nms-expedition

[vivid bear]

Just finished

Took me about 2 days

[sour dune]

!ExpTime

[merry coyote]

It would be so cool to have

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

Expedition 8: Polestar ended <t:1662937200:f> (<t:1662937200:R>)

▸ Expedition [#roles](#roles message) are [self-assignable »](#roles message)
▸ Check Pins in #nms-expeditions.
▸ Ask NMS gameplay questions in #nms-help.
▸ LFG or trade here »
▸ Run !Faq-Expedition & !ExpTime in #bot-spam for more info.

📣 Grab the NMS Announcements role in #roles to be notified about future expeditions in #nms-announcements or follow #nms-news-ticker.

[ashen shore]

Problem is, singularity engine isn't the first expedition specific tech that HG has left in the game

[ashen shore]

Expedition 3 introduced a set of unique starship systems that replaced the standard launch thrusters, pulse drive and hyperdrive with better stats

Expedition 4 had a unique Multitool tech for collecting drops from worms

None of these made their way into other game modes

Maybe HG will give in and allow players to get Singularity Engine on their main saves if we are vocal enough

[wraith venture]

Fosho. For HG suggestions...

!HelloGames

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

**Hello Games Helpdesk**

📥 NMS Reports
• How to report a bug »
• Submit a bug or suggestion »
• List all your requests » (requires login)
• Run !Faq-SaveFiles for game file info.

Other Links
• Technical NMS Inquiries
• General NMS Inquiries
• Contact Hello Games »

[merry coyote]

^

[cobalt shore]

Wow is it already over? Time flies 😮

Now wait for the emoji

[indigo falcon]

it is over, put to bed, and now the speculation begins on the next update 🙂

[languid dove]

I'm amazed I finished the expedition in like 3 days

[indigo falcon]

if you plan a little, you would have been able to get it done pretty quickly

[languid dove]

yeah i was getting my pc repaired and then an expedition began so i only had 6 days or so to finish it when i got it back

[indigo falcon]

ouch! well, good job getting it done 🙂

[cobalt kiln]

It was a fun one

[peak wren]

i wonder what the next one will be

[grave ocean]

and when

[bronze orchid]

I finished it in 3 hours

[steel flare]

got reinterested in the game too late to really think about an expedition... guess i'll wait for the next one

do y'all think they'll ever bring back old ones?

[languid breach]

They did a rerun once, they probably will again

[dreamy mesa]

Not sure how useful that black hole singularity is after expedition? I used it a couple times to randomise my starting location for normal mode. If I upgrade my freighter can I bring it with me or is it gone? Can't find the instructions to make one in my catalogue or freighter upgrade thingy

[cobalt kiln]

You can’t build one because you already have it installed in the freighter

[sly pond]

Cant build one, period

[dreamy mesa]

What if I get a different one. Or is it gone then?

[indigo falcon]

the singularity engine is a blueprint, you should be able to build it in any freighter in your Polestar expedition save.

[sly pond]

For some reason I was thinking it was a module, played too much Leviathan and only went through Polestar the once, lol, youre right.

[wraith venture]

See Apergos' response above: <#nms-expedition message>
If you have issues figuring it out, feel free to also inquire about it in #nms-questions. Do note that the blueprint is only available in the Expedition save (which is now turned to Normal mode ofc).

!ExpTime

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

Expedition 8: Polestar ended <t:1662937200:f> (<t:1662937200:R>)

▸ Expedition [#roles](#roles message) are [self-assignable »](#roles message)
▸ Check Pins in #nms-expeditions.
▸ Ask NMS gameplay questions in #nms-help.
▸ LFG or trade here »
▸ Run !Faq-Expedition & !ExpTime in #bot-spam for more info.

📣 Grab the NMS Announcements role in #roles to be notified about future expeditions in #nms-announcements or follow #nms-news-ticker.

[wraith venture]

🔏 This channel will be archived soon, which means that it will be moved to our Archive channel category till the next expedition event.

Folks will be able to reference the channel as we'll only remove post permissions during that time.

Feel free to direct all NMS gameplay questions to #nms-questions. And for bug reports to HG, run !HelloGames in #bot-spam for helpful links (also pinned here and in #nms-questions).

[wraith venture]

!Faq-Expedition

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

<:expedition:950228868080467978> **Expedition Tips**

(run bot commands in #bot-spam)

• Game Mode Explained: Expeditions are an alternate time-limited, season-like game mode with a set of challenges rewarding exclusive items that can be claimed in any and all of your saves, in any game mode account-wide. When you finish the expedition you may convert your save to a pre-determined game mode -- most expeditions convert to Normal, with the exception of Expedition 7 which converted to Survival. At the end of the event, the game forces the conversion.

• Saving: Although the game autosaves, make sure to synchronize your restore save point often, by exiting your starship and using save beacons/points.

• Save before claiming a reward, in case the reward glitches. Save after receiving the reward, in case the game crashes after.

• Don't hoard stuff early on. Exosuit storage is not abundant when you start out. Before you can upgrade storage, only keep items for active quests or what you need for survival (e.g., oxygen or life support gel, sodium or sodium nitrate for hazard protection). Sell or discard everything else. Hover over loot you come across, the item card says what you can use it for.

Double check before getting rid of items received from milestones, as they may be useful for other milestone requirements.

• Update Multiplayer configurations: Disable PvP and Base permissions to reduce potential headaches, like being griefed by other players. If you experience glitches, especially in heavily populated areas, including the Space Anomaly or warping with your freighter, disable Multiplayer and reload your save. See multiplayer visual guide »

• For more expedition tips, see Pins in #nms-expedition.

• For gameplay or technical questions, also check #nms-questions.

• Bug Reports: Type !HelloGames for HG Helpdesk links, including the bug report form.

• Other Commands helpful during expedition events:
!ExpTime - Active Expedition time remaining.
!Faq-ExpGlypys - Latest known rendezvous points coordinates for active expedition.

Contributors: Atlas Emissaries

[wraith venture]

https://www.nomanssky.com/2022/11/holiday-2022-expeditions/

Rewards for expeditions redux include the Exotic Wingpack customisation, the Helios and Quad Companions, and the legendary Leviathan Frigate – along with much more!

[wraith venture]

!ExpTime

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

Redux Expedition 5: Exobiology will run <t:1669298400:F> through <t:1670421600:F> (estimated time, in your local timezone)

▸ Expedition [#roles](#roles message) are [self-assignable »](#roles message)
▸ Check Pins in #nms-expeditions.
▸ Ask NMS gameplay questions in #nms-help.
▸ LFG or trade here »
▸ Run !Faq-Expedition & !ExpTime in #bot-spam for more info.

📣 Grab the NMS Announcements role in #roles to be notified about future expeditions in #nms-announcements or follow #nms-news-ticker.

[fringe agate]

Have fun

[indigo falcon]

welcome to exobiology everybody! safe journeys all!

[neat latch]

Have a good ride everyone \o/

[sand wigeon]

🤔, what’s the title reward for current expanyhow?

[indigo falcon]

sec

Title: 'Exobiologist'

[raven tiger]

when are these available for pc?

[neat latch]

In case someone is not able to start the expedition, please restart the game.

[indigo falcon]

"soon" (try restarting steam and the game?)

[signal cedar]

adsf

expedion

[tender mica]

And of course, right off the bat, Chromatic Metal is once again the bane of my existence.

[fringe agate]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

Redux Expedition 5: Exobiology runs <t:1669300200:F> through <t:1670497200:F> (your local timezone)

▸ Expedition [#roles](#roles message) are [self-assignable »](#roles message)
▸ Check Pins in #nms-expeditions.
▸ Ask NMS gameplay questions in #nms-help.
▸ LFG or trade here »
▸ Run !Faq-Expedition & !ExpTime in #bot-spam for more info.

📣 Grab the NMS Announcements role in #roles to be notified about future expeditions in #nms-announcements or follow #nms-news-ticker.

[indigo falcon]

reminder: when you spawn in, you will be in multiplayer with pvp enabled, and all that stuff. highly recommend to turn that off, and base edits and stuff too.

[sand wigeon]

Thnx

🤔, yea, seems I already have that title, but can always repeat it 🙂

[gusty zephyr]

Phase 1 done 🥳

[fringe agate]

I'm finished

[indigo falcon]

good, please send me milestone and rewards lists Gleam 😛

need them to update my tips posts

[mental geyser]

Well, that’s weird. I went to a Minor Settlement and when I landed on the pad the pad was inside a mountain! I was able to get outside but now I cannot get to my ship!

I think I have to start over.

[pine relic]

summon it on some clearing.

[mental geyser]

Ah, great thought

[neat latch]

🙂

[mental geyser]

That worked

[molten laurel]

The photos for the milestones are not registered on Ps5. I made several screenshots using the ingame photo-mode 😕

[tender mica]

Oh praise the Anomaly. I found a Galactic Trade Terminal and it's stocked full of Chromatic Metal. I can finally get off this frozen rock.

[indigo falcon]

indium refines to chromatic metal at a batter ratio than copper btw

[vestal spruce]

Complete expedition finished?

[indigo falcon]

for those who find a deposit before a trade terminal.

[fringe agate]

Yeah

Months ago

[tender mica]

...

So...I should mention I'm new. Of course this information would slip past me.

[boreal violet]

Switch players rejoice

[tender mica]

Thank you. I'm now set for life. Lol

[ocean gorge]

We have to make a new save to play Expeditions?

[boreal violet]

Yes

.
Does everyone start on a frost world like mine?

[fringe agate]

Everyone starts on that planet

[boreal violet]

Tnx

I won't be reading any tips. Going in blind and going to enjoy this 😃

[unkempt kraken]

Expeditions 101

What is an expedition?

It is a community event run during a specific time period. For the revisited expeditions, each one will last two weeks. Every player starts with a fresh save, in the same planetary system and usually on the same planet.

Each expedition has five phases, each consisting of multiple milestones you must accomplish. You can do these in any order, except where a unique item is required from one before doing another. Each milestone gives rewards to help you on your way; each phase gives rewards that can be claimed on all saves later, as can the reward for completing the entire expedition.

