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Comprehensive guide to using the Starborne Planner tool for ship management, gear optimization, and battle simulations.

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Getting Started

Introduction

Welcome to the Starborne Frontiers Calculator, your comprehensive tool for optimizing your fleet and gear in Starborne Frontiers. This guide will help you understand and make the most of all the features available.

Importing Your Game Data

To get started, you'll need to import your game data. This process requires the Windows version of Starborne Frontiers, which can be accessed through either:

  • The standalone Windows client
  • The Steam client

Steps to Export Data:

  1. Open Starborne Frontiers in Windows
  2. Click on Settings
  3. Navigate to Account
  4. Click Export Player Data
  5. This will download a JSON file containing your game data

Importing into the Calculator:

  1. Locate the yellow Import Data button in the sidebar
  2. Click the button and select your exported JSON file
  3. It will process your data and update all relevant sections

Tips & Tricks

Best Practices

  • Edit ships to give them the proper role, to make autogearing faster. This persists between imports.
  • Use the equipment lock feature often to lock the equipment on the ships you don't want to be touched. This persists between imports.
  • Always run autogear multiple times to find the best combination.
  • Regularly import new data from the game, to get the latest gear.
  • Regularly run the optimizer for your MVPs, to make sure you are getting the best possible gear.
  • Check out Gear -> Upgrade Analysis, to locate gear pieces most likely to improve role scores the most.

Example workflow

Here is an example workflow of how to use the calculator to autogear your fleet.

  • Import your game data
  • If first time using the calculator, edit ships to give them the proper role.
  • Optimize the most important units first, arena/vault teams
  • Toggle the lock on the autogear page, when you find a good gear combination, equip stuff in the game, before continuing to the next ship.
  • Then depending on the content you want to do, repeat the process on the situational ships, for example Faction Ops. Unlock the arena/vault teams if you need the best possible gear here.
  • After the content runs are done, unlock the situational ships, and optimize the MVPs again, if these were touched.

FAQ

FAQ

Here are some frequently asked questions about the app.

  • What is the purpose of the app?The purpose of the app is to help you with gear management and quickly optimize your ships. Do you spend a lot of time gear swapping when doing faction ops, or just a wild amount of credits on gearing up all your ships? The autogear feature is a tool to help you quickly find the best gear for your ships for any content, and easily keep track of what gear is going where.
  • Why would I use this, when I have a spreadsheet with all my ships and gear?This community has an untamable passion for spreadsheets, but this is more efficient, I promise you. It has integrated import with game data, so you can easily import your gear and fleet, and find better gear combinations depending on a lot of different roles and requirements. It will also tell you what ships you need to move gear from if its already equipped. Engineering and implants are also factored in.
  • Do I need a huge game account to use this?No, it will work with any size of game account, wether newly started or old time whale, or anything in between.
  • How do I import my game data?You can import your game data by clicking the import button in the sidebar. Check out the Getting Started section for more information.
  • Does the app work without an account?Yes, the app works without an account. You can import your game data and use the app, but what you do will not be synced across devices.
  • How do I delete my account?You can delete your account by clicking the delete account button in the Home page.

Documentation

Ship Management

Ship Cards

Each ship in your fleet is displayed as a card containing comprehensive information and management options.

Ship Information

  • Basic Info: Name
  • Faction: The ship's faction icon
  • Role: Ship role (e.g., Attacker, Defender) is displayed by the role icon.
  • Affinity: The ship's elemental affinity is displayed by the color of the role icon.
  • Rank: Current ship rank displayed as white stars.
  • Refit Level: Number of gold stars (★) indicating refit progress
  • Equipment: Currently equipped gear pieces
  • Active Sets: Currently active gear set bonuses
  • Implants: Installed implants, their effects, and their description.
  • Final Stats: Total stats including all bonuses.

