nms-expedition

[dim barn]

I could build a lot more than I thoguht, including a trade terminal

[onyx kraken]

like you hit join friend, load, and whne you get in youre not in the group, youre alone

[dim barn]

yeah, I havent tried, but I think the theme of this one, is being alone

YOu can still travel as a group

but yeah, even trying to chat in game, doesnt work

[onyx kraken]

no i dont think it's intended to break joining your friend from the menu, it works sometimes, not other times

[dim barn]

oh, not sure then

[onyx kraken]

the chatting thing is intended, certain things like 'copper' or w/e are -KZZT-'d out

[dim barn]

KZZZT HONK

[onyx kraken]

oh icant use other server's emotes -.-

[dim barn]

hehehh

Whew, I was going into the nexus on my permadeath and alt tabbed out, and when I went back in my ship was sideways and glitchy

NOT something you want to see on perma

I alt f4rd fast

Not about to lose a perma by glitching out on landing at the nexus

If anyone trys perma, dont hesiate, you see something glitching, you gtfo

[indigo falcon]

restoring a save manually when a game bug ends your permadeath run is totally legit in my book (but not for any other reason)

[dim barn]

same

I lost one that was a solid sway in, because I thought I was safe to afk for a bit

[indigo falcon]

never in perma. just never.

[dim barn]

But that goes to show, as you progress in your game, and yuou see cool things, SCREEN SHOTS

and know how to take them with coords

because I did that

and after a rage uninstall

I reinstalled, and started again

and because I had been taking screen shots, I sped through story, got my glyphs, and got all my stuff back, lol

Open the screen shot menu, then hit your systems screen shot key to get the coords

Here is the though process with livifng frigates... They are so cool, so you dump all your other frigs to get all bio frigs

Then you realize you made a mistake, and dump a bunch of those, to get balances

That is the lifecycle of frigates

im curious on how this exped frig will fit in

Will it enter combat?

[topaz kettle]

how do i find an underwater wreck

[dim barn]

Did you craft your nautilus?

[topaz kettle]

i did indeed

[dim barn]

ok ok, is the system youa rei in, "inhabited"?

Need to be in one, to get the wreck

Inhabited, i mean

[topaz kettle]

ooo maybe not

no yeah its vykeen

[dim barn]

I meantioned earlier, if it IS, planets have regions

[topaz kettle]

im in an ocean right now

[dim barn]

If its a proper water world, fly to the other side, and try again

I had a HUGE discusion on this a while back, with planet regions

I even have a base that is a PERFECT example of it, a hot spot that magically vanishes

[topaz kettle]

damn

[dim barn]

The oceans can be annoying, for sure

[topaz kettle]

how does the submarine recharge

just by putting it on a platform?

[dim barn]

it doesnt, normally

check its tech

[umbral forum]

In the expedition universe, there is absolutely nowhere to dismantle ships right?

[dim barn]

There IS a auto recharge tech you can instal, buts its a ton of perals, ,ll,

@umbral forum as fasr as I know, yeah

Ive been worng before, though

[topaz kettle]

mmm

[dim barn]

You do get a upgrade for the nautilus along the way

But its not the autocharge

My experience, is to drop the launtilus, scan near the shore, and if no pink, jump in ship and fly some more

[topaz kettle]

can i delete the original pad thing for the submarine and get away with it or na

[dim barn]

Flying around in my ship outside of the exped is weird

You can delte it, for sure

I do that all the time

[topaz kettle]

thats good

exocraft can be summoned anywhere like ships right?

[dim barn]

Ill keep a little spot in my invonetory for vehicle spawners

Well, here is a cool thing

Land on a water planet, dont even worry about there

Craft your spawner, and summon the sub

You canb disassemple that

and on that planet, you can summon it again without the pad

Because its already there

[topaz kettle]

ooo so its only planet wide summonable

[dim barn]

Yeah

[topaz kettle]

so once i leave the planet, how do i summon it on another

[dim barn]

you disassemble the bad, and bring the mats with you

pad*

[topaz kettle]

okay

man still no ancient wreck

[dim barn]

Thats another protip, keep the mats for your vehicles on you

at all times, lol

[topaz kettle]

i will

i keep a buncha mats on me

well im gonna go sleep for now but genuinely thansk for all your help man

good luck on your money schemes]

[dim barn]

hahaha

I dont need the cash, its more of a fun thing

I ahve cash maxed on my main, with cash farms to keepit that way

Its why I like expeds

Makes me learn things like how yeloows systems cant me vacant, im still so annoyed on being wrong on that, I was so convinced, lol

But

[umbral forum]

I should start dumping stacks of Fusion Igniters on my expedition saves since the main save can't buy anything else.

[dim barn]

In my defence, Im only wrong on something once

hahahha

I have max casgh, and two ships full of stasis and igniters

im jsut like... why

I need more than a 4 billion cash cap, thanks

because, I need to buy 50 k worth of aronium, because im lazy

Is why I ship hunt, also, some spicy MTs

[plain tusk]

Can you take over a derelict freighter that's full of enemies? Or is it FUBAR?

[sly gate]

Really enjoyed the expedition however my only minor gripes are; no new interior for the new ship, being unable to land on the Cursed Frigate (I get why but I like this feature) and no real strong lore from the Cursed Frigate

[boreal grotto]

so where ius the scrap yard for exp

[bold atlas]

I fucked up and melted hypnotic eye to make space on my ship just before learning that Mind Ark requires one and thus I needed to do the Derelict Freighter to get a replacement

[onyx kraken]

so i did the derelect freighter...the reward for phase 4, the freighter of the damned or w/e, is that a skin? a seperate freightor?

[bold atlas]

It's a separate thing.

A frigate to have in your fleet

[onyx kraken]

i clicked 'claim later' at the time

how do i re-do the claim

nvm figured it out

[torn crater]

is it just me or is carbon super rare to get ? do i just need to find another planet, or is every planet carbon poor ?

[onyx kraken]

re-accepting the reward did it

[plain tusk]

Can I compare two ships I own after I claimed them?

[quasi prawn]

the 2 red stars next to Rendezvous 5 has the robots

[gloomy reef]

you could've bought one from the abandoned space stations! they have them for sale :) that's where i got my replacement

[onyx kraken]

best way to get a few hundo more nanites?

[wraith junco]

Refine horror eggs and loot from killed worms

[onyx kraken]

oh, those give nanites? huh

[plain tusk]

General good advice for any Season of NMS: Check what they give you freely, and hold on to it. You'll likely need it.

[onyx kraken]

lol ive been holding onto some larva and that just completed my stuff

TO THE WAYPOINT!!!

[plain tusk]

Btw, is the right way to recover the anomaly the ||visit all the rendezvous points?|| Because I'm a bit unsure where the game wants me to go right now tbh.

[gilded tiger]

Sorry if this has been asked but is there anywhere I can see what the expedition rewards are outside of the game?

[sonic shale]

So besides copying six vultures, i brought a ship into the expedition and copied two of it out with more slots added on via expedition rewards.
They're... two different colors.

[blazing fossil]

[gilded tiger]

Thank you ☺️

[void sigil]

i was dreading exploring the derelict freighter but then i remembered i have 3 ships and dont have to move inventory around cause the two are empty lmao

god bless

[granite frigate]

I've got a expedition reward I can't claim because 'inventory is full'. I've dumped everything into a storage unit, and still can't claim. Can anyone think of a work around?

[blazing fossil]

Are you currently in your ship
And is your Multitool currently S class?

[granite frigate]

I am not in my ship. Yes, multitool is S class. Will swap and see what happens.

[blazing fossil]

Swap to one that isn’t

[granite frigate]

That was it, thanks!

[high sun]

Man i love this expedition so far phase 2 was fun

[fringe lily]

What’s the best way to find hungering tendrils?

[wraith badge]

they're on the planet you start on ... use the visor and if you see what looks like an egg on supports that could be a worm location if it is it'll get a red icon

[compact flame]

how do i get the microprocessors

[bold atlas]

how do I ||gaze to the stars, free from confines of machinery||?

[compact flame]

nvm

[wraith badge]

Look for one of these ... get close to it and you get company 😉

[nova scaffold]

im tryin to attempt the underwater freighter milestone. the odd thing is i have the submarine, but not the blueprint for the fuel.

that is so strange, do i have to learn the fuel blueprint from the Anomaly?

[gloomy reef]

you go onto a planet and stargaze for a bit i believe

it may have to be at night and on a safe planet

[bold atlas]

I have done it. I feel like a jellyfish for not realizing this earlier

[void sigil]

am i gonna get anything better than this?