Why play expeditions?

You can get special rewards that are not available through other means; bragging rights; exposure to new content or new aspects of NMS gameplay that you may not have encountered; each expedition usually has a fun narrative and/or lore.

Where can I get more information?

See [Expedition Tips](#bot-spam message) for more!

contributor: apergos#5337 shared by: apergos#5337

[neat latch]

He said he won’t read anything, apergos throws exp101 class notes in his general direction.

😂

[indigo falcon]

it's a no spoiler explanation

answers "does everyone start on the same planet" and "do I need a new save"

[boreal violet]

Ah frig I have no terrain manipulation lol

[neat latch]

Lol IK, read it all. Just felt funny 😂

[boreal violet]

My first marker is 22hrs away 😆

[neat latch]

That’s what you get for going blind… 😛

[boreal violet]

😆

Ride an animal..... they all froze to death

[vestal spruce]

You have an egg. Just breed your own animal

[indigo falcon]

work intervenes for a bit, back in anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes

[neat latch]

Take your time, friend-entity.

[bitter plover]

Exp5 - How do you get Chromatic Metal when there is no Copper in the system

[frank galleon]

chromatic metal comes from copper, cadmium, emeril, indium, and the activated versions of each as well

[bitter plover]

Ok but I don't have the terrain manipulator blueprints... 😉 Never mind yes I have... Got it

Ok this is embarrasing - Ran out of Launch fuel on a planet without anything I can fuel it up with

[frank galleon]

dihydrogen (+ferrite dust iirc) > launch fuel

i use uranium personally, so i never remember that recipe

[pine relic]

Additionally, if you really want copper, specifically, at some point, then you can get some from dismantling rocket launchers (and subsequently multiply it with chromatic metal in a medium or large refiner). Its rarely necessary to resort to that, but it can be a lazy way to get some copper.

[wraith venture]

!ExpTime

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

Expedition 5: Exobiology (Redux) ends <t:1670497200:f> (<t:1670497200:R>, your local timezone)

⚠️ Create your new save at least 48 hrs before the event ends.

▸ Check Pins in #nms-expeditions, where you can ask questions.
▸ General gameplay questions » #nms-help.
▸ LFG or trade here »
▸ Run !Faq-Expedition & !ExpTime in #bot-spam for more info.
▸ Expedition [#roles](#roles message) are [self-assignable »](#roles message)

📣 Grab the NMS Announcements role in #roles to be notified about future expeditions in #nms-announcements or follow #nms-news-ticker.

[frank galleon]

and if you dont have a med/large refiner, check npc freighters to see if any of them have one preinstalled

[bitter plover]

Got it thanks anyway

[bitter plover]

Wasn't Copper specifically it was Chromatic Metal I was after and Copper was the only thing I could remember getting it from....

[pine relic]

40 dihydrogen + 1 metal plating (=50 ferrite dust). :P

[bitter plover]

Darn toxic rain - Normally would be able to be outside in it no problem but it's killing me without all the upgrades....

[frank galleon]

idk what your sodium situation is like, but some of the random food items on planets can restore hazard protection pretty well.

Heptaploid Wheat being one of those

oh and Pulpy Roots

[pine relic]

and most of the time, tho not always, raw foods that restore life support refine into things that restore hazard protection, tho that does require a nutrient processor

(and vice versa)

[frank galleon]

which some npc freighters also have lol.
the npc freighter base thing has been pretty awesome, ngl

[carmine wing]

Did exobiology started this day?

Expedition

[bitter plover]

Those of you doing the exp - Get Activated Indium for the Chromatic Metal it refines at 1:4

[pine relic]

like two hours ago

[bitter plover]

Yup - JUst start a new save and choose expidition

[carmine wing]

Great finally I couldn't have wait longer

I missed the last ones sadly

[frank galleon]

if you find an npc freighter with a refiner (or just build a large refiner), you can mix normal indium with gold and silver for 1:30 chromatic metal

[carmine wing]

Hopefully good loot and expirance

[pine relic]

I still prefer piracy as my primary source of chromatic tho

[bitter plover]

Not relevant though at the moment

[patent canyon]

I got lucky. Started mining gold and silver from asteroid field, got Anomaly detector which found me stellar ice, which gave me over 1 000 Dioxyte. Which can recharge both ice hazard protection and life support systems.

[bitter plover]

Nice - On my normal game I have a Dioxite Farm so no need to go looking for it

[ocean gorge]

First timer expedition here…first step is ride a companion, planet has no animals. Are you supposed to find your ship and leave this planet? I’m so confused

[gusty zephyr]

You have a companion in your register! Open the utility menu (default X on PC) and navigate to the pawprint icon.

[ocean gorge]

It’s a new save. You have to make a new save, so no, I have no companions in my register

[gusty zephyr]

You should though, you start with a companion on this expedition.

[ocean gorge]

Oh! I didn’t know that. Wish it would’ve made that clear😆

Thanks

[serene kettle]

Curiosity question. I know you can work on multiple things at the same time. But, can you do multiple objectives from different "phases" or do you have to finish phase 1 before you can do objectives in phase 2?

[gusty zephyr]

Can complete any objective in any phase in any order, yes. Some will be easier than others.

[ocean gorge]

By the way you can change some (not all, but some) custom game options under difficulty settings (I looked out of curiosity)

[serene kettle]

Nice. That'll save a lot of time. Thanks.

[pine relic]

Yep. For me the RV1 planet was pretty easy to do the dung-collection milestone in phase 4, as well as the one for a picture of a group of creatures and for feeding 8 creatures at once in phase 2.

I'm glad they lowered the number of dung samples from 50 to 20... that's where I gave up on this expedition the first time around >.>

[fringe agate]

!faq-expglyphs

Lol bot blocked!

!faq-expglyphs

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

<:expedition:950228868080467978> **Expedition 5: Exobiology (Redux)** <:exobiology:945701339151876136>

<:gdiv:887616988946497556> Starting System

System: Liaiutsia XI
Planet: Koma
(Abandoned system)

<:gdiv:887616988946497556> Rendezvous 1

System: Bunyagile
Planet: Sasa 16/W9
Point of Interest: Colossal Archive

Lat/Long: +86.61, -7.17

<:gdiv:887616988946497556> Rendezvous 2

System: Oprudn V
Planet: Retleibe
Point of Interest: Monolith

Lat/Long: -29.08, +108.77

<:gdiv:887616988946497556> Rendezvous 3

System: Ogaets XII
Planet: Inhalce VII
Point of Interest: Ruin

Lat/Long: -0.00, +25.85

<:gdiv:887616988946497556> Rendezvous 4

System: Annana-Anyun
Planet: Oneza 38/U6
Point of Interest: Holo-Terminus

Lat/Long: -29.17, -162.32

<:gdiv:887616988946497556> Rendezvous 5

System: Dikenni-Akes
Planet: Aess Major
Point of Interest: Portal

Lat/Long: -9.92, -13.12

Contributor: Devilin Pixy#9298

[neat latch]

Bot slow… 😂

[gusty zephyr]

How dare

[patent canyon]

I accidentally did one objective of phase 2, so you can indeed do objectives from different phases before progressing to it.

[fringe agate]

Nah, intentional so it doesn't get ran a hundred times here again

[patent canyon]

Yep. Only the cheating ones are disabled. (Infinite stuff, free items and God mode.)

[fringe agate]

Check the pins and all that

[patent canyon]

And the difficulty starts on normal preset.

One 💩 thing which is there though - the expedition save doesn't use multiplayer settings of my main save. Which means that it uses default settings for PVP and players editing my bases. Which is everyone.

[neat latch]

Yep!

Keep multiplayer enabled or disable as per your choice but make sure to turn off pvp and set base building/related settings to no one

Makes life much easier.

[patent canyon]

Yep.

And makes griefing hard for griefers...

[neat latch]

Yep

Still get a buncha comm balls but ehhh!

[tulip jolt]

Hit the first marker planet with my friend, crashed out five times in a row.

[patent canyon]

And I keep multiplayer enabled for expedition as that's its the best part - playing in live star systems then compared with my lonely main save.

[tulip jolt]

I'm done with the expedition until it's less crowded. LOL

[patent canyon]

You can also disable multiplayer.

For that place.

Also !HG

!HG

[unkempt kraken]

You can submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[patent canyon]

I am still in the first (starting) star system. Looking for resources for the tech which I want to build.

And randomly found a building with alien eggs.

Gonna sell them as I need 💰 badly.

There the game ran stable for me - but when entering the ||abandoned|| space station, suddenly some action music started. Then it was distorted and then it suddenly stopped.

Also idk if that's just expedition thing, but it seems that HG finally fixed ambient sounds of certain buildings overriding dynamic music.

Like in case of abandoned buildings you wouldn't hear combat music if you would spawn the aliens.

Now I instantly heard tense variant of the planet's music.

Unless it's just a multiplayer/expedition thing/ 🐛 .

[neat latch]

I always heard battle music while fighting

[patent canyon]

I don't when I am at the abandonded building. But in case of running from the aliens and thus leaving the building, the music starts playing.

Also I had a funny 🐛 - an alien running in circles.

(Tried to capture it by the screenshots.)

[jagged vine]

Hold up.

You can claim Twitch rewards?

[tiny glen]

yeah

you can scrap all the ships for bi gmoney

[jagged vine]

Get the eggs too

Get swarmed easier

[faint pelican]

Where do I find the way to disable pvp and base building? Not in difficulty settings?

[serene kettle]

Options, then Network.

[faint pelican]

Thank you.

[serene kettle]

So, you can actually summon up the Anomaly on Expeditions?

[jagged vine]

Yep

[serene kettle]

I take it, it's further along in the story.

[jagged vine]

I don't think so

I summoned it a second ago and scrapped the twitch reward ships

[pine relic]

I summoned it immediately after my first warp and that worked fine, but I didn't try before that.

[serene kettle]

Right on. Haven't warped yet, so that may be it.

