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[solemn bane]

Sure but I am a permadeath junky, lol

[gilded oriole]

OOPS, I need more cadmium. BLess the person who put a base near where I landed cause I can go back 😄

[dreamy trellis]

I finished phase 2 today, just 3 to go

None of the phases look too bad so

[proven citrus]

Can anybody help me with my expedition? Not necessarily help, Just Talk to me Because I got bored whilst doing it.

[worthy horizon]

Hey guys, need a little help.
I activated my AI carrier thing to find an interceptor, warped, ran into a freighter battle, now the carrier ai is gone ans i dunno how to fulfill this milestone now.
Am i scr...?

[restive walrus]

!exptime

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[restive walrus]

thank gunter

[cold tulip]

You can always just get a new one

[worthy horizon]

@cold tulip nice, where do i find one?

[cold tulip]

Finish 5 waves of sentinel interceptors and destroy the dreadnought

[worthy horizon]

Jesus

I never done that before

[cold tulip]

Or use !faq-interceptor on #bot-spam

For other ways

[worthy horizon]

Okay thanks

[hazy sparrow]

Nothing is unrecoverable if you back up your NMS save folder regularly.

[hazy sparrow]

No, if you activated it you should have a waypoint to a crashed ship somewhere in that system. Go to Log, select the mission, and it should show up.

Failing that, if you are looking for an interceptor for the expedition milestone, just look for a dissonant system/planet (there are a couple around the 5 rendezvous systems), go to the planet, and there wil be tons of communications markers from other players on the expedition at crash sites.

[worthy horizon]

@hazy sparrow thank you!

[solemn bane]

You don't have a quest in your log to recover or find a ship or anything like that?

[hazy sparrow]

The best way to get through this expedition is making use of the help and work of those who went before you.

There's even a base somewhere named "Sunken Freighter" that makes that milestone instantly doable.

You don't have to do the milestones in order; read ahead and keep an eye out for things like that. Also look for player basees with nipnip you can sell for units and runaway mould you can use for nanites. How fleet-footed fungi turn into micro-machines I don't know...

[worthy horizon]

Thank you guys! It worked!

[hazy sparrow]

I just realized my name is orange now, I guess I've helped enough people, yay!

[solemn bane]

I keep reading it as NCI ceman

[mint oracle]

I started this as a question in #nms-base-building , but as it seems it is as much related to the expedition so I'd like to say it here again. When you build a base during the expedition, you DO get to keep that base upon going back to your regular save - but there is something unusual. When you are back in your normal save after finishing the expedition, not only did the terrain where you built your base reset, this base will now also completely ignore the terrain when you put any additional items down. Meaning unlike in your normal bases where you put down a piece of floor and it crushed the rocks that are there and gives you a clean piece of floor, now when you put down floor anything that is there, be it rocks, plants or terrain, will be completely unaffected. Still not sure if this is good or bad or if it can be changed to "normal" behaviour again somehow, just stumbled over this just now.

[dusky whale]

The ship i see, is exclusive to the expedition?

[remote thunder]

yes, it can only be unlocked by completing expedition12, unlocking it account wide

[dusky whale]

bummer

i don't have a controller

I guess it's eternally red?

[remote thunder]

its color scheme is unique, fixed for all players, yep

[hollow shore]

Do you have a lot of bases? Does this happen in a new base as well? Are there other bases near?

[remote thunder]

also curious: did you upload that base while you were still in expedition?

[dusky whale]

yeah then noregret

i guess next patch there might be a new ship type?

[remote thunder]

we don't know, maybe, only the devs would know

[mint oracle]

@hollow shore A lot is relative but no, i only played 3 months and its less than 50 in any case. There is no other base near mine (again, near is relative but i cant see one) I didn't try a new base but if this happened to new bases too, i probably wouldn't be the first/only one to notice? I'll try in a min but i highly doubt that it happens to normal new bases too. @remote thunder i don't remember if i uploaded it during expedition, is there a way to tell?

[dusky whale]

they did the same for the 2 previous types

[hollow shore]

You have finished the expedition, right? Was this a new save started with the expedition, or an existing save used with the expedition?

[mint oracle]

I finished it and i started with an existing save. made some bases on the way and finished expedition yesterday

[remote thunder]

was trying to think of a way, but it seems that at this point, no longer being an expedition save, no real way to tell

[hollow shore]

Could you do me a favour and check something else? Have you noticed anything off with the systems available in the Discovery tab? Are you missing systems you used to have listed before?

I have a hunch ...

[mint oracle]

@remote thunder Can bases be searched? If you can find a "hilltop first view" base then i uploaded it during expedition right? or can any base be searched for even if not uploaded?

[mint oracle]

I would not know. I was in so many systems that i forgot every single one of them, i didn't just do the expedition i also did all sorts of other things that you normally do in normal saves ^^

But i do know that on my home planet, where i got my actual home base where i always go back to, i had to discover everything anew

[hollow shore]

Bases available for us to see, are limited to the system we are in, but also limited to an amount of total base parts present in our saves. These are client side limitations. There can be a whole lot more bases present server side (uploaded), which we cna not search or see in any way. Depends on how busy a system is basically.

[mint oracle]

Anyone who finished the expedition from a pre-existing save and made even one base during the expedition should be able to test this, maybe someone will read this soon and do so :)

[hollow shore]

I am asking, because we have had reports of the game failing to list systems that used to be available prior to starting the expedition. No limit has been reached, but systems just fail to be available, replaced by only the 'new' expedition discoveries.

I feel your issue may be similar or result of the same possible bug. The save keeps track of 2 'instances' so to say. The one that was part of the expedition, and the one you used to play with and got back to after. However, the game may now still be tracking 'data' for the save, but using the wrong 'instance'.

So for example, you place base parts where terrain should be edited. It does track it, but puts this data in the expedition 'instance' and not in the main save instance. This results in not being visible or noticed, or so I speculate now with what I have learned so far

[mint oracle]

I just tested it with an old base, actually my very first base I ever did, and i have the same issue there oO This is scary ^^ Ok i will go somewhere and make a completely new base and see if it happens there too

However, the terrain did not reset on that old base

[hollow shore]

Ok, thanks for doing that test. I think we are on to something

[mint oracle]

Same thing happens on a completely new base that i just did

[hollow shore]

Knowing how terrain edit data is being stored, I do not feel like attempting to rectify the issue through save edits. It is even hard to actually verify if the data is being used unless you know what to do. This should be reported to Hello Games with as much info as possible.

I suggest you try to explain as well you can in a report, also let HG know the things you have tried/tested. Explain how it started from an existing save, after having done the expedition. And please if possible, include a copy of your save files.

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[hollow shore]

!faq-savefiles

[unkempt kraken]

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<:nmsatlas:972222451801010207> **Save File Locations**

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

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

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

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

Mac
/Users/<yourname>/Library/Application Support/HelloGames/NMS/st_<your steam ID>/

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

Contributors: Devilin Pixy#9298, bkay201#1943

[mint oracle]

Ok..kind of sad that there is noone on the discord who could be pointed to a discussion and instead everything has to be done again from scratch

[hollow shore]

I will do some additional testing to see if I am indeed correct in what I believe to be the actual issue behind this. I will let HG know about my findings in a separate report.

[mint oracle]

Ok...i'll check how to get the save file and then do a writeup, thx ^^

[hollow shore]

That would be much appreciated
Now if I do learn of some workaround or otherwise find something new I feel you'd like to know about, I will inform you.

[mint oracle]

Cheers

[hollow shore]

If it helps, I don't mind if you copy/paste the discussion from here to include as a text file or images or something.

[mint oracle]

Ok

@hollow shore There might be an additional thing - this is my first expedition and i at first followed the "normal" path to make a new savefile and start the expedition there. I played for a few hours before i heard about starting the expedition from a normal save so i stopped using that new expedition save and went to my normal save and started the expedition from there. I never touched the new save since then, so i don't know if that possibly could have made any difference

[hollow shore]

Thanks for letting us know, although I doubt it affected the current issue, but considering I am somewhat speculating as for the cause, I'd suggest to include any info you feel may be worth to know.

[mint oracle]

ok i only have those 2 saves, my normal one and that one from feb 16th and both will be included in the zip so i add the info about them into the text

[mint oracle]

All done...I wonder if i can somehow build a base that would normally not be possible while under this effect 😎 Like normally when you build something, your stuff destroys the environment, it doesn't do that for me right now so maybe I can build something and include terrain or plantlife that would otherwise never be possible to include in a building :)

But i probably should not press it, maybe i make it worse when i keep building things and the terrain info goes somewhere it isn't supposed to go ><

[hollow shore]

I would make sure to keep that backup somewhere safe. You should also just continue to be able to play and enjoy. Somewhat restricted for now, but hopefully they'll fix it with a future update.

@mint oracle Oh and one more question if you don't mind. Have you switched back to primary save during the expedition as well?

[mint oracle]

Will keep it as google drive backup. And yes, i switched back and forth a lot. many times. As this was my first expedition i really probably did things very differently from others, and i did TONS of things during expedition that normal people probably wont do, like claiming my first freighter, doing some questlines for the first time, claiming my first settlement etc. I also kept identifying everything i came across like I do in normal saves. I had an epic amount of stuff being counted as rewards when i finally finished the expedition ><

[hollow shore]

Thank you. Yes I can imagine how being new altered the way you played it, with a lot of focus on other things while doing the expedition as well.

[exotic fiber]

found out i cant bring my companion egg rewards over to my main save via the terminal. disappointed.

[mint oracle]

You can claim it from normal save at the quicksilver guy, I also thought i lose the companion eggs when I noticed but once I finished I could claim some new companion eggs at the quicksilver terminal, I suppose those were just the ones I got during expedition

[remote thunder]

see pinned post on exp12 eggs <#nms-expedition message>

[gilded tiger]

Couple of questions about finishing expedition:

1. I didn't use most of the tech that expedition gave, I'd like to get the nanites from it to my main. Is it possible? Tech slots for transferring back is already full.

2. Early on, I read that we shouldn't end the expedition before the community mission for extra quicksilver, etc. How do I get rewards from that? I don't see the community event anywhere

[remote thunder]

1 sell the modules and stuff, currency like cash, nanites, quicksilver will carry over to main save
2 each phase had an optional milestone that were community efforts; they've all been completed within the first week of expedition, you can just go ahead and select those optional milestones when you visit each rendezvous world/after you visit rendezvous itself for example. check this pinned post <#nms-expedition message>

[gilded tiger]

Thanks bk, that pretty much covers everything ♥️

[mental geyser]

Are the optional milestones for the expedition lengthy or are they quick and easy?

[solemn bane]

Comically quick and easy

[fallow needle]

Hey all, I'm having some trouble with the "Grand Tour" milestone. I have it active, can see that I need pics of scorched, frozen, and airless planets. I'm taking screenshots from the game dashboard, but it isn't recognizing it. I've tried two different frozen planets with no luck. Am I missing something?