[compact flame]

yeah

[void sigil]

so what do i do

[remote thunder]

i personally wouldn't bother with trying

[void sigil]

true its just for exp

but id prefer if it looked better

yk how it is

[small acorn]

do we keep the pets we get during the expedition (not the new one) ?

[void sigil]

say i want to reroll it, how do i do that with it being a milestone reward

[small acorn]

found a cute dino i hope i can keep it

[void sigil]

well its gonna stay on the save youre playing

[mint geyser]

During the expedition? No, you're stuck with it. You also can't customize its interior at all.

[void sigil]

if its not your main you cant carry it over

you can however go to the same planet you found it at

...probably

[void sigil]

oh damn

well thanks

no choice no stress

[remote thunder]

nope, can't carry eggs over nor will pets merge with primary

[small acorn]

oh :(

[void sigil]

i can customize interior tho

[small acorn]

so i need to put a base computer on it's planet and come back later ?

[remote thunder]

i don't know tbh - perhaps reload, then complete/claim milestone multiple times, perhaps try in a diff system in case class is fixed per system like living frigates

[remote thunder]

that will work

[void sigil]

no you have to note the coordinates and use a portal

[remote thunder]

and get it again in your primary

[small acorn]

ok thank you !

[remote thunder]

bases will merge

[mint geyser]

I meant building. The interior structure changes constantly.

[void sigil]

thanks, i gave up

[void sigil]

what

[remote thunder]

i haven't obtained my freighter in exp13, i can't confirm either way

[void sigil]

you can get the beacon from a galactic trade terminal btw

its faster that way

[gilded patrol]

how many ships are you able to own? Im just scared that i dont get the expedition reward ship on my acc

i have 9 right now

[indigo falcon]

sorry, stuck in the backscroll... ignore me please

[blazing fossil]

12

[gilded patrol]

thanks

[compact flame]

wait

[astral abyss]

Just started the expedition... Does everyone start on an Empty Planet with no Carbon to mine at all, and barely any oxygen at all?

[compact flame]

is it possible to get a ghost capitol frigate?

[astral abyss]

💢

[compact flame]

just an empty planet

i got off easily

[remote thunder]

remember to look for subterranean relic/humming sac icons underground, dig, and delete hazardous plants; remember to keep quick scanning to look for carbon crystals

[astral abyss]

I started running to my ship, and already out of life support, nothing I can do to mine oxygen, not any carbon at all to refill

[mint geyser]

There's a mission that gives the advanced mining laser, get that and you should be able to get carbon and oxygen from the rocks.

[astral abyss]

I get only 1 oxygen per rock

[remote thunder]

you should have started with 2 life support gel; i recommend not jetpacking as much

[astral abyss]

Only got 1, and already used it... I guess I'm not used to survival modes, or started bad by running and jet packing towards ship.

[remote thunder]

dead biome planets already have an increased movement drain, and jetpacking just makes that even harsher - notice the 3 triangles when you jetpack draining

[indigo falcon]

I spent a chunk of time scanning for carbon and o2 and walking over to collect it. a bit tedious bit it gets the job done. to be fair you can probably run over, or take the occasional hop (let the low grav do the work for you)

[remote thunder]

yeah, use jetpack sparringly

[gilded patrol]

i just completed the expedition, is there a way to transfer the ship to my main charakter?

[remote thunder]

try not to run too much

[mint geyser]

Yes, claim it at the quicksilver trader.

[gilded patrol]

aaah thanks a lot

[remote thunder]

regardless of how you started, you can just claim it at the quicksilver shop, but if you started from existing save, you could just synthesize the ship once you're back in primary

[astral abyss]

Since I almost died for lack of life support, I had to change survival difficulty... First time I had to do it.

I think it's because I started all wrong. Once I get Refiner I'll be able to craft life support gel, so for now to take an L

[mint geyser]

You should be able to just craft it.

Rules and recipes for the expedition are different.

[astral abyss]

I only have plenty of Condensed Carbon, and not carbon at all. So I need refiner...

[remote thunder]

have you opened your build menu, and double checked that you don't have a portable refiner on there?

[mint geyser]

There's also a prepackaged personal refiner mk2 as a reward for a mission.

[astral abyss]

I just got started, and I'm in the phase where I install the portable refiner MK2

Lol, I got too close to the Titan Worms and almost died.

[remote thunder]

titan worm in the back; baby worms to the right, worm burrow "egg" center

titan worms cannot damage us

[indigo falcon]

the babies and their friends though, we-ell...

[astral abyss]

Then what gave me damage? Had to run away until health recovered, and something did damage me. I don't see any harmful fauna...

[astral abyss]

Unless it was the IMMORTAL WORM? I saw some dirt settling.

[blazing fossil]

They don’t damage you

[remote thunder]

titan worm == immortal worm

[blazing fossil]

Probably the baby worms

[remote thunder]

hmm, not sure what it was, but it shouldn't have been the titan worm, well, unless some bug happened you know, but it's not intended for them to damage us; in fact they just phase through everything

[astral abyss]

I haven't played in a while and now it's showing. How am I supposed to get Deuterium to fix the ship, when I also need Tritium (already have Dihydrogen) to refine...

[compact flame]

tritium and di-hydrogen

you made the personal refiner mkii, right?

wait

[remote thunder]

going to need that yeah

[astral abyss]

What I don't know is how to get Tritium 😂

[remote thunder]

no, in this case, it has to be silicate powder+dihydrogen @astral abyss

that said, it is possible to get tritium from some cave rocks - not always though

[astral abyss]

Oh, I need to update the NMS assistant app, as it only shows tritium and Dihydrogen. Thanks

[remote thunder]

yeah, silicate powder+dihydro is an adrift recipe

[astral abyss]

How do you find that out? Wait , maybe by pinning the guide, which I just did, but since I haven't gotten that far (I'm in the Magnetized Ferrite phase)

[remote thunder]

yep, the hint will indeed show it

[compact flame]

oh right yeah thats what i did

i remember

poor mans detritium

[golden dagger]

which one should i create first?

[remote thunder]

personally, i'd get the ship

[golden dagger]

Ok thanks

[remote thunder]

not going to need anything fancy for combat

[high hedge]

I was curious if that was going to go to the main game or not, it would make silicate a little more valuable considering it’s almost an infinite resource once you get the terrain manipulator

[remote thunder]

yep, it works on all modes

[high hedge]

Oh sweet

Also makes dihydrogen worth getting after you get auto rechargeable launch thrusters.

[remote thunder]

i love the destruction effects on crystals

[compact flame]

so, they added new ones to remove the need for vendors?

[remote thunder]

yeah, in this case to allow for a different start scenario

but it's definitely good to have more options

[golden dagger]

Is it possible to scrap a ship in the expedition or nah?

[remote thunder]

nah

[golden dagger]

weird that the anomaly has a location to scrap multitools but not ships

[remote thunder]

yeah, that part is reliant on space stations

that said i love this idea for this expedition

usually i hang around in uncharted systems, so to me this is great, i get to not see anybody, and get to play in a different reality

[gloomy reef]

its definitely an interesting vibe, i love it

just you, your ship, and the void

[hazy lintel]

where do u guys get tritium in the new expedition?

i cant find it anywhere

[remote thunder]

no need

[vagrant bear]

Asteroids

[remote thunder]

deuterium = silicate powder + dihydrogen

[hazy lintel]

oh thx

[dusty elm]

Expedition 13: To dream of stars - Not working for me. I boarded my ship, took off into space with pulse engine for 1-2 minutes and nothing happened. Then did it again and nothing. Anyone else having issues? Am I not doing this correctly?

[remote thunder]

i haven't started working on that milestone yet; do you have mp disabled? try another system after a save+relod

[odd kestrel]

try selecting the milestone while pulse engine

[remote thunder]

force cycle hint to make sure you're seeing the right one before pulse driving

[thick umbra]

As long as you see this blue changing textcode in your lower left Hud .. you are doing it right

[oak sierra]

So the ship doesn't actually have glowing fans? That's kinda lame 😭

[thick umbra]

has been fixed in experimental

[oak sierra]

Ohh so next patch then

Ig I'll wait

[dusty elm]

I was using the pulse engine, not on the expedition route on the galaxy map, but in the sky where the planets are. So I should be doing the pulse engine while travelling on the expedition route on the galaxy map, I'm assuming.

[thick umbra]

No ,, just pulse in any space

[dusty elm]

I'll try in another system and see if it works.. may reboot Xbox before starting,

[pulsar token]

There are so many worms

[blazing fossil]

Welcome.
To Arrakis!

