nms-expedition

[swift solstice]

gonna try that first.

[pine relic]

yeah, apparently people that changed difficulty settings are more prone to experiencing random crashes for no coherent reason

[swift solstice]

ayyyy, that did it.

[indigo falcon]

sweet! next task

please please report this to hello games

with as much detail as you can give them

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[swift solstice]

alright, where do i- oop, thanks!

[indigo falcon]

yw!

[pine relic]

poor hg, they push out those expeditions reruns in hopes of taking the holidays off and new bugs keep showing up lol

[cobalt shore]

Do they ever have breaks?

[swift solstice]

yeah, but it gives people like me who missed them, or got distracted a chance to play em again so i'm thankful they did it.

[indigo falcon]

there will always be bugs, but not nearly as many urgent ones as with a full content update or a new expedition, luckily

[pine relic]

That's their break I think. Most years they stop releasing major updates after the big october anniversary one gets stable, and then only pick up around march...

[indigo falcon]

they've got to have psvr2 ready by Feb

[pine relic]

they still keep up with some bug fixing and whatnot but no new content

[swift solstice]

report done.

[pine relic]

I guess they've probably been working on that stuff for a while already, sony being their main publisher/partner and all.

[indigo falcon]

sure hope so

[pine relic]

they probably know about PS hardware upgrades years in advance of the general public

you play the psvr version then?

[indigo falcon]

no. I don't have that headset/controllers. but I am seriously thinking about the psvr2

@swift solstice what platform are you on btw?

[pine relic]

I see. I was gonna add you to my mental list of 'people to ping when people ask in #nms-questions how to warp/swim in vr' lol

[indigo falcon]

unfortunately no (t yet) 🙂

[swift solstice]

i'm on steam pc.

[swift solstice]

if i can figure out how i did it, i'd be happy to help answer that for people.

[pine relic]

let me know how it goes if you get it, I haven't made the jump to VR yet even tho that was a major selling point of my gpu... couldn't bring myself to invest in the hardware with just one VR game that I'd be interested in playing

[indigo falcon]

sure thing!

[fringe agate]

NMS is probably the best VR game out there

By a fair margin

Alyx was fun

[pine relic]

I heard good things about elite, too, but I haven't played that in forever

[fringe agate]

It's good with the VR incorporation but the game itself is so grindy

[pine relic]

and I'm unlikely to go back considering how extortionary the dlc prices are over there

[plucky gale]

how big does the group of ground creatures have to be

[pine relic]

for which milestone?

[plucky gale]

phase 2

i need to take a picture of bunch of ground dudes

[pine relic]

10 creatures, preferably all bunched together in the center of the picture, as the milestone has trouble recognizing stuff around the edges

[plucky gale]

jesus

[pine relic]

the first rendezvous planet spawns really dense herds, so its a good place to get that done, but I'm sure there are plenty others along the route

[ashen shore]

Throw a couple of creature pellets on the ground, wait for animals to come in and eat

[pine relic]

right. For that and the 'feed 8 creatures' milestone, hand feeding will not cut it. If you don't know how to throw pellets, its in the quick menu, under the paw icon, then pellet icon. If you're on PC you can assign a hotkey to it by selecting the icon and pressing control + number key, and then pressing that number key will throw the pellets without having to open the menu each time. Each thrown pellet can attract, and feed, a lot of creatures.

[plucky gale]

hate these milestones already

i got it

thanks

[pine relic]

while you're at it you might as well do the poop collection one

[plucky gale]

i dont see any milestone about collecting their shit?

nvm

[pine relic]

20 bits of dung

[indigo falcon]

yes you do 😄

[misty parrot]

Whats the name of the 3rd rendezvous system/planet?

[proper girder]

Hey, is there a way to turn off starship guidance? I've launched a ship and stuff plenty of times game, I don't need a reminder on how to engage my pulse engine <.<

[misty parrot]

I guess theres giant eggs there

[proper girder]

...wrong channel for that but oh well x-x;;

[pine relic]

I think I saw a setting to disable tutorials somewhere... you could try that

[proper girder]

o7

I'll try to remember to ask in the proper channel next time. >.>;

[pine relic]

Tho I'm not sure if you can disable it AFTER starting a game... I'm not seeing it in the difficulty settings options, but I remember seeing it when starting my latest permadeath game since that had to go thru custom game...

[proper girder]

So I'd have to start a new game? Or just from the main menu?

[pine relic]

uhm

[proper girder]

Hrm

[pine relic]

not sure if this would do it

but yeah, seems like its only when starting a new game

[proper girder]

...that's some idiotic oversight...

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message here's the system and planet names for each type of egg

[proper girder]

Guess I'll just have to put up with it. It's a tiny annoyance.

[pine relic]

Well, if it bugs you that much you could turn the hud on and off depending on what you're doing... that would probably hide those pop up tips

[proper girder]

Nah, it's not that heavily bothersome. Just one of those "I know that already" things.

Okay, my expedition is almost done I think.

Just need a couple others.

Thinking on it, once I complete the expedition... what should I do?

...he's trying to assert his dominance on me

[indigo falcon]

note that names and coords of all the rendezvous systems and planets are pinned in here, alog with info about finding eggs, etc.

[pine relic]

Whatever, really. Either convert to a normal save and keep playing, or double check on another save that you have all unlocks and then delete the save.

[proper girder]

Hm... my survival might be worth picking back up. Hell if I remember what I was doing at the time (I just know I got the survivor title)

[alpine tiger]

Hi. I missed the 250U scan following Xaine’s World guide on youtube. Anywhere i can find those creatures towards the end of the expedition instead?

[indigo falcon]

make sure you have 2-3 S scanner modules installed (two you get for free from milestones), scan stuff, you'll trigger it (make sure your fauna multipliers on those modules aren't missing)

[alpine tiger]

Yeah, ive got the two from the exp installed. I could ofc buy one more form a station or whatever.
I still have the exotic lifeform left also, ill just see when i have just that one left. Should be able to roam around and find one eventually 🙂 Ive got 10days, so…😂

[indigo falcon]

most worlds have a few rare creatures, only 1-2 of them hard to find

so you should be able to jus scan around and get it

[slate drum]

Cool i completed expedition in 4 hours

[pine relic]

1h 40ish for me

[misty parrot]

Congrat5s, im on hour 7 lmao

[slate drum]

Now its time to get expedition rewards

[pine relic]

rendezvous 5 is an exotic planet, so the only creature there would count for that

if you need to buy more S class scanner upgrades, the station at rendezvous 2 has it

[alpine tiger]

Okay, thanks 🙂

[proper girder]

Just two more objectives to go~

[plucky gale]

where can i find tall eggs

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message try this

[misty parrot]

check pinned post

[indigo falcon]

folks, do remember to check the pins, they have lots of good info in them

[proper girder]

I only ask if I can't seem to find it in the pins. :3

[misty parrot]

It's the 4th one dowen...

[proper girder]

I'm not the one they were talking to.

I have no idea what the hell's going on but I can't seem to get these creatures to poop x-x do they have to be tamed?

AH, there we go, finally. jeez...

[dull dagger]

If I've already done an expedition, do you think it is worth doing again? I am grateful for the content but I am not sure if there's any particular reason to redo expeditions

[proper girder]

I mean they give out materials and useful stuff.

[misty parrot]

You have to craft mexican food

[proper girder]

Not helping.

[dull dagger]

You have to feed them, x > paw print > to the left is creature pellets, select that to throw food on the ground

[fringe agate]

Feed and wait, that's it

[misty parrot]

yeah just takes like 5 secs

[proper girder]

I am.

That's the problem

They're not pooping every time.

I've had it happen like... twice, but I've fed them several times.

[misty parrot]

maybe theres a poop timer? when i was getting eggs. i had like 30 laying around

[proper girder]

Honestly I have no idea...

[cobalt shore]

I have had this too for a while with fauna. I think they're constipated 😑

[dull dagger]

I'd just fly to a different part of the planet to try again, just in case

[cobalt shore]

That gives activated faecium.

[misty parrot]

I was thinking Pure Faecium

or liquid lmao

[dull dagger]

magnetized Faecium?

[cobalt shore]

Ionised faecium

[misty parrot]

s class

[pine relic]

volcanic faecium?

[misty parrot]

and it looks like a resource deposit

[cobalt shore]

Pure activated liquid ionised magnetised faecium.

Poor animals who drop that. And poor us...

[misty parrot]

and u gotta have hazmat gloves and toxic protection

ok i think we milked that one enough

[proper girder]

these creatures are not pooping, for fuck's sake....

[pine relic]

save reload?

[proper girder]

Well, one did, finally x-x definitely longer than when you said like 5 seconds.

Okay, hopefully I'm good to go now

[misty parrot]

imagine trying to poop with Ayaka watching you

and trying to rush you

any tips on 10 ancient bones or meet deep space sentience? my oast two and not in the pin

[pine relic]

planet moga in the rendezvous 5 system for the bones, then use the lure you get from that milestone to summon the sentience in space

[misty parrot]

Thanks so m,much!

