Powers & Temples

Starborn Powers are the game’s magic-like abilities, each unlocked by tracking down a Temple — anomalies scattered across the galaxy, located via Constellation research and orbital scanning — and completing its zero-gravity ritual to absorb the power inside. Historically the only way to strengthen a power was to re-enter its temple in successive New Game Plus universes, stacking its rank across the Unity loop. The Shattered Space-era update softened that grind by letting you upgrade powers with Quantum Essence (farmed from Starborn ships), reducing the need to repeatedly replay temples just to max a power.