nms-expedition

[vital otter]

It’s been a couple of years since I last did that so it’ll be fun to do it again

[south dune]

Same here actually! I played off and on for a while then a ton more this year

[pine relic]

I've done it... how many major updates were there this year?

one for each at any rate, plus about three more lol

[south dune]

i cant even count that high

nah but it’s really nice to see a game that keeps getting updated like this. I like change (to a limited degree ofc)

[pine relic]

I have the habit of doing the entire storyline progression with every major update to see if they did any undocumented changes

[south dune]

You can probably recite every line of dialogue at this point lmao

[vital otter]

Fair enough and I bet new players really appreciate that you do

[pine relic]

really early in nms history entire storylines were changed.

Polo had their own questline which just vanished, for example.

[south dune]

ah really?? :((

[pine relic]

It wasn't a happy one but yep

[south dune]

Oh. Well maybe I’m better off with less depresso

[pine relic]

Originally that was how the atlas passes were unlocked, by doing polo's quests.

it was significantly more time consuming to get v3, as one of the steps involved getting the somewhat buggy extreme survival milestone to rank 7, I think it was...

[vital otter]

Interesting,I love that HG are constantly refining the game and making it better

[pine relic]

yeah, its basically a constant stream of free DLCs

[vital otter]

There’s really not many games that get so much love and updates to them for free

[south dune]

I’m done!! lets goooo

Thanks for the help!

[vital otter]

Welcome to Hicanpaav friend-entity!

[pine relic]

Hopefully we were able to help make this expedition slightly less complicated :P Not that it was hard to begin with, but still.

To me at least it felt significantly simpler than Exobiology.

[south dune]

I think I complicated it myself, and made it a lot more intimidating than it actually was, between the freighter thing and the sentinels and pillar and whatnot. All in all, way smoother than I expected!

[pine relic]

Its nice that it taught a bunch of people about mechanics they never had used before. Like core warps and in some cases sentinel pillars :P

[south dune]

wdym i totally knew what i was doing 100% of the time

[pine relic]

lol

[south dune]

Fr though, I really appreciate your answers!! helpful explanations without any of the condescension that’s so common now lol

[oblique wharf]

Hi, not sure I understand sentinel pillars. For the phase 4 milestone, do I have to defeat a certain amount of sentinels to get the multi tool from that?

[pine relic]

nope, just bull-rush the terminal next to the pillar and disable sentinels, then use the third option to get a multi-tool

after that, if you'd rather go back to your old multi-tool, you can freely switch between them using the quick menu

there's a separate milestone for defeating sentinels, so you can pick a fight if you want to, but its optional.

[oblique wharf]

Oh, okay sweet! It’s been challenging defeating them and those sentinel starships were even worse for me until I got the emergency warp

Yea I think I’ll have to eventually, only destroyed 2 so far and the starships didn’t count

[pine relic]

I had no trouble defeating all five waves of ground based sentinels just with the freebie stuff from milestones and a shield upgrade bought at the station in the starter system, but your mileage may vary.

[finite rover]

if, like me, you can't aim well then you may want a weapon that allows for spray and pray :)

[oblique wharf]

Ok that’s good to hear. I haven’t really done the combat before but the multi tool is upgraded a lot more from the milestones since I tried fighting them last so hoping this is easier now

[pine relic]

scatter blaster works lol

[finite rover]

pulse spitter is better :)

[oblique wharf]

I have the bolt caster and scatter blaster I think

[pine relic]

here's a video demonstration that someone asked for, of me killing all waves of sentinels in the rendezvous 5 planet with the freebie stuff from the expedition (scatter blaster), its not narrated nor very entertaining but it may serve to put people wary of combat more at ease since I'm not particularly good at it #nms-expedition message

[finite rover]

yeah I need rapid mistake correction which pulse spitter offers. otherwise it's all pain for me.

[pine relic]

if going for scatter blaster, it helps to really get in their face, like melee range.

[finite rover]

yeah. fair

[oblique wharf]

I haven’t explored much on weapons but I’ll try this next on my main file

[pine relic]

its basically a shotgun so you wanna make sure as many 'pellets' or whatever hit the target as possible, and it has quite a bit of spread

its not exactly a finesse weapon but it gets the job done lol

[oblique wharf]

Ahah yea as long as I get the milestone I’m not complaining

[finite rover]

like a 2yo eating dinner :)

[pine relic]

yep, half of it may end up on the walls, but enough of it makes it to the target. :P

[finite rover]

=)

[finite rover]

btw. each time you visit a new station get your space suit storage upgraded.

(and always visit new stations :)

[pine relic]

especially rendezvous system stations

[finite rover]

oh?

oh

yes :)

[pine relic]

makes it much easier to backtrack when you inevitably miss a milestone lol

[finite rover]

yup

and pick up quests. never know what you'll do by accident :)

[oblique wharf]

Yea Ive been hitting all the stations on the way

[finite rover]

woo. r3. almost break time. also almost dinner time. may just continue

[pulsar axle]

Hi. Have a question. I though the Quicksilver rewarded in expeditions was shared among all saves... is this not the case? I am playing on the Switch and Quicksilver is difficult to come by but my main save hasn't gotten any of the Quicksilver from the expeditions, only the saves I never intended to go back to.

[pine relic]

It isn't. The things bought with the quicksilver are unlocked for the entire account, but the quicksilver amount itself is save-specific.

(other than consumable items like fireworks or void eggs, those aren't account wide either)

On the other hand, one of the rewards for this expedition for the switch only is a void egg that you can claim from the expedition rewards at the quicksilver vendor in other saves.

With that in mind, you can just go back to those saves you never intend to go back to, spend all the quicksilver, and whatever cosmetics you buy will be unlocked for every existing and future save, tho you still have to go claim those cosmetics for free at the vendor with each save. They should be listed as 'available' instead of having a listed price, after they're unlocked, like so: @pulsar axle

[pulsar axle]

@pine relic
Thanks for the info. Sadly it was only the void egg I had hoped for to get one on my main save. I did have one, did the star birth quest, got a beautiful red and black ship then my game glitches and I ended up with this ugly green ship.

Didn't want to do the starbirth quest again as I absolutely hated it.

[pine relic]

Well, if you can get a second egg, you don't need to. Only the first living ship requires the quest, after that you can instantly use the egg to claim a living ship, tho each one will cost 10000 nanites when you claim it, in addition to consuming the void egg.

(15000? I forgot the exact number)

[pulsar axle]

I meant on the new save with the void egg and all the Quicksilver from the current expedition.

The other save only has 100 on it and is too difficult to get more since the Switch doesn't have Nexus missions.

[pine relic]

Well, I'm not a switch player but someone else said that you can claim a void egg from the expedition rewards part of the quicksilver vendor in each save, after finishing the current expedition. Make sure to claim all the rewards in the expedition save to make sure, if you don't have it listed there. So you can get one on a different save, just be careful since those rewards are only claimable once per save.

That's gonna mean doing the starbirth quest on the other save, but no way around that unfortunately.

[calm flax]

I just finished an oxygen base on Untaba Beta in the starter system. +15.16 +28.92 . The name of the base is OIxygen. has 46k units of capacity.

[finite rover]

phease 3 sorted. whee.

[pulsar axle]

Thanks!!!! The void egg is a reward you can claim on all saves. It was the main thing I wanted so I could get a better living ship.

[finite rover]

is there ||a use for the fossil you find or can you just sell it||?

[pine relic]

sell

[finite rover]

ta

[native bloom]

Just confirmed for those wondering yesterday, sentinel ships do NOT count towards sentinels destroyed, as the pin says

Also, I don't think sentinels will spawn if you don't have a scanner installed

[inner skiff]

Is there any where with deep water near rv2

[pine relic]

its in the pinned messages, #nms-expedition message

[inner skiff]

I’m on to Ian

Robian

Nvm

[sand wigeon]

🤔 well, too lazy to scroll, so, here is question. Did HG disable resource tracking from catalog in expedition

[pine relic]

I've heard nothing about it being disabled, but can't confirm that it is enabled either. What are you trying to track down?

[sand wigeon]

Basalt

[pine relic]

gimme a sec and I'll check the rendezvous systems

[sand wigeon]

Am already in ||new galaxy||, but well, will be thankful if you do

Oh also storm crystals

[pine relic]

rendezvous 1 for those, but repairing the freighter warp stuff is pointless despite what the milestone hint may lead you to believe

[sand wigeon]

Oh it’s not about repairing freighter warp. Way past that

[pine relic]

yeah, took me a while to click the spoiler lol

[sand wigeon]

Way way past

🙂

Well seems I have that resource tracking problem only on my PC account. Xbox works fine, so I find it there and just team up with myself 🙂

Far from doing that for first time

[pine relic]

yeah tracking is working fine for me too

[sand wigeon]

In fact I mostly finished mission on pc account in 7 hours by helping from Xbox 🙂

[pine relic]

I can get you a system name, lemme just tp back to there

7 hours for the expedition?

[sand wigeon]

And that includes opening all slots, getting all tech and all building parts 🙂

Yes, on Xbox it took me 30

[pine relic]

ah, that's quite a bit of extra work then

took me 2h 25m lol

but I just did the expedition itself

[sand wigeon]

Yea, extra work for just accessing all mentioned stuff

That’s why I am searching for basalt and storm crystals to finish upgrading multitool and Minotaur upgrades

[pine relic]

here, from the perspective of the system where we go after the core warp.

[sand wigeon]

Aha so biding-lat system?

[pine relic]

Apparently

that's what basalt tracker is telling me anyway :P

[sand wigeon]

Ok, will have it as reserve now

[pine relic]

For the storm crystals if the first rendezvous system is still in your teleporter list it should be simple enough to go back there to collect as many as you need. Names of rendezvous planets and systems are in the pins, here #nms-expedition message

[sand wigeon]

Thnx

Was involved in freighter rescue

Eh, just a b

[bitter plover]

Where do you get Nautilon Fuel blueprints??