[proper girder]

And there we go, expedition over \o/

I think I'll take a bit of a break, then perhaps do some other stuff.

[plucky gale]

any tips on finding a swamp planet?

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

• Swamp: Harote (R4 system)

also in the pins in here (check 'em out, lots of good stuff)

[plucky gale]

i was looking at the pins for like 30 mins

how didnt i get the swamp one?

i went there

[indigo falcon]

gotta get out of the ship

[ashen shore]

So im stuck at this mission and i cant find it and im in the right system can somebody help me?

[plucky gale]

im pretty sure i did

guess not

[rain estuary]

select a different quest and then jump back to that one, it should refresh the markers

[indigo falcon]

there should be an indicator, if you don't see it, it's world Inhalce VII, look for that

[ashen shore]

Thank you guys

[rain estuary]

how does one get the expeditions tags here on discord?

[ashen shore]

I think its here #roles

[pine relic]

its that purpleish Ancient Ruin marker on that planet in the top middle of your screen

[ashen shore]

Oh thank you

[pine relic]

each rendezvous mission, when you're in the system, will show a marker that indicates what sort of building you're looking for

(that seems to be new to this expedition, probably part of the 4.0 ui improvements)

[ashen shore]

Thx

[indigo falcon]

it's been that way in prev expeditions

[ashen shore]

And i have another question there is a way to play expedition that you didnt played before?

[pine relic]

was it? I guess I never noticed then

[indigo falcon]

seeing a marker with the type, instead of the fancy r marker

you can only play tthe expd currently running

[pine relic]

only when they do reruns, such as the current batch of reruns that will be expeditions 5 to 8. Current one is 5.

[ashen shore]

What number is the titan worm expedition?

[frank galleon]

4: Emergence

[ashen shore]

Oh cmon

[pine relic]

they already did 1 to 4 twice, so they'll probably repeat it again at a later time

[ashen shore]

When expedtion 6 will be? How much time we need to wait for another expedtion after one has ended?

[pine relic]

they'll be back to back. 6 will be in 8ish days I think?

10 days.

[indigo falcon]

!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.

[pine relic]

My game thinks its 8 days for whatever reason

[indigo falcon]

weird

oh maybe 8 days left before you can't start a new one

[patent canyon]

7 days for creating new character/save and 9 days for the already created one.

That was at least 2 hours ago when I was playing.

[indigo falcon]

yep they want you to start an expd at least 48 hours before its end

[pine relic]

which is silly considering it takes about 2 hours to finish this one

[indigo falcon]

it takes you two hours

[ashen shore]

How much time the expedtion takes? I started it like 7 hours ago and im in the third part the next parts will be harder?

[pine relic]

1h 48m, I was rounding up to be fair to the rest of the users :P

[patent canyon]

For me it takes longer but that's due spending time getting better tech.

Otherwise the objectives themselves are easy to be done (aside maybe that one where I have to take photo of a group of creatures, I heard that this one takes forever).

[indigo falcon]

explorers guild might take a little time but it's not hard per se

[patent canyon]

Depends on what missions they do and if some expedition objectives already give bonus relationship with them as rewards.

[patent canyon]

My session says something different.

[pine relic]

well that was when I finished it, a few days ago

[patent canyon]

I see.

[pine relic]

It depends on how much sidetracking you do. Using the guides pinned here it shouldn't take long at all. My first run doing it blind was about 4 hours total.

[patent canyon]

The next parts might not be harder. For example I came to the second stage and did majority of objectives there on one planet.

And one of its objectives I already did during the first stage, before even exiting the first star system, accidentally.

(Maxing relationship with my companion.)

[pine relic]

If the first thing you do when starting an expedition is take a look at all milestones for each phase, and then just beeline to the rendezvous points while trying to do the milestones along the way, they usually go pretty quick. They tend to place rendezvous in planets/systems where you can complete other milestones (not necessarily for the same phase as the rendezvous) so with that strategy expeditions tend to be pretty quick.

For this one the only reason one has to leave the rendezvous systems is the tall eggs milestone, and with the freebie hyperdrive upgrade that you can get in the first rendezvous from one of the milestones, you can just jump directly from rendezvous to rendezvous...

[vale sky]

hi I just bought NMS and I new in this game. Someone who is new like me. Wanna play ?

[patent canyon]

#no-mans-sky

Though you may find maybe interested people to play with you at #nms-lfg-or-trades .

[pine relic]

the proper channel for finding people to play with would be #nms-lfg-or-trades

lfg stands for 'looking for group' :P

[misty parrot]

Beat it!

[indigo falcon]

beat what?

[misty parrot]

the expedition

[indigo falcon]

oh! congrats 🙂

[misty parrot]

maybe beat isnt the right verb

[pine relic]

that's pretty old school, I dig it

[indigo falcon]

could get a server role for it if you want, see #roles

[misty parrot]

only took me 10 hours lmao

a lot of it was me sittting on the toilet tho

[indigo falcon]

um

that might just be tmi

[pine relic]

and possibly reason to see a doctor

[plucky gale]

any tips for the fossils

[indigo falcon]

• Ancient Bones: Moga (R5 system)

[plucky gale]

ggs

5h

[fervent patrol]

what happens if you dont want it to be a standard save lmfao

[plucky gale]

idk

delete it

not much you can do bout it

[fervent patrol]

thats not what i meant

nvm

[plucky gale]

the moment you are done with the expedition

[indigo falcon]

if you don't want to convert it yet

exit the game

[fervent patrol]

ok im just gonna

nevermind

[plucky gale]

oh that was an option?????

[indigo falcon]

I think you can try to load back in and hopefully it just gives you the nag

you might have to force quit it, unclear

[fervent patrol]

yeah see thats what I meant

[plucky gale]

im going back to the save where my ship is fucked up after i beat the game

[fervent patrol]

lemme see

[plucky gale]

is just my main save

i got this A rank fighter at the start and now all my modules broke down due to the game ending being like that

[fervent patrol]

heh

[misty parrot]

it do b e like that sometimes

[weak parcel]

That's not an ending, just a beginning

[plucky gale]

story ending

but yea

still a pain in the ass

[exotic fiber]

ive fallen pretty far behind on the expedition, on account of now's my 4th consecutive day of EXTREME back pain. I gotta go to a walk in clinic today to have it checked out cuz I'm sure it's some sort of actual injury. And if the clinic doesnt work out, then to the ER.
I'm also missing out on the first day of WoW: Dragonflight cuz of this.

[plucky gale]

dont worry the expedition can be done in around 5h

[mental geyser]

I baked a cake, how do I present it to Cronus? It isn’t appearing as an option.

[plucky gale]

go to the anomaly and search for the cronus dude

talk to him

[exotic fiber]

not the way i do it. I'm very inefficient. I take my time and go around and do all sorts of unneccessary stuff. I'm too much in the habit of playing normal mode long-term games.

[plucky gale]

it should give a prompt to let him try it or sum

[weak parcel]

Sorry to hear that, you still have another 10 days, hope you feel better

[mental geyser]

Yes, but the cake isn’t one of the three options

[plucky gale]

what cake did you make

[mental geyser]

Glittering Honey Cake

[plucky gale]

what are all the options

maybe let him consume them and see what happens

[exotic fiber]

when i read a guide about this years ago, if you have a bunch of edible items in your inventory, the game will just "choose" 3 of them to offer to him. You can keep feeding him stuff until there are fewer things/stacks of things, and maybe the cake will fill one of the options slots. Best advice is to store away any edible things elsewhere (ship, frigate) so that cake is guaranteed to be one of only 3 or fewer edible options the game can offer him to choose.

[mental geyser]

2 types of egg and sugar. I gave him an egg

[exotic fiber]

can you put the eggs & sugar & other ingredients on your ship then try again?

[mental geyser]

Ok, I’ll try “hiding” other things.

[exotic fiber]

[mental geyser]

Ok, finally got it to him. He likes it!

[exotic fiber]

does he like it so much that you unlocked the title?

Chef title

[mental geyser]

Not enough, apparently, to pass the milestone 😩 I’ll try again later

[exotic fiber]

i read in that guide (again years ago, so may have changed in the 5 updates since), that even if a food is good enough to "impress" him & garner the title, his reaction to it is still slightly random, so you might have to feed him several for him to like it enough.
Or maybe feed him less good food, then work your way up to the best food, rather than starting off with the best.

[indigo falcon]

hope the news is good and that you recover soon!

[exotic fiber]

thank you!

[indigo falcon]

it can take a few tries, it's prng so have 4-5 foods

[exotic fiber]

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow that there's no way I'll be able to do, so once the office opens I'm calling & rescheduling.

I also have a MASSAGE appointment the day after (I get massage therapy almost every week for my chronic fibromyalgia pain), but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do that. On the one hand it might be what is needed to make me better. But on the other hand, if I have an actual injury, then that might not be doable this week I'll need doctors to diagnose my problem and make that call for me, TODAY.