[neat mica]

What's the description of it

Or a screen shot of it

I forgot most of the goals

[thick umbra]

@dusty elm if you see this

you need to do that mission first ... Phase 2 .. first mission

[dusty elm]

I've got something similar. Getting SShot now.

[thick umbra]

yeah that needs to be done, too

[fierce frigate]

@remote thunder My mission portal (apollo) took me to the same place as the black holes that I said yesterday, could it be that my save is bugged?

[remote thunder]

nah, that sounds like some expedition shenenigans

[dusty elm]

I don't have phase 2 complete yet.

[neat mica]

Then do it

[thick umbra]

than you need to complete it first

[frigid latch]

Easiest way to find synthetic life forms for Phase 2 Milestone 5?

[fierce frigate]

Oh wrong channel

Sorry

[keen zephyr]

The new ship gives off cool Firefly vibes

[thick umbra]

@dusty elm if you finally can do the mission .. make sure Multiplayer is disabled...than watch your HUD ...if the counter does stop .. stop also and the dream starts

[thick umbra]

you mean this one ? https://prnt.sc/SXCaySDUxQ9y

[wraith badge]

uncharted blue systems will either be O or B class

[thick umbra]

for that you need to have your Hyperdrive updated

[frigid latch]

@thick umbra yes, that's the one

[wraith badge]

I know ... you do get all 3 drive blueprints as a reward 😉

[thick umbra]

make sure you got the blueprints for your Hyperdrive

[wraith badge]

Phase 3 Mission 2 gives the drive blueprints

[grim fossil]

And as added information once you have the indium drive installed, select the milestone “it’s alive” then head into the galaxy map, for path select current mission, doing this will direct you to a system that has a planet with robotic fauna.

[wraith junco]

2 planets with 2 robots . Not far from RDV 3 red system

[frigid latch]

Finished. Thanks for the assist 👍

[languid dove]

how am i supposed to get deuterium to repair my ship if i can't launch into space to get tritium let alone have a medium refiner

[blazing fossil]

You’ll get a personal refiner mk II bp from a milestone

And you can refine silicate powder + di-hydrogen

[languid dove]

ohh smart, so we can't refiner dupe

oof

[teal eagle]

what i should take to expedition?(equipment and stuff)

[blazing fossil]

Deuterium

[teal eagle]

anything else?

[blazing fossil]

Something to refine into nanites

So you can copy your ship and mt

[teal eagle]

no equipment needed?

[languid dove]

whoever slapped a minotaur exocraft summoning station down next to expedition start you are the goat

[teal eagle]

i wasn't playing for a long time, what is mt?

[blazing fossil]

Multi-tool

[neat latch]

Synthetic Fauna
Some 280 or so ly away from RDV 3 system.
2 planets in a red star system with 2 fauna each.

[wraith badge]

Oh! That's really odd as the mission message mentions visiting Blue system to find the synthetic lifeforms.

[neat latch]

It mainly wants us to visit empty systems, uncharted.

[blazing fossil]

Red are better

Uncharted systems will have them

But red systems are more likely to be uncharted

[misty plinth]

so, im condused, in phase 2 i need to craft the mind ark, to that i need atlandtideum which is gotten from DIsodent planets. To find the planets i need a combat scanner or economy scanner. So with the NPC's all removed from the anomoly how do we unlock them, or am i to spend forever landing on each and every planet until i find 1.

??

[blazing fossil]

You don’t need a scanner to find dissonant systems

[gritty sedge]

I've been getting Anomaly Detectors from asteroid mining, and it seems to work differently in this expedition.

[indigo falcon]

in any system you go to, check to see if there is a planet where it says (from space) "dissonancedetected", I found two already, I expect there are a number of them on the route

(I'm early on in this expedition, not even to r2 yet)

[wraith badge]

It tells you on the system map if you select a system and there's Dissonance detected on a planet in that system ... if there is just jump to the system and then scan the planets and land on the correct one.

[neat latch]

Economy Scanner it’s time to copy Iron Vulture 300 times.

Or maybe not, 3 times is enough.

[cobalt fox]

Where can I find wiring looms if there are no trade terminals at space stations?

[meager scroll]

Reminder we can use the Locate Substance button in Catalogue and Guide on Atlantideum entry

To chart a path to a dissonant system in Galaxy Map

In fact, there is 1 right next to the starter system

For Wiring Looms dismantle any existing installed technology

[cobalt fox]

Ahh obvious in hindsight

[worthy beacon]

also look around the space stations

[wraith badge]

Or buy the Wiring Looms from a space station trade terminal

trade terminal is on the other side to the teleporter

[worthy beacon]

there is no way to sell tech for nanites is there I assume? also cant use storage expansion pieces for ships/guns either right?

[neat latch]

Ummmmm.... What the heck kind of a frigate is this? 1 fuel consumption? ONE?

[median harbor]

So how's progress myphos

[remote thunder]

note that fuel eff mods affect frigate fuel usage on hire screen; do you have any?

[balmy void]

I'm not sure I understand step 4.

[blazing fossil]

Go to the expedition terminal on the anomaly

[tribal isle]

How do I use the hieroglyphics to go to a place?

[neat latch]

zero

This was the real deal

[neat latch]

I've completed

[median harbor]

Epic

[neat latch]

I fabricated a ship painted in expedition reward paintjob

[latent oar]

best way to go about finding waypoints? My signal booster keeps sending me too places without waypoints and it's getting annoying 😦

[meager scroll]

Just exploring on any planet that is not a dead or exotic biome

Your scanner can highlight waypoints with a grey marker

Visor has a similar range

[neat latch]

And this... This may just become my favorite ship.

[wraith badge]

I just flew around in the ship firing off the scanner and when a little house popped up on the HUD/Compass I just flew to it to see if it was a waypoint if it was land and use it.

[blazing fossil]

Cool

[neat latch]

That's what I did for all waypoints.

Easy milestone.

[worthy beacon]

I asked earier and I am pretty sure this has to be corect but there is no way to sell tech for nanites is there I assume? also cant use storage expansion pieces for ships/guns either right?

[neat nebula]

summit quest is awful

[hazy tusk]

Wish I could take high quality screenshots from the steamdeck

[neat nebula]

ok jebaited by two summit bases now, tell me how to do this

this is annoying at this point

[blazing fossil]

Go to the top of a summit base and jetpack up

[neat nebula]

tried didnt work

very frustrating

[meager scroll]

Go to RV2 planet, it has a lot of plateus or whats dem names

Just landing on one will progress the milestone

[cerulean olive]

I fabricated this with the vulture parts and Iron Clad paint. Loving it. But the one you did looks boss. I might have to steal that!

[woeful osprey]

buh a ping but no switch qwp

[prime imp]

For those who have already got the new ship, do you have the glowing effects that appear in the trailer?

[meager scroll]

No, they are missing, it's a known bug, fixed on experimental branch

[prime imp]

Oh ok, thanks~

[neat garden]

Could somebody tell me what im supposed to do for A still, small voice

Ive looked at the sky outside and inside my ship, ive flown into space

Used my hyperdrive

Im so confused lol 😅

[cerulean olive]

Use the sit emo and stare into the dark sky at night.

[neat garden]

Thanks

[gloomy raven]

land on the night side of a planet
look up at the stars for a minute

you don't even to sit... just look up

just don't do what I did the first time and start 50 seconds before sunrise

[dusty elm]

Abandonment: Restore a Crashed Ship - Will I lose my current ship when I repair the damaged one? And should I transfer all inventory over to damaged one, just in case I lose my ship?

[thick umbra]

you only need to find that ship .. claim it .. scrap some of the tech .. leave it and enter your main ship

[dusty elm]

Will it tell me how to scrap the tech? I have no idea how to do that.

[indigo falcon]

you don't even need to scrap the ship, if we are talking about the milestone for the crashed ship repair

[thick umbra]

Click on the a item you want do destroy and destroy it

[thick umbra]

I only mentioned it because you may get some valuable stuff

[indigo falcon]

fair enough

[dusty elm]

it's asking first for me to compare starship inventories, then claim. Does that sound right?

[indigo falcon]

yes

claim = it becomes your primary ship so you can do the repairs and whatever else.

[thick umbra]

and its called dismantle ...

[indigo falcon]

when done, you hop in your regular ship (making sure any goodies are in your exosuit and not the newly repaired ship) and that's that

[dusty elm]

I don't want this ugly thing lol. I thinks it's making me repair it.

[indigo falcon]

don't worry, (be happy), you have plenty of spare ship slots on the expd save.

