nms-expedition

[woeful bolt]

sentinels be like: "Stop existing. Now."

I think minotaur might be faster than pilgrim in some cases

seemed that way at least

pilgrim boost kinda sucked

[cerulean olive]

Minotaur is your friend in this exp

[woeful bolt]

just don't try to get crystal sulphide with it

very slow

:D

[sleek tundra]

yeh this part of the expedition has by far taken the longest even with the minotaur

[cerulean olive]

I took a swim to get those. Found a vent near the shore and didn't have to dive deep to get sulphides.

Never drowned in this game neither, so I had no worries.

[woeful bolt]

yeah I'm probably going to be done in a few minutes

that was the longest part IMO

[sleek tundra]

i only just got back to my ship with the crystals haha

it was like a 40 minute endeavor

[graceful pike]

Yo does the marker in the discoveries section actually show where you are or is it just visual?

[cerulean olive]

It's where you are

[graceful pike]

God I am not looking forward to boosting with my minotaur for like half an hour to find water 💀

AHGDGJ NVM Just found a big pool of water thank goodness

[woeful bolt]

wow the game just encountered an error

that never happened before

[gilded tiger]

Does it only fill up after the timer is finished? I think I left for an hour already

[woeful bolt]

it will do 142 when the timer is finished

[median ember]

Make sure silo are properly connected

[gilded tiger]

My dumb ass got no silos 😭

I don't have the plan either. Does it appear in the research unit?

[cerulean olive]

Don’t need silos

[slim elm]

you don't need supply depots, each extractor holds 250

[gilded tiger]

Oh okay. I've not effed up yet 😊

Thanks y'all. I'll check it when the timer up

[slim elm]

If you have the resources you could add an extractor or 2 but not necessary

[dire bough]

truly baffling topography sometimes

[sleek tundra]

yeah apparently i got off lucky too haha

[woeful bolt]

got my golden vector

woo

this thing is quick

[slim elm]

and shiny

[woeful bolt]

maybe it's the atmosphere but it looks a bit dingy actually

[graceful pike]

So my extractors are mining 247/hr, and it has 50 mins left, all I gotta do is wait that time out and I'll complete the quest when I take it out after it mines it?

[slim elm]

yep, not even sure if you have to take the minerals out or if it triggers when you get 200 in the extractor.

[woeful bolt]

oh dip, you can claim the golden vector at the quicksilver synthesis companion

that's tight

[slim elm]

All your saves can claim it too. My other saves all have 11-12 ships already so not claiming it on those.

[woeful bolt]

this is only my third save file

[slim elm]

The next system over after we finish the exp, Tifilipets has a dissonance planet, I put a red save beacon at a Harmonic camp if anyone wants to farm sentinel ships.

[woeful bolt]

It looks better in the space station light.

[dire bough]

Merry Nipmas, explorers.

[brave echo]

Just finished the Cartographers, what are the chances we will see Utopia again next year? Fan favorite, and I got my PS5 when it had a day left and I didn't know how to play first time, and I happened to be sick this time.. :/ any chance? Also, Merry Christmas

[woeful bolt]

always a chance

[slim elm]

I would say not likely at all

[woeful bolt]

I want to do the expedition with the living freighter. That thing looks neat.

@slim elm why?

[brave echo]

I want the helmet more than the speeder

[woeful bolt]

Do you think they'll be doing new expeditions instead?

[slim elm]

They only recap the expeditions from the current year and they ran Utopia already. They only had 3 expeditions this year so they did give us exp 3. Eventually maybe we will??

[woeful bolt]

lol

[brave echo]

S for a Yes

[woeful bolt]

@slim elm I am new to multiplayer and expeditions and such.

So I wonder then if they will have three expeditions next year.

then recap those next December-ish.

[slim elm]

I know this is the expedition channel but this is the sentinel ship in the next system over I mentioned.

It's a bug of some sort, looks pink but I think it might be red.

[woeful bolt]

like a mini hauler

[slim elm]

I think they will have 3 expeditions per year from now on. They are time consuming and probably at a decent cost to Hello Games.

[woeful bolt]

for sure

can always edit the save file if you miss something I guess

[slim elm]

If it was any other gaming group these expeditions would be a $4.99 add on or something like that.

[woeful bolt]

Like I said I'm not familiar with multiplayer stuff.

Except for a bit of Minecraft a very very long time ago.

Anyways I gotta go sleep so I can wake up in six hours to start making Christmas dinner.

[idle warren]

i carnt place base computer has the whole plnet been claimed?

[cerulean olive]

They are also working on Light No Fire simultaneous, so 3 new expeditions a year and redux at year end sounds about right.
I’m looking forward to a new expedition and the new ship next year.

[idle warren]

it keeps saying prevous base build on new site

[bitter swallow]

hey y'all, any tips to find water for the crystal sulphide requirements?

[idle warren]

the minimap in discoveries helps but how did you get a base

everywhere for me is cliamed

[bitter swallow]

oh i just spawned somewhere that not a lot of other ppl did

rng, i guess?

[idle warren]

like i casn place it

but it says unsiutibale

[bitter swallow]

the base computer, u mean?

[idle warren]

yeah

[bitter swallow]

kbsgjhlkgjsg

whacky

ur placing it on mostly non-bumpy ground, away from other bases, and u have all the mats?

[idle warren]

yeah

like it syas it was claimed prevousily even though it isnt

maybe i should restart

i spawned in at the same place someone else did

i carnt mine anything in expeditions they really shouldnt make the terrain uneditable in bases

[cerulean olive]

If you are still at the very start, delete this save and start a new one. You may get a better spawn then.

[graceful pike]

The satisfaction I felt when seeing this was awesome

[plucky storm]

i did this in 4.5 hours nonstop

almost had a mental breakdown

but it was worth it

[earnest anvil]

My play through was almost 7 hours and yeah, I felt that

[graceful pike]

Surprisingly my playthrough was only 3.4 hours, though I'd prob have 2.4 if I didn't have to do that extractor milestone...

[burnt briar]

I did it easy because I duped

it's not cheating unless you want it to be...

[jolly maple]

peeps need to realise that u can get so far by breaking down the upgrades. u can get wiring looms and loads of other stuff

[gilded tiger]

Finally got off that God forsaken planet. I land on someone's base and there's this exocraft summon thing, it's like a panel that rotates but I can't summon, I can only pick it up?

[idle warren]

it lets u summon from the quick menu i think

[gilded tiger]

I think I tried that too 🤔 I'll try again later

[blazing fossil]

Won’t work, it’s based on platform name (steam name, switch profile name etc)

[fringe gale]

I was fortunate enough to find another player's Minotaur Geobay and summon one without gathering the relevant materials.

[frosty wing]

ive never been able to get extractors to work on my main save, and now i need to to complete cartographers and cant

[deft lichen]

shot in the dark. is there a list of all the materials you need for the entire expedition for cartographers?

[jagged sedge]

Generally, mousing over the parts that need repairs will list the materials you need - and the expedition steps provide the blueprints to make them - all you are missing is a few bits you can gather

[cobalt shore]

I did. I just wandered far away enough to be able to start my own base

[deft lichen]

this changes so much wtf...........

[upbeat torrent]

you don't. while spawn, ship and traveler are random, the seed is your steam name. so unless you change the name, you get the same things every time

[grand elm]

is the ship reward at the end of the current expedition cross account or can you only access it on the save you earned it on?

[solid peak]

You can claim cross-save rewards, like the Golden Vector, on all saves from the quicksilver synthesis companion in the Anomaly. You can only claim the expedition rewards once per save.

[untold knoll]

I needed to restart that shi* three times, everytime something bugged 😅 like seeing alien building 5 hours away 💀💀

[graceful pike]

I found out that just exploring with the visor and minotaur was way faster than like scanning for one with the signal booster, for some reason when I did it they showed ones like REALLY far away (eg 11 hours) and not one that was like 1000u away 💀 . The most annoying/boring parts of the expedition was finding water for the landing gear, and mining 200 resources from the extractor (basically just waited an hour).

[round lava]

so, in the cartographer expedition, a goal is to make a base computer

issue - the area near the broken ship is claimed

[wraith junco]

Go somewhere else

[graceful pike]

I feel like the best choice is just go out of it's range and leave the ship to head back to, you rarely go back to the ship until you have the materials for repairing each part.