[indigo falcon]

crossing fingers!

[halcyon kestrel]

What hol up
When the new expd?

[indigo falcon]

there is a rerun happening now

expedition 5 "exobiology" revisited

after it's done 6, 7 and 8 will all go, each for two weeks

[halcyon kestrel]

Ah
Gotta do it once I get back to my home

[misty parrot]

yall watch the brazil game?

[halcyon kestrel]

Wait what about 1,2,3,4?

[indigo falcon]

if we do, we'll talk about it in #off-topic-bond-james-bond 😉

[indigo falcon]

nope. no reruns this year.

[halcyon kestrel]

Dang
No robot dog for now

[indigo falcon]

you can ask other players for an egg, those compaions produce eggs like any other one

[halcyon kestrel]

I did
All of them don't hatch

[indigo falcon]

try again, maybe you got a duped egg

[exotic fiber]

dont they need a specific kind of environment to hatch?

[indigo falcon]

(those often have problems)

[halcyon kestrel]

Well idk anyone with one

[indigo falcon]

#nms-lfg-or-trades is the place to be! just be patient

[halcyon kestrel]

Time to crash the nms stock market

[turbid cedar]

also no golden vector for switch players :(

[lament pine]

This game makes me want to commit unspeakable crimes

[pine relic]

yet

[ashen shore]

Where can i find creatures with eggs im on a mission and it took me hours to find 6 eggs where can i find more?

[haughty forge]

there's some tips in the pins

[pine relic]

such as this one #nms-expedition message

[ashen shore]

So i need to go to that system?

[pine relic]

yes, I've listed the system and planet for each of the types of eggs, and the creatures that give 'em.

[ashen shore]

Oh thank you

Oh my god how am i supoose to find it inside a billion systems that are the same color

[pine relic]

which one?

[ashen shore]

The one i saw in your image

Bunyagile

[pine relic]

for creature and giant eggs, its the rv1 (first rendezvous) system so it should be in your teleport list. From there, after you're done with those, you open your galaxy map and its the closest korvax system, blue if filtering by lifeform, to the rv1 system.

[ashen shore]

I need tall and creature eggs

[pine relic]

yes, creature eggs are in the first rendezvous system, bunyagile, usually shortened to RV1. Tall eggs are in the Prazlich system, that the message above tells you how to find.

the linked post has the planet names

[digital canopy]

Anyone else have the time of day randomly change on expedition planets?

[pine relic]

Nope, nor anywhere else, but if multiplayer is on, I believe it could be a side effect of the host disconnecting / leaving and then someone else becoming host. Time of day is not universal, so conceivably the second host might have the planet on night time while the first host had it on daytime.

[cinder remnant]

It would be great if I didn't crash every 5 minutes in the expedition. -_-

[pine relic]

if you changed any difficulty settings, restore 'em to default, save, reload and see if that fixes it

[patent canyon]

It happens to me generally on multiplayer, when somebody else lands on the planet.

One of the many multiplayer 🐛 s.

(Ambient multiplayer exactly.)

[cinder remnant]

I haven't, It's the first randevous planet. It's been crashing since I landed there before I can reach the randevous point.

[pine relic]

ps4?

[cinder remnant]

Yes

[pine relic]

Ah, a lot of ps4 players have been having crashes, not sure if anyone has found a proper fix yet. Try turning off multiplayer before it crashes, that might help.

if you can, that is... some people were crashing as soon as they loaded in...

[cinder remnant]

I did, even turned off cross platform and made all my settings as anti-social as possible.

[digital canopy]

Maybe disconnect from internet? Iunno, that's a reach.

[pine relic]

if its some uploaded base causing those crashes, that could help

[cinder remnant]

I'll try that, had complex bases disabled in settings last time and didn't work.

[digital canopy]

Hope it works for ya

There may be so many bases that complexity doesn't matter at that point

[cinder remnant]

Still crashed...

Also it was still showing people's base markers while offline. Would it still load any bases?

[pine relic]

pulled-the-cord disconnected? only cached ones

[cinder remnant]

Disabled the PS4 wifi.

[pine relic]

same thing

how much time did you put into that save?

[cinder remnant]

Not too much, I put maybe a couple hours on day 1 and stopped because of crashes which have only gotten worse.

Just deleted to see if anything changes.

[pine relic]

you could try a new save, turning off the wifi right after starting the game, and see if that gets you thru... if that worked then it would be strong evidence that its some base thats causing the problem

which seems likely because I've seen a lot of ps4 users crashing specifically near the first rendezvous

[cinder remnant]

I think we need a setting to disable objects placed by other players.

[pine relic]

yeah, that would be very helpful, particularly for the ps4 players and possibly the switch people when that becomes multiplayer-enabled

[blissful gust]

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[blissful gust]

I did submit a bug that player bases and comm balls ruin expedition exploration

[serene kettle]

I know there's a setting on the Xbox itself that lets you do that, in the Privacy Settings. That's why, when I first started playing the game, I couldn't see other players OR any player created content. I had my security settings too strict. I don't know if there's something similar for the PlayStation consoles, though. If there is, it's probably located someplace similar, in the console privacy settings. Along that same vein, after one of the more recent updates, my game would freeze upon loading into the game. It was apparently because the Starbase I was on was freaking out because of all the player bases in that Star system. I had to go back into privacy setting for the console, re-enable the stricter settings, then load back into the game in order for it to load in properly, so I could then get out of that Star system. Once out of that particular system, though, the game ran fine when I went back and once again reset the security settings to see other players content. It was very weird. Hopefully, that might help point you in a helpful direction to troubleshoot the problem. Good luck.

[digital canopy]

I don't know if this is common knowledge but for visiting the different planetary environments, it seems you don't have to visit the specific one it lists, rather just a planet that exists in the same biome.
i.e. instead of finding an airless planet, you should be able to find any type of dead planet like abandoned, empty, or desolate

[sly pond]

@serene kettle My PS4 has that setting, it's a check box that reads "Connect to Internet" lol

[tender mica]

I've been through dozens of systems so far and not one have had a swamp planet on them. I thought Tropical was a swamp biome, but I guess not.

Any swamp planets around Rendezvous 4?

[brave knot]

@tender mica barrowed from #nms-expedition

[brave knot]

It's in the pins here.

[tender mica]

Ahh, thank you. I should have looked there first. 😅

[blissful gust]

Once I find an abyssal horror, I’ll be finished

[split rune]

If you're having trouble finding one, ||they are somewhat plentiful on the starting planet||

[blissful gust]

I found a planet with water, I was going to build a nautilon, but there was an abyssal horror just waiting 130u away from my landing spot 😄

[split rune]

Nice!

[blissful gust]

2 hours 47 minutes to complete it on PC

The Glittering Honey Cake impressed Cronus every time

[pine relic]

lucky, it took 5 honey cakes for my second run

[static willow]

I did a caramel-encrusted cake and it worked the first time. I guess this is a ymmv milestone

[split rune]

What Cronus finds most appealing is delicious RNG.

[static willow]

Pray to RNGesus every time you feed Cronus. 🙏

so my game just crashed and now it won’t load the expedition save without crashing back to the main Xbox menu. Nice

smh

[pine relic]

well, the materials from the eggs milestone are enough for 15 cakes if going with the honey cake recipe, so the margin for RNG error is pretty wide

[static willow]

Bruh, this sucks

Literally all I had to do was one merchants mission and the final summon

[pine relic]

xbox overheating perhaps?

[static willow]

Explorers, sorry

Negative, I ran into the “can’t interact with anything” bug

and then I quit the game

Now it crashes the game on load

😢

[pine relic]

no difficulty settings changes?

[static willow]

Nope

that’s the third time this expedition that I’ve hit the unable to interact with anything bug though

[pine relic]

I don't think I've ever had that one

might as well fill a report in the meantime, tho

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[static willow]

Really?

Yeah, will do

Has your game been ultra delayed entering the anomaly lately?

yeah, I just tried to load the game three times in a row, and it crushes me back to the Xbox console menu each time. Big sad

[pine relic]

mine? nope, but I'm on pc and usually with mp off so that's not really surprising

[static willow]

I’m going to try loading into a different server and then reloading this one

yeah, PC has the advantage of being able to back up the files

[pine relic]

if that fails try keeping the console off for a few minutes before trying again

[static willow]

it’s a newer series X and I just blew the dust out of it last week 😉

[pine relic]

might be some base or whatever in loading range that's pushing it too much

[static willow]

could be…

I had just warped to a player base that took an excessive amount of time and I was fighting sentinels

[pine relic]

that's usually only a problem with ps4 but who knows

[static willow]

The unable to interact bug seems to occur around the notifications for me, like the reward pop ups for exp or std mission completion ones

Probably what we call a “race condition”

I was able to get out of it once by force popping a milestone reward, then I could get back in my ship.

Well, I’ll go do the

[pine relic]

weird

I mean, while the milestone vignette is playing its pretty normal to not be able to interact with stuff, but it seems that in your case that persists even after it fades out?

