nms-expedition

[ebon leaf]

ill make my kleptomania save another time

[pine relic]

I mean, lengthy in real world time, not in played time. Each step has a 24ish hour cooldown.

maybe 20 hours, its been a while since I paid attention lol

[ebon leaf]

thats what klepto runs are for

im going to have a save where i just collect

gonna have a galactic gallery like that necron from 40k

[pine relic]

they look pretty different compared to regular ships so there's that

[ebon leaf]

ah that

i saw someone with tha

[pine relic]

Not really my cup of space tea, but some players love 'em

[ebon leaf]

i like dystopian myself

i like when it looks like it should work

[indigo falcon]

I've got one on the current main save because my frigates kept bringing back psychonic eggs and it was getting ridiculous

[pine relic]

I do it in every save, but that's because of compulsion more than anything else

if there's a quest it must be completed type thing, you know

[indigo falcon]

meh I don't feel like every save has to have done everything, and I'd done the ls on another save and counted that against the checklist

but after 70 psychonic eggs I gave in

[ebon leaf]

do i need to open the chest

[pine relic]

depends on what you mean by that

if its in your inventory, nope, it its the one at the end of the whole map thing, yes

[ebon leaf]

eldritch soemting

what do i do with this

[pine relic]

some of the procedurally generated vendor trash items have icons that look like chests

it sounds like one of those. If under "uses" on the tooltip when hovering over the item it only says "trading" its just for selling

[ebon leaf]

its got a curse, spooky

very closed to finish

[faint pelican]

Do green star systems not have space stations?

[ebon leaf]

need pirate system, sentry weopon, kills pirates and sentry

[pine relic]

some do, some don't.

[faint pelican]

Thanks!

[ebon leaf]

How do I find a pirate system

[faint pelican]

And thank you for the pirate system, that photo was perfect!

Hahaha!

[pine relic]

its in the pins, but alternatively you can install an economy scanner on your ship (recipe bought at the anomaly)

[ebon leaf]

Ah and sentinel pillar ?

[pine relic]

@ebon leaf last item here: #nms-expedition message

[prisma sand]

when this game make 20 vs 20 game mod 🙂

[pine relic]

both things are in there

[pine relic]

I'm not sure what you mean by that but it sounds like you may have the wrong channel. If its mods it would be in #nms-modding , if its wishes for future updates it would be in #nms-the-future and if its a general discussion of game modes its probably in #no-mans-sky

[ebon leaf]

How do I enter new galaxy

[pine relic]

have you reached rendezvous 5?

[ebon leaf]

Yes

I've been zooming

[pine relic]

while at the rendezbous 5 system, make sure you have 100% hyperdrive fuel, and indium drive installed in your current ship, then... are you on pc?

[ebon leaf]

Yep

[pine relic]

alright, open the galaxy map, and without clicking with either mouse button, move your mouse repeatedly in a circle like a maniac until a yellow thingie appears. Move the yellow thingie to the line pointing towards the top of the screen, then hold left click.

[ebon leaf]

K

So I'm guessing j should do the other milestones before this ?

[indigo falcon]

no, it's ok

[pine relic]

not really, some you can only do after, but its a good idea to visit the rendezvous 5 station before doing it, if you haven't yet, to add it to the teleporter list

[indigo falcon]

you can place a base (soon) and then come back later if you need to

[ebon leaf]

I'll finish it off in the morning

I spent all day playing no mans sky expedition while having never played no mans sky lol

[pine relic]

well, its a nice introduction I guess

you'll have an easier time with future expeditions now that you've played some

[indigo falcon]

this is not a bad expedition as a start

[ebon leaf]

Most fun part was learning the robo language at each station

I like that

[pine relic]

well there are thousands of alien language words to learn so you can spend quite a while at it if you want

[ebon leaf]

I'm just getting more and more excited for my full playthrough

But I'll wait till the last expo is over

Shame I missed the prior 5

[pine relic]

you missed #5 by like four days :P

[ebon leaf]

Maybe it will be back next year

[indigo falcon]

there should be a new set next year, if the past two years are any guide

[pine relic]

I'm expecting it to be 9, 10, 11, 12 then rerun of 9-12 next november, but we'll see

[ebon leaf]

Will the old one come back eventually,?

[pine relic]

unknown at this point

[ebon leaf]

You think

Oh

Ok

[indigo falcon]

I hope that at some point the rewards from the older expeditions will make their way to the quicksilver vendor

just a wish though

[ebon leaf]

Are expo cosmetics cross save

[indigo falcon]

everything but consumables like fireworks and void eggs

[pine relic]

there's like a month, month and a half where they could do a superfast one-week-each rerun of 1-4 for the sake of switch players before the expected drop of expedition 9, but that would be the first time...

[indigo falcon]

I don't see it happening

and then what about mac/ipad folks

[pine relic]

is that a thing?

[indigo falcon]

it will be, yes

macs, ipads with m1

[pine relic]

yeah they'll probably wait until all those versions are out

[indigo falcon]

psvr2 in Feb

[pine relic]

tho I expect mac will have some cross-save compatibility with pc

and even if it doesn't it won't take long until someone ports a save editor

[indigo falcon]

I have to wonder what the mac binary is going to be like

thinking about a lightweight shim for linux, rather than the whole wine route

[pine relic]

I dunno, last time I had any contact with macs they still had black and green monitors.

[indigo falcon]

😄

we'll find out next year, in theory ("early")

[pine relic]

I guess I touched a mac in college but more as a soft caress than as a user, they were so cute.

a friend was into arts and apparently macs were good for design stuff and whatnot

[indigo falcon]

on that "touching" note, I'm off to bed, have fun with the pirates y'all, see folks tomorrow

[craggy echo]

Do I need my submarine again after I’ve done the deep sea treasure and deep dive milestones ?

[pine relic]

not particularly

I mean, if you're gonna keep playing the save you might find some use for it, but nothing expedition related comes to mind

[atomic ether]

Noooo, not the sub again!

[barren creek]

Another infestation!

[atomic ether]

Yep, we find new planets and trash 'em!

[pine relic]

They're the dominant lifeform on this galaxy.

[barren creek]

I'm confused, is ||this grave|| not the 2nd rendezvous point? It's not giving me the milestone.

oh it was stuck on starbirth

[atomic ether]

That's not it. Make sure you have the mission pinned.

[pine relic]

there you go

but if in doubt double check with the pinned coordinates for each rv point

[lusty slate]

Uuuuugh, is there a trick to the scatter blaster? I can never get any Sentinel kills with it. I use a blaze javelin on main + fire/cover/flee/run back and piss them off again/repeat.

[pine relic]

Well, its a shotgun. Close range helps.

I could make a quick video killing a full 5 waves of sentinels with the basic blaster + 2 un-rerolled free X mods in the expedition save if you think that will help lol, or stream it on one of the empty channels

[craggy echo]

Yey expo done - thx bliss & apergos!

[lusty slate]

8 down. I'm getting a little better. Mind you, doing this in an aggro planet probably wasn't one of my best ideas.

Definitely prefer being a cowardly sniper tho.

Done! ...with Sentinel bashing.

[pine relic]

aw. Just finished recording it lol

[lusty slate]

Oh, sorry! Lol. I would like to see it anyway.

[pine relic]

Meh, its really nothing special, just random murder of sentinels. I'm reasonably used to the scatter blaster after using it almost exclusively for a few years, tho nowadays pulse spitter seems like the more popular general-usage option.

As with any sentinel rampage, the key is to kill the pyramid dudes first, then healers, then regular ones, and lastly whatever the big things are for the wave. Quad, walker, big walker in that order of priority when its mixed. For quads its preferable to keep melee-boosting or sprinting after it when it jumps backwards, as that stops it from lunging at you, which is its most damaging attack. For big walkers, if your shields go down too much, you can quickly disable one of the legs to stop it from attacking you for a bit so you can focus on the other sentinels.

[slender glade]

Am I missing an easy way to get the hypercore blueprint or is it just collecting a bunch of salv data the usual way?

[pine relic]

You're missing the pinned tip that recommends not doing any warping with the freighter, despite the misleading milestone text.

• You do not need to repair the freighter Amplified Warp Shielding; make chromatic metal and get cadmium drive blueprints from the Anomaly for the starship instead, for the Red Skies milestone. #nms-expedition message

[whole pagoda]

Good to know, thank you!

[slender glade]

Ah sure. Thats fine

[pine relic]

moreover, if you got cadmium as a reward from a previous milestone, you can skip the cadmium drive installation and go straight for emeril drive and green systems.

Emeril drive also allows you to red systems if you want to.

[lusty slate]

Well, I have all the grind done Just rendezvous points and Blighted milestones left

[slender glade]

I've completed this one multiple times before but have forgotten it all 😁

[pine relic]

Nice. Well, if you're curious, its finished uploading - https://youtu.be/14m4xUT9d9g

[lusty slate]

Very kind person dropped a Sentinel pillar base at the starter system.

[pine relic]

that was done in the rendezvous 5 planet, little bit of mid-storm fighting partway thru which is always a bit of extra fun.