[solemn bane]

Were you on the planet at the time?

[fallow needle]

Yep, just walking around on the surface.

[solemn bane]

ok there was something weird with it, iirc

[fallow needle]

Damn. Do you have to take the pics in order? I haven't done the airless yet.

[solemn bane]

I got it done really quickly and had no issues. The starting system has all three planet types you need

[solemn bane]

Ah yep, Ps5 here we go:

#nms-questions message

[fallow needle]

Yeah, that's where I started trying to take the pictures. Now I've tried a couple systems. I guess I'll just keep trying.

[fallow needle]

Ooh, checking it out now!

Wow, I never woulda figured that out. Thanks for doing some digging!

[solemn bane]

Yeah it stuck with me because of how goofy it is, lol

[bold root]

Anyone know just how many units+nanites+qs you get for completing the expedition?

[solemn bane]

4500 6000 10,800 quicksilver, everything else will vary greatly depending on what you do

[mental geyser]

Any video i can watch for a guide

[solemn bane]

For the optional milestones? All you do is scan three objects at each rendezvous. Not even joking.

[mental geyser]

Oh wtf

Its that easy

[solemn bane]

Yeah it’s dumb, lol.

[mental geyser]

Looks like im gonna go back and do those forsure

[solemn bane]

Yeah it’s an easy uh… 4500 quicksilver

If you have already scanned three things all you have to do is go back to the planet and it will unlock, but you do have to do them in order.

[sullen meteor]

about how long does the expedition take to complete?

!exptime

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[solemn bane]

I'd say like 4 hours if you generally know what you're doing and follow a guide

[sullen meteor]

got one?

[solemn bane]

I could probably stretch it to 10 hours if I really wanted to take my time and do stuff my own way

[solemn bane]

This one is in the pins

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/s/5KQP7aXGet

[subtle patio]

How often do expaditions happen? I didn't want to start this one because it's almost over (and I work a lot)
Will another one start when this ine is over or is there a wait time between them?

[solemn bane]

I feel like there is probably weeks to months between

[subtle patio]

Cheers.

[solemn bane]

Probably more like months

[tribal slate]

Can I not bring over the companion eggs from the optional milestones!?

[solemn bane]

Nope, but you can claim new ones at the quicksilver vendor on your main save

[tribal slate]

W, I think

[restive walrus]

can i finish this expedition within a day?

[tribal slate]

Yes

[restive walrus]

nice, time to procrastinate

[solemn bane]

Yeah like I said 4 hours if you follow the guide in the pins. But even taking your time you could do it if you're able to play for a while.

[leaden belfry]

!exptime

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[little robin]

Worth doing another quick one for the quicksilver?

[remote thunder]

i've done 6 lol

[little robin]

Hmm actually, since I haven't completed it on my main save and got the runner and staff from the quicksilver companion, could I get another of each by doing the expedition?

[remote thunder]

by cloning them back, yes

[little robin]

I got no clue how the cloning works

Maybe I'd just start a new save to be safe

[remote thunder]

quite simple: the ship and MT you had equipped, before you ended exp, you'll be able to clone them, once you're back in your primary save

[little robin]

And what happens to the items I had before starting the expedition?

Oh wait during the expedition you don't have access to all of your stuff, ships, etc, just the things you took with you?

[remote thunder]

if you stashed items from your primary to be able to use them in expedition, they're not in your main save anymore

[little robin]

So you get the solar sail ship to use, and a regular basic multitools at the start?

[remote thunder]

you don't get to access the stuff you selected until you get access to the anomaly in exp

[remote thunder]

just like any other exp12 save

[little robin]

Oof im dumb

So the advantage of doing the expedition on a main save is that you get to take some resources from before into it, and after finishing you get to transfer some resources/money/loot back to your normal save

[remote thunder]

why?

that's correct

[little robin]

Okay gotcha

All clear then, thank you for explaining!

[remote thunder]

np, anything else just ask 🙂

[ashen shore]

!exptime

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[dreamy trellis]

Out of curiosity, does claiming the ship from the quicksilver vendor give me the upgrade? If not I'm just gonna copy the solar ship since I don't have one

I don't remember what that upgrade is called, some maneuverability upgrade

[remote thunder]

runner always has photonix core pre installed yes

there's players who've cloned it back to primary multiple times, before finishing expedition, in order to get photonix core into multiple ships in their main saves

[tough forum]

Is the runner the only way to get the photonix core

[remote thunder]

save editor or modding being the other means

[tough forum]

Damn.

[real rose]

cloning the runner could get a spare but otherwise editting and mods yeah

[tough forum]

Too bad me with 20 hours of playtime knew none of that

[dreamy trellis]

I don't even have the runner yet D:

[real rose]

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[real rose]

you can still do it @dreamy trellis ! 🥳

[dreamy trellis]

Yesss, I have 3 phases to go. I did most of phase 1 and 2 yesterday and started 3.

[real rose]

👏👏👏 go get em champ if you need help or prep advice on any milestone let us know

[dreamy trellis]

Alrighty! I didn't bring anything on the expedition cuz I wanted the full expedition experience, starting to wish I had brought some materials lol. I'm mostly just doing the milestones in order

[solemn bane]

Yeah, after realizing how much quicksilver you get I was tempted to just map out the fastest way to spam the rendezvous points on new saves and buy stuff in the vendor/delete the save.

[real rose]

so here's neat few notes if you do it in order: you can do the rendevous points and their optionals back 2 back if you have the fuel for it. UNBOUNDED milestone directly aids in the sentinel interceptor one. black hole can lead to Atlas and vice versa. if you are on a rendevous planet observe it's type and resources and glance at other milestones across all phases, chances are there a couple you can ✅️ off at the same time.

and big one I learned while doing the expedition. it usually doesn't matter how you obtain the milestone (wether following log to a T or wildly unorthodox) just that you get the milestone goal e.g: using a vastly different recipe for cookies than the one the guidance log provides or swimming to a sunken freighter instead going through the steps of making a submarine if the climate allows it

[dreamy trellis]

I see, tysm! Also what's the easiest cookie recipe?

[dreamy trellis]

I should've glanced at the rewards, I bought a ton of chromatic metal only to discover the next reward gave me 500

[gilded oriole]

New day, new problem (we won't talk about yesterday's fatal problem... I had to start over)

I am on a dissonant planet and I have mined three crystals but I dont know how to use the visor to find the disonant resonator. I though I had a marker at one point but I logged out and logged back in to make a restore point and now I dont see it.

[solemn bane]

Do you have the quest selected in your log?

[gilded oriole]

good point, I'm not used to having to reselect quests, lol. I dont think it is telling me anything new though

[solemn bane]

If you have the quest selected and you don't see the marker then I dunno

[gilded oriole]

Iis there a way to hide all the bases people have built here? it is a lot of UI noise

[real rose]

the "easiest" is dependant on what materials you have on hand. I used frost crystals, cactus flesh and salt because despite needing several cycles refining I had those on hand already

[solemn bane]

I was literally just thinking about how awful all the player created markers are. I absolutely hate it. Only way to not have them is to be offline before you hit a system, but being offline means you can't do the optional milestones

[gilded oriole]

the worst is near the grave marker where people have deployed all those message nodes

I dont care that blahblah was there

[solemn bane]

Effing hate the message nodes

[gilded oriole]

and today someone appears to have built a huge base all around the sunken freighter

[solemn bane]

When I am trying to be immersed in a game what I really want is for my impulse drive to lock onto "Bob'e Sodium Farm" and to have "BLORIN DORP 2024" yelled at me once I get to where I am trying to go.

[real rose]

why are so many people getting the bad apples of player bases and I'm here getting literal shortcuts from people? 😭

[gilded oriole]

I have found those too

there is a base named sunken freighter, lol

it is the stuff built actually out by it now that is annoying (though at least they put a landing pad there

[solemn bane]

I don't want shortcuts either

I say as I am doing a rendezvous speed run for quicksilver

[gilded oriole]

any other suggestions on what to try? right now I"m feeling like I'm screwed again...

[solemn bane]

Blow up more mirrors and find a new harmonic base I spose

[real rose]

:^) but nah I get what you mean. you don't mind optimizing gameplay but wouldn't want it made easy by other players holding your hand like that

[gilded oriole]

what do you m ean blow up mirrors? I think that is the thing it isnt showing me

[solemn bane]

I usually just fly around and find them by eyeballing

They get a marker when you get close

[grim fossil]

If you want a nice bypass to make that milestone a bit quicker so you needn’t have to supply components for the interceptor. If a player hasn’t placed a base at or around the crash site, Place a computer, claim the base then place a landing pad, save and reload and interact with a NPC that appears on the landing pad, you will be able to claim the ship for free.

Just a nice thing if you don’t feel like getting all the materials 😉

[gilded oriole]

I flew around, got killed and now have no idea where the original location was. HOnestly I think I'm done. I just dont know enough what I am doing and need to learn the game better

[grim fossil]

In your log there will be a mission for repairing the interceptor, select it and it will show the location for the crash site and if not done it will show the site to harmonise the brain

[gilded oriole]

Yeah, radiant flight, correct?

[grim fossil]

Sentinel interceptor trace

Will be the name of the secondary mission to repair an interceptor

[gilded oriole]

I can't post pictures here, can i?

[grim fossil]

I’m not sure if this channel allows image perms if you are not familiar role

If not try in #nms-media

[gilded oriole]

it doesn't show capture a sentinel done

I think

[grim fossil]

Not sure what you mean matey, do you have a mission in your log called “sentinel interceptor trace”

[gilded oriole]

All I have under secondary missions is Exploratory guide, radiant flight, expedition research, The Harmonic Seal, and Salvage Site: Planet Lawa XVIII

[grim fossil]

“Salvage site” should have this icon, no?

[gilded oriole]

I dont see that anywhere - I used to but it is gone

[grim fossil]

Then you don’t have the mission active either you completed it or abandoned it

[gilded oriole]

I didnt abandon anything

[grim fossil]

Do you have another AI fragment to locate another interceptor?

[gilded oriole]

I went to the site, got the three items from the ship

No, I dont know how to get those either. the one I had was a quest reward from milestone

I do have the Hyaline brain

but that came from the crashed ship

[solemn bane]

ok, so 55 minutes to get to r4 and make 4800 quicksilver. I totally forgot r5 was on a blue star so in total getting 6000 10,800 quicksilver and buying items/deleting my save was 1:15. By no means optimized.

[grim fossil]

If you don’t have the mission that directs you to an interceptor you’ll need to locate another one.

Here are some methods to locate a sentinel interceptor

1. Use a Dreadnought AI fragment, obtain this from defeating a sentinel dreadnought which spawns at a 5 wave sentinel alert level when in ship combat. You can also get these from nexus missions or returning combat frigate missions.