[static willow]

yeah, it seems to get locked in the non-interaction state

Pretty sure I saved a few 30 second snaps of it, if I can find them I will submit them with the bug report

[pine relic]

did you try skipping the animation to see if that prevents the bug? tho I'm not sure what the button would be for xbox

[static willow]

I also hit a manual save button yesterday, but no way to access that without loading into the auto save first on console, heh

[pine relic]

if that version has a keymapping menu it should be listed in there somewhere tho

[static willow]

Yeah, no worky

Worked! @pine relic

Dang, I’m so relieved

loading into my survival mode save allowed the exp save to load

Interesting

[pine relic]

nice

[static willow]

it’s definitely prior to the last time I got out of my ship, but it’s close

whew!

I know they’ve been working on the auto saving algorithm

Perhaps there is an internal backup of the backup

Yeah, my fights sentinels missions are not completed. NBD tho, easy to redo that

[pine relic]

there is an internal backup (the previous save of the same type) but it only kicks in if the save is detected as corrupted

[static willow]

I wonder if the three attempts at loading and crashing set a flag

loading into the survival mode save might not have done anything. Lol

[pine relic]

and kinda useless in the case of the 'every minute' autosave

[sterile crypt]

How can i tell if i finished this expedition?

previously, i mean

[static willow]

You would have the items available from the quicksilver merchant

[pine relic]

Check the quicksilver vendor and see if you're missing anything from expedition 5 there.

[sterile crypt]

which ones?

[static willow]

wingpack most conspicuous ig

[pine relic]

it says what expedition the items you're missing come from

[static willow]

But they are labeled

[sterile crypt]

excellent!

I'll go check

[pine relic]

I also wrote up a list of the rewards for someone else, should be here #nms-expedition message

[static willow]

Dreams of the Deep just triggered 😂

[pine relic]

it triggered super early for me

like rv1

[static willow]

I thought you had to complete the main storyline or Pioneer milestone

[icy herald]

me too, it was my first time doing an expedition so it really confused me when that happened. lol. glad to know i wasnt the only one

[pine relic]

normally it triggers during the purge, give or take, or due to the milestone, but I think getting the scuba helmet from one of the expedition milestones was popping it early

or possibly the one that unlocks the nautilon I guess

[coral phoenix]

How can I complete this: Phase 1 objective?

[blissful gust]

Expedition saves have wierd things happening

[pine relic]

mount your freebie companion, sprint forward until it completes

[coral phoenix]

Okay.

[pine relic]

alternately you can wait until you get a beetle in the second rendezvous and do both that one and the one for riding a flying companion at the same time, you don't have to complete them in order.

tho I'd recommend completing that one early for the free pellets which you'll need for various other milestones

[sterile crypt]

@pine relic So I'm missing Expedition 7 (that's good) and Expedition 3 (not so good)

[pine relic]

they're probably gonna do more reruns of 1-4 so I wouldn't worry too much about it

[sterile crypt]

I'm not worried. 🙂

[pine relic]

at least one more time so that the switch players don't complain that they didn't get the opportunity to get those rewards

[coral phoenix]

Already completed that one.
However can't trigget Rendezvous point 1 yet. I'm in planet it is in, close to it but it doesn't trigger at all.

[pine relic]

the marker is for the general area, to find the actual location you need to click on the rendezvous 1 milestone to make it active, then use your visor to locate the actual building, which in that case would be a tall archive building. Alternately, check the pinned messages for coordinates for each rendezvous.

[sterile crypt]

and at least this time, I know to build bases to avoid stupid redoes

[coral phoenix]

Is there a way to see coordinates on foot?

[pine relic]

top right on your visor

[safe tapir]

So this question may be pre-emptive since 07 redux isn't out yet, but I want to ask while it is on my mind. The expedition that gifts you a leviathan living frigate, when you acquire said frigate, will you have choices to determine it's stats like you did for the first one, or will it be random.

[pine relic]

not sure if its random or fixed stats, but no questionnaire for it. Anyway, that particular mission the questions only determine one of its stats.

[safe tapir]

Right right, I guess I should be asking, for it's primary function, combat, industry, exploration, trade or fuel is what I meant to ask.

[polar sage]

PS4 keeps crashing at Rendezvous 1. Multiplayer is off. Any other settings I can fiddle with?

[safe tapir]

Ooo it seems pretty balanced.

[pine relic]

not sure if its the same stats for everyone, but from what I recall those were consistent for me across different saves

[safe tapir]

Thx mate. This will help me with my planning moving forward.

[young sparrow]

How do I get the stuff from the expedition to my normal save?

Also, I’m almost done with the expedition just have to do three more explorers quests!

[pine relic]

The end of phase rewards can be claimed at the anomaly, from the quicksilver vendor, once per save in every existing and future save. Regular milestone rewards are not account wide.

[coral phoenix]

To play with my friend together in expedition, do we both need to enable multiplayer?

[split rune]

And add each other via NMS friend code or Steam friend, yes

[coral phoenix]

Alright.

[coral phoenix]

How he can join me btw?

[split rune]

Once you have exchanged friend codes, easiest way is for you to be in-game, have him save & "quit to mode select", then choose Multiplayer and join your session

[static willow]

Got it done.! Woo

[hazy cypress]

Nope. Some say return the settings to what they were at from the get go by HG. But tbh I haven't found a solution. I was having issues crashing every 2 minutes

[formal thunder]

Hey! Anyone have the cake one done? What do you do with all of the cakes that Cronus rewards you?

[south dune]

Sell or give more to him! Not needed for any other steps

[digital canopy]

Any recommendations for getting salvaged frigate modules on expeditions? Seems space station missions don't reward them and making millions can take time

Just want a few freighter basics

[tough slate]

I had the same issue. If you're close enough to Rendezvous 1, keep multiplayer off, go to Rendezvous 1 and leave the planet.

I'd advise making a manual save with a Save Point as well, just in case.

Whenever it crashes, you'll notice your multiplayer on-planet* position is actually saved.

I haven't had any crashes (yet) after leaving that planet.

Definitely not a fix, but something to try if nothing else works.

[indigo falcon]

frigate missions sometimes bring them in; otherwise there is piracy (shooting cargo pods attached to freighters, preferred in outlaw systems where the sentinels won't come after you). you can hover over the cargo pods to see what is in them.

[indigo falcon]

if you have changed difficulty settings I would suggest to change them back, make sure multiplayer is off, save-exit-reload, see if things are better that way. we have had some reports of this "fixing" the problem.

[indigo falcon]

if you're looking for a planet with 13 fauna, ...

• 13 or more fauna: Onezza 66/U3 (R4 system)

[wraith venture]

They mentioned it's at Rendezvous 4. So you'll eventually get there as you do the other milestones

!coords 105EFF2EE65E 3001FF2EE65F

[unkempt kraken]

0E5D:007E:0AED:005E // planet 1

105EFF2EE65E
X:1630, Y:-1, Z:750, SSI:94
Distance from galactic core: 717708 ly

0E5E:007E:0AED:0001 // planet 3

3001FF2EE65F
X:1631, Y:-1, Z:750, SSI:1
Distance from 0E5D:007E:0AED:005E: 400 ly
Distance from galactic core: 718071 ly

[wraith venture]

That should be the distance between those 2 systems (if I didn't mess up the coordinates given in !Faq-ExpGlyphs which is also pinned)

[indigo falcon]

just go on the route, do the rendesvous stuff in order, when you get to 4 it will trigger that milestone automatically

[tough slate]

Ah, thanks. It must've been the "save-exit-reload" that did the trick for me then.
My difficulty settings are default and multiplayer is already off.

[fringe agate]

Blighted, Leviathan, Polestar

[indigo falcon]

5-8 basically

Harote at R4 system has water

Tetrias Alpha, same system, also has water

[ashen shore]

How can i travel to r1 if im in r3?

[hot blade]

Space Station Teleporter

[ashen shore]

Thx

[indigo falcon]

I don't remember the color of the water ther etbh

I would just go explore and see if you like them

[neat latch]

You don’t necessarily need to be on the same system path as game has chosen for you. Wiggle around a little (not too far) to find a system that has “water” in the naming convention. There’s a possibility to find planets with water in such system. I think.

[indigo falcon]

anyways both of those have underwater fauna so you can do things there if you like

if you're looking for abyssal horrors, there are bases, and the planets/coords for them, pinned in here, even if the bases don't show up you can always go to those planets and just check around in the water

[ashen shore]

Im in bunyagile what planet i need to pick for eggs?

[fringe agate]

Cutumus and sasa have diplos

[ashen shore]

I need tall and creature

[fringe agate]

#nms-expedition message

Pinned also

[ashen shore]

Thx

[fringe agate]

No problem

[exotic fiber]

remind me what planet the 3rd rendezvous point was on? I'm past that point but I have a reason to go back to it, but I cant identify it by going back through my list of discoveries

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

the list of all system names and planets is pinned in here btw

[ashen shore]

In the expedtion the glyphs for the portal are built in? Or i need to collect them again

[pine relic]

for this expedition you need to collect 'em, but there's no need for them since everything is very close together. Only a factor if you decide to keep playing the save.