Ship Actions

  • Equip Gear: Manually equip gear pieces to different slots
  • Unequip All: Remove all currently equipped gear
  • Lock Equipment: Prevent gear from being changed by autogear
  • Ship Details: View detailed ship information in the ship database
  • Quick Autogear: Direct access to autogear for this specific ship
  • Simulator: Quick access to battle simulation with this ship
  • Delete Ship: Remove the ship from your fleet

Filtering and Sorting

The ship management interface includes powerful filtering and sorting capabilities:

  • Faction Filter: Filter ships by their faction
  • Ship Type Filter: Filter by ship type (e.g., Cruiser, Battleship)
  • Rarity Filter: Filter by ship rarity
  • Affinity Filter: Filter by elemental affinity
  • Equipment Lock Filter: Show only ships with locked equipment

Sorting Options

Ships can be sorted by various criteria:

  • Date Added (default)
  • Name (alphabetical)
  • Ship Type
  • Faction
  • Rarity
  • Number of Equipped Gear
  • Any individual stat (e.g., Attack, Defense, Speed)

Search Functionality

The search feature allows you to find ships by:

  • Ship name
  • Ship type
  • Faction name
  • Affinity

The search is case-insensitive and updates results in real-time as you type.

Pro Tips

  • Use the equipment lock feature to prevent autogear from changing specific ship setups
  • Combine filters to quickly find specific ship combinations
  • Sort by stats to identify your strongest ships in specific areas
  • Use the search function to quickly locate ships when you have a large fleet

Ship Details Page

The ship details page shows detailed information about a specific ship. Including:

  • Complete stats breakdown
  • Equipment
  • Implants
  • Score breakdown by gear slots
  • Upgrade analysis based on gear slots

Inventory Management

Gear Cards

Each piece of gear in your inventory is displayed as a card containing detailed information and management options.

Gear Information

  • Header:
    • Slot type with icon (e.g., Weapon, Armor)
    • Stars (★) and Level indicator
    • For implants: Implant slot type (Major/Ultimate)
  • Main Stat: Primary stat with value and type
  • Sub Stats: List of secondary stats with values
  • Set Bonus:
    • Set name
    • Set bonus stats
    • Set bonus description
  • Implant Details: (for implants only)
    • Implant name and icon
    • Description (for Major and Ultimate implants)
  • Equipped Status: Shows which ship is using this gear

Visual Indicators

  • Rarity is indicated by border color and text color
  • Set icon is displayed next to the slot type
  • Implant icon is shown for implant slots
  • Stars are shown in yellow (★)

Gear Actions

  • Edit: Modify gear details (not available for implants)
  • Remove: Delete the gear piece
  • Equip: (in select mode) Equip to a ship

Filtering and Sorting

The gear management interface includes powerful filtering and sorting capabilities:

  • Slot Filter: Filter by gear slot type
  • Rarity Filter: Filter by gear rarity
  • Set Filter: Filter by gear set
  • Equipped Filter: Show equipped or unequipped gear

Search Functionality

The search feature allows you to find gear by:

  • Gear name
  • Slot type
  • Set name
  • Rarity
  • Stat names and values
  • Equipped ship name

The search is case-insensitive and updates results in real-time as you type.

Sorting Options

Gear can be sorted by various criteria:

  • Date Added (default)
  • Level
  • Stars
  • Rarity

Upgrade Analysis

Upgrade Analysis

The Upgrade Analysis tab provides insights into your gear collection. It shows you which gear pieces are most likely to improve your role scores the most, by simulating upgrading them 10 times, scoring each one using the role scoring system, and averaging the results. Displayed per role, and sorted by total improvement to the role score. The average improvement is how much the gear itself, not the role score, is improved by upgrading it.

You can also simulate upgrading all your unlevelled gear, by clicking the Simulate Upgrades button. This will then run through all gear and upgrade it randomly, like in the game. The upgraded stats will now be displayed in the gear cards.

Clear upgrades button is used to reset the gear.

Pro Tips

  • Use the equipped filter to quickly find gear that's not being used
  • Search by stat names to find gear with specific stat combinations
  • Check the Upgrade Analysis tab regularly to identify gear that has a good probability of being a good piece, once upgraded.

Autogear

Autogear System

The autogear system uses advanced algorithms to find the optimal gear combinations for your ships. It takes into account various factors including:

  • Ship role and type
  • Stat priorities and requirements
  • Gear set bonuses
  • Equipment constraints
  • Stat bonuses and synergies

Ship Roles and Scoring

Each ship role has specific scoring criteria that determine how gear combinations are evaluated. Understanding these criteria helps you make better decisions about gear optimization.

PRO TIP: Edit ship roles in the ships page to automatically set the chosen role for the autogear tool. Roles persists through imports.

