nms-expedition

[velvet bridge]

That's a gray area lol

[stable onyx]

Besides, I have more important things to spend my time on. Like spending time hanging out with my widowed grandfather.

[velvet bridge]

Typically at the end of the year they do reruns.

[high sun]

Yea I figured I remembered right

[latent musk]

That's cool, I didn't get the chance to do older expeditions that offer some particularly cool things

[velvet bridge]

I mean, it's your choice how you want to play lol. If you don't feel like you're cheating, then you're not - because this game isn't a competition type of game.

[stable onyx]

I just feel like expedition rewards should be synced between steam, xbox, and switch like they do with twitch rewards.

[latent musk]

Although I think it would be really cool if they expanded on the current expedition and made it into a full featured permanent gamemode

isolation NMS is a totally different and cool experience

where there is no reward for big farming for units and nanties like there usually is

and you have to scavenge everything

I like the spin it puts on everything, and wish the expedition didn't end

after completing milestones

[velvet bridge]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Who knows though, maybe they'll add this kind of stuff to the game settings.

[velvet bridge]

That would be ideal, but there's a number of reasons it just may not be possible for HG to accomplish.

[stable onyx]

If it can be done for twitch rewards, I can't see why it couldn't be done for expeditions.

[velvet bridge]

Data sync between expeditions would be from one account with a game purchasing ID to another game account with a game purchasing ID. There could be concerns with people cheating to share rewards - just as one potential example of a hiccup. In that instance, the transfer never leaves the structure of NMS. With twitch, you have an external connection.

I'm not saying that's the exact reason, but as a developer, I understand that there are numerous hidden hurdles with even the simplest things.

And with that, I'm sure that they assume most people play on a single console and don't see it as a priority item compared to other things.

[solemn bane]

The more likely answer imo is that it just takes time and hg's prioritization is completely unpredictable

[boreal grotto]

are alien ruins 1 per planet?

[solemn bane]

I don't think there's a hard limit, I think I found 4 on one planet (found one before I got to the milestone). But you may run out of them depending on the planet.

[boreal grotto]

awsome ty

at this point im kinda over the limitations of exped lol

[solemn bane]

Heh, yeah. I was intrigued by the "this expedition is different!" then it just goes back to the "yeah just find 12 of this crap and 5 of this crap" and ugh

[boreal grotto]

it was cool till i realized how many game mechanics r turned off for it

[warm sigil]

Is there a specific point I should visit the Space Anomaly?

[solemn bane]

I just used it to portal back to places and learn a few base parts. Oh and to expand my inventory a couple times. All the people are missing so you can't do much else there.

Oh, and to scrap the multitools I kept getting from murdering sentinels, heh.

Not that it did me any good.

[warm sigil]

Not everyone. I went there to use the Appearance Modifier since this Expedition broke my appearance, and there's a Nada here.

[solemn bane]

Those things don't require people. And Nada ain't gonna help much, heh

[warm sigil]

Also got a pop-up about a Prime Terminal being offline.

[solemn bane]

I was looking forward to doing something to activate Nada, and maybe restoring the people, but nope. Kind of a bummer.

[warm sigil]

Oh, it's part of Phase Two.

Are the giant worms meant to be unscannable?

[solemn bane]

Far as I can tell

I just wanna fight them

[full bane]

Anyone found any planets with machines on them

[solemn bane]

I did it by installing an iridium drive (just to have access to as many planets as possible) then selecting the quest and following the marker on the galaxy map. After you go to the system you just have to check every planet by landing on it, but supposedly you want a planet that lists gold as a resource. Haven't tested that. Though you can skip planets that list rusted metal, I believe.

Someone said they didn't see a quest icon when they looked at the galaxy map, but it showed up after they jumped to a new system.

[full bane]

I might’ve seen the quest icon, is it a squiggle line

[solemn bane]

That does ring a bell

[viscid plinth]

anybody got coords for a sunken freighter?

[full bane]

Also thank you for the tips and sorry for the ping

[lofty compass]

I now need to find synthetic creatures 💀

[hidden flame]

where do i report a problem with adrift? I made it to phase 5 milestone 3 and cannot do that milestone as someone has claimed the spot as their base and built a colum on top that totally covers the spot

[neat latch]

Check this, it’s a big hint. #nms-expedition message

[neat latch]

Repost their base by going into photo mode.

[hidden flame]

I can't find the terminal

[neat latch]

Any building or anything?

Report the column

[hidden flame]

they just made a huge tower that covers the spot but i don't know where the base building terminal is

yeah i just need to know where and how to report it

[neat latch]

Look at the tower, open quick menu, scroll to far left, report

[hidden flame]

thanks

so frustrating

[neat latch]

It is, yeah. Some people are spawn of satan.