[ashen shore]

Wdym close in every galaxy there is a lost traveler?

In the expedtion

[pine relic]

no, I mean that all expedition objectives are at maximum one warp away from each other with the starting ship (and the free S class upgrade installed) so there's no milestone that would absolutely need glyphs.

after completing the expedition and converting to normal mode, you also get the story quests started, so you can also get glyphs from the story after you're done, in case you decide to continue playing the save.

[ashen shore]

Oh

And there is a planet in bunyagile that has tall eggs?

[pine relic]

in a korvax system 24ly away from bunyagile, details are here: #nms-expedition message

[ashen shore]

Wow its that close

[pine relic]

yep, almost on top of each other

[ashen shore]

Yayy i found it

Thank you for all of your help without you i would never complete this mission

And the expediton in general

[pine relic]

that's what we're here for

[exotic fiber]

i just realized that not every animal that is fed, poops. "Digestive Analysis" is gonna take a long time to get.

[formal thunder]

Thank you 💗

[pine relic]

Just toss pellets at a large group of animals and it'll be done relatively quickly. Took me like 5 minutes at the first rendezvous planet.

[indigo falcon]

note that you can feed a group, wait for them to poop, collect the poop, feed them again to get them to poop more, etc

no need to go off and find another group somewhere else

[neat latch]

And while they are happily eating and pooping, you can also take a screenshot! :3

[exotic fiber]

earlier I landed on a planet right by a herd of animals so I fed like 10, waited around for between 5 & 10 minutes, and not a single drop of dung... dropped.

[indigo falcon]

might toss another pellet then

I would not wait 5 minutes, not even 2

[exotic fiber]

Also in a past version of the game you could just drop pellets on the ground and up to 5 nearby creatures would come up and eat from the pile. Is there still a way to do that? Or is manually feeding each creature directly, one at a time, the only way to do it now?

[indigo falcon]

not doing the business? toss a second pellet, one minute max

yes, that's the way

toss into their midst, do not feed one at a time

feed one at a time will not get it done.

[exotic fiber]

on PC how exactly do I do that?

[pine relic]

use the quick menu - paw icon - pellet icon to throw 'em

[indigo falcon]

much better pellet to poop ratio 😄

[pine relic]

also works to attract creatures in a large radius, for the 'feed 8' and 'take picture of 10' milestones

[ashen shore]

how to find that swamp planet? usually its so easy but now im searching for hours

[indigo falcon]

• Swamp: Harote (R4 system)

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

and it's pinned in here too

(don't forget to check the pins in here generally, the nov ones, lots of good info)

[ashen shore]

how do i go back the resv 4 when im already close to 5?

[pine relic]

use a teleporter at any station?

[ashen shore]

but i didnt set a base or any?

[pine relic]

you can teleport from station to station, no need for a base

[coral phoenix]

How can I drop pellets in PC?

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

if you went to a space station and you haven't been to 70 yet (30 on switch) they will be in the list at any teleporter

[ashen shore]

i was traveling to the point 5 so i visit every station on my way to upgrade cargo

uhhh

[coral phoenix]

Ty.

[indigo falcon]

sounds perfect, just make a note where you are now before leaving

so you can zip back here when done

[pine relic]

pc only tip: you can assign a number key to toss 'em (or to do any quick menu action) by selecting it and pressing control + number. Then you can just press the assigned number and it'll do the thing without having to navigate the quick menu.

I usually have 4 set to toggle between first person and third person camera for example

[ashen shore]

i did, but do u know the station name of point 4?

[pine relic]

station name is always the same as system name plus a random word like hub or sphere

[ashen shore]

oh nvm i got it.. the stations would randomly refresh in the teleporter

hella weird

took me 3 trys to click fast enough on it

[ashen shore]

thanks, just couldn´t see it coz of a display bug ig

[indigo falcon]

weird, glad you got it though

[polar sage]

Thanks, but I can't approach Rendezvous 1 (even with multiplayer off) without a crash.

[indigo falcon]

have you by an y chance changed your difficulty settings?

[ashen shore]

finally getting close only 4 "quests" left, so what are they talking abt in the deep sea horror? i dont really understand the quest

this one

[indigo falcon]

the abyssal horror is an underwater thing that is at fixed locations, not swimming around. when you get close it fixes on you with its single giant eye and starts to pull you in. you must spam the interaction key at that time to escape it

then you get the milestone

https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Abyssal_Horror_(stationary)

[ashen shore]

ohhh ok thanks, can i find it in any planet underwater?

[indigo falcon]

these will have a red exclamation mark when you are in the water or near the edge

like hazardous flora do

and yes, any planet with water

[ashen shore]

thanks!

[coral phoenix]

Bliss what is this process for? Which objective in which phase?

[pine relic]

the one for baking cakes, phase 3. Might as well do 15-16 cakes, since there's also a milestone for feeding cronus right after that one, and its not guaranteed that cronus will like the first cake.

[indigo falcon]

plus you can get yummy yummy nanites for them all so why not

[patent canyon]

I just finished a 💩 objective of searching 20 💩 .

Also somehow I managed to do the photo objective of 10 creatures, but I had to find the right position for the camera, as they were in distance.

[coral phoenix]

Oh? Nice.

Also do you know where can I get beetle companion?

[indigo falcon]

• Beetles: Retliebe (R2 system and world)

[coral phoenix]

R2 system?

[indigo falcon]

it's in the r2 system, that planet is the r2 planet too

rendezbous 2

[coral phoenix]

Ah okay.

Also it says take photo of 10 ground creatures, I assume I use photo feature in quick menu?

But do I need to take photo of 10 different ground creature?

[indigo falcon]

take pic using the game control and not the platform one to get the pic.

[pine relic]

group of 10

[indigo falcon]

10 at once all in the frame

[coral phoenix]

How can I gather that much in one place?

Throw pellets all around?

[indigo falcon]

toss a pellet in the middle of a group

[pine relic]

that helps, but some planets can have that many spawned naturally in one big group

[indigo falcon]

wait for any creatures nearby to show up

[pine relic]

plus you can zoom out the picture

[indigo falcon]

walk with the group a little (they will follow) to where others are a llittle away that may not have come over

toss another pellet if the green circle and cross disappears from the critters

etc

[patent canyon]

That was so far probably the most challenging mission objective for me.

Oh and while you are feeding the creatures, I recommend you to search as much 💩 as you can... As it's one of the later objectives.

[coral phoenix]

Finally I did it but my friend is trying to do it now lol.
He finally did it too.

[patent canyon]

Gj... But there are maybe other challenging objectives.

Like getting 200 000 💰 from one creature discovery. (That must mean some super rare creature.)

[pine relic]

not really, with 3 S class scanner upgrades with a bonus to fauna, about half the creatures will be worth 200k+

and you get 2 S class scanner upgrades from milestones (not guaranteed that they're gonna have a fauna bonus tho).

Second rendezvous station sells more upgrades if needed.

[remote thunder]

a player could restore point before installing the s-class mod, install it, and if proc gen didn't roll +% fauna stat, then just reload restore point, package a MT tech and install it again, installing the s-class mod after to get different stats

[pine relic]

yeah its pretty cheap to reroll in this version

[indigo falcon]

yep, they have to have asked us before installing the two freebies for that to work for those though. (will stil work for the one from the space station)

[remote thunder]

haven't checked if there's packageable tech in the default layout though

visor should be packageable

[indigo falcon]

I think I got screenshots but forgot to look

[pine relic]

could always repackage one of the scanner mods

anyway it should work even if using suit/ship mods to reroll the scanner ones

[remote thunder]

no, that would not work, with pre 4.0 rules, and i have not tested this ofc post 4.0, because it would make no sense

bumping exosuit seed does not, should/would not bump MT seed used for proc gen

[ashen shore]

is there a fast way to Rendezvous 5? or just just do 50 jumps or something like that?

[remote thunder]

have you been there before? did you visit the station?

[ashen shore]

no, i only was close to it but was going back for the swamp planet

i dont know how close

[indigo falcon]

did you go to r4 station? you could teleport there and then it's not gonna be 50 warps

[ashen shore]

no but ill try

[indigo falcon]

hm well which space stations on the route did you go to?

[ashen shore]

im still at r4 station

[indigo falcon]

oh\well it's not 50 jumps from r4

just follow the path

[ashen shore]

last one

that was the system before i went back to r4

oh now i remember i fucked it up coz i went to highlights yesterday night half asleep lmao

its just 1 jump for me from r4 to r5

[pine relic]

yep, every rendezvous is 1 jump away from the next, at least with the one freebie hyperdrive upgrade.

[ashen shore]

some of the communication stations at r5 are hella funny lmao

"we are all tall eggs"

[coral phoenix]

For Mad Science objective, do I need to fully modify companion egg?

[pine relic]

nope, any modification is enough.