[slender glade]

In the new normal with oxygen being rare and no base building to drop a harvester are people just picking it all up off the ground? It's so tempting to just turn abundant back on

[pine relic]

I just spotted a large patch of oxygen flowers on a flyby at night on some random planet, probably a rendezvous, and that carried me thru the entire expedition.

just randomly flying low and trying to spot the red glow should do the job

as long as its not a mountain planet, ugh

[lusty slate]

Yeah, me too. I lucked out and ran across a few large patches. That + the oxygen you get from one of the milestones was plenty.

[slender glade]

That's probably fine. I'm just so used to massive stacks of it for chlorine and everything else in general. Not really needed though

[pine relic]

yeah, chlorine printing has been deservedly nerfed lol

well, at least with default settings

[slender glade]

Sad not getting to buy fun ships for kicks along the way but I'll live 😃

[lusty slate]

Anyone else get a royal from the pillar? Pity I'll unlikely play this save later.

[pine relic]

they're everywhere tho

A class royals are rare. Royals in general, not so much

[lusty slate]

Lol, true. I have a royal on main. C and currently upgraded to B, but it's my preferred color.

[pine relic]

you can reroll the color by saving and reloading at each planet / station before re-checking the pillar. A save beacon helps to make the flight back easier.

[whole pagoda]

Are all red star systems abandoned?

[pine relic]

95% of 'em

[lusty slate]

Oh, yep, I know. I actually got my royal from portal glyphs as it was highly unlikely I would stumble onto the one I wanted.

[whole pagoda]

Thanks

[pine relic]

just be careful with the false equivalencies. Not all abandoned / uncharted systems are red, and conversely, not all red systems are abandoned / uncharted. :P

I think reds are mostly uncharted rather than abandoned.

[whole pagoda]

Ah, also good to know. Again, thank you

[carmine wing]

Could someone help me in expedition I found the perfect ship exotic ball red gold in station can someone give me some ai valve like 5 just that ship is 31mil I pay in companion eggs ai valves stack and nanites and

[pine relic]

seems pretty unlikely that people doing the expedition will have stacks of ai valve, and normal mode saves can't join expedition mode saves

[carmine wing]

I had ai vales in last expedition from player for 2 stacks of tained metal in normal

But I let the ship go

[lusty slate]

Finished!

||Expo: expand your base to complete the expedition.

Me: dumps down 15 flags Done||

Also, are the Switch quicksilver rewards higher? My save has converted and I have 9,776.

[south dune]

Imterior decor

[south dune]

Wait you get that much quicksilver for completion? Dang

[lusty slate]

I think the Switch QS reward is higher. I was hearing 888, but mine for the expedition completion was 8,888.

[pine relic]

888 from one milestone, 1800 for the final reward, on pc

[lusty slate]

Yeah, it's higher for us. Final reward for me was 8,888. Guess they're trying to compensate Switch not having Nexus missions.

[pine relic]

a better way to compensate it would be to allow the switch to have nexus missions lol

[lusty slate]

Right??

[south dune]

So what other sources of quicksilver are there lol? Stellar ice?

[lusty slate]

Yup, that's it. Stellar ice and what you get from Nada

[pine relic]

its not like it can be transferred, so it doesn't fix the problem of regular switch saves not being able to afford living ships

[south dune]

Yeah that’s rough

[pine relic]

at least you'll get to unlock some cosmetics for the account, tho not capes because, again, switch

[lusty slate]

Yeah... it's cool. I mainly just want the Vy'keen armor. And trees.

[south dune]

No capes either?

Greenery is super nice for base building

[pine relic]

and the one cape on the QS vendor costs 3000

[south dune]

Good grief

[lusty slate]

Switch doesn't get capes, no. No multiplayer, Nexus missions, capes or settlements.

Everything else is the same.

[pine relic]

meanwhile my most recent save has 6000 qs and nothing to spend it on lol

I guess tomorrow I'll have a bush to buy...

[lusty slate]

We can still upload discoveries and visit bases though, so we're not completely cut off from everyone.

[south dune]

hand it over

[south dune]

That’s good! I dont do much multiplayer at all, but I’m too attached to nexus missions and the quicksilver items :))

Is there any chance they’ll improve it in the future for switch players? Or is it switch limitations?

[lusty slate]

So, about the void egg. I just got one on main. It's included in the expedition rewards at the QS merchant. Though it might be Switch only?

[pine relic]

sounds like it but I'll double check momentarily since my expedition save didn't claim anything lol

I claimed like, 6 of the 25 milestones and none of the phase rewards...

[lusty slate]

If I remember correctly, HG said they'll look into multiplayer on Switch if they get enough requests for it.

I believe capes are Switch limitations.

[south dune]

Interesting, hope they can implement multiplayer eventually!

[lusty slate]

Yeah, I have an RL friend in Chicago who plays on PC and he's super bummed we can't play together.

[pine relic]

I'm sure they could handle at least group-based multiplayer... 4 people that have to join the same game should be more doable than dozens of random strangers whenever loading the anomaly

at least in terms of hardware limitations and such

[lusty slate]

My guess is that if they do, they might limit it between Switch players only.

Smaller pool, less likely to crash everything?

[pine relic]

and even playing field I guess

I could see base complexity limits being lower on the switch, for example

No new claimables on the PC version after I finished claiming all the crap in the expedition save @lusty slate

I guess the switch rewards have to be different for this expedition and the next 2, since switch has no capes and that's one of the rewards... in this case, the final reward, even.

[atomic ether]

I have the three map parts, but can't put them together. I have that mission pinned and it tells me to do it. How do I combine them?

[pine relic]

craft it in your inventory like you would with metal plating

[pastel star]

took me a lot longer that id like to admit to put that part together at the time

[atomic ether]

the only options I have when I hover on them are quick transfer, move or discard.

[pastel star]

not on the map pieces themselves

[pine relic]

not on them, on empty slot

[pastel star]

on an empty tile

[pine relic]

like you would do with metal plating.

[atomic ether]

thank you! there it is!

[glass stump]

OK, think I dropped something somewhere. Where do we get the Warp Hypercore(?) to repair the freighter? I assume that it was one of the rewards in Phase 1, but I can't find mine

[pastel star]

its not a given reward

its also not needed

[pine relic]

you don't.

[glass stump]

To repair the freighter;s warp drive?

[pastel star]

Bliss has an alternative pinned, and its much simpler

[pine relic]

Not necessary, the milestone is misleading. The goal is to get to a red star, which you can do with regular ship hyperdrive.

[glass stump]

OK, thanks. Yes it is misleading. I thought you hde to take your freighter to the red system. SO I don't have to move my freighter at all for this expedition?

[pastel star]

you can get one, build the squadron bay, then never touch it again if you so choose

[pine relic]

Its cheaper, and less annoying, to get some nanites (scanning the one fauna on the two 1-fauna planets in the starter system for 250 nanites each, if needed) and then use that to summon the anomaly and unlock the cadmium / emeril / indium hyperdrive upgrades for the regular ship. Use the cadmium from one of the milestone rewards to build the emeril drive directly, and then you can use that to go to red and green stars. While around a green star, grab some emeril to build the indium drive, install that, and you can go anywhere.

[glass stump]

Got it. Out of the starting system, but do have 400+ nanites

[faint pelican]

On the sentinel pillar, I read the pins but am a bit confused by getting to RV6 when I am on RV4 still, to find that pillar, a bit too terrified to take in all the waves of sentinels to get the map. 😉

[pine relic]

That's plenty.

[faint pelican]

RV5 I meant to say

[pine relic]

At rv4 you'll get teleported to rv5 automatically. :P

[glass stump]

OK, will pick it up tomorrow. Thanks for the help once again.

[faint pelican]

I went to RV4, didn’t get moved to my knowledge.

[glass stump]

@pine relic So what is your record time so for for this one? 🙂

[pine relic]

My slow mapping run, before anyone had comm balls or coordinates or anything, was 2h25m or so #nms-expedition message

I may have been the discoverer of the last planet you end up on lol

[glass stump]

So how do you use the Comm balls? Just fly towards them?

[pine relic]

yeah they're a good indication of the general direction of rendezvous points

so if they're marked on your compass when you get to the general rendezvous area, you can do low, slow fly-bys trying to spot the mess of comm balls somewhere and use that to guide your landing

[pine relic]

Erm, you get moved by following the map stuff, rather than the rendezvous.

[hazy cypress]

Got the pirates in. Came across an inordinate amount of freighter battles I felt like. So many dreadnaught or imperial cruisers needing saving. Wrapped up the pirate kills before I finished phase ii

[pine relic]

Interestingly I had zero rescue events after the first

[faint pelican]

Okay, I am confused. I did the rendezvous 4 place and now my next things are eliminate sentinels and the pillar. I would like to just go to the pillar to eliminate more sentinels, but need to find a pillar.

[pine relic]

Right, but you have the three map pieces by this point?

[faint pelican]

Oh yes! I do!

