nms-expedition

[jaunty zenith]

I love the Nomad!

[wanton frigate]

So do the 1st planets Exo Thieves, apparently because every time I turn my back, it's gone.

[waxen shuttle]

too bad the expedition didn't ||send us to an extreme hazard planet||

only ||extreme ||

also I like the whole building a bunch of bases thing though a couple of things:

1. I never felt the need to visit someone else's base.
2. I never felt the need to build anything sizeable; four of my five bases were pretty much basic 2x2's, last one I went a bit bigger and built a slightly taller 3x2.

of course I expect the first base to be a 2x2 because it pretty much makes you build a 2x2 but beyond that not really

and sure it gives you the prefabs for the later bases but those cost a lot of iron and power

[leaden fable]

How do I do the Volcano part ?

[wanton frigate]

Climb a volcano and punch-jump across a bit of the middle of it. And try not to fall in.

[waxen shuttle]

you need to get just close enough to take damage

try not to swim in lava though 🙂

[jagged sedge]

I threw myself in, lol

[waxen shuttle]

sure just shove all your items into the exocraft and do that

[remote thunder]

you do need to take extreme heat damage, @leaden fable; full shields and health should easily let you survive it. especially if you melee jetpack over the caldera, low enough to get that damage, but still be able to fly over it to the other side. recommend upgrading jetpack as well

[waxen shuttle]

for a future expedition I'd love to see some meatier collaborative base building where say the expedition actually requires you to build more advanced bases so say an agricultural base or an industrial base and then visiting one another's bases to benefit from the resources

[jagged sedge]

Sounds good, like some players would be prompted to focus on farming ops, while others get research

[waxen shuttle]

or yeah even something where you have base related milestones related to all the different types of activities but you can only actually one "tech tree" of your choice, so say agriculture or industry or whatever else I can't immediately think of right now, and then for the other stuff you either need another player to build it in your base or visit someone else's base to do it

yeah maybe it could even be tied to the different base terminals

so you get one terminal and the related tech from doing the tasks and have to either go visit other peoples' bases for the other stuff or get other people to add to your base

then again a lot of the base terminal stuff is tied together to an extent

which could also be good, like if you need agricultural stuff to advance the science goals then gotta go visit someone's farm base

[jagged sedge]

On the other hand, who'd to say most players would go for the flashy or profitable tech paths, while the less lucrative ones are ignored, and most players won't have all the bits needed to finish

[waxen shuttle]

you'd probably need to rework a bunch of the paths for the purpose of such an expedition and add a bunch of new stuff

a bit like how utopia adds the terminals to replace the anomaly ones

[jagged sedge]

I found exp 9 to have a few bits that turned out to be not quite absolute, like only using life support gels to restore LS power, but then as soon as you can make the nutrient processor the world is your taco

[vital otter]

I had honestly expected that there would be a community target in the expedition for each planet and that once enough bases were built on each planet that part of the space station would get restored or something

[jagged sedge]

That would be cool

[waxen shuttle]

but yeah some examples could be:
-Science: You're able to craft the advanced agricultural and industry blueprints.
-Agriculture: Exactly what it says on the tin.
-Industry: Ditto. You get the survey device and can build the extractors and EM generators.
-Weapons: Could be extended to provide upgrade services to other travellers; both for weapons stuff and also some tech needed for other paths like hazmat gauntlet.
-Exocraft: Exocraft.
-Trade: Trade related conveniences, so trade terminal and maybe some other stuff. Maybe throw some of the exosuit and starship conveniences here too.

And maybe let each player have two tech trees for themselves. One from the first three (either science, agriculture, or industry) and one from the remaining categories. One main community target would be selling fusion igniters and stasis devices, which requires the different paths to work together.

[jagged sedge]

But like I mentioned, some tech paths might be ignored in favor of the more profitable

[waxen shuttle]

yeah for this expedition having a community target to build lots of bases would have been nice

[waxen shuttle]

could also assign them randomly like the rng tech in the leviathan expedition

[jagged sedge]

Indeed

[waxen shuttle]

the way the current expedition is now you just finish it and then you become a normal save and your bases aren't even there for others anymore lol

[jaunty zenith]

So far this expedition is pretty lackluster. I'm on phase 5 so I'll wait and see how it ends. I'm going to finish it up tonight or tomorrow.

[jagged sedge]

This may actually be a good thing, we don't want our starter planet to get over-crowded with dead bases

[waxen shuttle]

and yeah another problem with this is that the science person would get all the profits lol

[jagged sedge]

Through the entire expedition, I never went into another player's base even once

[waxen shuttle]

but yeah even an expedition where you actually have to build an industry base, or a farming base, etc., and then have goals that encourage you to go visit others' bases and reap what they sow

[jagged sedge]

Heck, I can do that now in normal mode, as I'm a Switch player, I can grab stuff from other people's silos and they'd never know it

In fact I just pilfered someone's emeril farm

[waxen shuttle]

too bad you can't actually run a proper player economy where you make stuff in your base and then sell it to other players

or other players come by and can buy it

it's just yoink

[jagged sedge]

As much duping that's going on, player trading probably won't work

[waxen shuttle]

yeah lol they'd have to make it all online and rock solid which will probably never happen

they did some work on the refiners this update but that's just a drop in the bucket

and the refiner stuff was more just to stop them from completely bugging out with multiplayer lol

wouldn't be great for an expedition that takes place entirely in one system

and involves making multiple bases

to have refiners constantly bug out

not that you need to make a refiner for this one

[jagged sedge]

Fun fact - in exp 9, it is possible to find a 'relic gate' while pulsing around, but if you go in you'll just end up in the same system

[waxen shuttle]

it's just like "nope"

you can also find portals but of course you don't have any glyphs so they're useless

there's a monolith like 1k units away from alpha

[leaden fable]

So I’m on the aggressive planet n I can’t leave cause I don’t have any fuel so idk what to do lol

[waxen shuttle]

i should do a second run on the expedition but not finish it but just go bring people fuel lol

[jagged sedge]

Sneak around and gather the di-hydrogens you need to make some

[leaden fable]

But you can’t make stuff even if you do

[jagged sedge]

You can in the base you built?

[leaden fable]

Ye but I’m on a different planet then my base

[jagged sedge]

So, the purpose of going to the planet you're on was to build a base - You have the mats to do this?

[leaden fable]

Nope

[fathom schooner]

Feck aggressive sentiniels?

[jagged sedge]

So, you went there before preparing the mats -- alas

[leaden fable]

Didn’t know I’d run out of shit

[jagged sedge]

Proper preparation prevents poor performance

Perhaps you can load a previous save?

[leaden fable]

I’m usually fine

Not my first expedition

[waxen shuttle]

or pray for metal fingers

[little knoll]

how do i find my base on a planet? I had to run away casue of sentinel but i can't find it back

i only had a base computer down

[jagged sedge]

Your scan visor should be able to find

[waxen shuttle]

if you claimed then there should be a base icon

[little knoll]

ohh ok ill land and check

i just see a bunch of other player's base

[waxen shuttle]

if you put the base computer down but didn't claim then idk

[jagged sedge]

Your base icon should be a different color

[little knoll]

theres various colors but none of them are mine

[jagged sedge]

You did 'claim' the base, yes?

[little knoll]

i cant remember

[leaden fable]

Can anyone join me n give me stuff ?

[little knoll]

but the mission wanted me to go somewher specific

to make the base

[jagged sedge]

It doesn't really matter, as long as you claim a base on the target planet

[little knoll]

oh ok i guess ill just make another base computer then

[jagged sedge]

That should work, and remember to interact with it and 'claim'

[little knoll]

theres a purple hat icon but it's someone else's base

[jagged sedge]

The base icons remind me of the little armored hat dudes in the megaman series

[little knoll]

haha true

this is really hard, the sentinels arent letting me do anything

[jagged sedge]

Once you have some kind of shelter built, they'll disengage once you're inside

[safe fog]

Yay!

[little knoll]

thx Kaveta i was able to recover. but yeah i need to plan more in advance...

[eternal kelp]

Is there a reason they give 4048 mould or can I turn it into nanites?

[fathom schooner]

Welp I think the only build in a base just fecked me over

Was searching for Bean's and bramble when I crashed

[mental geyser]

Just finished! I learned a lot about combat, not as bad as I expected. I’m terrible at it but did OK. Now to bed and maybe tomorrow I’ll pick up that new ship.

[short sierra]

Just got started this a very long expedition?

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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<:Utopia:1078098752994295819> Tips for Expedition 9: Utopia - **__Phases & Milestones__**

Phases & Milestones
Phase 1:

• We start the expedition on a Paradise planet, no sentinels, no hazards.
• We don't have access to our Visor. Don’t worry about it, we have a base computer blueprint. Build the base computer and drop 4 base parts, which completes Phase 1: Milestone 1 and unlocks Visor.
• You can immediately adopt a creature to complete Phase 2: Milestone 6.