[bitter plover]

Where can I find a beetle??

[neat latch]

Usually in rainforests. :3

[bitter plover]

HAHA! I mean in the game for one of tthe rewards...

[neat latch]

😂 I know, couldn’t resist!

[faint pelican]

Since we are all starting on the same planet, does that mean when I see deposits they will most likely already be mined or is that player specific? Like cargo drops and minerals etc?

[remote thunder]

player specific

client-side

[neat latch]

Always player specific

[faint pelican]

Do we all start as this weird looking character? And is the companion the same for everyone?

[neat latch]

Everything is same for everyone, even the ship.

[faint pelican]

Ahhh good thanks. Apologies I. Advance for simple questions but I appreciate y’all helping.

[neat latch]

You can change appearance in the appearance modifier

[neat latch]

No worries at all. The community is meant for helping each other 🙂

[faint pelican]

I haven’t gotten to fly my ship yet, but I will be doing that asap!

[remote thunder]

starting appearance isn't the same for everyone

some start as gek, others as korvax etc

[faint pelican]

It’s is an incredible community. I am so happy I found out that I don’t have to play alone.

[neat latch]

Still all of them are bad looking characters 😂

[faint pelican]

I look like a pretty gnarly V’keen I think.

[remote thunder]

nope. check all rendezvous systems planets - if you still don't find any, start branching out

good old fashioned exploration

[indigo falcon]

we'll have locations of those over time (or if you find one on the report, please report back here and share it 🙂 )

[bitter plover]

Retliebe - Oprudn V - THere is a comms beacon next to a lake with beetles 0 Its the system for R2

I'm right there now

[neat latch]

If possible go in photo mode and get a screenshot for glyph too.

[tiny glen]

how do you take a picture of your companion? it's not working for me

[neat latch]

Photo mode?

[digital thistle]

Can these expeditions be done with friends? If yes, which expeditions ?

[bitter plover]

This is what your loooking for....

[patent canyon]

I think that all? Though idk how they work with connecting to the player directly from the main menu.

[patent canyon]

But I bet that you can easily find yourself together in the world and create a group.

[tiny glen]

yeah doesn't work

i am focusing on the task

[neat latch]

Odd!

[bitter plover]

Here are the glyphs for the planet...

[tiny glen]

nevermind it finally worked

[digital thistle]

I was aiming for main menu joining - but I will take what I can ! Thank you !
Maybe after a save has been created to join/join with

[neat latch]

This is what I was looking for 😂

[patent canyon]

Unlike normal game, in case of expeditions everybody has same path and starting planet. So it's easy to find each other after creating a new expedition save. In fact, all our ships spawned in the same area. So even if you don't spawn in same place, you'll meet each other at your ships.

[digital thistle]

I do hope so ! Thank you. 😄

[lusty slate]

So Phase 2, how to feed eight creatures?

[bitter plover]

This is what I want to know too - Is it 8 at once or 8 in total??

[wicked pivot]

throw pellets in a group of 8 creatures

and that's it

[bitter plover]

I think I could have done it if I had realised that when I took the picture of the creatures on the prev planet

[pine relic]

you'll have plenty of time for it while looking for eggs...

[bitter plover]

Done that one already... Done all of Phase 1... Nearly all of Phase 2 as well...

[pine relic]

Eggs are on phase 3 tho. :P

[bitter plover]

Ah 🙂 Got one waiting to hatch... I really need to get my storage up though

[lusty slate]

Got it, thanks. @bitter plover just use the creature quick menu to toss pellets around.

[bitter plover]

ONto a big pile of creatures? Which planet where you on?? I'm in the system with R2...

[lusty slate]

Cutumus Sigma, in the Bunyagile system.

[pine relic]

There's one for harvesting edible (not breedable) eggs of 3 different types in phase 3. The rendezvous 1 and 3 planets have creatures for giant eggs, and Harote in the RV4 system has a creature for Creature Eggs. Still looking for a strider for Tall Eggs to finish that milestone.

[patent canyon]

Or can one creature be fed 8 times, like it can be done in normal feeding missions? 🤔

[frigid shard]

Where should I go for Tall and Creature eggs for the Best Laid Plans quest?

Like, which planets?

[pine relic]

I believe the milestone wants 8 different creatures with the Recently Fed (+ symbol) at once.

[pine relic]

Still looking for Tall Eggs. Planet Harote in the Rendezvous 4 system for Creature Eggs. Its also a swamp planet, for the '5 different biomes' and 'scan swamp creatures' milestones.

[frigid shard]

On to RDV 4 then I guess!

[whole linden]

There's a new expedition?👀

[bitter plover]

Yup - Started today... A redo of Exp5

[neat latch]

Yes

[pine relic]

Technically old expedition. Exp 5.

[whole linden]

O

Do I need PS Plus to do it?

[frigid shard]

No

Probably not

[whole linden]

Ok

[exotic fiber]

I just started the expedition, well i'm at the point where I just launched in to space the first time, and I'd like to know now, can we build bases at any point during this expedition?

[frigid shard]

No, it just becomes a normal save

[abstract bloom]

Is this expedition worth doing if you already have gone through all these this year?

[pine relic]

If you already have all the account unlocks for 'em, then not really. You could still do it for giggles but its the same unlocks as the first time around.

[abstract bloom]

Okay that is what I figured. I was excited at first because I was never able to do 3 and not all of 4, so I was thinking I would be able to pick those up. Nope, it starts on the ones that I do have lol. Figures since they were the previous year.

[pine relic]

There's still a chance that they'll redo the first 4 a third time, but it makes sense that they would first repeat the ones that had only one run so far.

[dull dagger]

for the explore different types of worlds, what do they mean? I've explored at least three types and am at 0 of 5

[abstract bloom]

ugh you mean I missed them when they originally came out and where they did them again?? I don't know how I let that happen

[dull dagger]

thank you

[pine relic]

You can get them all done in the rendezvous systems, btw.

[pine relic]

Yeah, last year they had 1 to 4 and then a repeat in november/december, just like this year.

[exotic fiber]

it looks like the first full day of this expedition is gonna be just farming mats & refining them into chromatic metal, since everything I need to do now requires tons of chromatic metal

[turbid cedar]

expeditions feel so weird without other players on switch

[exotic fiber]

and i have to craft everything i need because there are no vendors on the space station

[frigid shard]

Thought I’d check again: has anyone found the planet with Tall Eggs yet in the expedition?

[turbid cedar]

iirc tall eggs come from strider type fauna

[exotic fiber]

does everyone start with the same type of companion, or is it a totally random type for every person?

mine's a big lunky strider type

ugly IMO

[winged pulsar]

Sweet we running all.the expos again to unlock everything?

[pine relic]

Mine's a strider too but more ant-like with a giant head/eyes:

[pine relic]

Not all. 5 to 8.

[frigid shard]

Mhm! No one has found a planet with those yet

[winged pulsar]

I heed 5 to 7 I got 8

I'll be around alot

I've got realistic and normal.if any want to help.

[exotic fiber]

wait does this one expedition give the rewards from all 4 of those previous ones?

[frigid shard]

Tbh this expedition seems like the LEAST useful in terms of rewards

But it seems like a lot of fun so

[pine relic]

Nope, they're doing one rerun a week for expeditions 5 to 8. This one is 5.

[exotic fiber]

one a week, or one every 2 weeks?

[frigid shard]

Isn’t it one every two weeks?

[pine relic]

might be, I didn't pay much attention since I was only missing number 5 lol

[winged pulsar]

So which one is the living ship one?

[exotic fiber]

which number was polestar (the last one)? that was the only one i did befor enow

[hollow shore]

They run 2 weeks each. Leviathan is 7

Polestar is 8

[exotic fiber]

ok. so there have been 8 total ever so far, got it.

[pine relic]

still, plenty of time. This one is barely gonna take a day.

[hollow shore]

Mind you, you can not start an expedition 48 hours prior to ending.

[exotic fiber]

barely take a day? i need like 1000 chromatic metal, all of which i have to make in my portable refiner, just to leave the starting ssystem, that FEELS like it'll take a day on its own

[dull dagger]

you must be pretty pressed for time, I made 1k chromatic metal in a couple of minutes

[exotic fiber]

how?

[dull dagger]

and haven't found the reagent requirements to be at all demanding

[exotic fiber]

have recipes changed a lot again?

[winged pulsar]

Lucil

Normal or realistic save?

[frigid shard]

You need 25 CM to craft Antimatter?

[pine relic]

You start in a system with indium. It refines into a lot of chromatic. I've mined a single deposit and haven't needed more chromatic yet.

[exotic fiber]

it's an expedition, i didnt know we got to choose the dificulty level

[hoary harbor]

No, it converts to a normal save i believe

[winged pulsar]

Yup it does

[exotic fiber]

ok now i really regret taking off from that planet in the first place

i've traveled to 2 other planets hoping to mine metals, both turned out to be extreme environments which my exosuit isnt strong enough to handle yet (and I have barely any sodium yet). wasted a lot of launch fuel doing that. And I havent yet been able to craft the launch thruster auto-recharger.

one of those 2 planets i went to cuz it has uranium which i was gonna get just to keep my launchers charged until i could craft the recharger. ironic facepalm

[frigid shard]

God I wish I had the auto-charger in this save

[pine relic]

I assume you're aware of the infinite cycle of dihydrogen? Launch fuel essentially costs only ferrite, until you can upgrade to fueling with uranium.

[frigid shard]

It’s so inconvenient having to craft launch fuel again

[exotic fiber]

Of course I also went to the space station hoping to buy wiring looms, microprocessors, & other mats, buuuuut, well, you know...

[frigid shard]

??? Infinite cycle?

[exotic fiber]

i assume youre referring to a glitch/exploit, and no i dont know of it yet

[frigid shard]

Explain for us newbies?

[pine relic]

Yeah. 40 dihydrogen to craft jelly in inventory, then refine jelly into 50 dihydrogen, repeat as needed.