[pine relic]

Craft them on an empty inventory slot into the final map, and follow that, that'll take you to rv5 and the pillar + aggro sentinel planet :P

there's a milestone for the final/completed map part tho I forget what its called. Should be in phase 4 I think.

I mean, pillars are everywhere, but the one I had coordinates for was in rv5 lol

[faint pelican]

Thank you again @pine relic enjoying the experience so much more with this channel.

[pine relic]

I heard there are several bases along the other rendezvous systems that take you to pillars as well, by now

but base lists are subject to change (particularly if their owners saves get converted to normal, or if too many other bases are built on the same system) while coordinates always work

[faint pelican]

Okay, I activated the map, but I do not see any directions on where to go, like it didn’t do anything, am I supposed to be in a certain place when I activate it?

[pine relic]

It is supposed to mark a location with a tresure chest icon in a blue diamond, but you may have to click the relevant milestone in your expedition page to make it 'active' so that it is displayed.

[faint pelican]

Which milestone is that?

[pine relic]

I'm not entirely sure :P

[faint pelican]

I do see the treasure chest on the system map.

[pine relic]

anything that talks about treasure if I recall

[faint pelican]

Okay thank you.

[pine relic]

Treasure hunt, phase 4, red skull and crossbones icon :P

[faint pelican]

Thank you!!!!

[vital otter]

Ok, phase 3 complete, not looking forward to the kill 16 sentinels milestone, guess I’ll kill some low level ones then hide from them and repeat until I’ve got 16

[pine relic]

That's one option. You can also get a large group to aggro you near a pillar then use the terminal at the pillar to disable the lot, which supposedly counts for the kills.

[vital otter]

Ooh, sneaky, I like it, there’s a pillar location in the pins

[pine relic]

I did it the old fashioned way, by murdering 5 waves of sentinels with the crappy free multitool and scatter blaster + 2 free upgrades, from the grav ball milestone, but that depends on your level of comfort with that particular weapon I suppose.

[zealous nest]

@vital otter it's easy . Stand inside the doorway of an outpost, observatory and shoot them from the door

[pine relic]

I know, I'm the one who wrote that pin lol

[zealous nest]

If you have the mech unlocked, installing A.I you're mech can fight beside you

Tbh fighting them in space is the easiest

[vital otter]

Yeah, I’m pretty bare bones on this expedition so no mech

I’m going to have make some ammo lol

[zealous nest]

The cyclotron and missiles make space fights a breeze

[native bloom]

Police ships don't count I think

[zealous nest]

All sentinels count

[pine relic]

According to the pinned tips they don't but I didn't test it

[zealous nest]

It did for me at least

[pine relic]

that was based on info from the non-redux version so that may have been changed for this run

[native bloom]

I just started a second run. I'll test it later

[pine relic]

Anyway, someone earlier asked me to demonstrate how to use the scatter blaster for that milestone so I uploaded a quick raw footage demonstration of doing 5 sentinel waves on the expedition save. I doubt unnarrated gameplay will be entertaining to watch but I can go grab the link again if you think that would be of any help :P Tho the pillar trick is probably easier.

[pastel star]

it does give you a decent little scatter blaster at the start, to agree with you on that Bliss, it was more than enough to clear waves and the pillar

[vital otter]

Which letter are blue stars on the galaxy map again?
normally I’m fine with doing the sentinel waves buts that with my nice upgraded mt in my main save, this one is more bare bones but I have got the scatter blaster and some mods so it’ll probably be ok

[pine relic]

I think it was a switch user that was having trouble with it, I have no idea if there are any controller difficulties on that platform that could make it trickier...

[pine relic]

I need to remake this to not use a red box since it was supposed to be helpful to colorblind users but oh well

[hazy cypress]

Is it just me or do they make the space when you jump to red or green stars populated with more space storms/clouds?

[vital otter]

Oh nice this space station has s class scatter blaster mods
and thanks O and B

[hazy cypress]

I don't usually frequent those stars so I never noticed until this expedition

[pine relic]

I'm not sure if there's a correlation but then again I never paid attention

I'm still trying to find a second rainbow bubbles space cloud to confirm that it wasn't a bug...

[hazy cypress]

Sounds interesting

[pine relic]

it was trippy more than anything

I should have a picture somewhere

[pine relic]

#nms-questions message

[faint pelican]

Okay, I went to the treasure, stepped through the portal, went to the coords and see no pillar.

[pine relic]

huh

correct coordinates as far as not mixing up positives and negatives? :P

[hazy cypress]

Wow. Never seen anything like that either.

[pine relic]

Its one of my several 'bug or feature?' moments... like when all of my settlement decisions involved main story characters... #nms-questions message

[hazy cypress]

Hahaha I like that bug/feature the best. That's great

[pine relic]

Yep. Obviously I sided with null, since it felt unlikely that Artemis would be the one having metal bones...

[hazy cypress]

Agreed

[faint pelican]

Followed the treasure, led to portal, went through ports then got in ship and went to +68 -69 and no pillar. I am sore it’s me, just trying to figure it out.

[pine relic]

I'll double check shortly. It is a planet with aggressive sentinels right?

[blissful gust]

!faq-starcolor

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

<:NmsAtlas:972222451801010207> Spectral Classifications

In the Galaxy Map, below the star system name, you can find the spectral class letter:

• F & G = Yellow (copper/activated copper)
• K & M = Red (cadmium/activated cadmium)
• E = Green (emeril/activated emeril)
• B & O = Blue (indium/activated indium)

Colour blind filters are available in Options > General Options > Galaxy Map Colour Filter.

Non-living ships and freighters require hyperdrive tech upgrades to be able to reach RGB systems. An Indium Drive (Starship) or Temporal Warp Computer (Freighter) will cover all systems, no need for the previous drives to be installed other than a boost to range -- most notable for the Freighter.

Note: There's no information in game files that proves the host star temperature and oddities have any influence at all on system planet biome probability chances.

📖 Did you know? A star system may have only its stellar metal, its activated version or both.

Contributors: Use Less UK#7734, Atlas Emissaries

[pine relic]

@faint pelican for reference, this is the screenshot from when I found it so it doesn't seem like it was a typo on the later post... #nms-expedition message

just gotta finish this nexus mission before I can go check

[faint pelican]

Thank you. I am right near those coords, don’t see a pillar, but plenty of sentinels attacking me. I just hid out in my ship to check coords again and logged off for a minute. Not sure what to do. Appreciate the help.

[vital otter]

Ok, I got the sentinels and the pirates done too

[atomic ether]

It took me forever to find some Sentinels. I finally just got lucky and a waypoint picked a ruined temple. I had wanted to find somewhere with a building I could duck into since I was going after them with low shielding and a not even maxed out boltcaster. That was the longest battle I've been in for a long time in this game, the area definitely looked like a war zone!

All for a cape I'll never wear.

[pine relic]

still here for me...

keep in mind the decimals, tho. I landed a little bit off from the actual coordinates and had to walk for 800u lol

[faint pelican]

Okay, I am at +68.68 -69.11 so maybe that’s the problem. I thought if I landed close enough I could see/find it. Maybe I need to walk a bit.

[vital otter]

Ah nice I’m first contact on the blue star I found, woo!

[pine relic]

yeah I landed at 68.10 -68.90 and that was almost 800u away on foot, which might even be undetectable by visor depending on various arcane factors

[faint pelican]

Okay thanks. I am just not able to find it. Not good with coords I guess. Appreciate your help. Just stressed with all the sentinels following me while I search. Lol.

[pine relic]

you should try to search with your ship, one of the panels in first person should have the coordinates, and when you're really close you should be able to spot it from the air. Sometimes the game doesn't load in objects until you're almost on top of them... particularly noticeable with archive buildings and crashed freighters since they're so large

I can take a picture from the air if that will help

[faint pelican]

You are so helpful. Thank you. One of my problems is playing on steamdeck and my coords don’t show in first person very well, but yes, that’s probably my best option. And it’s just more practice and getting better right? That’s what I’m telling myself anyway. 😉

[pine relic]

just waiting for the storm to pass so its actually visible lol

[faint pelican]

Yes that would help too. ;$

[pine relic]

@faint pelican

[pine relic]

and because I'm extra thorough, from roughly your last posted coordinates (+68.68 -69.11):

@faint pelican and from the comm tower that is the closest landmark that a ship scanner might pick up on:

[past palm]

Umm soo i gave the pirate fragment 2 to someone else and is there any way to get another one?

[pine relic]

no idea.

[past palm]

DO I need it?

or i can complete without it

[pine relic]

have you crafted the completed map yet?

[past palm]

no lol

im done for

[pine relic]

sounds like you might need it

[rocky fern]

You can recraft it.

[pine relic]

I'm not sure if they have built in a way to recover the map fragments, but if that happened recently you could try to reload to a restore point prior to giving it away

[vital otter]

Looking in the crafting panel I think you can craft the map fragments

[pine relic]

there you go lol, sounds like they idiot-proofed it sufficiently. :P

[past palm]

omg thanks

[past palm]

thank god they did

[vital otter]

Takes 88 carbon per fragment

[rocky fern]

so like... two plants

[vital otter]

I expect you needed to have found them first but nice backup

[rocky fern]

Yeah, you learn the recipe for them when you first pick them up.