[thick umbra]

no .. leave it after you did claim it .. and enter your regular ship

[dusty elm]

ok here goes lol

[winter sand]

I absolutely loved this expedition. Exploring a dead universe was a unique and one of a kind experience

[gloomy raven]

some of the ambience music rocked

[winter sand]

can't thank HG enough for whatever they are doing

[winter sand]

whaat? they added new music? I've muted the bgm since a very long time

[indigo falcon]

they nailed the mood on this expd, for sure

[gloomy raven]

maybe I just noticed it for the first time too

[pine nimbus]

huh
did they remove the way to load outfits you had in your main save??

or was the one time i did that some weird bug

[little torrent]

Found a funny thing to do when claiming milestone rewards.

[neat latch]

feel free to steal. Your Hauler looks EPIC!

[marsh brook]

Do you have to complete the Adrift Expedition multiple times to get more ships?! It says I should be able to claim more without doing so, but there's only an option to redo the Expedition...

[blazing fossil]

#nms-expedition message

[remote thunder]

when you return to primary via options/return to primary, you just synth clone the ship; then scrap it for a part; then return to expedition; and repeat this multiple times, to get the other 2 ships

[marsh brook]

So... I didn't do that.. Am I screwed and need to rerun it?

[remote thunder]

well, won't be able to run it again using the same primary save

[gloomy raven]

I wonder if I'm in the right neighbourhood...

[remote thunder]

you'd have to get another player to hold the parts for you

[marsh brook]

Didn't use primary save originally, I started new expedition from the main menu, created its own save

[remote thunder]

yeah, via new save it can't be done

well

it can actually

[marsh brook]

yeah, the station looks like this

[remote thunder]

you get the ship. you scrap it. you push the part to another player inventory. you reload restore point to get the ship again, and scrap it again

[remote thunder]

but this is the screen that one sees if one started a expedition save from an existing save

a expedition save started from scratch wont be able to interact with the exp terminus

[dusty elm]

Ok, it worked guys thanks! It did request I repair a few things though.

[marsh brook]

So, if I complete it on my main character, I will be able to claim other ships, but I have to run it again, or no?

[remote thunder]

since you started from an existing save - progress the expedition save to unlock the ship, equip it, then pause, options, return to primary. goto anomaly, expedition terminus. you'll see iron vulture there, there's a button which you can press to clone the ship from the expedition save to your primary.

then goto a station, scrap the ship.

then pause, options, return to expedition

then pause, options, return to primary again.

clone the ship again.

scrap it again, this time for a diff part.

repeat once more, and you'll have the 3 parts of iron vulture in your primary save

return to expedition one last time, this time finish it via exp terminus

[marsh brook]

Why do they have to make this shit so insanely annoying to do?. Alright. Cool

[remote thunder]

well, because we're not supposed to

no one's forcing you to salvage iron vulture

[hazy lintel]

can u buy a freighter in the expedition?

[marsh brook]

They allow for it, though... And if you do, you get 1 wing, not 2... They designed it to be allowed, so why make it annoying?

[remote thunder]

no, you'll get the one from the milestone

[hazy lintel]

that it?

lmao

i just didnt c laim it 2 minutes ago

[dense rune]

I've never even tried the expedition from your primary save thing. Old habits I guess. Is there a benefit to doing it that way?

[gloomy raven]

you can send yourself a copy of your current multitool, and ship, and some tech modules

[dense rune]

interesting alright. but sounds like no impact once you actually complete the expedition and return to main

[gloomy raven]

you can send yourself back some loot to your main save and this around, if you really want to, you can do some ship copying, to get all the ship parts to build a better Iron Vulture

[gloomy raven]

I noticed that I could just copy the Iron Vulture over and over again while in the main save from the expedition console after dismantling, btw

and the atlas bobblehead already on the dash is a nce touch

[remote thunder]

sorry - one thing that i added that's not needed. so, once you've return to your primary save, you can clone ship, scrap for a part, go back to the terminus, and clone it again (and then repeat one last time), no need to go back into expedition. see <#nms-expedition message>

[tight merlin]

just finished the expedition on a temporary save

Starting it for the 2nd time on my main

[pine nimbus]

also,, just in case
CAN you copy your outfit from your main save onto your expedition one?

[gloomy raven]

This ship makes me want to become a bounty hunter and rescue a little green baby

[gloomy raven]

if you mean your appearance, no

[pine nimbus]

Damn

i mean
i'm saying this because i pulled it off in omega

all three custom outfits were copied over from my main save

[remote thunder]

yes, it should work just fine

[gloomy raven]

I stand corrected then

[remote thunder]

at least, it's intended for that to happen

[pine nimbus]

though i mean
now,, nuh uh
didn't happen

[gloomy raven]

I usually go with what I was given

[remote thunder]

i haven't tried exp13 from existing save yet

i'll want to test that out

i can't find a note on it now though

[solemn bane]

Weirdly, my appearance was NOT copied to the expedition. I tested it twice before hacking the json to change CreateContextSaveDataMask/SwitchContextSaveDataMask to "^DEFAULT" (from "^" which indicates a blank value).

After that change it worked, but I think there still may be something else I did to make it work, so I need to test it a few other ways.

• On the first save I didn't change my default appearance after starting new game then going to the Anomaly to start the expedition
• On the second save I did change my appearance, but I did not save before starting the expedition
• Third save I hacked the json and went offline

[median harbor]

yeah it doesnt do that for anyone

[remote thunder]

that's weird, i remember having that working in omega.

[solemn bane]

Yeah it 100% did. That's where I copied the CreateContextSaveDataMask/SwitchContextSaveDataMask from. It's definitely a bug.

[remote thunder]

that's 2 screenshots, with like a minute apart

that's my default appearance on pretty much all my saves, as you can imagine

"except" expeditions, started from new saves

sorry, that came out wrong, there edited

[solemn bane]

The cache file is sent by the server when you start the game, so it's possible they did a hotfix without requiring a Steam download, lemme see if my json changes after going online

[remote thunder]

hmm, yeah, thanks; i'll just start a new run eventually, i haven't finished my first yet

[whole seal]

I had appearance bugs going between parent save and child save on Omega. I reported it. They wrote back and asked for my save, which I provided. This exp, I started a new save...

I got a new look in the child save for Omega and when I went back to parent save, the exp look came with, overwriting my long-time look.

Had to re-do myself.

Was annoying.

[solemn bane]

ok, I still see

"CreateContextSaveDataMask":"^","SwitchContextSaveDataMask":"^"

so it could be something more wonky happening to others

[remote thunder]

i'll check later and let you guys know how it went for me

[solemn bane]

Oh! I misunderstood your screenshots above, I thought you were saying it just worked for you.

[remote thunder]

no, that was omega

like, "it did work then"

[solemn bane]

Yep, totally

[hidden merlin]

lionrage9632

[solemn bane]

Your password is not very secure

Try adding some special characters (!@$ etc) and making it much longer

[somber remnant]

question: I forgot how to grab my items i brought for the expedition o.o can someone remind me where this is located?

[remote thunder]

space anomaly, in the terminus

[somber remnant]

ty

[remote thunder]

yours wont say "begin new expedition" ofc

[solemn bane]

Added a workaround for the appearance issue in #nms-modding - probably only going to work for PC, though. And won't really help if you've already started the expedition, unfortunately.

[rapid thunder]

This was a ... weird expedition.

Loved it!

[tame nacelle]

How do you complete the set 12 waypoints quest? Seem to get them randomly atm :/

[mental haven]

Would there be any possible way to add the previous expeditions at the expedition terminal? I just finished adrift and I had so much fun playing.

[meager scroll]

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[meager scroll]

Submit a suggestion to developers

[mental haven]

Oh ok thank you!

[meager scroll]

We can't do anything other than recommending using 3rd party tools

Like mods, save editors or service bot delivery

[rapid thunder]

Just visit the random buildings you find on any planet.

Since I do that anyway a lot the achievement kinda just rolled in...

[cobalt fox]

Just finished!

[leaden belfry]

quick question, can this expedition be finished in a day?

without some "wait for others" quest?

[pliant gyro]

If you forgo sleep for a day, probably 😛

[blazing fossil]

For sure

Most expeditions can

[leaden belfry]

Good to know, i've speedrun some expeditions, but i'm not sure about this expedition, whether they still have the "wait for community" quest or not

[blazing fossil]

Nah

[leaden belfry]

Aight, thanks!

[indigo falcon]

a number of folks have completed it already and are starting on a second playthrough or are collecting their spoils

[solemn bane]

If you're able to change your nms files, there's a way. Similar to a mod, but requires you to be offline. Link here: #nms-modding message

No community quests, and no "complete 3+ fleet expeditions" either, lol.