[solar cliff]

what's the pressurization capsule for in the exotic ship? It uses warp fuel but I don't know why

[round lava]

i went a far distance and it's still claimed

[untold knoll]

Just a expedition feature

[solar cliff]

can I remove it from the ship?

[graceful pike]

Just uh- keep going. I think the radius for a base is either 500u or 1000u I forget I don't really know the exacts

[wraith junco]

Base radius is 300u that can be expanded to 1000u

[round lava]

i am 1k u from my ship

and it's still fucking claimed

[graceful pike]

Jesus 💀 I uhhhh I don't know, are there any new bases that are somewhat close or is it that same one base?

[round lava]

5.55 minutes away from my ship

still claimed

FINALLY

6.31 minutes away

[graceful pike]

Yeah you almost never need to go back to your ship until you need to repair parts to progress milestones, also when you get a minotaur it'll just make it way faster.

[deft lichen]

is there a way to prevent that glitch where there's something constantly hitting you with a mining laser

like not doing damage but it's all the visuals of the mining laser, etc. doesnt effect gameplay too much but its annoying lol

[lost sphinx]

I know that has something to do with multiplayer

You should be able to disable multiplayer in the Network settings.

[deft lichen]

ohhhh.... i'll give that a try, thanks! I thought you had to have it on for the expedition

[lost sphinx]

You don't need to have it on. I've run through a couple of them with it disabled.

[deft lichen]

VERY COOL thank you, that fixed it!!

[lost sphinx]

You're welcome!

I've run into that issue sometimes when playing with my friend, but there's not much I can do about it.

[blazing fossil]

Time to try and beat the exped in less than 2 hours because funny

[cerulean olive]

Is that why I keep spawning in a different location eveery time, but with the same character and ship? I tried like 5 times and got a different location every time. Sometimes with a player base near, mostly without. Multiplayer and cross platform enabled on PS5.

[upbeat torrent]

ah, ps5 might work differently. on steam, it's fixed

[cerulean olive]

I'll try it on Switch too, although another playerbase might not be such a problem without a multiplayer option.

Same for Switch. Same character, same ship, different locations.

[frosty wing]

any idea how to make mineral extractors work?

[lost sphinx]

You first need the Survey Device.
Once you have that installed, use your Analysis Visor and scroll over to the pickaxe symbol. Wander around until you find a Mineral Deposit. Place a base near it and set up a Mineral Extractor. Attach a power source to that, and it will begin to mine material.

[frosty wing]

i have:

• 2 extractors
• 1 supply depo
• 4 bio fuel
• 2 solar
• 1 bvattery
• teleporter
• surveyed and hotspot located

[wraith junco]

Not enough power

[frosty wing]

i saw i have an excess of power

[wraith junco]

Battery needed for night time

[frosty wing]

and
had 3 biofuel + 2 solar and just 1 extractor and it worked without extracting any phosphorous

[frosty wing]

sorry i missed this in the list obviously

[lost sphinx]

You only need 200 material for the expedition, so one biofuel generator with one batch of carbon is enough to produce that amount.

[hollow shore]

Each Extractor uses 50 power. Solar creates 50 during day, 25 dusk, 0 night

[frosty wing]

and extractors have produced 0 over the last 5 hours

i followed the setup in several videos, walkthroughs

but even back years ive never been able to get them to work

(ive been playing since next - not sure how long theyve been around)

[wraith junco]

Tried dismantle everything and placing it again?

[frosty wing]

obviouosly

several times

[wraith junco]

Whats the deep deposit density?

[frosty wing]

ah... C Class Phosprous ~50%

[wraith junco]

Hmmn

[frosty wing]

i even ran 1 extractor for an hour without the supply depo

nothing

[wraith junco]

You connected depot to extractor with pipe right?

[hollow shore]

I'd start by checking what the battery shows, which should give an indication of the Extractors drawing power to begin with.

[frosty wing]

full charge

[cerulean olive]

Funny question: do you see the extractor working?

[frosty wing]

it goes up and down with a bang

[solid peak]

Does it say what the current power draw is?

[frosty wing]

shakes the screen

[hollow shore]

(mind you, teleporter draws 20 as well)

[cerulean olive]

Should work then.

[solid peak]

Oh, that should mean it’s working

[frosty wing]

uh... ~120 of like 150

[round panther]

(is the depot needed? i was curious about testing out the mining unit. depot was almost finished storing - why does that take so long? - i placed another depot and dang, the time for both depots restetted :()

[cerulean olive]

Depot is not needed

[frosty wing]

i tried without and still extracted nothing

[wraith junco]

Not needed but will show 0 if not connected to extractor

[round panther]

wonderful.. 😄 am doing all the not needed things

[frosty wing]

ive done everything up to rendezvous 1 except extraction

i used the 5M Emergency Beacon to get 3 repair kits for the larval core fix

[wraith junco]

Tried buliding on diffent mineral spot?

[cerulean olive]

Tried extracting on several planets?

[frosty wing]

there werent any others around that stayed around - i found like 2 others that disappeared

[round panther]

i d be curious to see what your exctractor says, when you click it. not needed - but i was curious and built 3 extractors o0

[frosty wing]

not other planets... but ive never been able to get them to work in other saves

[round panther]

(they are still working btw. not finished this milestone either)

[hollow shore]

... that stayed around ... disappeared ... ? Hotspots are fixed, so something seems off

Do you have MP enabled?

[cerulean olive]

Weird. Never had them not working, unless not on a hotspot.

[frosty wing]

mp enabled, pvp not

*pvp friends only

[wraith junco]

You need to take out extracted minelras from extractor to suit for it to count

[hollow shore]

Start with disabling MP, then perhaps even delete the base completely. Then save and restart to try everything all over again from scratch

[wintry void]

Try using a magnetic hotspot instead of solar etc, Im not sure if it bugs out with solar as mine used to stop pounding at night even with 4 solar and 2 batteries

[hollow shore]

And when I say from scratch, this includes use of the Survey Device for hotspots

[cerulean olive]

I used a bio generator to power mine.

[frosty wing]

im using both

4 bio 2 solar

i think i always used solar for extractor setups...

[cerulean olive]

I used 1 extractor, hooked up on 1 bio. Worked just fine.

[wraith junco]

Maybe mixed power source makes it funky? I would make 1 type of power source in the network

[wintry void]

i take it doesnt complete if u take from somone elses extractor?

[cerulean olive]

Not sure, but I guess it doesn't, since it doesn't come off your own extractor.

[hollow shore]

4 solar with 2 batteries should work for a full next day, but may fail the first day after initial setup, because it is really tight

However, if there is just 1 extra kP of use, it fails a full day

[wintry void]

I dunno, it stops pounding, but counter continues, so I dont know if its just a visual bug

[round panther]

this is a new thing to me, i need to check on it again. but people said its a cycle? imo right now there is nothing to take out, since the cycle didnt finish yet.
(i thought a cycle was finished, but couldnt find where to take the minerals and the depot said "storing")

[frosty wing]

just did this - still nothing atm

[wraith junco]

Extraction is one thing. But even when it will be full. It wont count for the milestone until you put extracted minerals from extractor into the exosuit.

[round panther]

i ll be jumping in later. rn i have no idea where i would be able to grab them 😦

[cerulean olive]

Looks like it's extracting.

[wintry void]

43 min it says to complete cycle

[remote thunder]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[remote thunder]

good i still have plenty of time

[frosty wing]

yeah - we'll see, been running for 5 minutes now

[cerulean olive]

cheese it by setting your system's clock an hour forwards and see if you get something from it

[wintry void]

i wouldnt

[frosty wing]

is it on the hour or divided by the hour

[unkempt kraken]

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‼️ Negative side effects caused by time skipping can be both difficult and time consuming to recover from, and in some cases, impossible. It should not be considered an option.

The game relies on accurate time keeping for some of its features to work as intended, including but not limited to:

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[cerulean olive]

it's safe to skip time, get the milestone and set back the clock again.

[frosty wing]

cause last time it ran for 5 and gave me nothing

[wintry void]

i logged off game for an hour to have some food to wait for it to fill up

[remote thunder]

wasn't setup properly or bug

[remote thunder]

on the hour

[frosty wing]

well that makes sense - but we'll see

[remote thunder]

while thats running, simply do other milestones if you can, if not can simply logoff and go do something else; exp ends dec 29th, not sure what your availability is ofc but i'd say there's still plenty of time to finish

[frosty wing]

got:

• 2 bio
• 1 battery
• 1 extractor

[remote thunder]

that should be enough, since 2 bio=100kps, each extractor needs 50kps, leaving the remaining 50kps to charge the battery. that said, you could easily do without using batteries or a second biofuel reactor (as long as you don't have anything else connected), since biofuel reactor are basically going to run for 50 real time hours, once you charge it to max.

