Patch Notes: Mars Frontier

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Attention Martians!

In the beginning of September, we have rolled out an update to our Terms of Service and have mentioned it in the Patch Notes for that day.

Part of the update that was of most interest to a lot of players were the policies regarding alt accounts and account sharing. This update, and the warning of “DO NOT SHARE ACCOUNTS” has been foreshadowed as early as at least December of 2021, as per this post on Discord.

Our aim is to be simultaneously stricter on these policies, while also being more lenient. Stricter in a sense that we’re doing more aggressive account sharing detection and active-but-hidden alt detection; and more lenient, in a sense that low-count offenders are not necessarily moved to the Prison map right away. Hence, the introduction of “Sanctuary“.

Here are a few FAQs that we have gotten, and possible explanations.

What is Sanctuary?

Sanctuary is where a player base goes when it is involved in a violation of, typically, but not limited to, the alt-account policy.

What is the Difference Between Sanctuary and Prison?

Previously, offenders are sent to a different map or to Prison. If a player is in Prison, they will be unable to get out unless the imprisonment was a mistake, and an admin releases the player.

With Sanctuary, the player is free to move out on after a set number of days, depending on the violation. However, a player that makes frequent trips to Sanctuary will ultimately find themselves in Prison, and will no longer be able to get out.

Why am I in Sanctuary?

The player is sent an in-game message of why they were sent to Sanctuary, as well as for how long they will need to wait before they can go back to the map type they’ve been banished from. The length of the sentence depends on the violation incurred.

Effective today, if you are in Sanctuary, you will be able to jump to a map that you specifically have not been banished from.

For example, if you were moved to Sanctuary for an alt-violation, you will be banished from anti-alt maps for X days, but you are free to move to an alt-allowed map until your sentence is over.

As always, if you feel that you have been mis-identified as an alt, please contact support.

I received no message on why I am in Sanctuary/Prison

Some players have found themselves in Sanctuary or Prison without an in-game message like above. In most cases, there are likely other reasons why they have been relocated.

Please contact our support team to check what your account status is. Or alternatively, send a direct message to bh-wulfstan on Discord.

I am in Sanctuary, but cannot move anywhere

Please refer to “I received no message…” section above.

The Future of Sanctuary

We will continue to refine our Sanctuary and Prison systems and sentences, so this may change in the near future – with the name change from “Sanctuary” to something else maaaybe being in the nearer future. We will be making an announcement of any such change when it happens.

Have feedback to share about this week’s releases? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Martians!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Attention Martians!

Terms of Service Update

As per our Terms of Service Section 18, we may change our Terms of Service from time to time, and we are obligated to notify you of such changes.

So…. please be aware that our Terms of Service has been updated. We encourage everyone to review the changes. We reckon most of our players would be most interested on our new alt-account policy, but we hope you take the time to read everything. You can find it HERE.

Have feedback to share about this week’s releases? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Martians!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Attention, Martians!

You can now auto-migrate your Facebook account details over to the desktop client! No more contacting support, no more jumping through hoops, nothing!

Interested? Please follow the steps below based on which scenario fits you.

Scenario 1: You have never tried our client before. Here are three easy steps to do it!

1. Install client and run it.
2. Select “Use Facebook” and log in with the account you use for the game
3. Click Play Now.

Scenario 2: You have tried the client, logged in with Facebook, but have not migrated yet and want to do so. Please follow these steps:

1. Install the client, and log in
2. Click Account Info
3. Scroll down and look for “Auto-Migrate Existing Account”. If it is Off, click on “Click to Enable”
4. Click Play Now.

Scenario 3: You have tried the client before, but didn’t use the “Login with Facebook” option AND have not yet migrated, please use these steps:

1. Check if you have a Facebook account associated with your login by going to https://www.battlehouse.com/bh_login/login/
2. Click the button for the login method you currently use in the desktop client.
3. Click on “Click here to manage your account.”
4. If “Linked Facebook Login: (none) appears, copy down the email address that appears further up
5. Go back to https://www.battlehouse.com/bh_login/login/
6. Click “Continue with Facebook” and log in with the account you use for the game
7. Click on “Click here to manage your account.”
8. If the email address is the same as the one you already had, you’re done. If not, click on “Change” next to your email and enter the one you copied in step 4.
9. Check your email and click the confirmation link.
10. Follow the steps in Scenario 2

Note: Please follow the appropriate steps for your situation. As it was before, migrating accounts will result in loss of access of one of the accounts. Due to the technical challenge of unmerging accounts, we will not be able to do this for anyone in the foreseeable future.

Important: If you have already migrated your account via support or the migration tool, do NOT enable “Auto-Migrate Existing Account” on your client.

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Attention, Martians!

The desktop client is now available for download! You can download it HERE.

Starting the game via the desktop client will create a new account for you. So if you’d like to start fresh, you can do so!

OR you can migrate your main account to the desktop client, and play from either platform! You can do this via the self-service migration tool, which can be found on the Store.

Interested? Please follow the steps below VERY carefully.

Migration Steps

1. Download the client via the above link
2. Install the client, run, and create a new account, preferably, via Microsoft or Google.
3. Skip the tutorial, go to your player info, and write down your newbie account’s player ID.
4. Open up your main account on Facebook, and simultaneously run both for a bit so your newbie account is recognized as an alt.
5. Go to the Store and purchase the “Start Account Migration” item. It will not be active on the store unless you have your Battlehouse account recognized as an alt.

6. Activate item from Warehouse, and enter your newbie account’s player ID.

7. Go back to your newbie account on the client, and check the mail for the “Confirm Account Migration” item.

8. Activate the item from Warehouse, and restart the Thunder Run client. You should now see your main account. If you don’t, please wait 1-2 hours and run the client again.