Just like S'mores, really. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[faint pelican]

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! Found it, all good. You are amazing! Really appreciate your patience.

[rocky fern]

Eheu!

[pine relic]

No problem. For future reference, if you have trouble seeing the coordinates panel in your ship, try increasing the in flight FOV setting in video options, assuming that's a thing in steam deck...

fairly sure the options menu will be the same but you never know with all those different platforms

[faint pelican]

I did just go and look at that, messed with some of the settings but it didn’t help really, may need to do some further exploration to see if there is a way to fix that. I am sure I’m not the only one spit there with that issue on steam deck.

Now onward to explore! 😉

[pine relic]

cranking flight field of view as high as you can should at least help some, even if it doesn't completely fix it

[vital otter]

Ok, at R5 now to find this sentinel pillar

[pine relic]

with the regular PC version you can hold left alt to move your characters head to look at panels better, but no idea how / if that would apply to steam deck... @faint pelican

[hazy cypress]

Has easily been my favorite expedition of the two so far but man I'm awful with this sub

[pine relic]

in my opinion the underwater exploration aspect needs a bit of a QOL pass in general, so you're not alone on that... they shouldn't focus so often on it during expeditions until that happens, I think...

[hazy cypress]

Yeah agreed.

I think they did a good job with the dog fights and space battles. Now just scale it larger for higher conflict systems and it's perfect

It's nice they focused this expedition on that part

[pine relic]

The nautilon engine screeching when it goes out of water bothers me quite a bit... dentist drill noises are more pleasant

[hazy cypress]

I understand what they were going for bur yeah

[fervent patrol]

hey any important info you got have linked on handy for this expedition

gonna share with some friends

[pine relic]

its all in the pins I think

[hazy cypress]

Pins in this channel are what you're looking for

Also, not sure I saw it but as with the red star drive, just buy the green star one at the anamoly

[pine relic]

@fervent patrol start with the one two posts down from the pinned rendezvous coordinates and work your way up, makes more sense than starting from the top

[fervent patrol]

m

[pine relic]

since the pins are in reverse chronological order...

[faint pelican]

Thank you!

[pine relic]

was that more noticeable? :P

[vital otter]

Found the pillar and shut it down, thanks for the coordinates

[pine relic]

Happy to help :P

[vital otter]

Right, somI should package my tech up before core warping?

[pine relic]

no need, I had zero tech failures doing it during the expedition

[vital otter]

Really, that’s good to know

[pine relic]

seems like they're protecting your tech

[pine relic]

after you do the warp do let me know if I'm still the discoverer of the planet you're gonna land on, I wasn't sure if the upload would stick since ODS can get a bit wonky during expeditions :P

[vital otter]

Gazazele discovered by Blissett is where I’ve landed, so that sounds like you

[pine relic]

yep, that's me, looks like it stuck

shame I forgot to upload the system as well :P

[blissful gust]

I gave up on finding a sentinel tower, so I did a save edit and added a map to my inventory

[indigo falcon]

whatever works. another alternative would be t buy suspicious packets (goods) from outlaw systems, save, open, no map? reload, repeat until you have one

but the save editor is definitely quicker

[blissful gust]

No more expos for me this year, woot

[indigo falcon]

ah was this one an expd you had missed?

[blissful gust]

On PC, I missed 5 and 6, on Xbox, I just never bothered finishing 5 until the redux, but completed 6,7,8

[indigo falcon]

gotcha

[blissful gust]

I also missed 1-4 on PC, and 1,2 I think on Xbox

[indigo falcon]

congrats on being all caught up!

[vital otter]

I have a hyperdrive full of fuel, a brand new galaxy, time to find a undiscovered system to settle in

[pine relic]

the only one I ended up missing in the original runs was Exobiology, but I'm having fun doing them again regardless.

I'm really looking forward to leviathan tho, since it was my favorite so far

[serene kettle]

Forgot you could refine the flesh rope you get from killing those worms around the second rendezvous grave site into Nanites in your personal refiner. That helped a lot.

[vital otter]

Aw yeah found a system with a nice green paradise planet with diplos on it, no,water tho, but it’s a nice place to settle I think

It has striders and proto geks too, hello new home!

[indigo falcon]

sweet!

[vital otter]

You know, I haven’t continued with an expedition save, but I might just with this one

[inner skiff]

Does anyone know an easy way of getting graviton ball because I lost the starter system

[indigo falcon]

did you by any chance go to the space station in that system? if so, you didn't lose it

[pine relic]

Its a nice shortcut for people that want to settle outside of the usual euclid/eissentam range

[inner skiff]

I think I did but I don’t know the name

[pine relic]

you can wait until you progress the expedition to the point where you get to rendezvous 5, that planet also has grav balls

[inner skiff]

Thx

[indigo falcon]

the names are all in a pin in this channel, starter system and all the rendezvous ones too

[inner skiff]

Thx

[pine relic]

The lack of storms makes the starter system a bit more relaxed for the grav ball collection, but if you wait somewhere safe until right after a storm passes rev 5 shouldn't pose any unexpected troubles

... or you could just go on a sentinel rampage mid storm since that's also a lot of fun lol

[rough igloo]

any good planet for the submarine quest?

[indigo falcon]

see the pins for one

[rough igloo]

there's no mention of a water planet 🤷‍♂️

[indigo falcon]

#nms-expedition message have a look

[rough igloo]

oh thanks! i missed it 😅

[finite rover]

R2 is a very wet planet.

[past palm]

how do you do this intergalatic leave the galaxy thing

nvm figured it out

[ebon leaf]

otanda xv is a lie

theyres no blue system called that near hijang

found it

[patent canyon]

In the starting star system, there is full space station.

Tons of traders flying around, when I try land while it's full I just hit an invisible wall.

And inside space station it's a total chaos - space ships landing in each other.

Some time later, still the space station is very busy. (Look at the radar.)

[viscid lantern]

yea idk whats going on with nms at the moment i noticed this to but also in my main base galaxy

[patent canyon]

Maybe broke NPC spawning near space station in the latest update? 🤔

[viscid lantern]

possible

i had a giant ass fighter ship land in my living ship and that was a cursed sight

[patent canyon]

Also I have found that there are no story logs for the expedition storyline.

[viscid lantern]

realy?

hmm

[patent canyon]

Instead I had filled journey and other logs, which I didn't even get.

Like finding data from a base computer.

Etc.

The tutorial storyline, which I wasn't able to do for an obvious reason of playing a completely different game mode.

One part of the log saying "Find us.".

Which literally contradict the introduction to The Blight storyline, where they tell you to not follow them.

[viscid lantern]

this is the first expadition im on so idk what to expect lmao

[patent canyon]

For me it's the first one with some story.

Because Exobiology, my first one, had no story.

Just doing random tasks.

[viscid lantern]

yea

[bitter plover]

OK so I need a Walker Brain - Can I buy it anywhere as there is no way I'm killing a big walker??

[patent canyon]

I think that you need to take down a walker.

Or get it gifted from another player.

[viscid lantern]

i have 2

on the house

[bitter plover]

I wish I could gift it from other player got loads... 🙂

[patent canyon]

Try asking in The Anomaly.

Or there, at probably #nms-lfg-or-trades .

[viscid lantern]

i can give you 2 walker brains

[indigo falcon]

you do not need a walker brain

buy and install the economy scanner, ignore what the game says

[haughty forge]

yeah, just look for black market economies

[bitter plover]

Of course 🙂 Got plenty of nanites! 🙂

[indigo falcon]

enjoy!

[ebon leaf]

is that the sentinel pillar

[bitter plover]

Nope that's south... 🙂 There is a compass there

[ebon leaf]

damn

[haughty forge]

so close

[patent canyon]

Also somehow I managed to take down 16 sentinels just by the Boltcaster in the starting star system.

But at the 3. wave I had to run away - I was swarmed by Sentinels.

[ebon leaf]

im at coords

@indigo falcon im at the pinned co ords and theyres no pillar

[fringe agate]

Doesn't look like the right planet

[ebon leaf]

is this the one?

[fringe agate]

No

It's the same planet as RDV 5, right by the RDV spot

The one we mention in the pins

That one you shared probably has a base marking a pillar location, is my guess

[ebon leaf]

i must have mixed the system

which is rez 5

[fringe agate]

That's the right system

You want Yaceni Nomats

Planet

[ebon leaf]

ah k thanks

[amber bluff]

I just built my base inside my new freighter and then went to the anonaly and the station and when I came back to the freighter it was all gone

That's some annoying bs

[ebon leaf]

this it?

[amber bluff]

The materials are also gobe

[ebon leaf]

where the hell is the sentinel tower

I'm having so much trouble finding th8s

[indigo falcon]

this is what sentinel pillars look like

the red glow is visible at night too

[ebon leaf]

i went to the coords and nothing like that was theyre

[indigo falcon]

which planet are you on?

[ebon leaf]

Yenci nomats

[indigo falcon]

what coordinates do you see in the HUD?