[haughty forge]

CRONUS EAT MY F'IN CAKE! EAT IT!

[arctic perch]

I know riiiiiight? lol

[floral sapphire]

am i the only one loosing ingredients ? theyre disappearing from the food processor

[formal thunder]

I didn't, I only put two modifications and it completed the objective

[pine relic]

are you leaving the ingredients in the processor interface and then leaving the area?

[floral sapphire]

nope, i was standing in front of it. some just disappeared in the interface as well

i thought goddamn the fauna is hungry lol

[pine relic]

normally its safe as long as you're near the thing, refiners have that problem too

[floral sapphire]

it only made my sweetened butter disappear, i reloaded my last save so got it back but oh well xd hoping it wont happen again

[coral phoenix]

What is the easy way to find abyssal horror btw?

[pine relic]

its in the pinned messages, #nms-expedition message

if the base isn't in your teleport list just head to the planet and then the coordinates, both the ones that I contributed are close to the shore so no nautilon needed.

[coral phoenix]

Thank you!

[pine relic]

keep in mind that the milestone is for letting it suck you in, and then breaking free by spamming E (or console equivalent). Don't kill it before that, and killing it isn't necessary at all.

[haughty forge]

i'm assuming this doesn't work for the chompy abyssal horrors, just the eyeball ones, right?

[pine relic]

yep, gotta be the eyeballers

[haughty forge]

yeah, i tried to get one through the alluring specimen and nearly pooped myself when the bitey fish came out

[indigo falcon]

😄

[wise fable]

So ive sent my fleets through each of the expeditions, it says they get new ones each day but its been longer than 24hrs, do I need to warp systems?

[pine relic]

wrong place to ask, since this is for the expedition game mode, not for frigate expeditions, but no. Every day, at a specific time, the frigate expedition list refreshes. Its not 24 hours after they were finished.

most likely the list refreshed while you were sending 'em out and you didn't notice

[indigo falcon]

you get new ones every 24 hours, I think (not sure) they might reset at 00.00 utc

when they come back and you debrfief them, see if you have a new set of 5 missions or not

you must debrief them first

[pine relic]

I know its a fixed time that is not the same as the time when we get new quicksilver dailies, but I don't remember what time it is lol

[indigo falcon]

same, I just know that every morning for me there are new ones

[wise fable]

Alright thank you!

[pine relic]

midnight utc sounds like its in the right ballpark I guess... expeditions refresh around 10pm in my local time and quicksilver its 8am or so

from what I recall, its been a while since I actually paid attention to either thing lol

[warped haven]

What things does Cronus get inpressed by

[pine relic]

rng

you could feed cronus processed meat and eventually it would be the best processed meat they had in their life

but since the expedition gives you enough material for 15 cakes for free, and has a milestone for baking cakes, you might as well use those first.

[patent canyon]

I saw that goal, I think in stage 3 or 4? Where the exobiologist traveller turns into a chef.

[warped haven]

What is the easiest way to get the valuable data one done

[crystal mortar]

After we complete the final milestone of the Expedition, does it convert to a normal save automatically or can we decline?

I finished this one the first time, but I'm doing it again and I want to stay in Expedition mode to keep helping friends with the redux.

[ashen shore]

I think the game shows a prompt to convert when you're done

So you should be still in expedition mode as long as you don't accept that?

[worldly cargo]

weird doing these expeditions with the new inventory

[pine relic]

except the prompt doesn't have any other buttons other than 'accept'

[ashen shore]

Ah shit, apologies then

[pine relic]

can't even esc out of it lol

[worldly cargo]

I got the quicksilver bot visage on this run

loving it

[pine relic]

switch version?

[worldly cargo]

nah pc

[pine relic]

apparently the switch version is pretty limited in quicksilver acquisition at the moment

[worldly cargo]

yeah I might do the expeditions twice, I'll do them on switch after I finish the ones I didn't complete on pc

I just started the expedition with the quicksilver bot head

super lucky

[pine relic]

oh... interesting

[ashen shore]

Yeah apparently your player name defines the seed your player character and starship are generated from

So if you don't change your player name, you will start the next expedition with the same preset

[pine relic]

pet seems to be random tho, in both my runs the starter pet was different

[worldly cargo]

that's interesting, I must have a good name because most expeditions I get a good roll for the head and the jetpack trail

unless the jetpack trail is always the same

[fringe agate]

I've been a different character every expedition, no name change

[ashen shore]

/* does not apply to higher beings such as Gleam

[fringe agate]

Ship name has been the same

The Skylark of Jeopardy

[worldly cargo]

what is the Skylark of Jeopardy

must be in the form of a question

[fringe agate]

Lol

[ashen shore]

Prolly not the source of my claim but it was mentioned in help channel

#nms-questions message

[fringe agate]

Red is a McGek every expedition

[worldly cargo]

oh geez

the McGek

[ashen shore]

Somewhere out there may be a player who rolls a Codegek every time

shudders

[fringe agate]

Lol

[worldly cargo]

which one is that?

I love how the vibe of this game can be changed drastically depending on what music you have on

[fringe agate]

[worldly cargo]

oh

lol

[ashen shore]

#no-mans-sky message

[worldly cargo]

is it a reference to code who used to be a mod?

[ashen shore]

Yup. Without going too much off topic I made a bet, I lost the bet, I had to turn into a Gek character designed by Code

I kept this form till next content update and Code played along

[worldly cargo]

haha right on

[warped haven]

What is the easiest way to get the valuable data one done

[slate drum]

When expedition 6 will start?

[merry zealot]

Dec 8th. The schedule is a pinned part in this channel
#nms-expedition message

[slate drum]

Thanks

[fathom schooner]

Really?

Hmm

I spawned as a gel during Leviathan and as a traveler for polestar and exobiology

My ship's have been a solar then haulers.

A rainbow trail on Leviathan and antimatter for the rest

Hmm I should try to switch back to the character i was given during the expedition

[pine relic]

Using 3 S class scanner upgrades, all of them containing a bonus to Fauna, then just scanning random creatures. Shouldn't take long. You're given 2 free s scanner upgrades from milestones, and you can buy more at the second rendezvous station. Save and reload refreshes the shop.

[polar sage]

not in this file, no

[digital idol]

What type of planet usually has beetles i need one for the expidiotn

[fathom schooner]

How do I get a pic of 10 ground creatures

[digital idol]

throw creature pellets on the ground and get a ton nearby

you can do it by clicking the companion tab then creature pellets

[fathom schooner]

I been doing that

Only managed 7 or 8 creatures

[digital idol]

walk around and keep getting more

they should follow if you just fed them

or try a planet with more animals around

[fathom schooner]

Finally got it

Had to zoom out to the max with the right angle

[pine relic]

Second rendezvous planet has two types of beetles

[digital idol]

thank you 🙏

[high hedge]

I hope they redux the earlier expeditions too! I NEED MAH WORMS

[digital idol]

SAMEE

[patent canyon]

I am now looking for the eggs and I can't find any creatures giving tall eggs.

I thought that I could skip this objective, but I have found that I am not getting Nutrient processor until doing this one.

[boreal violet]

Can anyone help please, I need to go back to rendezvous 3 but I cannot remember the system name

The game is telling me to go to a planet there to collect the rare and tall eggs

But as I already visited the tag is now unavailable

[south dune]

From the pins:

egg location is also pinned, they’re not in rendezvous systems but there’s a place in Prazlich(?) very close to Bunyagile (R 1 or 2 I think)

[boreal violet]

Big tnx

[pine relic]

also, #nms-expedition message

[unique glen]

Is there a way to look up a planet or system and find it on the map? I’m looking at the galaxy map reference, but I can’t find where I’m looking for. This is the first time I’m doing expeditions (hunting for eggs)

[pine relic]

I'm guessing its from my post? #nms-expedition message

[unique glen]

@pine relic yes. Sorry, I still have trouble navigating the galaxy map.

[pine relic]

While in bunyagile, open the galaxy map, filter by 'lifeform', and look for the closest korvax (blue) system, which should be 24ly away

[unique glen]

I only started playing 3 days ago. I’m trying to hurry and complete this before time runs out, only got 8 days left. @pine relic I don’t think I’m in bunyagile anymore.

[pine relic]

Use a station teleporter to teleport back to it, then after you're done with the eggs teleport back to wherever you are.

[unique glen]

I’m just gradually completing the milestones as fast as I can. Lol wherever I end up, I try not to get lost!

Might be a stupid question, @pine relic but is “Bunyagile” the name of the solar (or is it star) system? Do we all play in the same galaxy?

[pine relic]

Yes, that's the name of the star system. We all play in the same galaxy. You visited it at some point because its the first rendezvous, so as long as you visited the space station there, it should be in your teleporter list. If you didn't, then you can locate it by opening your discovery menu, finding it in your list of discoveries, and then middle click while hovering over its name in the list on the left. If you're on console, the keybind to make a waypoint should be listed in the tooltip when you hover over it.

