Corrosive Refractors

Spoiler: Corrosive Full List

MR-C01
Basic Corrosive Refractor: This gear provides fundamental protection. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-C02
Uncommon Corrosive Refractor: A noticeable upgrade in durability, offering enhanced resistance against common threats. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-C03
Rare Corrosive Refractor: Equipped with reinforced materials, this gear ensures reliable defense in standard combat situations. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-C04
Epic Corrosive Refractor: Engineered for high-stress scenarios, it delivers strong protection. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-C05
Masterpiece Corrosive Refractor: Designed for frontline ships, this gear withstands heavy impacts and extreme battlefield conditions. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-C06
Legendary Corrosive Refractor: The highest tier of defense technology—granting unmatched survivability. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

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Electro Refractors

Spoiler: Electro Full List

MR-E01
Basic Electro Refractor: This gear provides fundamental protection. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-E02
Uncommon Electro Refractor: A noticeable upgrade in durability, offering enhanced resistance against common threats. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-E03
Rare Electro Refractor: Equipped with reinforced materials, this gear ensures reliable defense in standard combat situations. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-E04
Epic Electro Refractor: Engineered for high-stress scenarios, it delivers strong protection. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-E05
Materpiece Electro Refractor: Designed for frontline ships, this gear withstands heavy impacts and extreme battlefield conditions. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

MR-E06
Legendary Electro Refractor: The highest tier of defense technology—granting unmatched survivability. An advanced defense system designed to counter particle cannon attacks.

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Lucky Draw (gambling mechanic)

Collectable: Armory Token
Info: Used for drawing in the Lucky Draw.
Obtain: Can be gained by finishing daily missions.


Collectable: Mega Armory Token
Info: Used for drawing in the Limited Time Mega Draw. There is a chance to obtain a UL-quality particle cannon for specific ships.
Obtain: Can be purchased in the shop.


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Other

Spectrum Carbonite drone design

 

New designs

Frost Tartarus Plus ship
> no graphic yet

Will be available with Frost Cyborg (returning design?) during Winter sales and rare chance from Delta, Epsilon, Kappa and Zeta gates.

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Jubilee Goliath Plus (19th anniversary special):


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Railgun System

New ship-exclusive types listed:

• Cyborg
• Diminisher
• Pusat Plus
• Venom

> these are Thermal (Helios) and Corrosive (Nidhogg), and all of them are Ultimate rank

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Animations / renders

Spoiler

Thermal Shot:

Thermal Skill:

Thermal Hitsplat:

Thermal Waves:

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Corrosive Shot:

Corrosive Skill:

Corrosive Hitsplat:

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Electro Shot:

Electro Skill:

Electro Hitsplat:

 

Graphics

Frost Tartarus Plus ship:


Frozen Cyborg ship (also called Subzero. Seems to be a new version of the classic frost skin, probably.):


Blaze Goliath Plus ship (from Obsidian box refresh):

 

Breaking News

19th Anniversary Birthday Gate:

It has a difficulty selection option

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New NPCs

Pyrospire:


Magma Stalker:


Chronospire:


Veil Stalker:


Vinespire:


Spore Stalker:


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New designs

Frost Paladin ship:

> I know it doesn't look like a normal frost skin. Perhaps this was labelled incorrectly. We'll find out eventually.

 

Figured out what's happened. The classic 'frost' Cyborg cosmetic skin was stylised as frozen, and the new one's made some internal complications because of that (more info below). For now, the new design looks like this:

whatever it's called...

Frost Paladin ship design:


Fun fact
Citadel Elite's 'Frost' skin's called Glacier.
Venom's 'Frost' skin's called Arctic.
I guess Cyborg's was called Frozen, but now it looks like the devs have retroactively renamed it completely to Frozen and rereleased Frost as a purple glow skin. Further complications in the future. heh
Oh, and the 'Frost' cosmetic skin for drones is called Hailstorm.
Maybe I'm the only one interested in this stuff.

