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yes please
Well finished the expedition second time! 2 Exotic star ship, Rare multi tool and Dream Aerial. Don't think I can do much better.
Class A freighter, Class S and Class A frigate. Missing combat Frigate.. Would have made this better.
lol
nice job! 
my large refiner in the freighter seems to have radon and sulphurine stuck in int
it
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Whew! Two weeks remaining
Does a new expedition typically start right after the last or is there a bit of a grace period between expeditions?
There's usually a kind of a sequence: content update - start of new expedition - patches
Right now we're nearing the anniversary of the game and expecting the next content update, the 4.0 version of the game
After that HG might launch a new expedition or reruns of previous ones
Epic responsiveness, very helpful community thank you very much
would be awesome if us new players could do the old expeditions
They are probably going to do that expedition retry thing so everyone has a second chance
Like they did for the first few
sorry to ask this again, but can someone help me with the 2nd optional milestone? The one where you enter someone else's freighter base
Go to the anomaly then ask some people to let you into there freighter
yeah already did that, no luck
I didnteven bother to do it when I did the expedition
Question. What can prove completion of latest expodition?
They changed it to where it automatically converts to normal
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Thanks @fringe agate
Can't wait until work slows down so I can get back into endless hours of nms
Child of Helios companion egg
Check the Quicksilver vendor at Space Anomaly
Ah
Wait wait
Are you asking because you want to prove the completion for the role here on server?
If so, you can self assign it
As for the proof, got another idea
Go to menu - Milestones tab, on the bottom of the list on the left side there should be a button that opens the expdition milestones
Example from previous expedition which converted to Normal mode
Hey just started to get back into the game needed some tips and maybe a group to play with to get me back up to speed
For the expedition?
Well you can find many tips and tricks for expedition here in pinned messages
But I'd like to recommend starting a Normal mode first and learning some stuff
Lots of things changed in since what, 3 years?
Yeah
OR maybe 4. Anyway, you got 2 weeks left to complete the expedition, I'd advise 1 week in Normal to learn basics, 1 week for expedition
As for looking for a group, try #nms-lfg-or-trades channel
what's rendezvous point?
It's a location you have to visit in order to complete a milestone
Usually some kind of landmark / structure on a planet
The game gives you approximate coordinates for it, you have to find the exact location yourself
alright
question
can i save it and leave the game?
I'm not sure if the expedition is one shot thing or i can get back to the save after some time
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on sept 12th 2 am your expedition will run out and turn into a regular save
whatever milestones and rewards you earn before that are yours
if you miss out some theyre gone forever
@rapid dirge
alright
thanks
I wanna just know if i can go sleep or go to play some different game e.t.c.
milestones are saved with your game
youre not obligated to marathon em all in a single sitting
You can, you have to up to Sept 12th or whatever that bot message shows for you to complete it
After that day the expedition won't be available to anyone
Select the milestone for it, fly to the aproximate location, from there look for target in visor
in this exp its crashed freigters at sea or on land
alr
so should be hard to miss
did everyone have the same rendezvous point or it's random?
Should be the same place
You go through the same systems and start on the same planets, for some exped
If you see a metric fuckton of comm balls and bases around, you're probably in the right place
Yea, the easiest way to find it
But don't be fool, there are some places that have a ton and weren't the point, from what I've seen
yeah i was struggling and stuck in the hole so i need to reload the save
but i find that
how long left in this expedition?
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nice so maybe 4.0 news in 3 weeks
Keep in mind
Like 3/5 Rndv are underwater
So make sure to have a nautilus sub in your pocket cuz you might have to swim for a while from the spot you landed your ship on
Invest in nautilus engine mods
Going extra 4 u/s may not look like much but it saves a load of time
how do you get drop pod coords?
@teal jetty use signal booster and it will point you to the drop pod provided you have the drop pod item in inventory
how u het the drop pod data is what im asking
Ah, I buy them at outposts. Many planet side locations have they for sale
thank you
Sure thing, the trading outpost I always look for is small, has a single guy in the main room and another guy down a short hallway that offers blueprints and components. Under components he always has a few, and they respawn after a short time. I usually build a base next to it and max out the suit inventories but it takes time. Other option is to just explore and get 1 slot per new station you visit
is there an easy way to finish this expedition fast cause it's so boring 😭
is there an easy way to get salvaged frigate modules?
I’ve found piracy most effective but I feel like they’re super rare :/ pretty much just from nexus missions and from certain freighter cargo things in outlaw systems
pain
They are also a reward for practically every milestone in this expedition so use wisely or save a few
Would anyone be willing to help me get the Hospitality milestone for the expedition? I'm currently at the first rendezvous system on Xbox.
still need?
Yeah.
👍
dm :)
How long left on expedition?
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Nice, have not got a chance to get into it yet but plenty o time
anyone else need the Hospitality quest?
So should I just sell all hyperdrive modules I get during the expedition?
i have milestone where i need to do 8 fleet expeditions. i didn't have done this before
did anyone know how I'll do that?
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@rapid dirge video above is trick to finish fleet fast
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see also channel pins.
Wonder if the wormhole engine will be craftable in other saves. It's kinda cool.
Yeah there's a button in regular saves when you talk to ship captain to turn on the singularity drive
I didn't check if you can actually build it but I suppose if there's a button there's a reason for it to be
will the travelled distance affect the final reward or not?
no.
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nop
just a way to show how far youve travelled
oh okey
Does anyone know if getting to the center of the universe gets you the achievement "to live forever" in expeditions? Or do I need to wait until it becomes standard permadeath?
This one isn't permadeath, it's normal - so that won't work
Can i get cadmium from sentinal towers or supply depots??
Nope
You can get cadmium from Buried Caches or from dismantling pulse drive upgrades
Thanks for saving me time!
Dismantle the PE upgrade and refine it out 😉
Oh, dead chat, didn’t even look at the time. Lol
Got someone!
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Anyone still in Expedition willing to help me get the visit another’s freighter achievement?
Perfect! Would you like me to meet you in the anomaly?
Sorry… forgot to tag you initially.
@snow turret OK, how do we do it?
Are you on Xbox or PC?
@snow turret Xbox.
Then just hop into my party. Or I can send you an invite.
Please remember the game has cross play so you don't have to limit yourself to people from the same platform
Anyone know when these expeditions are typically scheduled for? I’m a little annoyed that I missed out on the first 7!!! LOL!
There was some very good rewards handed out.