[winged pulsar]

hell which one i miss

its blighted now

[ebon leaf]

It was 68 -69

[indigo falcon]

the stuff after the decimal points matters

[ebon leaf]

I went they're ya

[winged pulsar]

i got like day one done then work took me all over for the biosciences one

[indigo falcon]

are you there now, sturgeon?

[ebon leaf]

No I left to look somewhere else

I'll go back

[indigo falcon]

ok, let me know when you get there

you want to see those exact coords in the hud when on foot

at that point you should be able to see the pillar or at worst case see a marker for it or unknown building very close by in the hud

[toxic mortar]

Hmm can we not summon the anomaly?

[ebon leaf]

You can

[ashen shore]

after u rescue the freighter

[toxic mortar]

Ah ok.

[ebon leaf]

I'm they're @indigo falcon

Only thing here is a holo comm

[indigo falcon]

can you take a screenshot showing the coords from where you are in the HUD, with the planet info on the lower left?

[ebon leaf]

Wait I think I see it

OK I found it

They look strong

[indigo falcon]

just walk up to the terminal

don't shoot anything or mess with the sentinels

the terminal is this part

you can interact with it, and do all the things, have fun

[fathom schooner]

Crapbaskests i just realized I completely forgot about the redux

[ebon leaf]

What happened to my other multitool

[ebon leaf]

9 days left

Quite a long time

[ashen shore]

it is stored!

[fathom schooner]

Oh tell
Then I got time

[ashen shore]

u can switch it if u bring the quick menu

[ebon leaf]

yhanks

i turned off sentinels but i still need 2

will some be around?

[ashen shore]

find different planet

[ebon leaf]

DAMN IT

[ashen shore]

patpat

[ebon leaf]

im so close

[indigo falcon]

save, reload, repeat.

from right there where you are...

[ebon leaf]

To late already left

[faint pelican]

I had same problems last night @ebon leaf I am glad you found it. Also did not realize I could switch multi tools so I reloaded and did it over and didn’t take the multi tool. Also did not know you could save and reload to get more sentinels that way. @indigo falcon do you mean save at the tower thing then reload the last restore and it keeps the sentinels you killed?

[indigo falcon]

I mean save, reload that very save

[ebon leaf]

How do I do the final ones

[indigo falcon]

and then the sentinels will be active again (new ones) so you can just ... do the thing again at the terminal

[faint pelican]

But that doesn’t mean you kill more sentinels because that last number isn’t in the save right?

[indigo falcon]

you turn them off

you log off the terminal

you save and reload that save

now they are active again, new ones, you turn them off...

[faint pelican]

Oh. And that reload starts the sentinels again?

[indigo falcon]

yes, any time you reload or exit and get back into the game, deactivation is undone, things start fresh

I think warp away and back does the same but you don't have a way to build a base

[faint pelican]

Wow, okay thank you. These expeditions with this channel has taught me so much! Great way to learn this game. Thank you so much.

[ebon leaf]

what are these

[indigo falcon]

it is probably not the mechanic the game devs had in mind but if you need it, use it

[indigo falcon]

you'll see when you get there

[faint pelican]

Super helpful.

[indigo falcon]

not meaning to be snide but the game will direct you

[ebon leaf]

How

[indigo falcon]

when you select the milestone, read the log and the hint in the lower right, etc

[ebon leaf]

K

[frigid shard]

Anyone able to tell me where a pirate system is?

[indigo falcon]

I think there's one in the pins in here

#nms-expedition message this one

[faint pelican]

In the pins, there is a photo from Bliss, it is super helpful, didn’t need the scanner, just follow her directions.

[ebon leaf]

Galactic core as destination

Damn no hyperdr8ve fuel

I got like 95

[indigo falcon]

make some, you need it to be 100 or you can't go through

just one lousy warp cell

[ebon leaf]

They're expensive

Anyway

vrooooooom

1 milestone left

[indigo falcon]

woo hoo!

enjoy the music!

[ebon leaf]

This stuff fire

So do I just build a base now

[frigid shard]

How do I use a repair kit?

Also can I use one on the broken freighter tech?

[indigo falcon]

select the component you want to repair and don't give materials, you should get the option to repair

[frigid shard]

Ah!

[indigo falcon]

I would instead dismantle the freighter tech, you don't need it, and use the warp hyprcore you get for the ship 😛

(install the emeril drive for the ship, buy bp at the anomaly, you have cadmium from a phase 1 milestone)

[ebon leaf]

So just place walls to establish a foot gold?

[indigo falcon]

10,12, 16 pieces, something like that

might as well put a couple floors, the walls, couple ceiling pieces, save point

[ebon leaf]

K

I'll go to the paradise planet

[indigo falcon]

hope it's nice!

[ebon leaf]

Meh

It's alright

Is they're any earth like planets

I saw one in a trailer

[indigo falcon]

depends on your definition of earthlike

green grass, blue skies and water, storms? yes

[ebon leaf]

Green and not constantly killing me

[ebon leaf]

Great

[frigid shard]

Can the Freighter reach Emeril systems?

[indigo falcon]

if you have the right tech in it

easier to jus tinstall all that stuff in the starship

[frigid shard]

Yeah, probably

Hey, is there a cap on the number of worlds you can have on a device ?

[ebon leaf]

OUTLAW CAPE GET

BIG W'S

[indigo falcon]

the number of worlds... in what sense? I don't understand the question

[frigid shard]

The number of saves

[indigo falcon]

er 15 save files

[frigid shard]

Ok good

[indigo falcon]

I don't know for switch but that's true for the other platforms

[frigid shard]

Not worried then

I’m waiting until switch gets multiplayer so that I can use my brother’s account to move things from one save to another

[indigo falcon]

you could also coordinate with people in here, I'm sur you'd find folks who would be willing

[frigid shard]

Probably, yeah

But I also want to give him a bunch of things

[indigo falcon]

well I hope that day comes soon. no idea how hard it would be, or if it is even possible, to implement multiplayer well on the switch

[frigid shard]

Yeah, same here

[glass stump]

OK, I am on a planet with High Sentinel Activity. How do I actually find the gravitino balls?

[indigo falcon]

wrong type of planet... you need aggro sentinels, not high activity

the lettering will be in red for the sentinel level

("extreme sentinel planet")

there are pins in here that give locations of such planets.

[glass stump]

Thanks. Reading them now. 🙂

[indigo falcon]

awesome! 🙂

[inner skiff]

Are there any gravitino balls near rv2?

[steady shore]

Anyone know where I can find an ocean planet

Like near the first rendezvous

[indigo falcon]

the pins have some info about water planets, but jus tlook from space at the planets, those that appear to have water, even if funny coloured, will

grav balls in starter system, try there, the planet name is in the pins

[slender hamlet]

Does it count if they are from your freighter

[indigo falcon]

no, you can't grow them, buy them, be given them, gotta steal them

[slender hamlet]

Dam

Welp, I haven’t foraged for grab balls since 20 hrs in my main save lol

Gonna have some nostalgia XD

[indigo falcon]

grab and run, that is the way

[slender hamlet]

Yessir

And when they aren’t looking hop in your ship and land on a different spot on the planet

I used to be able to grab 60 in one run

[indigo falcon]

you should be able to grab and run in a large circle, to get all 16, then outrun until the search is over, then back to ship and gone

60's good if you need the units

[inner skiff]

Where is the nearest pirate system to rv2

[indigo falcon]

dunno but check the pins for the location of one

[inner skiff]

I did

[indigo falcon]

can't go there? just note the r2 space station, hop back via teleporter, etc

[steady shore]

Why do u need storm crystald

It's in pinned

Is it just for unirs

[carmine wing]

For make hyper core fuel

[steady shore]

Oh

Why do u need that?

[indigo falcon]

you don't need it

if you want them anyways, there's a location

one hypercore gets you a lot farther than a warp cell, but you still don't have to make any really

[steady shore]

Hypercore is the freighter thing isn't it?

Or is just the fuel cell

[indigo falcon]

a warp hypercore can be used for the freighter or starship warp drive as fuel

it gets you multiple warps for the warp cell's one

now some people choose to repair the amplified warp shielding (red star freighter drive). you don't have to. you can just install star ship drives and do that.

and further more you can dismantle the broken tech, get a warp hypercore from that, and use it in that starship warp drive

but for people who want it, or people who just want anotehr way to make quick units, the storm crystals are there.

[steady shore]

Ah

[safe fog]

Whooo!

I guess that does it for Expeditions 2022 for me. I'll redo 7 and 8 on my Switch file too.

But The Blighted had an interesting story with it.

[indigo falcon]

the storyline for expd7 was pretty good too I thought

[pine relic]

Don't forget to spend your quicksilver if you're in the switch version and not planning on keeping the save. All quicksilver purchases (other than consumables like fireworks and void eggs) will unlock for the entire account (tho they have to be re-claimed for free at the vendor in each save), and this expedition on the switch gives 8888 quicksilver, plus a free void egg, and a separate account-wide void egg unlock, I think from the expedition section of the quicksilver vendor.