[frosty wing]

am not messing with it now its setup on a fresh location with a fresh hotspot, and a b class hotspot at that

but noted

[frosty wing]

CAPACITY REACHED!!!

i have my streamlined jetpack and golden vector

seems solar may have been the issue?

/mixed power systems?

[blazing fossil]

Sub 1:30!!!

1:16

Wait no

1:17

And i can still go faster

[stuck wind]

Hello

I need to join someone real quick to fix my save

[jaunty zenith]

I just finished the Cartographers Redux and I'm missing 8 of the rewards. Whispering Companion, Saucer Fungus, and all of those. Has anyone else had this issur?

[cerulean olive]

It got different rewards this time around.

[jaunty zenith]

@fleet meadow OK, thank you! I know it was a long shot, but I was thinking glitch. XD

Merry Christmas!

[cerulean olive]

Sadly, no glitch.

Merry Christmas to you too

[remote thunder]

@jaunty zenith can always ask another player for a biohorror egg, if that's something you really wanted

exp3 2023 redux rewards are pinned here - the post i linked you to in #nms-questions

[static pagoda]

Hey all 🙂 When does the expedition switch over to a normal save? On the 29th or when you finish the last milestone?

[jaunty zenith]

Good idea, thank you!

[upbeat torrent]

both, whichever is earlier

[remote thunder]

it will convert early, i.e. to a normal mode save, when you claim the last reward possible (so complete all milestones, and claim all rewards, and it will convert early

[median ember]

Gun in expeditions

CARTOGRAPHERS

[static pagoda]

Thanks!

[silent horizon]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[static pagoda]

I scrolled up and read a bunch. I think I may want to keep this save as my main. So I'm assuming that I should stock up and sell storm crystals while I can. Anything else?

[slim elm]

Here's a really good A class we can get on the starter planet with slots unlocked.

Here's the chat above on where and how to get it. #nms-expedition message

I have a save beacon at the settlement

[median ember]

Oh crap

I messed up

I accidentally sold the graviton balls

🥲

[static pagoda]

Thank you 🙂

[slim elm]

The galactic trade station where I spawned sold gravitino balls so possible to buy them back.

[median ember]

There are in space station too

Almost done

Supermoon playing...ohhh yeah

😎

EXPEDITIONS COMPLETED

[remote thunder]

congrats

[median ember]

https://open.spotify.com/track/4RxkqmtQ3yeIio21phDBl6?si=WNCpkGmYQcGhcGrIAwrmJg

[azure orchid]

how do i get crystal sulfide?

[crisp marten]

game isn't giving me any nearby structures i can hide in during a storm when i use the beacon or whatever it's called, closest one i've gotten is a 55 minute trek away

i'm still on the first milestone

[sterile cairn]

I had a solid hour run till I found something myself

You don't have to do the milestones in order at least.

[quiet cloak]

It says generated power 50/150
Do i need to build more batteries or generators/solar panels?

[wintry void]

Try using the sensor booster and nearest structure?

[wintry void]

generators/solar panels

[quiet cloak]

Ty

[wintry void]

1 solar panel = 50

[wintry void]

From water areas or floating crystals

[remote thunder]

floating or glowing crystals, that drop from buried mineral formations?

[tight dragon]

i am angry about the find buildings milestone

[wintry void]

You can complete that when you unlock ship

Except for last phase, that was my last objective on the last run.

and can be any structure on any planet in the system, I went to an abandoned 1 on another planet when getting the larvae

[plucky storm]

that’s easy lol

just launch the ship

go to the space station

you don’t need the larval cores until you need to go to another galaxy

get some maps

if you don’t get an abandoned building on your map reload save

actually you only need maps for the abandoned building, you can use signal boosters to mark structures

[wraith spruce]

huh, it says that expedition haven't started

anyone has same problem?

[wintry void]

mine says 4 days left....

[wraith spruce]

simple restart fixes everything

[azure orchid]

hhow do i get cobalt?? i cant find any

[wintry void]

caves

[wraith spruce]

in caves

[azure orchid]

wuhere in caves

[wraith spruce]

stalactices usually

not sure how to say it properly

[wintry void]

the things sticking out of ground

[scarlet ocean]

The shop that you spawn close to sells cobalt anyway no?

[wraith spruce]

stalagmites and stalactites

[scarlet ocean]

Or was that just purely luck that I spawned close to a shop

[wintry void]

luck

[azure orchid]

what about parafinium

[scarlet ocean]

Shop, not ship. Ack.

But I guess ok.

[wraith spruce]

veins like copper on planet surface

[scarlet ocean]

I literally spawned right next to a shop ball, and got a squid exotic as my ship lmao.

[azure orchid]

i only find magnetized ferrite, phosphorous, etc. no paraffinium

[quiet cloak]

How do i get a microprocessor without a trade terminal

[wintry void]

make 1

[quiet cloak]

Damn im dumb af

[wraith spruce]

what if I'll simply buy a ship on trading outpost

[wintry void]

Then you cant, until you leave planet, or find a shop that does or get some as a reward

[wintry void]

wont let you i tried

[plucky storm]

they should be in deposits on the planet

[scarlet ocean]

You don't need parafinium in this expedition tho.

If you need it. Just refine it.

[plucky storm]

oh yeah maybe you’re right i forgot

[azure orchid]

okaaay so how the flip do i get magnogold

[scarlet ocean]

Refine it.

[azure orchid]

from what?

[plucky storm]

you need to do another mission to unlock@the blueprints for mango gold

look at the rewards and find the blueprint

[scarlet ocean]

You can put 3 ingredients to the large refiner to make mano gold.

[plucky storm]

ok Well I didn’t know that

[scarlet ocean]

Or yes the blueprint exists.

[plucky storm]

buuuuut

you could knock out two birds in one stone if you do the mission that rewards the mango gold blueprint @azure orchid

[scarlet ocean]

The BP is likely the intended way.

But as said. You can refine it if you take time to look it up.

[azure orchid]

i cant find that mission

[plucky storm]

personally i think the BP saves you time and effort

[azure orchid]

i just looked all over em

[plucky storm]

blud

ohhhhh

it’s probably the uh

Alloy blueprints

it should say something about alloys

that’s what you’re looking for

[azure orchid]

okay it says extract stuff with industrial machinery

what are they talking about?

[plucky storm]

you need to build industrial units to harvest minerals

if you track the mission it should give you all the steps

just make sure you look for MINERALS not GAS or some other thing

[scarlet ocean]

People so often believe you need to do the goals 'in order'. When there is no such order in the first place.

This is why it's so important to read.

[crisp marten]

yeah that's what i did

[plucky storm]

sometimes it helps to do them in order and other times it doesn’t

a lot of the time it doesn’t

for example you can knock out most of that one phase where you scan flora, fauna, minerals, easy stuff like that while playing the expedition

or if you need to travel certain amounts do that while playing

[scarlet ocean]

Milestone 1 > 2 might be. But within the milestone? It's pretty much whatever.

[plucky storm]

i did all of phase 4 before I completed phase 3’s last mission lol

or almost all

[scarlet ocean]

'might be'

God.

[wraith junco]

Next mark on building a base near rdv2 is progressing nicely

[crisp marten]

the game forcibly showing you the earliest milestone you haven't finished yet doesn't help

[scarlet ocean]

You can always click something else.

You get used to it as you play NMS's main storyline.

[bitter swallow]

why did i just get a "lobby is full" popup?

[remote thunder]

that looks nice!

[fierce aspen]

I was looking in my teleporter at bases to see if any looked interesting to visit. I laughed when I noticed about 8-10 bases were named Dolyndra. LMAO
So I renamed mine Dolyndra The OG, too funny.

[foggy gyro]

So I finished the cartographers expedition that just came out however I did not get the old cartographers rewards like the holographic chart projector which I was looking forward to get. Does any wine know how I can get it?

[wraith junco]

This cartographers expedition rewards where diffrent than oryginal. It was a mixtape of rewards from other expeditions

[cold tulip]

A save editor prob

[wraith junco]

Someone with base parts rewards could place them in your base if you join group and allow base edit

[ashen shore]

Upon closer inspection I seems I was wrong. Extreme heat does NOT affect the minotaurs jetpack. I had forgotten that I put the upgrade for the minotaur engine you get as a reward

[slim elm]

The teleporter base locations get glitched and it will show many with the same name and/or same image, they are not really named that.