There is no schedule / roadmap
Usually a new expedition starts a week or so after a content update
We don't know if that will be the case with the next content update, we hope for HG to introduce expedition reruns at the end of the year
I would love reruns. I missed all the previous ones, but really liked Polestar
Oh that would be great!!! I would love to do them all!
I’m just now finding out them since this latest one.
Yeah kinda sucks. There's a really cool backpack from a previous expedition but I didn't have the game then ☹️
I heard they've done reruns before so 🤞
we'll likely find out later this fall
hoping for a rerun too.
busy schedule & my gamesharing buddy had a slight change of plan, for the time being
I've just been chilling and drawing up plans after phase 1, heh 😆
I suppose I could get a used physical copy too
Either way, loving all the freighter stuff so far :D
I wonder if the next game update will coincide with the ninth expedition...
Haven't they done that in the past?
expeditions come out within 2 weeks of a new update
its always been that way
Ah, so there could be a delay after polestar finishes until the next update
Yes, because expeditions are a way to showcase people who are coming back just for the rewards all the new stuff the game offers after a content update
In Blighted you started with a solar ship, the new type of ship introduced with Outlaws update and there were few pirate-related milestones
Now in Polestar the game lets you learn all the new stuff about freighters after they were reworked with the Endurance update
So the pattern is there
Everyone wants a rerun
So can the derelict freighters in each expedition system only be looted once per person?
I also seem to have broken the main door on this one, the scanning counter just keeps going up past 100.
if you have a new emergency broadcast receiver you can go back to the same derelict in a system as many times as you like (and there is also the personal refiner trick for reuse of that receiver)
thanks, I didn't know that trick.
You're telling I can refine a beacon from used to unused?
No, the refiner makes sure it does not get consumed
Oh
basically, activate it, put it in the refiner, go run the derelict, take it out after you leave, I'm not sure if you can just pulse again or what (it's not a trick I use but many many players do)
2 more weeks
I wonder what will be the next expedition
Artemis (the irl one) themed?
maybe we'll get reruns instead
can i visit somebodys freighter
pretty sure reruns will be done to give the Switch players a chance to get the goodies too 🙂
Seems like going away from your freighter can still wipe your refiners :/
Thankfully I had the nanites for the squadron slots already.
Otherwise that would've been very painful
When they did the rerun before there were only 4 expeditions, there are a lot now so it would be a very long rerun.
Maybe if they made it a pick and choose so you could do the expo you want instead of revisiting every single one
As nice as a rerun would be it might just be too much
or it could be for the next 4 that followed(?)
A full rerun would take a good while, yeah.
Although, I suppose it may be helpful for the devs, since they'll get a bit of extra development time in the meantime, heh :P
theyll probably re run the ones played this year
i wouldn't complain if all of them came back though
How long does it take to complete this expo
My save took 10-12 hours and I wasn’t particularly quick about it
Some have finished it within 8 hours of playtime too.
It's not too lengthy.
took me about 5 + 1 hours because my save got bugged out
so 5 hours without being glitched
on my end
... how did you get the freighter expeditions that quickly? The shortest take an hour...
From pins:
- If you are burning to get your frigate expeditions done sooner rather than later, send them out on the mission and recall them right away; this still counts as "completion". You will still have the limit of 5 expeditions a day to be offered you.
Point is everyone want to rerun em all
I would love to do some of the older expeditions. I last played in 2017 and now doing the current expedition as my first one. I have lots of changes to catch up on LOL
Can I visit anyones freighter?
Timezone? I can offer 20.30 GMT Berlin time.
Hello my German friend, a kind player helped me complete my mission 4 hrs ago
Thank you for the offer
why did my freighter change appearance when after i warped? this was my first warp
it used to look like my freighter on my other save
How do i get cadmium when i cant access red places yet?
ah, guess i can dismantle some stuff
Just got a dream aerial blueprint from a frigate mission.
Seems to be for living frigates?
seems to be
anyone need Hospitality done?
Nearly done with the expedition now!
I mostly just need to wait for my frigates to come back.
- If you are burning to get your frigate expeditions done sooner rather than later, send them out on the mission and recall them right away; this still counts as "completion". You will still have the limit of 5 expeditions a day to be offered you.
From pinned messages
Congratz, you can assing yourself the Polestar role in #roles channel for a fancy color
I just did!
Although the color doesn't show up because "familiar" is a higher role IG.
Oof, yeah sorry forgot about that
Just over 6 hours for the expedition, which isn't bad.
Beachhead took me like 5 hours I think
And I missed all of the other expeditions :D
Speed ran and almost completed the expedition in a few hours. Just need a Storm crystal
so I'm a bit new, to this all, I tried is a year ago on Normal didn't like than realized there was a creative mode... Now I'm loving it... But how does the community Expedition thing work exactly for that mode
It doesn't
The expedition is a separate game mode, alongside Normal, Survival, Permadeath and Creative
You start a new game, create a new same, choose the Expedition mode and start playing
The focus is on completing challenges (refered to as milestones) in order to gain exclusive rewards
Those rewards can be then redeemed on any other save
Expedition is a limited time event, but if you have some recent experience with creative mode then you should be fine
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What do you need the Storm Crystal for?
Instead of wasting time and effort getting a Storm Crystal
Just shoot NPC pilots, those can drop Warp Hypercores
Otherwise, mission agents on space stations or Nexus mission rewards, those can give Hypercores as well
Finally after putting of till the almost last week I rushed and completed the expedition in a morning
@hushed oyster
It's self asignable
Ah ok
You only need chromatic metal to build a cadmium drive.
That's ships - freighter cadmium drives need cadmium
Ah, ur right, but it is not needed while playing the expedition. If you are done, you get the spaceship hyperdrive and the possibility to upgrade, it and you will be able to get your cadmium to upgrade your freighter drive.
Anyone around? I need help with Hospitality, landing one someone else’s freighter. I’m more than willing to let you land on mine.
I can help you
how do you find enough pirates for the expedition?
Nexus missions was the best way for me if you can’t find an outlaw system
k thanks
I just warp hopped a lot and got freighter battles that spawned like 7 pirates every time
I haven't really been getting those warping in my freighter
I've decided to splurge on a used copy. My expedition resumes :D
anyone need to do the Hospitality quest?
How's it looking? Just been slapping random things on it whenever I get to a new station and got extra nanites to spend
Can someone pls help me with the expedition
What do you need help with exactly?
I cant get phase 2
What do you mean by that?
