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Lightyear Frontier

Climb into your mech and turn an alien landscape into a thriving farm. Plant sprawling fields, automate everyday chores, and build your homestead solo or with up to three friends.

  • Full Release Nov 4, 2026
  • 1–4 Players
  • 12 Supported Languages
  • 10 GB Storage
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Latest guides

Lightyear Frontier Mineral Extractor Pipe Setup Guide
Automation

Lightyear Frontier Mineral Extractor Pipe Setup Guide

Build a Lightyear Frontier mineral extractor pipe setup that sends crushed ore to storage. Learn the mining loop, 1.0 automation changes, and pipe fixes.

Lightyear Frontier Water Pump: Setup and 1.0 Fixes
Automation

Lightyear Frontier Water Pump: Setup and 1.0 Fixes

Set up a Lightyear Frontier water pump, connect watering drones and reservoirs, and fix broken water connections after the 1.0 update. Keep crops watered.

Lightyear Frontier Best Mostly Flat Locations to Build
Building

Lightyear Frontier Best Mostly Flat Locations to Build

Looking for Lightyear Frontier best mostly flat locations to build? Find roomy farm sites, nearby resources, and practical layout tips for your next base.

Lightyear Frontier House: Building and Coziness Guide
Building

Lightyear Frontier House: Building and Coziness Guide

Build your Lightyear Frontier house with a practical starter layout, roof support tips, Coziness buffs, and the kitchen and bathroom unlocks added in 1.0.

Lightyear Frontier Mods: Community Picks and 1.0 Tips
Community

Lightyear Frontier Mods: Community Picks and 1.0 Tips

Explore Lightyear Frontier mods for storage, farming, and mech customization. Learn what changed in 1.0 and which older tweaks overlap with new features.

Lightyear Frontier Fertilizer: Mulch and Yield Guide
Farming

Lightyear Frontier Fertilizer: Mulch and Yield Guide

Learn how Lightyear Frontier fertilizer works in 1.0, how Mulch changes soil, and how the Fertilizer Infuser and Seed Stacking help increase crop yields.

Your Lightyear Frontier Journey

  1. Beginner Guide: Get familiar with mech farming, gathering, building, and the systems that keep your homestead growing.
  2. Crops & Farming: Explore the Seed Shooter, crop rotation, and fertilizer before expanding your fields.
  3. Homestead & Automation: Build your home, lay down roads, and bring automated crafting and watering into your farm.
  4. Co-op & Shared Saves: Share a farm with up to three friends and keep playing with Shared Saves while the host is away.

What is Lightyear Frontier?

Lightyear Frontier is an open-world mech farming game for one to four players. Establish an intergalactic homestead, grow crops, and build a farm that helps supply struggling frontier colonies.

Your mech handles large fields and heavy gathering, while automation takes care of crafting and watering. Customize your machine, decorate your home, and shape the experience with adjustable gameplay options.

Developer
FRAME BREAK
Publishers
FRAME BREAK, Coffee Stain Publishing
Platform
Windows PC via Steam
Genre
Open-World Mech Farming
Players
1–4
Supported Languages
12
Full Release
Nov 4, 2026
Recommended RAM
16 GB

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Lightyear Frontier Beginner Guide

Start your frontier homestead with a mech that handles planting, logging, and heavy hauling. Get familiar with farming, building, and machine upkeep before expanding your operation.

Your Homestead

Build a farm in an open world and produce resources for struggling frontier colonies.

Heavy Lifting

Use your mech to plant large fields and carry dozens of logs on one shoulder.

Machine Upkeep

Keep your mech supplied with fuel and take care of repairs.

Room to Learn

Farm without hunger, enemy raids, or lost progress.

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Lightyear Frontier Multiplayer and Shared Saves

Build your farm solo or bring up to three friends into the same homestead. Shared Saves lets the group keep playing even when the host is away.

1–4 Players

Play alone or share your farm with up to three friends.

Pooled Resources

Combine resources to build and develop a shared homestead.

Shared Harvests

Work together on the farm and bring in harvests with your group.

Shared Saves

Continue playing on the farm while the host is away.

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Lightyear Frontier Mech Upgrades and Customization

Upgrade your mech's capabilities and change its look as you develop your farm. Tune it for large-scale work, and keep fuel and repairs part of your routine.

Capability Upgrades

Upgrade and tune your mech's capabilities for farm work.

Appearance

Customize the look of your mech.

Large-Scale Work

Tune your machine to clear entire forests and plow vast fields.

Fuel and Repairs

Maintain your mech through refueling and repairs.

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Lightyear Frontier Farming and Crop Rotation

Plant wide fields with the rapid-firing Seed Shooter and put your mech to work at scale. Crop rotation and fertilizer reward planning beyond the next harvest.

Seed Shooter

Plant vast fields using the rapid-firing Seed Shooter.

Crop Rotation →

Rotate crops as part of your farming plan.

Fertilizer →

Use fertilizer alongside crop rotation to support your farming operation.

Field Preparation

Use your mech to plow large fields for planting.

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Lightyear Frontier Automation

Automate farm upkeep as your homestead grows. Watering and crafting automation let you build toward a farm focused on resource production.

Watering

Automate watering as part of your farm's upkeep.

Crafting

Automate crafting to support your growing operation.

Resource Production

Develop your homestead into a farm focused on generating resources.

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Lightyear Frontier Building and Decoration

Create a cozy homestead or build around large-scale production. Decorate your home to unlock useful effects, and lay roads to improve everyday life on the farm.

Farm Design

Build a cozy home farm or an extensive resource-producing homestead.

Home Decoration

Decorate your home and unlock useful effects.

Roads

Lay down roads to improve quality of life around your farm.

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Lightyear Frontier Difficulty and Game Settings

Settle into farming without hunger or enemy raids interrupting your plans. Adjust the available gameplay options to suit a relaxed session or a more challenging playstyle.

No Enemy Raids

Build and farm without enemy raids.

No Hunger

Play without a hunger system demanding regular meals.

No Lost Progress

Develop your homestead without losing progress.

Adjustable Options

Tweak gameplay options to match your preferred level of challenge.

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Lightyear Frontier PC System Requirements

Check your PC against the minimum 720p target and recommended 1080p setup before playing. Both configurations require 64-bit Windows 10 and 10 GB of available storage.

Minimum CPU and RAM

Intel Core i3-4170 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, with 12 GB RAM.

Minimum Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX 460, targeting low settings at 720p and 30 fps.

Recommended CPU and RAM

Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, with 16 GB RAM.

Recommended Graphics

AMD Radeon RX 6600 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, targeting high settings at 1080p and 60 fps.

Operating System and Storage

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system, Windows 10, and 10 GB of available space. An SSD is recommended.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I play Lightyear Frontier with friends?

Yes. Lightyear Frontier supports solo play and co-op for up to four players. Shared Saves lets friends continue working on the farm while the host is away.

When did Lightyear Frontier reach full release?

Lightyear Frontier 1.0 released on November 4, 2026, with two new regions, a story ending, and overhauls to automation and mech customization.

Can I keep my old save in Lightyear Frontier 1.0?

Yes. Existing saves carry into Lightyear Frontier 1.0. You can continue your farm, or start a new save to follow the revised progression from the beginning.

How does automation work in Lightyear Frontier 1.0?

Automation starts at Milestone 4. Connect compatible storage and crafting constructs with Automation Pipes, use Resource Filters to organize supplies, and queue up to three Auto Craft recipes in one construct.

Build Your Frontier, Your Way

Get to know your mech, grow your fields, and turn a new planet into a place to call home. Find your next guide and get back to the farm.

Read the Beginner Guide View on Steam