[pine relic]

A Freighter Blighted milestone

you also get 5 pre-built ones from the same milestone

[bitter plover]

Hmmm - Not sure what I've done but I haven't got any left... 😦

[pine relic]

they might have ended up in your ship or freighter inventory, or maybe you stuck 'em in a cargo container :P

at any rate, you should have the blueprint anyway. Hydrothermal Fuel Cell is the name.

[bitter plover]

Where would I get it bp am in the anomaly at the moment

It doesn't seem I have the blueprint

[pine relic]

did you click the milestone to claim the rewards? :P

[bitter plover]

Yes

[pine relic]

then you should have it. But it is sold by the middle terminal on the right in the anomaly, between multi tool shark traveler and exocraft traveler

[bitter plover]

What I might have done was drop all of them on the drive expecting it would only use 1 but it used all 5 - That's the only thing I can think of that I could have done

[pine relic]

that shouldn't happen either, it only takes one to completely fill the tank. Maybe being left with the other 4 on your cursor, you dropped 'em into the nautilon inventory?

[bitter plover]

Nope only got suit upgrades

[pine relic]

If you think its not unlocked, here's the machine in the anomaly where you unlock it, and where it is located in the recipe tree:

[bitter plover]

HAve I got to build it in the exocrafr?

I have it

[pine relic]

any empty inventory slot

[bitter plover]

Found it.... 🙂

[pine relic]

there you go

[exotic fiber]

rendezvous point 2... what the hell!?!?

[pine relic]

?

[exotic fiber]

it seems to be built into the side of, or right on the edge of, a very very steep & tall mountain

i'm having to use the terrain manipulator + jetback to build a "ladder" up the mountain to get to it

[pine relic]

yep, pretty annoying to find a landing spot near that one too

[south dune]

Ah yeah. A tad inconvenient but that’s the one time comm balls helped me find something

[exotic fiber]

(after falling most the way down the mountain)

[bitter plover]

I actually died falling down a cliff on that one

[exotic fiber]

I rely on the survey device to locate the place. Was still led off the cliff.

[dull dagger]

using the terrain manipulator like that is clever, I've never thought of doing that with that kind of issue

[south dune]

It’s been a life saver for a lot of things 😅

[exotic fiber]

here's my current angle view on the rendezvous

here's looking down at my "ladder"

[dull dagger]

I'm up to R4 atm, I might finish it tonight, not sure Well, this morning, it's 5am, I've been playing all night. I'm all set to start murdering some sentinels but I'm not sure if I want to sleep first

[pine relic]

I tend to prefer a sort of spiral tunnel into the mountainside but that works too I guess

[exotic fiber]

made it. frickin finally.

now to dig a tunnel back to my ship...

[sand wigeon]

Darn, which is starting system again?

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[sand wigeon]

Found it

As soon as I asked 🙂

[bitter plover]

Well that's Phase 3 done - @pine relic I also installed some nautilon upgrades for fuel efficiency as well... So I didn't run out... Do I need the treasure I found for anything in further phases or can I just sell it?

[pine relic]

the treasure itself you can sell, keep treasure maps tho until you can craft the finished map (needs 3 pieces)

[bitter plover]

Found them all already 🙂 and got the main map too

[pine relic]

apparently you can craft the pieces if you lose 'em but might as well avoid it if possible

ah then you're good

[exotic fiber]

ok i seem to be at a point where i cant really progress (at least not easily) without a lot more nanites, so i gotta divert from working on milestones to just farm nanites. Also BADLY need a hyperdrive efficiency upgrade but might have to jump to a LOT of new systems & check all their stations before I find one, which would possibly negate the benefits of getting one... ugh why this getting so stressful?

also i might run out of carbon & oxygen soon

[pine relic]

I got all the hyperdrive upgrades I needed from milestone (all X so a bit of a crapshoot, only 2 had cell efficiency)... also the three "warp to red/green/blue" milestones give nanites

[exotic fiber]

oooh! and here i thought I actually was paying attention when I looked at the rewards for each milestone

to a red star i go now!

[pine relic]

I think there was at least one other milestone giving nanites around phase 2-3

[exotic fiber]

but i am out of oxygen.

[pine relic]

but I didn't claim that until after I was done with the expedition because I didn't end up needing it...

[exotic fiber]

in my other playthru, space stations tended to sell oxygen. But apparently not in this galaxy.

[pine relic]

not a galaxy thing, its a difficulty settings thing, by default oxygen is no longer sold anywhere

gotta change the 'goods availability' setting to 'abundant' for places to sell oxygen again, but I don't think that can be done for the current expedition

to be fair, I didn't try either

[rough hatch]

what does " must be in the last system closest to the centre (basically the end of the line if using the Galactic Core filter option in the Galaxy Map)" mean?

[pine relic]

I'm guessing that's from the core warp faq?

[rough hatch]

yes

[pine relic]

in terms of the expedition, all that means is that you must do it from the system where rendezvous 5 is

[rough hatch]

fffff.....

im way away from there

[pine relic]

if you visited the station you can teleport back easily enough, the name should be in the pins

[rough hatch]

oh.... good point

[pine relic]

somehow people often forget that you can just teleport from station to station lol

[unkempt kraken]

@fallen warren Unapproved Discord invite

[pine relic]

that doesn't seem expedition related at all

[fringe agate]

!rule3

[unkempt kraken]

Rule 3: No Self-Promotion

No advertising in our channels or via unsolicited direct messages to our members. That includes linking to unapproved Discord servers, blatant self-promotion or misleading links.

[fringe agate]

Knock it off

[rough hatch]

thanks!

i finished it!

yay for me!

[fringe agate]

Congrats

[finite rover]

re R2. I just used my jetpack.

now... what te snot was I doing on this planet...

[pure forum]

Will past expeditions be available?
as the event once was?

[wraith junco]

Hg already did exp 1-4 rerun. Now its 5-8 and currently on exp6 rerun

So probably no reruns in nearest year

[pure forum]

ty, didn't notice that

but how to choose it?

[wraith junco]

To start expedition make new save and chose expedition mode

Imo . Hg will make 8 more expeditions because 16.

[pine relic]

by that logic they will make 248 more expeditions because 16 * 16

[fringe agate]

16^16 more

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[finite rover]

is it enough to create a comms beacon and leave a message for others to see it?

wanted to help others out by indicating where a quest is

[fringe agate]

#nms-expedition message

Pins will have the locations, each expedition

[inner skiff]

Hey do you get a cape from the blight expedition because I finished it and can’t figure out how to put it on

????

[finite rover]

I heard that they swapped it for the void egg :/

[inner skiff]

😦

Well. Can I get the one from leviathan or are all the capes swapped

[fringe agate]

Only switched on the.. Switch

[ashen shore]

Check appearance modifier, backpack section

[fringe agate]

And make sure you aren't Vykeen

[ashen shore]

That's where you can select the cape

If it's unlocked, that's where it will show up

[inner skiff]

I don’t think it is there

My save corrupted I think

[fringe agate]

Did you redeem it in the expedition?

[inner skiff]

Also I am on switch

😦

[fringe agate]

Then you don't have capes

[inner skiff]

At all ever?

[fringe agate]

I don't know about ever, but not right now

[inner skiff]

🫢

[fringe agate]

You would have got a Void egg

And a lot more QS

[inner skiff]

I do get a void egg

[toxic mortar]

In the R1 system:
Blue Save Becon on Rumar X by an underwater ruin with treasure. There is a small island next to it and it is easily swimmable

Orange Save Beacon on Natamit N49 is a sentinel pillar. Class B rifle w/ some stealable mining upgrades.

[lusty slate]

Switch doesn't have capes period, likely due to technical limitations. So to compensate, our Blighted rewards are a little different from other platforms. We get a void egg instead of the cape and approx 7,000 more QS.

Which btw, is enough the unlock the entire armored set and one of the helmets to carry over to you main save. I used the QS on the armored set and the Blazing Orbit helm myself.

[finite rover]

that 888 QS was annoying but managed to spend things so that I have only 8 unspendable QS left.

[rain estuary]

Does anyone know why harvesting gravitino balls from gravitino hosts on the freigher doesn't give credit towards the Coveted Suns milestone?

[lusty slate]

You have to steal the gravitino balls for it to count.

[rain estuary]

Rip and there I was thinking I was smart to use a shortcut

[toxic mortar]

Likely because the theme of the expedition is Outlaws.

[lusty slate]

Go to an aggro Sentinel planet, steal an bunch, yeet away from the pissy space robots and leave.

[rain estuary]

Oh I love kicking Sentinel ass, it's just I'm having issues finding such planet

[lusty slate]

Starter system has one.

[finite rover]

it'll come naturally as part of your questing

[rain estuary]

Is it any planet that has aggressive sentinels?

[rain estuary]

Starter system has super annoying hazard planets and my hazard protection isn't that amazing.

[lusty slate]

I don't remember the haz on the aggro planet being too bad. Mind you, I wasn't there for long. Took me all of five minutes.

[toxic mortar]

Yup. There is one in starter system. Check the pinned messages.

[rain estuary]

Yea I'm at the end of the expedition too. It's just this and next galaxy and it's over.

[finite rover]

did you do R5?

[lusty slate]

Do you have the space station your teleport list? Just teleport back and return.

[rain estuary]

Yus. Just didn't go to next galaxy yet, wanna finish gravitino first.

[finite rover]

the R5 planet has balls

least mine did

[rain estuary]

Good tip, I'm still in that system

Thanks, will investigate

[lusty slate]

Oh, yeah. Last planet is aggro too. That will be more convenient for you.

[rain estuary]

Lovely. Thank you

[finite rover]

how did you miss all those balls? :)

[rain estuary]

I have like 6 picked in random places I happened to stumble upon

Then I was like... imma grow the rest on freighter. Big ol nope!