[safe fog]

Yeah been getting some I gotta see what else I still need.

[indigo falcon]

8888?

[safe fog]

Need/want. 😛

[pine relic]

switch bonus

[indigo falcon]

fabulous!

[pine relic]

1688 for other platforms

[safe fog]

We don't have Nexus missions on Switch.

So we need something.

[indigo falcon]

right, that was the number I knew about

[pine relic]

and no account-wide egg for the other platforms

I guess its in lieu of the cape, since switch has no capes

[safe fog]

🤔

[indigo falcon]

is the egg redeemable on other saves for the switch? that's verified?

[pine relic]

switch user verified it last night

[indigo falcon]

excellent!

[safe fog]

Wait, no capes? I didn't even think to try yet.

[indigo falcon]

no capes for switch.... sadly

[pine relic]

that's in addition to the milestone-based egg unlock for the expedition save I think

but yeah, since this expedition has a cape as the final reward, I guess its only to be expected that the switch would get a different reward... same for the next two expeditions since there's a cape in each.

[indigo falcon]

hm so there is

really love the bonus qs idea, that's just grand

[pine relic]

I guess If they wanted they could put the normandy and the golden vector, for example, in place of cape rewards on the switch... if they're not gonna do reruns of 1-4 anymore

either in the next two reduxes or as part of the rewards for the next unreleased expeditions... since apparently cape rewards are now standard...

[boreal violet]

Is there a knack to getting the Nautilon scanner to find a location for the Sunken Antiquities?

[pine relic]

sure, using the quick menu to scan specifically for it rather than using the regular scanner button and never finding anything

[boreal violet]

It's not finding ruins in there

[pine relic]

even using the quick menu scanner options to scan specifically for ruins (right-most option iirc)?

[boreal violet]

"No nearby building located" and I can go to 70u depth on this planet

[pine relic]

you might need to try at a different, or pretty far away in the same planet...

[boreal violet]

Is there a specific planet or just any water one

[pine relic]

if you can find the geobay, you should dismantle it for a full refund, fly to some distant corner of the same planet, summon the nautilon there with the quick menu, and see if it finds anything

[boreal violet]

Ok will do

[pine relic]

if it still fails, go to a different planet / system, rebuild the geobay and try again

no need to rebuild it in a planet where the nautilon already is, since once its spawned on a planet, it can be freely summoned anywhere

that's pretty unlucky tho, most people get a hit on their first try :P

[faint pelican]

What is the little red shield on the lower right of the screen mean?

[pine relic]

Lower right of the screen is traditionally where quest objectives and/or gameplay tips are listed. Does it include any text?

[wraith venture]

!Expedition

[unkempt kraken]

https://discord.gg/nomanssky?event=1049168319699243058

[indigo falcon]

might mean inventory full

[pine relic]

oh, good point

it does kinda look like a shield

[pine relic]

is this it? That would be inventory full

[faint pelican]

It does not have text, it’s like the little running character that shows your stamina, but it looks like a shield, solid red, came up after fighting sentinels.

[faint pelican]

Yes!!!! Thank you so much.

[pine relic]

Thank @indigo falcon, shield threw me off a bit lol, I was thinking either one of those

[indigo falcon]

I figured, and then there are the health pips that look like shields too, there are little bits of the ui that are somewhat off 😄

[pine relic]

in my addled brain the inventory full icon looks like a breastplate

[indigo falcon]

I dunno what it looks like, but not a backpack, that's for sure

[ashen shore]

IIRC the backpack model in release version used to look like this

[pine relic]

I probably have some old screenshot, lemme check, but I think it was significantly squarer

[ashen shore]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/Sonstiges/Games/No_Mans_Sky/mood__1__1.jpg

(not mine, yoinked from web)

[boreal violet]

That works thanks 😊

[indigo falcon]

hmm sorta kinda, still not sold

[pine relic]

nice, the earliest inventory screenshot I have is from whenever they added base building, from release I only have ships and multi tools =/

by then it was already the one with the circle thing in the middle (tho not the current one lol)

I miss having that much stat information on the multi-tool screen, even if none of it was actual numbers...

[steady shore]

Bruh where is the first rz in the system

It's just not showing up for me

[pine relic]

The coordinates are in the pinned messages, also make sure to click the milestone that tells you to go to the first rendezvous to make it active or the marker while in system will not show up.

Sometimes other missions in your log will be automatically selected instead of the rendezvous, this happens pretty often if you've started starbirth in particular but other stuff can mess with it too.

[inner skiff]

What is the name of the rv 2 system

[indigo falcon]

it's in the pins in here, there's one with all the rendevous system names etc

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message, also @steady shore

[inner skiff]

Thx

[sleek spade]

Ohhhhhh

[faint pelican]

I made it to another galaxy for the first time! Wow. Couldn’t have done this without you all haloing me. So excited. A base in a different galaxy. So cool.

[pine relic]

Congrats :P

[daring cedar]

This expedition is great, spawned in and immediately fell to death. I am now stuck while endlessly falling. time for another save

And now i spawned in underwater in the middle of the ocean

[indigo falcon]

oh dear..

[pine relic]

that's where I spawned too, turned out to be a great start since I got the nautilon stuff straight away

[plucky gale]

my fucking expedition save corrupted when i walked through the portal

it wont let me continue playing

[pine relic]

if its one of the pc versions you might still be able to restore the automatic backup, which in theory shouldn't be corrupted...

[plucky gale]

how do i do that

[pine relic]

not sure if the console versions have such a thing, or a manual way to restore it

[pine relic]

Do you know where your save files are stored?

[plucky gale]

no clue

[pine relic]

is it steam, GOG, or xbox live?

[plucky gale]

steam

[pine relic]

!faq-savefiles @plucky gale

[unkempt kraken]

@plucky gale
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<:nmsatlas:972222451801010207> **Save File Locations**

Steam
%appdata%\HelloGames\NMS\st_<Steam64ID>\...

Game Pass
%LocalAppData%\Packages\HelloGames.NoMansSky_bs190hzg1sesy\SystemAppData\wgs\...

GoG
%appdata%\HelloGames\NMS\DefaultUser\...

Linux & Steam Deck
$HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/275850/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data/HelloGames/NMS/st_<Steam64ID>/...

When sharing saves in a report to Hello Games, it is best to create a package/archive of the full folder shown for your platform above (.zip/.rar).

Contributors: Devilin Pixy#9298, bkay201#1943

[pine relic]

in that folder, there should be several save files, each pair corresponds to one 'slot' in the main menu save selection screen. For example, if you have a normal save and an expedition save, you might have save.hg, save1.hg (corresponding to the normal mode auto save and restore save) and save3.hg, save4.hg (same for expedition). You'll have to figure out which pair is the expedition based on date/time that the file was last modified.

[plucky gale]

thanks

[pine relic]

rename the most recent one to something else and it should load the other one in the pair instead

don't delete it tho, failing that you may be able to use a save editor or something to fix the corruption, but that's beyond my abilities and you'd have to ask in #nms-modding or possibly #nms-questions if anyone can help you with that @plucky gale

[plucky gale]

thanks for the tips ill try

[pine relic]

incidentally, do the renaming while the game is running, open to the main menu, otherwise steam might restore the corrupted one from the cloud saves when you launch the game

[barren creek]

Why does it seem like nobody is selling oxygen? I haven't found any terminal or starship pilots that does.

[pine relic]

one of the new difficulty settings controls that

by default its not sold anywhere anymore :P

[indigo falcon]

I think in this expedition you can't adjust that setting to easier

[barren creek]

oof

[indigo falcon]

("Goods Availability", you would want "abundant")

[barren creek]

used to be sold everywhere, didn't it?

[pine relic]

yep

[indigo falcon]

yes, pre-4.0

[plucky gale]

i just disabled steam cloud

trying again now

[barren creek]

I wonder why they didn't leave oxygen available at some shops for standard goods availability

I would expect scarce to be the one that doesn't have any oxygen

[pine relic]

well, with five quintillion planets, I haven't quite checked every shop yet

[slender hamlet]

does anyone have any tips on sunken antiquities

[indigo falcon]

normal mode now requires you to work to get these basic resources

even if later you can just put an extractor and get oxy that way (not on expedition, no base computer, but generally speaking)

[pine relic]

use the quick menu while in your nautilon, scanner icon, then select ruins... that should pinpoint a location. While there you'll need to interact with the POI to get a key, then dig up a buried chest under the ruin and unlock it with the key + a pearl

[slender hamlet]

alr ty!

ive been playing for 3 years and i have never touched one of these XD

[pine relic]

I think its fair to say that most people skip on the underwater exploration stuff since it generally is a self-contained system that doesn't offer anything that can't be acquired more easily thru other means

[slender hamlet]

kind of a wasted feature imo

[pine relic]

its not a bad source of crashed ships, but playing the game 'as intended' there's no reason to prefer crashed ships over just buying space station ones

other than rp I guess

[slender hamlet]

wait where is the treasure

[pine relic]

use your visor to locate a chest-looking icon somewhere under the ruins area, there should be... 3 of those I think

any one of them will do

[slender hamlet]

there.... arent any

BRUh

A CRASHED SHIP STOPPED ANY FROM SPAWNING

[pine relic]

lol

well, find another ruin I guess :P

[slender hamlet]

WHAT ARE THE ODDS

[pine relic]

the acronym SNAFU comes to mind

[barren creek]

What are these for?