2. Obtain and use an echo locator, obtain an echo locator from dissonant resonators on dissonant planets, they appear as drill like structures, destroying resonators will net either inverted mirror or an echo locator, a resonator has a 20% chance to drop an echo locator. Use the locater to locate a dissonant camp, interact with the camps terminal and lift the seal, once lifted you can use the terminal to locate an interceptor crash site.

3. Defeat 5 waves of corrupted sentinels located on dissonant planets. Defeating 5 waves completely will give you the location to a dissonant spike (crashed interceptor)

[gilded oriole]

OK, so the camp is where I am at

I have gathered a bunch of junk there but I cant find anything to lift the seal

[grim fossil]

Interact with a Terminal will be centre rear of the camp

Complete the puzzle that lifts the seal

[gilded oriole]

Do you have any idea how many times I have walked past that thing? lol

[grim fossil]

lol

Now you know haha

[gilded oriole]

well it all kind of worked? Solved the puzzle, went to a location, found a mirror, took off and used the brain. it scanned the planet but I cant see that it actually gave me a location to go to?

[grim fossil]

It would have given you a marker to follow, pulse into space and look back at the planet

[gilded oriole]

ah it was quest select shenanigans again

[grim fossil]

Ugh typical nms haha

[grim fossil]

I am off to bed matey hopefully the mission works from here on out and you can complete the expedition, please ask if you get stuck and someone will definitely be able to help

[gilded oriole]

I think I am home free now. Currently patiently waiting for my lander fuel to regenerate before I claim the ship but thank you so much for all the help. You were crazy patient to deal with with my confusion/frustration 🙂

[hazy sparrow]

When someone griefs with base building, you can "report" the base and it will disappear to you.

[placid escarp]

I ran into someone who’d put the base computer underground so there was no way to interact with it and report it. Extra scummy.

[gilded oriole]

They really need to give us some QoL changes to hide other player markers along with making it easier jsut to hide someone elses work.

[severe badge]

Yeah - but you don’t need to interact with the base computer to report it. If you’re near the base, you can report from the quick menu

[dreamy trellis]

Does anyone know where I can find an airless planet for the third photo?

[solemn bane]

First system

[hazy sparrow]

You can still report the underground bases. Look at the base and take note of the name, quick menu (X key on PC), scroll all the way to the right and find the base name and report it.

[solemn bane]

Yep. Trying to see what I want is nauseating, and the markers always stealing my impulse drive target is always infuriating.

[hazy sparrow]

Good idea, a UI option to show/hide other player stuff.

[placid escarp]

Thanks! I’ll give this a shot next time. It always warms my heart to see how helpful most NMS players are.

[gilded oriole]

EXPEDITION COMPLETE! Thank you all!

[hazy sparrow]

I did notice that when I report a base, it disappears, but if I reload a save it reappears, so I don't feel bad as I'm not doing anything permanent. It is nice that HG does that as an immediate solution for the obstructed player, then something they can review later.

[solemn bane]

I wish I could real-time save hack to get rid of what I know about a system from the server, lol.

[hazy sparrow]

You mean like a true "forget system" option?

[solemn bane]

The only disadvantages to playing offline are that you can't finish the community quests, and I will admit that growing your own crops can be a pain in the ass, which comes up in a few expeditions

[solemn bane]

Yeah, it seems you cache all the system info locally, so if you see all those markers once, they stay with you even if you restart in offline mode.

I wonder if I could packet sniff and block the call to get system information so I could just always be alone

[gilded oriole]

You can start the game in offline mode? Or you mean just really offline?

[solemn bane]

Steam lets you do it, and some other service. For consoles you could literally just unplug them from the internet or whatever

[remote thunder]

if you're in offline mode, clearing cached bases and then warping back in to a system will have no other player bases or discoveries, but the ones stored in your save file

[solemn bane]

Does it still have the planets discovered, etc?

[remote thunder]

those are stored in the save file, you'd have to make enough discoveries to push oldest out

[solemn bane]

I'm 50/50 on having planets already discovered when I get there. Depends on if I'm in a rush to find something.

[gilded oriole]

Any good how-to guides out there for how to do that? I dont know where the game caches info.

(I do use steam)

[hazy sparrow]

IIRC the save file stores a section for your bases and a section for other bases.

[remote thunder]

to clear cached bases, simply warp out to a system that has no one (or iow, has a high probability of there being no other players, for example an uncharted system), then save+full game restart

when you warp back in to target system, if you have no internet access, you'll get no info other than the one your save file has about discoveries, and/or the game has generated by default

[gilded oriole]

but if you do that can you still complete the expedition missions while offline?

[remote thunder]

to be able to create an expedition save as intended, you require internet access to connect to the servers

[solemn bane]

You can complete the expedition, but you cannot complete the optional missions because they are community missions

[remote thunder]

that said, after the save is created, you can have internet off when playing

[solemn bane]

This is not true.

I can both start expeditions fresh, and start an expedition on a current save offline

Only thing you need to be online for is to get the new expedition json

[remote thunder]

if you launch game and try to start a save from scratch, with internet off, you get no expedition available, if you never downloaded the json

yes yes

trying to keep a balance between keeping it simple and explaining how everything works is hard sometimes

[gilded oriole]

Fair 🙂 I will worry about how it really works once I have had time to enjoy it for a whle, lol

BUT... it would be nice to play for a bit in a lonely universe

[solemn bane]

I did all previous 11 expeditions offline, then I went online for Omega and almost threw up, lol.

[remote thunder]

you can easily do that still - the universe is a big place, there's lots of areas still totally undiscovered

[remote thunder]

you've probably seen reports of excessive concentrations of comm balls in past expeditions: and the devs did tone it down

[gilded oriole]

It is a bit much. Immersion is pretty much destroyed by all the player 'litter'

[solemn bane]

But yeah just starting a new game you usually have a good chunk of time before you start seeing stuff other people have discovered before you

[hazy sparrow]

I've found this to only be a problem in the expedition, but it's far made up for by all the helpful player bases out there.

[solemn bane]

Well that's good. Those were absolutely awful. We were just complaining about all the base markers, and my personal pet peeve "Discovered by Hello Games" - such a terrible immersion breaker.

[remote thunder]

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[gilded oriole]

maybe? Go look at the graveside marker. lol

[remote thunder]

do feel free to give them that feedback

[dreamy trellis]

I need to find an outlaw system but can't find any D:

[hazy sparrow]

I never understood why 19 other players felt the need to leave a comm ball where someone already had. But again, rarely a problem, and all the comm balls on dissonant worlds save a lot of time. I've only had to report one comm ball for griefing and using profanity.

[dreamy trellis]

I'm using the economy scanner but none of them are saying black market

[remote thunder]

select under a rebel star secondary quest in your Log

[dreamy trellis]

Ohhhhh okay gotcha ty

[solemn bane]

If you select the quest does it not highlight one for you?

Dammit

Too slow

[remote thunder]

they even did that lol

here, take this, a super easy shortcut 😄

i love hg, i honestly feel great about where this is going

once these new changes to the save system are 100%

[hazy sparrow]

With the new game coming, I've got some concern that NMS will get abandoned, but I can't fault them for all they've done for us FOR FREE after the dubious launch.

[gilded oriole]

I just hope they take everything they learned to the new game - and not abandon NMS

[solemn bane]

I'm on the fence. This expedition was just stupid easy. My favs have been Leviathan and Cartographers since I needed to think, just a liiiiittle bit. I dunno how you make something for people who want to play the game and also something for people who want to speedrun the rewards though.

Also this expedition doubled as a marketing tool to get new players, so it was extra dumbed down. I'm assuming that won't always be the case.

[wraith junco]

Game has still to much grow potential to abnadon it

Imo

[gilded oriole]

They can make the next one more difficult. this one was just about right for me to learn on 🙂

[blazing fossil]

They’ve had two different teams working on the two games for several years already

[remote thunder]

i feel this is a new page on expeditions

[solemn bane]

What's funny is it has ALWAYS felt that way. It feels like it has so much unrealized potential, and everything thing they add seems lacking somehow. Hard to put my finger on exactly.

[solemn bane]

Considering how many missions they reused for this expedition is sure felt like an old page to me.

[hazy sparrow]

I think Omega was designed to accelerate new player progress to draw them in and give them lots of stuff and recipes quickly then convert new saves after finishing. Smart move.
(edited for clarity)

[remote thunder]

next page allowing prev exps to be rerun, and then start doing lore based expeditions

[remote thunder]

in a way - i've done the same missions hundreds of times now

[solemn bane]

I LOVE the expedition console. 100%, no notes.

[gilded oriole]

And perhaps an offline mode or friends only for groups that want to explore their own universe together

[remote thunder]

that doesnt' take away the fun - not to me at least

[solemn bane]

Sure, but I mean, in the json, literally copy/pasted missions from other expeditions. I actually used this expedition to fix some data in older ones, lol.

[wraith junco]

Unfinished endgame loops, dead ends on fratures or Unpolished.

[solemn bane]

A huge part of playing games for me is being able to restart, but still have a connection to my past games. Expeditions let me do this now. I have a new save, but still linked to the old save and I can send cool stuff back to my old save.

[remote thunder]

i don't agree that new players can speed run exp12 - not without help - i've seen new players go into 5, 6h, reading/watching guides. and most people won't try to get through as fast as possible - most players that do are the ones trying to complete expeditions with just a few days left

[gilded oriole]

Which was me - but next time I plan to play from the start

[solemn bane]

Along the lines of the overall conversation, I think lot of this has to do with some suuuuper bizarre UI/UX decisions/bugs in the game. Some things, like taking three pictures, should be straightforward, but then I looked at your PS5 guide to that and laughed myself to sleep.

Some of the UI/UX weirdness comes from supporting consoles, but damn if some things aren't just completely inexplicable

Like the random quest flipping that caught folks here time after time

[hazy sparrow]

Speedrun is the wrong word, I mean advance them through an introduction to the game rapidly. I edited my post for clarity.

[remote thunder]

agreed, UX still needs work - and regardless of whether we agree with changes made, they have been making them. omega was actually one to include such changes, not just about expeditions, but there's been work put into streamlining progression through the main quests and their interactions with the space anomaly; the other big one is ofc the force cycling hints, which has been requested for a while i'm sure. about screenshot missions, that's something that once you've gone through it a few times in the "base game", you get to a milestone like that and it's almost done blindly, with a bit of patience sure - but for a new player yeah, UX still has rough edges

[solemn bane]

Oh yeah, I hve been banging on H like a fiend, but BECAUSE of the random quest switching, lol

Like, they made a good UI decision because of a bad UX decision they kept in place, lol.