[finite rover]

hahaha. d'oh! :)

[rain estuary]

Fun fact: from previous fights I already had uncovered a sentinel pillar on that R5 planet. Time to put it to good use

[finite rover]

=)

I feel that making my final base on a murky planet with faecium and salt as its main resources is apt for this blighted expedition

[patent canyon]

In the first Rendevous system, somebody just died by toxic inhalation. RIP for the traveller.

[rain estuary]

And done. Took the best part of 3 minutes. Thanks guys for the tips ❤️

[ashen shore]

Is the expedition worth doing for a new player

[rain estuary]

Yes!

It's not a very difficult expedition and you'll enjoy the cosmetics on all accounts

[ashen shore]

How do cosmetics work in this game?

[rain estuary]

So without giving too many spoilers, there's a NPC in a place you may or may have not discovered yet, where you can claim all those you've already unlocked. This works from any game save. Then there's Appearance Modifier machines, either in the same place as that NPC or built by you or other players, where you can customize your looks.

[ashen shore]

I haven't gotten too far

[rain estuary]

Yep, hence no spoilers 🙂

Something to keep in mind though: while there are ways to unlock many cosmetics, expedition specific cosmetics can only be unlocked by completing that expedition. And they don't come around that often, especially repeat ones.

So if you miss it, you may or may not have another shot to get them in future. Unless you're willing to cheat, there are ways...

[ashen shore]

I'll do it when I can

Still have a couple days

[rain estuary]

You have plenty of time

Blighted, the current expedition, ends in 11 days. Just remember to start your save at least 2 days before the expedition deadline.

[ashen shore]

Yep, thank you!

[lusty slate]

Fair warning, the starter planet can be a bit rough on new players. It will likely spawn you near massive cliffs so be very careful making your way around.

There's also some required combat. It would be good practice for your main though.

[amber bluff]

I cannot find the bloody second checkpoint there's only a mountain I cant dig through

[rain estuary]

It's on top not at the bottom

There's a misleading named base there, someone played a prank

[amber bluff]

Im where theres tons of player structures

[rain estuary]

Yes

[amber bluff]

Oh nvm I havent noticed I got it completed

[finite rover]

woo! snorted! :) I r done.

[amber bluff]

Where do you get the third piece of the map?

[rain estuary]

If I recall correctly it's the Nautilon thingy

[bitter plover]

Indium drive is the go anywhere drive??

[finite rover]

yes

it's the one you want if you want to go on a road trip

[warm frigate]

Just finished blighted

7/10

[toxic zenith]

Struggling to find the aquatic treasure, been to quite a few ruins but see 0 sea chests.. this common?

[bitter plover]

Well done

[rain estuary]

Hmm do you have multiplayer on or off?

[toxic zenith]

On as im doing this with my partner

[bitter plover]

Have you got the key? You need to dig it out of a chest which is near the ruin

[rain estuary]

Yea others might take your treasure.

Might help turning it off just for this one bit then turning it back on.

[toxic zenith]

No key no. Havent found a key? Looking down my visor is shocking no chests around the ruins i am visiting.

[rain estuary]

You're supposed to get the key as part of the quest when you first arrive at the structure

Then the chest is nearby

[toxic zenith]

Yeah its fine i found it

Kept going to sunken buildings instead of the submerged ruins

[bitter plover]

Hmmm you need the nautilon sonar - get it to scan for sunken ruins - You'll find a ruin with a big blobby glowing thing on the top... Go and interact with that and find the key then dig up a chest wich you can open with the key

[sand wigeon]

Sooo, anyone starting expedition?

[rain estuary]

Did most of it last night, finished the last bits like an hour ago

[ashen shore]

created a expedition save
spawn on a huge mountain
fall down
die from fall dmg
infinite fall after death even when loading the save
ggwp

[sand wigeon]

Bad start

[wraith junco]

Save jetpack fuel until the end , to slow down and land safely

[amber bluff]

Can you not switch ships in a station? It doesn't allow me to call another ship

[toxic zenith]

No not in a station, only on your freighter

[amber bluff]

Man that's silly for selling ships

[toxic zenith]

Tbf theres other things they need to fix before anything like that. Too many bugs and crashes in this game

[amber bluff]

I almost never had any crashes in 150 hrs, and I'm playing in VR only, that says something

[toxic zenith]

400 hours here and had a few crashes. Its mainly happening during the expo for me. Seems to be due to playing with my partner.

[amber bluff]

It also should be something easily implemented, I forgot how it was before the freighters update but I recall I was in a similar situation and couldn't figure

[toxic zenith]

You say easily implemented but as soon as they implement anything it usually breaks something else.

[amber bluff]

Well flying back and forth from freighter to station to change and sell ships seperately is pretty inconvenient for the far future heh

[toxic zenith]

You can summon your freighter quite close to a station usually. There will be a reason why they havent implemented it. Maybe they've tried and it caused issues. Who knows

[oak drum]

Noob here... Two days in to Expedition 6 Blighted. Will it just stop after 10 days?

[wraith junco]

This exp will end and next will start

[amber bluff]

Your save will be converted to a normal save and the expedition milestones and rewards will be gone

Are pirate systems always blue stars?

[fringe agate]

No

[cinder slate]

can anybody help me out? im halfway through the expdition and i hit a wall

[lusty slate]

Where are you stuck?

[cinder slate]

i need stuff for a indium drive so i can go to the blue stars

[lusty slate]

Easiest way is to ignore the freighter hyperdrive. Don't bother fixing it. Go to the Anomaly and buy the Emeril and Indium drives for your starship. One of the milestones should give you enough cadmium to make the emeril drive. Install it and hop to a green system. Harvest emeril from any planet there, then install the indium drive.

[cinder slate]

k

[lusty slate]

Also an emeril drive will get you access to both red and green stars both.

The game will prompt you to fix the freigher hyperdrive, but it's not necessary and actually takes longer than just using your ship to warp. You just need to visit different star types for the milestones period. Doesn't matter what vehicle you use.

[cinder slate]

ok

btw

cn i build exocrafts on my freighter?

and summon them?

like the sub

[lusty slate]

You can, but I believe it needs to be unlocked. Also not necessary. Just build the Nautilon bay on a water planet and use it there.

[cinder slate]

k

[lusty slate]

I barely used my freigher in the expedition, honestly. It's only really required to accept it for the first map piece and to unlock a squadron bay for a milestone. Then you can literally just ignore it except for extra storage.

[amber bluff]

Any hints on finding underwater relics? Im scanning and scanning but nothing found

[twilit turret]

you're scanning with the sub scanner?

[amber bluff]

Yea

[twilit turret]

odd, I would suggest probably picking up and moving a bit and trying again, the range is really pretty good, I got a hit on my first scan

[amber bluff]

Ok

[lyric coyote]

I found a submerged ruin, but I can't interact with it, I'm playing online and it was dug around, can people steal it?

[digital canopy]

Anyone know anything about the seemingly randomly specific number of nanites you get from phase 3 the last piece? 4096? Is that meaningful? Nautical significance? Or am I reading into a random number.

[remote thunder]

sorry for the late reply; i'd recommend disabling multiplayer, that can happen yeah. if the same ruin still doesn't let you, find another one (gentle reminder: nautilon+high power sonar)

[remote thunder]

look up "4096 angel number" 😉 - anyway, either that, or because it's a multiple of 16 --kzzt--

[remote thunder]

sorry for the late reply, not sure if you still need this: nautilon has a tech upgrade (which you also unlock via milestone) called high power sonar that enhances its scanner quick menu with direct scan building targets - one of them being sunken ancient ruins.

[digital canopy]

Ohhhh that's so cool, so it's basically ||hinting that there is treasure to be found in the expedition?||

Don't think that needs spoilers but 🤷‍♀️

[remote thunder]

there's always treasures to be found 🙂

but might not even be anything specific, could be just overall, the whole expedition has treasures or goodies to unlock

anyway, i don't know for sure if it's anything related

😄

[ocean gorge]

I found a communication station on the R1 planet that’s at a sentinel pillar. We don’t have to fight the waves of sentinels, correct? I already did the sentinel kills necessary, so we can shut the sentinels down as we would at any other sentinel pillar I’m guessing and just take a MT?

[remote thunder]

just a clarification: geobays can't be built on freighter bases, unfortunately, unless using mods

[remote thunder]

absolutely

[digital canopy]

It sure feels like it could be. The angel number thing I looked up said it means you are begining your path to great wealth or sumn along those lines.

[remote thunder]

don't need to shut sentinels down either @ocean gorge

just take the MT

[ocean gorge]

Alright👍

You do get a few nanites if you sell modules if you get salvaged glass, or also from destroying the pillars I thought

[remote thunder]

yeah you can do that ofc

you will notice that at every pillar, even ones in aggressive sentinel planets - sentinels guarding it will never aggro to you

so if you're not already aggro'd, it's an easy shutdown/MT check

or lore read

[lyric coyote]

Thank you, I did just that and found another one

[patent canyon]

I have encountered interesting issue - I was on one planet and there was pointer pointing me to another planet. I wasn't looking for it due doing another stuff (I think getting exosuit upgrade). Once I looked toward the objective, I have noticed that the pointer was pointing into space and was slowly going down until it moved on the planet.

Like the planet itself moved with the objective. 🤔

Now I wonder if each player can have different planet position before it synchronizes with the host/clients. 🤔

[amber bluff]

I know that, I landed in 6 different spots on a planet mainly covered by waters and in every no spot no building whatsoever, ruin or anything was found. It was a green star, I'll try a different systen later

[remote thunder]

keep in mind that green star systems are often uncharted (aka no space station, no dominant race), and uncharted systems have no buildings whatsoever

[amber bluff]

There was a station, not sure about race

I guess I was unlucky with this planet

[fathom schooner]

Darn planted gravito Don't count for mission

[amber bluff]

Not buying them either

[remote thunder]

if there was a station, then there was a race dominating the system, even if abandoned. that being said, exocrafts have limited range on their scanners, sometimes requiring flying away to another area of the planet.

