Merge a Nuke July 25 Update Overview

The July 25, 2026 Friday patch is one of the biggest UI and content shifts since Commanders Pt. 2. This post covers everything in the official notes — what was added, what was rebalanced, and what was removed — without inventing numbers the notes do not publish. Where a detail (like new commander abilities) is not in the notes, we say so.

Inventory replaces the Commanders button

The biggest visible change: the Commanders button is gone, replaced with Inventory. Your commanders live there now, alongside a brand-new category — Explosion Effects. If a guide (including older pages on this wiki) tells you to open the Commanders menu, open Inventory instead.

• Explosion Effects were added as a new cosmetic/effect layer in Inventory.
• Code MAGMA grants Molten Magma — redeem it like any other code via the Shop.
• Space Explosion Pack was added at 70 Robux per spin for space-themed explosion effects.
• Color Wars winners unlock a separate effect: Color Conquest Explosion (see below).

Color Wars Admin Abuse — Red vs Blue

Color Wars is the new Admin Abuse event. When it runs, players in the server are split into a Red Team and a Blue Team. The notes describe a score-scaling loop: team nukes grow as their team's score increases, so a leading team snowballs harder.

• Players are split into Red Team and Blue Team.
• Team nukes grow as their team's score increases.
• The winning team unlocks the Color Conquest Explosion effect.
• Like other Admin Abuse events (Volcano, Disco), it is server-wide and admin-triggered — you cannot start it yourself.

Galactic Commander Pack — six new commanders

The patch adds a Galactic Commander Pack and six new commanders: Abductor, Leviathan, Wormhole Engineer, Recycler, Hologram Shaper, and Smuggler. The notes do not publish drop rates, rarities, or ability text for these units, so all six are marked pending on our commander pages until in-game cards are read on camera or in screenshots.

Alien Invasion Tier 3 — 550,000 HP

A new Tier 3 city, Alien Invasion, was added with 550,000 HP. For scale, Town Square Tier 1 (July 18) has 150,000 HP — so bring your top-end nukes. Its commander drop pool was not listed in the notes.

Rebirth 9 and Rebirth 10

• Rebirth 9: +120% cash and 5 additional nukes.
• Rebirth 10: +130% cash and 5 additional nukes.
• The notes do not list commander gates for 9–10 the way Rebirth 8 required Overclocker and Barrier — check your in-game Rebirth panel before resetting.

Rebalances and removals

• Nuke launch speeds were rebalanced — re-time your raid and city loops instead of assuming old timings.
• Silo LTM was removed.
• The alliance system was temporarily removed. The July 13 Ally / betrayal-war rules (+10% income, 1,000%/500% betrayal scores) are paused until it returns.
• Wars themselves still work: Declare War and the 3-hit trigger remain, with one active war per player.

Quick answers (search-style)

• Where did the Commanders button go in Merge a Nuke? It was replaced with Inventory in the July 25, 2026 patch — commanders and Explosion Effects both live there.
• What is the newest Merge a Nuke code? As of August 1, 2026, MAGMA is removed — use ATOMIC, UPDATE2, and BOOM. MAGMA previously granted Molten Magma on July 25.
• What is Color Wars in Merge a Nuke? A Red vs Blue Admin Abuse event where team nukes scale with team score; winners unlock Color Conquest Explosion.
• Did Merge a Nuke remove alliances? Yes — temporarily, in the July 25 patch. Wars still work.
• What does Rebirth 9 give in Merge a Nuke? +120% cash and 5 additional nukes; Rebirth 10 gives +130% and 5 more.