Probably the longest milestone is doing a derelict freighter run. Thankfully there were no alien sack thingies, which would have sucked without a Neutron Cannon.

[vale knoll]

If I start from a previous save, the freighter doesn't come over does it?

[exotic lance]

Just finished adrift expidition it was fun was really weird see the anomly empty (outside of ships coming in and out lol) was fun seeing the worm nest plants were probably the coolest tho

[frigid latch]

Finally finished Adrift. Thanks all who helped me along when I got stuck

[exotic lance]

now the one thing I ask hello games is plz give me more companion space i have barely enough room to fit my fav creatures and the expidition creatures DX

[neat nebula]

can the game just tell me which of the planets has robot life please.... like honestly

[solemn bane]

Looks like there's some sort of mod out there that lets you "back up" your pets, so you can swap them in and out of your save file.

[terse dust]

I want a hundred slots of each

or at least like. 32.

My fleet was already full and then they added ship scrapping and mixing.

[thick umbra]

Blue empty systems

[solemn bane]

Yeah, then you run into the problem of finding the planet, which is what the op is complaining about

[thick umbra]

no . they always have one planet with this robots ..you see it from space ... mostly planets which have Indium .. and Gold

ah .. got it 🙂

but yeah check the planets with Indium @neat nebula

best is if they have Indium and Gold 🙂

[jagged charm]

It's alive is pain

im done with everythign can't find robots

sigh

[indigo falcon]

it's too soon for us to have a pin with some known systems with robofauna

[solemn bane]

I had an indium drive installed, then with the quest selected it should give you an icon on the galaxy map. Once you get there apparently you look for a planet/moon with gold. I didn't know that at the time and just had to go to each planet/moon to find the dudes.

[thick umbra]

I did upload a base

[jagged charm]

visted 3 blue stars now

nada

[thick umbra]

it must be empty

[solemn bane]

The quest will give you an icon on a system with them, look for the icon

[thick umbra]

not always .. at least in my case

[jagged charm]

hmm

ok found it

[blazing fossil]

It’s better to visit red systems

[indigo falcon]

so many people are uploading bases that yours may not appear to others, being already pushed off the list... but if you have the means to get a screenshot giving the system location from some rendevous system (with ly distance and system name) that would be awesome

[blazing fossil]

The game says blue but red are better

[solemn bane]

May have been far away, which it could be if you don't have an indium drive to get to blue systems (they can be on any system, just more rare on non-blue). Switch to current quest on the galaxy map to get a path

[jagged charm]

it is marked

[thick umbra]

did have my indium drive.. but yes .. I got a sign after I went to the second system

[thick umbra]

is it empty ?

[jagged charm]

gotta find the right planet now

[thick umbra]

ah ok ... planets with Indium and Gold should do it

[exotic lance]

I try not to rely on mods but may have to just cuz i like hoarding the unique looking creatures like the butterflies

[neat nebula]

what do i pick to chart waypoints, seriously tired of wasting surge batteries

[solemn bane]

My guess is it's just a save editor basically, so you'd be hoarding data on your computer. But yeah, a lot of this stuff should just be in the vanilla game. They have a lot of weird limitations.

[olive thorn]

So do I scan for lost buildings or nearby structures to find a sunken freighter?

[solemn bane]

Use your Nautilon's High Powered Sonar

[olive thorn]

Ok

[thorn talon]

Can I still access quicksilver synthesis somehow in this Expedition?

[olive thorn]

I don’t have blueprints for it

[dreamy sluice]

can i identify an infested planet from space?

[solemn bane]

Some other milestone will give it to you, I thought it was before that milestone

[indigo falcon]

it's a waste to use the signal booster for findingwaypoints. you are going to run into those organically, just any time you come across any of those save points, use them

[olive thorn]

I have to chart waypoints first

[solemn bane]

Ah, in that case if you have the Minotaur you can use the radar array to find.. I wanna say supply depos? Those will have waypoints (@neat nebula as well)

[indigo falcon]

manufacturing facilities will have them, observatories will have them, etc.

[solemn bane]

Or just finish the expedition and leave those for last, since you'll find waypoints along the way

[pliant gyro]

Um, how do I bring the Vulture back? Do I need to have it as current ship?

[solemn bane]

If you are in the expedition you can make it your main ship then copy it once you are out of the expedition. You can also claim it once at the quicksilver vendor on any save.

[silk tundra]

is there any way to mess with ship customization in the expedition?>

[pliant gyro]

ah, the QS guy

[jagged charm]

and im done

[thick umbra]

have only this

[indigo falcon]

it would have been really helpful if we got the glyphs for some milestone. I guess the devs wised up for this one

[thick umbra]

yeah thats the problem 🙂

but again ,,, me and some others have a base there

[calm flax]

I found the waypoints using the leyllines. I'd find a poi then go north or you can go south and found plenty pretty fast. The leylines go north/south around the planet and the pois are on the leylines.

The second time I did the expedition I used information I got here about using the current mission. I did it in the starter system and the system was really close. I kept having to come back to the starter system because I kept forgetting to do everything I needed to do there.

Even though I thought I was suppose to be able to do pretty much anything at any time there was some things I couldn't do until it was time for them. I cooked twice and it didn't count until the game prompted me to cook then it worked just fine.

[thick umbra]

https://prnt.sc/s82rTMyGZcX0

so there are at least 3 bases with robots

[indigo falcon]

awesome!

[jolly cloud]

so like what was the lore for that? all I could find was "sand worms ate us and we let them because they are god"

[neat latch]

Oh I didn’t pin the glyphs earlier 😦

[azure orchid]

how am i supposed to get copper to install the advanced mining beam if theres zero copper deposits near me?

[jolly cloud]

the milestones Im pretty sure, gives you a pre packaged

[thick umbra]

should be on your starter planet

[azure orchid]

nah its just plans

[azure orchid]

i know htere probably is but theres none wiothing terrain scanner distance, and i do not have a vehicle/starship to uyse yet

[neat latch]

I’ll pin this here. Maybe someone might find it useful 🙂

[thick umbra]

Maybe you need to adjust your scanner ? Extend the range .. use SC ?

[thick umbra]

It would be if we had glyphs in exp13 😦

[neat latch]

There’s a red star system right next to RDV 3. You’d be able to find it without glyphs.

[azure orchid]

i finally found a copper deposit and i got 5 less copper than i needed 😭

[faint sand]

Done 😎

[thick umbra]

there are more 🙂

[faint sand]

Cool ship reward

[azure orchid]

yessss i knowwwww but its gonna take me 10+ minutes of straight walking to get back to my ship

[marsh brook]

How do I go back to the main save? My only options are to end the expedition

[thick umbra]

walking is always good .. that will make sure that you early finish that walking mission 🙂

[remote thunder]

pause/options/return to primary

[indigo falcon]

do you have the planetary system name? that would be pretty useful

[remote thunder]

a screenshot of it in the galaxy map, from the closest rdv point

[indigo falcon]

that would be even nicer but I'll take what I can get 😄

[neat latch]

I do not, sadly. That’s why I was like it’s around 280 ly from RDV 3, and is red.

I was dumdum for taking the glyphs instead.

[lofty compass]

Finally reached Phase 3 of the expedition

[indigo falcon]

hmm someone could pop over there on a regular save with the glyphs I guess and check

(I'm out of the game for today and probably for the weekend tbh)

[neat latch]

I just had a piwer outage or I would’ve went there.

[indigo falcon]

ouch! hope everything gets back to normal soon

[sleek siren]

i mean you could estimate with the glyphs address more or less

comparing it to the address system diagram

not sure if it'll help

[thick umbra]

My opinion is ..check the teleporter for bases with robots .. I found 3 .. and did make also one ..

[neat latch]

Thank you, yeah! It’s daily routine now.

[neat latch]

It wouldn’t help because they are in the same region.

[sleek siren]

ah 🗒️

[blissful gust]

But what is the system named?

[rich pilot]

Not enough fuel in the ship to just call it to you?

[neat latch]

If only I had screenshot that. 😦

[cobalt slate]

So if anyone is doing the expedition from their main save, make sure the s rank ship you get at the end is your active ship when you end it. Otherwise you get to make infinite copies of whatever you had as your primary...

[thick umbra]

https://prnt.sc/bWrXzj9bKlqK
Red System with 2 robots .. from RD3 @neat latch

[azure orchid]

this is before i repaired my launch systems

sppeaking of which

its been a while since ive played nms, how do i get deuterium to repair my ship?