[remote thunder]

starter system has an aggressive sentinel planet, system on the other side of the core warp also does

[amber bluff]

Yea I got tired of this, I hope at r3 there will be one, since usually the expedition is prepared to offer everything for completion along the route

[remote thunder]

@amber bluff i did all the underwater/submarine/treasure map etc milestones in rdv2 system

picked one of the lush biomes with water

and only selected the first relevant milestone out of that group above when i was already on the planet

[fathom schooner]

Also sentienal pillar multi tools are damaged now?

[amber bluff]

Sonic scanners in turbocharged slots have higher range or lower cooldown?

[remote thunder]

not afaik

[remote thunder]

yeah, i believe i've seen some screenshots around with them damaged now

[amber bluff]

So nothing improves for them?

[remote thunder]

best use those supercharged slots for other things like engine

[amber bluff]

Yea there's 3 and I have nothing else on the boat so...

[sand wigeon]

So, anyone starting expedition?

[wintry robin]

is it worth doing all the 6th expedition considering the only good cosmetic item is in the first phase of the expedition?

[sand wigeon]

Unsure about that. AFAIK many may be after final cosmetic

Wait, you mean jet trail?

[wintry robin]

yep, the cape is awful

[sand wigeon]

de gustibus non disputandum est

[lusty slate]

I mean, free QS.

[sand wigeon]

🤔, does that transfer to other saves.

[lusty slate]

The QS itself no. Any non consumables you buy with it, yes.

[sand wigeon]

Ah yea

[zealous nest]

@sand wigeon made the mistake of not spending it before deleting, my bad, don't do that

[sand wigeon]

What do you mean spending before deleting?

Pardon, not spending

Still have my current expedition save, in fact am currently building salt and oxygen mine outpost

Well, finishing it after a bit of visitation to dreamland

[bitter vine]

To the people who mark useful places like MTs and Sentinel Pillars, you guys rock

[shrewd pollen]

Man, one thing that this expedition has made very clear is that getting oxygen without being able to build bases sucks.

[lusty slate]

Especially since you get a base computer so late in this expo. So some players deliberately held off finishing to set down helpful spots for others. ❤️

[toxic mortar]

I just got finished marking up the boggy planet in the starter system. 10 drop pods (1 w/ free Oxy and Mordite) and 2 pillar shooting ranges.

[shy dagger]

Where can i find the relict?

[toxic mortar]

What relict? You mean the underwater treasure?

[shy dagger]

the crashed freighter i mean

[toxic mortar]

Ah, if you highlight it in your expedition the marker will show you the way.

[fluid stream]

is there a known problem with trying to warp to galactic core ?

[pine relic]

Problem, not really. Most people who have never done it don't know the technique, tho. Which platform?

[pine relic]

I usually find large patches of oxygen flowers within minutes by low flying on the night side of planets while looking for the distinctive red glow, tho it doesn't work as well in mountainous planets - one or two of those should be enough to carry you thru the expedition (took only one for me but it was a particularly juicy one)

[shy dagger]

out of oxygen as weel

[pine relic]

well, try that technique just above, see if that helps...

sure beats refining kelp :P

[fluid stream]

@pine relic pc

[pine relic]

make sure that you have 100% hyperdrive fuel, indium drive installed on the ship making the jump, and that you're at the rendezvous 5 system, then 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.

[fluid stream]

ok will try something like that

[shy dagger]

Like i am in total chaos

Gotta reach a far away solar sistem but in all the shops theres no upgrade for the hyperdrive

I can do a system at a time. And that depletes the fuel immediatly

[pine relic]

are you using the free X hyperdrive upgrades you get from milestones?

[shy dagger]

yeah, its a 100% range

[pine relic]

no such thing

that would be quite amazing but sadly range mods are flat numbers and fuel efficiency are percentages

[shy dagger]

oh wait, its efficency

yeah

[pine relic]

that means you already have at least one mod that is as good as it gets in terms of fuel reduction

you can get two more from other milestones, I think its the star color ones

[pine relic]

also, keep in mind that you'll be teleported to rendezvous 5 so please don't try to fly there. :P

[cinder ingot]

whats the best way to get the nanites for the warp hypercore ?

[pine relic]

You don't need warp hypercore, despite the misleading milestone hint. Nanites would be more wisely spent on cadmium/emeril/indium upgrades for the ship warp drive, and you can skip directly to installing the emeril one by using the cadmium stack you get from one of the early milestones to build it. That allows you to go to red and green stars, completing two of those milestones, and around a green star, mine some emeril to build the indium drive so you can go anywhere. That being said, one of the pinned messages has tips for early nanites...

@cinder ingot #nms-expedition message

[cinder ingot]

ah

[pine relic]

keep in mind that to claim the nanite bonus from fully scanning a planet you have to click the glowing thing on the top-right of the creature page of the discovery tab for that planet.

[cinder ingot]

I am aware

[toxic mortar]

When visiting a pirate system buy all the Suspicious Tech and Arms packages. Open them use what you need and sell the rest to the Upgrade vendor. That will get you a lot of nanites.

[shy dagger]

Pyrate system for lawless sky?

[pine relic]

last item on this pinned message, #nms-expedition message

[finite rover]

just keep killing dangerous plants and scooping up red flowers. I wound up with a k or more of oxygen.

[toxic mortar]

There are a few oxy bases in the starter system.

[pine relic]

if doing the hazardous plant thing, its worth noting that you get a fair bit of extra oxygen by collecting from them before destroying. 3 oxygen spots from the farting plants, 1 from the bitey ones.

[finite rover]

you can collect from them also?

[pine relic]

yes.

[toxic mortar]

Yup, dangerous, but yep.

[pine relic]

the dangling red 'bait' things that look kinda like oxygen flowers can be collected from before destroying the hazardous plant. @finite rover

[finite rover]

oooh. will have to check this out next time I play

[pine relic]

incidentally, the bitey ones stay closed for quite a while after you collect, making it safe to shoot 'em, since they have a weirdly long range for their attack when you shoot 'em while they're open

[finite rover]

their range does seem to cross planetary distances.

but to get close enough to harvest don't you have to get bitten?

[pine relic]

nope

they retaliate if you shoot, but you have to step right on them for it to bite otherwise.

[finite rover]

ahhhhhh

neat

[pine relic]

the distance and angle of approach in the picture above should be safe

for the gassy one its iffier, works sort of like the underwater vents for crystal sulphide... circle around collecting and run away if its about to blow

also, the 'hitbox' for the interaction prompt on the gassy plants is where you'd expect it to be, right at the red thingies. For the bitey one, it seems to work more consistently if you aim at the air above the red thing.

[errant pendant]

Where on the anomaly do i go to start an expedition?

[pine relic]

nowhere. If you're looking at expeditions as in frigate missions that would be in your freighter. If its expedition the game mode you start a new save in the main menu and pick expedition in the difficulty mode selection screen.

[errant pendant]

Oh ok thanks

[south robin]

What is this event?

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[oak pewter]

How do I get a base computer in the expedition?

[pastel star]

given as a reward as part of phase 5

[oak pewter]

Oh damn I see it now lol. Thanks

[pastel star]

No problemo

[normal iron]

Can someone explain what expeditions are? Do you lose your progress each new expedition?

[pine relic]

they're a game mode for time limited events with unique starting conditions which means you'll need to start a new save for each expedition. The rewards for each phase of the expedition, as well as for full completion, are account-wide unlocks, generally cosmetic.

[normal iron]

oh! gotcha thanks

[pine relic]

just keep in mind that due to the nature of expeditions, they tend to get your character up-and-running a lot quicker than in a normal game, as far as techs and stuff, since you get a bunch of expedition related goals (called milestones) that have rewards that would usually be slower to get in other modes

[glass stump]

Making progress slowly, and not so surely. Is there a recommended system or planet for the underwater milestones?

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[glass stump]

@pine relic - the one with the answer at his finger tips ALWYAS

Thank you kind person

[pine relic]

technically that one was in the pins rather than my fingertips :P

[glass stump]

ROTF

[river compass]

No free frigate fuel blueprints in exp 6?

[pine relic]

it takes a little while for the quest that gives it to pop up.

[river compass]

Well after acquiring the freighter?

[pine relic]

I only noticed it was there when I finished the expedition, but it probably updated before that

yep, well after.

[river compass]

I vaguely recall that also being the case in previous expeditions

Does having the fleet station set up confuse things further?

[pine relic]

no idea, I built it... so that may have been the case

but the quest still popped up after a while

[high hedge]

What’s the quickest way to the core? Black holes I guess?

[river compass]

Generally via Portal, unless expeditions offers something better

[zealous nest]

@high hedge player base teleports

[pine relic]

in the case of this expedition, getting to rendezvous 5 and performing a core warp as per the pinned faq.

[high hedge]

Oh can I do that Core warp on PlayStation

[pine relic]

and you'll get teleported to rendezvous 5 by following the expedition storyline (map fragments and such). I don't know the procedure for core warps on the playstation version but all platforms can do it.

[high hedge]

Yeah i finished all the rendezvous so I’ll try that out!

[pine relic]

keep in mind that you need to be at the rendezvous 5 system for it to work :P as to how the... controls part works on the playstation you'll have to ask someone that plays that particular version, maybe in #nms-questions if no one here offers the information (and if its not in the pinned faq)

[high hedge]

I found a guide. Do you happen to know the name of the rendezvous 5 system? I was trying to manually warp lol

Trying to use a portal back to it

[pine relic]

its also in the pinned messages, #nms-expedition message

it would be easier to just use a station teleporter to get back there.

[high hedge]

Thank you!

[high hedge]

My thoughts exactly

[plucky gale]

love having to restart the expedition due to the save corrupting

[median ember]

.exp time

[pine relic]

!exptime @median ember

[unkempt kraken]

@median ember
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[hazy cypress]

Crystal sulphide? Where do I get it and why did I need the solar mirror?