[indigo falcon]

refining to nanites

[barren creek]

ah

[warm frigate]

I can’t find any goddamn gravatino balls

[indigo falcon]

try the aggro sentinel world in the starter system

[warm frigate]

How do I get back to the starter system

[indigo falcon]

name of it is in the pins, I don't remember off hand

if you went to the space station there it will appear in any teleporter list

just note where you are so you can return the same way

[warm frigate]

I didn’t go to space station

[indigo falcon]

not even to buy things?

[warm frigate]

Not in the first system, no

[indigo falcon]

how about after the first warp? did you go to that one?

you could go there, then warp back, systems you have been to will be labeled in the galaxy map

as "visited"

[warm frigate]

I guess I’ll try

[indigo falcon]

you can also check the discovered systems and set a custom waypoint for it once you get to the first space station you did visit

and then choose custom waypoint on the galaxy map

[ashen shore]

🗿

[short sierra]

exptime!

[pine relic]

!exptime @short sierra

[unkempt kraken]

@short sierra
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[short sierra]

ops

[hoary rapids]

@warm frigate gahondo its a blue star system near the 4th stop system 2 planets with aggressive sentinels... If you haven't had any luck

[pine relic]

the fifth rendezvous will have them if you're still having trouble finding the starter system

[lusty slate]

If anyone's still having trouble getting a Sentinel tower, someone made a base in the starter system right next to one. Hopefully, it's still there.

Also, I love that people do that.

[safe tapir]

So I'm looking for a planet with storms to get storm crystals. Assistance?

[south dune]

There’s one mentioned in the pins in R1 system I think

[barren creek]

Otherwise, look for ones with an activated metal and wait for a storm.

[safe tapir]

thx

[pine relic]

keep in mind that you do not need to fix the freighter hyperdrive upgrade despite the misleading milestone text

[latent kraken]

how do i unlock more slots for exosuit upgrades

[pine relic]

You can buy two from each system with a working space station (one from the station, one from the anomaly). Additionally, you can find drop pods on the surface of planets, and fix those with some materials (sodium nitrate, carbon nanotubes, antimatter housing) for one extra suit slot each. You can choose if those slots go towards tech or cargo slots by clicking in the appropriate area before accepting / purchasing the slot.
A neat way to find drop pods for free is to use the roamer with a scanner installed, which can locate drop pods using the quick menu while you're in the vehicle.

[latent kraken]

no i meant this

[pine relic]

yes, click there when buying a slot and the slot will go to that upper area

[latent kraken]

oh ok thanks

[indigo falcon]

you can always choose (suit, or ship, or freighter) which type of slot you add.

[pine relic]

Also, space station missions (and during expeditions, milestones) occasionally reward you with suit slot upgrade items, which you can use by interacting with either a drop pod or a regular suit upgrade machine, those are applied by interacting with the machine again after it turns 'red' from the regular one-time use.

[latent kraken]

alr ty

[pine relic]

after 4.0 you can even click on the exact slot that you want to unlock instead of doing it in order, tho you still have to unlock all the 'lines' before you get the scroll bar to show up so you can select slots further down...

[latent kraken]

ty

also is it a good idea to sell salvaged data

i tried farming chlorine but getting oxygen is time consuming

[indigo falcon]

early on when you need the units more than base parts, sure

[pine relic]

for the expedition, sure, but if you're gonna continue playing that save, or in a regular save, I usually don't do that until I've unlocked all the anomaly stuff with those

[latent kraken]

im planning to sell half and keep the rest for base parts

[pine relic]

sounds good

[latent kraken]

alr thanks

[indigo falcon]

note that there are ancient bones on a world in the starter system, another good money maker

[pine relic]

chlorine is no longer the early game technique it once was. For the expedition, specifically, a decent early source of units is grav balls in the starter system. I ran around, dodging sentinels and snagging grav balls, until I had a bit over 20 and after selling those I didn't need to worry about units for the rest of the expedition, but your mileage may vary since I also didn't buy all that much stuff either

[latent kraken]

ty

[pine relic]

I think I bought 1 solar mirror, 200 pugneum, 500ish chromatic metal, some 50 hydrogen jelly + 20 metal plates (for launch fuel) and that was about it

[indigo falcon]

what, you didn't mine uranium? 😱

[pine relic]

would have been better to buy uranium but I hadn't run across the station that sold it either

nah mining is slow

[latent kraken]

btw what is this and if it is accessible how do i access it

[indigo falcon]

2 minutes and you would have all you need for the whole expd

that is a lab light.

[pine relic]

its just decoration... you can unlock it to build yourself. Lab light or octa cabinet, one of the two, I forget which.

[indigo falcon]

it sits there and lights things. that is all.

[latent kraken]

alr

[pine relic]

It is vaguely reminiscent of a trade terminal tho

[icy herald]

so did anyone else randomly get 10 void eggs in the middle of this expedition? i had only finished phase 1 and i have 10 void eggs for some reason

[pine relic]

someone might have gifted 'em in the anomaly I suppose

[icy herald]

oh no i got them flying through space. i didnt even see anyone near me, where i was

but maybe someone was there and i just didnt notice. i suppose it could have not been paying attention. it seemed very much like a bug and not part of the expedition

it was after i encoutnered one of those living ships in space

[pine relic]

are you talking about void egg the space encounter or void egg the inventory item?

[icy herald]

void egg inventory item

i had the encounter in space and after that i had 10 void eggs lol

and one was active

[pine relic]

I've seen the item duplicate itself after its in the useless cracked version or the subsequent ones, tho 10 times might be a record.

those can't be turned into living ships tho

[icy herald]

so likely a bug or something, definately not part of the expedition right? xD

i just sold them all so hopefully there isnt a phase that needs them, i can't imagine that was supposed to happen that way

[pine relic]

if they weren't 'active' or 'cracked' or any other adjective, but simply 'void egg' they could be used to get extra living ships after the starbirth quest is finished

[icy herald]

yeah, they weren't active

[pine relic]

but at least in the pc version you're only supposed to get one for free. Maybe the switch gets extras or something.

[icy herald]

im on pc, haha maybe i shouldnt have sold them

i have no inventory space to finish expedition things so i figured get rid of the likely bugged things

[pine relic]

if you're on pc it doesn't matter, its easy enough to get free ones from generous people in the anomaly, or buy 'em yourself

its only really a problem for the switch since they have severely limited sources of quicksilver

and no multiplayer

[icy herald]

makes sense, thanks for help

[acoustic echo]

do i really have to collect all those nanites to buy the recipe for the warp hypercore and quantum computer???

[pine relic]

Nope. Check the pinned tips here #nms-expedition message

specifically,
• You do not need to repair the freighter Amplified Warp Shielding; make chromatic metal and get cadmium drive blueprints from the Anomaly for the starship instead, for the Red Skies milestone.

if you already have cadmium from a milestone, skip installing the cadmium drive and install the emeril drive instead.

With emeril drive you can visit a red star, clearing the red skies milestone, and also a green star, for another milestone. In most planets around the green star you will find emeril to build the indium drive for your ship to get to a blue star, and with just the indium drive installed you can go anywhere. Keep in mind that activated emeril will not work for the blueprint.

[barren creek]

There's no end...

[atomic ether]

well we have trashed Mars, so art imitates life!

[acoustic echo]

got it ty!

[pine relic]

If more people suggest that they add an option to turn off comm balls in network settings that problem could be easily fixed. :P

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[barren creek]

what a nice "base"

[pine relic]

looks like mine except I used standing lights instead of flags

[safe tapir]

Water planet?

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

its in the pinned messages

[barren creek]

Anyways, this one felt short.

[pine relic]

I thought the same thing. #nms-expedition message

[barren creek]

huh, apparently all the expeditions I've played since #8 took me under 7 hours.

probably somewhat due to me better understanding how expeditions work. leviathan was my first and took me at least 10 hours.

[barren creek]

oh wow, I still took over 6.5 hours

[pine relic]

yeah, 6 redux was 1h30m for me, and this one 2h25m

tho my first run at 6 redux was 4h ish

[pine relic]

well, looking at the stats you worried a lot more about making units than I did

and nanites too

[barren creek]

lol yeah

and I made a lot more units than that in the form of the ones that I spent

not sure why the total units earned is the same as my current units.

[calm flax]

I'm the opposite of a speed run on Expeditions. It can take me hours just leaving the first planet sometimes.

[barren creek]

lol nice

[pine relic]

I may have been among the first people to finish this one. Managed to discover the planet you end up on after the core jump, tho I forgot to upload the system so someone else ended up claiming it :P

[barren creek]

I also spent a lot more than 1,684 nanites...

[calm flax]

I just finished my second run at it and don't even remember who it showed that discovered the system.