[summer nest]

Silicate powder and di-hydrogen makes tritium now

[olive thorn]

So I should see a freighter symbol when scanning for a sunken freighter?

[azure orchid]

TYYYY

[summer nest]

If you are using your nautilus the scanner specifically lets you scan for sunken freighters

[olive thorn]

How do I do that?

[summer nest]

If you are in your nautilus and it has the scanner installed, it’s in your quick menu

[olive thorn]

Does finding sunken ruins count towards the ancient ruins milestone?

[summer nest]

Haven’t tried that myself

[neat latch]

Oooo! I think this is it.

[olive thorn]

I’ll try it

After I get the freighter

[summer nest]

lol if I was playing right now my adhd ass would forget the freighter and be checking the ruins lol

[neat latch]

Sameeee

🤣

[summer nest]

Then leave the planet and go oh yeah!

[olive thorn]

I have autism so I’m either in control right or I’m focused

[neat latch]

You can, however, use the signal booster to locate the ruins when you have that particular milestone selected.

The option in signal booster changes based on which milestone you have selected.

[summer nest]

If you have batteries

[neat latch]

Yeah.

[olive thorn]

HOW WAS I NOT TOLD THIS

[umbral forum]

I wonder if those will be added into the main game.

[summer nest]

Welcome to NMS 😂

[umbral forum]

Shipped back an advanced battery and a surge battery to my main save, but I feel those won't be used for anything.

[neat latch]

That is such a nice thing, i feally liked it.

[umbral forum]

At least on the main save there is no crafting recipe to buy on the Anomaly nor in the inventory menu.

[summer nest]

I hope after expedition ends we get … Light No Fire as a shadow drop

But time to get dogs in and back into space

[olive thorn]

I forgot about that till recently I thought it maybe came out

[umbral forum]

I have very low expectations for Light No Fire. If they are using the same NMS "engine", I fear it will be too shallow to be captivating.

[olive thorn]

Wdym?

[neat latch]

Different engine, a lot of graphical changes were visible in the trailer.

[summer nest]

ANYWAY sorry for derailing, back to expedition talk (MYTHOS DON'T HURT ME)

[olive thorn]

Ok nope underwater ruins don’t count

[summer nest]

You took your time and shared the knowledge. You are a Traveler, all right!

[umbral forum]

To be fair, it looked the same to me. Hoping I'll be wrong when it comes out.

[faint mesa]

Oh boy, finally

Finished the expedition

So, weirdly, my expedition's save is named... "Load Save", did this happen to anyone?

I tried to rename it "Adrift", no joy

[umbral forum]

I haven't finished mine yet because I'm thinking if there is a way to scrap the ships before I return to the main save.

[faint mesa]

Oh, yep, I did in a separate save

[umbral forum]

Has anybody tried to warp to a different galaxy to see if there's anything different?

[supple plank]

how the hell do you get tritium when you're stuck on the first planet?

[faint mesa]

Honestly it doesn't matter that much, I'll probably delete it lol... this expedition was odd for me, I played very badly

[umbral forum]

Why do you need Tritium though?

[summer nest]

Di-Hydrogen and Silicate Powder

[gloomy reef]

silicate + dihydrogen

[faint mesa]

Doesn't this give deuterium?

[summer nest]

Gives tritium, then you do tritium and di hydrogen for Deuterium

[faint mesa]

Ohh, indeed

Holy... I already forgot stuff from the first phase...

[tired condor]

Any recommendations on what to bring on the expedition? Any must haves?

[summer nest]

Also, visit anomaly in every system to upgrade your exosuit for units

[umbral forum]

Everything is easily sourceable from the worlds you visit, but my personal recommendation are hyperdrive upgrades (every expedition has copious amounts of warping) and possibly jetpack modules (there's a lot of walking).

[thick umbra]

where in the Anomaly ?

[umbral forum]

You can summon it after you warp for the first time.

[summer nest]

Where the exosuit vendor would have been

Tube next to station

[thick umbra]

in the A N O M A L Y .. ?

[summer nest]

Yes

You can do it once per system

[thick umbra]

never saw that

[umbral forum]

No need to refine tritium.

[thick umbra]

Anomaly has no vendor

[umbral forum]

Talk to the hologram.

[summer nest]

Target the tube like I did in the picture

[thick umbra]

what tube ?

[umbral forum]

See picture.

[thick umbra]

i must be blind 😦

[gloomy reef]

this thing! you dont need the vendor

[umbral forum]

btw you don't really need a lot of inventory space for the expedition unless you want to hoard everything.

[thick umbra]

https://prnt.sc/6pFPWeWJEufz lol I´m so blind

[summer nest]

Hoarding is life

[fading python]

robotic lfieform is on system with no date > how to figure out which planet/moon in that system might have robotic?

[chilly kayak]

How do you complete the faintest echo?

[umbral forum]

Land on it and search with your eyeballs.

Avoid lifeless/dead planets. Exotic planets too.

[summer nest]

Use signal booster to search for transmitter

[chilly kayak]

I keep getting random buildings

[umbral forum]

Make sure you have the right milestone selected.

[summer nest]

Have quest selected and transmitter should be first item

[thick umbra]

planets with Indium and Gold have robots in blue system

[thick umbra]

planets with Indium and Gold have robots in blue system

[fading python]

thanks

[umbral forum]

Why are people so obsessed with blue star systems?

[chilly kayak]

I have it selected and I have run out of batteries and had to craft more

[thick umbra]

because expedition told you

[umbral forum]

It never tells people that those can be found on red stars?

[thick umbra]

nope

[umbral forum]

Which removes the need for rarer stellar metals.

I wonder if that's a specific expedition setting.

Both planets I've found robots don't have gold listed.

[faint mesa]

I did on that system near rendezvous 3

Blessings upon whoever discovered that

[prime crystal]

is there a list of suggested materials to take into expedition, like with omega?

[umbral forum]

Found mine here: #nms-expedition message

[fading python]

gold had none

[faint mesa]

Nice, red star too!
I followed this tip #nms-expedition message

[sleek hull]

I keep getting the board an abandoned freighter pop up - but when searching cant see it

[faint mesa]

There are 4 in total there, two in each planet that has them

[umbral forum]

Did you turn on the detector thingy?

[thick umbra]

👍🏼

[faint mesa]

Gotta use the scanner, I bought one in one of the space stations

[sleek hull]

you can buy in the stations? I thought they were all abandoned

[umbral forum]

The trade terminal still works, yes.

[sleek hull]

ahhh

[umbral forum]

You get one of those from a milestone reward though. No need to buy it.

[sleek hull]

also - for activated copper does it show up as a copper on the world or activated copper

[umbral forum]

The latter.

[olive thorn]

Is that a guarantee though?

[umbral forum]

Based on @fading python comment, doesn't seem so.

That's why Iam wondering why would the expdition say that.

[thick umbra]

yes either Indium and gold .. or only one of them

[faint mesa]

You get as a reward? Oh... I may have spent units without needing

[umbral forum]

Indium is neither a necessary nor sufficient indicator for robotic lifeforms.

None of my planets lists gold too.

[sleek hull]

and how do I seewhat colour the star is that the planet is orbiting? Is it the center blob?

[thick umbra]

and why did I found them if I just looked at this two ? on a blue system

[umbral forum]

Check galactic map.

[sleek hull]

for what?

[faint mesa]

The map shows the star's color

[thick umbra]

F and G are Yellow, M and K are red, E is green, B and O are Blue

[faint mesa]

Or you can go by the letters

[sleek hull]

oh amazing thanks

[umbral forum]

Because they are neither sufficient (Indium or gold alone or together are not sufficient indicators for robotic lifeforms, as seen from Fallen Valkyrie comment) nor necessary (based on my own experience, none of my planets had either Indium nor gold).

The only definitive indicator I know is that the system must be uncharted.

[silk tundra]

question - I encountered the ghost frigate, communicated with it and it vanished. will it appear later on, or is there something I have to do to get it added to my fleet?

[umbral forum]

It's a phase reward.

[silk tundra]

got it. ty :)

[thick umbra]

well based on my experience ... all my robot planets in a blue system did have Indium and Gold .. or only one of them ...so after a scan I did know where to find thuse robots

[umbral forum]

Great.

[thick umbra]

And I did run exp13 3 times now .. and did simple follow my rule 🙂

[umbral forum]

Great.

[thick umbra]

And yes .. for finding the system <<<The only definitive indicator I know is that the system must be uncharted.>>> I fully agree .. in case of red and blue system ..

[sleek hull]

so this means yellow?

[cobalt slate]

yes

[thick umbra]

[sleek hull]

ty

[tired condor]

Catching up on the changes, can you have a freighter and a dreadnaught?