[frigid shard]

Oh

Wow that’s easy

[exotic fiber]

but using a refiner also costs carbon for fuel

[pine relic]

very little since it refines extremely quickly.

[exotic fiber]

hm

[frigid shard]

And how difficult is Carbon to get?

[pine relic]

refining dihydrogen into jelly takes a long time, the other way around is practically instantaneous.

[exotic fiber]

it's a good thing i have... a couple hundred ferrite dust :/

[dull dagger]

mine more? That and carbon are all over the place. Also, oxygen makes carbon for those needing it that have ample oxygen

[pine relic]

you can always just carpet-bomb a planet surface with your ship to get a lot of ferrite/carbon... incidentally, in the starting planet, one of the ferrite rocks also gives hydrogen. :P

[exotic fiber]

I havent been on planet Kuok yet. Is it extreme environment?

[frigid shard]

Another gives Chromatic Metal

[dull dagger]

any place that has activated metals is extreme

but activated metals give lots of chromatic metal

[exotic fiber]

it has Indium, pyrite, & sodium. Are those "activated" metals?

[neat latch]

No

[pine relic]

only if it says 'activated indium' instead of just 'indium'.

[neat latch]

Activated metal will say activated metal

[exotic fiber]

although, even in yellow star systems, there are extreme planets sometimes, so that's not the only requirement.

[frigid shard]

Square problem

[exotic fiber]

ok lemme ast the question in aCOMPLETELY different way.

[frigid shard]

“A square is a rectangle but a rectangle is not always a square”

[exotic fiber]

is anyone here in the system now, in space, with enough resources available to land on the planet and check the environment when they get out of the ship and see if it's in red text, who is willing to do so for me?

Becuase I'm still early in development and don't want to waste resources landing on an extreme planet if I can avoid it. But if it's NOT extreme, then before I leave the sytem I will go there to mine some sodium.

[dull dagger]

so you want someone to check every planet for you for extreme conditions?

[exotic fiber]

every? no. Just ONE? yes.

[tiny glen]

bruh lmao

[exotic fiber]

in the starter syste.

[tiny glen]

you can just buy chromatic metals from the abandoned station

[dull dagger]

if it has activated metal it has extreme conditions

[exotic fiber]

because i had really bad luck checking planets in this system twice in a row, so i'm kind of afraid to try again.

[pine relic]

Only Yuga and Tono are extreme in the starter system. The other 2 are normal.

[exotic fiber]

we already established that it does not

[exotic fiber]

THANK YOU!!!!

[dull dagger]

Jesus

[exotic fiber]

Bliss is my hero now

[hoary harbor]

Im at the rendezvous point but there's nothing there... only texts

[pine relic]

I didn't even have to do anything. The starting system and rendezvous systems are all fully discovered (other than creatures and such) by hello games so I just had to check the discoveries page lol

[frigid shard]

Go into the scanner’s second mode and walk in the direction it shows

[hoary harbor]

Thanks😅

[frigid shard]

Np

[raven tiger]

@pine relic amass a group of 8 tamed creatures? tip?

[bronze solstice]

Find 8 creatures

Tame them

[pine relic]

none in particular. I got it with the first creature pellet I tossed out in the first rendezvous planet (and also used that for the picture of 10 creatures milestone)

[raven tiger]

ok solid

ty

[pine relic]

some planets spawn a lot of creatures, and that one seemed pretty good for that. You can also take the opportunity to get 5+ Giant Eggs there.

[raven tiger]

and tall eggs?

[frigid shard]

Once again I am checking to see: Has anyone found a strider planet for tall eggs yet?

[pine relic]

still looking for those

[fervent patrol]

i also am looking for this

so darn annoying

[frigid shard]

EVERYONE is

I swear if it’s in the LAST SYSTEM

[fervent patrol]

i would have preferred the 4 diff milks one honestly

i have found a planet where every single creature gives me milk except for one

which gives me honey

[pine relic]

cutumus sigma in Bunyagile (rv1 system) has creature eggs and giant eggs, but no tall yet. >.>

[fervent umbra]

Luckily I only had to feed my companion like two creature pellets to get its full trust.

[remote thunder]

Bunyagile - such a cool name lol

[pine relic]

Land of the really fast rabbits.

[gusty zephyr]

🐰 ⏩

[patent canyon]

You can easily get tons of Carbon for the pellets anywhere.

[pine relic]

The very first milestone in phase 1, for riding your companion, gives 50 as well.

[gloomy raven]

what's the name of the third rendezvous system, please?

[pine relic]

ogaets xii

[gloomy raven]

Merci

[indigo falcon]

they should all be pnned here in the channel now

systems plus the specific planet, and the POI coordinates too

[gloomy raven]

I'm looking for eggs and I'd wandered past that system

[remote thunder]

i would recommend visiting all rendezvous system space stations.

[indigo falcon]

lets you get back there if you missed something. lets you buy a suit slot (and then call in the anomaly in each and buy suit slots there too)

[naive prism]

have "eggs" been asked yet?

[indigo falcon]

r1 planet has creatures (which ones? I don't know, diplos?) that give one of the egg types

waiting for scouts (i.e. y'all!) to report in about the other two types 🙂

[gloomy raven]

r3 planet is suggested in the hint for one of the rare types... trying to figure out the other ones myself

[pine relic]

rv1 system (bunyagile) has a planet, cutumus sigma (verdant) with 2 different egg types, missing only tall eggs. Still no word on a planet with striders.

[dull dagger]

what adjectives are used for swamp planets?

[sly pond]

Always check the RV systems, HG tends to make sure everything one needs can be located at 1 of the 5 RVs.

@dull dagger Damp, Vapour, Tropical, Morass,

[dull dagger]

thanks!

[sly pond]

Quagmire

[remote thunder]

one of the lush biomes - the closest to station - in rdv1 has creature/tall

[sly pond]

5 more not coming to mind for Swamp lol

[indigo falcon]

Marshy, Tropical, Foggy, Misty, Boggy, Endless Morass, Quagmire, Hazy, Cloudy, Vapour, Reeking, Murky, Damp

(got notes for this, heh)

[remote thunder]

!faq-biomes ?

[indigo falcon]

also check for mordite or faecium as a resource, see that? it's swamp

[pine relic]

Harote in Annana-Anyun (rv4) is a swamp.

[sly pond]

@remote thunder Only if you can call individual biomes, that wall is a bit much

[fervent patrol]

guys spread out and search for clues

hey Dharhan

[remote thunder]

true. i often make the player aware of command, and suggest to run them in #bot-spam .

[fervent patrol]

How's it going

[sly pond]

Paraffinium w/out Star Bulb also indicates Swamp, as does Ammonia w/out Fungal Mold, but you need to check descriptor on that last so you can differentiate mega-exotic

[pine relic]

found a strider ^^

[indigo falcon]

yay! in a rendezvous system by chance?

[fervent patrol]

NO WAY

[pine relic]

adjacent

[fervent patrol]

adjacent to whcih?

[naive prism]

just confirmed this one btw ^_^

[pine relic]

System: Prazlich (right next to RV1 system Bunyagile) - Planet Cakieves Yoko.

[fervent patrol]

LETS GO

[pine relic]

for galaxy map reference.

funny enough, I was directed here while trying to do the explorer reputation milestone lol

[indigo falcon]

cute 😄

[bitter vine]

First expedition, is 2 weeks overkill or will you need all of that if you play maybe 2h/day?

[fervent patrol]

bro i cant find the RV systems after I got out of it

i can find Kunyagile but not Bunyagile

I must be hallucinating or something

[pine relic]

Same thing. Once you highlight it the name changes.

I guess HG likes bunnies.

[daring cedar]

Anyone else having lots of crashes at the first Rendezvous point?

[indigo falcon]

some folks work, have maybe young kids, all that, so maybe they can only play a little on the weekends

[bitter vine]

yes, I work, so I can play at lunch and after work

[gloomy raven]

those filthy casuals 😉

[indigo falcon]

casual and proud <-- me!

[neat latch]

Like, I haven’t begun my expd yet. A friend gave up because she didn’t want to go under water and was tired …. It’s not an overkill I think. It can be done in a few hours, even less, but what about those who cannot dedicate that much free time to the game?

[pine relic]

Its taken me 6 hours or so to do it without outside help. With community help for locating stuff it should be much faster. I expect to finish within the hour.

[bitter vine]

ok, gtk

I'm just at the point of inducing the first egg

got 24h to wait

[fervent patrol]

someone should pin this honestly

[bitter vine]

didn't pick a good companion, this guy is slooooooooooow

[outer path]

Is there an easy way to tell if I've completed all the exhibitions that are being re-released for the holidays? I think I have but am not totally sure.

[pine relic]

you don't need to hatch it. Just mess with its genetics.

[daring cedar]

Manny pfp spotted

[neat latch]

Take it at your own pace, traveler-entity Belamber. Check the pins here, scroll through messages to figure out stuff, ask questions. The community is awesome and very helpful 🙂

[ashen shore]

Check if you got access to rewards from those expeditions in Quicksilver store at Space Anomaly

If you got rewards for exp 5 and later there, you have completed them

[outer path]

thank you

[bitter vine]

Indeed they are

[daring cedar]

I need serious help, game crashed 5 times in a row at Rendezvous 1 and i cant progress whatsoever

[pine relic]

turn off multiplayer maybe?

[bitter vine]

Is it because there are too many people there? Could turn off MP work?

[daring cedar]

Ill try but last crash didnt give me enough time to access the menu

[bitter vine]

guess you'll have to do it before reaching rv1

[daring cedar]

Im already there tho

[bitter vine]

doh ><

[arctic perch]

This is happening to me as well.. Already turned off the MP but still crashing not frequently like before but still...

[bitter vine]

Well, I thank you for your experience. Now I know to turn off MP before I reach rv1

[sly pond]

@daring cedar @arctic perch Load up a different save and disable MP there, MP settings are global iirc.

[bitter vine]

ooo, good idea

[daring cedar]

I managed to disable it in time

[bitter vine]

fast fingers

[daring cedar]

Communication stations seem to still be present

[neat latch]

MP settings are global. Yes.