[remote thunder]

gotcha - in a way, i can agree why you'd consider it that way.

[solemn bane]

I feel like most other games have the option to pin like 3 quests

the fact that it cycles away from a count mission is so incredibly infuriating at times

[remote thunder]

i've only encountered a couple situations where i could not force cycle - under a rebel star initial corrupted sentinel spawn stage - and once, out of an echo locator hint

[hazy sparrow]

The biggest help to me on the expedition, frankly, was starting it a couple of weeks late. By that time there was a walkthrough online and tons of player bases with helpful stuff. I even built my first bas right by a guy who had found a big stockpile of runaway mould. Then there were bases named "Nipnip farm" and "Sunken Freighter" that just handed me money and a milestone.

[solemn bane]

Oh I'm not saying it didn't work, I'm saying the random cycling is the bad part, and they had to add some UI to fix it

[remote thunder]

ah yeah

probably just easiest/quickest this way - probably not the most future proof but

[solemn bane]

Not to mention you had to wait for the community milestones to be completed to be able to finish the optional milestones. Unless you know how to go offline and bypass the wait, anyway, heh.

[remote thunder]

yeah, uploaded resources by other players can be useful, if the player chooses to use them

later on, comm ball icons get replaced by other player base icons

[solemn bane]

But now that I think about it, the fact that it randomly switches which mission you have pinned isn't solved by "H" - they should just let us pin like 3 to the screen like other games. It's familiar, it works.

[hazy sparrow]

Yep, the community milestones were almost done and finished right after I started, then a few days later HG put out the bug patch.

[solemn bane]

Ugh, gonna spend all damn day filling out suggestions that have no doubt already been suggested

[remote thunder]

pinned in the Log tab? it doesn't do that for me though - you're saying it changes missions in the Log tab when you cycle?

[hazy sparrow]

Oh, the game randomly switching my current mission drives me nuts, I should ask in help if there is a fix for that.

[dreamy trellis]

I flew back into the pirate system and got a dreadnaught fight, I wanted the dreadnaught but I had no idea where the shield generators were so I got destroyed 😭

[solemn bane]

Yes, it's happened to people here as well. My favorite is when it flips to "install the tech you just learned!" automatically and I need to abandon those stupid quests

[remote thunder]

hmm

i always abandon those anyway

[solemn bane]

Sure, but that in itself tells you something

about the UX

Like if I pin a quest, there should be no force under the sun that should unpin it, aside from completing the quest

[dreamy trellis]

I'm also still very lost on this contraband quest, I did the guy's bounty and gave the contraband to a guy

[remote thunder]

that's strange - that said - i do believe i've had some on my Log, and i - unless it force cycled to the one i wanted after

[remote thunder]

goto outlaw station, talk to contraband agent npc, buy illegal goods

buy like 2 of the most valuable

then goto non-outlaw station to unload and make the sale

[solemn bane]

Oh, another aspect to it is expedition milestones. If I want to get a specific one done, it's really hard to keep it pinned

[dreamy trellis]

Oh so I didn't even need to do that bounty

[dreamy trellis]

Won't that hurt my reputation

[remote thunder]

hmm? no

complete that mission you were doing if you haven't yet

[solemn bane]

Never worry about rep. Almost entirely meaningless in this game, lol.

[remote thunder]

then go to the contraband agent

[dreamy trellis]

I thought that stations noticed if you landed in them after a pirate station

[dreamy trellis]

Oh

[solemn bane]

The only time there are consequences to smuggling are when you get probed with contraband on your ship, but even that usually doesn't matter unless you're a ways away from the space station

[solemn bane]

But yes, they made it seem like this mattered, but it doesn't.

Another gripe, lol.

[remote thunder]

suggestion: cargo scan deflector, works both against pirates and sentinels

flavor text sometimes may just be a taste of things/ideas to come, who knows

• helps my imagination to immerse myself in game

[solemn bane]

I mean the quest wheere they give you the forged passport. They make a big deal of it, but it absolutely doesn't end up being a thing.

[hazy sparrow]

I got lucky on that one, I got a piece of contraband when looting a crashed freighter, and got credit for the milestone when I sold it at a trade terminal.

[remote thunder]

but that's what i'm saying, it's not now, but it could actually mean something in the future, once certain mechanics are in place

[solemn bane]

I love the dude in #no-mans-sky who would give everyone in the Anomaly 1 nip nip bud so when they got scanned they would be attacked, lol.

[dreamy trellis]

Got the quest done, tysm!

These 400k units should be good for awhile in this expedition

[solemn bane]

Oh I know what you meant, and my gripe is that if it's entirely meaningless now, don't tell people it's meaningful, because it just leads to confusion. This game is incredibly easy and somehow equally incredibly confusing. My most common thought while playing is usually "oh, it's just that stupid nms thing again." Like we get used to it and adapt, but that doesn't mean it's not a negative for new players.

[dreamy trellis]

I also might do more pirate smuggling on my main, that was dang profitable

[solemn bane]

It is, and so is scrapping dissonance spikes. like 20-80 mil a pop or something crazy, plus nanites

I enjoy scrapping more than portaling pirate stuff around

[dreamy trellis]

Woah, I forgot what dissonance spikes were though, are those where you find interceptor ships?

I like scrapping ships so I might consider doing that

[solemn bane]

Yeah those. It's one of the only grindy things I really can't control myself with. I end up doing tons of them at a time.

[remote thunder]

i didn't mean to tell anyone that it was meaningful? i said flavor text could sometimes be a taste of things/ideas to come - just the simple mentioning "flavor text" implies that it has real impact or use or function atm

[solemn bane]

Sorry, I didn't mean "you" as in you, I meant as in Hello Games. They made the forged passport quest seem meaningful, but it isn't.

[dreamy trellis]

That's hilarious

Though wait can't they just give over all the contraband?

[dreamy trellis]

Yeah I thought it meant a lot

[solemn bane]

It just takes 1 contraband to get you attacked

[hazy sparrow]

I get what you mean, quests that sound like they will have more narrative to them then they do, they end up just being FedEx runs.

[solemn bane]

I was in a BAD spot and had one contraband on my ship I had no idea about. Those fkrs dogged me for MINUTES. I had a ship with zero defenses, lol.

[solemn bane]

Sort of, I mean more like they made it seem like a mechanic, like you thought. But really it was just a one-off quest that you never think about again. It's not a hard gripe, but it all adds up, and I could go off about UI/UX all day long. As is evident, lol.

[hazy sparrow]

One time (sorry if this isn't the channel for these stories) I surrendered my nipnip contraband and it also took all of it from my freighter's inventory! Now I immediately transfer contraband to my freighter and never get busted.

[gilded oriole]

so now that I have finished this expedition on a new save what do I absolutely HAVE to do before it ends?

Do I need to go ahead and claim all the awards?

[solemn bane]

scratching chin

You haven't been claiming the rewards?

[gilded oriole]

only the stuff I had to up front

or needed to progress the quest

[solemn bane]

Yeah go ahead and claim those then.

Assuming the save was started on the expedition, that should be it.

[gilded oriole]

yes it was, I'm guessing I would want to do differently for one started off a main save - but I am not going to do it this time. I dont think I have the energy to do it again before monday

[solemn bane]

Yeah, people like to go to great lengths and duplicate items, but I just send +slot items to my main since those things are about tedious as hell to farm for

[feral rapids]

I just finished Omega after coming back to the game a week ago- I haven’t played since launch, so it was pretty spectacular to get reacquainted, and it sounds like I’ve only scratched the surface! That said, I really liked the direction Omega provided- is there usually a break between expeditions, or will there be a new one as soon as omega ends?

[remote thunder]

back to back expeditions only when reruns aka reduxes, usually at the end of the year

we don't know, but the next one could be a couple weeks or months after exp12 ends

#nms-announcements 😉

[feral rapids]

Awesome, thank you! I'll keep an eye on that. That'll give me some time to do some of the main quests then! I appreciate you answering!

[remote thunder]

anytime 🙂

[feral rapids]

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[remote thunder]

won't be long before you do if you keep chatting, ask questions etc

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[feral rapids]

Very cool! I like that quite a bit. In the meantime:

[feral rapids]

🫂

[solemn bane]

Yeah the game has about 30 surfaces to scratch.

Then you'll be all caught up

[gilded oriole]

I would imagine you thought I had talked enough for a couple days 😛

[remote thunder]

haha 🫂 , it's all good, it really is

[remote thunder]

!exptime

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[hazy sparrow]

Ugh, can't play main save for 4 days, as I'm hoping expedition ending fixes my visited systems list issue.

[solemn bane]

Smart money is on "it won't" - I don't even know how they would go back in time and get your systems back. They are stored in your save file, and when they are gone, they are gone for good.

[bold root]

Am I gonna corrupt or screw up my main save starting an expedition from the terminal?

[solemn bane]

Ah, well, as discussed directly above, you will most likely lose your system discoveries (you'll keep your bases). Aside from that, everything should be fine.

[bold root]

I'm not really worried about my discoveries. Is that all?

[solemn bane]

Same here. That's all I know of. Your main save will be affected with + units, + nanits, +quicksilver, +any bases you build in the expedition and +any account/save-wide stuff you unlock

Oh and you can send items back and forth, as well as a ship/multitool copying mechanism

[bold root]

Gotcha. I heard there's an ungodly amount of units you recieve during the expedition right?

[solemn bane]

The quicksilver is the ungodly part imo. Units and nanites are already kind of a joke to get so I don't really remember.

[bold root]

I did the exp on a seperate save but didn't bother to keep track. Not that I'm on my permadeath main I'm trying not to go overboard

[restive walrus]

what happens to the expedition planets after expedition?

[solemn bane]

They stay like you found them

[remote thunder]

"ungodly amount of units" sounds like the overflow bug

[near tangle]

Is there a calendar or something showing when new expeditions will start? or is it sort of a random chance thing?

[solemn bane]

Ha, definitely no calendar

[grim fossil]

We can guess based on past expeditions, but no there is no set official calendar we just get it when we get it.

[cerulean totem]

!exptime

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[grim fossil]

Still some time to do a few more

[exotic timber]

Do you still get quicksilver rewards if you rerun the expedition?

(would be faster doing a 4 hour speed run than grinding out 18 days of dailies for the void egg)

[wintry void]

You will do yes

[fierce iris]

question how do expeditions work exactly

im a new player

[meager scroll]

Expeditions are a limited time events

Where players complete a series of challenges

To get unique rewards

Those rewards can be later redeemed on any save you own, past and future

!exptime

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[meager scroll]

Past the time window the expedition can't be progressed anymore

The current expedition Omega is a buffed up tutorial

So if you know your way around the game, you can still complete it in the couple days there's left

[fierce iris]

alright imma give it a shot

[trim dome]

I have killed every wave of sentinels but can not get a big walker to spawn so I can get a brain. Did this change ? Is there another way of getting a brain ? I have got 2 Hyaline brains but they dont count

[wintry void]

walker brains are off red sentinels only, not purple 1s

[trim dome]

ya, and on like wave 4 or 5, but I cant seem to get them to spawn

[solemn bane]

Are you trying to complete the ship salvage quest? If so that's not how you get the type of brain you need. It comes from the ship you're trying to salvage.