[boreal grotto]

there will always be greifers in online games

[neat latch]

Yeah!

[hidden flame]

thank you sooooooo much! i got to finish it!

[neat latch]

Awesome 😄 gratz.

[hidden flame]

woop, i finished!!

thanks to the devs for the fun! although i got a little lost and sometimes frustrated, overall was alot of fun.

[blazing fossil]

Then you didn’t start it from an existing save

[wintry dove]

someone tried to be a doodoo head and prevent anyone else from completing the expidition by bilding a structure u cant enter all around the reality glitch. luckily they were slightly off and i was able to just barely reach it by smushing my face against a wall at just the right spot

[hidden flame]

yeah i had the same problem....i reported the structure with @neat latch help...

[wintry dove]

ah very good

[blazing fossil]

Just report it from the quick menu

[boreal grotto]

so how do i get food for the pet?

[blazing fossil]

Craft it

[boreal grotto]

with the food processor?

[indigo falcon]

you can use the food processor, it's cheaper iirc (but slower?) but you can also craft the pellets directly

[blazing fossil]

If you want

But you can just craft the pellets in your suit

[boreal grotto]

says it only eats processed meats

its the pet from the exped reward

[indigo falcon]

oh, it might have "special needs" then, I haven't checked

[boreal grotto]

never had a companion b4 so idk wht its good for

did they rework prices for salvaging/ruins?

[indigo falcon]

you can breed it for different traits in the next generation; you can ride it; it can find resources or structures for you (not as useful imo)...

[plain tusk]

Ok, I'm confused. How do I repopulate the anomaly? Do I need to finish the entire expedition for it?

[indigo falcon]

it won't go back to normal until you complete the expd and go back to normal mode, yeah

[plain tusk]

Oh, so no matter what I do in the expedition it'll stay deserted?

[indigo falcon]

uh huh

that's kind of the point, you're on your own this time, in a vast and mostly empty, semi-hostile universe

[plain tusk]

Sure, I just thought once you have "mastered" some parts of it you heroically bring the people back.

[indigo falcon]

no... not in this timeline

[plain tusk]

So I guess that means the only way to get new ships in this Expedition is salvage, too? Since all space stations seem abandoned?

[wintry dove]

do i have to collect the rewards in the expidition? or can i go back to my save then collect them? if i collect them in the expo, will i lose them all when i return to my save?

[neat latch]

Hmm? In this expedition we don’t need to make food for critters, we need to make dough (wheat + wild yeast), then bake bread.

[indigo falcon]

you don't lose them and you should collect them now, they will be available (the end phase and end expd ones) on your main and all other saves

[cosmic plume]

can anyone help for the synthetic creatures milestone? The galaxy they sent me to only has 2 synthetics that i can find. I have all but 1 planet fully discovered

[indigo falcon]

when you get on a planet, check the discovery tab, see how mauny fauna it has, if > 2, leave, that's not it

[neat latch]

Search red star systems around rdv 3

[boreal grotto]

so if i ran exped on my main save would i keep everything i have earned once i finished the exped?

[sonic shale]

if you mean phase rewards, those are claimable on every save. if you mean item rewards from completing individual tasks, you'd have to send those back to the primary save via the terminal in the space anomaly, assuming that you started the expedition from in-game.

[cosmic plume]

will do, ty!

[neat latch]

Adding to this: Less than or more than, exotic planets may have 1 fauna. Those aren’t synthetic either.

[cosmic plume]

I think we're meant to go to another star besides the one we're pointed to in the expedition

[sonic shale]

Also, if you want to bring your ship or multitool back, you need to have the one you want selected when you finalize the expedition. Then you'll be able to copy them out for a fee of nanites.

[indigo falcon]

in a while I'll get a screenshot up of a red star system and planet with two robohorsies on it, with distance from a rendezvous system but I'm in the game right now.

[neat latch]

Musahi (?) posted a screenshot of the system I had shared.

[sonic shale]

That's also how you can get multiple Iron Vultures. If you have multiple ships you want to bring back, or more items than will fit in the terminal, you can use the ESC menu to switch between normal and expedition mode

But you won't be able to do that once you finalize the expedition at the terminal.

[neat latch]

This one: #nms-expedition message

Ooooo! I hab power, let me check 😄

[boreal grotto]

i feel like ruin excavation is very profitable now lol

[plain tusk]

If you are done with the expedition, can you convert an expedition save to a normal save?

[blazing fossil]

Did you start the exped from an existing save or from the main menu?

[plain tusk]

Main menu.

