Purchasing ships

Ships in Star Citizen may be purchased either with real cash, or in-game currency (aUEC). Ships purchased with cash are called "Pledges" and are permanently attached to your Star Citizen account. These purchases help fund the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42.

Pledge ships can be bought as standalone purchases, as ship upgrades, or with game packages. The first option results in a ship being added to an existing RSI account, but it does not give access to Star Citizen (this makes it most useful for existing backers). The second option replaces a ship that is currently on an account with a more expensive ship while charging only the difference in value between the two ships. The third option includes access to Star Citizen with the ship purchase.

To purchase ships using real currency, see: Pledge Store

Availability

Ships have different availability for various reasons, set by CIG:

Always available - Common
Time-limited - Uncommon ships - put on sale from time to time.
Quantity-limited - Rare ships - Batches of ships offered for short periods.
Promotion only - Only purchasable through promotion offers
Not available - Certain alien or military exclusive ships.

All ships being earnable in-game on release, there is no need to spend real cash on them, unless you wish to support to game, and even less so any need to purchase limited ships on the grey market.

In game

Ships can also be purchased in game, using aUEC, earned from in-game activities such as Mining and Cargo hauling. These purchased ships are fully available for modification, painting, and destruction.

Ships may be purchased at in-game ship shops, such as Astro Armada, New Deal, or the Crusader Industries Showroom and may also be rented for some amount of time using aUEC.