[trim dome]

?

[nova sleet]

no he’s talking about a walker brain

are u in multiplayer @trim dome

fucks up sentinel wave spawning for me / keeping aggro to hit suppression 5

[grim fossil]

@trim dome start off by letting us know what you are trying to do? None of the requirements in the expedition need a walker brain.

For a walker to spawn you need to defeat all waves of Normal sentinels, not corrupted and one will spawn after killing a few sentinels in that wave 5.

[trim dome]

I finally got it to work at a pillar. But the walker brain isnt working. Says I need a harmonic but I only have hyaline and walker brains

[nova sleet]

oh

[nova sleet]

Press e on your hyaline brain

[trim dome]

I did. it gives me some numbers but doesnt do anything

[nova sleet]

go to the marked monolith to make your hyaline brain into a harmonic one

you don’t need walker brains at all for this as Ranch said

[grim fossil]

Just note you may need to select the secondary mission to see the marker, as the expedition mission will be the one that shows

It could be why you aren’t being prompted to go to a location

[trim dome]

problem is I have 3 hyaline brains now

[grim fossil]

How is that a problem? Hover over one and interact with it

[trim dome]

I did, to all 3

gave me memories and told me to restore the archive

[grim fossil]

Sounds like you don’t have the correct mission active mate

Will be a mission called “sentinel interceptor trace” select that, interacting with the hayline brain will give you a monolith to go to.

[grim fossil]

Sweet select one

[trim dome]

I did, the bottom one

[grim fossil]

Activate the brain and follow the marker

[trim dome]

cause I found an S class

I already activated it but it did not give me a waypoint, just said the brain yielded a memory.....

[nova sleet]

Can u abandon mission and re-interact with it

[grim fossil]

Don’t see another mission icon on your compass or hud? Even when you leave planet atmosphere

[nova sleet]

also do u have your radiant shards, inverted mirror in ur inventory

[grim fossil]

Not related to the issue

[trim dome]

should I delete the hyaline brains ?

[nova sleet]

no

[grim fossil]

Answer the previous question please

Because depending on the answer depends on mine

[trim dome]

Yeah, I get rotating ones I cant stop but they are not related

like this camp it wants me to go to

[foggy cloud]

!exptime

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[trim dome]

abandoned camp

[grim fossil]

No no, a visual icon on your hud and compass with the same icon as that mission you selected.

That icon is where the hat line brain pinged I just need to know if they does or doesn’t show

[trim dome]

no just the yellow diamond for the harmonic scrap next to the ship

[grim fossil]

Cool, have you tried restarting?

[trim dome]

twice

[nova sleet]

Can you try this

[grim fossil]

Awesome abandon all missions related to the interceptor, re interact with the interceptor and try again.

If the problem persists remove 2/3 of the brains

[nova sleet]

real

[trim dome]

going back to an earlier save. I think its before I examined the S class

ok its not before but it is before I examined the latest brain

[grim fossil]

So you haven’t abandoned the other missions?

Just to confirm you are trying to use a brain obtained from the crashed interceptor not one obtained from destroying an interceptor in space combat?

[trim dome]

Yes, and no I have not abandoned the other two yet because I am not sure which is which

apparently I saved the game just after I looted the 3rd Hyaline brain from the 3rd interceptor I found

[grim fossil]

Sweet I have given the advice matey not much more I can do

[trim dome]

and the stack of 3 in my inven is glowing cause it wants me to use it

[grim fossil]

Yeh so delete two of em and see if the remaining will work

[nova sleet]

Ok you said you have a harmonic camp marker right? Can you take a picture of it

[trim dome]

ok this time it gave me a waypoint to an ancient site

[nova sleet]

nice

[grim fossil]

Sweet and it has the mission icon?

[trim dome]

yes finally

[grim fossil]

Perfect conduct the mission as per normal.

So reloading was what resolved the issue for ya?

[trim dome]

sucks its 12 min, away and I dont wanna use my ship cause of the save point

but at least it looks like it is working this time

[grim fossil]

Why is that a problem lol

[trim dome]

if it messes up again I wont have a save to prior

guess I can make a hard save point

[grim fossil]

It should be working fine now, whatever you did caused it to give you an icon, if you are that concerned you can place a marker or save beacon to have a visual icon to fly back to

[grim fossil]

Restore point is the “hard save”

[trim dome]

crap it was the wrong one

[grim fossil]

Wrong? Marker?

[trim dome]

wrong ship

[grim fossil]

Ah if it’s just to check off the expedition milestone it hardly matters, but if you can you can just take a harmonised brain to the other ship.

[solemn bane]

Make sure you also have one Inverted Mirror and 3 Radiant Shards in your inventory, otherwise I don't think the ship marker shows up to talk to the alien monolith

[grim fossil]

Has no effect

Those are just components to repair

[solemn bane]

It does. The quest walks you through collecting the Inverted Mirror and 3 Radiant shards BEFORE sending you to the site

And it will not show you the marker for the monolith

[grim fossil]

You just said you think? Now you are certain? No, having or not having them in your inventory or used to repair the ship does not mean the hayline brain doesn’t give a monolith location just because the mission has the repair with components part up first does not stop the player activating and using the brain.

[solemn bane]

(This was true as of a couple days ago when I did it last while I was speed running)

You're right, I should have been more confident.

The one thing I don't remember is if it will let you interact with the brain without the radiant shard and mirror first. Easy enough to test.

[grim fossil]

And I told you what occurs

[solemn bane]

And it looks like you were incorrect. Just tested it in game.

[grim fossil]

Hmmm interesting, it was never like this then I will need to test it when I get on

[solemn bane]

When I press E in game without the shards and mirror it just closes my inventory and does nothing

[grim fossil]

And no other brains in your inventory?

[solemn bane]

This could also be true only for the very first ship you do.

[solemn bane]

Nah this is a brand new save

I'll just make a video so there's no confuision, lol

[grim fossil]

All good I’ll have a look tomorrow anyway as you could just activate them once you remove it from the ship before.

I do not think you are lying haha

So yes I apologise you were correct.

[solemn bane]

Nah but I understand it's easy to assume I am screwing something up. This is No Man's Sky, the land of incredibly inexplicable UI/UX decisions that lead to endless confusion.

Also, TIL that my recording software screws up my mouse sensitivity in NMS, so it was hard to target anything, lol.

[grim fossil]

Haha nah all good I should not have been so confident I made an error that I shouldn’t have. Good to have figured it out

[solemn bane]

Sigh, and my video recording software doesn't work with nms because I have a geforce, lol.

[grim fossil]

😥

🫂

[solemn bane]

Love learning.

Anyway, I'm not sure if @trim dome is still having their issue

[uncut grotto]

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[grim fossil]

lol not sure I take it it wall went well as we haven’t heard anything, if it kept giving him grief I was just gonna walk him through the landing pad exploit haha

[hazy sparrow]

Funny thing is, my discovered systems are not gone, they are still in my BaseContext::VisitedSystems list. But for some reason the game is showing me the ExpeditionContext::VisitedSystems list, even though I have ended the expedition. My hope is that, when the expedition is over, the ExpeditionContext will go away and everything will revert to the BaseContext data.

[solemn bane]

Ooooh, I didn't realize that. I bet if you could identify the bit of json that went wonky you could just add them all back. I'd go look for myself but I'm not sure how to do an import after exporting a save to json (I have only gone one way so far because of all my work with doing the previous 11 expeditions offline with my expedition tool).

I wonder if those entries do end up going away once you convert back to a normal save

Either way, and I think you already did this, would be good to make a backup and wait for someone to come up with a way to just restore your old discoveries. I have a feeling just copy/pasting a chunk of json into a new save file will do it, just a matter of finding the right chunk and the right place.

[hazy sparrow]

You can actually edit the JSON directly with a tool like NomNom. I could cut the list from Base and paste it into Expedition, but that's fixing the symptom not the problem.

[solemn bane]

Sure, but since you're not a developer you can't fix problems. If you can fix it for yourself you should after filing a bug report. You can keep the old busted backup around in case they come asking you for it, but no need to suffer for a bug that they may never fix. Also, as others have pointed out, discoveries have been flakey since day 1, so there is even less of a reason to think they will fix this issue in a timely manner.

[hazy sparrow]

I've already opened a ticket, and am updating it with what I have learned. Beyond that I have no control other than hacking a solution for myself and posting it to the community to try and help others.

[solemn bane]

Beyond that I have no control other than hacking a solution for myself and posting it to the community to try and help others.

Yep, that's what I said. Though you bring up a good point, by doing this for yourself you'll be able to post here how to fix it and help a lot of folks (as others will likely reference your message when folks come asking about it).

[remote thunder]

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[shell kettle]

Do you get anything for recruiting squadron pilots? Does it offset the cost of the squadron slots?

[remote thunder]

need to unlock squadron slots first, to be able to hire pilots

that said, squadrons aren't worth the investment imo

want help from npcs? get high standing with races, and they'll come help you out when in combat

at least those don't stick to you like glue 😄

[solemn bane]

Man, I think Polestar has you recruit three of those doofuses. I went to blow up a dreadnaught and they were just constantly in my way, lol. Good that my NPC minions are as stupid as the enemies.

[little robin]

what's polestar?

[solemn bane]

8th expedition

Freighter oriented

[trail kraken]

can we still visit the expedition systems from a normal save after it's finished?

random thought I had

I don't see why you wouldn't but like

[solemn bane]

Yep

[shell kettle]

I see, back to recruiting frigates then.

