Independent field guide · PC / Steam
Hull Rupture turns a spaceship into a factory and a kill zone. This wiki helps you keep the Despot alive through 20 waves, build a hull that fights, and choose defenses that match the lanes you create.
Official media
The launch video from tinyBuild shows the factory-ship loop, hull expansion, and the alien breach points this wiki covers.
New run
Three decisions shape the first ten waves: who reproduces, what powers the ship, and where the next hull block goes.
A stable opening, first defenses, and the decisions that carry a Classic run to wave 20.
Read the guide →02Permanent block placement, route length, adjacency, and the current any-slot rule.
Read the guide →03The human loop, energy production, shop spending, and the hidden cost of expansion.
Read the guide →Run checks
Wave 5 asks for concentrated fire. Wave 10 asks for burst damage before the boss can heal through your defense.
Ship systems
Every module is production, mass, and a new route for the aliens. These guides cover the tradeoffs.
Weapon-to-hull matching, debuff placement, target priority, and the Airlock fallback.
Conditional late-run plans for open hulls, looping corridors, and Jellyfish scaling.
Engine count, hull mass, fuel, the 500-speed achievement, and the hidden 4000 cap.
Why the final room is also a production room, and how many workers to spare.
Patch note · v1.0.15 · Nov 7, 2026
The boss now has less health and does not heal as much, while waves 8 and 9 became slightly tougher. Recheck your kill zone before the next run.
Directory
Every guide is also listed in the full directory, grouped by the task it solves.
Ship speed only changes how fast you travel on the galaxy map; it does not make combat waves arrive faster. Speed comes from engine count and level minus total ship mass. Keep enough speed to reach the events you need, but do not sell a core turret or stop human production to chase it. Values above roughly 4000 do not improve effective travel speed.
PC (Steam), v1.0.15.
Ship SpeedThe Hull Rupture demo has been disabled now that the full game is out. A completed tutorial and an unlocked Trade Mode carry over, but Artifacts must be unlocked again. Endless Mode no longer starts automatically after a Classic clear, and modules can now be built in any empty module slot.
PC (Steam), v1.0.15.
Demo & CarryoverHull Construction pauses flight while you place a random block with empty module slots. Blocks cannot be rotated or destroyed, and they cannot block the Airlock or engine. Choose a shape that lengthens the alien route or improves your firing lines, keep the production core compact, and skip a block that creates dead space you cannot use.
PC (Steam), v1.0.15.
Hull ConstructionThe wave 10 boss is a burst check. Put your strongest single-target or penetrating weapons on the longest line it must cross, hold it there with slow or vulnerability, and keep direct burst damage in the plan. Patch v1.0.15 reduced its health and healing, but it can still end a run that lets it reach the Despot's Chamber.
PC (Steam), v1.0.15.
Wave 10