Attacker Roles

Attacker

Focuses on maximizing damage output through:

  • Base attack damage
  • Critical hit chance and damage
  • Defense penetration

Defender Roles

Defender

Optimizes for survival through:

  • Effective HP (HP × damage reduction)
  • Healing and shield regeneration
  • Survival rounds calculation

Defender (Security)

Combines defensive capabilities with security:

  • Base defender score
  • Security stat multiplier
  • Balanced defensive stats

Debuffer Roles

Debuffer

Specializes in hacking and damage:

  • Hacking stat × DPS

Debuffer (Defensive)

Balances hacking with survivability:

  • Hacking stat × Effective HP

Debuffer (Bomber)

Focuses on hacking and raw attack power:

  • Hacking stat × Attack

Supporter Roles

Supporter

Optimizes healing capabilities:

  • Base healing (15% of HP)
  • Critical hit multiplier
  • Heal modifier

Supporter (Buffer)

Focuses on speed and defensive support:

  • Speed × 10 (base weight)
  • Boost set bonus (30,000 points for 4 pieces)
  • Effective HP (scaled down)

Supporter (Offensive)

Balances speed with attack power:

  • Speed × 10 (base weight)
  • Attack power (square root scaled)
  • Boost set bonus (30,000 points for 4 pieces)

Scoring System Notes

  • Each role has a unique scoring formula that prioritizes different stats and combinations.
  • Stat bonuses are applied after the base score calculation.
  • Penalties are applied as percentage reductions to the final score.

Configuration Options

Stat Priorities

Define minimum and maximum values for specific stats. The algorithm will try to keep stats within these ranges while optimizing the overall build.

Set Priorities

Specify which gear sets you want to complete and how many pieces of each set. The algorithm will prioritize completing these sets while maintaining stat requirements. Setting the count to 0, will prevent that gear set from being in the calculations.

Stat Bonuses

Add bonus effects that contribute to the role score. For example, an attacker that gains extra damage equal to 10% of HP.

Equipment Constraints

  • Ignore currently equipped gear: When enabled, the algorithm will only consider gear that isn't equipped on other ships.
  • Ignore unleveled gear: When enabled, the algorithm will only consider gear that has been leveled up.
  • Use upgraded stats: When enabled, the algorithm will consider gear that has been upgraded in the Upgrade Analysis tab in the Gear page.

Available Algorithms

Genetic Algorithm (Recommended)

Easily the best algorithm, an evolution-inspired approach that maintains a population of potential solutions and evolves them over time. This algorithm is particularly good at finding balanced gear combinations that satisfy multiple requirements.

Two-Pass Algorithm

A fast algorithm that first optimizes individual stats, then looks for opportunities to complete gear sets. Good for quick results when you have specific stat requirements.

Set-First Approach

Prioritizes completing gear sets before optimizing individual stats. Best used when set bonuses are crucial for your build.

Beam Search

A balanced approach that keeps multiple possible configurations in consideration. Good for finding near-optimal solutions when you have complex requirements.

Important Notes

  • The autogear system uses shortcuts to handle the large number of possible combinations. Results are based on about 30-40k comparisons, so running it multiple times may yield different optimal solutions.
  • Consider unchecking the "Ignore currently equipped gear" option if you want to look through all your gear on other ships aswell. Use it together with the Ship Equipment Lock to exclude certain ships from this field.
  • For best results, combine autogear suggestions with manual adjustments in the secondary requirements accordion based on your specific needs.

After running autogear

After running autogear, you can see the gear suggestions on the right side of the page, together with an equip all button, a lock equipment button, and an expand gear button.

  • The equip all button will equip all the gear suggestions at once. If other ships have it equipped, it will ask before removing it from them.
  • The lock equipment button will lock the ship currently selected, to easily continue autogearing other ships.
  • The expand gear button will expand the gear suggestions to show the gear pieces as gear cards, so you can see the stats and bonuses, to easily locate them in game.

Simulation Results

The simulation results will show you a comparison of the gear suggestions, and the current gear on the ship, based on the different goals of the roles.

Simulation

Battle Simulation

The simulation tools allow you to:

  • Test different ship configurations
  • Simulate combat scenarios
  • Calculate damage output
  • Analyze defensive capabilities