[gloomy raven]

yes

comm stations linger

[sly pond]

Last resort, disconnect from network so you can load up in offline mode.

Disabling MP doesnt disable Discovery Services, that's what governs player uploads.

[daring cedar]

Thats good to know

[arctic perch]

thanks!

[vocal basin]

Wait these communications beacons are set by players and not by the devs?

What’s the point of them

[indigo falcon]

sometimes to help you find something, sometimes spam, sometimes like grafitti, whatever

sometimes just a message of encouragement

[neat latch]

Sometimes for flexing too…

[spark plover]

What to do for the what lurks below milestone? I found an abyssal horror, but it was just stationed to the ground and didn’t do anything. I mined it and it died.

[indigo falcon]

you need the ones with a single eye that focuses on you when you get close. don't shoot it, let it grab you and start to pull you

[vocal basin]

I saw one that just said raumschiff

[indigo falcon]

then spam the interaction button to get away

[vocal basin]

Which means ship room?

[indigo falcon]

this will trigger the milestone

[indigo falcon]

no idea 😄

[spark plover]

The ones with one eye that looks like a worm?

[fervent patrol]

you guys know if any of the RV systems contain a swamp planet

[pine relic]

yes.

[vocal basin]

Does everyone start at the same planet or is it a random planet in the system

[indigo falcon]

Harote in Annana-Anyun (rv4)

(swamp)

[pine relic]

@spark ploverhttps://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Abyssal_Horror_(stationary)

[indigo falcon]

everyone on the same world

[vocal basin]

Oh no I found the whispering egg

[fervent patrol]

a shame we cant pick those up

[vocal basin]

Do I have to ignore it till I get a quest to do something with it

[indigo falcon]

no

[vocal basin]

Wait I don’t see any quests in the future ones, just one fo an abyssal horror

[neat latch]

Complete it

[naive prism]

what was R3 called again?

[pine relic]

ogaets xii

[naive prism]

danke

[pine relic]

i think

[neat latch]

Yup.

[vocal basin]

It’s been three years since I had to play the early game, how do I get terrain manipulator

[indigo falcon]

reminder that all rendexvous systems and planets are pinned in here

[fervent patrol]

how am i supposed to complete Valuable Data

[pine relic]

S class scanner upgrades.

[indigo falcon]

you get given two scanner upgrades along the way

install, use on creatures and you'll get one that's rare or something and worth that much

[naive prism]

and the planet itself?

it's too bad these markers don't show up after you completed them and fly back :/

[indigo falcon]

Check The Pins for rend systems, planets, all that!

plus coords to rend points

[pine relic]

Inhalce VII

time to feed the fat frog and get this over with :P

[faint pelican]

I somehow got 2 Bundle of starry skulls, can I just sell that or do I need it for milestone quest stuff

The space station looks strange. That’s because of the special world right?

[indigo falcon]

sell sell sell

[indigo falcon]

welp that was fast

[pine relic]

not that fast...

[indigo falcon]

og. S cabinet found, r3 system, I'll put coords and a comm ball later I guess.

[pine relic]

took a while to find a planet with striders

[fervent patrol]

i want to

to know where to find the Abyssal Horror

without needing the Nautilon

[pine relic]

that's pretty random

you do get the nautilon bp for free at some point tho

[indigo falcon]

ok comm ball placed, pic with planetary coords taken, will add to info tomorrow

[fervent patrol]

yeah but i dont wanna get crystal sulphuride and salt

[vocal basin]

So it doesn’t seem like there’s much to do in the first system once you try warp? None of the planets have any fauna

[pine relic]

well, you can do the milestone that gives the S class underwater upgrade and just swim around until you find one. With a decent stack of oxygen you can just swim forever.

[indigo falcon]

no fauna, could do your cmopanion stuff with the one you spawn in with

could get basic resources, scan some minerals and plants too

[pine relic]

I did it in one of the lush planets in the rv1 system, one of those had a lot of water and mild weather.

[dull dagger]

3 s class scanner modules and only one effects fauna 😦

[indigo falcon]

they all thould

[dull dagger]

scan radius, flora, and mineral stuff

[pine relic]

All I did in the first system was getting the first milestone by riding the starting companion from spawn to ship, then located and mined some indium / carbon / ferrite / hydrogen, repaired the ship, built the hyperdrive (you start with the recipe for microprocessors and antimatter). Its just one warp to rv1 even without upgrades, and once there you can get a lot more done. The station also sells S class hyperdrive upgrades (and you get a bunch of nanites from easy milestones) so that sped things up a fair bit.

[pine relic]

That's strange. I believe S class scanner upgrades are guaranteed to have all 4 stats.

not necessarily good rolls, but they should all have radius/fauna/flora/minerals

[pine relic]

that's very unlucky. Did you save before unpacking the mod? reload and Install some other random upgrade anywhere to move the seed along if you did.

[naive prism]

any airless planets on your scanners?

[dull dagger]

all of them have 3 stats

[pine relic]

There's one in the rv3 system I think. In one of the RVs anyway.

'life incompatible' if I recall, but same thing.

[fervent patrol]

yes

can confirm

[gloomy raven]

now to find volcanic world

[pine relic]

that's in one of the RVs too.

[gloomy raven]

do you remember which one?

[dull dagger]

in the buny whatever system

listed as charred I think, but has water

[pine relic]

bunyagile (rv1)

@gloomy raven new ronessle - tectonic planet

[dull dagger]

oh right! tectonic

[gloomy raven]

cool, thanks!

[vocal basin]

I had no idea there was a starting companion

He looked like the exact same as the one I just logged in my main file

I thought he carried over lmao

[pine relic]

For future reference: RV1 - Bunyagile has New Ronessle - Tectonic Planet for Volcanic, RV3 - Ogaets XII has Fikadann Gamma - Isotropic for Radioactive, and Yetrichmo Major - Pillared for Exotic, then RV4 - Annana-Anyun has Harote - Tropical for Swamp, and Muchudl XIX - Life-incompatible for Airless. That wraps up the 5 biome milestone. Tho the planet where RV5 is located also works for Exotic.

[gloomy raven]

maybe pin this? ^^

[naive prism]

Muchudl XIX: is that the name of the planet or the system?

[indigo falcon]

there is the Xenobiology milestone which scanning the fauna on te exotic world will give you while you're there, also scanning any creature on the swamp world will give you Eyes in the Reeds

[pine relic]

Planet. The system is Annana-Anyun, which is the system for the 4th rendezvous.

[naive prism]

ty

[pine relic]

np, I thought it was in the rv3 system but apparently it was rv4 :P

[indigo falcon]

yeah no airless / dead in r3 (I'm there now poking around)

[naive prism]

yeah i found it right away

by the name

[fervent patrol]

crap i need either rarer animals or better scanner upgrades

[pine relic]

or both

one of the RVs sells scanner upgrades if you had particularly bad rolls on the free ones.

[indigo falcon]

huh, I did not remember that exotic worlds could have drop pods

[fervent patrol]

hey do any of the RV planets have ancient bones

[pine relic]

There's a planet in the RV5 system that does, but its not the RV planet.

[fervent patrol]

cool

i like that

whats the explorer's guild again

[pine relic]

The name of the planet is Moga. Boiling Planet. Explorer's guild is one of the guilds that offers missions at every inhabited, non-pirate space station.

basically you just have to do 5 missions that give explorer standing.

[fervent patrol]

wait thats the one where thety dont talk to you right?

[indigo falcon]

you get korvax standing from one milestone, maybe it's enough to pic up guild misssions in korvax systems

[lusty slate]

This. One of them has an S class analysis mod. That plus the two you're given from other milestones should be sufficient.

[fervent patrol]

ugh

[pine relic]

Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a station with only racial missions. But just try other stations. Usually the first 3-4 missions on the list can be picked up even at 0 standing.

[fervent patrol]

lol

[pine relic]

it was way easier to get that done than finding those damn tall eggs :P

[lusty slate]

I had to rest my save and go out. Have the egg locations been sorted yet?

[pine relic]

Yes. 2 egg types in rv1 system (bunyagile), planet Cutumus Sigma. Tall eggs from ... lemme find it again.

@lusty slate #nms-expedition message and the screenshot below that for reference of where the system is in relation to bunyagile

[fervent patrol]

i cant find the fifth system

crud

[pine relic]

Dikenni-Akes?

[fervent patrol]

found it

it was pretty far

i didnt stick to the six systems so my map is a little funky

[gloomy raven]

Where'd y'all find flying companions?

[pine relic]

yeah I managed to warp to every RV system without having to add any extra systems to the list, but I got 3 s class hyperdrive upgrades from RV1 so that probably helped.

[pine relic]

The beetle that you have to scan for one of the other milestones counts as a flying companion.

[gloomy raven]

oh yeah... forgot about that guy

[pine relic]

There's 2 different species of beetle in Retleibe in the Oprudn V system (rv2)

[gloomy raven]

I'm on top of the world!!!

[swift grotto]

Hey quick question. On the Switch is there a option to earn the old expedition rewards after this expedition?

[pine relic]

I don't believe so. You'll be able to get expeditions 5 to 8 in this rerun batch, but until they do a rerun of the first 4, I doubt those rewards will be available for the switch version. They're probably gonna bring those back at some point tho.

[iron ginkgo]

I haven't figured out how to get the hyperdrive yet :/

[swift grotto]

Interesting alright

[iron ginkgo]

This is my first expedition, so sorry if I ask any dumb questions lol

[pine relic]

You start with the blueprint for the hyperdrive and all its components, as well as the fuel.

you have to craft the stuff tho

[iron ginkgo]

Oh sorry, didn't see that lol

[pine relic]

The main thing is gonna be chromatic metal, which you can refine from the indium from deposits in the first planet. You also start with a portable refiner.

[swift grotto]

Also quick question should I do anything with h the Bundle of Starry Skulls? Like what's the use of it?

