Official Guide

Welcome to the Big Bang Smugglers official guide. Learn the mechanics, master the systems, and forge your legacy in the void.

Guide Sections

Getting Started

Your first steps. Download the app, join a season, understand your starter ship, and make your first trade.

Galaxy & Territory

How galaxies are structured, what territory types mean, and how to read the Nav screen.

Gameplay Basics

Core mechanics including navigation, ship stats, turns, credits, and faction territories.

Ships

Every ship class in the game. Federation and Pirate lines, six roles, five tiers each, with descriptions and how to choose the right one for your playstyle.

Trading & Economy

How to find profitable routes, understand price mechanics, and maximize credits per run.

Trader Reputation & Faction Alignment

How your trader reputation and faction alignment scores affect port prices, what changes each one, and how the two systems interact.

Smuggling & Contraband

How to run contraband, evade Federation patrols, use the black market, and protect your cargo with cloaking devices.

NPCs & Encounters

NPC ship types, aggression rates by territory, patrol enforcement, and what to expect in each region.

Combat

How combat resolves, PvP zone rules, loot mechanics, immunity, and upgrade priorities.

Beacons & Mines

Deploy navigation beacons to mark explored space and proximity mines to defend your planets.

Tech Upgrades

Permanent ship improvements from Tech Hub ports covering cargo, shields, combat, stealth, and warp efficiency.

Missions

Mission types, difficulty tiers, how to accept and complete objectives, and how to stack missions efficiently.

Starports

Banking, shipyards, ship sales, missions, recruitment, and all other starport services — with full descriptions of every facility.

Locations

Ports, landmarks, stations, and hazards across the galaxy. What each type is, where to find them, and what to expect.

Planets

How to claim and develop planets for passive income, including structures, production formulas, and garrison defense.

Seasons & Leaderboard

How seasons work, XP-based scoring, season end, and strategy for fresh-start galaxies.

Economy Formulas

Precise formulas for power users covering trade pricing, combat resolution, planet production, and more.

Bounties

Post rewards on rival captains at any Starport. Bounties collect automatically when a hunter defeats the target in PvP.