Availability

Manufacturer	Ship	Base Price	Astro Armada (Area18)	Crusader Showroom (Orison)	New Deal (Lorville)
AEGS	Avenger Stalker	882,200			✔
AEGS	Avenger Titan	785,600			✔
AEGS	Avenger Titan Renegade	1,076,600			✔
AEGS	Avenger Warlock	1,155,500			✔
AEGS	Eclipse	3,490,000			✔
AEGS	Gladius	1,169,900			✔
AEGS	Gladius Valiant	1,429,800			✔
AEGS	Hammerhead	12,459,900			✔
AEGS	Reclaimer	15,126,400			✔
AEGS	Redeemer	8,675,500			✔
AEGS	Retaliator	4,031,700			✔
AEGS	Sabre	2,183,300			✔
AEGS	Sabre Comet	2,354,100			✔
AEGS	Vanguard Harbinger	2,050,500			✔
AEGS	Vanguard Hoplite	3,104,200			✔
AEGS	Vanguard Sentinel	2,012,000			✔
AEGS	Vanguard Warden	3,387,800			✔
ANVL	Arrow	972,300	✔
ANVL	Ballista	364,500	✔		✔
ANVL	Centurion	287,400	✔		✔
ANVL	C8 Pisces	400,000	✔
ANVL	C8R Pisces Rescue	918,000	✔
ANVL	C8X Pisces Expedition	406,000	✔
ANVL	Carrack	26,657,500	✔
ANVL	F7C Hornet	1,492,700	✔
ANVL	F7C Hornet Wildfire	2,246,100	✔
ANVL	F7C-M Super Hornet	2,132,600	✔
ANVL	F7C-S Hornet Ghost	1,654,100	✔
ANVL	F7C-R Hornet Tracker	1,832,100	✔
ANVL	Gladiator	1,954,500	✔
ANVL	Hawk	1,284,400	✔
ANVL	Hurricane	1,218,300	✔
ANVL	Spartan	255,500	✔		✔
ANVL	Terrapin	2,568,100	✔
ANVL	Valkyrie	4,454,400	✔
XNAA	Khartu-al	2,113,900	✔
XNAA	Nox	349,200	✔
ARGO	MOLE	5,130,500			✔
ARGO	MPUV Cargo	224,200			✔
ARGO	MPUV Personnel	233,000			✔
ARGO	RAFT	1,853,000			✔
BANU	Defender	2,781,000	✔
CNOU	HoverQuad	88,000	✔		✔
CNOU	Mustang Alpha	251,400			✔
CNOU	Mustang Beta	404,000			✔
CNOU	Mustang Delta	763,600	✔
CNOU	Mustang Gamma	627,500	✔
CNOU	Nomad	952,800			✔
CRUS	Ares Inferno	2,859,000		✔
CRUS	Ares Ion	2,859,000		✔
CRUS	A2 Hercules Starlifter	5,525,000
CRUS	C2 Hercules Starlifter	4,925,500	✔	✔
CRUS	M2 Hercules Starlifter	5,225,300			✔
CRUS	Mercury Star Runner	4,912,500		✔
DRAK	Buccaneer	1,410,100			✔
DRAK	Caterpillar	4,686,600			✔
DRAK	Corsair	3,402,000			✔
DRAK	Cutlass Black	1,385,300			✔
DRAK	Cutlass Blue	2,493,500			✔
DRAK	Cutlass Red	1,810,500			✔
DRAK	Cutlass Steel	1,355,300			✔
DRAK	Cutter	675,000			✔
DRAK	Dragonfly	272,700			✔
DRAK	Herald	1,181,100			✔
DRAK	Mule	15,000			✔
DRAK	Vulture	1,254,000			✔
ESPR	Blade	3,370,600	✔
ESPR	Prowler	4,248,200	✔
ESPR	Talon	1,854,500	✔
ESPR	Talon Shrike	2,259,200	✔
GRIN	PTV	5,145	✔
GRIN	ROC	172,000			✔
GRIN	ROC-DS	176,500			✔
GRIN	STV	12,000	✔
KRIG	P-52 Merlin	135,500	✔
KRIG	P-72 Archimedes	150,000	✔
MRAI	Razor	1,761,200			✔
MRAI	Razor EX	1,878,800	✔		✔
MRAI	Razor LX	1,823,800	✔		✔
MISC	Freelancer	1,697,600			✔
MISC	Freelancer DUR	1,967,600			✔
MISC	Freelancer MAX	2,181,500			✔
MISC	Freelancer MIS	2,537,800			✔
MISC	Hull A	1,375,500			✔
MISC	Prospector	2,061,000			✔
MISC	Reliant Kore	744,700			✔
MISC	Reliant Mako	780,000			✔
MISC	Reliant Sen	840,000			✔
MISC	Reliant Tana	870,000			✔
MISC	Starfarer	6,651,500			✔
MISC	Starfarer Gemini	6,191,500			✔
ORIG	85X	574,500			✔
ORIG	100i	654,000	✔		✔
ORIG	125a	791,000			✔
ORIG	135c	839,000	✔
ORIG	300i	767,200	✔
ORIG	315p	882,600	✔
ORIG	325a	944,200	✔
ORIG	350r	1,602,100	✔
ORIG	400i	6,352,700	✔		✔
ORIG	600i Explorer	9,475,100	✔
ORIG	600i Touring	9,894,000	✔
ORIG	890 Jump	32,294,500	✔		✔
ORIG	M50	1,193,800	✔		✔
RSI	Aurora CL	487,600			✔
RSI	Aurora ES	124,100			✔
RSI	Aurora LN	338,400			✔
RSI	Aurora LX	245,500			✔
RSI	Aurora MR	184,900			✔
RSI	Constellation Andromeda	3,548,000			✔
RSI	Constellation Aquila	4,926,700			✔
RSI	Constellation Phoenix	5,658,800			✔
RSI	Constellation Taurus	3,256,400			✔
RSI	Mantis	1,230,000			✔
RSI	Scorpius	2,879,700			✔
RSI	Scorpius Antares	2,890,167			✔
RSI	Ursa	70,267			✔
TMBL	Cyclone	28,086			✔
TMBL	Cyclone AA	28,086			✔
TMBL	Cyclone MT	28,086			✔
TMBL	Cyclone RC	28,086			✔
TMBL	Cyclone RN	28,086			✔
TMBL	Cyclone TR	28,086			✔
TMBL	Nova	546,027			✔