That i just done phase 1 and idk what to do know
Select any other milestone and work towards it
Also you don't have to do them in order
Most milestones aren't "locked" till the moment you complete previous ones
Only the "story" related ones would require you to finish other milestones before
Ye i trying to build that plant room now but i cant find that last thing i need to build it
Wait i'm getting somewhere
If you're still in the first system there's tons of bases around with tons of resources that can help you jump start a lot of milestones
Can you still do the Artemis questline if coming from an expedition?
Thinking about them portal glyphs...
Yes, after you complete the expedition it turns into a Normal mode save
Then you get access to main story line
Nice
I've done all the milestones except land on someone else's freighter, but my save is still an expedition one?
Yes, you need to do that as well if you want to convert to Normal before expedition ends
Otherwise just wait till the expedition is finished
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Go to the exp. tab, select phase 2, click on the first entry (-> read sec. protocol), select warp drive, follow the exp. path, continue in a pace you like until you reach the destination. Meanwhile scan animals and hire squad members etc, cause those are also stepstones, you doing neet to do them in order.
Yes, if the exp. save is converted to a normal save it will start automatically.
I would like to thank anyone that makes public resource bases for saving me who-knows how many hours.
Same, made over 50 mil within like 10 minutes of starting the exp and still had tons of other resources left over
Those starting resources have been carrying me this entire time
Def not me abusing 1st expedition reward of a super nice golden vector every time a new expedition appears B)
Or the twitch reward mulitools
Noooooo
how do i claim the role for this?
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hmm a few more days and then I might start doing hospitality sessions again, try to catch people finishing up at the last minute
👀
gasp! competition! ;)
How do I get Cadmium?
red star systems
I know that, but I cant get to the red star systems...
you need to get the starship upgrade from the anomaly
But the upgrades are blocked
weird
Are they not blocked in your game?
idk i havent looked
Maybe they unlock when I finish all the phases?
maybe
Also, im supposed to kill pirates and hire frigates, but im not encountering any 😬
thats annoying
Dismantle pulse engine upgrades.
Dismantle pulse engines? On my ship? Why?
can i visit somebody frieghter
not the engines, just the upgrade modules.
What will that do?
Give you Cadmium.
Oohhh
Thank you
Any reason im not finding any pirates or frigates like I use to? They used to be really common
for the pirates if you find a pirate controlled system go there and they are everywhere
I didn't have to try very hard, to find pirates, just mined asteroids lots of stuff in my ship until I got scanned.
Yh, but I cant get to the pirate systems, because they require advanced hyperdrives 😂
Ohh ok
ive found a few without a upgraded hyperdirve
I want Emeril but I can't find any 
Look for Buried Caches, the items from them can break down into emeril
Once you get some, use chromatic expansion to get more
I don't need it but I'm a fiend for them extra light years 
You break them down in a refiner?
Nope, just in inventory
Can I visit somebody freighter
Activate them in your inventory and these will break into materials
Sure
Ight I'll do that when I get the chance
let me just load up my game
Kay
whats your friend code
C0ZY-6X1N-AKPKT
I’m joining
Alright
im in
Did you get on my freighter?
i have to reload cause i cant see your freighter
Someone told me you gotta dismiss your freighter if you want to see mine
No problem, need anything else?
are hirable frigates not spawning for anybody else
Can someone tell me how to do expeditions?
Like how to start it? It’s a fresh save you have to start. And the goal is to complete different objectives.
Ohh
There’s one part you’ll need to be in a group to board another players freighter. Other than that it’s manageable solo. Takes a few days at a casual pace. Then the save rolls over to a regular save you can keep playing or you can just go back to your regular save.
Huh i might have to try that out because i was tryna get the expedition rewards but couldnt figure out how to do them
For sure worth it IMO. The rewards will be on any save from the past or future you make. Pretty cool IMO.
Ahh ok tysm
Glad to help. Lord knows others in the community have helped me. Good luck. Get that exclusive loot!! 😬
Ty ill try lol
are hirable frigates not appearing for anyone else
I think for the expedition they have a lower spawn rate to make the buying 8 frigates challenge and 8 expeditions challenge more challenging
k that makes sense
On my normal save there would be 4 to 5 frigates spawning at most systems but on the exp I rarely get more than 1
thanks
Someone please help me get excited to play this expedition. I know I should be excited for the building and the journey etc, but it's not doing it for me. So the main reward is a jellyfish companion? That's kind meh in my mind. What's the coolest part of this expedtion which I should be most excited about? Thanks in advance for the thoughts.
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Whew
Morning folks
how do you get pyrite?
Buy it or mine it from Deposits on planets that state they contain it
or refine it ... see: https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Pyrite
anyone reached the 4th rendezvous and just had nothing happen?
nvm, reloaded save and there's a freighter here now 🤔
Does anyone know what the jellyfish companion does?
it looks cool
Hi guys, anyone who can help me get that freighter visit done ? I’m struggling to find player owned freighters
Join a group and you can visit each other's freighters, but you have to dismiss yours to see theirs.
I might be incorrect -- thede steps worked for me though.
I think so thank you, i did it without dismissing mine and the cargo was there but was invisible
Is that it? Still though, i guess cosmetics are like 70% of the game
How do I acquire frigate fuel to finish the 8 frigate expeditions? Or rather to start one of them in the first place
craft from tritium and hydrogen in consumables menu
check freighter research tree
You get them when you talk to the Fleet Command Room
Ooohhhh that makes sense. Thanks
Must all 6 Phases be completed within the next week, before the Expedition ends?
Or just Phase 1?
All of them if you want the rewards
oh boy
If I already have nanites, do I have to complete the Expedition to unlock rewards?
Yes
I'm having trouble finding the pirates to shoot down
You'd think that since I'm in a system that's "at war" there would be frequent pirates, but no, I've taken several courier missions and got 3 defence chis that I haven't used yet since there are no pirates coming to get me booty.
the easiest method for me was picking up pirate hunting missions from the nexus / space stations
All I get is Sentenial hunting missions.
I have an optional mission to board someone elses freighter. ive only been playing a couple weeks so im not sure how to complete this. any help appreciated!
try carrying more valuable cargo.
Ah okay. I had stuff from buried minerals but I only attracted one bounty. Funny how I kept running into pirates in other play throughd.
Check out the pins here
Oh
Nothing to see here, was totally pinned
Finally completed the expedition
If I unlock the expedition rewards on my new save, will I be able to use those rewards on my main save?
Yes
How do I access them? They'll just show up in the build menu/customization menu, etc..?
You have to go the quicksilver person in the anomaly first then they should be in the build menu
awesome, thank you
Np
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anyone willing to let me on their freighter?
