Survival

Survival is one of the two current game modes in Planet Commander, where all pilots are against each other and can damage whoever they want. It can be unlocked when a player reaches level 20, and is available from the same screen as team battles.

There are three separate servers groups, where a player will go when going into survival; small ship survival, which consists of frigates and destroyers, mid ship survival, which consists of interdictors and cruisers, and large ship survival, consisting of battleships and dreadnoughts. While none of these server separations are explicitly listed in the game, it is fairly easy to notice.

Which server a person is placed in depends on what classes of ship they have, but it does not take upgrades or weapons into account, nor the level of the player. For example, if a player has one interceptor and three frigates, they will be placed in the mid ship survival, same as if a player has a dreadnought, they will always be placed in the large ship survival. As such, a player must be knowledgeable of what ship class their ships are, lest they be put in the wrong server.

There is an advantage to going into a higher tier server though, as the gold and experience gained from a kill depends on the class of the enemy ship. As such, a lower-level player can gain experience much faster if they have the skills to combat better ships and if they have at least one ship currently being used for the server they wish to go into. This has led to the rise on clans and other groups.