[blazing fossil]

Then the answer is yes

It converts automatically to a normal save

[plain tusk]

Yeah no, not at the end of the Expedition. I mean whenever I am done with the expedition tasks.

[blazing fossil]

When you’re done with all the goals and claim all rewards the save will be converted back into a normal save

You can’t convert it into a normal save without claiming all rewards (unless you wait until the expedition ends)

[plain tusk]

Ah, thanks.

[neat latch]

What is the name of RDV3 system?

[wraith junco]

Yulint-cungg

[indigo falcon]

welp. derelict would not let me land on it, phased through the thing, now it's gone. good I saved via save beacon before setting out

nice. after reload, a full minute of pulse, no derelict at all (not an uncharted system either). welp, off to somewhere else

[knotty marsh]

Well, the expedition was fine, i liked the spin, but for the love of God... Hello Games, please, reduce the frequency of sandworms spawning. I'm getting Parkinson's disease by simply looking at my non stop shaking screen 🙂

[neat latch]

This is the system, 230LY from RDV 3

[indigo falcon]

ugh it's not finding one here either in the r5 system. game might be bugged.

[wintry dove]

so a couple of the rewards were camo paint for the starship, how do i apply that to my ships? i cant find it anywhere

[neat latch]

Restart?

[indigo falcon]

yeah I guess so

lemme reload from the restore point first, then I'll exit/restart

[boreal grotto]

is there an easier way to track down an underwater wreck the exocraft doesnt seem to pick it up with using the scanner

[indigo falcon]

the nautilon will do that, you install the high sonar radar I think it is, then scan specifically for that

[stable onyx]

Alright. Since apparently no one else is doing it, I'll start an expedition save and see what happens when I try to reach the galactic core while the expedition is active.

[boreal grotto]

ya i found it ty

[indigo falcon]

right, how long pulsing did it take for evreyone else to find their derelicts? I'm willing to let it run down to 5% again (from full) but not really believing it should take multiple refills

(err the pulse engine I mean)

nothing. going to try r2 and then give up

[boreal grotto]

finaly on phase 5!

[neat latch]

It didn't take my long, a few seconds while the ESS was active

[boreal grotto]

so if i finish exped ang convert to reg save do i still need to do the main story missions?

[indigo falcon]

if you've not done the main story on that save (i.e. this was a new save going in), then yes. or if you have a main save you didn't use for the expd, you could just go back to playing that

[boreal grotto]

ill probly just go back to main save after this and redo it lol

[indigo falcon]

remember you can get all end of phase/end of expd rewards on your main save (and others) anyways

[tender pasture]

How do you get the copper in the community expedition

[indigo falcon]

there's copper on the starting world iirc, find a deposit

[tender pasture]

I've been looking around, I don't have enough oxygen to go too far without dying

[indigo falcon]

you should fix your ship and fly low in it to get near a deposit then (also scan for oxy plants, watch for hazardous flora)

you don't want to be burning your jetpack on that world, it will do in your llife support much faster than you like... use only a little bit, walk/run mostly to get around on foot

[tender pasture]

Well, I needed to fix my ship because I had to do themining laser thing first, so I can get the piece to fix it

[crystal citrus]

done

wooo

[indigo falcon]

well in r3 system (where it ought to work for sure, given that the derelict is a phase 3 objective), same behaviour: pulse forever, no derelict. game bugged, will have to file a report. sigh

[tender pasture]

I'm only in phase one

[indigo falcon]

you'll get there

[boreal grotto]

so if i do exped on my main save will my account be wiped or just seperated from exped?

[tender pasture]

never mind, I finally found one

I went the wrong direction

[indigo falcon]

nothing gets wiped. you play your main save in the exped as an exped save, bringing the items you want with (there are limits on those), those items you will not have access to if you switch back to the primary save for regular gameplay, until the expd is over

that's all

[meager scroll]

Wait what

Where does it say that RV3 system in guaranteed to spawn a derelict?

When I was playing the game told me to use to Emergency Signal Scanner and I did

And I completed as much milestones as possible in starting systems

[indigo falcon]

Itried r3, r5, and a couple other systems. none give me one. not one. with the emergency signal scanner, indeed.

[neat latch]

are previous milestones completed?

Is there any that might be tied to this derelict freighter milestone?

[indigo falcon]

all but the robohorse, that shouldn't matter I don't expect

[neat latch]

Yeah, that should not matter.

Odd!

[indigo falcon]

(other people are completing expd with the robofauna as the last milestone)

[neat latch]

I suppose Multiplayer is disabled too?

[indigo falcon]

yes it is

[neat latch]

Apprently in this expedition multiplayer is auto disabled, so that should be the case for you too.