If you want your old Facebook avatar in-game while using the downloadable client, please go here and log in with your client credentials, and change your avatar from there.

IMPORTANT: As you may have noticed from the screenshots, there are at least THREE warnings that you will LOSE the alt account. If you complete the whole process, we take it that you have acknowledged all three warnings and understood what would happen.

New features will be added to the desktop client over time, so stay tuned!

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Voice of the Commander Updates

Greetings, Commanders!

Today is a different kind of “Voice of the Commander” day.

Usually, we’d celebrate with a quality-of-life update based on player feedback. It still is player feedback for today, but in a different way.

For the past few months, the gifting system has been popping in and out of existence. Unfortunately, this is due to Facebook breaking something on their side, and is not something we are able to fix on ours.

So we’ve been looking for ways to break free of this reliance on Facebook, and the first step to do that is now here: the “Friends” bar will now show clan members!

A transparent clan logo on a player in your friend bar will indicate that they are a clanmate.

As mentioned before, this is just the beginning. This will be developed further down the road, so stay tuned for more updates!

Have feedback to share about this week’s releases? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our TR Discord Server.

Good hunting, Martians!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Season 27 Tournament Winners

• THE FIREBENDERS – 1,912 Points

1 – Edward L49 with 665 points WINS 10000 Alloy

• crazy jay killer – 1,902 Points

1 – PASPAMPRES L39 with 1377 points WINS 500 Alloy
2 – blackghost L51 with 823 points WINS 500 Alloy
3 – citrun L48 with 617 points WINS 500 Alloy
4 – DarthZolin L46 with 125 points WINS 500 Alloy
5 – JEMBUT L39 with 120 points WINS 500 Alloy
6 – GRIMMREAPER L39 with 116 points WINS 500 Alloy
7 – Survivor101 L38 with 85 points WINS 500 Alloy
8 – Chris L38 with 74 points WINS 500 Alloy
9 – Ray L38 with 34 points WINS 500 Alloy
10 – Mortician L44 with 33 points WINS 500 Alloy

• Mars Force United – 1,146 Points

1 – toni039 L45 with 675 points WINS 300 Alloy
2 – Constantin L55 with 543 points WINS 300 Alloy
3 – DogSoldier L52 with 311 points WINS 300 Alloy
4 – sarimkhan L53 with 151 points WINS 300 Alloy
5 – Templar73 L49 with 151 points WINS 300 Alloy
6 – Khuzaymah L46 with 89 points WINS 300 Alloy
7 – Mack2 L52 with 79 points WINS 300 Alloy
8 – Padayon L37 with 78 points WINS 300 Alloy
9 – swatqc1 L40 with 64 points WINS 300 Alloy
10 – CAMARO1 L53 with 59 points WINS 300 Alloy

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Welcome to Season 28!

Welcome to Season 28! Going into the new season, all Leaderboards and PvP Points are reset, meaning that it’s a fresh start for YOUR Alliance to be the new the dominating Alliance of the Season, and win the Seasonal Clan Tournament Grand Prize of 10,000 Alloy for your Alliance at the end of the Season in 3 months from now. Does your Alliance have what it takes?

Looking for the Season 27 Tournament winners list? Don’t worry. It will be revealed soon. Stay tuned for another Patch Notes coming later!

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

End of Season 27 Alliance Tournament

From June 30th – July 7th, 2022, rally your Alliance and head to the regional map for your chance to be the strongest Alliance of Season 27!

Be one of the Top Alliances with the most Clan PvP Points to win between 3,000-10,000 Alloy, divided evenly among the top 10 members of your Alliance.

Tournament ends on July 7th, 2022 at 1700 GMT at which point winners will be announced, prizes awarded, and leaderboards will be reset for the new season.

Season 28 Opens: July 7th, 2022

• The new season will begin immediately after the end of the tournament.
• Please be reminded that PvP points can only be accumulated on “Lowlands” maps.

“Zombie” Battalion Debuff Update Details

And that’s not all, Commander! Last week, we released an update that was intended to address feedback regarding dead or “zombie” battalions. We’d like to clarify a few things, so here are some more details.

The weakened unit debuff previously applied only to attackers, as attackers often have an advantage over defenders due to having a human at the controls. This was causing some unintended effects in the field.

Base defenders and batts immediately next to their own home base do not get the debuff when defending. Batts deployed out in the field now get the debuff.

Keep your batts in fighting shape, Commander, and call them home when they get low on health.

Batt speed will likely soon be adjusted as well to take into account the speed debuff that applies to weakened units.

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Voice of the Martian Updates

We’re celebrating with a quality-of-life update based on your player feedback that’s intended to address a few of the issues and suggestions that you’ve brought forth to us.

Combat Inventory Bar Config Update

You can now go to your Settings and opt to configure your Inventory Bar to Two Columns.

If you choose Two Columns, your Inventory bar will now be split between Boosts and Missiles, drastically decreasing the amount of scrolling you need to do if you have a lot of them.

Have feedback to share about this week’s releases? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our TR Discord Server.

Good hunting, Martians!

New this week in Mars Frontier:

Season 26 Tournament Winners

• THE FIREBENDERS – 1,491 Points

1 – SUPERBAGIO L39 with 2723 points WINS 3333 Alloy
2 – marsfrontier L51 with 144 points WINS 3333 Alloy
3 – Edward L45 with 116 points WINS 3333 Alloy

• INDONESIAN PLAYER – 1,309 Points

1 – ANAKMEDAN L39 with 2,443 points WINS 2500 Alloy
2 – Brotherhood L42 with 175 points WINS 2500 Alloy

• play good – 1.007 Points

1 – PASPAMPRES L39 with 2328 points WINS 3000 Alloy

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over in the “mars-frontier” channel within our Official Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!