[trail kraken]

cool

[rapid lake]

Is anyone able to help with expedition help please it ends 2 days just regot gamespass yesterday

[wintry void]

Can easy do it in 4 to 8 hours, speed runners do less than 1 hour

[frail sedge]

there are guides online that tell you the exact amount of materials you need to reduce farming time

[remote thunder]

"biggest ones" are 200 mould and 200 cactus

the rest is all pretty easy to get when running through it

[frail sedge]

you could check that out and prep them easier in your main save, then get it sent to your expedition save

[remote thunder]

i would highly recommend not using main saves to start an exp12 run

[remote thunder]

i would strongly recommend making a new save on the side, creative mode, unlock anomaly, obtain resources to push to stash when starting exp

no need for crystal sulphide this exp

[frail sedge]

what's the difference between starting off of existing save and the creative mode new save? I haven't tried the creative mode

[remote thunder]

nautilon chamber when deleted gives 3 sulphide more than enough to install high powered sonar

[remote thunder]

creative chosen for the recommendation because it's super easy to unlock anomaly on it without needing to farm any resources, fixing starter gear, etc

[frail sedge]

oooh interesting. yeah that's a really good tip

[remote thunder]

also, still looking at those recommendations, you get 440 emeril from a milestone for indium drive

[frail sedge]

yeah I think that one page guide for mats is not 100% correct

[remote thunder]

i would suggest bringing sus packets tech/arms or salvaged glass to unpack to get upgrade modules to sell for nanites

[frail sedge]

there are websites that straight up have the exact # of materials you need anyways

[remote thunder]

even though rdv milestones reward plenty of nanites

eco scanner to find outlaw system shouldn't be required either, as under a rebel star secondary quest should trigger in expedition/there's ticket to freedom

but looks good though

all good recommendations

[bold root]

I'm currently at 6k qs and I'm only done with 3 and a half phases

[remote thunder]

yeah, i've farmed like idk..40k qs so far lol

(multiple runs)

[bold root]

Wait. Your telling me I can just rerun it on my main save?

[frail sedge]

what are the qs that you guys are talking about?

[bold root]

Quicksilver

[solemn bane]

Nice, that's like 12 of those incredibly ugly traveler heads.

[frail sedge]

ah kk

[bold root]

I need more void eggs 🤣

[remote thunder]

no, i've made multiple saves from scratch - and since non-consumable quicksilver unlocks are done account wide.. yeah, wouldn't work for buying void eggs all in a single save - we cant start multiple exp runs from the same save

[bold root]

Are expeditions usually this generous with quicksilver?

[solemn bane]

Trying to remember, I feel like only two other expeditions had quicksilver. One gave you, like, in the tens. Then another was maybe a few hundred?

[bold root]

Well I'm very thankful

[solemn bane]

Yeah, Beachhead gave you some tech to get 15 qs per alien monolith you visited. The Blighted gave you 888 quicksilver for some milestone. Polestar 600. Omega 6000 10,800.

[bold root]

Sheeeeeesssshhhhh

[solemn bane]

I'd trade all my rewards for some actual gameplay, lol.

[fierce jasper]

I think I may have set a record. Only took me 206.9 hours to complete the expedition.

[solemn bane]

Well you managed to like 20x my longest expedition run ever, so good job there.

[crimson rose]

Attention to detail takes a little xtra time

[opal sundial]

why is it so hard to get to Rendezvous 3 😭

[solemn bane]

Portal back to a Rendezvous space station

[remote thunder]

teleport back to starter, rdv 1 or rdv2 - you probably went through that black hole

[opal sundial]

🙀 omg thanks

[rugged sail]

Woo expo done

Solid fun overall, I'd give this one a B+

[opal sundial]

i spent so many days trying to get to R3 T.T

[solemn bane]

I wanna say this is the #1 issue in this expedition, but the #2 issue (dissonance spike) takes like an hour to explain

[bold root]

Just wanna remind yall it's 10.5k quicksilver you get from the expedition

[quaint urchin]

Anyone else get a strange Multitool offered to them after completing the expedition? It has no picture or stats and the damage and stuff say "placeholder".

[remote thunder]

lmao

[remote thunder]

what tool are you trying to claim here?

or were you trying to

[quaint urchin]

It just popped up on my main save after exiting my inventory.

[remote thunder]

using any mods?

[quaint urchin]

Nope

[remote thunder]

i'd just decline that, submit a bug report

[quaint urchin]

Cool, thanks!

[remote thunder]

!hg

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[remote thunder]

you're not supposed to get any other tool from exp12 rewards besides atlas scepter

which you already have, and it says.. it has 0 slots lol

[quaint urchin]

Yea, that's the one on the left. I claimed it with Nanites at the terminal.

[remote thunder]

yeah, definitely a bug somewhere

[quaint urchin]

Cool beans, appreciate it!

[remote thunder]

okay so wait - one question - when you started this expedition save, you already had atlas scepter unlocked, and cloned it into an expedition save?

[quaint urchin]

No, I claimed it at the end.

[remote thunder]

ah okay

gotcha, thanks

[quaint urchin]

And brought it back to my main save.

[remote thunder]

and that screenshot is in your main save already, right?

[quaint urchin]

yes\

[remote thunder]

right

yeah, okay, thanks for your time - please submit a bug report whenever you get a bit of spare time

[quaint urchin]

Will do

[solemn bane]

Wait, where did my math go wrong? I thought it was 6k

[bold root]

Yes math wasn't mathing. It was actually MORE

1200 for phase 1. Then 2400 for phases 2-5 if you do the optional milestone as well @solemn bane

[solemn bane]

Ah, I see what I missed. I didn't realize the last milestone for phases 2-5 (the milestone to complete the milestones) also gave 1200. How insane.

[bold root]

I had to do a double take 🤣

[solemn bane]

• Beachhead: 15 per alien monolith you interacted with
• The Blighted: 888 for a milestone
• Polestar: 600 for a milestone
• Omega: 10,800 for completing all milestones

[rugged sail]

If you have the Atlas staff and Starborn Runner as your ships when you exit the expedition and you pay nanites to copy them, can you also claim them from the QS robot and end up with two of each?

[hazy sparrow]

I believe so

But it's much better to claim the one from the QS vendor as there is a trick you can do to get a staff with 4 adjacent supercharge slots. It's randomized each time you ask for one, so just keep refusing until you get a good one. Google for HeRo2u's video on exact steps.

[solemn bane]

Looking back at bk's comments, it doesn't seem like making a second Starborn Runner is possible

[sly wedge]

Anyone want to do a new expedition run?

[rugged sail]

ooh, nice. thanks

[wanton raft]

So I basically got done with the expedition on my PS4 (started from and existing save) and redeemed nearly all if not all of the rewards, including the fancy ship, but didn't end the expedition. Now I have a situation where I'll not be back to my PS4 to end the expedition until after the 18th. Will I still be able to end it do you think? Maybe I'll set the date back on the PS4 when I get home so it thinks it's within the time frame just in case.

[eternal cargo]

When is the next expedition?

[wanton raft]

No one knows including HG. They probably have a plan though.

[eternal cargo]

Okay. I finished the 12th and enjoyed it. Although missed out on the previous ones. Okay does the quicksilver currency transfer over to the next expedition?

[wanton raft]

No, I'm sure not. The amount of QS is a per save thing.

[solemn bane]

Quicksilver stays on your main save, but you can use it to unlock account-wide stuff, in addition to one-off things from the quicksilver vendor

Basically if something in the quicksilver vendor has like 100 available, it stays on that save, but if it's just one thing you can buy, like a cape, a head or an ornament etc, then it's unlocked on the account and all your saves can access it

[eternal cargo]

Well I just want to save and build up quicksilver for the next expedition.

[solemn bane]

When you go in to the quicksilver vendor, you'll see the item is "Available" rather than costing quicksilver like before

[eternal cargo]

Yes thank you. I already know about that.

[solemn bane]

Quicksilver will not help you on any expeditions

[eternal cargo]

Okay clarification. I want to save my quicksilver if we get new items.

[solemn bane]

That's fine. Nothing in the quicksilver vendor is amazing, except maybe the armor and a cape or two. Oh and some jetpack effects.

[eternal cargo]

I agree. I bought some armor pieces, a helmet, and few other things. But I wasn't impressed with other items.

[solemn bane]

You can get the egg that turns into a ship but I think the damn thing is disgusting, lol.

[latent onyx]

Check dm

[eternal cargo]

I wish there were some things that would make the Gek look awesome as in giving them helmets to wear.

[solemn bane]

I dunno how I got it, but there is one hood for Geks that's like an old lady bandana, lol.

[eternal cargo]

I am wearing that right now.

[solemn bane]

What's really funny is you can't wear this as a gek

[wanton raft]

Ok, that almost makes a Gek look cool!

[solemn bane]

Except it's an Anomaly, not a Gek, lol.

[wanton raft]

Ah, that explains it.

[eternal cargo]

Exactly. Such a shame I bought the helmet too and didn't get the option to use it.

I am getting that vibe to play Gek forever. Once you go Gek, you never go back.

[wanton raft]

Solution. Don't be a Gek.

[eternal cargo]

Geks are in charge of the NipNip world.

[latent onyx]

🔥

I Will forever stay autophage

[solemn bane]

staring at you in Gek

[latent onyx]

Auto gek

[eternal cargo]

RoboGek

[wanton raft]

Grah

[solemn bane]

Vy'keens are so friggin gross, lol. I hated it when I got an RNG one with the wiggle double bottom lip

Glad for the expedition terminal. Now I can take my geks everywhere

[hazy sparrow]

Jeez Predator Vy'keen

[wanton raft]

Keen Mean Vy'keen

[ionic glen]

Does anyone have a walker brain ? I really need to get one for the expedition. I’m waiting at the anomaly.

[solemn bane]

You need a different kind of brain for the expedition quest

[grim fossil]

Unrelated, issue is being resolved in #nms-lfg-or-trades

[solemn bane]

Ah, I see. I was sure you didn't need a walker brain for this expedition 😆

[wanton raft]

You don't

[solemn bane]

That's why I was sure!

[little robin]

Geks are frickin sweet

I went gek but I'm trying to go back

Try some other looks

I got the outlaw hood today

[grim fossil]

They really are, so sweet in fact they make a good ingredient in my apple pie.

[little robin]

You monster

[latent onyx]

GEK PIE

❓❓❓❓

[grim fossil]

I love that that is the two words that leveled you up

[latent onyx]

Common Vy'keen meal

[latent onyx]

Bot likes gekpies

[jaunty wren]

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[jaunty wren]

yo i did it

[grim fossil]

Yayyyy

Now you hab the rewards

[jaunty wren]

huh?

[grim fossil]

What did you do?

[jaunty wren]

i remembered the exp time thing lol

[grim fossil]

Ohhhhh hahaha

[hazy sparrow]

Do not true Piegek when he says he needs ingredients from you!

[jolly raptor]

If i end the expedition can i still copy the ship or do i have to that before ending it?

because i dont have enough nanites to clone my ship at the moment on my primary save

[jaunty wren]

yeah you can do it after im not sure if that will change when it ends though

[ashen shore]

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[ashen shore]

Well looks like my friend is going to miss it

[grim fossil]

Still enough time to get it done if they start.

[ashen shore]

True

But I don't think they will

[grim fossil]

Up to them, the expo can easily be done in a couple hours, I am going to do a quick run tonight I am more than happy to not complete the expedition and hand over items to your friend to assist them in the expedition.

@ashen shore

[ashen shore]

I believe they play on Xbox one

[grim fossil]

Sweet if they want to take up the offer, my GT is MorgansSpace69 get them to chuck me a quick message and something that will help me identify that it’s your friend and I’ll chat with em.