[lyric roost]

How the devil are you supposed to find Crystal sulphide in the middle of nowhere

Actually

It doesn't matter because I need to scan one underwater creature to progress anyways

[wintry void]

You can get them from Floating Crystals and Glowing Crystalls

[lyric roost]

Again, it doesn't matter because of the stupid animal milestone

[wintry void]

No but by then you can fly to water

[azure orchid]

what planet can i find paraffinium at

[wintry void]

The Lush one

[azure orchid]

erm

which one is the lush one

ah

the "verdant moon"

i found it

[wintry void]

"Lush" Planets are ones with Star Bulb on

[lyric roost]

Wait shit true...

[woven shadow]

I am on the grassy planet getting myself some paraffinium so I can build a Nomad, the true all-terrain vehicle of exocraft

[pale laurel]

On what planet can I find the Sac Venom to harvest the Larval Core ?

[lost sphinx]

Larval Cores appear around abandoned buildings.

[woven shadow]

You have to shoot the whispering eggs

And then grab the cores and run real fast

[lost sphinx]

If you install the Exocraft Radar and potentially it's upgrades, you can scan for Abandoned Structures.

[pale laurel]

ty

[woven shadow]

Yay I have enough paraffinium to make a Nomad Geobay

[noble topaz]

if you can teleport, check the other bases that appear on there. i found a larval core farm someone had set up. basically a pen so they can't get to you.

[woven shadow]

I saw that but I have found an abandoned building and I’m doing okay. I just get on top of the building and wait for the swarm to go away.

[static pagoda]

How do you turn on the coords in the starter ship? I saw them when on the rondevoux planet, but not the starter ship . did I somehow switch it off?

[sterile cairn]

With expeditions, did we all get the dame exotic starter? That folding up ball and wings?

[azure orchid]

which kind of planetary chart has bones

[round panther]

i found them on a nearby planet with the scanner. if i remember correctly they are marked in yellow. the planet description says "old bones"

[sterile cairn]

Facts

[digital orchid]

Hello quick question, how much time is remaining for cartographer exp?

[sterile cairn]

3 days I think

[azure orchid]

where do i find larval cores

[sterile cairn]

Whispering eggs

Be prepared to run or fight the swarm bugs though

[azure orchid]

where do i find the places with wispering eggs?

[woven shadow]

Okay I’m going to that volcanic planet to find a peak tall enough to get “the hills are alive”

[sterile cairn]

It's usually spread around some random buildings I found for the wggs

I got the high peek one on the starting planet.

Same with rocketman

[woven shadow]

Okay. I need to find one of those mesas in, like, a highland area

LOL I went to the planet and just landed on a mountain that high

Oh I'm almost done now.

[azure orchid]

which planet has whispering egegs

[cold tulip]

All of them iirc

[heavy siren]

Planets w xeno colonys

That are labeled xeno colonies

[pale laurel]

what's the best way to find abaindoned buildings?

[heavy siren]

Buy planetary maps from a cartographer

It will say building

[pale laurel]

yep but which one

[wraith junco]

I made a base with abandoned building that you can teleport to

[ashen shore]

emergency chart

buy more than one

[pale laurel]

ok cheers!

[ashen shore]

keep using them until it leads you to an abandoned building

if it gives an error saying a structure is already marked just keep using it

[woven shadow]

Woooo I’ve done it! Time to collect my rewards in my main save.

And I have yet another ship to outfit.

[lyric roost]

Finished the exped at 2:03 total playtime

[azure orchid]

just finished the expo

[round panther]

meanwhile i tried to find the last - a rare underground - animal on that lava planet. why? am curious

[woven shadow]

I don’t think the Golden Vector is as good as the Utopia Speeder TBH

But the new jet packs are neat.

[cerulean olive]

it isn't

[woven shadow]

I put the expedition decals up in my main base but they’re, like, really dark. Maybe next time I restart they will look better

[topaz brook]

aren't they identical stats-wise?

[lyric roost]

The golden vector...is an acquired taste

Not a big fan of it, never really was

[wraith junco]

Vector is for flexing but not much more.

[static pagoda]

Expedition complete! That was a cool re-introduction to the game. I bought the game a a year or so ago and only played once. I will definitely add to my gaming rotation.

[subtle plume]

Where do I get larval core?

[jaunty glen]

abandoned buildings

can find them with distress signal maps

[subtle plume]

ok

[round panther]

is it random, what you get when using them? 2 times ship distress? i searched with the minotaur scanner too on 2-3 planets. now used another distress signal map on saacra and boom finally larval cores

[jaunty glen]

according to the wiki these are the probabilities (w/distress signal map)

Abandoned Building (40% chance)
Distress Beacon (15% chance)
Crashed Ship (with NPC) (8% chance)
Crashed Freighter (8% chance)
Observatory (6% chance)

[glacial crescent]

Does everyone else spawn into the expedition with an exotic?

[jaunty glen]

yes

[glacial crescent]

K

[round panther]

lul then i was really unlucky. found an observatory too

[unkempt kraken]

@round panther
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<:info:850810445577453658> How to effectively use charts to locate specific targets:

• Acquire the chart type that can locate the desired POI type;
• Do not visit POI markers you don't care about at the moment;
• Use as many charts as needed till you get the POI you need:
  ‼️ The message "Similar location already marked" appears when a chart tried to mark a POI type that is already marked on the HUD. Simply spam use the chart until it goes through.

Additional Notes:

• Outlaw space stations do not spawn cartographers.
• The message "Locational interference detected" appears when a chart is used in an Uncharted aka Uninhabited system.

Shared by: bkay201 Contributor(s): Atlas Emissaries

[remote thunder]

let's say that we wanted to ensure that we got abandoned building.

we'd get 5 emergency charts first.

that's the maximum number of charts that we'll have to use to get an abandoned building, as long as
a) we ignore non -abandoned building markers until we get an abandoned building marker
b) we spam use through `similar location already marked errors"

[round panther]

so helpful

[remote thunder]

@jaunty glen ^ see above, not sure if you know how charts work

[round panther]

so my mistake was to actually visit the one that got revealed? even when it was the one i didnt need

[remote thunder]

yeah

now you know how charts that have multiple targets work

feel free to save that image

anything else just ask

[round panther]

i do have it open in another tab. i need a folder for such things. i have a bookmark folder already and started a notebook xd but need to focus on epxeditions, later i ll sort things out.
also i didnt try again, since it said "cant do it" xd
(hows the wiki? like very outdated or still rather cared for?) * as newcomer its hard to tell...

[remote thunder]

mostly cared for, some things might be in need of an update; when something's not matching, feel free to ask in -help for confirmation

[round panther]

if its about lets say refining, its good enough, but one doesnt stumble about info like "just try the map-card again". so you are doing a great job here

[remote thunder]

also i didnt try again, since it said "cant do it" xd
"similar location already marked"? yeah, that's the chart saying "i already put up a marker for a building of this type, go clear that first, if you want me to be able to include it in the possible list of targets to mark"

[round panther]

and am like "yes, sir"

[remote thunder]

here's another tip (this is mentioned in !faq-units's crashed ship farming guide). distress beacon icon is used to mark 2 different types of emergency/distress signal locations/POI/building.
so instead of getting there already with the intent of clearing the marker, dont: from a distance, first confirm if there's a npc there or not - if there is, then leave the marker up, if you're farming for crashed ships.

or otoh, if you were specifically looking for stranded pilots, you'd leave the claimable ship distress beacon marker up

[round panther]

thats pretty smart. omg i got so many plans for after exp time. and i assume the former exp save can pickup rewards from this exp then too.
but honestly. how do you manage several saves? isnt it hard to remember which did what and where you built things etc?

i want to ask in base building for recommendations about a base plan i got in my head , *because ofc idk what would be a good/possible way to do

[sly pond]

I like to tag the marker I'm leaving alone

[remote thunder]

yep, good tip too!

[remote thunder]

well, we can rename saves,and usually one or two saves will be much more invested into than others, so at some point "play time" is also going to help figuring which is which

that's how i manage mine anyway

[round panther]

the only reason i found, for another save, was "trying to be the mean guy" 😄 to see how that goes. but rn i dont have time for this save 😉

~~another planet where only the rare underground animal is missing 😭 ~~

[subtle plume]

Now I dunno if continuing this save or continue the save of the past expedition (I had better upgrades in there)

suggestion?

