Be sure to check the Exodus 3000 Forum often to see the most recent updates and announcements.
03/10/2009 - A minor tweak has been added, so that once a player has gone into an abandoned state, they will unjoin all of the settlements they have joined in the past. This will allow alot more movement on the top settlement population list, as well as having an impact on the upcoming Mineral expansion.
UPDATE: This unjoining does not happen until someone comes across the abandoned homestead. So if a player drops into an abandoned state (3 months) and then comes back into the game before someone visits their homestead, they will not unjoin the settlements.
03/04/2009 - Subscribers may now Go To Store for free, just like Going To Homestead.
03/03/2009 - The chat system is currently not functional. We are aware of the problem and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible.
03/03/2009 - The chat is operational again! Many thanks to Eric for finding the solution we needed to get this back up and functional.
01/06/2009 - Apparently the admins email got broken during the server move and was just now corrected. If you have made purchases that have not been credited to you recently, please resend your paypal receipts.
11/28/2008 - Please be patient while the game is moved to a NEW SERVER over the weekend! Expect some downtime over the next few days. Thanks for your understanding.
11/25/2008 - In addition to the new cashout rates, the 3-month subscriber cashout card rule has been extended to 6 months. This means that you must pay for a total of 6 months of premium membership before you can request a cashout card.
11/24/2008 - The exchange rates for cashouts has been changed.
10/31/2008 - The Martian Plague series of missions is finally complete! Happy Halloween.
10/05/2008 - Competitions Changes: It is still possible to join a competition more than once, however this does not impact you odds in any way, other than preventing a full range of players for that particular competition. We are going to leave it like this for a little bit to see how well it works for everyone.
10/02/2008 - Note: The chat room rules have been updated. All changes were to Rule #4. Please read and become familiar with them.
10/02/2008 - Cashout Card Policy
After much deliberation among the admins, it has been decided that we are going to change our Cashout Card Policy.
The new policy will be that you have two avenues to get one or more Cashout Cards. The first is by being a subscriber for three months. After three months you may ask for a free Cashout Card. The second method is by purchasing $100 of stuff, be it moves, radar upgrades, whatever. Every $100 spent entitles you to another Cashout Card.
Cashout Cards will remain untradeable and unsellable, and are still findable through Digs.
09/23/2008 - A new mission series has begun! Beware, for the Martian Plague is upon us. Can you save the planet from this horrible disease? Of course not, you're just a prospector, but you can help! Check out the missions page for more information.
09/22/2008 - The exploration set redemptions have been fixed so that the extra bonus is only given on the first three sets as intended.
09/18/2008 - The Cashout Card giveaway for 3 months of being a subscriber is a one-time event. If you have received this bonus, you may not receive it again.
09/17/2008 - It has come to our attention that a player known on here as masterlink18 has been making posts on other forums stating that you can get a $5 Amazon gift certificate for signing up and making 200 moves. This is a complete scam. Making 200 moves gives masterlink18 a bonus, but you will not get a gift certificate from this site. Masterlink18 has been banned, as will any other players found doing this kind of scam.
If you are a victim of this liar, we apologize, but hope that you will stick around and check out the game. What he said about it being fun is true, and you can earn money playing. Please click the Game Rules/Help link to the left or in this post to learn more.
09/10/2008 - The generation of these announcements has been automated to make it easier for the admins to let you know what is going on with the game.
08/01/2008 - The payment options for moves and subscriptions is back to normal! This weekend, all purchases over $5.00 will come with 500 free moves.
06/05/2008 - As of today, we are introducing a new 'sliding-scale' cashout system. The more stat points (weapons+defense+intelligence+security) you have, the better the exchange rate will be when you choose to cash out. The rates begin at 500,000 MD = $20 if you cash out with less than 40 Stat Points. The best rate is 150,000 MD = $20 if you cash out with more than 80 Stat Points. See the Exodus 3000 Wiki for more information.
04/27/2008 - You can now use your experience points to get huge purchase discounts! See the purchases page for more information.
04/25/2008 - Competitions are ready! Click here for more information
12/22/2007 - You can now activate Force cards from your Stats window. You can activate as many at a time as you want (even if it pushes you over the normal cap of 30), but every one you use past the first has a very slight chance of giving one or more stats a -1 instead of the normal +1.
12/14/2007 - Secret Missions are now available! These missions will only appear on the mission page after you have accepted them. Among the Secret Missions is one that will allow you to steal money from players who have a value (in MDs and 1000 MD cards) of more than 100,000 MDs.The Hacker Missions have been removed.