Have you tried going on a npc freighter?
its for the expedition, check the pins
np
Hey. So yeah. I picked up NMS again about a month ago and I just finished the new expedition and between my main normal save and this new save it's about 50/50 what should I do? On the one hand I have all the rare ships and a few living ships I want, and a killer mine, etc etc. On the new save I have all the freighter stuff unlocked. I'm so torn on what to do.
Trying to find the derelict and having some difficulty. Is it marked?
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is the exotic ship in kelarinet 2 not available anymore?
What?
Can someone host me? Will return the favor if needed.
good morning
I'm at the rendezvous system in phase 1, but for the life of me can't find the rendezvous point from my ship. What am I missing?
The coordinates you get initially are just the approximate coordinates
You have to look for the actual RV point with your visor
It will give you visual and sound clues to the direction and proximity
It's usually some kind of structure or a landmark
It's always crashed freighters this time around
I found they were all underwater, too. Anyone else find that?
Yeah
Invest in submarine upgrades
Going extra 4 u/s may not be much but it saves you time when rendezvous is 1ku at sea
You need to perform several jumps until you reach the next meeting point. Or, if you men the location in the system, be sure to click on the task in the protocol
I think there was at least one rendezvous point that is not underwater, but yeah most of it were
Thank you for the help.
I'll look on planets in that system I'm in. The expedition icon is right next t o the system I'm in on the galaxy map.
And I have clicked on the task in the protocol and it just continues to say find rendevous point. I'll keep looking.
And I'll see about subs and the water locations or freighter locations. Can't find a derelict freighter to save my life.
I'll keep this open. Jumping back in now
Made it! It was a crashed freighter LOL! Thank you all SO much!!
🎉
Does anybody have cords for a crashed ship in the system of rendezvous 2?
I don't have it but is it the exotic one?
I have no clue I am just trying to find a crashed ship to finish the milestone
I can vaguely remember that I managed to find a crashed ship from first two rendezvous points, along one of the systems in the path. Sorry can't help much 😦
@runic roost press on the milestone in the expedition’s tab to locate the crashed freighter
Oh I found these because someone made a base near that ship with a save point marker too iirc.
Oh wait, so you were talking about the crashed freighter, mb lol
There should be a save beacon I placed
Crashed freighter?
Yes
Are you trying to find the rendezvous?
What do I have to do for this one milestone. The one called Reclamation
No no that’s not the problem I’m having
Yes yes
Right. That means a crashed starship right? I have to claim one or repair it or whatever
There are people on YouTube that can help you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHqbPNkYTp8
I haven’t done the expedition in a few weeks so I don’t remember it as well
how to find more pirates in the expedition?
Go to the second location Tainash XI, there are 2 bases with crashes ships, one exotic and one normal. Just use the teleporter.
Pirate mission at the nexus.
Let me just get over there
I will generously let you get over there 🙃
That’s nice. Oh hey look, I’ve found a crashed ship. Thanks man
How do I get the money to buy or recruit 7 more frigates
I actually have no idea. I thought maybe I could make money with Cobalt but where do I get enough cobalt from in the first place?
:# I've just returned to NMS after a long break (since pathfinder I believe) and I'm a touch confused on how the rewards for expeditions carry over into normal play
Quick question for the expedition gurus: What's the path to get a base computer blueprint in expedition 8 (Polestar)? I've finished all the expedition quests except the optional one to visit a friend's freighter, but still don't have the ability to build a base computer...and I'd really like to set up some bases.
You play the expedition mode, you complete the challenges there, you unlock the rewards there
Then those rewards become available on other saves / game modes, you can get them from the Quicksilver vendor in Space Anomaly
The robo guy next to landing pad area
The optional expedition milestone for visiting another ship awards 5 mil iirc. Also if you can find an outlaw system I’ve found piracy to be both efficient and more fun than grinding materials lol
I think you need to complete the expedition, let it convert to normal mode
Then you get the blueprint for a base computer
I thought I got mine from just turning in the expedition when it converted to a normal save 
But that wouldn't explain how people set up their bases earlier, maybe save editor?
Oh! Quicksilver vendor! Gotcha! Thankies :)
Now I just need to find someone to let me visit their freighter...XD
Oohhh i didn’t even check the reward for that milestone. But I have to visit the freighter of a friend right? So someone in my friendlist. I can’t just enter their freighter when I find them flying around right?
I am in the same situation honestly. That could work out for both of us😅
There’s a great pinned message here about visiting freighters :))
*yes have to friend them
Yes that is indeed a great message and it answers most of my questions xDD
How long are expeditions open for
There’s a bot command to check but i forgot it lol
There were various time windows for them, the last ones were usually 4-6 weeks
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Thank you
oof...
This is taking me longer than I had hoped and I don't have a lot of time to play :/ oh well
much of it is 'build this room, now you have the blueprint for the next room', those shouldn't be too bad to get done
When I say "not a lot of time" I mean, like, probably 2 or 3 hours over the next week.
What part of the expedition are u on?
Almost done with the third milestone I believe
Still have the pirates and the frigate mission thing left
The expand your fleet mission?
no, the send out 8 missions
Ah
How do I read the second entry in the ships log? Do I read that from the captain? He doesn't have another log entry right now. I'm completely done with the first phase of the expedition and that the first milestone one phase 2. Do I talk to other crew members or something?
I mean i could get you some money, so you can buy some frigates and then send them on missions
where do I buy frigates tho
It it still just finding random ones and using communication?
From other in-system freighters
Y'know when you warp into a new system, and theres the freighters newr the space stations
You go up to them
Select the mission in thr milestone tab, then you can navigate to it
You gotta get to a system then talk to your commander
Its like the checkpoints but you talk to somebody
Yeah I believe it’s from talking to the captain after you reach each rendezvous
What's the highest conflict level for a system?
I'm at a 3 now and there's nothing going on 😆
New logs will appear everytime you enter the system for the next rendezvous point. Npc to talk to is the captain at the freighter's bridge
Just three
As per wiki
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can anybody help meon ps4? i cant gt the stuff for the submarine and ive been looking for hours
Is that the one that just needs metal plating, crystal sulphide, and *salt or something?
yeah
i cant find the crystal sulphide
its not in any ocans ive ben to
Weird. It spawns on those vents and shows up on your visor, but usually I see it pretty quickly :/
Sorry can’t help you, but good luck
ok thx 😦
Trust me use your visor its in the waters somewhere but must use visor to easily find
Anyone got any advice for finding a crashed starship to repair?