 

New Railguns

Indra:

• Cyborg
• Goliath Plus (leaked earlier)
• Paladin
• Solaris Plus
• Spectrum Plus
• Venom

> these will be craftable

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New Items

Item: Galaxy Coupon
Description: This spacy voucher is your invitation to explore the fiesta gate... and BEYOND!
Obtain: Can be purchased in the shop.

Item: Pulse Core
Description: A container of distilled boson fragments, collected in highly volatile space rifts. Collect enough to assemble the ultimate particle cannon.
Obtain: Can be gained by finished the fiesta gate.

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Birthday Gate

Named 'Fiesta Gate'
Has 5 difficulties.

> I dunno for sure if it's a new gate forever or a one time bday gate. Might be here to stay considering they've designed new NPCs and items for it.

 

where is the fiesta gate Galaxy coupon, is not in shop ??

 

Particle Cannon Evolution

Synthesis Materials to craft Ultimate Rank Railguns

• Energy Helios Citadel Plus
• Energy Nidhogg Citadel Plus
• Energy Indra Citadel Plus

etc. for the following ships:

• Citadel Plus
• Cyborg
• Diminisher
• Goliath Plus
• Hammerclaw Plus
• Orcus
• Paladin
• Pusat Plus
• Solace Plus
• Solaris Plus
• Spearhead Plus
• Spectrum Plus
• Venom

 

is there anywhere that states what damage these unwanted weapons do ?

 

Yes
https://board-en.darkorbit.com/threads/faq-particle-weapon-system.129990/

 

i aint got a diploma in that field .. just a load of waffle that is to me .

 

Spoiler: why do i bother when no ne bothers to read

Nice and simple:

There's 3 types of Railguns:

• Thermal / Helios / Red colour
• Corrosive / Nidhogg / Purple colour
• Electro / Indra / Blue colour (unreleased at this time)

A Railgun hits every 4* secs (buy the CPU from shop to make it hit automatically). Think of it like Prom lasers' burst (every 4 secs for a big hit while prom burst is once every 5 hits).
You have 3 slots to equip them on your ship. One of each. Whatever ammo you select will use the associated Railgun. The others are on standby until you swap ammo.

The ship-exclusive Railguns listed earlier are the strongest ones.

UL-Helios

Thermal

16571

UL-Nidhogg

Corrosive

32406

These are the base damage values we're given^ but that's 100% damage. We're told that Railguns have a damage range of 75-100%, so it'll be more like:
Thermal = 12,428–16,571
Corrosive = 24,304–32,406
Indra = UNKNOWN

Ship-exclusives can be equipped on any ship. If you equip them on the ship they're made for though, you get some unknown extra damage.

Now, it looks like Corrosive is waaay better than Thermal from those numbers alone. But that might not be the case because each type has a special bonus:

• Thermal hits do splash damage in a radius of 275 for 40% of the original damage. So Thermal is great for clearing up clusters of aliens. The more aliens in the area, the more mileage you get from using Thermal (up to 5 aliens. It won't hit more than 5 per shot).

• Corrosive hits harder and makes you do more damage with Corrosive shots the longer you fight. It makes the target take 5% more Corrosive damage per hit, up to 5 times (effectively +25% bonus Corrosive damage if you're shooting for at least 20 seconds. see below*). Basically a great Railgun for bulky, single targets.

• Indra's effect is UNKNOWN.

Those damage values above are for x1 ammo. You can buy x2 and x3 from the shop. I dunno about x4.
You can also get custom modifiers on your Railguns that can massively affect the damage output. So the damage you'll be able to pull off should be considerably higher than expected.

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Leaks

Next Empyrian March has Empyrian Spectrum Plus listed as a reward.

There's a new type of booty box that's Christmas themed. Possibly releasing soon.