[thick umbra]

[tired condor]

Oh damn so to get a dreadnaught I’d lose my base and everything in my freighter?

Or can you copy base over?

[thick umbra]

you can transfer it .. as with every other freighter

[tired condor]

Are the differences just esthetic?

[umbral forum]

People say that you can transfer, but the only time I did it, I lost my freighter base.

Might have been bugged when I did it though.

[thick umbra]

imo .. yes

[umbral forum]

There are minor functional changes, but mostly irrelevant.

Some procedurally generated freighters may have like stellar extractors or farms inside. Some have some of those loot crates you find on planetary surfaces.

Nothing you can't just build yourself.

[tired condor]

Thx guys, I spent forever getting the star destroyer s class freighter so idk if I’ll swap it out but maybe if I find a dread I really like

[wanton turtle]

Hi!

How am I supposed to find Synthetic creatures?

I'm in a blue system, but don't thave any icons .. Scanning doesn't do anything (tried in space and on foot too)

[umbral forum]

Just look for wildlife roaming the land. If there is any organic animal, go to the next planet.

[wanton turtle]

Thank you

[umbral forum]

System needs to be uncharted. This is a required but not sufficient condition.

[sleek hull]

Ive found this freighter with noone on I can see

but doesnt look to be "abandoned"

[umbral forum]

The one from the milestone reward?

[sleek hull]

unsure

just was randomly floating in space

[umbral forum]

Is it a derelict freighter?

[umbral forum]

Interesting. I haven't seen any of these in my expedition.

All freighters I've seen were either derelict or it was the milestone reward one.

[sleek hull]

yeah its why its weird haha

cant even find like a captain

[umbral forum]

There is probably no captain to interact anyway, so there isn't much you can do with it.

Looks like a bug to me. Doesn't make sense to have those with the expedition premise.

[sleek hull]

found another lol

[olive thorn]

Give the coordinates to the robot planet please I just need to find a portal

[umbral forum]

Did you manage to get glyphs?

[olive thorn]

No

I’ve been to 3 separate blue systems and not one has robotic life

[umbral forum]

One of the guys here said that you need to find a blue star with gold or something like that. I personally think that isn't right.

I found mine here, but it's a red star.
#nms-expedition message

[olive thorn]

WHAT!! I’ve been there

[umbral forum]

Planets Funa and Bira have robots.

[olive thorn]

Those are not on my list of planets here

[olive thorn]

Which planet has robot life?

[umbral forum]

Okay, so it's actually from Rez2 (Warazu) to Rez3 (Yulint-Cungg). Ayanavlo XIX is a red star on the way to rez3.

[stable onyx]

Red systems have planets with robotic lifeforms.

I found three robotic lifeforms after visiting two red systems.

[quaint ether]

There will be a map waypoint. It might be pretty far from you by the time you work on it. Set map to mission (not expedition)

[stable onyx]

They're not too rare, fortunately. In my experience, it was one planet per red system that has them.

[olive thorn]

Hang on name the system you started in @umbral forum I need it for the tendrils

[umbral forum]

I don't remember the name of star system we start the expedition.

[olive thorn]

Well it should be on our teleportation options since we have to enter the space station so I guess just guess and check

[quaint ether]

Yeah I think the mission map one is next door to the starting system but wasn't sure.

[old cape]

Help, lol, sunken freighter, no option to read logs, I'm stuck now, any work around or thoughts? 🤔

[onyx kraken]

the icons were shaded out to transfer tings from exp to main save...so i thought i had to start ending exp first, then it went through all my stats and ended and i got nothing but units and nanites, and phase rewards...

😦

[nova scaffold]

I have not delved much into ship customization in the main game. Why would we want to scrap the Iron Venture in our main save?

[stable onyx]

Same. Fortunately I didn't transfer over anything I cared about. Still was pretty bummed about losing resources, but at least I got credits and nanites for them.

Has anyone tried traveling to the center of the galaxy on an expedition save? I'm curious how the expedition would affect that, if at all.

Would the next galaxy have NPCs? 🤔

[lilac scroll]

I wish Adrift was the permanent. I love the emptiness much more than the base game.

[umbral forum]

I don't mind NPCs, but I wished they were less robotic.

[sonic shale]

so I mentioned this earlier but I reviewed my inventory and have a little more info now. I have a solar ship that i think was the starting ship for an expedition. The original is blue. I copied it into Adrift expedition and I recall it being blue for at least part of the expedition. I copied it out of the expedition back to my primary save once I finised, and the copies are yellow.
I did claim at least one of the ship class rewards with the solar ship selected, wondering if that did something? Or maybe just the copying twice did it. I'd check to see if my ship was yellow in the end but I ended the expedition for real yesterday.

Is this a 'the ship had 'old' colors and something caused the colors to update' thing? or something eelse?

[wise forge]

I really want to do the expedition,but I hate certain objectives sometimes. I don't know what they all are this time around,but if I get into it I'm probably gonna stress over it the whole time if there is one I can't complete for the life of me and it locks me out of getting the final reward. If I do the expedition,it's probably gonna take me most of the 2 months it's around.

[sonic shale]

honestly this was a really easy expedition. just remember to work on some of the 'longer' objectives as you go (like the scanning ones) and use refinery recipes wisely to duplicate crucial resources.

[umbral forum]

I finished it in ~8 hours. I feel this expedition has been improved in the sense of "where the f do i need to go".

[sonic shale]

also don't delete your hypnotic eye. Or if you do, check the space stations to find out that it's available to purchase...instead of wasting two hours finding one in game.

[fading python]

whats the best way to locate sunken fraighter?

[umbral forum]

Nautilus scanner.

[fading python]

i dont have the scanner.

I prgressed through the expd and I am at that point but no scanner

[sonic shale]

you have the recipe for it, craft one.

[fading python]

i dont

[sonic shale]

if you pin the task i think the game actually tells you to craft it.

[woeful osprey]

Darn, getting jealous ppl already finished the expedition
What the progress of the community at?

[umbral forum]

This expedition is not dependent on community progress.

[woeful osprey]

Just asking cuz I'ma be sad if I couldn't help with that part

[umbral forum]

One improvement I like (maybe it's something that came up before) is that if one milestone depends on the other, it usually tells you to do the requirement first.

[sonic shale]

are you sure? have you tried installing it in the tech panel of your nautilus? if you can't, there may be a prerequisite task you have to complete but I don't recall what it was

...sulfides, maybe?

[umbral forum]

Did you buy the Nautilus blueprint from the Anomaly or you got it from the milestone reward?

[fading python]

yes

got no blueprint or prepackaged tech for scanner

can I unlock it from the Anomaly?

[umbral forum]

Only the Nautilus itself, not the scanner tech.

[fading python]

milestone

[faint mesa]

Quick question about the Iron Vulture: is it normal that the ship ||doesn't make any sound while entering / leaving the cockpit?||

[visual crest]

i f-ed up and not make the iron voyage my active ship when i end the expedition.. is there any way to duplicated the ship to get the parts for re-assembly?

[remote thunder]

if you completed and claimed signs to nowhere, phase 4 milestone 1, you should be able to click on a free nautilon tech slot, and install high powered sonar. then hop in it, quick menu, scan, sunken freighter

it's the same milestone that rewards nauti geobay

[fading python]

yeah got it thanks. any water body will have sunken or do I need to look for something special?

[remote thunder]

any with water, in any gek/korvax/vykeen system

[fading python]

I am in water and keep scannning but nothing. whats the sing icon for sunken?

[sonic shale]

you scan from the utility menu

[remote thunder]

making a new save for a new run, scrapping the ship 3 times, handing over the parts to another player while you swap saves

[fading python]

not press C?

[remote thunder]

quick menu, scan, sunken freighter icon

[remote thunder]

correct

this is the power of exocraft scanner techs

directly scanning for buildings

[fading python]

thanks guys

been a while since I played the game lol

[stable onyx]

Avoid yellow systems and it's basically the same.

[visual crest]

So i have to do the expedition all over again? Aside from customization, anything else i will gain from the scraping?

[remote thunder]

if you're salvaging for part to ship build, that's the only thing you'd get per ship copy

[remote thunder]

that said, only 40% of green and blue are uncharted, although 95% of red stars are uncharted; "set the galaxy map filter to lifeform, visit white stars"

[umbral forum]

Any idea why the game tells you to go to blue star systems to find robot life?

[remote thunder]

well, it's how they implemented the mission

[olive thorn]

Who did this

[quaint ether]

Because it's most common there, and it's where the map puts a mission waypoint.