I used the nautilon scanner to find “drowned starships”
Thanks.
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Good morning!
So here's a fun one: I'm at the derelict freighter and after choosing to unseal the door, it says process complete, then the door never opens.
Hope, you did not pay 5 000 0000 u for this adventure….
-nope
@nova lake Was it a derelict spawned in by another player who entered before you?
I don't think so but that's possible I guess
Try restoring from your last save and going to the derelict again. Thats what I had to do. you might have to restart the game as well.
damn. I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. But isn't the derelict freighter optional anyway? What would I miss if I didn't do that task?
Just the usual derelict freighter stuff honestly but the cargo bulkhead is pretty useful in this expedition.
I have 4 already
So yeah it's up to you if you want to fill out the freighter's inventory.
right on... thank you very much for the info
This channel is amazing
very helpful people
I wasn't going to do the exped (played 3 years ago and put it down bc I sucked at it) but someone said I could get in done in 48 hours.. so I figured why not.
I love the game now and all they've added
Is it over?
Don't feel bad working on derelict freighter's today going to do around 20 of them. See if I get anything worth keeping. Did first one yesterday day. Going to use anomaly beacon see all the rare anomalies out there. Last stop is all 256 galaxies and I think I will have completed every task in this game
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Can I perform the slingshot and continue with the expedition save if I don’t claim the last revards? (Want to help/coop a friend)
Yeah, you have to claim everything for the save to convert
Vry good, thx!
Impressive XGamer
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so since I have to build a nautilon chamber and a sub, should I avoid doing that on stormy planets?
Anyone mind helping me with the Hospitality Milestone for Phase 2?
I'd be glad to if my freighter had a base but I don't have the resources yet.
no worries :)
Think 🤔 ma play the game on normal and not creative, is it still fun or is creative the for the fun mode
I play normal
Yeah depends what you consider fun/not fun! each mode is fun in its own way
Was I supposed to get all the glyphs at the end of the Expedition? I did. Just wondering if that was supposed to happen. I had only a few unlocked on a previous save. I did finish the story on that save though.
Trying to talk a vanilla player into coming back. So I’m trying to catch all the selling points of coming back before the expedition is over.
I can’t find anything online so imma guess that was a bug.
I got the glyphs on mine too actually
Thanks Vail. It must be intended then. I wonder if that transfers between saves or not? I hope so because tracking down the regular was was going to be a grind.
Unfortunately no :(( I’ve only gotten 3/16 so far on my other save but ah well
TRADE OFFER!
I get: help with exped, and a neat cape (Tomorrow, it’s like 2 AM rn)
You get: Idk you decide, I practically have everything
What's one of the best planets with storm crystals near the expedition? I know I need to look on planets with activated metals, but not running into many. The problem is that I used the one Warp Hypercore I was given as a reward and constructing freighter drive modules which allow me to go to the red, green, blue systems requires a Warp Hypercore. Am I in a catch 22 or is there a storm crystal source in one of the main systems of the expedition I've missed?
@wanton raft im trying to see if someone can trade me one but i guess no luck lmao
morning
@nova lake you got a storm crystal?
LOL! I totally missed your message right above my long winded one there, which was essentially asking the same thing.
@wanton raft and @trim aurora there’s a pinned message on where to find storm crystals. 📌
Doh! I looked in the pins before making that big message, but must have missed it.
I assume those systems mentioned do not require using the hyperdrive modules we need them for? If you were going to fly there instead of traveling by portal that is.
Anyway, I made my mistake on my PS4 NMS account. I'm going to start on my PC account later today and I won't make the same mistake. I'll just save up a bunch of storm crystals when I do that and give them to my PS4 account when I do that optional visit milestone.
@The Legend sorry I don't.
and obviously I don't know how to directly reply to someone either.
😕
Sorry I don't. There we go!
When you complete a phase, is it not possible to go back to that phase and earn a missed optional achievement?
It is possible
You can complete the steps in any order you want
does someone have to be there for me to visit their base and get the achievement?
You mean the milestone where you have to visit someone's freighter?
oh yes sorry
No, but since it has to be a player freighter you need to be in a group with the other person
Lemme check if I still have my expedition save
@nova lake You can visit mine if you want, I'd shoot you over my friend code and you can then come visit
okay, how do I add a friend code? I don't have any nms friends 😕
Under Options -> Network -> View friends list
ok thank you
Will i lose all the stuff upon completing the expedition?
or keep everything and continue as a normal game mode?
After the expedition ends, your save will be converted into Normal mode
You will keep all the items, ships, installed tech upgrades
But you won't be able to complete the challenges for the unique rewards
For those you have time up to
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anybody knows whats the fastest way to kill 16 pirates?
I just managed to find a couple
Look for Nexus missions and local system mission boards
Those offer missions that spawn pirates for you
This is gonna suck
This is me
Attempting to complete an entire expedition
In a day.
Check out the tips in pinned messages
Pirate Missions?
I’ve already looked up a good guide with the tips
Plus I’ve already checked out the pins
He is just trying to help…..
Ik, sorry, didn’t mean to be rude. Its hard to convey tone over text.
I'm looking for help with "Hospitality" objective, I'll return the favour with visiting my freighter of course 🙂 (if someone don't have this objective already).
@tropic steeple Im about to get on to work on the expedition some more, message me your friend code and I'll help you out
I just need to do the tedious stuff like expand my fleet and kill pirates
so I can essentially do that from any system
Here only "Hospitality" and purchase of 1 frigate left 😄
send me your friends code
if the expi ends and i haven’t completed it,will it convert to normal,and will i learn the starship hyperdrive?
if you don't complete it then you get what you have completed.
and yes it converts to a normal game
can I visit someone's freighter for the milestone, please? 🙂
Can I presume that past expedition rewards are lost forever if I didn't get them before
Sometimes they do ReRuns of expeds
Very few of the rewards returned as Twitch drop rewards
well the twitch drop rewards are gone, too.
:/
That's upsetting.
I hate when content gets locked like that. Makes me angy.
I need hospitality. You online?
I need this as well. DM me your friend code
How are they gone for you?
because the drop is over and I wasn't here for it.
Ah yeah, then they are gone. Just be there for the next ones.
I missed several of the last run. Just got in on the last day.
Well, that's kinda the point of exclusive rewards available only for a limited time. You wanna get them? Play the game
Maybe we will see them returning this year if HG is kind enough
Terribly sorry, working 60 hours a week on top of classes gets in the way.