[indigo falcon]

I checked anyways at start, I'm extra paranoid

[neat latch]

me too 😅

[meager scroll]

MP is auto disabled

uhhh no it's not?

Not even PVP is disabled

[neat latch]

It was for me

PvP was enabled.

[meager scroll]

Did you start from existing save or made a fresh one?

[indigo falcon]

existing save

[neat latch]

existing

[meager scroll]

Maybe that affects things, I pick an existing save

I sentenced my Exp 1 save to do all the future expeds since Omega gave us the option to do so

[neat latch]

It could take some settings with it, iirc only the game mode settings are changed in expedition.

[meager scroll]

Hmmm weird

[neat latch]

if we change from existing.

It just might be that a new save will have MP and PvP enabled.

Even group and base settings would be set to Anyone

Anyway, I digress, MP is not the reason for friend entity Apergos's issue.

so what could be?

Tried pulsing with ESS in multiple systems, tried restarting the game too.

Have you tried a complete restart?

[indigo falcon]

no idea but I'm about to go back to my base, ave and exit out, because I'm out of ideas

[neat latch]

complete restart = reboot

[indigo falcon]

I exited out of the game. I did not restart the ps5. that absolutely should not be necessary

[meager scroll]

I can try looking in the mission files

What was the name of that milestone again?

[indigo falcon]

uh "dereliction"

[thick umbra]

5sec.. and I found the derelict

[tawny token]

Anyone know where I can find a huge mountain, 1600 units tall?

[thick umbra]

check bases in teleporter

[neat latch]

I was trying to find one but ended up building a tall wall instead. Flew on top of it, that was it.

[shy nimbus]

We should all do a car show. But with expedition starships n stuff

[neat latch]

Deleted the base afterwards cuz keeping bases in an expedition is like a sin to me.

[bright barn]

hi does this count as underwater wrack?

[indigo falcon]

robohorsies (Warazu is the r2 system,the target system Bamisa is a red star system, just chromium needed for that drive)

[wraith elk]

just for anyone trying to get the 1600 vertical quest, on the planet you reach after going through the break, and floating in space, someones build a massive stairway up to 1600. idk who it was but its very conveniant

[indigo falcon]

@neat latch pin the above about the robohorsies if you like

[bright barn]

bit sturggling with this expedtion

[indigo falcon]

ty

right now to submit my bug report

[neat latch]

Ate

[neat latch]

What up?

[bright barn]

found this, does this count as an underwater wrack

im at phase 3 now so doing that

[bright barn]

alot just struggling t his time

[neat latch]

It should count as an underwater wreck but you need to be in the Nautilon as the mission statement mentions.

Iirc, you need to use the nautilon's scanner.

[bright barn]

durn

wich i dont it

i put a base there but i dont have a teleporter, can i still teleport to it?

or i need sdtation teleporter?

[neat latch]

You will require a teleporter to teleport there.

If you're struggling follow the mission guidelines and try to do the expedition in correct order.

The first milestone gives you the required materials to complete the second milestone, so on and so forth.

Also, watch the video by Jason Plays.

He is the best when it comes to making guides for beginners or players who haven't played in a long while.

[bright barn]

and where can i nanaites?

alright

[thorn gorge]

what should i bring with me to start off?

[bright barn]

imma stop at the station then

[meager scroll]

Aight so

while (game has not set flag: player did derelict freighter)
{
    while (player has the ESS in inventory)
    {
        while (current expedition is 13)
        {
            show tooltip: complete other milestone to get ESS (doesnt say which one)
            show tooltip: buy ESS from trading terminal
            check condition: player stats in save data regarding visited derelicts incremented
            set flag: player did derelict freighter
        }

        while (current expedition is not 13)
        {
            show tooltip: buy ESS from scrap dealer
            check condition: player stats in save data regarding visited derelicts incremented
            set flag: player did derelict freighter
        }
    }

    if (ESS has been used)
    {
        check condition: player stats in save data regarding visited derelicts incremented
        set flag: player did derelict freighter
    }

    if (on board of derelict freighter)
    {
        show tooltip: select Lost in Space from mission log for guidance
        set flag: player did derelict freighter
    }
}

This is logic behind the derelict milestone

There is nothing that I see that would cause the game to spawn a derelict as a pulse encounter

I dont see any conditions related to systems either

[indigo falcon]

and bug reported. I am using the ess we got from the milestone. it should make no difference

[bright barn]

i accidently sold nip nip..

fuck

[indigo falcon]

you will find other ways to get it if you really want it

not during the expd but later

[boreal grotto]

how do i do the gaze towards the stars part?

[indigo falcon]

go to a planet, stand on it at night, look up!