12/14/2007 - Missions are now live!
11/23/2007 - A 'Free Upgrade' card has been added! Check out the cards page for more information.
11/23/2007 - The maximum number of levels for weapons, defense, intellegence, and security has been changed from 20 to 30!
11/22/2007 - Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Exodus 3000! We're a bit behind on raffle drawings, so there will be FOUR of them Friday night at midnight in the chat room.
Update! The winners were sabertwo, jen0526, funschine, and adams03605. Among the prizes were $15 cash, hundreds of cards, a Force card, Free Upgrade card, and tons more. Congrats to all of you!
10/02/2007 - Cashout Cards have been added! Click here for more information.
09/03/2007 - LABOR DAY PROMOTION! All move purchases today will come with 25% more moves. All purchases over $7.50 come with a FREE homestead move anywhere on the map! Please email admin@exodus3000.com after your purchase to claim your bonus.
09/01/2007 - This week's raffle winner was stefie19. Congratulations! The prize was 5000 moves.
09/01/2007 - NEW CONTEST! Post a classified ad mentioning Exodus 3000 in your local newspaper to earn 1000 free moves and be entered into a $50 drawing, which will be held in the chat room on October 1st. Please email admin@exodus3000.com for more details.
08/30/2007 - Information on site downtime.
08/03/2007 - Congratulations to all players who cashed out in July! The payouts totaled $1722.04.
07/04/2007 - Two new features added!
1) The radar now shows the places you've visited by highlighting the spots on the grid
2) you can navigate using your arrow keys!
07/01/2007 - Payouts for the month of May totaled $1643.50! Congratulations to all players who cashed out!
05/29/2007 - 100 new cards, called "Exploration Cards", have been added to the game. These can only be found by searching craters in remote areas of the planet (greater than 400 coordinates in any direction). The prize for finding all the cards is 1000 moves and 5000 MD.
Update 6/2/07: Congratulations to mydragonfly, dogtoy, and mommy2cs for being the first to find all 100 cards!
05/15/2007 - You can now search for cards in abandoned homesteads! See card descriptions here.
05/09/2007 - Exodus 3000 premium memberships now come with a 1-day free trial, and have been reduced in price.
05/06/2007 - IRC chat now available! When you log into the game, you can now chat live with other players. More info on the forum.
05/01/2007 -
Happy May Day! Lots of new stuff is going on behind the scenes, and a few major changes have been implemented. Here are some of them:
- You can now dig for treasure when you have run out of moves for the day. More info in the forum.
- The number of moves your referrals have to use before you get a bonus has been reduced from 300 to 200.
- Home page has been modified to make it more readable for those with wider screens. Ads are not as intrusive as they used to be.
04/05/2007 - Significant enhancements are on the horizon. Look for a restructured referral system and a ton of new, fun features added to the game in the next few weeks!
04/02/2007 - March payouts = $1892.20!
03/03/2007 - February payouts = $1610.93!
02/02/2007 - Congratulations to all players who got a payout for January! The total amount given out was $2834.15!
12/22/2006 - It's time for the Exodus 3000 Holiday Giveaway! Get a FREE bumper sticker with a purchase of $10 or more!
12/20/2006 - Congratulations to rotinegg on 500 referrals! He recieved an iPod Shuffle and Nano. See what everyone else is winning by visiting the Exodus 3000 Payouts and Prizes Forum.
12/15/2006 - The total amount paid out for the month of November was $2118.00!
11/15/2006 - The total amount paid out for the month of October was $2213.62! Congratulations again to everyone who got paid!
10/03/2006 - Congratulations to everyone who got a payout for the month of September! The total amount paid was $2089.18! The top player received $162.74.
09/24/2006 - If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! You can now join any number of settlements at no cost regardless of your upgrades. More info in the rules and the forum.
09/14/2006 - The Game Map is now available! See the purchases page for more options and specials.
09/05/2006 - It has been decided that the payout structure will remain based on an exchange rate, like in August. See the payouts page for more info.
09/01/2006 - 73 lucky players won Amazon.com gift certificates worth a total of $525.00 in the month of August!
09/01/2006 - $654.43 was paid out to eligible players who requested payouts. Thanks to all of you for helping make this a success!
08/20/2006 - You can now purchase radar upgrades! Just log in and click on the Purchases link.
08/17/2006 - Congratulations to caitalapaine for finding the second iPod in a volcano!
08/04/2006 - WE HAVE A WINNER! On our very first day, becca_fl found an iPod Shuffle while mining a volcano! Congratulations!