[pine relic]

Underwater around water vents. And you need both because there's a milestone to make a nautilon geobay which requires both.

[hazy cypress]

I just made the Geo bay but it didn't use solar mirrors?

[pine relic]

@hazy cypress #nms-expedition message

[pine relic]

did you install the scanner?

that's also gonna be required for a milestone

[hazy cypress]

Ah there it is. The scanner

Didn't do that oart

[hazy cypress]

All sorted. Thanks

[pine relic]

np

[indigo falcon]

sorry to be mia yesterday, working on a "secret project" all day long, actually got the 'low battery' warning on the controller, heh

[pine relic]

my secret project is some crappy mobile game that got me distracted all day >.>

[indigo falcon]

it can't be all that crappy if it sucked you in for the whole day 😄

[pine relic]

of course it can, low quality drugs are still addictive.

To bring it less offtopic-ish, I'm glad NMS didn't go the route of trying to sell quicksilver :P

[indigo falcon]

I am extremely glad that real money and microtransactions are not a thing in the game

[pine relic]

not gonna lie, I was slightly concerned when it first showed up, that they'd either try to sell it directly or using some sort of season pass nonsense that would allow you to get more per day, as is the usual in the 'live service' game racket nowadays

[indigo falcon]

it's been a great ride so far, even with all the bugs and glitches

[hazy cypress]

Definitely thought it was gonna be some real money in game currency

[fierce aspen]

How long does it take to trigger the freighter event? I'm more than 3 hours in and have warped about 6 times.

[hazy cypress]

If in the expedition it should trigger if you follow the expedition map

[pine relic]

The only freighter event you need should be the one that is scripted to happen after the first warp I think

[fierce aspen]

Yeah, been following it. I'm at RV2 so far

[indigo falcon]

on the expedition it's every 3 warps regardless. (with ship, not freighter, for anyone else reading)

[fierce aspen]

I thought i got a freighter event after first warp. Couldnt tell if it was that or a pirate attack. I was dying so I reloaded and never got the event after.

[pine relic]

definitely wasn't the case for me, the only rescue I saw was the first one

[fierce aspen]

So maybe I'm bugged and should start over?

[indigo falcon]

I wonder if they've changed that then, we'll have to see in later expeditions

[hazy cypress]

I've had 3 or 4 rescue cases

I felt like it was alot more than usual.

I had the 16 pirates in phase 4 done before I finished phase ii

[indigo falcon]

that sounds like the usual expedition experience then

[fierce aspen]

I even went back to Starter system then warped back to next warp and nothing. I'll warp along to RV5. If nothing pops, I might start over.

[plucky gale]

where can i find solar mirrors?

no space station sells them for some reason

[indigo falcon]

r3 space station has them (it's mentioned in the locations guide pin in here)

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message second item

[fierce aspen]

I went back to the starter system for a third time and warped to next system again. This time the freighter event triggered. So if it bugs out, maybe keep trying to go back and forth till it triggers?

[digital canopy]

Til about the golden vector

Dear lord I want to play the first one, what a beautiful ship

[pine relic]

that its garish and ugly? :P

[digital canopy]

Hahahaha

Ope

[pine relic]

#nms-expedition message

[digital canopy]

I kinda like it 👀

[indigo falcon]

there are players around who wil trade it to you, as long as you don't mind that it's about looks only, the class and stats will be random when you get it

[pine relic]

it is convenient but I dislike the color

[digital canopy]

How do you trade ships??

[pine relic]

player A exchanges the ship with NPC, player B claims the now exchanged ship

[indigo falcon]

another player sells to an npc (exchange), you run over to the same npc and pick it up for free

[pine relic]

while at the same station

[digital canopy]

Oh wow how have I never thought of that

[indigo falcon]

again, class and stats are random when you get it

[digital canopy]

You both gotta do a save tho right cause there's a chance the npc will just fly off?

[digital canopy]

Gotcha

[indigo falcon]

you should both be at th station and standing right near the npc

[digital canopy]

What channel should I go to see if someone would trade with me?

[hazy cypress]

Man I'm struggling to find Emeril

[digital canopy]

If you go to the item in the catalog you can locate it that way. Should be in any green system I think though

[pine relic]

#nms-lfg-or-trades

[digital canopy]

Ty, ty

[pine relic]

Every planet around green colored stars (make sure galaxy map is set to unfiltered to see the actual color) will have either emeril or activated emeril, activated being useless for blueprints but producing more chromatic when refined.

[hazy cypress]

Got it. I'm just gonna keep warping toward the rendezvous and hope I find one near by I can jump to

[cunning sandal]

I have a question I have 16 gravitino balls and still it's not counting. On the expedition ?????

[hazy cypress]

You picked all of them up?

[cunning sandal]

Yes

I have 16 in my inventory right now that I picked up myself

[pine relic]

not from gravitino hosts, but from the ground?

[cunning sandal]

Oh you got to do it from the ground I just spent the last few days farming them from my farm. Oh that was a bloody waste of time 🤣

[pine relic]

its in the pinned messages, lol

[cunning sandal]

Lol I must have missed that 🤣

Thank you for your help @pine relic

[pine relic]

second to last bullet point #nms-expedition message

[plucky gale]

THE SAVE CORRUPTED ON THE SAME SPOT

IM SO FUCKING DONE WITH THIS GAME

EVERY TIME I TRY TO GO THROUGH THE PORTAL

game crashes and corrupts

[finite rover]

you can't any more afaik. as per changelog they fixed the freeness.

[pine relic]

the point wasn't the freeness, but rather obtaining a ship with that particular skin

[finite rover]

yes but freeness was mentioned.

[indigo falcon]

they fixed a player reclaiming their own ship for free; trades like this have been tested post 4.0 and still work, to the extent they ever did.

no more get rich quick schemes for a single player though 😛

[finite rover]

ahhh. fair enough. important distinction.

[indigo falcon]

yeah and to be fair when I saw the patch notes, I thought the same as you, only testing proved that to be an incorrect interpretation 🙂

[finite rover]

nice that they kept the escrow functionality. :)

[toxic mortar]

Mine kept crashing. Took 3 tries.

It is the massive field of Comm Balls on the other side.

[plucky gale]

gotta love comm balls

[toxic mortar]

Yeah. I made a Zendesk ticket.

You should make one too, it will help in the quest of them hopefully removing them.

It sucks that they let other players ruin the game for people.

[plucky gale]

yeah but im pretty sure they can be disabled

dont remember how but i think it was possible

[toxic mortar]

You have to fully disconnect your console from all networks.

It's not disabling, it is a hack. They need to make a way to disable them.

[plucky gale]

oh alr

ye i had to make a completely new save since it got corrupted

finished the second save in like 2 hours

[toxic mortar]

Nice. I am thinking of re-running next weekend to farm QS unlocks, but dread the comm ball spam.

[plucky gale]

im busy finishing my permadeath

i want the final achievements

[marble bluff]

Hello, I've been playing the expedition for awhile now mostly gathering resources and working on phase 1 I wasnt in a hurry to build a base but now that I am ready to build a base The Base computer etc. isnt available. I think I skipped something? Any ideas on what I need to do to correct this?

[ashen shore]

IIRC that's intended for this expedition

You learn the base computer blueprint much later

[marble bluff]

Ohh ok I was wondering what was going on thanks for the info

[hazy cypress]

I'm at acquire multitool from sentinel Pilar. Has everyone just done that at rendezvous 4?

[bitter plover]

Can I buy a sentinel Pillar map?

[hazy cypress]

Ah rendezvous 5. There are coords in the pins

[hazy cypress]

Check the pins. Rendezvous 5

Soooooo. I just swapped out my ship and my entire storage disappeared?

Hope my reload restores my old ship

It did. But I'm wondering what went wrong

[pine relic]

Stuff in your ships inventory doesn't automatically transfer to a new ship.

[hazy cypress]

Ah you're right I forgot to transfer it. Haven't done that in awhile.

[bitter plover]

WHen jumping between galaxies can you do so in your freighter without killing your ships?

[pine relic]

for the expedition jump, no tech will be damaged, regardless of how you do it

[bitter plover]

Fine for the exp but will freighter jumps in non-exp mode work if you use your freighter to jump out of the system?

[pine relic]

no idea, never even tried to do it with a freighter jump

[bitter plover]

🙂 Ok no worries then...

[pine relic]

I usually switch to a secondary, crappy ship and MT before doing it... :P

and then switch back to the regular, well upgraded ones on the other side

[bitter plover]

Yeah that's what I did to get to Hilbert.... 🙂

[hazy cypress]

If I jump all the way to rendezvous 5 before doing the treasure hunt that's ok right?

[pine relic]

that's kinda trying to break the thing, like trying to warp to the final starbirth planet instead of using a portal... no idea if that would affect anything, other than taking a whole lot longer than intended.

[hazy cypress]

Oh really??

Shoot.

[pine relic]

yep, the map stuff would land you squarely at rv5 without all the hassle

[hazy cypress]

I have sentinel pillar and pirate map left. Ok let me see if I can trigger it now

Craft the full map then follow it right?

[pine relic]

pretty much, it should pick a valid spot within system

I did that at rv4 but I assume it should work anywhere

... it might behave weirdly if trying to do that AT the rv5 system tho, so if you wanna stress test their idiot proofing, you could try that :P

[hazy cypress]

Lol I do not

If I wasn't pressed on time I would

[pine relic]

I'm surprised that they had the forethought to include a way to craft the map pieces, because of course some people would delete them...

[hazy cypress]

Lol or sell them

[bitter plover]

88 Carbon a piece for the maps in case anyone was wondering...

@pine relic Nice Base!

[pine relic]

not mine tho

[bitter plover]

You Blisette in game?

[pine relic]

Blissett, yes.