[remote thunder]

we know that's not always the case, that not all blue stars, that any unchartede can

[remote thunder]

the latter is correct, but not the former

robo fauna can spawn on any planet in uncharted systems, with the exception of dead biomes aka airless

[quaint ether]

Huh. When I searched about it myself, Internet Said it's most common in blues.

[sonic shale]

yeah i saw a lot of people saying red is superior for synthetic life

[remote thunder]

there's plenty of blue stars without robo fauna, plenty of uncharted blue stars without robo fauna

[sonic shale]

personally, i was lucky enough to find a planet someone had named to make it obvious it had synthetic life. then i just had to find one more

[olive thorn]

WHO DID THIS

[remote thunder]

lol - you might find this funny - it took me less than 10min to go through 4 uncharted red star systems near rdv3 to find the 3 species i needed - i didn't even use the mission itself

[remote thunder]

quick menu, scroll all the way right, report player base, it should despawn it

[olive thorn]

Thank you i almost lost it

[quaint ether]

What a turd.

[olive thorn]

Indeed

[remote thunder]

i'm glad that quick menu option exists 🙂

[quaint ether]

I don't involve myself in the community much but otherwise I'd describe nms players as chill.

[remote thunder]

let's move on and have fun

[quaint ether]

Certain personality type for the game lol

[remote thunder]

sometimes players don't realize what they're doing, but there's always going to be a few bad apples in the basket

[sonic shale]

yeah it's a pretty easy objective as long as you know you just need to land on planets in uncharted systems and wait for the fauna type to show. I had never encountered synthetic life before so i had to do some googling

[quaint ether]

So out of curiosity, what ship types are even available in the expedition? I've found like 5 shuttles 1 fighter, no sentinels.

[remote thunder]

as long as you know you just need to land on planets in uncharted systems and wait for the fauna type to show
remember that the mission hint will tell you when the system has one

[sonic shale]

I think I found an explorer type? I was originally planning to make my one repaired ship a good one but I realized there's no reason to bother and just fixed the bare minimum on a C class.

[sonic shale]

i actually didn't notice that

[faint mesa]

Found a sentinel, but took some time

[remote thunder]

i used a sentinel to complete abandonment

tip: pulse drive in a dissonant system for the distressed sentinel ship encounter

[quaint ether]

My shuttle was decent as far as they go. Kinda hard to decide if it's worth investing in temporary game anyway.

Not that there's anything really that needs to be shot but still.

[remote thunder]

yeah, i only got the sentinel because i wanted to confirm if it would clear the milestone

[sonic shale]

i got jumped by system security for having gek nip once

[summer nest]

Time for bed, had to establish a base before doing derelict freighter as I have too much stuff. And now am tired

[sleek siren]

[remote thunder]

yeah, it's about logoff time for me too, i'm drained

[summer nest]

sleep well all

[remote thunder]

you too, cya tomorrow

[patent ice]

Anyone have any tips for finding whispering eggs?

[sturdy hinge]

anything worth bringing back from the expedition terminal when done?

[lusty slate]

Is the stealth paint available for all customizable types or just haulers?

[cerulean olive]

All. The Iron Clad paint is for Haulers and fighters.

[lusty slate]

Take the Withering Manuscript with you. It's a rare expedition item from Emergence and is in the curiosity catalog.

[sturdy hinge]

👌

[lusty slate]

Is that what the Iron Panels are?

[cerulean olive]

Iron Clad is a new paint scheme

Goes over the whole ship's basic color

[lusty slate]

What are the panels?

[cerulean olive]

err..... not sure I noticed yet 😄

[lusty slate]

If I have to wait, I just like to know what's what before the update drops lol

[cerulean olive]

lol, I see. I went in blind and only found out we got 2 paint schemes from the exped.

I hope HG adds more soon, and being able to fabricate more ship types

[lusty slate]

They keep stealth adding rare legacy stuff (Withering Manuscript, photonix core) to the expeds this year, so I tend to keep track of details when the Switch is delayed.

[cerulean olive]

I hope they hurry up with the Switch update. I kinda want to start it myself.

[lusty slate]

I'm not expecting it until Tues-Thurs. Nintendo never drops updates on weekends.

[sturdy hedge]

how am i supposed to claim more of the iron vulture to get all its components? i scrapped it for the cockpit but now i can’t redeem a new one at the expedition store

did i just screw myself and permanently lose access

[cerulean olive]

I think Tuesday would be the day for it to drop. Gives me a bit of time to prepare my Switch account for it, though.

[cerulean olive]

Did you start the exped from an existing save?

[sturdy hedge]

i started it from my main save

[lusty slate]

I need to farm some radiant shards and scrap my exotic for room.

[cerulean olive]

from the exped terminal at the anomaly?

[sturdy hedge]

yeah

[cerulean olive]

then you should be able to copy the Iron Vulture from the terminal, as long as you have enough nanites to pay for it.

[sturdy hedge]

can i do that if it’s already been scrapped

[cerulean olive]

I don't have 12 ships on my Switch account, so i should be fine

[sturdy hedge]

i landed at the anomaly to try and claim a second one so i lost the ability to reload before i scrapped

[cerulean olive]

Yes, as many times as you want and be able to pay for it, till the next exped launches.

[sturdy hedge]

where can i do that?

[cerulean olive]

at the terminal. not at the QS shop.

[sturdy hedge]

ah i see it, thank you!

[cerulean olive]

np

[lusty slate]

Did you have the Vulture selected as your current ship in the expedition before you ended it?

If so, you can copy that Vulture and scrap it for more parts.

[cerulean olive]

Mind you, if you scrap the Vulture and use different wings for your next build, you'll lose the hover ability. The hover only applies if you use the Vulture wings.

[lusty slate]

Aha, noted.

But, if you use those wings with a "normal" hauler cockpit, etc. Then will that ship hover?

[cerulean olive]

I build this and it doesn't over anymore. Used the hover wings on a conventional Hauler cockpit/engine and it hovers.

the new paints also apply on older parts, so that's a very nice thing.

Now we just need the option to bring in already fabricated ships into the ship fabricator, so we can repaint them.

[lusty slate]

For future reference, QS ships can only be claimed once per save. Your option now is to copy/scrap the Vulture two more times and make yourself one.

[cerulean olive]

The Iron Vulture is the first to be scrappable for parts. I wish the Starborn Runner could be too. It would look great with stealth or iron clad paint.

[lusty slate]

It's an exciting new addition definitely. But I fear this means we'll get even more unique ships without a guaranteed ship slot increase to compensate...

[cerulean olive]

we defo need more ship slots. preferably with additional freighters added to the fleet 😄

[crystal citrus]

cant seem to find ships

turned off multiplayer and reloaded save but crashed ship sites have no ships

[velvet bridge]

You might need to go to a new unexplored (by you) system to find them after you turn off multiplayer. Your game probably still registers those ships as taken.

[high sun]

Someone built a goddamn structure over the lost traveller my beacon pinged

Who does that

[fading python]

ok, expd 13 done and dusted. where is my sticker :D

[velvet bridge]

Yeah, I personally reported it. After I did that, the structure disappeared.

[high sun]

I’m not sure how reports work on xbox

[boreal grotto]

is the waypoints just rng?

[velvet bridge]

You can access their computer barely through the wall and there's a report option in there

[velvet bridge]

Like the systems you have to travel through to get to the destination?

[boreal grotto]

its part of phase 4

find 12 waypoints

[warm sigil]

Do Sentinel Interceptors count towards Abandonment?

[velvet bridge]

Oh that, thanks. You just find them wherever, so I guess it's RNG in a sense.

[high sun]

It bugged so I’m reloading to try and find a new boundary breach

[velvet bridge]

You could also turn off multiplayer

[warm sigil]

I don't think that affects bases.

[high sun]

I just went to a new planet and relogged and i got a new traveller

[boreal grotto]

do trading posts not have a waypoint?

[crystal citrus]

ye a new system did it

[velvet bridge]

@crystal citrus I'm glad 🤙

[solemn bane]

nope

[boreal grotto]

is there somewhere i can scrap my old ships or do i have to wait till after i finish the exped?

[high sun]

When I finish the expedition I can go to the anomaly to put items in the terminal for my main save right?

That’s it done! My first expedition

How do I get the role?

[deep orchid]

#roles

[deep orchid]

can only scrap post expedition

[high sun]

Thank

[stable onyx]

Should I feel like it's cheating to edit my xbox save to unlock the expedition rewards to sync it with my Steam save, which I did the expedition on already?

[high sun]

IIRC they do repeats of old expeditions every so often right?