[mellow badge]

first time i used signal thing, when I pulsed, nothing showed till I ended and a ghostly frigate warped in, spoke to me, warped out, then when I pulsed again, a derelict spawned

I didnt know it was even a milestone until I explored the derelict 100%

[indigo falcon]

(once you look up for a few seconds you'll see a counter start to tick off, if you've got the milestone pinned)

[indigo falcon]

I tried that too, a few times. no dice, the derelict I got had no landing area, no lights, "landing unavailable" and attempts to land just phased me through it, and it disappeared

[mellow badge]

did you try with multiplayer disabled?

[meager scroll]

Damn, maybe it was some MP sync issue then

[indigo falcon]

I have had mp disabled this entire time

[boreal grotto]

how long does it take to become night?

[mellow badge]

you using mods?

[indigo falcon]

ps5, no mods

[meager scroll]

Mods should not cause any issues here

[mellow badge]

maybe its a console issue, im on PC

[meager scroll]

Im playing with bunch of them and the exped worked just fine for me

[mellow badge]

im only using Exosolar's mods (stratos, abyss, expanse, beyond base building), Better Colorful Rings

[boreal grotto]

nvm i flew on the dark side of the planet seemed to work lol

[neat latch]

When you pulse with the ESS does the mission log in the lower right hand side of the screen update with changing alpha-numeric sequence in purple, while dereliction is selected?

[indigo falcon]

I don't remember the colour but yes it goes through a bunch of sequences. and then more. and then more etc

[neat latch]

Weirdddd! that's just weird.

That means you've activated the ESS yet it's unable to spawn the derelict.

[indigo falcon]

I'll say. I mean, I am not burning to get any of the items tbh. I'm only playing this so I can be of help to others, and I basically have the info for that now. But still it wouold be nice...

[neat latch]

Dumb question, but are you activating the ESS? 😅

[sinful dirge]

Just started the expedition guys… and now can warp to other systems. The yellow sign next to the system Havida Bozho 16, is that the rendezvous point?

[boreal grotto]

any benefit to playing the exped after finishing the last phase?

[indigo falcon]

if I weren't activating it, I wouldn't get the tooltip alphanum seq updates now would I 😛

[neat latch]

Yellow diamond with concentric circles? Yes.

[neat latch]

LOL! Had to be sure regardless, for anyone else who might be reading 😛

[indigo falcon]

I've tried activating it from planet surface, inside space station, and out in space. same deal every time

[steady idol]

There a way to get a second ship for the cockpit part without losing the original?

[sinful dirge]

Thank you ☺️

[indigo falcon]

and no I don't put it in refiner, I leave it in the suit (I do have it in the suit each time, not in the ship inv, but that absolutely 100% should not matter)

[neat latch]

Depends if you have created a new save or switched your main save.

[steady idol]

I used my main for it

[neat latch]

Aye! Thanks for the input. Sadly, I have no answer why it’s the case. 😦

[boreal grotto]

im assujming theres a trick to coppying the ship?

[neat latch]

Yes.

We can copy the ship as many times we want if we had made it the active ship in the expedition part of the save, then ended the expedition.

[boreal grotto]

how do u get it for the main save tho

[steady idol]

can't remember if I did....

[boreal grotto]

so swap ship to active than end exped?

[neat latch]

Yes.

[boreal grotto]

wht about for my main save can i still do it there?

[steady idol]

Damn.. didn't set it 😕

All I need as well is a copy of it'd cockpit

[neat latch]

Claim ship in the expedition, enter it to make it active, the go to the kiosk that you used to start expedition. From there end the expedition (get the units, QS, nanites). Once you have switched to main save after loading screen (atlas with red pulsating ring), interact with that kiosk. It shoild have “Copy Ship” button. Click on it, claim ship for nanites. Then go to space station to salvage it. Once salvaged go back to anomaly to use the expedition kiosk again, copy ship, rinse and repeat.

Once you’re happy with the number of parts you’ve got, go to QS vendor to claim the ship.

[steady idol]

Yep, blew that..

Can you trade parts?

[neat latch]

I think we can, yes.

[neat latch]

I copied every part 10 times (total 30 copies of the ship) :3

[steady idol]

I wish I did that

[neat latch]

Well, the snake will guide you.

Try asking in #nms-lfg-or-trades 😄

[steady idol]

Ah I see you know of The Great Serpent

[neat latch]

I do, i do. I’ve made a weird theory around it too.

[boreal grotto]

1where is this copy ship kiosk?

[neat latch]

Same kiosk/terminal you had used to start the expedition.

[boreal grotto]

i did it from main menu

[neat latch]

Then you cannot copy the ship. You have created a new save instead of switching your main save.