But I have no uploaded bases in the expedition, so it can't be mine :P

[bitter plover]

Ah ok you might have discovered this planet 🙂

[pine relic]

If its the one immediately after the core warp, probably... apparently I was one of the first people to finish the expedition lol

I think I've discovered a few more between rendezvous systems, but those are harder to stumble upon

[bitter plover]

Well that's 6 done... 🙂

[toxic mortar]

It is fun naming things in the expeditions. One of the starting planets has a creature I named: Captain James III

[sand wigeon]

Well just finished copper mining base and salt and oxygen mining outpost in starter system

[sand wigeon]

Think I uploaded one or two myself

Yep, starter planet Wighanbrin Teba

[toxic mortar]

I put a DropPod/MetalFingers/O2/Mordite base, 2 sentinal pillar bases, and 9 more drop pod bases on the boggy planet in the starter system.

[sand wigeon]

Quite a lot. Same name handle as here?

[toxic mortar]

Almost, just "Phate".

[sand wigeon]

Looking

🤔, don’t see. You uploaded?

[toxic mortar]

Yeah. :/ that is sad they didn't appear.

I uploaded last night.

[sand wigeon]

When did you ul?

Ah

Could be I am in another instance

[toxic mortar]

Yeah, possibly, or server delay. I know not alluploads show up all the time.

[sand wigeon]

Ah, found one

EZ Sentinel Pilar 2

Are all bases you listed on same planet?

[toxic mortar]

Yup.

That one is 600m from Drop Pod4 base.

[sand wigeon]

Ah only one can be uploaded for others

[toxic mortar]

Ah. Unfortunate.

That makes since because that was the last one I uploaded.

[sand wigeon]

Want to see mine?

Beware, salt and o2 are on sentinel aggressive planet

Tho it should be ok, you teleport inside

[toxic mortar]

I'll need to remember that for next expedition, so I spread them out.

Sure, I'm not on right now. Can't play till next weekend.

[sand wigeon]

Ok

Anyhow, have to go

[toxic mortar]

I'm travelling this week. I didn't bring my switch becsuse I'll be busy.

Cya!

[hazy cypress]

I left the rendezvous 5 with only needing to go to a new galaxy. Zipped for the station. When I dropped out a portal appeared. But I went by into the station. The gate is no longer there. Was that an artifact or was that part of this expedition?

[pine relic]

sounds like a random space encounter

[cobalt shore]

Here I go again...

[hazy cypress]

Yup. It was. Got it sorted

Expedition completed. Definitely my favorite one. Don't recommend these under a time crunch. Better if you can just enjoy them

[lament coral]

quick expedition only took 3 hrs

[hazy cypress]

Yeah I think I was about 3 1/2.

[pine relic]

2h25m at a leisurely pace, while mapping coordinates to post here and whatnot :P

[lament coral]

didn't like my starting ship, wasted a lot of time ship hunting

[hazy cypress]

Haha I can't imagine how that would be a leisurely pace. I think resource hunting cuz I have the basics of that off on my main save is what ate up time.

Going about my missions. Oh I need carbon. Again...

[pine relic]

it was pretty relaxed, but I did get lucky with some oxygen flower patches I guess #nms-expedition message

apparently people had trouble finding oxygen in this expedition for whatever reason

[hazy cypress]

I think it's also the permadeath playstyle. Im more interested in the space mercenary stuff than the survival aspect. Adding that back into my play took some adapting

[hazy cypress]

Me being one lol. I forgot to look for it half the time. But it really only came up when you needed it for crafting

[pine relic]

you mean my permadeath playstyle or yours? I usually only play PD lol

[hazy cypress]

Yours

[pine relic]

other than expeditions that is

yeah, that could be a factor... I'm used to not having stacks of 9999 so I tend to not resource hunt quite as much, those used to normal mode might be tempted to farm a lot more...

[hazy cypress]

For me it was I'm not use to needing resource for basic health. I have shields, damage on. But not the very basic oxygen stuff. So I'd be roaming around and then forget. Helped once I remembered I could craft the packs and stack those

[pine relic]

you're given like 20 each of batteries and life support packs from one of the milestones, I finished having used maybe two of each

[hazy cypress]

Yeah. That helped. Maybe that's where they came from. Thought I crafted em

[round rock]

Does anyone happen to have storm crystals? Its one of the things i need and im not having any luck finding them

[pine relic]

you don't need to fix the freighter hyperdrive upgrade, despite what the milestone hint says. Its actually counterproductive. You're better off buying the cadmium/emeril/indium drives for your regular ship and warping with it. The milestones complete when you reach a correctly colored star. With the free cadmium from milestones you can skip the cadmium drive and install the emeril drive right away, which lets you go to red and green stars. Around green stars you can mine some emeril to build the indium drive and you're good to go anywhere.

that being said, if you still want storm crystals, they're pretty common in the first rendezvous planet, names of the planet and system are in the pinned messages.

[round rock]

Gotcha

I also need it for warp hypercores

[ashen shore]

Shoot NPC starships for warp hypercores

[sand wigeon]

Can’t you also loot crashed freighters?

[pale solar]

I tried starting an expedition for the first time yesterday. But if I understand right, I can only take cosmetic things to my main save game. If I don't care about cosmetics, is there any reason to do expeditions?

I know it can be a new experience, but I'm still figuring things out in my main save.

[pine relic]

Most of the account-based rewards are cosmetic. Some aren't. The first expedition had a gold-colored S class ship, exp 2 and 7 had exclusive S class frigates. Expeditions tend to be easier than the regular game (and way, way faster), and they're fun little self-contained storylines, usually. But you're not interested in the rewards and aren't having fun with them, then there's no reason to do them.

[pale solar]

@pine relic OK thanks! Probably something I'll try later after progressing more on my main save. Though I keep an eye out for ship rewards maybe.

[pine relic]

you can check all the account-based expedition rewards and, as long as you don't have 'em unlocked, which expedition they came from in the anomaly by talking to the quicksilver vendor. Robot guy between the nexus missions and the right-side ramp into the anomaly proper, kinda looks like Johnny 5 from the 80s movie Short Circuit.

[pine relic]

well, more like 10 days now, which is still more than plenty

[amber bluff]

It doesn't allow me to select the heart of the galaxy to travel to. I literally zoomed in all the 2700LJ to the end of the orange line that points to the heart of the galaxy in the galaxy map but there is nothing, nothing I can select to warp to.

[sand wigeon]

Just continue moving stick forward if you have controller. Also have full fuel in warp engine

Or on pc I think it’s left shift?

[pine relic]

pc instructions are here: #nms-expedition message

[amber bluff]

Well nvm it seems this is bugged in VR I have to do it in flat

[amber bluff]

With the gamepad it's not possible either, this really should be improved. Anyway, now I need to figure why I cant build a base computer, it just don't have it in the buildings and can also not unlock it from the anomaly

[glass stump]

OK, I'm working on getting the Artifact from a sunken ruin. I have my sub, but all the ruins are 30+ minutes away. Do I really have to let it run for that long? Can I scan, get in my ship, fly up and fly down?

[pine relic]

yep, you can do most of the way with your ship, just find some island or whatever near the target

[glass stump]

Ut Oh, what's bugged in VR? I mainly play in VR

[glass stump]

Thanks.

[glass stump]

Do I deconstruct my Naut station and rebuild it?

[amber bluff]

How about you read the message just before that? Travelling through the galactic core isn't possible in the VR interface

[glass stump]

Sorry to bother you. I didn't scan up far enough.

[pine relic]

nah, you can summon any exocraft anywhere on the same planet where the geobay is built (or anywhere that you can summon your freighter, with the exocraft summoning upgrade for the freighter)

[glass stump]

Thanks again.

[amber bluff]

I don't have the construction research unit blueprint

Ok nvm it wasn't required

Nice, done. Expedition 7 with the organic fregatte is what I want most

[pine relic]

if you're on pc, instructions here: #nms-expedition message

[wise prism]

if I create a save and play the expedition after it ended, will I still be able to play it and obtain limited edition cosmetics?

[pine relic]

you can't play after it ended. It will be converted into a normal mode save when the time expires.

[safe fog]

Man, I really enjoyed the Blighted.

Solid story, goals and such.

[sand wigeon]

Darn are solar panels unreliable

[pine relic]

only if you don't know that it takes 2x solar panel and 1x battery for every 50 kpu of power needed in the power network

[sand wigeon]

Never use them, am in someone’s else’s base

Finally

[merry badge]

Having a hard time finding an underwater ruin. The exocraft scanner always says "no nearby building". I am in water on a paradise planet. Do some planets have no underwater ruins? (first time in nautilon so I have no experience)

[fathom schooner]

Almost died on 2nd rendezvous

I just kept sliding and sliding till I broke my jetpack

Barely survived

[pine relic]

are you using the quick menu scanner, and selecting ruins (right most option) rather than the regular one?

[merry badge]

'x', use high-power scanner, scan for submerged ruins

[golden condor]

Try a different planet or system. It usually picks up a ruin even if it’s on the other side of the planet.

[merry badge]

Do I lose my exocraft or its base if I change planet?

[golden condor]

You need to build another station for the exocraft on the new planet

[merry badge]

Bummer, I changed planet and cannot launch my nautilon. So I have to build another base? Then again nothing tells me this planet will have underwater ruins. So how many bases will I have to build for this expedition?

[golden condor]

Stock up on salt and crystal before jumping to other planet

[golden condor]

It’s very rare that a planet don’t have ruins. So it’s possible you’ll find one on the next planet

[pine relic]

ideally you would just dismantle the geobay for a full refund before leaving the original planet, also planets suitable for that milestone are listed in the pins, #nms-expedition message

[slender glade]

You can pick up/delete/dismantle the nautilon (or any craft) base as soon as you summon the craft and get all the materials back ready to build again. I always pick it back up immediately unless it is a permanent base or something.

[river compass]

When specifically does the base computer unlock?

