Data Points and Terminal Points Guide: Currency Systems Explained

StarRupture has three distinct currency systems that drive progression: Data Points, Terminal Points, and War Bonds. Understanding how to earn and spend each one efficiently can significantly accelerate your advancement through the corporation trees. This guide breaks down every currency and the best strategies for maximizing your earnings.

Data Points

Data Points are earned by analyzing items at the Analyzing Station. Different items yield different amounts of Data Points. Ignitium is one of the most valuable sources, yielding 2,000 Data Points per 5 units analyzed. Biofacts from defeated Vermin (Goliath Biofact, Slasher Biofact, Blader Biofact, etc.) also provide meaningful Data Point yields. Even common items can be analyzed, though they yield less.

Data Points have two primary uses. First, they can be spent at the Recipe Station to unlock new crafting recipes like Pressure Tanks, Power Cells, and Organic Compounds. Second, they can be spent at the Corporate Terminal as an alternative path for corporation leveling. This makes Data Points extremely versatile since they can feed into both recipe unlocks and progression.

Maximizing Data Point Income

Set up a dedicated Analyzing Station with a rail connection to a Storage Depot containing items you want to convert. Biofacts are ideal candidates since they have no crafting use outside of analysis. Prioritize collecting Ignitium after every Star Rupture event because of its high Data Point yield. During Wave Warning phases, farm Vermin for Biofacts that you can analyze between cycles.

Terminal Points

Terminal Points are a passive currency that accumulates over time and through gameplay activities. They are spent at the Corporate Terminal to level up corporations as an alternative to manufacturing specific delivery items. Terminal Points provide a way to progress through corporation levels that have difficult or resource-intensive delivery requirements. If a particular corporation level requires items you cannot yet produce, spending Terminal Points can bypass that bottleneck.

War Bonds

War Bonds are the combat-focused currency, awarded at certain Griffits Blue Corporation levels. They are spent exclusively at the Equipment Upgrade Station to purchase weapons and weapon modifications. Unlike Data Points and Terminal Points, War Bonds cannot be farmed through gameplay activities alone. They are strictly tied to Griffits Blue progression. The total War Bond supply is limited by the number of Griffits Blue levels available, making spending decisions permanent and important.

Currency Spending Strategy

For Data Points, prioritize Recipe Station unlocks first since new recipes expand your manufacturing capabilities, which in turn makes it easier to fulfill corporation delivery requirements. Only spend Data Points on the Corporate Terminal when you are stuck on a specific corporation level with demanding delivery items you cannot yet produce.

For Terminal Points, save them for the most difficult corporation levels where delivery requirements are expensive or complex. Spending Terminal Points on easy levels that you could fulfill with basic deliveries is wasteful.

For War Bonds, follow the priority order outlined in our War Bonds Farming Guide: MAR-9 Phantom first, then SLAMS-12, then key mods. Do not spend War Bonds on low-impact mods before securing your core weapon loadout.