[ashen shore]

well whichever u are comfortable with

[subtle plume]

do I still get the vector in the other save? (via rewards)

[subtle plume]

Review of someone who never played it, I preferred last week's expedition but I still enjoyed it

[lyric roost]

Yes

[subtle plume]

thx

[quiet cloak]

Am i supposed to build over 10 mineral extractors or am i doing something wrong? They extract 17/hr

[burnt briar]

I only have the waypoints milestone left to do before i can leave the planet, but I’m one short

Anyone have any tips on finding them?

[burnt briar]

I found an S class one but just remember to put the extractors on the point of highest concentration

You can find concentration on the left in the analysis visor

[quiet cloak]

Alright

Thanks

[burnt briar]

Np

[grizzled tide]

Anyone else unable to claim a base in this expedition?

[burnt briar]

Nope

Maybe restart your game…

[grizzled tide]

Will try that now!

[brave echo]

Ive never done any of the mineral extraction stuff in a normal save. What do I need when I find a gas hotspot?

[low jackal]

gas extractor

[brave echo]

Is an atmosphere harvester an extractor of gas?

[low jackal]

no gas extractor is gas extractor

atmosphere harvester is atmospher harvester

atmosphere harvester works anywhere and need fuel

gas extractor only work at gas cloud and need power

[round panther]

you need a mineral extractor, not gas? o-0

[low jackal]

they were asking what to do with a gas cloud.

[round panther]

yep, just wanted to clarify or ask.. for expedition it says get minerals, with extractor

[static pagoda]

how does the exp wildlife compare to a regular save's? For reference, I used to play Minecraft in peaceful, lol. I didn't have much problem with aggressive wildlife during the expedition, though.

[brave echo]

Where can I get Larval Cores?

[low jackal]

shoot whispering egg

spawn at abandoned building

[quiet cloak]

Where do i find abandoned buildings?

[south crown]

Buy emergency charts from space station

[whole linden]

I shouldn't have mined the copper spot closest to my base

[dusky tundra]

In case you keep getting the wrong stucture type like me - someone built a base near an abandoned building and called it something like larval cores here.

[median ember]

Well if it's inside then fart...
And if it's already out...dont smell..lol
😆😆😆

[median ember]

Or you can go to scaled planet ...
And fire up that scanner...
It will give you an abandoned building 100%...
Might need a couple tries....
In my case it was on 2nd try

[median ember]

Normal save planet don't have much aggressive fauna...
And if you turn that off they won't attack you...

This expedition has settings
PREDATORS FRENZY

Good thing it's not
LEVIATHAN...

But...

I still died

[burnt briar]

How do I find larval cores? I know where they are, but I don’t know how to find them.

Oh wait never mind

Someone already answered that :)

[burnt briar]

Wait what scanner? The exocraft one?

[gilded tiger]

Guys, how many days do we have left for the current expedition? Not sure if I have time to finish 😰

[cold tulip]

A few days, should be enough if u got time to play

Friday/Thursday depending on ur timezone

[gilded tiger]

Nice. Thanks 🫡

[plucky storm]

if you work efficiently and get a little bit lucky it’ll take you about 5 hours

i think it would take 7 hours if you don’t sweat but im built different so it only took me 4.5 (minus the time I spent waiting for my mineral extractors to extract)

[gilded tiger]

Should be doable. Thanks 👍

[finite rover]

this quest is anywhere between 2 and maybe 9 hours to do.

depends on how lucky you are with your starting position.

[ashen shore]

The problem with buying emergency charts is that you only have a 15% chance of getting an abandoned building, if there is one. Meanwhile the fully upgraded sonar of the roamer (expedition rewards) guarantees finding abandoned buildings. It's a lot of chromatic metal and loom though.

[finite rover]

buy 4 charts.

use them all up without visiting anywhere

guaranteed to get abandoned building

[gilded tiger]

You have to buy the golden vector?

[grim fossil]

It shouldn’t deduct the amount

[jagged creek]

If I use someone else's base teleporter to teleport, can I get back to their base (I havent made one yet)

[gilded tiger]

Thanks. I'll get it 👍

[gilded tiger]

It did deduct the nanites 🫤

[ashen shore]

Just depends how far the water, even then the minotaur boost upgrade helps a lot

[grim fossil]

Really? That has never happened for me

Got a comparison?

[gilded tiger]

Comparison?

[grim fossil]

To compare if it did deduct

[gilded tiger]

Hang on I need to reload to capture

[ashen shore]

The storm crystals are solid money makers

[grim fossil]

Damn, that’s odd, never once had that.

[ashen shore]

had over 32,000 nanites

Oh shit fr?

[grim fossil]

Ya it has displayed an amount deduced but never deducted

Goofy game

[gilded tiger]

Yeah I don't mind spending, just thought it was a reward from expedition 🤔

[grim fossil]

Ya weird, guess now I can say “it may or may not”

[gilded tiger]

Haha yeah

[ashen shore]

You can probably go to the anomoly and try there. Expedition stuff is always free on the anomoly

[gilded tiger]

Speaking of, what's nanites used for anyway? Been away for over a year. I don't even know if 32k is a lot or little

[grim fossil]

That’s where you claim the ship from.

[gilded tiger]

Yeah I picked it up from anomaly. I think you can only do it there at the quicksilver vendor

[grim fossil]

Nanites is used to purchase modules, upgrade class of ship and multitool, purchase blueprints from the anomaly.

[gilded tiger]

I think I should have more than enough then 👍

[grim fossil]

Definitely have enough for a bunch of modules, but class upgrade well depends.

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[gilded tiger]

As long as it covers modules, I'm good. I don't think I've ever upgraded a class so that's unlikely for me

[grim fossil]

Hmm was this on an expedition save?

I’m having a thought

[gilded tiger]

It's on my main save

[grim fossil]

Ah, was it ever an expedition save at some point?

[gilded tiger]

I think expedition gives you the ship right away on the end. No need to visit anomaly

[gilded tiger]

No, it's my first save

Standard survival save

[grim fossil]

Weird, definitely don’t know why it made you pay.

[ashen shore]

Ohhhh, you were at the anomoly. I just noticed the background

[gilded tiger]

Mb it's punishment for being away since 2022 🤭

[grim fossil]

lol

[ashen shore]

3 entire days left

Frag it, I think I'll cram one more save before this expedition ends

[gilded tiger]

Shit, I think it replaced one of my ships...

9 still the max?

[grim fossil]

12

[gilded tiger]

Hmmm, my explorer is missing. I should have checked before.

[ashen shore]

Wow, 12? You mean I can take over every slot in the freighter now?

I hate the mineral quest simply because it makes me wait, this game shouldn't have times and it was a bold choice that doesn't ruin the game for me

[low jackal]

no

9 slots in your hanger, but only 6 will be occupied by your ships

3 slots are reversed for NPC ships

[meager scroll]

Morning folks

[ashen shore]

Morning there

[ashen shore]

Yeah, 3rd time was the charm, I can't play this redux a fourth time. I just looked around and there isn't a single water source around. And it's not like finding deep water guarantees sulphide

[pliant ridge]

I only found some very shallow water. 😔

[ashen shore]

What the heck, camera mode can actually be used to used to look above and around you? That actually helps

[woven bridge]

The new expedition this week will be the last one right?

Expedition 11

[upbeat torrent]

until there's new expeds, yes

[deft lichen]

beforei sit here and redo the whole damn expedition today, is it normal thati don't have e3p4 rewards unlocked on my main save? last night i finished the expedition and converted the save, but then i went to my main to collect the rewards and there's still a bunch of expedition 3 rewards that say i can't have them

is it possible to convert a save without finishing an entire phase of the expedition?

[wintry void]

The Rewards for the redux have been changed slightly, so some rewards from the original expedition 3 may not be available unless you did the Expedition 3 originally.

[deft lichen]

OK COOL, then i didn't somehow bungle it thank god OTL

[wintry void]

EG Golden Vector from exp1 is a reward, but may take place of the original reward

[deft lichen]

gotcha! tysm

[quiet cloak]

There is a base on a planet that claims there are larval cores there but when i actually get to the planet there are no bases there

[errant latch]

damn is it rare to start with a squid ship?

[low jackal]

you start with an exotic in this expedition

[errant latch]

ah ok

[olive thorn]

I need to find magno gold where do I get that on the expedition?