[pine relic]

phase 5 after core warping

[slender glade]

Does everyone end up in the same galaxy after the final warp or is it a random lush?

[golden condor]

Same place i think

[pine relic]

same galaxy, system and planet. Also, due to the storyline, all tech damage is prevented.

[slender glade]

That last bit is nice 😃

Oh. I see. I didn't even realize we weren't in Euclid to start. Makes sense.

[bold saffron]

anyone able to offer me a quick tip on how to assemble the three pirate map pieces? Can't seem to figure it out...

got it - thx

[karmic cosmos]

Om "expletive" god. Thank you sooo much. I have been spending hours trying to figure out how to warp to the core. Was doing everything mentioned by Gunter and watching videos. Little did I know...instead of raving like a maniac, I should have been circling the screen with my mouse like a maniac!

[pine relic]

yeah, most guides out there fail to impress upon the newer players exactly the type of motion required to do it properly :P

[exotic fiber]

please tell me there's an easy way to get 1 walker brain in this expedition without having to fight sentinels?

actually nevermind

[pine relic]

you don't need it, if its for finding a pirate system... there's one in the pins that you can find by name and reference picture, without any scanner installed, or alternatively you can install a trade scanner instead as both work for it.

[exotic fiber]

i see now the pinned comment telling me hjow to find the pirate system

and rrg i just ran completely out of oxygen which is needed to make starship fuel. imma have to spend an extra hour or 2 farming kelp while im in the ocean for the upcoming milestones.

[pine relic]

or you can just fly low on the night side of any flat-ish planet and look for the red glow of oxygen flowers, a patch or two should last quite a bit... don't forget to utilize space station teleporters to cut on fuel costs when applicable, like going back to previously visited systems

@exotic fiber #nms-expedition message for reference of what it looks like

[exotic fiber]

i do do the latter thing. I also realized today that can rely on life support gel for my life support exclusively since it's crafted just out of dihyrogen which is infinitely refinable

ive just never before played on a difficulty that didnt have oxygen for sale; or if that's how it was on the previous expedidions ive done, somehow it wasnt a problem on those but it is on this one.

[pine relic]

its a post-4.0 thing, you need to set the goods availability setting to abundant for oxygen and a couple other things to be sold where they used to be sold

which may or may not be possible in expedition saves, I didn't try

[exotic fiber]

only expeditions ive done before were Polestar, then the redux of #5. Was polestar post 4.0?

[pine relic]

nope, 3.something

[exotic fiber]

and FYI ive never changed a difficulty setting since the update came out allowing us to

[pine relic]

well, saves that were created previous to 4.0 would already have it set to abundant

[exotic fiber]

ah

[random elbow]

So I need to keep old expedition saves because I'm running out of slots

[pine relic]

you don't need to if you don't want, just double check that the respective rewards are unlocked in any other save before deleting... tho the slot limit is like, 15 I think? so it takes a while before a cleanup is needed.

[fathom schooner]

Wow the blighted treasure wasn't much

[pine relic]

the real treasure was the pirates we killed along the way :P

[fathom schooner]

And of course I'm missing one single ferrite dust to make a casing to fully fuel my ship

[pine relic]

fly low, point your ship's nose at the ground, and fire away... all the ferrite and carbon you'll ever need

[fathom schooner]

Huh never knew you needed a green drive to reach the core

[pine relic]

indium technically but there are exceptions

[fathom schooner]

Does core jumping still wreck your stuff?

[pine relic]

not in the expedition

[fathom schooner]

Ah good was ready to jump with a burner ship just in case

[fathom schooner]

And expedition complete

I wonder if they will redux the other expeditions

[pine relic]

7 and 8, yes. All back-to-back.

No news about 1 to 4 one way or another, if it'll happen it is doubtful that it will be close to this batch.

[fathom schooner]

Welp hopefully they do 1-4 next year

[wise fable]

I havent played the game long, Ive done all of the expedition except the go to another galaxy, I havent even done that on my normal world yet, how do I leave?

[pine relic]

keyboard and mouse instructions, it may be a bit different for other platforms: #nms-expedition message

[hazy cypress]

No no!!! Haha we are supposed to support the pirates!

[ocean gorge]

Are we supposed to build the Nautilon on the R3 planet, it doesn’t have water does it? Or which planet are we supposed to build it on?

[toxic mortar]

As a Pittsburgher I can comfortably agree with this.

[south dune]

Anywhere

The nautilon/underwater objectives aren’t tied to the rendezvous

[ocean gorge]

Yeah I get that I can summon, but I’d rather build it where it’s “needed”
I guess I’ll just find a water planet in this system to make it, if it’s not going to give me the clue for the “where” part until I do

[south dune]

Yeah, you just find a water planet and do the related milestones lol. There’s some pinned planets you might wanna try too

[ocean gorge]

I saw stuff about buying salt and a solar mirror (already have those) but not really suggested planets (unless I overlooked that) as far as deploying the Nautilon. Because I guess as you mentioned that doesn’t really matter so much

Omg I found frozen MineCraft land😂

[pine relic]

You overlooked it then, last couple of pointers in this pin: #nms-expedition message

[ocean gorge]

Oh, I probably overlooked it because it lead with “R1 system” in the sentence😬

[pine relic]

ultimately as long as its a deep water planet it doesn't matter, but planets in the renzevous route tend to be more convenient since you're in the system anyway

[ocean gorge]

I know you don’t have to do things in order

[pine relic]

or have been in the system and can teleport back to it, as the case may be :P

[hoary rover]

Just like last time, I can't bring myself to finish this expedition

Anyone else feel the same?

[pine relic]

nope, it was so quick I barely noticed it, again. :P

[ocean gorge]

I don’t know how people finish this in 5-6 hrs. I’ve spent probably a few days in it so far lol

[hoary rover]

It's just so boring

None of the milestones fit

"deploy a sub"

"destroy 16 sentinels"

[ocean gorge]

I don’t like how you can’t change any settings this time. Meh, that’s one of the things I’ve enjoyed most about NMS and Waypoint, not having to fuss with all the survival settings (I don’t like most survival games, like in Subnautica for example, I only play Freedom, I don’t care to do food and hunger for example, and in NMS I have done my time with recharging hazard protection and I’m glad to turn that stuff off now xD)

[pine relic]

Personally I'd consider 6 hours a stretch unless the player is sidetracking quite a bit, my first run before anyone having coordinates up or anything was like two and a half hours, #nms-expedition message

and that was while stopping to take notes to post here lol

[ocean gorge]

At least for the Exobiolgy exped, we could adjust settings

[pine relic]

Not really, since people that changed settings were crashing like crazy...

[ocean gorge]

I had a couple of crashes on Xbox One, and I attribute that to the sheer number of bases people set up on the rendezvous and neighboring worlds.

But on PS5, even switch, didn’t have crashes in Exobiology

[pine relic]

ps4 people had a really rough time if this channel is any indication

[ocean gorge]

R4 planet has some interesting creatures for those who like fauna collecting. First time I’ve seen a perfectly metal sphere critter (dunno how common that is) and there’s a strider with tentacles along the back end of it, which is interesting

[south dune]

I loved those guys! Especially the funky striders. Would have loved to take one with me into a different save lol

[pine relic]

shouldn't be hard, just time consuming, to wait for one to lay an egg and transfer it over with the help of someone from #nms-lfg-or-trades

[glass stump]

For finding the last part of the map, a Phase 3 step, do you need to be in any certai8n system, and do you select the mission for more detail?

[pine relic]

see the pinned tips for recommendations as to where to do the underwater-based stuff, that one is gotten by using the nautilus scanner with the quick menu to locate an underwater ruin, if memory serves

[glass stump]

I've done the underwater mission and got my item from the underwater ruin. Don't remember anything on o the last piece of the map. I'll look at the pins again.

[pine relic]

might be the one that points at the sunken ship then

[glass stump]

OK, back to the planet and to find my sub. 🙂

Thanks once again

[pine relic]

You shouldn't need it for this part

like, clicking the milestone itself should point at a sunken ship

[hazy cypress]

Lol that's my team! Been a fan ever since Jose lind

[oak pewter]

Can someone tell me the final redezvous system is? I completed the mission when teleporting to bases so idk which one to go to to warp to the galactic core

[glass stump]

OK< will try first thing tomorrow. Had to go maintain the main toon.

[oak pewter]

Oh it was a little bit more down in pins

[indigo falcon]

yes, sorry, lots of info in the pins here, good to look there first and see if what you need is there

[ocean gorge]

For the Intergalactic mission, do we need to change ships and MTs, and package our exosuit tech to prevent breakage?

[indigo falcon]

no

this is an expedition perk, no tech damage

[unkempt igloo]

Is there a faster way to get to rdv 5?

[ocean gorge]

Oh ok, thanks

[indigo falcon]

that's via portal isn't it?

you should have gone through the portal at the end of phase 4 to get to the r5 point, instantly

[unkempt igloo]

Oh, haven't finished 4 yet, lol

[indigo falcon]

best do that, or at least "treasure hunt" 🙂

[hazy cypress]

Complete and follow the map thru the portal. There you can also complete the R5 and the sentinel gun

I made this mistake the other night

[sand wigeon]

What mistake?

[indigo falcon]

leaving the end of phase 4 for later I guess. or not going through the portal in phase4. you really, once you are at it, need to go through right away.

[hazy cypress]

I was trying to jump to to R5 without doing the pirate map. Then doing the sentinel towers there. The pirate map and portal takes you straight to R5

[indigo falcon]

yes they do

that's how you are intended to get there, nice and easy

[hazy cypress]

Yup. I didn't comprehend that part originally

[dull dagger]

If someone gets an egg to trade me on my regular save from this strider, I can trade an S class combat expedition module for freighters

unless there's a way for my blighted save to know where to go that was R4 (finished now but haven't claimed the last phase reward so still in the expo)

[hazy cypress]

I can swap you mine. I have no interest in it. But it might be 2/3 weeks before I can get back on

Message me again if you don't find one before then

[dull dagger]

okay, thank you

[dull dagger]

nevermind, I was able to get it. Checked the pins for what system/planet each rendezvouz was in and was able to get back

[finite owl]

Do I need to unlock the Blighted Milestone before Ican complete it or would it still get completed if I don't un-blight it but meet the requirements?