Phase 2:

• The planet has frequent sentinels, and you must spend some time on this planet. Please visit the Sentinel Pillar (+37.54, +19.50) to disable them.
• Caldera Milestone: You don't need to touch the lava, nor cross over the center of the crater. Melee boosting over a bit of the crater should be enough. Make sure you have installed all jetpack upgrades given to you (or blueprints that you are able to install) before doing this, and let your jetpack fully recover from the climb up the volcano to the top, you don't want to run out in midair. You might consider transferring all items out of suit inventory to your exocraft and ship, except for one (1) ion battery and one (1) life support gel, so you don't have to deal with recovering items from a grave if you do die. Receiving heat damage is the key to this milestone.
• Albumen Spawn Milestone can also be done on the starter planet or any world that has humming sacs (which can be found using your visor, usually in caves).

Phase 3:

• The planet has aggressive sentinels. To disable them, a sentinel pillar can be found at +37.69, +57.36.
• Fauna Marine & Pearls of Wisdom Milestones: You may do part or all of these on the starter planet if you wish. In addition, on the starter world, you may gather the star bulb and impulse beans needed for the Local Delicacies milestone.

Phase 4:

• The Cleanse Milestone: May be done on the starter world or any other planet in the system if you wish; just pin the milestone and follow the instructions to receive coordinates on your current planet.

Phase 5:

• Seismology Milestone: Must be done on the 5th planet, although neither the milestone description nor the tips in the log say so. To build the survey device, you'll need magnetic resonators, a quantum computer, and wiring looms. You can buy all of these at the space station trade terminal. No need to scrounge materials for these.

See other important tips pinned in this channel:
Expedition Tips »
No Man's Stranded »
[Coordinates to Planets & Outposts »](#nms-expedition message)

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[short sierra]

Got to april 4th long time to go. Get through a phase every day not bad.

[mental geyser]

Some have said it takes only five hours. I think I did it in 20 and didn’t rush. It’s pretty easy which was fine with me.

[leaden fable]

Only took 4 hours

Most of it was me getting distracted lol

[foggy cloak]

No

[gusty helm]

I made it completed it in a few days , had to get creative in a few parts. the ship is awesome

[north glade]

So I completed the expedition... Is it smart to continue playing the save? I don't really have a lot of progress on my default mode save and I kind of like the idea of having a home system that's actually populated.

[craggy echo]

I think you answered your own question

[frigid parrot]

2 more missons and im done

can't wait to see the ship in vr

[craggy echo]

Should I empty my current ship inventory before claiming final expo rewards?

[frigid parrot]

idk

anyways

im done

ship looks amazing in vr

[foggy cloak]

Why?
Not like the loot will disappear

[craggy echo]

Nah I just thought it would instantly replace my ship

[loud vortex]

Does the final reward the utopia speeder really have 1100 base manoeuvrability

[craggy echo]

I can’t believe switch finally has nexus missions

[meager scroll]

That's a big dub for the Switch folks

[gritty sequoia]

Btw for phase 2 of the expedition did anyone else decide to build directly on the platform?

[gritty sequoia]

Mhm. Hopefully the dubs for switch keep coming

[frigid parrot]

flying the speeder feels so good in vr

[meager scroll]

Does it still say Golden Vector on the screen on the right side?

[steady spindle]

So just really getting back into no man’s sky and don’t have experience with expeditions. How do you start the new stuff? Anyone interested in playing together on PlayStation?

[cedar zodiac]

Hi HD

Expeditions are cool because you start over from scratch

We have about 4-5 weeks left for this one.

You start a new game and select expedition mode

[golden wren]

Create a new game, click "Community Expedition", you'll get phase rewards as you play which are linked to your account, so any game save can get those phase rewards for free via Quicksilver guy in Anomly

Expeditions are basically self-contained story campaigns. you can continue it, but most folks play through it for rewards, then go back to their main save and collect the rewards there

[steady spindle]

Thank you both

[mental bough]

Oh!

You get a ship for this one

[cedar zodiac]

Let us know if you have any more questions.

[mental bough]

And a new helmet and some decor

[golden wren]

yeah, there's also twitch drops - today is last day for twitch drops, you get a free ship there too

[mental bough]

Da heck are twitch drops?

[golden wren]

you have 6 weeks to finish the new expedition

#nms-twitch-feed

here for overview with list of rewards

https://twitch.nomanssky.com/#signup

[cedar zodiac]

So basically, you link your account to a twitch account

keep the tab open to watch anyone streaming NMS for 3 hours

And you get those items listed in the link above

[mental bough]

Hm

Is it for anyone who streams nms?

[golden wren]

only those in the NMS page

https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/No Man's Sky

[cedar zodiac]

I pull them up on my phone, lower the resolution rate to the lowest

and go about my day.

[wraith venture]

Anyone who watches the Drops enabled streams can claim the rewards. Run !Twitch in #bot-spam or check pins in #nms-twitch-feed for all the details

[devout steppe]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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Expedition 9: Utopia

Finish it before <t:1680609600:f> (<t:1680609600:R>, your local timezone)

See Pins in #nms-expedition & run !Expedition in #bot-spam

[meager warren]

welp, even though my old save is still bugged, I've decided to do this Expedition

I've done all of them so far, might as well do this one too

at least this would give me a head start on a new save file after the expedition's done

are you able to access the Space Anomaly at any point during this one?

[golden wren]

no

[meager warren]

word

I'll just wait until I convert to get all my previous goodies then

[wanton frigate]

So much for the peaceful first planet, and it's laid back, no threat atmosphere.
And a valuable lesson learned about not listening to whispering eggs.

[indigo falcon]

well yes, if you go disturbing those eggs on any planet you're gonna get an unwelcome surprise

same if you pick up a gravitino ball that happens to be lying around, or sac venom

[meager warren]

the siren's whisper

[wanton frigate]

Those sentient plants don't like to share much either. Could have sworn there weren't meant to be sentinels on that planet. Oh well, in space, every day is a school day.

[cedar zodiac]

sentinels can pop up on every planet, even if it says no sentinel activity

[indigo falcon]

sentinels not present means they are only at buildings where they guard (depots, manufacturing facilities) or to intervene for grav balls/sac venom and the like, they do not do patrols as they do on high secutiry or aggressive sentinel worlds.

[scenic current]

I’m still at 13/8 in flora magenta and it’s not showing complete and giving me the rewards. I got beloved Hello Games knows about this.

[loud beacon]

Anyone else having trouble finding the flying animal on the last phase?

[silent radish]

Oh I got issues

I cannot leave my third planet base without getting swarmed by more sentinels than a Player can reasonably fight

[cedar zodiac]

been there

Trick is to go in and out of the base, killing the healers and multiplyers

[silent radish]

And I must find water fauna

On a world with no evidence of oceans

[cedar zodiac]

Yep, that was me saturday night

[silent radish]

Oh wait

Cloaking device

Still gotta walk to this supposed ocean

I'm also trapped in the body of a korvax

[cedar zodiac]

you could fly around and look for water

but it is frustrating there is not an easy way to search for it

[silent radish]

If I had any launch fuel

Oh wait

Oh I found di-hydrogen

[cedar zodiac]

Stock up

[silent radish]

Neat time to make launch fuel

[cedar zodiac]

don't forget the asteroids also have it

[silent radish]

I forgot taking gravitino balls aggro's sentinels

[wraith venture]

lol yeah, major triggering factor

[silent radish]

However

Money

Also Also the thing telling me to use my ruins map keeps overriding my expedition mission thing

I hate that

[lusty slate]

I did all the water milestones on the first planet to get them out of the way.

But yeah, definitely use your cloaking device, it does help.

[silent radish]

Launched ma ship

goddamn sentinel ships

[lusty slate]

I think you can just fly off and lose them.

[silent radish]

Trying

They're faster than I am I think

[jagged sedge]

If anyone's interested, there's a BIG copper deposit on New Kehille at ||+14.48 by -15.77||

[silent radish]

Shields low

I only have one shield battery

I can't maintain pulse capacity long enough to escape

"Critical damage taken" every literal five seconds

[cedar zodiac]

You just needed to look for water

as soon as you find it, land

[silent radish]

Small issue there

[cedar zodiac]

then dig deep to escape

[silent radish]

I cannot land while being swarmed by sentinel ships

[craggy hemlock]

anyone have recipe for the step 3 foods?

cocoa and pilgrim

[cedar zodiac]

Are you out of sodium? You can charge the ship's shields mid combat.

[craggy hemlock]

think i found ashark

lol

[silent radish]

I had no sodium

I barely got away

Now pulsing back to planet 3

[cedar zodiac]

you did get away though, thats good

maybe you should go back to planet 1 to repair and stock up

sodium, di-hydrogen, etc

[frank finch]

impulse beens - cook them to cocoa and done. Star bramble - cook it twice and you get pilgrims tonic. that's it! 🙂

[cedar zodiac]

how do you cook?