[loud tinsel]

if I made a completely new save for the expedition, do I get to keep my freighter and all ships and all multitools unlike when using a normal one?

[remote thunder]

started from scratch/main menu/new save, when you complete expedition, claim all milestones, phase and final rewards - including optional ones - the game will force convert to normal mode save, and basically keep all progress you've done so far - sorta like starting a new normal mode save, but with all this gear and items (iow, progress) already, and yeah, including freighter etc

[viral adder]

What is the max slot of star runner ship

[remote thunder]

as it's an exotic under a unique skin, 60+105

[viral adder]

Ahh Okay thanks

[viral adder]

the rolling speed of starborn runner is so fast

[eternal cargo]

Geks are awesome little reptilian.

[dapper jetty]

Geks are just chill like that

[gilded oriole]

I replayed the expedition starting it from a 'main' save and now I am cleaning up before finishing it and having it revert to the main.

How do I claim the rewards that have additional slots so that the inventory slots are awarded to the main save and not the expedition run character? I have been holding off on claiming any of those rewards until I know for certain how it works.

[solemn bane]

You put them in the terminal before you end the expedition

Oh and cancel any screens that come up when they ask you to add slots

[gilded oriole]

Thanks, that last bit was the one I was worried about 🙂

how about the ship and tool do I need to copy them back or do I just reclaim them on the main save?

[solemn bane]

Yeah I do it out of habit now

[solemn bane]

There are a number of ways to do it:

• You can flip back to your main save in the pause menu and copy them before you end the expedition
• You can simply claim them as rewards from the quicksilver vendor on your main save before or after ending the expedition
• You can copy them after ending the expedition and returning to the main save.

[gilded oriole]

note both the tool and ship are active

[solemn bane]

ok, just checked that last one. It's been a while since I ended the expedition on this toon and I still have the option to clone the ship and multitool

Basically as long as you have the right ship and tool active, it seems hard to screw this up. I wouldn't push it to beyond the end date of the expedition, though

[gilded oriole]

NICE, 11 million units, 24.7K nanites, and 10.8K quicksilver. its a nice boon for me to work from

[solemn bane]

The +slots are also huge, since that is some incredibly tedious stuff to farm in NMS

[gilded oriole]

so my only possible issue is inventory. I dont have much free space in my backpack. if I switch ships does inventory move with it?

[solemn bane]

Uh, bk answered that earlier, lemme see. I assume the slots stay if you copy ship

Yeah whatever, pretty sure when you clone it it keeps the slots and tech, but not cargo

[gilded oriole]

oh,no not cloning

[solemn bane]

Then no extra slots

[hollow shore]

Ships have their own inventory, so if you swap to a different ship if available, it'd have it's own slots

[gilded oriole]

I mean if I have an item in my ships inventory and I swap ships does that item move to the ship?

[solemn bane]

Oh, no

[gilded oriole]

ok, but I can swap back and it will still be there

[solemn bane]

You have to put it in an intermediary place first

Yeah

[gilded oriole]

early game, I dont have the storage unit yet so I'm cramped, lol

I just added the 18 slots to my exosuit though so it helps a lot

Here is a possibly odd question. I copied the starship but I can't summon it. Is there some story mechanic that would prevent it?

OH, nevermind. it just gave it a different name

[ashen shore]

Do I have to finish the expedition to move stuff over to my main save??

[calm yoke]

@ashen shore Depends on what you mean "move over"? All expedition rewards will be unlocked on all your saves, like the ship, the multitool, the banners, etc, as long as you unlock them on the save you made for the expedition

[ashen shore]

They are talking about the new expedition system using the terminal in the anomaly

[remote thunder]

you need to claim at least all phase and final expedition rewards to be able to finish using the anomaly exp terminus

if you didn't also claim all optional milestones from each phase, it will warn you that you have incomplete optional milestones, and allow you to cancel the process

this is probably not the hint you'll see, but i have a gazillion screenshots and this is the fastest i could find, and it will be close enough

[wet sierra]

do i need an emeril drive for rendzevous 2? for some reason its taking me super far as well?

[remote thunder]

no

teleport back to rdv1

you completed to infinity milestone

[wet sierra]

yes

[remote thunder]

black holes warp the player 6-10k LY closer to the core, possibly hundreds of thousands of LY away

you're not near the expedition route anymore

goto a station, use the teleporter

rdv2 is 140LY from rdv1

[wet sierra]

ah i see thank you😭 i thought my game was broken

[remote thunder]

teleport back to base or rdv1 if you visited the station of the system

[wet sierra]

alrighty and it should be fine after?

[remote thunder]

yeah, you should be able to even see rdv2 icon in the map - definitely will if you're in rdv1 toyabe system

here's rdv2, seen from rdv1

@wet sierra you'll need indium drive to get to rdv5, it's a blue star; a previous milestone will unlock the hyperdrive warp color techs including indium drive, as well as the emeril to use to install indium drive

[tender lava]

Could anyone join me in a VC to help guide me through some of the expedition quests, I'm new to No Man's Sky and don't know how to do certain things like smuggle contraband or how to even obtain it. There are also certain materials I don't know how to obtain but need for missions. I appreciate those who help in any small way, I'd like to finish the new content but I'm not sure I have enough time to do it on my own.

[wet sierra]

i got into the system, tysm for the help

[remote thunder]

1. smuggle contraband: check your Log tab - is there a secondary mission called under a rebel star? progressing that will lead to an outlaw system (you can ignore the under a rebel star quest after getting to outlaw system, just select the smuggled goods milestone for example): simply buy a couple of the illegal goods marked items at the top, when talking to the contraband agent. then warp to the next rdv system for example, dock with the station, and sell the illegal goods. you have to make 120k units this way, this is something you'll achieve easily with a single pass.

materials for missions
which ones? some can be bought from trade outpost or freighter pilots e.g. cactus flesh, fungal mould

3. anything else just ask, but i can't do voice chat rn

[hollow shore]

@tender lava To add to your questions, aside from asking here, I also suggest to do a search in this channel using in:#nms-expedition adding specific keywords from your milestones. You will likely find answers that way as well

[median bough]

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[wet sierra]

is it easiest to just teleport to all the points then do the other quests?

[remote thunder]

that's definitely a strategy, do all rendez vous milestones as a priority, then go around and knock out the others. remember that optional milestone from each of the phases has to be done on the same planet as the rendezvous, so at least those two you'd be doing on the go. be sure to get your hyperdrive range and efficiency up. last but definitely not least, review all milestones, from all phases, and their rewards. for example, getting a carrier ai fragment from unbounded in phase 3 will be really useful to complete radiant flight from phase 4 (but i do recommend doing it after going through a black hole to complete to infinity from phase 2, and having multiplayer disabled too)

another example is grand tour from phase 3 - can be completed in the starter system.

be sure to always visit stations of rdv systems.

[wet sierra]

ive seen that people sometimes complete the expeditions in basically a few hours and i have no idea how lol alot of the quests i feel i can do pretty quickly and easily but theres like eliminating 25 sentinels and the exotic creature i feel will take time

[remote thunder]

25 sentinels will be easy once you complete phase 3 and get atlas scepter

25 sentinels can just be farmed at a lower wanted level, like wanted level 2, by always leaving a summoner alive, and just taking out the units it spawns

@wet sierra exotic creature, just warp to red star systems after you get indium drive installed/reaching rdv5, and look for planets with gold on resource list

@wet sierra

complete the expeditions in basically a few hours and i have no idea how
a big part in that is:
review all milestones, from all phases, and their rewards.
planning ahead, doing/working towards multiple milestones at the same time, knowing when to back off and pursue another milestone

the other big part in it is just game knowledge from other modes

[hollow shore]

If by this you mean warping to all Rendezvous Systems, do make sure to quickly land and exit ship in the Space Stations, that way you have a quick teleport, but maybe that is actually whaat you meant?

[remote thunder]

check the trade terminals in the stations if you want to make sure you don't miss nice opportunities, like getting up to a decent ferrite dust or chromatic metal stack, or that solar mirror you'll need later; also loot the plant vases around the station especially in the back room for free carbon so that you don't have to be using your mining beam on a planet to get carbon

check the upgrade module shops for any possible modules that would help your journey

once you get a freighter, you could summon it to an inhabited system, wait for npc pilots to land and hopefully get lucky fast with two pilots selling cactus flesh and fungal mould

pilots with the same name with the same ship will sell the same things

[wet sierra]

im screenshotting all this 😭 thank you guys so much

its just been taking me forever

i had to also restart it and do it in my main save

[remote thunder]

no problem, anything else just ask

[dense hatch]

I’m sure this has been asked, but with only a day left - will the next expedition be Sunday/Monday? I’m new to this game 🙂

[little robin]

AFAIK up until now there were like 4 a year, so definitely more rare

[remote thunder]

could be from a couple weeks to a couple months, maybe more, up to the devs really

[wraith venture]

As others said, that'd be very unlikely. Only Hello Games knows when's the next one. Here's a list of past expeditions and when they've been released to give you an idea on timeframes: #nms-expedition message

[tender lava]

I followed your guide and got those missions done, I'm struggling to find Crystal Sulphide. know where I might find it?

[remote thunder]

no need; delete the nautilon geobay, it will refund you 4 crystal sulphide, then use 3 of those to complete the high powered sonar install

[tender lava]

That worked, thanks for the help

[sullen meteor]

so if I understand this right, I get to pick one multi-tool and one ship and some stuff to begin the expedition with, and then the only stuff that comes back out of the expedition is what I put in the terminal?

and I only get access to my stuff in the expedition once I reach the terminal?

[remote thunder]

you don't get to pick, it will let you clone the active ship and MT you had in your main save.
besides phase, final and phase2-5 optional milestones, yes, what you put in the stash to bring back to main
yes, after the first warp

you'll need nanites to clone+claim ship and MT

[grim fossil]

There are methods in the madness where every system you go to is for a reason as it has specific criteria to complete milestones, pretty much all out of order, as BK said, you plan ahead find the best route and apply game knowledge and you can get it done in an hour.

[sullen meteor]

does my ship's cargo get transferred into the expedition, or only its tech?

[grim fossil]

No cargo won’t transfer

[sullen meteor]

what cargo should I bring into the expedition?

oh, also am I going to start with all of my installed exosuit technologies?

or am I basically starting the expedition with a brand new, un-upgraded character the same as it's always been?

[grim fossil]

No exosuit can’t be transferred, you can package import tech and transfer that.