[unique glen]

I’m in that star system now 🙂 just trying to find out where to go next. I already have giant eggs so far (I’m on PS4)

[pine relic]

Alright. Now open the galaxy map, press down arrow key (or console equivalent) until the filter is set to lifeform, and look around that star system for a blue one really close nearby. If its called prazlich, go there for the tall eggs (planet name is listed in the original post). You can use the 24ly distance to measure if you're looking too close or too far.

[unique glen]

Found it!!! 👏😁

[pine relic]

And that's the basics of galaxy map navigation :P

[unique glen]

@pine relic I can’t thank you enough. People on this Discord are so helpful and nice 🙂

[pine relic]

You can get both giant (which you already have) and creature eggs from one of the planets in bunyagile (also listed in the post) so after you get the tall eggs done, use a station teleporter to go back to bunyagile to get those done, and there you go.

[unique glen]

I don’t know how you guys figure all this out! lol
This game is amazing, but I get stuck constantly and also intimidated. 😵‍💫😂

[pine relic]

to be fair there are a bunch of planets with suitable creatures for giant and creature eggs along the expedition route, but I only wrote down that one since it was conveniently close to the tall eggs location.

[pine relic]

Pretty normal to be a little lost when you're new to the game. Give it a couple thousand hours of playtime and you'll be doing all this stuff blindfolded.

[fervent patrol]

Normandy on the wiki mentions "Versions of this ship can be earned in Expedition gameplay."
Does this mean that during the original Expedition, you obtains more than one Normandy Frigate over the course of the Expedition?

[boreal violet]

Prazlich has a frozen planet, poisonous planet, decaying nuclear planet, columned planet & a parched planet.

Will explore them in the morning

[pine relic]

nope, you just see the normandy a lot during the expedition

[fervent patrol]

oh well during the expedition could you gain multiple Normandyes?

[pine relic]

nope, just the one

[fervent patrol]

There's a friend who save editted to get a full fleet of Normandies

I thought it was funny

i was wondering if it was ever possible to do it legit

[pine relic]

but they were showing off their new 'frigates in atmosphere' feature with that particular expedition

kind of mini-expedition I guess... it was like an hour long tops

[south dune]

Cakieves Yoko is the one w tall eggs fyi!

[boreal violet]

Tnx

[pine relic]

not that I'm aware of. Regardless of it being the expedition save or not, you could only claim once.

[warm frigate]

I’m in the right system but rondevous 3 won’t show up bruhhhhhh

[pine relic]

are you sure? its a purpleish ruin icon while you're in the system

either way, coordinates and planet names are in the pins

also, make sure that you clicked the rendezvous milestone to make it active otherwise the marker doesn't appear

[unique glen]

Hi, @pine relic sorry I had to save my game and sign off. I can’t remember where I’m supposed to go and the map is a little confusing. I’m in Prazlich, so which planet should I land on for creature eggs? I couldn’t find the name of this system in the guide provided.

[pine relic]

Tall eggs: System Prazlich, Planet Cakieves Yoko, tall two legged creature.
Creature eggs: System Bunyagile, Planet Cutumus Sigma, large short necked four legged lizard.

[unique glen]

@pine relic TYSM!

[warm frigate]

Wait but like… how to I get to those

[pine relic]

those what, eggs? feed creature, interact with creature while its full, harvest eggs option.

[warm frigate]

No bruh those systems and planets

Are they just near the rondevous 3

[pine relic]

bunyagile is rendezvous 1, prazlich is 24ly away from bunyagile, see here (and in the pinned messages) #nms-expedition message

[verbal ocean]

Finally completed Exobiology!!

[warm frigate]

I definitely see why a lot of people really don’t like exobiology.

[pine relic]

redux was fine, the original was really grindy.

[unique glen]

I’m still a noob with discord, too. lol
How do I find the “pins” for help with expeditions? I’m now looking for an airless, unusual and swamp planet.

[pine relic]

On desktop version, pin icon on top of the chat window

mobile you need to swipe to show the user list and its on top of that, I think

[unique glen]

@pine relic thank you again!!! You’re my hero 🙂

[pine relic]

for that milestone you want this one: #nms-expedition message

all in rendezvous systems.

(rv1 = rendezvous 1, etc)

in fact the only thing that requires you to leave the expedition 'path' is tall eggs. Everything else can be done within rendezvous systems.

[unique glen]

I’m don’t quite understand this guide. Are all these planets in the same system, “Biome”?

[pine relic]

In that table, 'type' is what the milestone tooltip calls it, system name is the system name, planet name is the planet name, and biome description is what the planet is described as when you scan it from space

[unique glen]

Oh, ok. I don’t know what the RVs stand for.

[pine relic]

rendezvous

[unique glen]

Oh!

[unique glen]

This is how it looks on my phone. Is that why I’m confused? Are these supposed to be in columns?

[pine relic]

oh wow, that looks really off on mobile

[unique glen]

Lol yeah. I’ll check it on my PC instead. 😂

[pine relic]

here

[unique glen]

Aww bless you, Bliss!

That’s MUCH better lol

[wraith venture]

nice! i really wish colored text worked on mobile

[pine relic]

I basically never use discord on mobile because I'm a tad enthusiastic about multi monitor setups so...

had five at one point

[south dune]

oh the text is colored on PC? dang. wish mobile had colored text, that looks great

[pine relic]

that's fairly minor, compared to the issue of the table being all out of alignment...

[south dune]

True lol, mobile formatting in general is so bad sometimes

[unique glen]

I keep running out of room to store stuff. I’m getting expedition awards I don’t know if they’re worth a damn, like fireworks, etc. and I can’t find merchants to buy some of the crap I don’t think I need. Advice? I’ve attempted to buy more slots at a station for my suit, but it’s like the suit upgrade machine doesn’t work.

[pine relic]

you can only upgrade the suit twice per system (not counting drop pods), once at the station and once at the anomaly.

[unique glen]

Oh ok. Someone made a gold mining farm on a wicked planet, and I have over 6 million units after selling the gold. Bless whoever that was! But I wish I could sell some of this stuff, but I don’t know what I should keep. Like if it’ll help me in the long run or just for certain milestones

[pine relic]

of course, if you're carrying some suit slot upgrades from completing milestones, THEN you can apply those at either machine AFTER you've bought the one slot with units

did you get your free freighter yet?

[unique glen]

Should I just discard the stuff like fireworks? I mean, they’re cool, but if I can’t keep them after this expedition is over, they’re just a waste of space, yeah? Same with the unhatched eggs?

…..free freighter?! I guess not!!! Wth?

[pine relic]

well, if at some point you found a freighter being attacked by pirates when you warped into a system, that was it lol

[unique glen]

😦 I…think I missed that. But yeah, I did save them. I don’t remember what it was called or if I even ported to it.

[pine relic]

you can build some cargo boxes at your freighter base as soon as you get one, and thats like... 300 extra slots if you build all 10, I think.

[unique glen]

Omg…why didn’t the game tell me?! I don’t remember where it is 😭

It couldn’t give me a hint?

Nothing in the log, either.

[pine relic]

at the time it started making a beeping noise for you to answer your ships comms, after you save it from the pirates, and if you answered that it would put a marker to where you're supposed to land on the freighter, and then on the captain where you claim it lol

[unique glen]

(Sigh) I remember talking to someone, they said I was welcome or something, I may have landed there, but I don’t remember. I guess I’m SOL. I’ve been rushing through this shit because I only have a few days left.

[pine relic]

anyway, go in first person mode while in space (so you can see the radar) and look for purple rectangle markers on it... those are freighters. Try landing on one, find the captain at the bridge, and then try to buy it.

[pine relic]

A few days should be plenty... my first run before anyone had written any coordinates or guides or anything took like 4 hours lol

[unique glen]

Holy crap you finished everything in 4 hours?! The entire thing?

[pine relic]

second one was 1h 48m :P

[unique glen]

Show off. lol I’ve been working on this for about 8 hours, I’m only (almost) completing phase 3

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[unique glen]

This is my first time ever doing this, and I only started playing this game a couple days ago, though. lol

Man, I hope I can find that freighter. Who the hell knows where it was. I don’t want to waste time looking for it, though. God, why can’t the game just tell me a little more? 😖

[pine relic]

Any freighter will do, doesn't have to be that one. It won't be there anyway because you already left the system, which is basically declining the offer :P

[unique glen]

I’ve had to use Google, Reddit, and Discord constantly just to figure out what to do. I mean I love it, but I get lost so damn much.

Lol dammit!!! 😭

Thanks for telling me, though. I just wish I could unload some of this crap. I can’t build a storage box for a base, can’t add slots and there’s stuff none of these bases will buy. I guess I’m just gonna keep having to discard

[pine relic]

just go in first person mode in space, so you can see the radar, and then head towards any blue-purpleish rectangles, those will be freighters. Find the landing area on one of those, find the captain, and try to buy it. If you have plenty of money it shouldn't be a problem. :P

its not like you need money for anything in this expedition

[unique glen]

Is 6 million units enough? I have 8,000 nanites, too! But haven’t found a use to spend them on. lol Wish my main save could keep them.