"that's the way it is" != "you have to be happy about it"
I didn't say anything like that. The content isn't locked, HG made it available, you just missed it. Maybe they will make it available again.
Or if you can't wait and you're willing to cheat, use save editor to unlock it
Correct me if I'm wrong, but save editor doesn't bake it into the account, just the device, correct?
What do you mean by "baking into the device"?
Haven't used save editor myself so I could be wrong
But I think it just edits the profile file / data in the save folder
Whatever happens afterwards, dunno, If you got Steam Cloud sync enabled it should sync that accross all devices with Steam
To my knowledge, Steam Cloud does not sync your actual account information which stores unlockables - I'm quite certain those are created when you first start the game
The very 1st file reads "account data" so I would assume it does sync
And the contents of it do suggest unlocked expedition rewards
Yeah, I had looked at that prior. There was concern, though, that it only worked on the device it was used on - that if I downloaded NMS on my laptop, for example, those unlocked things would not carry over.
They show up on my Steam Deck after I completed expedition on my PC
Which is a small concern. I don't like cheating, however, I am also opposed to time-sensitive content that can't be obtained again in a non-competitive game. But eh, that's me.
no no, I just meant if you specifically used save editor to do it
Does anyone know the location of a crashed hauler in the second system of the expedition?
An alternate one then the one shown in Xaines World’s guide
I still fail to see what's the difference between: letting the game write data to profile file VS letting the save editor write data to profile file
Hm
:L because I'm not really 100% sure how that information is validated. For instance, you'll note that if you use it for Twitch unlockables, you have to be offline. That would imply that at LEAST for Twitch, there's an additional check besides just being on the profile file
Guys, idk if it’s a glitch, or what, but while just sitting in space, durring the expedition, I got a distress signal for a freighter rescue mission and offered a free one at the end of the fight. I haven’t been using my starship warp because I haven’t finished the expedition yet and unlocked it. Are these casually occurring space battles supposed to happen in these scenarios?
Twitch as it's third party program that your account is linked is supposed to be in constant connection to the internet. You can bypass that by going offline and changing the values with Save Editor. But it has to be offline. Meanwhile your savefile is stored on your PC, that doesn't have to have a connection to the internet meaning that you can change stuff all the time, even online. But in order to access the same savefile on other devices like extra laptop or steam deck you have to enable Steam Cloud that stores a copy of the savefile.
@full crater an hour and 18 minutes in, and I’m already halfway done. Your guide has been great so far.
ok, but every time I want those twitch rewards, I'd have to go offline, right? It's not just a onetime thing.
Depends when. If you want to claim them you can do it both online and offline. But when you use save editor and give yourself the rewards you did not receive during drops, you have to go offline.
sadly, they cannot be claimed any longer, thus my dilemma
how does it look on your screen?
The twitch promotion is over, and I can't claim it any longer.
:L
whats the expedition rewards. im debating on rushing through to complete it this week before it ends
Cool jellyfish companion, a cape, some decoration plans, a freighter engine trail, and I forget what else
In game or on twitch?
On twitch.
oh, then it makes it way simpler. They are just gone. Should've claimed them as soon you got them.
AAAAAND TIME!
I completed the polestar expedition in 3 hours and 10 minutes!
😁
anybody want to work togthr on the expedition?
🥲
congrats
Very nice, got mine finished in just over 8 hours. The cape is awesome
im trying to gt it XD
stuck on the submarine cant find the sulphrine
I think I found it on the 3rd(?) rendezvous planet. Basically just a giant pink ocean, it sits on the sides of the sea floor vents
good to know thanks
I agree
So the cape doesn’t shrink for smaller players
So as a gek I just have this really long cape lol
it works though, because I’m a pirate captain
I can have a big fancy cape
I especially love that it has a compass on it
Considering the logo of my community is a gek skull compass
nice
I see the mouth as sunglasses
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from previous expeditions, does the ending of one mean a new update is on the horizon
?
2 questions.
- I want to help a friend today, does it count, if if I teleport to the first meetingpoint, host the game and he joins, so he can instantly visit the meetingpoint?
- If we are in a coop session and I teleport to another location, will he automatically come with me?
Kindaish, there's the pattern of content update - start of new expedtion - patches
We know at least one date, October 7th when the Switch version launches
We should get a content update on that date, some speculate we might get it earlier
Or they could rerelease all the old expedition then when the switch version comes outs
That is also a possibilty, but we have no concrete info on that, only wishful thinking
I mean is Shaun wakes up on Twitter that means update is like 2-3 weeks away
they'll do it but only for switch players. :)
Anyone around where I can pay a visit to their freighter?
i cant create a refinery room in the expedition
it says i dont have the componets
Do the units & nanites transfer to saved game?
The saved game the expedition becomes, not other saves
Start a new save at least 48hrs before expedition ends....
Whats that all about please anyone?
The game doesn't let you start an expedition save with 24 hours remaining
Could be different value but the idea is the same
That's why we recommend to start at least 48 hours before (1 day for playing before the 1 day of lockdown)
Do I need to just systems to find more frigates? I found 2 in 2 days and not sure I'll find the other 6 before expedition ends.
you'll find them. in any inhabited system just take off from a planet or space station, hang around there for a bit instead of pulsing right away, wait for freighters to pop in nearby or look for them... then,
head towards them, when you get close enough you'll see the green frigate icon for recruitables
ok, i'll try that. Thanks.
Well dang, I got in the game, left my freighter, saw a group of freighters in the distance, approached them, was able to recruit 3 frigates there. Thank you so much!!
I did not have that kind of luck yesterday
Anyone available to let me tour their freighter for the milestone?
Nvm got it done on the space anomaly
Visit a party member’s freighter
I just want to make sure but is my freighter supposed to be a C class? I know on the, I think, Leviathan expedition, you were supposed to get an S class multi-tool and ship but it could be C Class occasionally and you had to restart to get S class.
I finished it on Xbox and I'm playing on PS5 now but I want to know if I need to restart to get a better freighter or if it really matters.
I didn't see it in the FAQ in the pins but I figured I'd ask just to be safe.
I think you normally start with a C class freighter on this expedition
Alright cool thanks 👍
How long is the gap between expeditions?
There is no defined time period. Basically whenever hello games decides they want to put out a new expedition.
