Vespene knowledge library
The manual for every screen on Vespene: the replay viewer, the ranked ladder, tournaments, the AI coach, notes and intel, OBS tools and more. 42 articles, maintained by the team. Open the Command Console from the logo in the top left to get back here any time (F10 in the desktop Companion).
Getting started
What Vespene is, how to sign in, and where everything lives.
Welcome to VespeneWhat this site is, what it is built from, and a map of the whole thing in five minutes. Start here if someone just linked you in.Getting set upAccounts, sign-in, and the Battle.net link that makes the whole site work. Plus the Companion install and your first upload, in...Home and the four lanesThe site is four lanes, each a whole side of it: Watch, Compete, Study, and Stats. On a desktop they sit in the top bar with...The Command Console (F10)The site-wide control panel, with four tabs. Home holds your quests and the add-ins; Broadcast is your stream; Settings is your...Screens and lanes
A tour of each main screen: Home, Watch, Build, Dashboard and more.
The Watch hubThree pages: Featured (a spotlight game, who is live, and rows picked for what you play), Live (streams with race and rank...The Build tabThe build workshop. A library of archetype builds mined from pro replays, a drafting board to pick one, and a full tactical...Where the Dashboard wentThe old Dashboard lane is retired. Your stats, games, intel and coach now live on the Study lane's desk; your stream tools and...Ranks and the leaderboardThe pro ladder pages. The Stats lane's Rankings page with Pro, Vespene and SC2 Ladder tabs plus a player profile, and the Ranks...Replays and the viewer
Uploading, browsing and studying games in the replay viewer.
The replay viewerThe heart of the site: full replay playback on a live map canvas, with scrubbing, speeds, fog and POV control, production...The analyst layerThe coaching stack inside the replay viewer: ten specialist coaches reading the game as it plays, unified hints, threat windows...Uploading replays, privacy, and ownershipEvery way replays get into Vespene, who can see them, how they feed your quests, and the ownership system that keeps casted games...Coaching and analysis
The AI coach, the analyst overlays, notes, intel and your stats.
The study deskSTUDY › DESK is the one place you study yourself. Today's focus and quests, your form and grades, every game you uploaded, your...The AI coachA coach that has actually read your games. Ask it anything from the rail of the study desk, where it knows what you are looking...Intel and notesYour scouting memory. The study desk organizes every note you take by opponent, matchup, map, and build, layers auto-generated...The performance graphOne chart of your ladder life, drawn identically on the study desk's Form view and on stream. Four windows from 48 hours to 28...Practice buildsOne build per matchup that you are drilling. Set it from the build editor, your library, a replay or a Match Summary; Stardex...Ranked ladder
The Patch Clash ranked queue: matchmaking, the map draft, ratings and leagues, fair play, stats and the community around it.
Ranked ladder (Patch Clash)Vespene runs its own 1v1 ranked queue on the Patch Clash community balance mod. Automated matchmaking, an Elo rating per race...Your first ranked matchEverything you need before your first Patch Clash ranked game, and the whole flow from pressing FIND MATCH to the result landing...Queueing and matchmakingHow the Patch Clash queue picks your opponent. Races and Random, the backup race and mirror shield, ranked versus unranked, the...Servers, regions and pingWhich Patch Clash servers exist, which SC2 region each one needs, how Vespene measures your ping and decides which servers are on...Match found and the map draftWhat happens the moment a Patch Clash match is found. The accept window, the blind ban board with its record colours, ban rates...Hosting, playing and reporting the resultFrom the map roulette to the rating change. The hosting orders, the match screen's tools (copy buttons, GAME STARTED, offer draw...Fair play: voids, strikes, AFK and disputesHow the Patch Clash ladder keeps results honest and games fair. The replay check and its hold reasons, every way a match can be...Ratings, placement and leaguesHow your Patch Clash rating works. Elo with one book per race, how a new book is seeded from your SC2 MMR or league, the ten...Clash XP and the season prize poolThe two rewards for playing Patch Clash on Vespene. Clash XP and its uncapped levels (every award amount), the streak, peak and...Leaderboard, player cards and match historyWhere to see standings and games on the Patch Clash ladder. The LEADERBOARD tab and the full board pop-out with its Board...Ladder stats, map pool and balance notesThe Patch Clash ladder's three reference doors. The Ladder stats door (balance report by matchup, map, veto, game length and...Ladder chat and the Discord botThe Patch Clash ladder's social side. The chat room on the ranked screen (who can post, names, the ladder event lines, crests...The Ranked Ladder add-inWhat the Vespene Companion adds to Patch Clash ranked play. Automatic replay upload, the Ranked Ladder overlay that lets you...Ladder data for organizers and analystsThe public, no-sign-in endpoints behind the Patch Clash ladder. The seeding API for tournament organizers (players, ladder form...Ranked ladder FAQStraight answers to the questions players ask most about the Patch Clash ranked ladder on Vespene, from "do I need the app" and...Tournaments
Brackets, match lobbies and running your own event.
Playing in tournamentsHow to find an event, register, check in, survive the match lobby's map draft, play your series, and get results recorded, plus...Organizing a tournamentThe five-step create wizard, formats and per-round series lengths, map pools and vetoes, prize pools paid in Minerals, staff and...Progression and currencies
XP, achievements, Vespene, Minerals and the Stardex.
Vespene (the currency)The site's optional spendable currency. One vespene is one cent. Earn it by clearing daily and weekly quests, buy it if you want...Minerals and prize payoutsMinerals are tournament winnings. One mineral is one cent, they cannot be spent on the site, and the only thing to do with them...Quests, XP, streaks, and achievementsThe progression system. Daily and weekly quests built from your own games pay vespene and XP, your analysed games pay XP, three...Casting and OBS
Overlay Studio, caster tools and the desktop Companion app.
Vespene Companion (desktop app)The free Windows tray app that auto-uploads your replays the moment a game ends, tells your stream overlays when you are in a...OBS overlays and Overlay StudioPut your Vespene data on stream. One personal URL drives the post-match recap and a family of widgets (session stats, performance...Caster tools and tournament scenesThe broadcast layer for tournament casters: the verified caster badge, the casting board, the scene overlay and control panel...Reference
Shortcuts, troubleshooting and the glossary.
Keyboard shortcutsEvery keyboard shortcut on the site in one place, from the F10 console and search through the study desk and the replay viewer's...FAQ and troubleshootingThe questions that come up every week: missing stats, replays that will not report, overlays that will not draw, ranked gates...GlossaryThe words Vespene uses with a specific meaning, from archetype to walkover, each explained in a couple of sentences with a...