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Edit: minor correction. Railguns hit every 4 seconds. So Corrosive' more like this:
1st hit = 1s
2nd hit = 5s
3rd hit = 9s
4th hit = 13s
5th hit = 17s (once this hits, the next shot onwards does max extra damage)
6th hit = 21s
...and so on.

 

Upcoming designs

Nobilis Centurion P.E.T. design:


Nobilis Centurion ship design:

> there aren't any bonus effects for using this design as far as I'm aware

Phantasm Spectrum P.E.T. design:

 

Another p2w event...

Trinity Trials - January 2026
Welcome to the brand-new pilot endurance arena! Will you survive long to unlock the Human Coalition's brand-new particle cannons and refractors? There's only one chance to find out…

5 levels of difficulty: Easy to Nightmare

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Items:

• Trinity Token [TT-Token] - Keycard used to enter Trinity Trials
• Trinity VIP Badge - Unlock the VIP rewards and privileges of Trinity Trials. Purchasing the Trinity VIP Badge unlocks the following privileges: Unlock VIP Pass rewards! / Get %VALUE1% additional free entries.! / Receive an additional %VALUE2%% pass points! / Gain %VALUE3%% damage bonus!
• Xyralith - Used to shorten the upgrade time of the Orbital Sweeper Module in Trinity Trials. / Required to craft advanced lasers.
• Quantum Prism [QPR] - A powerful upgrade component used to boost the Orbital Sweeper Module in the Trinity Trials. Use the Quantum Prisms harvested from Trinity Trials to upgrade the OS module, thereby increasing the probability of obtaining more powerful equipment.

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Amor and Psyche designs for February are for Orcus, apparently. I'm not sure about what ship will get bundled in the battlepass. May or may not be Orcus.

 

Breaking News

New ship:

Retiarus Plus - Battle Cruiser
The Retiarus Plus can deal an ultra-high-damage strike by charging up, and enhance the particle cannon equipped on itself.
> No graphic yet

Abilities:

• Hyper Charge shot / Charge Shot Plus

Accumulates charges against a targeted ship while target is within range. Launches a huge destructive burst of damage when charging is over.

• Supercharge Plus

Speed up your ship, reduce Particle Cannon cooldown, boost its damage—but lose shield per second
> Graphics are shown below

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Season Pass 12

Titles:

⋆ The Voidwing Sovereign ⋆ - Level 50
⋆ The Doomcaller ⋆ - Level 80

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Designs:

Wyvern Retiarus Plus ship design


Wyvern Retiarus P.E.T. design


Wyvern Retiarus Plus drone design


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XSP01 unstable modules have a higher chance to roll for Pusat Plus and Retiarus Plus ships

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New Particle Cannons

• Helios Retiarus Plus
• Nidhogg Retiarus Plus
• Indra Retiarus Plus

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> There are different graphics for Retiarus Plus' abilities and the cosmetic design (Wyvern Retiarus Plus). To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time we're seeing this change for cosmetic designs. Illustrated below:

No design=yellow/white.
Wyvern design=blue/white.

Spoiler

Charge Shot Plus CHARGE UP:


Charge Shot Plus SHOT:


Charge Shot Plus HIT:


Charge Shot Plus OUTBREAK:


Supercharge Plus:

 

Fresh graphic

Retiarus Plus (base ship):

 

why does it seem like every single ship has to have the forward fangs. "new and updated" its looks the same

retiarus plus
basilisk
goli plus
viking citadel plus
atlantis/enigma solace plus

i'm so damn tired of the bull ant head style look, give us something different for once.

on top of that, retiarus was more hot garbage than paladin and THAT gets a plus ship?

 

Yeah, I'm genuinely shocked it's Retiarus. I would have guessed the next to be any of the old ships like Diminisher and Sentinel.

I hope it'll be better than the normal version and it doesn't become another Tartarus/Spectrum disaster...

Base Ret stats are similar to base Goli, so maybe they'll do this one right.