Ok I just start a new game with the Community event mode, and I'm totally lost
!rv
Sorry for the late reply, but I was not aware I had been tagged in this channel until now...in response to your question, the Units and Nanites obtained during the expedition will continue to be there once the expedition is completed and can be used in the game even after it converts to a Normal save file, but they do not transfer to any other save file and the only one you can spend that will transfer the purchases between saves is the Quicksilver so that would be the only useful one if your expedition save isn't your main save file
IIRC there shouldn't be any optional objectives in phase 1 of the expedition
ok
But you don't have to worry, you can get all the main rewards without completing the optional objective (Hospitality)
Without it you won't be able to convert earlier to normal mode, but with less than a week remaining it doesn't really matter
Finally done, late as usual
When does this expedition end?
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Dos anybody want to work together on the expedition?
anyone need help with Hospitality quest?
I wonder if the next one will go through Halloween
Next one is 4.0
After that who knows
who can help me with phase 5 (deep sleep cruise) ? iam stuck on that
What do you need help with exactly?
@ashen shore its the home planet beacon, when i press on it, i dont get anything
I think you're supposed to activate it and pulse with it
Till you get a message about random space encounter
Does the save convert when you finish the milestones or when time runs out?
Both actually
You can convert earlier if you complete all milestones, including the optional one (Hospitality, visit a freighter)
If not, the save will automatically convert at the end of the expedition
Thanks. I guess it hasn't switched because I didn't do hospitality yet.
what did sean mean by this?
Buy frigates?
Turn off multiplayer when in a system and pulse for frigates to spawn
Whoever wrote this instruction text in the game didn't didn't consult the recipes! LOL!
I love that you can abort an expedition and it counts for the milestone 😅
Does the Galaxy map really show you if a system has ocean planets?
There’s the “water” descriptor from the galaxy map view which I think is what that is
Ah okay that makes sense. I never really paid much attention to that line.
Yeah me neither 😅 I only recently found out what the number/letter sequence thing on each system meant
This would be news to me, what do they mean? 😅
What color it is
So it’s like star classification as far as I can tell? Yellow systems have F and G, red is K and M, green is E, and blue is O and B - so it’s info you can already see in the system color
I don’t think the last digits mean anything but this sketchy website I found says the number corresponds to weather 
Could be useful for colorblind people though so I guess it's a good thing to have even though the game doesn't tell you about it.
Oh yeah good point! From the nms wiki:
First character: spectral class (?) and color of primary star
Number: brightness within class (so probably high number = higher temperature?)
Lowercase: “oddities for the star” not sure what that means tbh. Maybe certain letters correspond to the weird planets?
Would that be a advantageous bug or not? Would it allow faster completion of something? I can visualize the situation. Won't matter for me because I'm minutes from being done on two different accounts.
If you want to get it done sooner without having to build a bunch of fleet command rooms and you don't have any short expeditions then yeah it could be very advantageous.
Ah, yeah. That's a bug then! LOL!
When’s the next expedition?
No one knows.
It only counts that you've started an expedition. I guess it should really only count it when you complete it so I guess it's a bug but it is one that I will take full advantage of haha
Interesting. It didn't count my expeditions until I'd completed them.
I guess it considers an aborted expedition completed since it did leave your fleet if only for a little bit.
The expedition has been brain dead simple compared to the last one so I didn't need cheats.
I'm fine with that. I finished it on Xbox but accidentally killed myself with like 2 milestones to go on PS5 in the last few hours until it closed so I gave up at that point. I like one that isn't a huge point of stress.
Oh, you mean the last one with the pseudo perma-death I guess. I really liked it, but it was a pain at times.
Yeah, basically all I had left to do was call in the Leviathan and then claim it and I would have been done but I used the positron launcher I think when I thought I was using the terrain manipulator and killed myself. I was pissed.
I hadn't been setting up bases towards the end because I only had a little bit of time before I had to leave for work and there was no way to finish it at that point before I had to leave.
I did something like that too, but luckily for me it was early on.
I thought it was a really good expedition don't get me wrong but it was also a pain in the ass sometimes.
I'm hoping we get to a point in the game's development where we can have cross platform saves so I don't have to do the expeditions on every platform to get the rewards.
The two free frigates from the previous expeditions sure do come in handy in this one!
I didn't get the PS5 version until like the 4th or 5th expedition so I don't have access to the Normandy and I didn't finish the last one so I don't have the Leviathan. 
I think I can still finish it but it would be nice to have those.
But luckily this game throws money at you like crazy so buying a bunch of frigates isn't a problem.
I did have those on Xbox though so that did help on that one.
You make way too much money in NMS and Elite Dangerous, but that sure isn't the case in Star Citizen!
I sure do like the new convenience features Hello Games has added in this release! I finally actually like using my freighter.
I haven't tried it yet, but believe I saw a feature where you can teleport to each frigate? How awesome if that's true!
@fervent umbra wait I can abort the Expeditions and it still counts .. dear God I been doing it the long way
It's the last one I need for Phase 3 and after that I already finished all of phase for except for read the logs and get to the renedviez point..
I'm kinda glad I didn't know that until I was done!
Biggest thing to me is that you can teleport to your freighter. You don't have to fly to it anymore. I don't know about teleporting to the frigates. I'm not sure where that would happen if that's possible.
Yep, just send off your expedition and then run to your fleet command room and choose abort expedition and then debrief. I don't know if the debrief part is necessary but I know it at least counts it up for the milestone.
@wanton raft my biggest issue was the very first System I got dropped into had a base where I could get a ton of Silver but I is no longer popping up on my previously visited bases ..
You'd do it if you have to repair one. I just things it's cool if so.
I wonder if there is a way to find that very first System Spawned in. Is it the same one for everyone
I saw several of those.
Yeah I'm just saying I haven't seen anywhere on the freighter where you can teleport to your frigates. I don't remember seeing it as an option in the teleporter and the ones to the left and right of the captain just take you down to the hangar area. 
If you landed on the space station, it should be one of the ones listed from a teleporter.
I also Wish there was a way to Favorite certain bases to warp too .. I have done I have been basically farming silver from like crazy, I actually want to learn how to make those mega Mining bases that mine me tons of Silver ..
I think I saw it in the frigate management.
@fervent umbra yea I don't think I went to the space station in that first system
Buy lemmium and each one of those refines into like 125 silver or something like that.
I think it's lemmium at least
No sorry, Herox Aronium and dirty bronze each refine into 250 silver.
@fervent umbra oh no this guy's base had like a ton of machines just pumping silver and I had 15 slots take up. Y the max amount of silver you can vrt
Than I sold it all and was set early game
For this expedition... Also used the teleporter that takes you to a crashed exotic
Ah yeah I saw some of those. But if you need quick silver, and you have any of those alloys then it's a good way to get some.