Where’s the channel for helping people with the expedition?

[low jackal]

craft it?

[fringe agate]

One of the milestones gives the blueprint

[olive thorn]

I don’t have the recipe and I can’t research it

Is it industrialist?

[fringe agate]

Yeah

[olive thorn]

Darn it gotta wait for my industrial mineral thing to collect

[olive thorn]

My current problem is getting waypoints marked I’m using my repaired ship to go to beacons to chart them but it’s not counting towards the objective? And I somehow got one

[cerulean olive]

refine without blueprint: Phosporus + Trtitium + cobalt = magno gold

[olive thorn]

I finished that already I need to get to waypoints now and they aren’t counting towards the navigator milestone

I’ve been using my ship to take me to beacons and none of them are counting yet somehow charted one somehow

[cerulean olive]

when you use a waypoint, it doesn't count?

[olive thorn]

Yeah

[cerulean olive]

just going over there doesn't work. you have to click the thing to save and chart.

[olive thorn]

I do click on the prompt and it does the scan thing but it doesn’t count

Which seems odd cause I believe that’s what I did with the beacon that was right next to my ship

[cerulean olive]

that is odd indeed, because that's exactly how it works. 🤔

turn off multiplayer might help

[olive thorn]

That didn’t work surprisingly I disabled multiplayer found another beacon clicked on it and it saved and it still didn’t count

[cerulean olive]

tried looking for them on another planet?

[olive thorn]

I should try that I’ll let you know if that works

[cerulean olive]

Just to be sure, these are those waypoints

[olive thorn]

🤦‍♂️

Those ones I thought it was the waypoint beacons

[brave echo]

How can I find larval cores?

[remote thunder]

follow this link/convo #nms-expedition message

[brave echo]

??? That is about planetary charts

[remote thunder]

and emergency charts lead to abandoned buildings

[brave echo]

Where are larval cores guaranteed?

[remote thunder]

abandoned buildings.

have fun

[cerulean olive]

there are whispering eggs near abandoned buildings. You need to shoot those from up close, grab the core that spawns from it, run like hell and come back for more.

[remote thunder]

just stand on top of the building

shoot the egg, drop on top of the core while already aiming at the core and holding interaction button, jetpack up above building again

[lyric roost]

You will still get chipped by acid but it's better than being ripped to pieces on the ground

[remote thunder]

they basically don't spit at you once you're on top of the building

[cerulean olive]

if you have your ship near, you can also quick enter your ship after grabbing a core. then exit ship again, reload restore point and the swarm is gone.

[visual crane]

Do we need to wait an hour for the mineral extraction?

[ashen shore]

Yis

[lyric roost]

Not if you fly over to someone else's base with extractors

I bypassed that objective that way

[brave echo]

Does anyone have a real plan for finding larval cores?

Not a fake 'go fvck yourself plan'

[remote thunder]

the real plan is get 5 emergency charts from the cartograpoher

@brave echo here's how you'd ensure that you get an abandoned building marker, with 5 emergency charts

next time, read, listen to what people are actually trying to tell you - the information was there already

[pulsar steppe]

What time costs the expedition

[remote thunder]

i'm confident you can get it done in a few hours

[pulsar steppe]

My game is freezing if I click on multiplayer 🥰🥰

[remote thunder]

go offline/unplug from internet first, and after getting to the game main menu

then disable multiplayer

[lyric roost]

You can disable mp from the main menu

[remote thunder]

they may have been trying to say that when they click on main menu/multiplayer option, game crashes-

[brave echo]

Okay I found an abandoned building, where are the cores?

[remote thunder]

look for whispering eggs

[brave echo]

Good to know, thanks

Is there a particular planet in the systems within the mission to find the tall mountain peak or should I just wander around at the end on nearby systems?

[pulsar steppe]

I can’t see the expedition in the menu

[remote thunder]

i'd leave that for after you get your ship working, far easier to look for mountains that way

[low jackal]

start new save

community expedition on the right

[pulsar steppe]

Oh okay ty

[brave echo]

It's working, warp drive was the last thing I needed

Fully operational

[remote thunder]

then yeah, even the starter planet has tall enough mountains

[pulsar steppe]

When ends expedition 3

[remote thunder]

!exptime @pulsar steppe

[unkempt kraken]

@pulsar steppe
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[brave echo]

Really? It seems like shitty hills

[pulsar steppe]

In the game it says 2 days

[visual crane]

well I can't fly until I fix the Pressurisation Capsule and for that I need to wait for the extraction to finish...

[lyric roost]

No you don't need to wait

[remote thunder]

here, these coords for example #nms-expedition message

[lyric roost]

You can fix the parts whenever

This applies to any mission

[visual crane]

But the extraction mission gives the blueprints for alloys, and I need Magno-Gold to fix it...

and I can't travel anywhere, everything from my maps is hours away

Well, I guess it's a waiting phase

[viscid hazel]

You only need to extract 200 shouldn’t take that long

[lyric roost]

Okay so maybe I got lucky and got magno gold from some floating crystals while looking for crystal sulphide

[remote thunder]

magno-gold can drop from buried mineral formations or even be refined through a large refiner (phosp+cob/ion cob+gold)

floating crystals doesn't drop magno gold

[visual crane]

thanks!

[remote thunder]

glowing crystal , the drop from BMF, can - edit: seems origins added glowing crystal to floating crystals instead of mats, my bad

[lyric roost]

The crystals they drop can give it

[willow geyser]

@remote thunder would it be a problem if i shared my view on the current expedition here or is this not the place for it

[remote thunder]

i think people chat about their experience and give their feedback here too, but remember that if you really want your view/feedback to reach the devs, then zendesk would be the best way to ensure that

[willow geyser]

Got myself the golden wings :D even why it was a bit tedious i kinda enjoyed this expedition quite a lot. In a way also helped me get a new perspective once i was able to start the starship and fly. i looked down and saw a small planet where i was struggling for hours. Kinda showed to me that you shouldnt focus on the small issues. A broader picture will always show it as a tiny problem along the way. Focus on the bigger picture :D. Anyway thank you HG for your continuous support and love for the game. happy holidays everyone!

[willow geyser]

was just a thank you to the devs and why i enjoyed the expedition ^ ^ thanks for your help

[visual crane]

Hmm where can I find larval cores again?

[cerulean olive]

scroll up a bit and you'll know.

[visual crane]

Thanks.

Well apparently there's no sure answer so guess I'll go looking.

[remote thunder]

#nms-expedition message

[cerulean olive]

Well, actually there is, but you have to read it first.

[plucky storm]

[visual crane]

Well, thank you...

[visual crane]

I'm not sure why the jaded tone was necessary, but I appreciate the willingness to help.

[unkempt kraken]

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<:info:850810445577453658> Getting Larval Cores

Larval Core drops from Whispering Eggs. An easy way to find lots of Whispering Egg clusters is by finding Abandoned Buildings.

Abandoned buildings can be easily found using Emergency Planetary Charts.

• Get 5 emergency charts from the space station cartographer
• Enter ship, go to space.
• Start using emergency charts, waiting for each chart to add a HUD marker. Ignore non-Abandoned Building markers, and spam use through "Similar Location Already Marked" error. You may not need to use all 5 emergency charts to get an Abandoned Building marker.
  

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[remote thunder]

@visual crane ^

[visual crane]

Thank you 😄

[hasty sequoia]

good luck :D

[cerulean olive]

we do help.

[visual crane]

Nobody questioned that... Though clarity - so linear rather than circular disucssion - goes a long way. The fact searching "larval" shows the question was asked many times, and then reading around those shows a back-and-forth of the same statement which is in-fact not the full solution means that people will keep asking that question. Edit: Perhaps if the full solution was pinned or highlighted or something along those lines, it would have been easier for people to find 😄 Thanks again regardless

[hasty sequoia]

i don't think they was trying to imply that we don't help😵‍💫 I think they were just looking for a quick answer really :)

[remote thunder]

Edit: Perhaps if the full solution was pinned or highlighted or something along those lines, it would have been easier for people to find
i've taken steps to get that done

[visual crane]

Well, I suppose I should have found it, then... Discord isn't always the best with that kind of stuff. Thank you for that anyway. Enjoy the expedition, everyone

[remote thunder]

i've taken steps now 😄 sorry

[thorn thorn]

Will these mineral extractors work while I'm offline?

