Starship Troopers: Extermination Update 13 Will Add Hoppers and Camp Rasczak on Oct. 22

The update also doubles climb and vault speed and adds a shooting range where players can test weapons they have not unlocked.

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A large winged Hopper flies toward a firing Trooper as other bugs cross a smoky battlefield.

Starship Troopers: Extermination Update 13, titled “Hoppers Take Flight,” is scheduled to become available at 10 AM PT (GMT-7) on October 22, 2026. The Steam announcement introduces flying Hoppers, Camp Rasczak, a major movement boost, and an extensive weapon and interface pass.

Hoppers will appear in Advance & Secure, Horde, and ARC missions, and may also turn up with specific Mission Mutators. These fast Arachnids can carry off a fully equipped Trooper, making the new threat one to watch for while fighting on the ground.

Camp Rasczak combines a Horde Defence training mission with a shooting range. Players can practice base-building and defense against waves of bugs, then try weapons they have not yet unlocked. The range also lets Troopers fire from a distance or enter a pit to fight bugs up close.

A Trooper faces a weapon display in Camp Rasczak's shooting range

Combat movement gets a clear boost, with climb and vault speed doubled. The TW-2 Sp.L.I.T Shotgun receives a 10-Gauge Bore modification, while its automatic counterpart gains Frag Shells. The patch also adds the Warrior Swarm mutator, gives players more time to join late Horde waves, and revises several mission and interface screens.

Starship Troopers: Extermination Update 13 Patch Notes

Hoppers

You will always be able to encounter Hoppers in Advance & Secure, Horde and ARC Missions.
Hoppers may also be encountered with specific Mission Mutators

Camp Rasczak

New Training Mission

New Players will be prompted to complete the new Horde Defence Training the first time they play the game.
Returning players will not be prompted, but may choose to launch Camp Rasczak from the “Solo Missions” in the Main Menu.

Shooting Range

The Shooting Range is accessible after completing the Horde Defence Training.
You can return to the Shooting Range by launching Camp Rasczak from the “Solo Missions” in the Main Menu.

Quality-of-Life

Climb and Vault speed have been increased by 100%.

Tuning

Vanguard and Federation Armoury Tuning

TW-2 Sp.L.I.T Shotgun

Added new Mastery levels, can now reach Mastery level 12
Moved Armoury Unlock to level 12, was level 10
Added 10-Gauge Bore modification at level 11

New Modification – 10-Gauge Bore

+30% Pellet Count
+100% Recoil
-15% Fire Rate
-1 Total Magazines

TW-2-FA Sp.L.I.T Shotgun (Auto)

Added new Mastery levels, can now reach Mastery level 12
Moved Armoury Unlock to level 12, was level 10
Added Frag Shells ammo modification at level 11

New Modification – Frag Shells

-60% Direct Damage
+50% Explosive Damage
Armour Piercing Rating becomes 1
Weakpoint Multiplier becomes 3.0x

Morita XXX

Added new Mastery levels; can now reach Mastery level 12
Moved Armoury Unlock to level 12, was level 10

Arachnid Tuning

New Mutators

New ‘Warrior Swarm’ mission mutator

Experience Tuning

Horde mode backfill pause has been increased from Wave 2 to Wave 8. More opportunities for players to join the game in the harder waves.

Known Issues

In S.O.G Solo Mission 29, the Collect Data Pads objective shows the incorrect interaction prompt. You can still press and hold the interact button to collect the pads and progress the objective.

Highlights

Fixed an issue that caused Atmosphere Failure to only slightly tint the world green, without applying the intended interior fog.
Fixed tutorial pop-ups appearing after every update.

UI

Mission Selector improvements to layouts, organization of information, presentation and polish.
Mission Details now displays the minor and major regions
Mission Details now has a different presentation for Company Operations vs. regular Missions.
Company Operations now displays some contextual info about Victory Points, Company Operations and the Galactic Front. Minor improvements to Squad Select flow, added new transitions and presentation.
Fixed an issue with the Quickplay filters Mode Icon having non-uniform scaling that stretches with the length of the description text.
Fixed an issue with the inconsistent placement of the ‘interact’ prompts and repair UI. This fixes the misalignment between the interact widgets and the multitool cursor.
Fixed an issue where repairable utilities (Deployable Walls etc) wouldn’t display the correct repair widgets and could be infinitely repaired. UI now matches the structures.
Fixed an issue where the interact text would ‘pop’ for 1 frame at runtime
Fixed an issue with Utility Fabricator’s ‘item replace’ text occasionally displaying the wrong info or not updating.
Fixed an issue with Utility Fabricators always displaying a ‘first aid stim’ icon regardless of the Utility Fabricator type.
Ownable utilities (Fabricators, Thermo Charges etc) now display their owner when inspected by another Trooper.

Gameplay & General Fixes

Fixed an issue with the TW-7 Liberator’s increased fire rate during ‘fan the hammer’ not always applying when the trooper swapped to/from hipfire.
Fixed players can have more than two firearms by picking up a gun while a utility is equipped.
Fixed swapping to a loadout with a default suit pallet from a customized skin does not replace the first-person texture.
Fixed Morita 2 Plasma Underbarrel breaks animations when swapping to it from other equipment.

What would you try first at Camp Rasczak’s shooting range? For more on the new weapons and mission changes, follow along on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.

Starship Troopers: Extermination drops up to 16 players right into the fight against the Bug menace in this co-op first person shooter. Suit up and ship out to a far-off front as a Trooper in the Deep Space Vanguard, an elite Special Forces group within the Mobile Infantry. It’s up to squads like yours to battle against hundreds of bloodthirsty insectoid aliens and take back fallen colonies for the Federation. The only good Bug is a dead Bug!