[craggy hemlock]

now i want choco 😦

[cedar zodiac]

OH i cook in the nutrient processor! thank you

[silent radish]

finally got back to the planet

[cedar zodiac]

did you get a chance to repair and stock up?

[silent radish]

I went straight back to planet 3 the moment I figured out which planet that was

Found water

[craggy hemlock]

FUN mega mountain planet

HOW TF AM I GONNA REACH THE ARCHIVE

nvm

[short sierra]

Wow! Read that wrong! Thought you said I cook in the natural. Lmao 🤣 🤣 That is what happens when I'm headed to work.

[silent radish]

Jesus what sort of moron would willingly settle planet 3

It's not habitable

[cedar zodiac]

right?

bots everywhere

[silent radish]

Everything wants to kill you there

[cedar zodiac]

i had to just keep fighting them till i got the pillar map

[silent radish]

I'm running

Every time a sentinel sees me I'm instantly swarmed by 20 of them

[short sierra]

Just started yesterday at least I know what to expect now.

[cedar zodiac]

Maybe stop flipping off the bots?

[silent radish]

Finally got this plant I need

Except

I have to return to my base first

[cedar zodiac]

I've heard some people just dig underground for the whole planet

[short sierra]

Anyone have to restart do to dying?

[silent radish]

To make this gauntlet

I hate this expedition

[foggy cloak]

Why?

[foggy cloak]

No it's not exp 7

[short sierra]

Can't remember what expedition I was on I had to build under ground to avoid heat and sentinels

[short sierra]

Cool.

[silent radish]

GODDAMNIT THE GAME CRASHED

[cedar zodiac]

a lot of people have said they just dug underground for this planet

[little knoll]

i get a crash every hour on steam deck

[silent radish]

If I have to redo this part of the expedition I may actually uninstall the game

Not even fallout 4 has hurt my head so much

[foggy cloak]

Switch?

[cedar zodiac]

you could wait till the patch comes through

[silent radish]

Xbox

[little knoll]

Daisy, if you think the part you're at is bad, you aint seen nothing yet

[foggy cloak]

Weird, mine never crashes

[silent radish]

Oh god

I mean

I'm amazed my xbox works

[foggy cloak]

Me too

[silent radish]

It's been pissed on by a dog at least once

[foggy cloak]

Got the oldest xbox one known to man

[silent radish]

Do you have uno?

[foggy cloak]

Doesn't have uno

[little knoll]

carry a save beacon and save often

[cedar zodiac]

which part is worse

[silent radish]

everyone has uno

[foggy cloak]

I DON'T HAVE UNO

[silent radish]

YOU HAVE UNOOOO

[foggy cloak]

NO I DON'T

[silent radish]

damn I need geknip to stay sane

[foggy cloak]

MY XBOX IS MUSEUM WORTHY

[craggy hemlock]

does a station exist in the expedition system?

[silent radish]

I just died because I got attacked by sentinels the exact moment my controller battery died

The station is derelict

[foggy cloak]

Yes

[silent radish]

I am closing no man's sky because I am close to crying

[craggy hemlock]

i may

or may no

have become stranded

far away from base

[silent radish]

I curse whoever designed this expedition

I am going to go play battlefield 1943, which is somehow easier than the expedition

[foggy cloak]

If you think this is bad, you wouldn't have survived exp 3

[silent radish]

Also yeah I hate that you can't get the rewards from previous expeditions, because the devs didn't even make them buyable with some large amount of quicksilver or something

This game needs a lot of work

[golden condor]

Really? I thought this was easy. Granted i haven’t finished yet. Taking my time.

[cedar zodiac]

what planet you on pk

[silent radish]

How far in are you

[foggy cloak]

Its easy
Just need to plan ahead

[golden condor]

Just finishing up the third phase

[golden condor]

And adjust our plan accordingly

[cedar zodiac]

did you dig underground the whole time or just fight the sentinels till you got the pillar?

[silent radish]

How did you somehow not find phase 3 difficult

[scenic current]

I love the starter planet. Loads of resources and no sentinels. But fuck Flora Magenta (13/8)!!!!🤬🤬

[silent radish]

Planet 3 is hell and I would never voluntarily go there if not for the expedition

[golden condor]

Hehe dude use your exocraft when not at base and hide in the base when at the base. They don’t bother you. In exocraft just bolt and come back. They search and lose you

[craggy hemlock]

ok i think my char will die

[foggy cloak]

You see
Area is mountainous
So you can lose the sentinel easily
Just use the nomad and jump the cliff

[golden condor]

You need to know the tips and nothing is hard

[foggy cloak]

ALWAYS use your nomad

[cedar zodiac]

exocraft is a good call, thanks!

[scenic current]

I still can’t find a single Echinocatus!

[mental panther]

Finally Expedition complete 🙂

[cedar zodiac]

im still fairly new

[golden condor]

It was challenging yeah. Game crashed on me twice just now I don’t know why. But everything is smooth

[golden condor]

Yup

[foggy cloak]

Enjoy the Dark Vader helmet

[craggy hemlock]

im in bit of a pickle

lol

[golden condor]

I understand. We’re all here to help mate. Just ask and we’d even give our stuff if you need it

[foggy cloak]

Just go to planet four and scout a bit

[mental panther]

aye

[golden condor]

A little too far but you get my point 😅

[muted granite]

Learn the punch jump jet pack trick. Alternating between that and sprint, you lose sentinels just as easily as with an exocraft.

[foggy cloak]

As a wise man once said

Git gud bozo

[mental panther]

I always dig a hole then close it with Terrain manip, it works pretty well

[golden condor]

I hate one thing though. The planetary chart thing keeps dominating my quest guidance. Anyway to get around this?

[muted granite]

Never hurts to have options. The cloaking field is good too.

[silent radish]

Destroy the plantary chart

[glass crown]

What class is the utopia speeder?

[golden condor]

Lmao xD we won’t need them in the later phases?

[silent radish]

If we did

They'd give it to us then

[cedar zodiac]

the only one they make

[muted granite]

S

[golden condor]

Yeah but it’s too short. It helps you get away for a second then you need to run

[foggy cloak]

The one for alien structures? No

[glass crown]

I mean like starship type

[golden condor]

I don’t remember where i got there but i think they’re rewards?

[muted granite]

It’s it’s own type. Tweaked for great atmospheric performance.

[glass crown]

Ah ok

[silent radish]

Reward more like inconvenience

[muted granite]

Iirc perhaps a subtype of a fighter? It has totally unique base stats tho. You won’t find a ship that can do what it does outside of expedition.

[golden condor]

Oh ancient ruins one. And yeah i do feel they’re useless. I’m just goons build a storage unit and put them in there. Just got the plans after the third phase

[foggy cloak]

They are

Anyway go and complete the rest and get the snowspeeder

[golden condor]

Yes sir 🫡

[muted granite]

Yeah, this is where the punch jump shines. A bit of practice and it becomes muscle memory in no time. Even a basic sprint should be enough in most cases tho, iirc…

[mental panther]

Missing 13 cargo slots and 6 tech slots is it the same for everyone?

[golden condor]

Yeah. A sprint would get me into a base or underground or into an exocraft invisible. True.

[silent radish]

I love how sentinels go aggro on sight even if I'm cloaked

[humble bramble]

Isn't that the point

[patent canyon]

Idk if it's intended behaviour or not, but for some reason the game gave me lonely slot.

I have of course more ones. But they are up.

[mental panther]

oof that sounds like bad coding

[cedar zodiac]

ditto

[patent canyon]

Or sentinels having sixth sense upgrade module.

[scenic current]

I did find a crashed C-class fighter on the first planet.

[golden condor]

That maybe but it’s expected to stay longer. At least i expected it would stay on longer than a few seconds.

[silent radish]

Yes that is basically no man's sky

A bunch of bad coding slapped together into an enjoyable game

[wanton frigate]

Is there a way to mark a discovered waypoint from your log on the map?
Also, I found the Pillar on P3 accidentally (thanks to whomever built that base!) but I...uh... Might have swapped my multitool for a broken one with no terrain manipulator. And didn't realise until about 40 mins later. Any way to swap back?

[vagrant olive]

If you kept your old multi-tool it can be swapped in the menu where you call the anomaly/ call your ship etc. It's all the way over on the left

[wanton frigate]

Didn't think of looking there. Thanks. Let's pray I'm not as stupid as I look or act - cheers!

[golden condor]

Game crashed again. It didn’t happen till this session. Restarting the pc is a good idea right. I’m gonna sleep anyway

[ashen shore]

no sleep only nms lol

[cedar zodiac]

I have a real problem falling asleep with this game, it can really calm me

I've opened up the game completely forgetting that i was mid sentinel battle

[umbral forum]

My game crashed like three times in this expedition.

