Speedway
What it is
Speedway is the second leaderboard planet on the roster, sitting in the fifth swiper slot of the planet order. As a leaderboard planet, its hub surface swaps the standard challenge list and per-planet progress bar for a leaderboard and tier rewards. The run itself uses the landing-site biome with a dedicated speed-circuit level preset and the shooter-biased variant of the bug enemy family, themed around open circuits and shooter gauntlets. The boss encounter at the run timer’s zero mark is Spire.
Identity
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Display name | SPEEDWAY |
| Numeric ID | 31 |
| Biome | landing_site |
| Level preset | speed_circuit |
| Enemy set | bugs_shooter |
| Boss at T-0 | Spire |
| Mastering XP multiplier | 1.0× baseline (placeholder) |
| Base run XP | 10 (placeholder) |
| Leaderboard planet | Yes |
Run definition
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Post-processing mode | dark |
| Fog overlay alpha | 0.10 |
| Enemy count multiplier | 1.0× |
| Spawn grace period (seconds) | 1 |
| Shadow offset multiplier | 1.0× |
| Buildings allowed | Yes |
| Crate density (0–100) | 40 |
| Debris density (0–100) | 19 |
The bugs_shooter enemy-set variant biases the planet’s hazard mix toward ranged shooter archetypes — projectile pressure on open ground that punishes static positioning. Enemy count and grace period sit at baseline values (1.0× multiplier, 1-second ramp), unlike The Voidstar’s doubled count and zero-grace pressure curve. Atmospheric fog overlay is light at 0.10 — among the cleanest skies on the roster — and the planet is dark-mastered, contrasting the sunlit treatment used by Solaris and Eden-5. Debris density sits at 19, the highest debris setting of any planet on the roster.
Mastering track (leaderboard mode)
Speedway is a leaderboard planet — the hub surfaces a leaderboard and tier rewards in place of the standard challenge list and per-planet progress bar. The 10-level reward track defined in source still exists in data for Speedway (built via the same template as every other planet), but per-planet pages should not assume those rewards drive the hub display the same way they do on non-leaderboard planets. The reward names and global buff below are recorded for completeness; the hub UI for Speedway substitutes leaderboard + tier rewards as its primary progression surface.
Speedway uses the baseline XP curve at 1.0× — its multiplier is flagged in source as a placeholder pending balance tuning, in contrast to The Voidstar’s 2.0× tuned multiplier. All XP thresholds below are cumulative totals.
| Level | XP threshold | Rarity | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | Common | Unlocks Speed Event (sub-event during runs) |
| 2 | 250 | Common | New Ship: signature ship (common) |
| 3 | 500 | Uncommon | Unlocks signature weapon #1 |
| 4 | 800 | Uncommon | New Ship: signature ship (uncommon) |
| 5 | 1200 | Rare | Unlocks alternate boss encounter |
| 6 | 1700 | Rare | New Ship: signature ship (rare) |
| 7 | 2300 | Epic | Planet Master (advanced planet variant) |
| 8 | 3000 | Epic | New Ship: signature ship (epic) |
| 9 | 4000 | Legendary | Unlocks signature weapon #2 |
| 10 | 5500 | Legendary | Global Crit Boost (permanent buff on all planets) |
Base run XP for completing any run on Speedway is 10 (placeholder rate). The mastering track is per-planet — XP earned here does not progress other planets’ tracks.
Mission posting reference
Mission postings reference this planet by numeric ID 31. The hub mission board surfaces postings tagged for Speedway alongside its planet card in the swiper. See mission-postings for the per-posting catalog and missions for mission flow.
Planet order position
| Swiper index | Planet |
|---|---|
| 0 | Landing Site |
| 1 | Sunrise City |
| 2 | The Voidstar |
| 3 | Solaris |
| 4 | Speedway |
| 5 | Eden-5 |
| 6 | Old Earth |
| 7 | Network Station |
| 8 | Delphi |
| 9 | Desolation |
| 10 | Obelisk |
Speedway is the fifth planet in the hub swiper order, immediately after Solaris. It is the second leaderboard planet on the roster; The Voidstar (index 2) is the only other leaderboard planet.