[boreal grotto]

so i cant swap my main save into exped?

[wraith badge]

You can BUT you'd have to do the expedition again ... as you'd load main save visit the Anomaly and then the kiosk and start the expedition and then once complete you can then copy the ship

[neat latch]

You can, but you will have to do it again.

[boreal grotto]

so basicaly i need to take my maion save and run through the full exped again in order to get the ship

anyway to keep my ship from main save and use it for exped lol

[wraith badge]

Not quite ... IF you want to copy teh ship then you need to start the expedition via the Anomaly ... if you've already done the expedition froma fresh save then you will get the ship but only one of them

which you can claim via teh quicksilver vendor on the Anomaly on ANY save

[boreal grotto]

if i take my main save through it can i still copy it?

or am i just SOL cuz i did it on a new save

[wraith badge]

#nms-expedition message

and #nms-expedition message

[boreal grotto]

so no point in rerunning exped thx lol

[wraith badge]

if you want the ability to copy the ship then do the expedition again, but this time start it from your main save in the Anomaly

[boreal grotto]

wht happens with all my bases/resources etc if i take my main save into exped?

really dont wanna lose everything lol

[wraith badge]

nothing once the expedition is over, I think you can switch back n forth until you've done the expedition ... not sure on that one as I've only started an expedition from a main save once and I never switched back until I'd completed it ... I mostly just start a new save for expeditions

[indigo falcon]

welp it's been 1 hour. I'm going to try one last time to launch the game and get this derelict. last chance hg

[wraith badge]

I died twice trying to do it ... for me not enough cold protection and the heaters I couldn't get to work ... and there was a LOAD of bugs that I had trouble hitting with the boltcaster ... seriously missed my Pulse Spitter n Plasma Launcher.

[boreal grotto]

so once i finished the exped on my main save i keep all my progression?

[wraith badge]

yes

[indigo falcon]

I"m just trying to get one to spawn in that's landable

[wraith badge]

does the system you're in have any bearing on the type of frigate that spawns in?

[boreal grotto]

so customizing doesnt include the living or the sentinal ships right

[indigo falcon]

HOLY CRAP, after interruption and doing the pulse again, it actually brought me one I could lan don

I can't believe it

[boreal grotto]

realy wish i could least take my upgraded suite/multitool into exped lol

[fleet hound]

Dumb question, how do I unlock going to the nexus in Adrift? My first time through it was just available from the start, but I'm using the optionm to use my existing save to do it and it isn't, and I don't see it as a reward?

[deep orchid]

i think you need to warp to a new system before you can summon the anomaly

[fleet hound]

it just unlocked lol. I wrped to system two and docked at the Atlas terminal

[boreal grotto]

finished exped in about 8 hours total playing on fresh save so i can probly rush it faster using my main lol

[grim fossil]

Definitely, now that you did the expedition already you can bring items to the expedition that make the expedition quicker.

[indigo falcon]

cc @neat latch see above,after an hour wait and I still had to interrupt the pulse and try again, I did get one (and it's done)

[neat latch]

Ohhhh! Damn. Gratz, it’s finally done 😄

[indigo falcon]

I still have the one robohorse but I feel like I'll findand not scan it, so I can remain in expd mode for a bityet

[boreal grotto]

need to make a list of wht ill need

[grim fossil]

Ya with the right equipment you can do it in about 2hrs probably less

[hazy lintel]

any tips how to make the 1.6k elevation mission?

[wraith badge]

the planets Rendezvous 2 & 3 are on have large hills

[fleet hound]

If you don't mind soft cheating, lots of places to portal to to do it

[hazy lintel]

thx ill check it out

[indigo falcon]

got another short jump red star by Warazu (r2), screenshots coming shortly. managed to remember NOT to scan the lifeform ,heh.

actually though, if I just don't claim the reward, I don't complete, right? so Imma scan it now

[remote thunder]

i've got these two near rdv3

[indigo falcon]

awesome, I've got the one r2 system in the pins, if we add the other plus yours that's lots of options

omg the end expd music is so....

and now let me log off from my paradise base with giant protogeks and medium blobs... 🙂

[sleek siren]

these are good for the robo milestone right? 📌

[wraith junco]

I got 2 planets with robots in one system near rdv3

[remote thunder]

<#nms-expedition message> ^

[indigo falcon]

so shortly we'll have a glut of pics and info, excellent

[remote thunder]

tbf, i didn't even use the mission, i didn't even build the indium drive yet

[indigo falcon]

I didn't either, red star all the way

[remote thunder]

i just thought to myself that the devs must have modified it in such a way that it will allow us to do this

[indigo falcon]

don't need emeril or indium drives to get it done

[thorn talon]

Dude bones to dust is really pissing me off.