[gloomy raven]

money

[pine relic]

If you're new to the game, a quick tip: you can resize the terrain manipulator area with R and T (on pc, not sure for other platforms) - the smallest size gets more resources per volume of the deposit, while the largest size costs less fuel to delete a larger area but gets less resources. Medium size is a balance between the two. @iron ginkgo

[swift grotto]

Also I noticed I can see messages from players on the Switch but can't teleport to their bases. Is cross play a planned thing on the switch?

[frigid shard]

Oh good I sold that very quickly

[swift grotto]

It already states they're from another platform.

[frigid shard]

Hopefully

[iron ginkgo]

Alright, thanks!

[hollow shore]

Ah, I see Tall Eggs have been found already. I just found some too in a system right next to RV3 (Ogaets XII)
System: Hivaleyms III, Planet: Izonakr X

[pine relic]

no luck with the RV systems either? I stumbled upon some striders before I could finish doing a thorough check of the latter RV systems so I gave up halfway lol

[hollow shore]

Reference

[hollow shore]

No, had not been able to find them in RV systems, but took quite a while finding them elsewhere

[pine relic]

I got kinda lucky, an explorer mission from the RV1 system sent me to a planet in a system next door that had striders.

[fervent patrol]

i got unlucky

i need to kill three grounded sentinels

i cant find sentinels anywhere

bouta give up on my fifth planet

[pine relic]

one of the planets in... I think rv1... had high sentinel presence, lemme go check which one

[fervent patrol]

bro half the planets ive been on had high sentinel presence

[indigo falcon]

r3 no striders, there's one planet on r5 that maybe possibly could have but a) activated copper, frequent storms, b) one of the creatures I cant locate is a rare found only in the north and the other is a rare ground that after 30 minutes, well, done looking.

[fervent patrol]

i cant find anything

[indigo falcon]

buy planetary charts for secure sites or whatever they are called, those will have sentinels guarding them

[fervent patrol]

i have no more nav data

[pine relic]

start shooting creatures or something. In a high sentinel planet that should bring 'em to you quickly enough.

[fervent patrol]

and for some reason the space station wont let me pick them up

WAIT

[indigo falcon]

none of the space stations let you grab it?

[fervent patrol]

I SHOOT STATION

I GO TO PLANET

EASY

[pine relic]

that might work

[fervent patrol]

VERY RISKY

BUT EASY

[pine relic]

less risky if you just shoot some random freighter

[fervent patrol]

well i cant find any

and these sentinels must be grounded apparently unfortunately for me

[pine relic]

not sure if shooting cargo pods off your own freighter still pisses off sentinels, but even that used to work

[lusty slate]

I take it we're not going to need the terrifying sample either? I can sell?

[pine relic]

yes, thats its only purpose

[fervent patrol]

it worked

[fervent patrol]

can i keep it and trade it off to my main

will it still function as aterrifying sample

[indigo falcon]

it doesn't "function", it's just a trade item to sell

[pine relic]

its just a random procedurally generated treasure, it has no function other than being sold for units.

[fervent patrol]

so it doesnt actually pull you out of pulse?

[indigo falcon]

nope!

[fervent patrol]

bruh

[indigo falcon]

a lot of stuff in description of items is "flavour text" in this game

[fervent patrol]

thats so boring

[pine relic]

nope, whatever flavor text those procedurally generated items have are really just for flavor.

and if you want one on your main for sentimental reasons or whatever, they're fairly common as random space encounter loot.

[craggy ledge]

!exp

What’s the expedition time command again

[indigo falcon]

!exptimes

maybe

hmm 😄

[hollow shore]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

Expedition 5: Exobiology (Redux) ends <t:1670497200:f> (<t:1670497200:R>, your local timezone)

⚠️ Create your new save at least 48 hrs before the event ends.

▸ Check Pins in #nms-expeditions, where you can ask questions.
▸ General gameplay questions » #nms-help.
▸ LFG or trade here »
▸ Run !Faq-Expedition & !ExpTime in #bot-spam for more info.
▸ Expedition [#roles](#roles message) are [self-assignable »](#roles message)

📣 Grab the NMS Announcements role in #roles to be notified about future expeditions in #nms-announcements or follow #nms-news-ticker.

[hollow shore]

It's pinned too

[indigo falcon]

bah, extra "s"

[fervent patrol]

man finishing up the explorers guild is harder than i thought

[indigo falcon]

and speaking of times, it's 2:30 am for me, with work tomorrow, so I'm gonna grt while the getting is good. maybe I'll come back tomorrow to a nice pinned message in the channel with all the good planet info folks have been getting, especially Bliss 🙂 safe journeys, explorers!

[fervent patrol]

one more mission

[raven tiger]

anyone else find that getting animal poo is the hardest part of this? lol

[gloomy raven]

definitely the crappiest

[grizzled topaz]

Nah just throw down a bunch of pellets in a group of critters and watch the poop flow

[pine relic]

not really. I did that on the first RV planet. Just need a large crowd of creatures to toss pellets into and then waiting for it to start rolling in. It was way more annoying the first time around when it was 50 dung...

[grizzled topaz]

I’m more concerned about finding a beetle to tame and a creature worth 200k units when scanned

[pine relic]

There's 2 different species of beetle in Retleibe in the Oprudn V system (rv2)

[fervent patrol]

almost done

[raven tiger]

yea and with the scanner upgrades as rewards

the 200k is easy

[pine relic]

the rarer one could cross off the 200k milestone as well, with 3 S class scanner modules with 8k+ fauna each.

[grizzled topaz]

Ooooh okay good! I hopped off for a bit cuz the game sort of crashed on me, but heading to the 2nd rendezvous is what I’m doing next

[pine relic]

that's the rv2 planet, too, so if you haven't done that yet, even easier.

I snagged the beetles right by the actual RV spot

tho I suppose creature spawn locations may vary between players

while you're at it, might as well do the checklist for the milestone to visit 5 specific biome types: #nms-expedition message

[fervent patrol]

IM DUMB

i mean

IM DONE

oop

[craggy echo]

How do you multiplayer expeditions on switch?

[pine relic]

no idea, pc only here. I'm still actually quite shocked that they managed to even get the game to run on a switch.

[craggy echo]

So am I. I thought subnautica was a feat, but nms is crazy

[pine relic]

but anyway, I suppose if the switch version has an options menu, it should be in there somewhere under networking or somesuch.

[craggy echo]

I don’t think multiplayer is possible on switch (yet) actually. Nvm

Still having trouble getting a swarm of 8 animals to feed

[split rune]

Have you tried tossing a bunch of pellets on the ground?

[plain kettle]

Finally got to start my first ever expedition. All I can say is I'm loving it! So great to actually have a goal(s) again!

[craggy echo]

Oh didn’t know I could toss them on the ground! How do I do that?

[split rune]

From your quick bar (X on keyboard, or down on D-pad), choose the Creatures (pawprint) icon, and then Creature Pellets. If you don't have some, you should have started the exped with the recipe

[craggy echo]

Oh thanks!

Do I collect my rewards on the expedition tab within my expedition? Or on my main save?

I mean what do I get in the expedition that carries over to main save?

[split rune]

Yes, once you have earned the major rewards on the expedition save, they will be available from the quicksilver vendor on all your other (and future) saves.

The major stuff (like titles, appearance modifiers, ships, building parts, etc.) are what carry over to your other saves, not the minor rewards like units, nanites, words learned that you pick up along the way from the minor expedition goals, if that makes sense

[craggy echo]

So I can claim them for my expedition save AND my main save?

[split rune]

Yep! Since I did expedition 1, as soon as I was able to on this new save, I went to the space anomaly and claimed my Golden Vector ship from exp1 so I could use it here.

[formal sequoia]

any tips on getting tall eggs?

[craggy echo]

Thx!

[pine relic]

just a sec while I find the thing

@formal sequoia #nms-expedition message and screenshot below that for the location of the system in relation to rv1

[craggy echo]

How do I escape an abyssal horror?

I found an alluring specimen but I’m scared 😱

Oh wait alluring specimen isn’t how to find abyssal horror is it?

[grizzled topaz]

Is it possible to go back to a previous rv point

[radiant wing]

Anyone find a beetle yet? If so, where?

[craggy echo]

I killed the abyssal horror before it trapped me

[split rune]

Yes, easily if you built a base computer there, or you can manually hop back system to system. Check the pins in this channel for the systems for each rv point

[lusty slate]

Once I bake the cake, can I just sell off all the extra ingredients and eggs? My inventory is super clogged now.

[split rune]

Bake the cake, try feeding it to Cronus on the space anomaly, if RNG doesn't make him impressed, try again. Once you get the "impress cronus" milestone, go ahead and sell

[pine relic]

There are 2 different species of beetle in Retleibe in the Oprudn V system (Same planet and system as RV2).

[pine relic]

Sure. As long as you visited the space station in that system, just use the teleporter from any space station (or the one in the anomaly) to teleport to that system. Finding the actual location of the RV spot again is a bit trickier, check pinned messages for system / planet names and coordinates of the location.

[lusty slate]

Wait, how do I give the cake to Cronus? It's not in the list of three options.

[pine relic]

It picks a random 3 foods from your inventory. Try sticking the cakes in the top-left slot and talking to him again, that usually works for me when my inventory is full of random foods.

[lusty slate]

Got it, thanks!

Do most just sell off the cakes he gives you?

[pine relic]

Might as well.

[split rune]

You can eat them for a minor buff, but yeah may as well sell for units

[pine relic]

Feeding the fat frog was the very last thing I did to finish off the expedition so I didn't really bother since I'm not gonna continue playing the save.

Anyway, lets see if I can format the egg thing in a way that's more sticky-worthy since that seems to be one of the main stumbling blocks for this expedition...

[radiant wing]

Thanks!!!