[golden condor]

My game crashed 3 times this session. I shut it down and now I’m trying to sleep.

[woeful niche]

At the end of the expedition when your save gets converted to Normal, what happens to all your bases, etc. in the expedition instance of the planets? Are they deleted?

Just wondering.

[fringe agate]

Nothing happens to them, they will remain as normal mode bases

[golden condor]

No pretty sure they stay cuz after the expedition the save turns into a normal save. You can play the regular game missions.

[umbral forum]

Does it get merged or it exists in some separate reality?

[woeful niche]

I get that part. But are the bases I build during the expedition still there for people who are still in the expedition? Hope that makes sense

[fringe agate]

Expedition players can see normal mode bases, if ODS serves them

There is a limit to the amount of bases available at any one time

In the case of an Expedition like this, the list is going to be in wild fluctuation over each day

[craggy hemlock]

😄 @neat latch @wraith venture 😄

[umbral forum]

I've finished the expedition in 5 hours, but I can't recall any new game mechanics introduced in this expedition. Did I miss something?

[fringe agate]

Exosuit and ship terminal?

[umbral forum]

That's it?

[fringe agate]

I dunno, I'm just on the second planet

[craggy hemlock]

ok excuse me what?

how many pulse upgrades is that?

lol

[woeful niche]

Not being able to fabricate stuf unless you are at a base is new?

[umbral forum]

It's more like a chore/arbitrary limitation. More like a game tweak instead of a new feature.

[craggy hemlock]

i may or may not have binged expedition from my crash point til finish for the last liiiiike 6h

[umbral forum]

Personally I thought it to be mind-boggling inconvenient.

[woeful niche]

I kind of liked it. Made me have to think ahead

[umbral forum]

And kinda gives bases more importance in a game where you are supposed to explore the galaxies.

[sly pond]

@craggy hemlock 3 S Class + 2 blueprints

[gleaming wigeon]

Looking for help with Phase 5, Eyes In The Mist. Can't seem to find the flying creature on the plant.

[remote thunder]

have you checked discoveries > planet5 > fauna for spawning tips?

[gleaming wigeon]

When i click on the fauna section, there's nothing for the one im missing.

[remote thunder]

then it's just regular luck

keep moving, force the game to respawn animals as you load new areas of the planet

keep looking at the sky

[sinful aurora]

Also I think that animal is a day animal (last world flying animal)

[full orchid]

Hi there! I'm playing on the Switch. For the last two days I haven't been able to get, "eyes in the mist" completed. I stared at the sky in different places and watched time pass by with no luck. I've played other expeditions without having issues with phases. This is the first time I'm having an issue completing a phase. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

[gleaming wigeon]

I got it. Thank you! Daytime for sure

[sinful aurora]

No problem, I couldnt remember rarity for it but I remember always getting there at night and having to wait

[gleaming wigeon]

Somehow my game closed out when I was typing, but when i logged back in it was daytime. Gave it a couple minutes and all the animals loaded up

[sinful aurora]

Spelwerx as well, just keep walking around in day time and should find it. I walk with the visor on

[full orchid]

Thank you for taking the time to answer. I've been doing that, lol. Time to keep walking around with my head held up high and eyes glued to the sky. Have a great rest of the day. Take care!

[wraith venture]

[remote thunder]

in the planet's fauna list,for that species it should have mentioned "Diurnal", if that was indeed a spawn condition for the animal you needed

e.g.

[sinful aurora]

Accidentally found a sentinel pillar on the fifth world so that's nice

[neat latch]

Congratulations

[hexed iris]

has anyone tried transferring the special build stations to thier main normal saves, and if so does it work? I haven't been able to get a friend online to transfer stuff yet but I wanted to ask just in case someone already confirmed the theory that they can be moved

[foggy cloak]

Idk why you would want to
They are the same as the anomaly vendors, same thing

[hexed iris]

Exactly, but I can have them on my main base, which I can teleport to whenever

[foggy cloak]

You can also teleport to the anomaly whenever if you use the anomaly teleporter

[hexed iris]

True, but it's just a unique building mechanic so I just thought I'd ask

[sly pond]

A converted save should be able to build them at your base so you can use em, yeah.

[cunning sandal]

I can't find any Titan worm holes and I've looked all over the place. To get those hungering tentacles so I can get the flesh ropes

All I'm finding is eggs all over the place and I already got that 🤣

[indigo falcon]

the location scanner thing should point you in the dierction though they could be a ways off, otherwise literally wait for a giant worm to burst from the planet and head in the same direction it does

[ashen shore]

is the utopia expedition still going on?

[astral vapor]

Yes , I think you have to make a save by April 4 iirc

[fringe agate]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

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Finish it before <t:1680609600:f> (<t:1680609600:R>, your local timezone)

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[olive hill]

i cant find a valcano to climb

[cedar zodiac]

they are fairly big

can you post some screenshots, maybe we can point you towards it

[olive hill]

witch plant do i need to be on?

[hollow gazelle]

Phase 2 planet, can fly ship over volcano and take damage to progress

[olive hill]

i been flying around and i have not seen a single valcano

[hollow gazelle]

Should be tons if on the ashy planet

[golden wren]

You should see like 3-4 volcanos at any time, if you're on the right planet

[olive hill]

im on the only planet and that scalding not seen 1

[golden wren]

I could stand at my camp and see like 5-6, it took a while to get there, maybe your display settings are messing with the distance/far objects?

[indigo falcon]

Pehaelump, that's the planet you're on, just to verify? with Basalt listed as a planetary resource?

[cedar zodiac]

screenshot

[olive hill]

this is my pehaelump

[cedar zodiac]

get out of the ship, whats your horizon look like

[olive hill]

?

[patent canyon]

Nomad exocraft broke. It sends me to some black void when I enter it. And when I leave it, I appear under the planet's textures.

And either I get teleported back to the surface of the planet or stay forever in volcanic void.

That's how the "interior" of the Exocraft looks.

[cedar zodiac]

is that in your expedition only?

[patent canyon]

Idk. Didn't test it in my main save.

Reported it anyway with the saves sent to Zendesk.

[cedar zodiac]

cool, hope it gets fixed soon

[indigo falcon]

if you summon the exocraft somewhere else on the planet does it do the same thing? or on another of the planets in the expedition?

[cedar zodiac]

what planet are you on

[patent canyon]

On the starting planet it worked fine. It happens for me on the second ( 🌋 one).

But I play on Experimental and HG is constantly releasing new "fixes", so maybe they broke it by one "fix".

[indigo falcon]

that could be, you could try hopping back over to the starting planet (assuming you've set yourself up teleporters with power so it's easy to get back and forth) and test it there again to see

anyways definitely reporting it was a good idea

[bitter plover]

I want to get uranium to build an exocraft summoner... Where to get some??

[cedar zodiac]

trade terminal

[golden wren]

Also asteroids and mining on some planets (radioactive planets I think)

I got a ton of Uranium and gold via those Fingers

[bitter plover]

Won't that not work if there is no space station or is it independent of the space stations?

[cedar zodiac]

There are trade terminals in various places besides space station

what phase are you on?

[bitter plover]

Phase 3 - I'm back on planet 2 though... I really need a Sentinel Boundary map for Planet 3...

[quasi copper]

There's a terminal in the space station. It's a bit creepy, but it works. So does its teleporter.

Also, there's at least one base built on a pillar on planet 3. The one I know of is called something like "Sentinel Pillar and C-Class Rifle". Maybe it will show up for you.

[bitter plover]

I did see that one I think - WIll look out for it...

[indigo falcon]

abandoned systems including tis one have a space station and it has a trade terminal, just no npcs and such

[indigo falcon]

pinned in here are coords to a sentinel pillar close to the rendezvous point on planet 3

[bitter plover]

Thanks @indigo falcon - I've hidden from the sentinels in my base hut as it were will they go away eventually - THey have been deactivated....

[exotic fiber]

Ugh this is tedious. The game gave me a marker to get to for my 4th base that's either somewhere in the middle of a tall, vertical ridge (no clue on it's vertical location), or it's on top of the tall steep ridge that's too narrow to land my ship on.

[near flare]

yeah the utopia expedition was mid

[exotic fiber]

I've had to build my base at the bottom of the ridge, and now i'm sor of building a ladder up through the inside of the mountain towards the top, since i was unable to just tunnel through it with the terrain manipulator.

unfortunately i ran out of carbon, so now i gotta go spend a while farming more on the one non-sentinel planet. like i said, tedious.

[bitter plover]

Found the pillar - The base computer of the base there is called "..." - The switch for the sentinels is in the actual room the player has added along with all the blueprints and I think there is a sales terminal as well...

[little knoll]

i heard that it doesn't matter where you put down the base computer, as long as its on the right planet

[fathom schooner]

Phase 3 complete

The helmet looks great

[hard pewter]

How am I meant to get the chromatic metal for a second base computer without a terrain manipulator?