Can't find any systems with fossils

[wraith badge]

enter a system and scan all the planets in it ... if they have bones on 'em the info popup will let you know

[indigo falcon]

from r2 (Warazu) system, a second red star system "Urasam-Limasa" , 74LY away, with mech fauna (robohorses)

[boreal grotto]

so if im understanding this correctly I can copy my multitool+ ship from my main save into the exped?

[tender pasture]

What is a cabmium drive

[wraith badge]

allow you to access Red star systems

[remote thunder]

rdv1 system has a planet with bones

[tender pasture]

How do I get it?

[remote thunder]

complete phase 2 milestone 2

[indigo falcon]

so @neat latch care to add my prev post to the pins plus also bk's post a little before mine nm I see you added that already ? that will give us 2 red star systems near r2 and 2 red star systems near r3 in the pins

[wraith badge]

complete one of the phase missions, don't remeber which one ... it gives you all the drive blueprints

[thorn talon]

Oh! Thanks man

[bright barn]

where can i find bones?

[remote thunder]

rdv1 system has a planet with bones

[boreal grotto]

are all expeditions this quick?

[wraith junco]

Exp 1 was long

Basicaly u had to do whole game playthrough

[boreal grotto]

so besides the first one ill take that as a yes that its typiccaly short lol

[indigo falcon]

no, some have community milestones, and notoriously the first run of "Beachhead" (expd 2) was time gated

Leviathan took people a little while to get through too

[boreal grotto]

well hopefully the next one will have more depth this was fun for my first exped but feels kind of lacking imo

[indigo falcon]

this one I think was more fun for people who've been playing for a long time; use of the original space station types, at least one item in inv that is no longer in game, that sort of thing. sort of a throwback to old times. but the storylines never get too too deep, you only have 5 phases and 5-6 milestones each

and there's only so many sorts of tasks available in the game too.

[boreal grotto]

like i said it was fun for my first exped just wish it took a bit longer lol

NMS is one of those games i come back every time theres a big enough content update to check out

ie living ships/sentinals etc

[indigo falcon]

this update here was mostly an expd update, not a content update really.

[boreal grotto]

ill rerun the exped on my main save on tuesday tho just so my main save can be done to now that ik i dont HAVE to start a fresh save ill just do everything on the same one lol

[eager grove]

has anyone had a really hard time finding a holoterminus in phase 2? like i've blown through at least 10 surge batteries trying to find one

[indigo falcon]

dunno if I was lucky or what, but I had the milestone selected, plopped down the signal booster, selected 'find transmitter' or something like that and it found one right away

[eager grove]

ugh yeah thats what i thought was gonna happen but alas

[indigo falcon]

you're in a system with a space station and on a planet that's not a dead world (it has fauna), right?

[eager grove]

yeah!

[indigo falcon]

well crap

[remote thunder]

playing in a group?

multiplayer enabled?

[eager grove]

i'm in the same system where rendezvous point 1 was

nah i'm solo

[indigo falcon]

and mp is off? (just to double check)

[remote thunder]

so options/network/multiplayer disabled?

[eager grove]

yea its disabled

[indigo falcon]

phooey

[eager grove]

i have it turned off normally

so :(

[bright barn]

thx ill use

[bright barn]

yeah it was annoying

expedtion 2 also had some annoying parts but was better

the find 10 undiscovered planets man

[eager grove]

this is my first ever expedition and its just. why is this holoterminus nonexistent 💀

[bright barn]

this expedtion is basicly...empty sapce

[wraith junco]

Jump max range few times in any direction and discover away

[eager grove]

yea i know, its more that i've searched for at least 2 hours now across multiple planets

[bright barn]

still was annoying

[tawny token]

Anyone know where to find a bunch of waypoints? I'm using the signal booster, but It keeps giving me someone's crashed ship, which doesn't have one

[remote thunder]

do you get any error when you use the signal booster/search for transmitters?

[remote thunder]

progress further, unlock minotaur and install radar array, then hop in it, quick menu, scan, pick a target; fly low and slow using ship quick scan

[indigo falcon]

I got them organically when exploring around in the game, that's your best bet. you can low fly and scan, looking for the unknown building icon, that may help

[eager grove]

no error at all :/

oh my god

finally

i just

i think i've finally got one

it's been HOURS

[remote thunder]

huh

what did you do differently? did you move to a different location?