[pine relic]

Phase Three Milestone "Best Laid Plans" - gathering 3 different types of eggs

"Creature Eggs": system Bunyagile (RV1), planet Cutumus Sigma, creature H. Trogiascus (large quadruped)
"Giant Eggs": system Bunyagile (RV1), planet Cutumus Sigma, creature V. Leafazium (diplo, large long-necked quadruped)
"Tall Eggs": system Prazlich (right next to RV1 system Bunyagile, 'see screenshot below'), planet Cakieves Yoko, creature H. Grainrafeum (tall two-legged strider creature)

Galaxy map for reference:

[remote thunder]

nice!

beetles on rv2 - nice, haven't got there yet

no sidetracking for them this time

[pine relic]

No sidetracking for the Sightseer milestone either.

[remote thunder]

yeah, got the lava biome from rdv1 so far

[pine relic]

"Phase 3 Milestone "Sightseer" - Explore 5 different biomes:"

Mobile-friendly version: #nms-expedition message

|     Type      |    System Name     |    Planet Name    |    Biome Description     |
| ------------- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ------------------------ |
| 'Volcanic'    | `RV1` Bunyagile    | 'New Ronessle'    | tectonic planet          |
| 'Radioactive' | `RV3` Ogaets XII   | 'Fikadann Gamma'  | isotropic planet         |
| 'Unusual'     | `RV3` Ogaets XII   | 'Yetrichmo Major' | pillared planet          |
| 'Swamp'       | `RV4` Annana-Anyun | 'Harote'          | tropical planet          |
| 'Airless'     | `RV4` Annana-Anyun | 'Muchudl XIX'     | life-incompatible planet |

Incidentally, RV5 also has a planet (Moga) with fossils so no sidetracking for that either. The only off-path thing seems to be the striders for tall eggs.@remote thunder

[craggy echo]

So I got my first frigate rescue mission. Should I accept the class A frigate?

[pine relic]

That's actually pretty lucky for a first rescue. I'd take it.

Any freighter is better than no freighter.

[craggy echo]

Cool

[split rune]

I usually just take the first one I rescue (free) even though it's pretty meh.... at least it's a freighter, until I can find a better one. So nice to have that extra storage, and especially the exocraft deployment once you get that.

[pine relic]

For this expedition in particular having a freighter didn't make any difference for me, but I suppose it depends if people are gonna keep playing the save after or not.

[dull dagger]

anyone who is doing the expedition have spare s class scanner modules? Two of mine rolled bad and didn't have fauna on them, and I didn't realize it was going to be the issue it is

[faint pelican]

Apologies in advance but where are the tall eggs?

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[stark root]

Anyone else get hit with a meteor shower when they got to the first rendezvous point 😂

[golden kiln]

Im at Rendezvous 1 and it wont complete for me?

[split rune]

Did you make it to the actual rv point or just the approximate location? Use your scanner visor for target location, and it should direct you to a specific structure

[pine relic]

My save is auto-converting to normal already so I'm not sure if I'd be able to join you even if I did have some, but one of the RV systems sells S Class scanner modules and you get A LOT of nanites from milestones... so you could try buying some if no one volunteers to trade you a few.

[golden kiln]

Ah im standing in a field of comm balls

[dull dagger]

do you remember the station name?

[pine relic]

Not really but I can log in and check.

[dull dagger]

bless you

[grizzled topaz]

yeah i'm lowkey trying to book it through this to get back to my normal save that isn't cluttered with those things

[stark root]

Mine wouldn't at first either. I was having all kinds of issues. I just flew around until i found the trade station and landed, then it completed

[faint pelican]

Thank you. How do I find that system though? I don’t see the bunny one even though I look through the galaxy map.

[pine relic]

The buny one is the first rendezvous location, it should be in your teleporter list (assuming that's not where you are currently) if you've visited the space station there. Then just teleport to it, head out in your ship, open the galaxy map and the other system should be super close nearby.

[pine relic]

Oprudn V - the RV2 system, for S class scanner modules.

[dull dagger]

thanks!

[craggy echo]

Bliss has been a godsend in this channel 🙏

[dull dagger]

is there a trick to getting a second module or a timer or anything?

[formal sequoia]

so ther were whole bunch of people this morning on the expedition and now i see nobody?

[pine relic]

@faint pelican Its the closest Korvax system to Bunyagile (keeping in mind that Bunyagile sometimes shows as Kunyagile until you highlight it) - 24ly away, yellow star system. Blueish when filtering by lifeform.

[pine relic]

I think you get 2 free ones from various milestones, but after that you'd have to buy 'em really. I still have a few nanites left so if you're on PC you can try to join me or something, tho I'm not sure if the game will let you since its converted my save already.

[dull dagger]

those were the ones that were no fauna

[leaden fable]

Would anyone be able to invite me n bring me to a lush planet for the expedition ?

[dull dagger]

I have nanitesd but after buying one it is sold out

[pine relic]

save and reload at the station and it'll restock.

[dull dagger]

oh thanks!

[faint pelican]

I headed back to the first system Liaiutsia I do not see any system named that way.

[pine relic]

Most of the planets in the first rendezvous system (including the one where the rendezvous location is at) are lush.

[dull dagger]

problem solved! Thanks Bliss

[pine relic]

Open your Discoveries tab and see if its listed there. If it is, you can create a waypoint to it by selecting the system in the discovery page and middle-clicking (for pc, not sure for consoles, probably the same button you use to delete items)

[raven tiger]

that was fun

[formal sequoia]

@pine relic thanks for earlier, I actually ended up findign tall eggs on frozen planet

[leaden fable]

Got it

[faint pelican]

It’s not listed on my discoveries. I have been reading since this morning watching for that planet/system, but I haven’t ran across it yet.

[raven tiger]

assume we might get another expedition in 2 weeks?

[pine relic]

Then open your expedition page and go to Phase 1, and click on the Rendezvous milestone, I don't quite remember which one it was, I think the last one in that phase. That should mark a path to it.

[pine relic]

yeah, they're re-running 5 to 8 in order. So in two weeks we should get Expedition 6 again.

... whatever that was

[tulip jolt]

Blighted, I think.

[raven tiger]

good deal

[pine relic]

if they stick to their usual schedule, we should expect a new expedition around february/march

[warm coral]

My favorite part of the expedition is the part where I crash roughly every 3 minutes

I know it's new to redux and it'll hopefully be fixed at some point just let me complain

[tulip jolt]

Three minutes is longer than I got today. It was roughly 30 seconds once I hit the first Rendezvous.

[pine relic]

I didn't experience any problems with this expedition, but having multiplayer turned off from the very start probably helped with that...

[tulip jolt]

I actually quit after the fifth time of crashing before I fully rendered in. LOL

[warm coral]

My multiplayer simply isn't working so I didn't think to turn it off

I'll try that

[graceful pike]

uh is anyone else playing the expedition and getting this weird ship bug in space stations where the ships are tiny?

[warm coral]

Happens in regular saves too, pretty common actually

[tulip jolt]

I switched to solo, turned off MP, and it bought me about ten more seconds. LOL

[graceful pike]

is this from the update? cause this never happened to me before

[tulip jolt]

But I've played all of the expeditions already. I just wanted to fool around with a friend.

[warm coral]

It's been happening before the update

[pine relic]

that's pretty bad... I suppose my system is pretty beefy, I accidentally played the entire expedition with warframe running in the background and didn't even notice lol

[tulip jolt]

I'm on PS4. Ever since 4.0 hit, I've been getting selection hangfires and random crashes.

shrugs Still a fun game.

[warm coral]

I haven't been having any awful issues with the base game only the expedition lmao

[pine relic]

Ah that would do it. From my time in the help channel, I recall a lot of ps4 users having problems for at least six months or so (whenever they made the graphics prettier, I guess).

[warm coral]

That's not a feature on ps4

[tulip jolt]

In regular game it's just a minor nuisance.

NMS is still my favorite game.

[warm coral]

You can uncap the framerate but it doesn't change much because nms is capped at the ps4s max framerate I believe

I suppose you can change the fov and film grain

[pine relic]

Most of the issues that I remember from the help channel were related to loading large bases. So if the player happened to save in range of a large base, they'd crash as soon as they loaded in and such. Sometimes even at their own bases.

[graceful pike]

is there any rendezvous system that has tall eggs from a creature on a planet?

[pine relic]

None found so far in a RV system, but for one 24LY away from RV1, see here: #nms-expedition message

[lusty slate]

Planet recommendations for What Lurks Below (escape abysmal horror)? I just want to finish Phase 4 already.

[dull dagger]

any with water, deploy the nautilon, install it's radar array, then select from it sunken building

I didn't even actually use the nautilon to get there

[pine relic]

I did it in one of the lush planets in RV1 / Bunyagile. Not sure which one. Easier to deal with just oxygen instead of oxygen and hazard protection.

[keen mango]

what’s the reward for completing this expo

[pine relic]

primarily, sentinel quad egg and exotic wings backpack.

[keen mango]

Oh L

i already have that

[lusty slate]

Bah, I was there a second time a while ago lol. Ah well, I can pop back over before heading to RV5.

[pine relic]

just check at the quicksilver vendor with your regular save if you're missing anything from expedition 5. If not, then might as well skip, no new rewards. You can still do it for giggles tho, of course.

[split rune]

Yeah, I'm just redoing it for fun and to help out if people need it. Nice to have definite goals again.

[pine relic]

I didn't even bother making the nautilon tbh, but if you're gonna use it, then anywhere with deep water works just about the same, since it provides full hazard immunity.

[lusty slate]

I'll scout and see if I can find a place in RV4, if someone hasn't already.

[pine relic]

The rainy planet there could work. Oneza something. Harote (the swamp one) had water as well if I recall but I didn't check to see if it was deep enough.

[lusty slate]

Oh, that's where the rendezvous is and where I am now, perfect.

[faint pelican]

Thank you! It took a while, named slightly different like you said for me, but I found it and got my eggs. Much appreciated!

[pine relic]

happy to help :P

[young sparrow]

Sounds like a pretty great bug to me

[teal pond]

any idea where i can find some tall eggs? can we harvest from companions?