I just found the first crashed ship base I could see and fixed it up then sold it at the space station.
Don't even have to fix the shield, you can just do launch system and pulse engine.
I just picked up a ton of silver early just to build on the freighter lol
I wonder if there any of those type of bases in just a regular mode... I'm thinking about playing a Regular mode game, right now I'm playing. Creative but wouldn't mind playing where ha ing to build actually matters
I just kinda wish the had an easy mode other than. Creative like I want to be have some risk of death lol
I'm sure there are bases like that but most of the systems you'll come across in a normal save will have probably only been visited by maybe one or two people so you're not going to get a whole big selection.
I'll usually grab my golden vector if on Xbox or a twitch drop ship if on PS5 to make things easier on me.
I am at the final rendezvous "5" and suddenly a broken freighter appeared out of nowhere within an electrical cloud. Apparently something scanned me looking for contraband... So... what's the deal????
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The contraband scanning was added with the outlaws update so that's not really part of the expedition but the broken freighter is just something that can appear on occasion.
so that also means I am unable to land on it to scavenge it....
Yeah the broken freighter isn't the same as the derelict freighter. I think you might get pirates to show up if you shoot at the broken one but I don't remember exactly.
okie dokie.... what's with @unkempt kraken post about creating a new save at least two days before the end of Exp #8
Creeper used the !exptime command and that means that if you want to participate in the expedition you have to start a save at least 48 hours before it ends because otherwise it just won't let you start it.
I don't know why he used the command, and I don't think it was in response to your question.
No just this one.
but aren't we all participating???? soooooo confused
You can run it as many times as you want but you have to start the save for the expedition at least 48 hours before or you can't start one.
Once you finish it once it resets to a normal save and you could set up a new save to run the expedition again
but with the clock counting down... what would be the point... it's going to convert over to a normal game anyways
right?
Some people like to run the expeditions multiple times
but how do they do that beyond the time frame which ends in four days....
and why would anyone run it again,,, and again,,,, and again... and so forth???
This one can be done in a single day if you want. It doesn't have to take 4 days but they've also had weeks to play it so it's just there to let people know how long they have to complete it
true
You're asking the wrong person about that but I know some people do
more power to those do ....
that do
anywho... thanks for the clarification....
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Just to be able to run it faster or maybe to have another save with all the loot you get during the expedition? Couple reasons there.
I always do them twice on two different accounts, PC and PS4.
All I have left to do on PS5 is one more fleet expedition (I've exhausted all five available today) and the last 2 milestones of phase 5 and probably the optional one after that.
okay does the expedition end on the 9th or the 11th? in-game it says I have 3 days which puts it at the 9th
I'm hoping for cross-platform saves in the future so that doesn't have to be necessary anymore.
I kind of wish the optional milestone gave you something big, like account-wide unlock big. It would be a nice incentive to do it.
@fervent umbra right, hey once this event is done is this game mode going to be normal or Survival game save. I heard it reverts to one of those but do we get to chose?
The save reverts to normal.
@fervent umbra Interesting so should try and stock up on the resources, like the Silver farms and what not... Or does it also reset you back to the beggining..with nothing.
I kinda wonder if there are any bases where players uploaded them. And have resources there to share. Though
You keep everything you had during the expedition. If you want to stock up on silver you can but it doesn't remove anything from you.
I am trying to find a source of crystal sulphide for the expedition where souulld I go?
you get those underwater. any planet where there's water should have those altho exact location can be rng
you grab them from these green'ish rock formations which erupt and can hurt you but you have plenty of time to grab them
It's two accounts, so it would still be two accounts even if that happened. Don't hold your breath for the galaxies data to be unified across all platforms. I don't see that ever happening.
So the ending of this expedition is a bit confusing to me. ||It basically didn't tell me anything. It just jumped me to a new system and that was it. I thought it would have a bit of explanation about the ship which was encountered in the"deep space cruise" milestone. Anyone else understand more?||
if i cancel an expedition halfway through does it count as a completion towards the milestone? the expeditions are 21+ hours 🙃
I believe you don't get the final reward which is saved in the account for use in other saves unless you complete the expedition.
no im talking about a milestone which is complete fleet expeditions
im trying to complete it but each expedition is 21+ hours & wanted to figure out a way to do it faster
Ah, I get ya. I didn't do that during the expedition, but I heard talk that there may be a bug which allows you to cancel them and still get credit. No sure if that's true.
word, ill try it out see what happens
I'm actually kinda glad I didn't know about it when I was doing my frigate expeditions. May have been tempted.
But try it for science.
That's good for those trying to get done later this week I guess ... UNLESS Hello Games fixes the bug that is.
This expedition as been so easy compared to the last one even without that.
the info about being able to abort expeditions right away and have it still count for the milestone, that's in the pins here, which I recommend folks look at as they try to wrap things up quickly before the end of the event, lots of useful info in there
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Do you get to keep any of the items you find / earn in the expedition? Like I got a shroud piece of armor for some task I completed. Will stuff like that just disappear?
You get a bunch of cosmetic items and an companion at the end of this one which stays in your account and is usable in other saves.
What kind of companion? And I love your aliases!!!
A jelly fish
I think this companion is like a jellyfish type of thing but I haven't hatched the egg yet so I'm not sure of the details. I'm more in to the final rewards which are ships and stuff like that.
ninja'd
Blue jelly flush
Is that what it's called? Sounds like a toilet additive!
like what happens to the frigate I'm working on? Do I really lose that?
No it’s called child of Helios
No
The expedition save become a normal safe
oh that's good
The save turns into a normal save at the end.
Unlike previous expeditions, this one turns into a normal save as soon as you get done.
I've done is twice now and have two normal saves from it.
anyone have navigation data? i will trade or buy it from you
damn. I found a planet with gophers
Hi everyone, does anyone have a portal? I can't find any at all
Hey yall, do you guys think I can finish the expedtion in four days when I only got like an hour per day? If not i aint gonna waste my time trying to complete something that I cant manage
plenty of time
The speed run for this expedition is about a hour
make sure to read the pins in this channel for very helpful tips
Yeah but I aint no speedrunner.
make sure to take advantage of existing bases listed in the Teleporter
they can be very helpful
I hope you are right man, that cape looks fire
read the names to see what the bases have to offer
right? love it. you can totally do it. make sure to read the pins. very helpful tips to speed things up
Yeah one of the bases is by a crashed exotic
Well i guess ill just do my best
Whats the best way to make money btw? For all the frigates needed for the 8 frigate missions part