[visual crane]

Hey, better late than never 😄 I still think this game does make a few things extra complicated or more obscure needlessly, sometimes... especially when trying to get something done in a time frame, but I guess that's on me for trying to rush it.

[cold tulip]

Yea

[thorn thorn]

Wooo

[cerulean olive]

they do

[ashen shore]

I just completed the expedition 3 and all the phases but when i go to collect the rewards, it says i still need to finish phase 2,3 and 4?

[wintry void]

screenshot maybe?

[remote thunder]

#nms-expedition message these are the rewards exp3 2023 redux has, these are the ones you should have access to in all your other saves under the same account

[ashen shore]

What does that mean?

[remote thunder]

these are the ones you should have access to in all your other saves under the same account

[ashen shore]

Ik but why are some locked?

[remote thunder]

an example please

[cerulean olive]

the rewards you see at the QS stoore are the ones from the original exped. The redux has different rewards

[ashen shore]

Lemme show you

[ashen shore]

Oh

[jolly prism]

What planet has mountains with Altidutes of 950u? 😭

[ashen shore]

Is there no way for me to get the original ones?

[wintry void]

starter

[ashen shore]

First planet

[remote thunder]

save edit or #nms-modding only now

[ashen shore]

😦

[remote thunder]

@ashen shore exception: whispering companion egg can be gifted by another player

[ashen shore]

I only wanted the holographic chart projector for my freighter

[cerulean olive]

Sadly, nope. Maybe they'll mix them up in an upcoming redux, or make them available in the QS store someday.

[ashen shore]

How difficult is it to do the save editing or modding you mentioned, also will i still be able to play online on my main account after the fact?

[cerulean olive]

No idea. I have no experience with save editors.

[jolly prism]

Anyone got coords for a 950u mountain? 👀

[wintry void]

#nms-expedition message

[jolly prism]

Nvm

[wintry void]

i just posted...

[jolly prism]

Ik

Mb

But likes just as you posted I found a 950u mountain. At around +36.26, +139.55

[round panther]

am wondering, if am the only one, who (accidently) used being struck by lightning for that one and the jetpack one

[real tangle]

I just finished the expedition on a second platform, tbh the starter planet is so mountainous you can pretty much just look for a high point then go there, then look for a higher point and go there. Takes a few mins sure but for me much quicker than finding specific coords

[wintry void]

some areas just have terrain not high enough in the area

[meager scroll]

Santa came to town and gave us a new pinned message

🎁

[remote thunder]

yes; there's a pinned post in #nms-modding that even walks you through adding exp rewards using save editor, though if you can mod i.e. you're on pc, you can just put a mod file into a folder, save edit enough quicksilver, goto the quicksilver shop, purchase the expedition stuff that the mod just made available to buy (instead of having to unlock them), then save and quit, take the mod out

[noble cobalt]

how to do it without a ship

[blazing fossil]

Use signal booster

Go to house

[noble cobalt]

its like 8 hours away

O found somethin

where the hell do i get one

[blazing fossil]

Milestone

[noble cobalt]

wich one

:C

eeeeeeee

how do i do it

[meager scroll]

Each milestone has dedicated instructions

Like the box says, left click to view details

You set milestone as your current objective and game gives you tip on how to complete it

[noble cobalt]

oooooooh i see

thanks

[upper summit]

when you get going you get it done in 3 hours or so

being in mostly 1 planet allows for super quick run without too much issues

but those aggro fauna are annoying

[low otter]

For me it was in my trade terminal

[noble cobalt]

fr

im speedrunning it

[silk iris]

pissed me off that they can catch me mid-air too

thought I could jetpack over them

nah

[noble cobalt]

i need help

i cant get the sea rock thinny

and theres no sea around me

i have been walking with my minotaur for like 30 mins

[upbeat torrent]

you can also find them in buried mineral formations or floating crystals. be aware that their loot is random, so it might take a while as well

tho if you do find floating crystals and they contain nothing, you can also go >600u away and return, they should respawn

[blazing fossil]

Keep walking

[noble roost]

Hey is there a specific planet in teh Cartographer redux system that has larval cores?

[cedar steeple]

that's pretty unfortunate. can you already build a teleporter and source it with energy (generator). if so, to go back to the first base build a new base with teleporter and warp back.

[brittle lantern]

I just finished the cartographers expedition. Do I claim my vector at the place in the anomaly?

[silk iris]

Yep

[silk iris]

hope you mean jetpacking and not walking walking

[brittle lantern]

Ok should I not claim it at the end on the save I finished on?

[silk iris]

you can claim it on all your saves

[noble cobalt]

i dont have 0 IQ

[silk iris]

lmao

[noble cobalt]

omg i found a cave

theres a hope

well uhh.

no volcano thinny

:C

WGEHGY3E45UY4E5T

[blazing fossil]

#nms-expedition message

[blazing fossil]

If u pin the recipe and have a hydraulic in your inv/installed you can target sweep when you get close

[noble cobalt]

eeeeeeeee

[gilded tiger]

Anyone know what the next expedition is called? Would like to check if I'm interested in the rewards 🙏

[meager scroll]

Voyagers

[noble cobalt]

I CANT FIND ANY WATER

[noble roost]

For anyone who needs this quest done, here is the coordinates for larval cores (whispering eggs) For the Autodiagnostics quest

[noble cobalt]

im going insane rn

[noble roost]

There is some on the start planet, its just rare. Use the minotaur you are given and such around, it's what i did.

[noble cobalt]

i have been walking for 1 hour

[wanton frigate]

If you can get airborne, you'll have no issues, but otherwise jump in one direction with the Minotaur for a few mins, then scan. If you pick up clams, even if they're underground, you'll find water there. Every now and again use photo mode for an overhead view to make sure you're headed in the best direction

[cedar steeple]

hang in there

[noble cobalt]

"few mins" me going 1 hour:

[wanton frigate]

I ended up finding a few puddles but there were underwater caves under them, and the vents were there.

[cedar steeple]

there's some really good advice

[wanton frigate]

It is very much a rinse and repeat process till you find the water.
A few people have had success digging up subterranean organic structures I think. But again, its random and a grind

[cedar steeple]

camera mode ftw or base building and then use the floating camera, once the camera reaches the borders, simply doubletoggle cameramode and you reset the center to go further up or out. once high up you should be able to see the nearest water

[wanton frigate]

Ooh, didn't know about that one. Nice!

[cedar steeple]

idk if it works in cameramode, but it sure does with the floating basebuilding camera. fast toggling the firstperson and floatingview resets the center

[noble cobalt]

im going insaaaaaaane

every time i see water its too shallow

[static pagoda]

Dig down, my friend. I've read that sometimes those puddles lead to more water underground.

[wanton frigate]

Just watch your oxygen when you do....

[noble cobalt]

HELP MEEEEEEEE

Im going insane

like extreamly insane

[ashen shore]

Are you playing online? Just ask someone for help. I’m pretty sure you will have a couple of people willing to help

Can people who finish and are still in the old system help?

[meager scroll]

No because once you're finished the save converts to Normal mode

[noble cobalt]

i hate this game bruh

[meager scroll]

Normal and Expedition mode have separate player pools

[noble cobalt]

/jk

i cant find water

and the volcanno thinny

im giving up on this expedition

its soo stupid

[remote thunder]

get on your ship, fly

crystal sulphide also drops from glowing crystal, that drops from buried mineral formations or floating crystals

[noble cobalt]

dont have ship yet

where do i get buried mineral formations

[remote thunder]

use your visor

[noble cobalt]

i only find technology one

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[dapper blaze]

Woke sussy soyjaks

[meager scroll]

Is this comment related to the expedition?

[glass stump]

Forgot about this. AND I have probably ignore 15 of these. SIgh

[short quiver]

I just hopped in my mech and jumped in one direction for like 10 min…..
You can prob just run…. Or use the melee+boost trick
Water shouldn’t be too far from where you spawn

[noble cobalt]

shouldnt. yeah...

im walking for like 1.5 hours

[short quiver]

….
Yea look for buried minerals like bk201 suggested then….