[grim fossil]

You will start on the planet without these items you bring over, once you warp to a new system and enter the anomaly you can claim the items and copy the ship and multitool you last used but it will cost nanites for the ship and multitool

[grim fossil]

Honestly if you planned ahead the items to make any of the memories or some milestone requirements

If not just take something to sell or refine for nanites and sell for units

Plus some basic materials and components if you are feeling lazy

[sullen meteor]

hmmm this is a far cry from what I hoped this expedition would be lol

[dapper jetty]

why it’s cool

[sullen meteor]

I was hoping I would more or less just get to start the expedition with my existing main character, freighter etc

[grim fossil]

I’m glad it doesn’t give the player everything for free, it still holds the same traditional play

[sullen meteor]

only getting to bring in 1 multi-tool, 1 ship, and a handful of cargo is extremely lame

[grim fossil]

It creates avenues to perfect an expedition, with what they give you, you can complete the expedition in under an hour

And I didn’t even bring packaged tech over

[sullen meteor]

well at least I start with my cosmetics lol

[ionic glen]

can someone help me find an outlaw system ? I can't seem to find a single one with my economy scanner

[grim fossil]

With the economy scanner installed it can be easily missed, make sure you are looking in the proper place for the skull icon.

[ionic glen]

so if it's says Black market, it means it's an outlaw system ?

[grim fossil]

That is also an indication as well as the skull

[ionic glen]

do you have a walker brain by any chance ? i want to install a conflict scanner

[grim fossil]

From one of the previous milestones you get an item Ticket of freedom use it, i can’t recall if it directly takes you to a outlaw system or starts the mission to locate one

[grim fossil]

No, it’s not required, a outlaw system can easily be located with just an economy scanner

[quaint pumice]

I’m new player
Can someone tell me what is expedition? (OMEGA)

[grim fossil]

What do you want to know?

[ionic glen]

how ?

[quaint pumice]

I mean how does it work?
I joined in the OMEGA but what does it do with my original game progress?

[grim fossil]

The photo I provided should explain it enough

[quaint pumice]

Please someone explain
Or is there any link have clear explanation is highly appreciated

I know I have been achieving milestones

And the things and starship I get on expedition, does it go to my primary game progress?

[grim fossil]

Expeditions are time limited event where the player is to undertake and complete milestones to finish phases, the player gets rewards from milestones to assist in other milestones and the overall completion, phase rewards and the final reward are then claimable on all other saves either already made or new

[quaint pumice]

Thanks

And how about the resources and starship etc I’m using in expediton

Those will be gone and wiped?

[grim fossil]

For this expedition, you can start the expedition in a separate terminal booth in the anomaly using your current save, it won’t transfer everything but it does transfer your in use ship and multitool plus and items you decide to transfer, but ships and mutltitool will cost you nanites to copy.

[grim fossil]

Depending on what you start the expedition with.

Starting with a new save, a new save will just transfer to a normal save upon completion of the expedition, all items, ships ect will remain

If you start with an existing save you can only transfer back your in use ship and multitool plus some other items

The rest will be turned into the equivalent currency

Any other questions @quaint pumice?

[mental basin]

Whew

Just finished it

[quaint pumice]

Thanks

[quaint pumice]

Do I hv to extract or all things will go to primary save automatically?

[grim fossil]

When you interact with the expedition terminal in n the anomaly that will be made clear to you, but you only get to transfer a certain number of items, anything not transferred will automatically be turned into currency equivalent

The phase and final reward are unlocked account wide so you can claim those at the quicksilver synthesis companion

[quaint pumice]

Ok thanks

What do you recommend I should transfer as a new player?
My main save just reach anomaly
I think i can finish phase 1 and a bit of phase 2

[grim fossil]

You haven’t much time left only a day or 2, transfer basic materials and some items to be sold into units and refined or sold into nanites, materials that will aid you to make fuel, or other misc components

You don’t start off with these you need to get to the anomaly in the expedition before you can get them

(Expedition milestones walk you through that process)

!exptime

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[grim fossil]

This is how long you have ^ plus the additional time it gives you if you already have an active expedition save

[quartz sandal]

Can someone help me? lol

With expedition

Can’t figure out what to do on the smuggling part

[grim fossil]

What has you troubled?

I assume this is to smuggle contraband and sell for 120k?

[quartz sandal]

Yes

[grim fossil]

Ok what are you having trouble with mate

[quartz sandal]

I just don’t know what to do on that mission I’ve never done it before

Do I have to buy contraband and sell at other pirate system?

[grim fossil]

You need to locate an outlaw system purchase some black market goods then Take those goods to sell at a regulated system not outlaw

[quartz sandal]

Just any space station?

[grim fossil]

That means you purchase an item from an outlaw system for say 50k and sell in regulated for say 100

[grim fossil]

Regulated

Buy the black market goods from an outlaw system, sell in a regulated one (non outlaw)

[quartz sandal]

Okay doing it now

[grim fossil]

Sweet the mission will tell you how much you need to get from selling

[quartz sandal]

Sell to one of those terminals right

[grim fossil]

Trade terminal yes

[quartz sandal]

Thank you bro

I keep selling the items but it’s not counting

Is it specific items I need to sell

[grim fossil]

You need to sell black market goods

What items are you selling

[quartz sandal]

Suspicious items?

[grim fossil]

That could mean many things, you need to give me specifics

[quartz sandal]

Hold on

[grim fossil]

Items like counterfeit circuits is a black market good

It will say under the name “smuggled goods”

[quartz sandal]

I figured it out lol

Gonna see if this works now

It worked thank you

[grim fossil]

All good, good luck with the rest of the expo

[edgy hamlet]

I didnt see announcement so i probably wont be able complete the expedition in time.
However i have earned some quicksikver and was wondering does that get transferred and is available in any save?
If not is there away to store it?

[grim fossil]

Still enough time to get it done.

Is this an existing save that you have started the expedition on?

And no it won’t be claimable on all saves only the save it is currently on, depending on your answer to the previous question, will depend on my follow up answer.

[edgy hamlet]

No I thought I had to start expedition on a new save, so that is what I done

[grim fossil]

Then no it will not transfer to any other save it remains currency in that save.

[gritty falcon]

How long until expedition ends?

[solemn bane]

Just spend the quicksilver and it'll unlock stuff account-wide. Not much use in hoarding it anyway, not like they release amazing, must-have-now quick silver items very often.

[grim fossil]

!exptime @gritty falcon

[unkempt kraken]

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[gritty falcon]

Okay, thank you

[shadow sierra]

im having a issue with the expedition here if anyone can help me. im trying to warp to the selected spot for the quest but it keeps updating to another system over and over

do i need a specific warp upgrade or something?

[grim fossil]

Selected spot for the quest? Please be specific, what quest, what are the requirements.

[shadow sierra]

Rendezvous 3 in phase 3 of the expedition

[grim fossil]

Right so I am guessing, you used the black hole in phase 2, and didn’t travel back to the original system you used the black hole in

Correct?

[shadow sierra]

i only warped to my original base afterwards

[grim fossil]

Check to make sure you have RV selected in the galaxy map and in the milestone area

[shadow sierra]

ok then lemme check

[grim fossil]

If you are indeed around where you built your base ie around the starting system for the expedition, then RV 3 will be within sight of that system

[shadow sierra]

ah it fixed it thanks a bunch

now to do all this in one go

[leaden belfry]

!exptime

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[sullen meteor]

I like how you get the microprossessor blueprint, which you need to build the warp drive, from the warp milestone

o_o good thing the space station sells them

[edgy hamlet]

how do you beat sentianls in space?? I get them down to 9 left and then it goes back to 11..
I can't seem to clear them at all

[grim fossil]

Are you using a space station to do this?

[edgy hamlet]

in the fact of hitting one to get to level 4 yeah?
Sorry I'm still massive noob at this game

[grim fossil]

Cool all good just need to know, get that level 4 then you need to fly a considerable distance away when using a station to farm, I tend to use when I am able to pulse again as the indicator

Point is you just need to boost far enough away as to where the station won’t keep sending interceptors out

[edgy hamlet]

right

how far is enough? I just got 4 hours away from it

[grim fossil]

I can’t really give you a distance for something I usually just eyeball, just boost away until you get the pulse active message.

[edgy hamlet]

im far enough away nothing is attacking me

will they catch up?

[grim fossil]

Ya they will, still have the level 4?

[edgy hamlet]

I do

[grim fossil]

Sweet yeh they should catch up to ya

May I ask what this is for? Or just some messing around?

[edgy hamlet]

To get teh Radiant Flight mission completed

I got to level 5 now thank you!!
My understanding is.. If I can survie that i'll get teh location I need

[grim fossil]

Destroy a sentinel dreadnought that gives you a carrier AI frag that locates a downed interceptor, the carrier AI frag is also an item given to you from a previous milestone I believe the milestone is called Unbounded.

[edgy hamlet]

never done this so no idea how to beat the capial ship lol

[grim fossil]

So no need to do any of this just do that milestone and it gives you the same item

[grim fossil]

The freighter will have 4 total shield pods, two on both sides, destroy all 4 then shoot its hull until it is dead.

[edgy hamlet]

unbounded gives memeory of bones

[grim fossil]

Unbounded in phase 3 will give you a Carrier AI fragment, same item you are about to get

To be specific the rewards from that milestone are.

Reward: Knowledge of the memory of bones; memory fragment x3; carrier AI fragment

[edgy hamlet]

ooh I must have popped it and had no clue what it was

I can track and do this then

[grim fossil]

Yeh that will lead you to a crashed interceptor, select the mission and follow the mission prompts

[edgy hamlet]

🙃 what a dumb dumb I am 😄

Trust me to do it the hard way

[grim fossil]

Haha all good just make sure to have a look at the rewards you are given 😉 this game is not one to tell you that you already have what you need

[edgy hamlet]

I should really try to do more in this game.. Just I do the expo and then just think.. what now..The expo at least gives me sommit to do and they are pretty fun

[grim fossil]

!exptime

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[grim fossil]

Ugh enough tome to get a couple more runs in

[jaunty wren]

how many cores are you netting from all your runs bro? gotta be a ton

[grim fossil]

None now, can only do the expedition once per save 😂

[jaunty wren]

oh and you cant transfer the core can you cuz its already been installed

[grim fossil]

I made sure to uninstall it and transfer on each of my saves, so all my main saves have a photonix core on each ship. But I still wanna get under an hour for run time

[wraith junco]

I could redeem the ship over and over to get photonix cores from exp terminal.

[grim fossil]

Interesting so it would just let ya copy multiple?

Or did you have to scrap one the. It would let you?

[wraith junco]

I always scrapped the one i had. Before claiming another.

[grim fossil]

Ah ok, interesting, I wouldn’t be able to do that comfortably tho, max ships

[wraith junco]

Still can redeem the qs shop one

[jaunty wren]

you save edit right might be a lot of work but could you save a ship in your computer data and restore it later i could do that on a save editor but it wasnt for this game

[grim fossil]

You can, but if I’m doing that I might aswell just give each ship a photonix core, I would prefer to have the ships in a usable state rather than stored elsewhere