[pine relic]

All I've bought was 500 uranium and 500 pyrite to keep the ship fueled lol

[digital idol]

first one for me was free

[unique glen]

@digital idol yeah, I goofed it. Flew away and “declined” the offer I didn’t even know was there. (facepalm)

[digital idol]

Lmao

[unique glen]

Ok, thanks again. Off I go.

@digital idol Shaddup! Don’t laugh at me!!! 😭😭😭 Lol

I’m such a dummy. I’ll learn, though. lol

[pine relic]

Also, you'll get a freighter rescue battle every 5 warps + 3 hours of played time, so if you have a bunch of warps already, you could just go back and forth between two systems until a battle pops up... first accepted rescue is always free.

[unique glen]

@pine relic GREAT to know. Thank you again! I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Too bad I’M BLIND! My god, I can barely see any of these itsy bitsy little icons. lol

[pine relic]

Sounds like you're past the 3 hour mark already so its just a matter of warping.

[unique glen]

I’m like Mr. Magoo in space. lol

[pine relic]

Keep in mind that warping = travelling between systems using the galaxy map. Not to be confused with pulsing, which is going fast within the system. :P

[unique glen]

Dammit. I wanna stay up and keep playing, but I gotta work tomorrow. Pooo

@pine relic Thank you so much. You’ve been wonderful, sir. 👊😎

[pine relic]

np

[ashen shore]

👍

[lusty slate]

@unique glen If it's any comfort, you don't necessarily need a freighter to complete this expedition. It just gives you extra storage options. I completed it without one. Just sell off excess things you don't need.

Just make sure you don't need them for a milestone first. Example: the eggs, flour, deep space lure, etc.

[ashen shore]

😋

[livid pendant]

wasn't the last rendezvous supposed to show you the way on the galaxy map?

[pine relic]

the way to what?

[livid pendant]

to the system, managed to make it show up, but wasn't from the 4 to 5

[pine relic]

depends on what you've set on the galaxy map. You can switch what path its showing with left/right arrow keys (or console equivalent). It also helps to click on the rendezvous milestone to make it active, otherwise the icon to the planet while in the system won't show up.

[warped haven]

Finally I finished it

[median ember]

How many days left in exobiology

[pine relic]

!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.

[median ember]

👍

[zenith summit]

How do you aquire the terrain manipulator on the expedition. Not found on the Anomoly

[wraith shuttle]

For the life of me I can't find the tall and giant eggs.

[burnt needle]

Giant eggs are from creatures on the 3rd rendezvous planet.

I'm having trouble with the other 2 types.

[zenith summit]

tall and giant were the easy ones to find 😄

[south dune]

Helpful info in the pins for finding each type of egg :)) would have taken me a lot longer without Bliss’s info here:

[burnt needle]

Thanks a ton for relaying the info.

Now for an airless planet.

Anyone able to help with that?

[south dune]

@burnt needle sorry for the tag, here’s this!

[median ember]

I think if you look for rusted metal it will locate one for you. 🤔

Although you don't need to go anywhere other than expedition planets... usually everything is within the systems...may need to go back and forth though.

[wraith shuttle]

So which system and planet is rendezvous 3?

[south dune]

Ogaets XII system, Inhalce VII planet

Should be a marker when you’re in the system

[wraith shuttle]

Thx i think I forgot to get the eggs there since they aren't showing up at the next location

[burnt needle]

Tame the beetle for the beetle quest and then ride the beetle.

I found one in one of the rendezvous systems. I think in the 2nd one. Someone made a base literally called "Beetle Pet" pr something like that.

I'm finally about to be finished.

[spark plover]

What planet has 13 fauna and where do you meet a deep-space sentience at?

[pine relic]

rendezvous 4, and you meet anywhere in space after summoning it with the lure you get from the ancient bones milestone

[spark plover]

Ty

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

folks, there's lots of good info in the pins here, please do check them out. where to find various planets, the kinds of eggs, abyssal horrors... have a look!

[fringe agate]

I deleted my expedition save

After reaching the ship

Cant be having asymmetry

[indigo falcon]

good luck with that

just go to the anomaly and swap it in for your golden vector as soon as you can 😛

[fringe agate]

Ew no

I don't fly that thing

[indigo falcon]

it's symmetrical

[fringe agate]

But it's gold

[indigo falcon]

just can't please some people

[fringe agate]

That's right

[patent canyon]

I have launched game and instantly found the tall eggs on the planet where I ended before going to sleep.

[indigo falcon]

very nice!

[patent canyon]

But now there is another challenge, this time not for me though...

As for some reason the game failed to load any machinery and NPC textures.

So ships, metal walls and NPCs look weird.

[indigo falcon]

take a lot of screenshots! doesn't happen every day 😄

[patent canyon]

I did and I am going to share them with .

[indigo falcon]

maybe a couple in nms-media too if they are cool enough!

[patent canyon]

Will do.

[vivid stream]

of all my past expeditions starting from blighted, leviathan and polestar, exobiology is bit complicated to me to complete

[indigo falcon]

you'll get there

[patent canyon]

Where did you get stuck?

[indigo falcon]

still plenty of time left, lots of info in the pins, people here to help you out

[vivid stream]

thanks

but i might still assist for my experience with latter three in return

[indigo falcon]

sounds great!

helping each other out,that's part of what makes this community great

[vivid stream]

mhmm, that's only exobiology is where i struggle a little bit, so i'll try my best to complete

[patent canyon]

As I thought, game restart fixed the texture issues... After mandatory ⭐ watching.

[ashen shore]

Oh ny god i gave this stupid alien 100 cakes and i didnt recived the milestone yet whk knows what is the problem?

[patent canyon]

End the conversation.

You should give him the cake, he should tell you that he is happy and that's all.

Check the expedition tab in pause menu.

Maybe it has been already completed and you didn't pick your reward.

And if not, try selecting the objective of impressing him and try it again.

[indigo falcon]

you will have a sh*t ton of nanites that's for sure

[patent canyon]

If it's a bug, maybe try turning off multiplayer for the conversation. As multiplayer breaks NPC conversations (for me it happened only with the random space station aliens though, not the unique NPCs at The Anomaly).

[median ember]

Do i have to make a base for stage 3

[indigo falcon]

no

[patent canyon]

I didn't notice such objective being there.

[indigo falcon]

you might want a base to make a storage container for all your random crap, if you plan to play this save later. but no requirement

[patent canyon]

I still have plenty of space with my exosuit and spaceship inventory and I throw away/sell uneccessary stuff.

And so far I am fine.

Also you can use Freighter as storage.

Which you are eventually going to get.

[median ember]

I have a freighter instead... And just dismantled some of its room to make myself a stroragr contain

[indigo falcon]

that works too

[ashen shore]

Yes i completed the mission thx

[median ember]

It says you need to impress corona so don't i need the food maker 🤔

[patent canyon]

You get it by collecting 🥚 s.

That's one of I think stage 3 objectives.

[median ember]

And to need that i need to put it in a base

[patent canyon]

And good luck with it.

As the 🥚 creatures are rare.

[median ember]

Yeah that's where m stuck at

[patent canyon]

In case of the giant eggs there are already creatures for them on the rendevous planet.

The creature egg... They are in many planets.

In case of tall eggs you need to look for Striders.

I have found mine on some ☢️ planet.

[median ember]

I see...

[patent canyon]

And in pins there are coordinates.

[median ember]

Whats a strider?

[patent canyon]

A creature with long legs.

[median ember]

Ah you mean just like our starting slow poke.

No worries if i can't complete 3 yet.... I can definitely do stage 4... Or maybe 5 as well... Then do 3 peacefully.

🤔

And then blaze my way through 3-4-5

[indigo falcon]

no the eggs can go in your suit or ship, nutrient processor is a portable item, doesn't need a base

[median ember]

🙄

Really idk that.

[indigo falcon]

the companion you spawn in with (from the egg anyways), that's a strider

almost all leg and head

[median ember]

Thats a tortoise that looks like a strider

[indigo falcon]

pick up nutrient processor when done just like save beacons, put in some inventory

[median ember]

I keep telling it to move... Move.... It be like..... Ooooooooookkkkkkaaaaaaayyyyyyy...... Iiiii aaaammmm mmmmmoooovvvvviiiinnnnngggg

[indigo falcon]

yeah they are not the fastest companions in the galaxy

[median ember]

Until you press the NOS...or SHIFT 🤣

I use it to get to top of mountain...just ramming that guy into mountain was fun....it was like zooom m on top of mountain

My living SHORT RANGE TELEPORTER

😂

[indigo falcon]

hey if it works!

[carmine wing]

What does portal says about u base in expedition custom of survival

[lusty slate]

You start with the blueprint already learned. Just craft it

[fringe agate]

I dont follow the question

[coral phoenix]

In phase 5 it says discover an exotic creature. Where can I find it?

[pine relic]

rendezvous 5 planet