[jagged sedge]

This is true, in fact I just uploaded a base on Endil with copper extraction -- Finally!

[little knoll]

can i come loot it?

[jagged sedge]

Yes! idk if it's visible yet, but it's called 'Copper Mine'

[little knoll]

im not seeing it

[indigo falcon]

you should have a terrain manipulator, take a look

[golden wren]

yeah, how do you not have one? I'm pretty sure that was a reward in one of the earlier sections or maybe started with it?

[cedar zodiac]

you may have to build it

[jagged sedge]

I literally just built and uploaded, it may take a while for it to be visible

[little knoll]

well there's like 20 pages of bases, maybe there's a display limit or something

when i go to the teleport in my base

[jagged sedge]

In exp 9 we start with one

[jagged sedge]

It's called 'Copper Mine :)' and it's on Endil

[little knoll]

oh do i have to go on endil and look at base icons?

[jagged sedge]

Silos are still empty but not for long -- I hope

Lol, there's a rock on one of these planets named 'Cowabunga'

[cedar zodiac]

one was called sus

[hard pewter]

ah, ok, got it - either my UI was having a hiccup last time I played or I just missed it for some reason

[jagged sedge]

It's all good, in normal mode we don't start with it, so it's unexpected

[jagged sedge]

I was just thinking, bases that get uploaded won't appear until your next reload, so, next time you log in it may be on the list

[cedar zodiac]

also change over the expedition to normal game

[astral rampart]

Ok looking for titan worm barrows... They have always come up on target sweep in the visor what am I missing here?

[silent radish]

Someone uploaded a creature on planet 3 called "The Boys: Season Now"

[jagged sedge]

It's possible the patch that just came out changed a few things, the target sweep may not track them any more

[astral rampart]

Ok so I just randomly search?

[jagged sedge]

Your scan visor will still display them if they're in range

Not the tracker tho

[scenic current]

Ugh. I’m just starting over because of the stupid Flora Magenta task not regiso.

[silent radish]

Oh I'm doing that rn

[jagged sedge]

You mean, restart your expedition? Or just that mission?

[silent radish]

Dodging sentinels trying to find the last 3 plants I gotta find

[jagged sedge]

Hey, it helps if you scan plants in one of the oceans, where the sentinels generally don't go

[silent radish]

Ok I must find an ocean again

Aw crap

[exotic fiber]

yeah i heard that too, but when i built the base as close as i could to the marked location, i didn't get the credit for the milestones, so it seems I still need to at least stand at the marked spot in order to get the milestone for that which has to be earned before getting the milestone for building the base

[silent radish]

My ship is surrounded by sentinels

[cedar zodiac]

dont get in that ship

[silent radish]

If I get in and take lff

Fighters will spawn

And I will be unable to land

[cedar zodiac]

Well technically you can turn off automatic landing and still land

[silent radish]

I hate planet 3

[jagged sedge]

You just have to get to the location, you don't have to actually build there, just on that planet

[cedar zodiac]

but i heard that if you adjust the senintel difficulty to max, the ones on planet 3 actually calm down

[exotic fiber]

i know, but the location itself is a pain to get to because it's either inside a tall steep mountain, or it's on top of a tall steep mountain that my ship cant land on cuz it's top is a narrow ridge

so i have to build up through the side of the mountain to get to it

[cedar zodiac]

planet 4?

[exotic fiber]

yes

[cedar zodiac]

that was me last night

[jagged sedge]

Don't forget, your jetpack is your friend

[cedar zodiac]

and make sure your ship has launcher fuel, so you don't have to go back and get it like i did

[jagged sedge]

It's always got your back, lol

[exotic fiber]

jetpack tanks dont last the height of a full mountain

[cedar zodiac]

if you press right up against the mountain it will

[exotic fiber]

...an exploit? O_O

[cedar zodiac]

no idea why, but it works

[cedar zodiac]

do you have your exocraft?

[silent radish]

Nein

[cedar zodiac]

you could try to fly away and outrun them

then come back and find the base that someone build by the pillars

[tidal herald]

Hey, i just started playing nms and finished the utopia expedition. This is my only save on the game. Should i start a new one, or just keep this as a main save?

[cedar zodiac]

whatever you want

you can have up to 15 saves

Might as well just keep this one if you've built up enough.

[tidal herald]

So it won't disappear after the expedition expires?

[little knoll]

@exotic fiber yeah you have to "discover" the marked location till the quest shows to build the computer, then you're free

[cedar zodiac]

absolutely not

you can convert it over to normal save

[astral rampart]

Yeah nothing in range ever. Lol time to we m take a walk. Lol

[tidal herald]

Alright, thanks for the help!

[jagged sedge]

Yeap, it will take some footwork

[silent radish]

I finally finished planet 3

[cedar zodiac]

Great job, I know yesterday was tough for you

[silent radish]

Who in their right mind would want to settle that planet

[jagged sedge]

Hey, how many of you are still using your starter hauler ship? I adopted one of the crashed shuttles, lol

[cedar zodiac]

I mean you're fine if you just stay in your base....

[silent radish]

Still using that floating marvel mf

I just gotta get places

Nothing too fancy

Handles like a brick though

[jagged sedge]

Yeah, I had to hurry up and swap it

[silent radish]

I was just playing battlefield not long ago so I just tried to fly my ship like a battlefield 1943 plane

[cedar zodiac]

I assume none of the other players bases will be there when we convert to normal?

[silent radish]

Doesn't matter for me as I'm abandoning this save the moment I finish the expedition

[cedar zodiac]

Well i was just asking everyone else.

I know you will delete this with joy.

[silent radish]

Too lazy

I'll delete it if I ever need the space

Polestar won't get deleted, as it's the one expedition I've actually enjoyed

(Out of the two I've participated in but shh)

Also got 69 tritium from a hypercluster

Nice

[cedar zodiac]

nice

[silent radish]

After this crap im gonna get a nice job as a space trucker

Nice calm job

Omw to delta at sublight speed because I ran out of tritium and I can't seem to find any tritium asteroids

[jagged sedge]

If you have any, your pulse engine can take pyrite also

[sinful aurora]

Sad I accidentally deleted an expo save before I got to move the stuff to my main. At least the other 2 saves were there

[silent radish]

I don't think I've seen any pyrite on this save

[jagged sedge]

The infested planet has lots, and the station sells it also

[silent radish]

For me the station appears as a derelict

[jagged sedge]

It is, but there's a working trade terminal in there

[silent radish]

Oh neat

Oh it'll take ages to get to the station too

[jagged sedge]

Have any gold?

[silent radish]

I'm gonna limp to delta

I do have gold

[jagged sedge]

Your personal refiner can convert the gold to pyrite

[silent radish]

Oh shit

I have 12 pyrite now

[jagged sedge]

Awesome

[silent radish]

Should cut travel time

Oh 12 is more than I thought

Though when I leave delta I may have to spend a while at sublight going to the station

Oh wait outpost delta has a trade terminal

[jagged sedge]

It does

[silent radish]

Aww it doesn't have pyrite

Love that I can buy trade goods in an expedition that takes place in one system

[cedar zodiac]

you gotta stock up

[jagged sedge]

That could be taken as a hint that the system has a future

[cedar zodiac]

Have they had derlict stations before?

I was heavily surprised anything was of use in there.

[indigo falcon]

note that those living pearls you grabbed refine to gold which refines to pyrite in case you need it

[jagged sedge]

But they're not just pearls, they're baaabies!

[indigo falcon]

yeah abandoned space stations have been a thing in the game for a long time

[cedar zodiac]

This is my first expedition

[indigo falcon]

hope you enjoy it!

[cedar zodiac]

I have been.

I really love the idea we all start off on the same page.

[indigo falcon]

all expeditions have that in common: fresh save for all players, everyone starting in the same place.

[silent radish]

"Semi-concious"

[silent radish]

How do you move stuff between saves

[jagged sedge]

Oh, here's a tip - don't run an oxygen harvester and a medium refiner at the same time - your oxygen will vanish

[silent radish]

Eugh wtf are these creepy eye things

[little knoll]

do they poke out of the ground?

[silent radish]

Yes

[little knoll]

haha i saw those, theyre kinda cute

[cedar zodiac]

Oh wait till you get to the fleshy rope

which...can we agree that's a horrible name

[silent radish]

Someone uploaded that as "me"

Those eye things

[cedar zodiac]

Yep

[sinful aurora]

I use my SOs pc and my laptop at the same time, give all expo stuff to theirs and then give it to my main save. A little tedious but I got all the stuff.

[silent radish]

Ah yes

What I plan to do in Phantasy Star Online the exact moment the devs add player trading

[sinful aurora]

Yeah it can get annoying going in between saves but I store up all the augmentations so its worth it

[silent radish]

Actually I'm actively doing that with a pair of pokemon game carts

[inland girder]

wasn't hard...except the volcano bit.