[noble cobalt]

what are those

[short quiver]

You can see those in your analysis visor

IIRC the icon looks like buried cache but with rock in the middle

[noble cobalt]

idk if he gonna ever read it, but THANKS. HE gived me the 3 crystals

[remote thunder]

literally called "buried mineral formation", should be looking like this iirc

[noble cobalt]

never found it before, sorry

i didnt played NMS for like 5 months

or less

apologies if im annoying

[remote thunder]

remember the basics of using visor - move 300u in one direction, visor 360º all around you looking for what you need

[remote thunder]

none required

[ashen shore]

The mech is faster than whatever you can boost with

One of the rewards is a boost chip for the minotaur jetpack as well. Make sure to put it in the supercharge slot for even more boost

[noble cobalt]

i dont get it

[meager scroll]

These things: #nms-expedition message

[noble cobalt]

oh

[meager scroll]

Find them on planets near structures

And interact with them

[noble cobalt]

thanks

hey umm i just did one and it didnt count

wait nvm

yeah i just did it and it didnt count at all

i found another one and it counted

i guess i did the one i found somehow

[gilded tiger]

Nice. Thank you

[lyric roost]

Was it a beacon

[ashen shore]

DAMN IT.

I have spent 10 minutes rolling those recovered items until I got chromatic metal

I just now realized that all those emails and idiums I kept getting could have been refined into chromatic metal!

[fair turret]

hey is there an easy way to find an ocean on this expedition? I have been travelling for half an hour and yet to find one. For refrence I need crystal sulphide thanks

[glass stump]

OK I'm missing something. ONe of the waypoints (Navigate I think) wants you to navigate 800 u on foot during storms. So I am now up to 26 u out of 800 AFTER walking all over the place and in during storms. I thought a "u" was like a "m".

AM I doing something wrong or does this one take a LONG time?

[lusty slate]

The ease of finding water is dependant on where you spawn. Some get lucky and spawn near lakes. Some unfortunately don't.

Alternately, you can search for "buried mineral formation" icons on your visor. The glowing crystal has a chance to drop sulphide. Might take a while to get three though.

[fair turret]

aw man, alright thank you

[low jackal]

press K for auto walk

then grab a coffee

☕

[fair turret]

theres auto walk? how did I not know about this

[low jackal]

never mentioned in tutorial, I found it by accident when digging through key bind lol

[fair turret]

I feel like HG should really remake the tutorial, theres so many features that are just never mentioned whatsoever

[shadow forge]

Maaaan if someone could help me get larval cores for this expedition. My gf and I have been having horrible luck with planetary charts and buildings with no cores in site. PSN: YAKANONO

[short quiver]

if you can get to the space station, someone made a base that has “larval core” in the name, with fences around an abandoned building

[shadow forge]

Thanks!!!

[low jackal]

#nms-expedition message
hope this help

[short quiver]

lol yea I was on the way to the space station to get charts for that, then spotted that base on the way, figured I’d take a look
jackpot
ty for making that base interloper

[shadow forge]

Hmm okay I will try looking for the base otherwise @low jackal that does look helpful

[low jackal]

the trick is to not travel to any marker before you get an abandoned building, since there can only be one marker of each type at one time

[shadow forge]

Yup

True

Can’t find larval core base + my game is failing to download any base data

Wait I found it

Can’t download base data

😭😭😭

[viral mauve]

i've built an exocraft and scanners to find cores. Wasnt too expensive

[drowsy girder]

do i get the cartographers discord badge now? 🥺

[shadow forge]

K. Tbh I’m trying to help my gf out and I really don’t understand this game well. She does but she is feeling sick

[viral mauve]

all good, i was just trying to help

[shadow forge]

Yep appreciate it. This is a really friendly community. Is the base data not downloading common issue?

[viral mauve]

not sure, i'm usually soloing stuff (I dont have friends that play nms)

[shadow forge]

Yeah neither do we

Maybe I’m wrong but the servers and net code would likely have to be supported by a subscription for the game to run more reliably. This game is carrying a tremendous amount of multiplayer weight for a freebie

I can’t download any base data and I’ve confirmed nat2 and good speeds

Holidays and events too

[cold tulip]

All abandoned buildings have them. Use emergency planetary charts

[shadow forge]

That’s the plan. The thing is we have not been using emergency ones. Idk what she bought. Settlement or something, but emergency makes sense

Looking at the bases they seem to be on high heat planets

[cold tulip]

All planets have them, nothing to do with other bases

[lusty slate]

Buy about 4 or 5 emergency charts at the cartographer desk at the space station (desk is right next to the teleporter).

Select "exchange specific charts". And buy the Emergency Cartographic Data one.

Each chart costs 1 navigation data to buy.

[shadow forge]

Got em using emergency charts

Thanks

I just deployed it from space and the second one had them. Thanks!

[low otter]

!expedition

[unkempt kraken]

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[stray dome]

if my guy is now in normal mode do i no longer see expiditon mode people even if im on the same planet

[lusty slate]

Whoo! Congrats! Hope your gf enjoys the Vector when she gets better. 🙂

[ashen shore]

This honestly, it's just a lot of chromatic metal, which isn't too hard to find

[lusty slate]

That's correct. Once it converts to normal, you can no longer interact with the expedition bases/players.

[stray dome]

a shame, I had so may excess larval cores

[jolly maple]

i got the gold vector in 2 hours

for the cores i just used an emergengy beacon map

ez

[stray dome]

i used the pilgrim scanner

[dim barn]

Once I had a ship, I just skimmed the surface spamming my ship scanner, lookin at any buildings it found, didn't take a minute to find them

[jolly maple]

tip for the expiditon: break down the updrades that the game rewards you with to get some early wiring looms, in turn getting advanced mining lazer and then floating crystals!

[fallow raft]

!ExpTime

[unkempt kraken]

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[glass stump]

Is the event end time in UTC?

[low jackal]

the time above should be adjusted to your local time

in UTC it should be 1200 noon

[deep orchid]

finished in under 6hours^
spent an hour searching for crystal sulphide and 2hours base building for funsies.
was lucky another player's base was uploaded nearby so i used their refiners and trade terminal early on

[fringe gale]

Son of a -kzztkt- ... I go chasing all over Coul Major, hitting up trade depots, tangling with sentinels, the works... then go back to my base and build a solar plant... crack open some sentinel grab bags, and get a quantum computer and nugget of magno-gold out of them.

[shadow forge]

Ty!

[ashen shore]

2 idium refnes into 4 chromatic metals

Of fucking hell. This whole time I was cracking recovered items for chromatic metals, not realizing the fancy metals covert to even more chromatic metals

[low jackal]

you can also make infinite chromatic metal with them

literal alchemy

[glacial bear]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[glacial bear]

I should hurry…

[ashen shore]

Oh I thought the note meant it was patched

[elfin sigil]

I just started playing a few days ago, and I decided to go straight to expeditions. Finished it today. When the timer runs to zero does the save game get lost or just no more achievements?

[burnt briar]

hellooo

how's it going here?

[ashen shore]

you keep your save, if you're done with the expedition it should show a notice saying it will turn into a normal save

[burnt briar]

it converts regardless of completion

[elfin sigil]

Thanks. My expedition has more progress than my main. Still, having Minotaur so early feels kind of cheaty so I think I'll either go back to my story save or even start over

I screwed up a lot. Managed to lost my ship with all my rare metals on it and annoying to replacxe

[ashen shore]

nah its not cheaty its the way the expedition works, if its more ahead than your normal save its fine

[burnt briar]

Yeah expeditions usually give you a pretty solid start with all they give you. My current main save was an expedition one

If you think the minotaur feels cheaty, then you can just not use it :)
The best part about nms is that you can play in whatever way you like

[elfin sigil]

I screwed up in the expedition too... Bought a dingy little freighter, but the mere act of owning one means you can't claim a free one later

lessons learned

[burnt briar]

yep

but hey, freighter purchases become pocket change later on 😉

[tepid grove]

So I need help. The game told me to go to the "nearby" building I find with an analysis visor
THE CLOSEST ONE IS A 6 HOUR WALK

[fierce aspen]

Not sure if my mineral extractor is working correctly. It's extracting magnetized ferrite. It has 25 minutes left for the hour and still shows 0/250. Says the rate is 362/hr. When doesn the mineral show up?

[tepid grove]

should I restart the expedition since the distance is completely unreasonable

[sudden iris]

Is that for the sheltering one or what ?

[tepid grove]

Yes

[sudden iris]

You don’t have to go to that specific building just any inhabited building afaik

Like one of those outposts

[tepid grove]

ah

found a trade terminal 4h away

[sudden iris]

It may not even need to be inhabited, I can’t remember if that was specified or if that was for a different part. But I just travelled in a general direction towards someone’s nearby base so I could teleport back after, and used the hills to get a look around and picked whatever random buildings were closest to me until one worked

[tepid grove]

oh it just says alien building