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Milestones and the road to Milestone 4

Checked 2026-11-05 ยท Lightyear Frontier 1.0

People get stuck on the way to Milestone 4 because that is where 1.0 now starts automation. In 0.8, Milestone 4 was themed Bronze Technology and Commerce, and the first Automator waited until Milestone 9. If your goal is pipes, the 1.0 gate is Milestone 4. 0 delivery count for that step, so 8 count as if it survived.

The 0.8 wiki listed twelve themes: mech tools, resource refinement, further expression, bronze technology and commerce, energy, trailers and trailblazer, iron technology and neighbors, drones and roads, automation, steel technology, advancements, and solar energy. Its delivery counts ran 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Those numbers are 0.8. 1.0 says it overhauled milestones, added 13 and 14, and moved upgrades and constructs around. It also lets you queue several deliveries and launch them together. It does not reprint the count table.

Recipes you can see but cannot craft usually mean the milestone that owns them is still ahead, or the 1.0 move put them somewhere the old guide did not.

Steam store screenshot of the mech customization screen with Field Plow Mk. 1 selected
Steam store screenshot of a homestead, wheat field, and farming mech under a ringed planet

Questions

How do I reach Milestone 4?

Keep delivering. 1.0 did not publish a new delivery count, so I will not copy the 0.8 number of 6 as if it were current.

What happened to Milestone 9 automation?

Automation moved to Milestone 4. Milestone 9 is no longer the first pipe gate.

Are there milestones past 12?

Yes. 1.0 added Milestones 13 and 14.

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