[jagged sedge]

Hey, that part was easy, just throw yourself to the fire gods

[silent radish]

Holy crap the rocks on planet 4 have chromatic metal

[inland girder]

i did that and died and didn't get rewarded for it

[jagged sedge]

Are you needing CM?

[silent radish]

No but it's pretty neat

[jagged sedge]

Ah, ok

[silent radish]

If I go away from delta outpost will I be able to find it again

Nvm found metal plates

I mean

[jagged sedge]

To be sure, you can drop a save beacon near it

[silent radish]

Bought

Yeah I was trying to do that

Forgor I can't make shit outside a base

Then rembered the trade ball

God damn it

Got to the landing area and the game crashed

My game's only been crashing this much since I started the expedition

What I'd do for the anomaly rn

For one I haven't seen a single customisation pad

I'm trapped as a korvax in tacky colours

[cedar zodiac]

you can build one

[barren quiver]

which planet are you on?

i built one at my base if you see it, its called hologek outpost on the 3rd planet iirc

[cedar zodiac]

he refuses to go back to p3

[silent radish]

The game crashed again before I could reach the build area

I'm going to play Minecraft

Nvm Minecraft won't launch

[kindred minnow]

Gotta say this expedition is kinda the worst one yet. The game doesn't seem to load other player bases so I can't use those, and having to craft a base computer every time you want to craft is an awful choice on their part.

[silent radish]

I can't speak much for this because polestar is the only expedition I've done before this

I really wish I could go back and do the others

[kindred minnow]

Yeah, doing them any time would be nice

The multiplayer makes the game crash constantly, on top of the game crashing a lot without multiplayer enabled

[silent radish]

theres so much I can't do because I got the game too late

I only really get crashing within this expedition

[kindred minnow]

Probably cos of the amount of player bases I'd imagine

[silent radish]

Can I disable multiplayer in the expedition

[kindred minnow]

Yeah

[silent radish]

Neat

[kindred minnow]

I got annoyed with having to reconstruct base computers just to craft launch fuel and sorta gave up on this expedition

[jagged sedge]

Someone has built a big fancy base on the fractured planet - I got lost in it, lol

[silent radish]

After going to the assigned build location am I forced to actually make my base there

[kindred minnow]

Yeppp

[silent radish]

Fuck sake

[kindred minnow]

I hated that too

[jagged sedge]

Nope

[silent radish]

I wanted to be close to the outpost

Because then this would be slightly less shit

[kindred minnow]

Oh, You don't have to do it there?

[jagged sedge]

After visiting the site, you can build elsewhere on the same planet

[kindred minnow]

Ohh okay that does make sense

[silent radish]

Unfortunately my game crashes when I get there so yeahhhh

[jagged sedge]

You have to go to the assigned area to unlock some stuff but don't have to build there

[kindred minnow]

The implication of "here's a site for you to build" kinda hints otherwise but it's good they don't technically force you

[silent radish]

Don't tell the devs they forgot to force us

[jagged sedge]

As long as it's on the same planet, it counts

[silent radish]

They might patch it and fuck us over

[kindred minnow]

The planet with the huge ass mountains gave me a base site halfway on a cliff and I had a little bit of a toil trying to actually find it

[jagged sedge]

This system does have some steep mountain stuff going on

[cedar zodiac]

me too

remember you can build it anywhere, you just have to go to the location first and register it

[kindred minnow]

Yeah

[wanton frigate]

Can confirm. Couldn't find my site because I ran 2 planets away when the sentinels came for me. When I returned the custom waypoint I'd put down was gone. Stuck up a shack in a random location, got my reward.
Naturally I chose a site halfway up a mountain in case I'd get penalised for picking somewhere remotely useful. Now to dig a 2 mile tunnel and hope to strike water so I can build a submarine dock!

[jagged sedge]

Good luck to you

[serene kettle]

Some curiosity questions. If you die in the volcano, do you lose your technology and items or just your items? Also, if you don't lose your technology, are they all damaged and you have to repair them all? Thanks.

[subtle meadow]

depending on your technology damage settings, there is a chance one of your technology upgrades may break

I think your items also get stored in a grave that you can retrieve upon death

but your technology remains

[serene kettle]

Cool, so if I just store the "items" somewhere else, I don't really need to bother going back to the grave?

[subtle meadow]

sure

[little knoll]

yo udont have to die in the volvano, just need to fly over it

[serene kettle]

That's what I'm hoping to do, but planning ahead, just in case. Also, I don't think I have "The Incinerated" achievement title for dying of "extreme heat," yet. So, may have to take one for the team to unlock that. ❤️‍🔥

[gusty helm]

the volcano is tough, time the eruption barely go inside, fly out asap

if you lose your site , after you land and run away or start searching find a new spot and build.
tip 2
there are several abandoned buildings on the volcanic world that sell chromatic metal

[cunning sandal]

im still stuck on that one i got pissed i could not find any. i spent hours on it & will go back later on to see if i find it one more time

[cunning sandal]

disable multiplayer in the expedition it helps a lot with crashes 👍

[ashen shore]

ah ok, sorry didnt see that, thank you

!exptime

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[humble bramble]

Isn't it just having to take damage from the volcano? I didn't need to time an eruption

[dense portal]

I'm genuinely confused. How exactly am I supposed to fund base computers if I can't mine copper to get chromatic metal?

I don't have access to the terrain manipulator. Am I supposed to go to the anomaly and unlock all that extra stuff you normally get starting out?

[sly pond]

There should be an early task that awards you a packaged Terrain Manipulator, no?

Either that or starter MT is supposed to come with one already installed

[dense portal]

I'm an idiot, I just saw that I have the terrain manipulator installed. I don't know how, but it never activated when I swapped between modes:facepalmm:

[quasi copper]

I actually nearly finished Phase 1 assuming I didn't have the Terrain Manipulator, too.

[foggy steppe]

Are expedition rewards saved to server?

[wraith venture]

What do you mean by that exactly?

Once you claim your Expedition Phase rewards, you will have to connect to the server to collect your rewards cross-save / in other saves. Not sure if that's what you mean to be asking. But hopefully it helps clarify.

[exotic fiber]

so this morning (or was it last night?) i was talking about how the expedition gave me a base location I had to reach on planet 4 which was located somewhere inside or on top of a mountain ridge too steep to climb & to narrow to land on

well, i finally reached the spot, and it turns out it was actually on a bit of flat land that i just missed when looking for it with my ship. because it's too damn TINY to even be able to see from the ship unless you're approaching it from a specific angle.

Here's a screenshot from inside the cockpit, flying straight downards to it from above:

almost too small to even build a minimum-size base on

[quasi copper]

Seems like a cool location to do something hanging over the cliff. Mine was also halfway up a cliff like that, but the flat spot was larger. The exocraft are great for handling those mountains. Of course, you don't have to build there as long as you've been there -- which you may already know.

[exotic fiber]

i already built a base at the bottom of the cliff before i made it up there.

anyway moving on to a new question: can i safely harvest larval cores from whispering eggs without summoning the monsters, if i make a base at the place where the eggs are?

[quasi copper]

The way I've usually seen it done with a base is to put a box around a group of the eggs, then shoot one that's outside the box. Drop down into the box and harvest the ones there; the monsters spawned outside the box. More boxes if you want more eggs.

[exotic fiber]

hm

i read posts (i think they were on reddit) about doing something like that, i thought it was done in such a way so that the monsters didnt spawn at all, but it was many years ago so dont remember clearly

if i do it like how you said, then how do i get out of the box & out of that place entirely, without the monsters killing me?

[quasi copper]

You can jump out and run away (they don't follow too far, which is also good to know when you're getting Flesh Ropes), or just wait. You'll eventually get a message on the screen saying "Swarm Subsiding". Give it a few seconds after that, and they'll be gone. ||You are going to have to fight 10 of them later, but I don't think it helps to fight them before you're doing that milestone (The Cleanse).||

[exotic fiber]

"flesh ropes"?

[quasi copper]

You need them later. You get them from killing Hungering Tendrils near Titan Worm burrows. Shooting the tendrils spawns horrors.

[exotic fiber]

oh, my base on planet 4 happens to be right next to a titan worm burrow. Too bad there are always sentinels patrolling right there...

[quasi copper]

You could find a pillar and deactivate them, or you could just wait for them to be looking away, kill a tendril, run away. Repeat.

I generally did the dangerous stuff toward the end, when I had all the upgrade techs.

[exotic fiber]

well, i got the larval cores, and now the game is telling me i need flesh ropes now

part of the "an acquired taste" milestone

which is 2 milestones before the one to purge hungering tendrils

[quasi copper]

The ones you kill doing this will count toward the later milestone to kill them.

