Universe

From OGame Wiki

The Universe is the "world" (server) in which the game takes place. There are many different universes. There are no inter-universe links, no interaction between two different universes can take place. All the universes are hosted on different servers, so if one goes down, the rest of the game and forums don't go down with it.

Each universe consists of 9 galaxies; each galaxy consists of 499 solar systems; each solar system consists of 15 Planets and one Outer Space slot. Since each player can have up to 9 planets (the homeplanet and 8 colonies), this means that a universe can hold from 7,485 to 67,365 players. When it becomes full, a new universe is opened. Browsing the universe in the galaxy-menu costs some deuterium, like 10 units per solar system, at least in some universes.

It is worth noting that the set of features available to players can be different in each universe. For example, at ogame.org Alliance Combat System is implemented only in Universe 5 and recently in Universe 18 and onwards; in the rest of the universes it is currently not available. Also some universes have defenses included in the debris field and some in other versions of ogame have Deuterium in the debris fields.

Travelling between planets, systems, and galaxies takes time. The time taken to travel depends on the speed of the ships in the fleet and the Distance between the departure point and the destination.