[hazy cypress]

Have to unlock/claim it

[finite owl]

:(

Can someone hop on VC to help me guide through the expedition (and give moral support)?

[tranquil thistle]

how many days left?

[finite owl]

7-9

[tranquil thistle]

7days before save creating ends and 9 before the expedition right?

[finite owl]

Basically

[tranquil thistle]

okay thanks

[sand wigeon]

How is moral support?

[ashen shore]

Do you guys have cords for an ocean in the r4 system?

When you dont need em there is a million when you need em there is 0

[finite owl]

I don't follow

[indigo falcon]

you could try a water world in one of the other systems, just use the space station teleporter to go back to the previous space station. there are a couple listed in the pins, or look at the planets from space, it's usually clear whether they have water or not

[pine relic]

with some practice you can even get some idea by the picture in the discovery page, tho there's a greater chance for false positives

the ones in the pins have the benefit of convenience tho, since they're systems that you either already visited or will have to visit at some point, so one might as well do the nautilon stuff on those since its usually just a matter of using a teleporter to get there

[sand wigeon]

You asked for someone to join you for moral support. Wondering how that goes

[finite owl]

Ah, I see, there are people, in the VC, that I joined, so trying my luck there

[finite owl]

I had to leave for toilet, and then had to deal with something, so was gone for a bit, seems they all left

[lethal remnant]

I am currently in the system of the third rendezvous, is there a place in that system to get the crystal sulphide?

[sand wigeon]

RV2 system has it for sure

[lethal remnant]

ok I guess I will have to return there when I turn the game back on

[glass stump]

OK< getting near the end and I have a few questions: I'll mark them as spoilers just in case.
||1. As part of this expedition, you change galaxies. Once you do that, can you return to this galaxy without having a base established here?

2. I have a Void Egg. Does that need to be completed in this galaxy?

3. Can I transfer the unhatched egg to another character?||

Thanks

[ashen shore]

1. || Yes if you visit a space station there to add it to list of recently visited places in teleporter ||

Still it's better to make a manual save before the final thing

2. || I think for the 1st Living Ship you will need to travel to Euclid. There is a stage in the Statbirth quest (LS mission) that will have player to visit a specific planet in Euclid galaxy ||

3. || Not sure, if you got the egg as milestone reward (Switch only if I'm not mistaken) you can get the proper egg on every save with no tricks needed. ||

[glass stump]

Thanks. ||The Void Egg is one of the rewards for a mile stone.||

[ashen shore]

As for trading, it's hard to say. There were reports of these gifted items being broken. However, those were cases of duped items. Legit one might have no issues.

[glass stump]

Only time will tell. 🙂 Thanks for the answers.

[median ember]

! exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[ebon leaf]

whens the new one start

[fringe agate]

#nms-expedition message

[ebon leaf]

sorry im blind

[indigo falcon]

happens to the best of us

[ebon leaf]

it was 9 days like 3 days ago

[indigo falcon]

2 weeks per run

[finite rover]

wish polestar ran over xmas. then I could safely ignore it.

but glad I did blighted early. now I can focus on xmas dinner :)

[leaden ravine]

Need some help: I was close to dying trying to get the freighter so i escaped into the anomaly but the i went back into space it wouldnt let me continue. Now i cant get it to respawn the freighter for me to do it again. Any ideas?

[zealous sage]

try reloading

[leaden ravine]

Tried that :/ didnt work. I also tried warping around a couple times to try to get it back

[fierce aspen]

I had that happen. I had to actually warp from the starter system to the next system. Tried 3 times before I got the freighter event back.

[lethal remnant]

another expedition done

[clever wren]

Hello, I just died and I need to go to sleep. Will my grave remain until tomorrow ?

[fierce aspen]

I built the nautilon but dont remember where I placed it. Is there a way to move it (spawn it) to where I currently am? It wont let me build another one.

I'm on same planet.

[fierce aspen]

Nvm, I think I figured it out. You can summon it like starship I think. I haven't used exocrafts much so far.

[pine relic]

you can summon exocraft for free anywhere on the planet that their geobay (that's the proper name for the base platform) is built at, or anywhere in a system that your freighter is parked at if the freighter has the exocraft summoning room that I forget the name of.

exocraft materializer maybe? something like that

[fierce aspen]

Thank you!!

[ashen shore]

Sorry to butt just wanted to mention

[pine relic]

Also, and that's a bit of a cheeky trick, you can also summon it anywhere on a planet where it already is spawned, so you can build the geobay to call it down, and then dismantle the bay for a full refund so it can be built on the move as needed.

[ashen shore]

Apparently we don't need the original exocrafts bays built once you get the orbital materializer for freighter

Some folks in help channel mentioned they can still summon all of their own exocrafts even when the bays were scrapped

[finite rover]

I never got it and completed the event/expedition fine. That said I did get another freighter in the end seeing as it was a Capital S class.

[fierce aspen]

The trident key seems to be bugged for me. I have turned multiplayer off, reloaded several times. Do I have to stick with the ruin the task took me to? Or is it possible to do the task on another planet?

[static willow]

Ahhhh, so excite to Redux Blighted!

🐐

[static willow]

If this is anything like the main game, it’s probably locked to the same ruin

I had a massive problem with this in previous games. Literally had to backtrack my way, locate the system, locate the planet, and find every single one there. Was a big PITA

[pine relic]

bugged in what way?

[static willow]

I thought they had patched that but it might be similar because of the constraints of the expedition

[fierce aspen]

Radiant Light blob wont interact with me to give me key. I have spent last 30-45 mins trying everything.

[static willow]

Oh, I thought you meant you had left the area after triggering

[pine relic]

mm, I never had that problem but when that sort of stuff happens its usually because the game auto-selected something else as active in your log and you need to have the correct thing active for it to trigger properly, did you try anything along those lines?

[finite rover]

yeah. make sure you've the right quest selected as active

[pine relic]

starbirth was a bit of a pain in the ass for that during this expedition, as every 10 seconds it selected itself as active for me

[fierce aspen]

When I got to ruin, I tried to open chest, said I need the key. I tried to interact with the blob and nothing. The quest shifted from the treasure task to "locate trident key"

[finite rover]

go into expeditions and select it again, just in case?

[pine relic]

Like I said, I didn't encounter any problems with that part but I remember how it went for me - selected the milestone for the treasure as active, interacted with the ruin ball thingie, then after that dug up the chest and opened it with key + pearl, see if the order matters for you

[fierce aspen]

Ok, I'm done for the night. I'm going to try on another planet or system tomorrow. If that doesnt work, I'll submit a bug report and just give up on this expedition.

[pine relic]

should submite a bug report regardless

!hg @fierce aspen

[unkempt kraken]

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

[royal slate]

@fierce aspen hey, what if someone else gave you a trident key?

oh im orange

cool

anyway, everyone else should have a practical infinite supply of 'em, so i dont see why they couldnt just transfer one to you

still a bug def, but a temp fix is better than no fix, no?

[static willow]

Does everyone get an S class freighter on the first try on this expedition or did I just get extremely lucky?

[finite rover]

you got lucky

[static willow]

Gotcha. Thx

I’ve done so much grinding in the past to get an S class

Ironic

[finite rover]

yeah :)

I got an S class capital on the 3rd or 4th pirate fight just playing.

[golden condor]

I got a c class. But we don’t use them too often except to jump systems. And store stuff so. I don’t care

[pine relic]

you don't need to use your freighter to warp... its more time consuming to go that upgrade path than to jump with your ship, you'd have to upgrade the ship hyperdrives anyway to get the materials for the freighter hyperdrive upgrades after cadmium without relying on nexus rng

[sand wigeon]

Well in long run….

[pine relic]

the long run is only worth considering if you're gonna keep playing the expedition save after the expedition is over :P

[sand wigeon]

That’s what is implied

[ashen shore]

Wow ex6 is awesome abd i cant wait for leviathan

[median ember]

Anyone know where to find storm crystal... In blighted

I was sitting near a Rock... And waited for 30 mins but it never turned to storm crystal. .and someonhow i am not able to pin it

[pine relic]

first rendezvous planet is full of them, but you don't need it - fixing the freighter hyperdrive is a bad idea.

[median ember]

But its a task in log...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I would use rather cadmium or indium drive

[pine relic]

it lies. The milestone completes whenever you warp to a red star system, with your ship it works just as well, but its less time consuming to get the blueprints and cheaper to craft.

[median ember]

Okay...thanks for info...i could have done this yesterday

😑

[pine relic]

ideally you'd use the free cadmium from a milestone to install the emeril drive immediately, skipping the cadmium one, and then from there you can go to red / green stars, and around a green star you can grab some emeril to install de indium drive and done

[median ember]

I thought of that before

[pine relic]

its in the pins :P

[median ember]

Using my ship instead

😆

[indigo falcon]

note you can also dismantle the freighter tech and get a free hypercore out of it (more warps for the ship ;-))

[slate drum]

how i supposed to repair freighter red star drive?

star*

[pine relic]

scroll back to here since I just explained why you shouldn't #nms-expedition message

literally just above.

[slate drum]

so i can just jump to rendezvous system?

nvm

[pine relic]

you didn't read all the messages did you

[indigo falcon]

two hints: you never need to warp with your freighter in this expedition. and, you cannot get to the rendezvous 5 planet by warping, you must do the last phase 4 milestone and follow the portal to get there

[slate drum]

i set on emeril drive on spaceship and jumped to red star system

[indigo falcon]

now you can go to a green star system and get that one too, then get some emeril while there for the indium drive

[misty parrot]

I can delete the old completed expedition right?