[exotic fiber]

ok so imma either need someone to go to a sentinel pillar on planet 4 to deactivate the sentinels for me so i can safely do it... or give me a map so i can find a sentinel pillar to do it myself

i CANNOT fight off a full sentinel battle myself, period, let alone do it AND the tendril stuff

[hot marten]

How do i find whoever did this and punch them

there's not even a base here. It made the entire area unexcavatable

[quasi copper]

Probably underground. I nearly got trapped in one of those myself. Co-signed.

[hot marten]

bedrock is really shallow

can't tunnel in

I know it sounds dumb but I'm unbelievably angry about this lol

[exotic fiber]

you have my empathy

[hot marten]

If I go offline do you think it'd remove his base?

Or do expeditions not even work then

[quasi copper]

It's uploaded. I think you might be able to get rid of it by reporting it, but I'm not totally sure how that works.

[exotic fiber]

do you need to dig the artifact site?

[hot marten]

waste of a good map

[quasi copper]

Looking into it, BTW. Might be able to help.

[exotic fiber]

is it possible for people who've completed the expedition (ergo warped to another system) to come back into this system and interact with people still doing the expedition?

like, to gift me a sentinel pillar map?

[quasi copper]

Ooh, that might work. Let me see if I have enough data to buy one.

Oh, wait. Do you buy pillar maps?

[exotic fiber]

um...

[meager scroll]

Probably not, finishing the expedition mode automatically converts the same into Normal mode

Normal mode can't play with Expedition mode

Expedition mode has its own separate player pool

[exotic fiber]

craaaap

if i cant figure this out, i'll have to quit the expedition

[quasi copper]

Can't buy the maps, as far as I can tell, anyway. If I don't think I can handle the Sentinels, or don't want to, I usually just run away and dig a hole. The problem is, the swarm sits around, so if you do that, you may have to run pretty far to get them off where you're working.

[exotic fiber]

how the heck did other players manage to complete phase 4 anyway?!?!?

[quasi copper]

The one time I accidentally triggered the Sentinels while doing it, I just ran away and hid in a hole.

[exotic fiber]

the area my base + titan burrow is in is kind of a small bowl surrounded by super tall mountains on all sides, cant run very far unless i tunnel under the mountains, which isnt always possible (bedrock)

[quasi copper]

Hop in the Nomad and head up or down? Run away faster!

[exotic fiber]

VERTICAL cliffs?

[quasi copper]

They were pretty close to vertical, and I got up and down them in it. Give it a try going up and see if it works.

I think I had some tread grip techs.

[exotic fiber]

JEEZ!

i alt tabbed back to my game where i was insdie a base habitation module, and there was a sentinel right in front of my face

major jump scare

[quasi copper]

Yeah, yikes.

Nope, you can get mods for grip, but I actually don't have any. Nomad will go up some surprising stuff. The only problem I had was going down it put my camera inside the mountain, so I was a bit blind.

[exotic fiber]

swell. just swell. i built a nomad launcher, got in, drove up a vertical cliff to verify i could do it, came back down, stepped out... the titam worm burrow is gone. no longer exists.

[meager scroll]

Pets can run on mountains pretty easily

[exotic fiber]

i either destroyed it with my nomad, or somehow caused it to despawn.

[meager scroll]

Especially mechanical ones, but I don't think you can get them easily in this expedition

Another tip: killing worms can be done from starship

If you can hover close to the worm burrow, worms will spawn

Then blast them from starship

[exotic fiber]

now i'm gonna have to explore the planet for another titan worm burrow.

[meager scroll]

That way you are not in risk of getting attacked from biological horrors that spawn alongside

[exotic fiber]

and this is the most difficult planet to explore that i've ever seen!

son of a

...titan worm

[meager scroll]

Mountain planets are pain in the ass yes

[quasi copper]

It's really irritating. I hate those mountainous ones. That starship thing might work.

[meager scroll]

Pair that with infestation and it's a drag

[exotic fiber]

i want my base's burrow back!!

[meager scroll]

Try saving there and reloading?

[exotic fiber]

remind me what the prize is for this expedition?

[meager scroll]

Maybe try that with multiplayer disabled

Main reward is the Utopia Speeder starship

Phase rewards are posters, holographic gek statue, robotic companion drone and fearsome visor helmet

[exotic fiber]

so the burrow is gone, but the worms/tendrils came back! they burst out of the ground right in front of me as i was running back to my base

[quasi copper]

Yay?

[meager scroll]

It can be done, but with the hauler that is the starting ship it can be really hard to pull off

Very low manueverability

[exotic fiber]

this whole thing has me so stressed out imma maybe come back to it later.

maybe.

[quasi copper]

Do come back to it. That part's frustrating, but it's a really nice ship.

[hot marten]

Good news, going offline removed the site

[quasi copper]

Yay!

If someone who's done with the expedition comes back and builds and uploads a base, will that show up for people on the expedition?

[wraith venture]

Not if it's with a converted Normal save.

[meager scroll]

Probably not, like I said, expedition saves convert to Normal

Expedition players can only see Expedition players

[wraith venture]

Expedition and Normal game modes have two separate base "realms."

[meager scroll]

Permadeath players can only see Permadeath players

The rest of modes (Normal, Relaxed, Survival, Creative, Custom) can play all together

[quasi copper]

Didn't know that, either.

[graceful orbit]

when will the expedition end?

[meager scroll]

!exptime

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[cunning sandal]

So 20 hours in this expedition & I had my first game crash not too bad. because on the last 2 expeditions I crashed like 5 times a night

[quasi copper]

Wow, that's pretty good. Other way around for me. My game used to be rock-stable, and now I crash a fair bit. Just crashed fighting Sentinels.

[cunning sandal]

I was crashing as I was on the last part of the 4th planet & it said nope fuck you lol

Ya it is pretty good 👍

[quasi copper]

Hope it didn't crash in a bad spot for you.

[errant shuttle]

my base for the 3rd planet is sentinel city

[wary valley]

!exptime

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[cunning sandal]

Nope it didn't I got the 4th planet done and now I'm going on to the 5th

Do anybody know where the sentinel thing is to shut them down on the 5th Planet?

[scenic current]

Finally, after making it to the 5th planet and still seeing no resolution to the Flora Magenta scan count malfunction in sight, I just started a new save and grinded through the game within a day. Whew

[cunning sandal]

Well I finally did it 💪

[indigo falcon]

there is something in today's patch notes that might be a fix for things like the flora magenta milestone https://www.nomanssky.com/2023/03/expeditions-patch-4-12/ "Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect discovery counts to be reported for discovery-based expedition milestones."

only available on steam so far

[willow geyser]

when does the expedition end ?

[fringe agate]

!exptime

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[willow geyser]

thanks ^ ^

[bitter plover]

Has anyone elses controller stopped working in game after the update??

[wraith venture]

That sounds terrible. Please be sure to comment on it in this thread: #1078205884695597056, where we've been compiling 4.1 related issues mentioned by the community. Let us know what platform, type of controller and connection type, etc. And most importantly, report it to Hello Games (helpful links are pinned or run !HelloGames in #bot-spam)

[bitter plover]

Thanks - It actually seems to be the old and I mean old XBox controller I was using that had seemed to have died... A spare PS4 controller seems to be working fine now!

[bitter plover]

Lost control after a time playing - Might not be my Xbox One Controller that's at fault - Posted in your thread...

[jagged sedge]

Hey, fellow expeditioners, come on down to the 'Copper Mine' base on Endil and grab some copper!

[misty kindle]

im on the third planet and the last thing says to discover plant life. I started at 12/8 and am now at 19/8. Im confused.

What am i supposed to do?

[meager scroll]

What platform are you on?

[misty kindle]

PC

[meager scroll]

Today HG released a patch with bug fixes

One of them being

Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect discovery counts to be reported for discovery-based expedition milestones.

PC what? Steam, Gamepass, Gog?

[misty kindle]

Well this just happened to me 5 minutes ago so it may not have worked. Steam

I downloaded the patch already

[meager scroll]

Hmm so my theory goes off the window

[misty kindle]

No work around?

[meager scroll]

I don't have any other ideas really, sorry

[misty kindle]

Dang. Hope its fixed before expo is over

[wraith venture]

Oh no Still broken after update? Did you report it to HG?

[misty kindle]

How do i report it?

[meager scroll]

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[wraith venture]

!HelloGames

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[wraith venture]

Has info on how to submit your save file.

As part of your report.

[misty kindle]

dope, ill look into that after i eat

[scenic current]

Welp. Doesn’t look like the patch fixed the flora magenta completion bug.

[cedar zodiac]

you're the 2nd person to mention it, i think you're correct.

[grizzled thunder]

I have a couple of questions about expeditions: I’m on a creativesave: why can’t I activate a expedition on a save I’m already in and number 2: when I do a separate save for expeditions, does the rewards Cary on to the other save?

[jagged sedge]

Discovery made -- looks like you can own a freighter during expedition, and it counts as a base, so you can craft in it

[cedar zodiac]

You have to start a new save for expeditions, it's a different story

And yes, rewards carry on over account wide from an expedition.