[blissful gust]

#nms-expedition message

[leaden fable]

How the hell do I do the take a pic of group of 10

[fervent patrol]

you find ten animals

and take a picture

use companion pellets

[blissful gust]

I did it at the same time as "swarmed" when I ahd to feed a group of 8+

[teal pond]

wish I understood how to use this =/ I cant find the refeenced systems =/

[leaden fable]

Imma just use a damn feeder

This is hard

[pine relic]

have you been to the first rendezvous?

[teal pond]

yea but I dont know how to go back and see what iot was =/

[pine relic]

That's the one listed there as RV1. The system name next to it. Second rendezvous is RV2 and so forth. There's also a pinned message with the names of all rendezvous systems and planets. Anyway, assuming you've been to the space stations on each RV, then you can just use any teleporter to get back to those. Like Bunyagile would be listed as Bunyagile Hub (or Bunyagile Sphere or whatever).

[teal pond]

ok I'll give that a shot. Thank you for your patience

ive never baked or used a nutrient processor so making a cake is gonna be... fun

[pine relic]

its a slightly involved process but nothing too bad. If you need the step by step I can type it out I suppose.

[teal pond]

CAn't say that wouldnt be helpful... ill try to figure it out first hehe... but i found RV1 using the teleporter at a space station 😄 thanks

[pine relic]

I'll do the step by step. Just gotta check what are the ingredients that you get from the 'find 3 eggs' milestone...

[blissful gust]

Flour, Sugar, honey, Milk x16 each

[pine relic]

After doing the Phase 3 milestone to find 3 different types of eggs:

Fresh Milk -> Cream -> Churned Butter
Churned Butter + Processed Sugar -> Sweetened Butter

Swetened Butter + Creature/Tall/Giant Egg + Refined Flour -> Cake Batter

Cake Batter + Synthetic Honey -> Glittering Honey Cake.

[teal pond]

and thats with the food processesor right?

[pine relic]

yep. Works exactly like a large refiner, except for foods.

[teal pond]

ok cool

thank you again.

love this community

[pine relic]

That should be enough to get you 15 cakes, at a minimum. Best to craft more than one since feeding Cronus is a bit RNG and you might not please them with the first cake. Just keep stuffing their face until you get that milestone. The 'eggs' milestone gives the stuff to make the cake for the cake milestone, and feeding the cake to cronus takes care of another milestone, so its a 3 for one deal. :P

[blissful gust]

or look up a fancier cake to guarnatee he likes it, or (not switch) do nexus mission for a fancy cake

[calm bloom]

So, what are the rendezvous points?

[pine relic]

Check pinned messages for the full list, tho once you click on the rendezvous milestones it'll point you directly to the locations. :P

[graceful pike]

I beat it in one day les go :D

[calm bloom]

No no not the locations of them. Like, what is a rendezvous point in an expedition

[pine relic]

Yeah its pretty quick. I was done in 4 hours and 5ish minutes of played time.

[pine relic]

A particular location that you have to visit to complete a milestone. Usually some sort of POI like a portal or an archive building and such.

[graceful pike]

are you able to replay the redux? or is it a one time beaten thing

[calm bloom]

Is it the same points for everyone?

[pine relic]

sure, you can start as many expedition saves as you want. :P Tho in most platforms (not sure about switch) you can only have like, up to 15 or so saves at once. I never got to the limit tho.

[pine relic]

Yes.

[graceful pike]

if you replay the redux, are all the rewards from beating a phase just quicksilver?

[calm bloom]

Some of this stuff is less obvious on Switch because, while apparently we do have expeditions , we don’t actually see any people. Just what they leave behind, like communications beacons and bases and their discoveries.

[blissful gust]

are ridden creatures ungodly slow for anyone else on exp5?

[hot blade]

Have the expeditions started yet?

[calm bloom]

Yes

[pine relic]

I never tried but I think it just unlocks the thing again, as if it was the first time. Except you already had it unlocked for the account so it would be the same as if claiming from the quicksilver vendor.

[hot blade]

On Switch as well?

[calm bloom]

Yes

[teal pond]

cool. Just finished the egg one lol.... those striders are huge and fast XD

[hot blade]

But but but but but

[graceful pike]

yeah the striders are so fast for zero reason..

[blissful gust]

my strider moves like a sedated yak

[calm bloom]

Could be your region

[blissful gust]

but only when I'm riding them, if I'm not riding them, they are fast

[calm bloom]

I’ve been doing it on Switch for the past few hours now

[pine relic]

Nice. I got cronus happy with my first cake but it should be RNG regardless of how fancy the food is. Theoretically you could get it done with meat stew but since we have to make cakes anyway... :P @teal pond

[hot blade]

But I’m the greatest country on earth?Σ(゜ロ゜;)

[daring cedar]

Im having trouble finding tall eggs, anyone got a good planet?

[calm bloom]

Have the latest update? Just was pushed like last night

[pine relic]

yes. #nms-expedition message

[hot blade]

Siiiiiiiii claro

[blissful gust]

Make sure you're connected to the internet and such

[hot blade]

@calm bloom

Wifi on

And connect

I’m in the room with the router even

[calm bloom]

Entonces yo no sé

[pine relic]

don't forget to sprint (shift by default on pc) :P That helps quite a bit with their speed.

[blissful gust]

it took me since I started whining about it to now to go only 2000u

[pine relic]

takes a little while to ramp up to full speed tho. And of course if you're not running on perfectly flat ground then all bets are off lol

[lusty slate]

Abyssal horror took me a while as I had to scramble for all the Nautilon parts + sonar and fuel. Fun how they don't give you the fuel blueprint with the rest of them.

Anyway, yaay just Phase 5 to go.

[calm bloom]

Is there an abyssal horror objective?

I completely found one by accident waaaaay earlier, w/o nautilon

[blissful gust]

I accidentally killed one without getting caught :/

[pine relic]

Yeah, that's why I just used the free S class underwater protection module + oxygen and did it without the nautilon. :P It would probably take longer to get all the random crap to build the pad + upgrades + fuel...

[calm bloom]

Ah are you supposed to get caught for the objective?

[pine relic]

abyssal horrors spawn randomly underwater even when not at abandoned buildings, the buildings are just guaranteed spawns

[stark root]

Anyone else having an issue finding a swamp planet? I can not find one for the life of me...

[pine relic]

you're supposed to get sucked by it and then break free (by tapping E repeatedly, on pc) for the milestone.

[blissful gust]

There's a Tropical in Rdv4 system

[lusty slate]

I didn't get that lucky. I search by myself for over an hour and "Screw it, guess I'm going shopping at the anomaly".

[daring cedar]

Thanks a lot

[calm bloom]

Ah yeah I killed the one I found without getting caught, damn

[hot blade]

I’m in!!!

[pine relic]

if you remember where it was, roughly, they tend to respawn once you leave the planet :P

[leaden fable]

for the egg mission how in the world

[calm bloom]

Haha, ha… somewhere near the equator of that ringed planet in the first lush worlds system

[pine relic]

This one? #nms-expedition message

[hot blade]

Where my Koma homies at?

[leaden fable]

No way in gods green earth am I going back omg

[pine relic]

Back where? :P

[leaden fable]

To those places

[pine relic]

Why not? It should all be in your teleporter list.

unless you didn't visit the space station I guess :P

[calm bloom]

Well granted you remember to stop by at the … yeah

[south dune]

Ayy we’re getting expedition re-runs??

[pine relic]

Yeah but just 5 to 8 for now. So people that missed both runs of 1 to 4 will have to wait a while longer. And hope. :P

[gusty dirge]

Anyone know which plants spawn animals that produce creature eggs

[south dune]

Good to hear! I’m hoping we get 1-4 again soon but I’ll be happy for 5-7 :))

[pine relic]

Yes. See link: #nms-expedition message

[calm bloom]

Nabbed my own one of these! Coolest diplos I’ve seen in the game so far, these are some solid worlds

[south dune]

Dude got ALL the accessories

[leaden fable]

I forget to go into the stations

[calm bloom]

The person who discovered these missed the opportunity to call them swordheads

[south dune]

Lol

[pine relic]

That's unfortunate. You could always get taxied to wherever you need to go by joining someone elses game. :P

[south dune]

Swordfish but swordosaur?

[calm bloom]

Hahaha, I love that

[leaden fable]

True

[pine relic]

More of a pirate hat than a sword really

[south dune]

I love dinos with hats 😂 Pirasaur?

That just sounds like a pokemon actually

[pine relic]

I always find it funny how our character rides on their heads instead of their backs...

[wintry quarry]

Do expeditions give quicksilver?

[pine relic]

This one has one milestone that does. But as a rule, nope.

600ish I think it was.

[wintry quarry]

How much?

Oh ok

[calm bloom]

A lad called Zorkham decided to officially name them “Leafazium” which is just about as Pokemon-ish

[wintry quarry]

I'm still new, but I've modified my ship and gear. How hard is it?

[pine relic]

probably the default name tbh.

[south dune]

I expect no less from someone named Zorkham

[pine relic]

Well, you have to start a brand new save so that's kinda irrelevant. But its not that hard. I was done in about 4 hours.

[south dune]

Oh nice. If I’m lucky my steam will stop updating in 4 hours

[wintry quarry]

Seems kinda odd, how do you use the rewards?

[south dune]

You claim them on any save from the Anomaly guy

[calm bloom]

Yeah probably, I wish more people actually named their discoveries

[pine relic]

They're account unlocks that you claim from the quicksilver vendor in the anomaly with every existing and future save.

[wintry quarry]

Oooooh

Nice

[calm bloom]

Well the important ones are

[south dune]

I love that it’s not a one-time unlock

[royal slate]

@wintry quarry id recommend you wait a bit longer

[fervent patrol]

That diplo be like "Yeehaw"

[royal slate]

the expedition will be available for another 2 weeks

play for a bit more on your main save

[fervent patrol]

I finished it all today and I uh

regret it

[pine relic]

I kinda prefer default names. I once visited a planet where everything was renamed to Chungus.

Including the planet itself.

[wintry quarry]

Fair. Currently I'm farming quicksilver for a gek helmet

[south dune]

honestly that’s about how I’d expect scientists to name real alien life