[pine relic]

I don't remember what I bought tbh... the hyperdrive techs for ship for sure, teleport receiver and economy scanner... from stations I think I only bought a suit shiled upgrade or two

[calm flax]

Actually I just remembered I didn't build my base before I went back

[pine relic]

that was probably everything

[outer marten]

once I finish building my base in the new galaxy can I get back to elucid?

[pine relic]

nope, you didn't start in euclid.

[barren creek]

oh. I didn't even realize that...

[outer marten]

then can I get back to where everyone else is?

[pine relic]

I guess you can get back to euclid after converting to normal, using other people's bases in the anomaly teleporter...

if you so desire.

[barren creek]

yes, just go to a teleporter and select a station that's in the previous galaxy.

[pine relic]

Yeah, until your station teleporter list gets to 70+, all the stations you visited in the previous galaxy are still valid destinations. After that they start to get overwritten.

[barren creek]

bit annoying how that works.

[outer marten]

ok thanks!

[pine relic]

just keep in mind that if you're gonna be building 'public service' bases to help expedition people, you should not claim the final reward or your save will convert to normal and the bases may no longer be visible to expedition players

each player can only have one uploaded base per planet, regardless of game mode, so I believe they'll become normal mode bases once you convert.

[calm flax]

I've still got to go back and build my base in the next galaxy. I transported to my freighter forgetting it was in the first galaxy.

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

because it would take too long to type that name

[next cosmos]

Finished!

Wait all of that and I didn’t get the cape even though I accepted the final reward? Any ideas?

Nvm lol

[pine relic]

?

[next cosmos]

I forgot I had to also claim rewards in my main profile since it isn’t automatic

[pine relic]

unless you're on switch, for the expedition save the cape unlocks from the final expedition reward that you have to click on, and then after that in other saves you get it from the quicksilver vendor.

yeah its not automatic for the other saves :P

[supple radish]

Found a Sentinel Pillar in the first system, ||on the planet with ancient bones, -1.67, +80.37||

[finite rover]

gah. when you don't want balls you find them everywhere. when you do they are nowhere to be found :/

[pine relic]

Rendezvous 5 if you're looking for those. Alternatively, the first system also has a planet (name in the pins) if you remembered to land at the station there to add it as a teleporter destination.

[finite rover]

going there now.

ALMOST did everything so far without looking stuff up. poop.

[pine relic]

well, you can wait until you reach rev 5, since you were going there at some point anyway, that hardly counts as looking things up.

[finite rover]

alas, too late.

[south dune]

Any advice for sentinel pillar? Never done one before I just have that and phase 5 left!

[pine relic]

In general tho, I think its advantageous to get that done in the starting system, its a nice bit of cash to carry you thru the expedition and rewards enough weaponry to take care of the sentinel related stuff.

[pine relic]

Just rush the terminal and pick the option to shut down sentinels, then pick the weapon option and done. The first option is for some bit of extra lore if you care for such things.

If this is done at a grav ball planet, that means you'll have until you reload (or warp/teleport out and back) to loot balls with absolute impunity. :P

[south dune]

Is it really that simple? I was psyching myself out over it lol. I’ll save lore for my main saves :))

[pine relic]

not that one needs the cash in this particular expedition but it is useful to know in general

[south dune]

I did the grav ball stage just before this, wish I waited now bc I did the ol “pick up 5-6 and go AAAAAHHHHHH back to the space station”

[vital otter]

Yeah, it’s really that simple
the trick is actually finding the pillar in the first place lol

[south dune]

…I shoulda been doing these a while ago

[pine relic]

Lol. I did the 'aaaaahhhh' on foot, and while you're running, if the sentinels are already alerted, it makes zero difference if you pick up more balls, so I snagged like 20ish while fleeing until they calmed down, then back to ship with no alert level :P

[south dune]

Thankfully I picked up a map from somewhere! Should be good now for phase 5 how do I “leave the galaxy”? I think I approached the core and then promptly dipped so I’m a little lost on that step

[pine relic]

are you on pc? the non-platform-specific things are 'make sure hyperdrive fuel is at 100%, make sure indium drive is installed'

[south dune]

Yeah I’m PC! I got both those down :))

[pine relic]

then there's the tricky bit, and that's platform specific I reckon

[south dune]

Oh really? What’s the difference between platforms

[pine relic]

alright, open the galaxy map, and without clicking with either mouse button, move your mouse repeatedly in a circle like a maniac until a yellow thingie appears. Move the yellow thingie to the line pointing towards the top of the screen, then hold left click.

this must be done at the rendezvous 5 system, obviously. :P

[south dune]

Hoo boy

[pine relic]

as you can see, those instructions would be less than useless to, say, a playstation player lol

I have zero clue how it is done on consoles

[glass stump]

Uh Oh. I think I'll have problems when I reach that point as I'm in VR.

[south dune]

So do you do violent armswings in VR or

[pine relic]

damned if I know tbh, it could be easier on vr for all I know

[glass stump]

LOL Hope so, but not holding my breath

[vital otter]

With the Xbox controller (which I use on pc) you push the stick forward on the line until a circle appears and then keep pushing until it fills

[pine relic]

the key thing is to never enter free camera mode during the procedure, as that stops it from being possible

I think that's probably universal to all platforms

in the case of mouse and keyboard that's the 'no clicking' part

[finite rover]

after collecting 66 balls the game has finally decided that I've collected 16.

[pine relic]

were any of those from plants or whatever rather than from the ground in a grav ball planet? supposedly plants (and trades/buying) don't count

tho I didn't test that personally

[finite rover]

plants are what triggered it. most were colleced off the ground.

[calm flax]

If anyone is interested I just finished a Uranium base in the starter system on Wighanbrin Teba +38.60 -68.93 The name of the base has Urtanium in it. 46k units of storage when full. Visit it with multiplayer disabled.

[south dune]

Someone made a biodome and I collected from that and it for sure didn’t count. So not player-grown hosts I guess

[finite rover]

the r1 ball planet has a nice ball farm to land on

[pine relic]

let me know if there are any further difficulties with the core warp :P

[calm flax]

I collected a couple like that myself and they didn't count either.

[finite rover]

they counted for me.

or at least they caused the 50 or so I collected earlier to trigger

[south dune]

Thanks! Just need that, establish a foothold, and one more pirate after this pillar deal

[pine relic]

Pulsing in space at the final destination after the core warp, the first encounter will be a freighter wreck. Shoot one of the cargo pods and you'll get two pirates on you. Easy peasy. :P

[south dune]

Wow. The pillar really was THAT easy, dang. Does it work the same way with regular modes?

[pine relic]

yep

You're only forced to kill the sentinels IF its for a nexus / station mission

regardless of game mode

[south dune]

well i feel a little goofy now, but good to know! I read that’s where the royal looking multitools are from?

[pine relic]

Correct.

That is the only source for royal MTs (at least so far).

[south dune]

Nice! And guessing it’s a low chance for them/something to farm?

[pine relic]

Not that low... I find C class royals relatively regularly

A class is the really rare find. Supposedly they don't come in S.

[south dune]

Ah okay, interesting. Can you still upgrade the class at a space station to S?

[vital otter]

Yeah I ended up checking about 20 planets pillars before I finally found one

[pine relic]

Yep

Just keep in mind that the multi-tool from pillars is a system-wide thing, so if you check one pillar in a system and its not a royal, its pointless to check others.

[south dune]

I thought sentinel pillars were a “defeat five waves THEN deactivate all sentinels” type of deal so I never touched them.
That is also good info to know! Can class still vary from planet ro planet?

[pine relic]

And if you're picky about the color, saving and reloading at each planet/station in the system and then heading back to the pillar will change the MT color if its a royal (and the entire model if it isnt, as with regular cabinets)

[pine relic]

nope, same class.

For royals.

Its generally the same class for regular MTs from pillars, but there's some rare instances of a planet not having the appropriate MT class in its pool... anyway, it rarely comes up lol

[south dune]

Lol fair enough! It’s been a really nice expedition though. I think polestar is still my favorite so far, but it’s been chill and I get to learn cool MT facts

[pine relic]

I did some MT hunting this year lol, reddit told me earlier that my top upvoted post this year was a royal A class mt that I posted to nmsce :P

[vital otter]

For the first time I’m keeping on playing my expedition character, I really like the new galaxy Hicanpaav that you end up in

[pine relic]

yeah its a nice way to skip some core warps if you're interested in settling the higher-numbered galaxies :P

[vital otter]

I hope more people stay too

[south dune]

I honestly might keep mine too :)) I like the idea of “starting out” in a non Euclid galaxy

[pine relic]

two in this case

[south dune]

Haha true

[pine relic]

three after finishing the story :P

after converting to a normal save, one should be able to start the artemis stuff and whatnot :P

[vital otter]

Is that the Awakenings quest? Because I have that in my log now

[south dune]

Ohh yeah! I’m planning on doing eeeverything on my new survival save but it’d be fun to play more with this expedition setup

[pine relic]

Yep. Eventually that's gonna let you do some further skipping of galactic travel, if you so choose.