[grizzled thunder]

Thanks

[jagged sedge]

I'd love to be able to build the Utopia research machines in my original save tho

Aw man, a stack of chromatic metal has vanished from my planet-side refiner

[cedar zodiac]

do they just disappear when you convert it?

[jagged sedge]

I left some copper converting, and now the refiner is empty 😦

I guess I have to stand and watch the dang thing

Oh well, I can just go back to my copper mine and grab more

[grizzled thunder]

Is expedition’s only native to online only or can I do it single player?

[jagged sedge]

Idk if it would, all you can do is try it

Def worth the effort tho, the rewards are quite nice

[grizzled thunder]

Awesome thanks

[meager scroll]

Expedition can be played offline

You just need initial connection to download some data

But all.progress is saved locally

[jagged sedge]

Online mode does have benefits tho

[golden wren]

Online mode has a ton of annoying comm/message things everywhere, too. I haven't found a way to disable those. I was bombarded with them on day 3 or 4 (after expedition started) at the exp locations

[cedar zodiac]

yeah but you're not there long

and you know, people gotta be all "I WAS HeRE"

[jagged sedge]

I can proudly say I have not deployed a single message ball

[cedar zodiac]

doing the lords work

[jagged sedge]

But I will post here -- Drop by the copper mine base, on Endil! free copper!

[jagged sedge]

Another discovery - If you build a base computer and it detects previous registration it will let you pick it up so you didn't waste the mats

SO, I've just found a nitrogen hotspot on New Kehille, how useful would that be for our fellow travellers?

Would oxygen be better to have maybe?

I think Imma go with an oxygen farm after all

[strong hinge]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, FUCKING SENTINELS, MY SHIP HAS NO FUEL TO TAKE OFF.

AND I CANT EVEN BUILD.

[jagged sedge]

What planet are you on?

[strong hinge]

ont the planet full of agressive sentinels.

[jagged sedge]

Oh dear

[fierce pollen]

yeah that planet is a hell

[strong hinge]

who had the idea to make utopia expedition on this star system bruhh.

[little knoll]

never leave home without 5+ launch fuel

[strong hinge]

none warned about this.

[little knoll]

i learned it the hard way too

[fierce pollen]

I would say 2-3 launch fuel with you, but yeah 5 works too

[little knoll]

and dont launch your ship when sentinels are after you, or they'll send the spaceships that never stop coming and you'll have a terrible time

[jagged sedge]

Once you build the ||launch auto charger|| travel gets alot easier

[little knoll]

wait whats that?

i dont have that lol

[fierce pollen]

or get the speeder

[fierce pollen]

its an upgrade that lets your ship recharge launch fuel from the atmosphere

[jagged sedge]

You can get later

[strong hinge]

the issue is... i have to collect copper, but im too far away at the most deep sea, with almost no resources here.

[little knoll]

how late? im at phase 5

[strong hinge]

phase 3.

start of phase 3.

[little knoll]

weird i dont have it

oh well

[jagged sedge]

Hey guys, just set up an oxygen extractor on Nishi, drop by sometime - it's not full yet but it will be

[cunning sandal]

i hated that one the most out of all of them

[ocean gorge]

The channel pins are always helpful, especially reading them before starting an expedition (see Phases & Milestones)
There’s coordinates for the sentinel pillar on the aggressive sentinel planet, so you can head there first and take out sentinels planet-wide

[strong hinge]

if i had fuel.

[sinful aurora]

There are just so many message things at the trade post that it wouldn't let me land.

[quick root]

What do you get from doing a Expedition?

[jagged sedge]

Many building recipes, and a new ship that's super cool

[quick root]

Where will the ship be?

only in that save? or will it be in any save?

[jagged sedge]

After you earn it in expedition, any save file under your name will be able to claim it also

[quick root]

Is it PvP?

or PvE?

[jagged sedge]

PvE

If you like base building, this is the one to try

[quick root]

Can I get a personal Refinery in base game?

or no?

[jagged sedge]

You can, but you can get it a lot sooner in the current expedition

[quick root]

What is the focus?

Basebuilding?

[jagged sedge]

Across the whole system, yeap

[quick root]

Supplies can only be crafted at a base?

[jagged sedge]

Yes, altho you can repair damaged stuff anywhere

[quick root]

ok

[jagged sedge]

Here's a tip - When you can, you should build a nutrient processor, food items that restore life support power are good to have

[quick root]

Do the geobays come with the exocraft?

[jagged sedge]

Yes

The Nomad is my fave

[quick root]

<3 Best!!!

[quasi copper]

Yeah, the exocraft are awesome. You can put in environmental systems so that you don't lose hazard protection while in them and can jump back in it to recharge your own. The minotaur is just immune without building even those. And they go up and down surfaces you'd expect they'd just slide down.

[wanton frigate]

As handy as it's wall-crawling is, Camera controls on the Nomad are a pain though, if say, you're on a planet that's 90% sheer inclines and while heading down one of them you end up in a tunnel that's too deep to jetpack out of.
Just a random example.
Still, phase 4 finally done - one to go!

When the Expedition is finished, does the crafting in bases only restriction get lifted? I dont want to have to start over!

[quick root]

Also how long does it take to complete all tasks?

[wanton frigate]

A few hours if you're focused.
I'm 10 hrs in but I haven't a clue and it's probably 8 1/2 hours of Copper stockpiling and the rest general play.

[quasi copper]

The restriction gets lifted and the base computer price drops to the usual, too.

[quick root]

What si the cost for resummoning a exocraft?

[quasi copper]

Nothing. You can delete the summoner to get your mats back as soon as you've summoned the craft. This is, in fact, recommended if you didn't build it at your base, because the summoners (and portable refiners, and other stuff like that) don't have markers for finding them again.

[ashen shore]

Any tips for the starter base?

should I just place it?

[wanton frigate]

The whole planet is one big smorgasbord of resources. Anywhere will do. Stick 2 solar panels, a battery and a teleporter on it it. You'll be glad of it later.

[ashen shore]

nice

[quasi copper]

When I got the teleporter recipe, I went back to my first base and built one there, so that I could return easily and do my resource gathering on a planet that didn't hate me. Lots of later goals are actually most easily done on the first planet.

[ashen shore]

nice ok

I'll search around for a good spot

[wanton frigate]

Me too. Was a literal life saver.
If you can find Metal Fingers, that first planet had Uranium in em. I presume they respawn in the same general area?

[ashen shore]

spawning next to containers nice

nice

[quasi copper]

I also bought the landing pad recipe when it was possible to do so and built landing pads at all my bases.

[wanton frigate]

Don't land on other people's bases. They will make you feel ashamed of your 4-wooden-walls and-a-roof space-shack.
Ain't no shame living in a shed with its own launch pad.

[ashen shore]

hehe

I know the trick of mining with the terrain manipulator smaller so you get more too

[ashen shore]

HAHA IT WORKED

I'm looking for metal fingers and abusing the fact life support recharges when you die

so I just let myself get low then pop the save point and respawn where I die

also impulse beans restore life support nice

[meager warren]

I can't remember, does the Expedition save file only become a Normal save after the 6 weeks is up, or can I manually convert it once I'm done all the Expedition goals?

I don't think I've ever actually turned an Expedition save into a normal one 🤔

[quasi copper]

You get asked if you want to convert it as soon as you finish. You may need to exit and reload to have certain changes take effect, like the reduced crafting cost for base computers.

[meager warren]

Oh awesome thx

[ashen shore]

It's not fingers but I'll take it

[jagged sedge]

Fellow players, behold - my trained Titan Worm

[waxen patrol]

You built a entire shed? I just placed 14 small wooden foundations for each base 💀

[kindred minnow]

i finally finished the expedition after like 6 crashes today alone

the controller inputs seem to be broken but maybe thats just me

ships cool

[native bloom]

Controller input does indeed have issues

[kindred minnow]

it seems to get stuck at random occasions, and requires a restart to fix

[coral phoenix]

Will expedition be available until 23/3 ?

[native bloom]

!exptime

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[coral phoenix]

Hmm not much time left.

Wait no, it says april.

[native bloom]

Correct

[coral phoenix]

Yeah then lots of time, I can go back hibernate for a while, thanks.

[native bloom]

No problem

[grizzled thunder]

Question, when you’re on a certain planet for a phase…… are you supposed to stay on that planet or can you leave it for searching for more resources and come back to your mission planet?

[cedar zodiac]

you can leave

[wanton frigate]

Not only can you leave, you can pursue some of that phases goals on other planets - eg gathering the pearls.

Q: so if you arrive at your designated settlement site, and someone else has already built a base there, do you just have to jog on?

[cedar zodiac]

Once you find the site, you can build anywhere

doesn't have to be that area

[wanton frigate]

Understood but... I should probably have been more specific... Is there a way I can build there anyway? It's a good location 😉

And Im too cheap to build my own save beacon thingy