[eager grove]

i've been moving from location to location every time

and yea for some reason it just... appeared

[remote thunder]

signal booster has limited range (or used to anyway), but the fact that it wasn't giving you any error is very strange

[summer nest]

Sometimes when you come to the discord and complain, the game makes it happen

[remote thunder]

i've seen that happen time and time again

dissonance resonators?

lmao

[summer nest]

Is my working theory that Sean knows all

[remote thunder]

if i had a penny everytime

[summer nest]

Yep

[remote thunder]

exagerating, but

[indigo falcon]

retired wealthy, uhuh

[summer nest]

Time to derelict freighter

[eager grove]

yeah 💀 seems to be like that

thank you for your attempts to help though

[summer nest]

I would love to see more variety in derelicts

[faint mesa]

Hope you get an easy one!
(...avoid the one at the red star system near rendezvous 3...)

Got one with 10 rooms, full of those nests, was a nightmare

[indigo falcon]

there's one in a system not far from starting system, (I can get name and all that if really desired) with only jellies and security drones, no bugs

that system has a paradise planet in it

[wraith junco]

I got 11. U dont need to loot anything u just need to enyer the rooms so u can kinda speerun it.

[faint mesa]

Oh yep, the most annoying part was those bugs, couldn't move fast

And the one time I decided to open fire against all of them... well, I was reminded that I wasn't playing on my main save...

[indigo falcon]

lolol

the nice thing about security drones is that you can really just blast away at them and they don't multiply or get smart. they just take a few hits and then poof

[remote thunder]

i was thinking last night that i might run again and this time from my main save.

ESS are incredibly cheap.

[indigo falcon]

running it for testing, or for custom ship parts, or...?

[remote thunder]

restock on ESS at a fraction of the cost

[indigo falcon]

oh! can you bring them back to the main save when done? I'm not clear on what carries over

[remote thunder]

yeah, just items that you can place into stash cargo

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[remote thunder]

^ finishing an expedition link

[indigo falcon]

presumably there's a limit, and who knows what state your inv was in when choosing at the expd terminal, how that impacts it

[remote thunder]

like, pretty much this

ESS stack up to 50 or 100 iirc

so yeah, could buy a lot of them

[remote thunder]

i meant this is how many slots we can have in the stash

[indigo falcon]

and that's for any save?

what happens if you only have a couple free slots open on the save, you go start the expd, complete it, and then want to bring back more than a couple stacks of items?

[remote thunder]

before interacting with the terminus, just make room in your primary save inventory, and drag and drop

it will be there, pretty much until you decide to take the items out

and until exp ends i'd guess

[indigo falcon]

oh, so you switch back to regular mode and then you can deal with transferring items back over? I didn't pick up on that from the link

[remote thunder]

no no

wait.

when you say "switch back", i understand it as "leaving expedition running, pause/options/return to primary", not "finishing the expedition"

is that what you meant?

[indigo falcon]

well whatever it is that lets you be in the save you were using, but not in expedition mode, so that you can Do Things over there

like empty out some inv slots for example.

[remote thunder]

okay, so you can only interact with the stash contents before starting an expedition, or after finishing an expedition: while the expedition "side mission" is running, that stash is locked in, can't do any changes to it

[indigo falcon]

ok

[remote thunder]

so if you just return to primary, that doesn't let you edit the stash

now after you finish the expedition

[indigo falcon]

right, this is what I was asking

[remote thunder]

once you're fully back in your primary, as in, there's no more expedition "side mission" in your save, you finished it

you can interact with the stash again, and take the stuff out that you brought over from expedition

[indigo falcon]

you finished it ,claimed the expd end reward. uh huh

you can take out stuff you brought over

but also... stuff you accumulated?

[remote thunder]

hold on, let me find a few pics

[indigo falcon]

sure. sorry about this, but I actually haven't used this mechanic at all, although I am playing from an existing save (I am at full save slots, don't want to delete any), I've not tried to transfer items in/out

[remote thunder]

you finish, you get this hint:

[indigo falcon]

okey dokey

[remote thunder]

interact with the terminus, and the stash, put stuff in that you want to bring over to primary, "end expedition"

before doing this - if you want to be able to clone a diff ship, or MT, change to them

[indigo falcon]

oh you get to select from the expd version of the save, the stuff to "send over".... ahhhhh

right right, I heard you are limited to active ship/mt

ok now it's clear, that was the missing piece.

[remote thunder]

then, after you press end, you get the rewards summary screen

and interacting with the terminus, after being back in primary save:

you can see that it registers exp as being done, over

[indigo falcon]

and that interaction can happen at any time (but maybe before the actual run time of the expd, 7 weeks or whatever it is)

[remote thunder]

you only get this hint after you claimed all milestones, phase rewards, final reward

[indigo falcon]

uh huh

[remote thunder]

it's the "convert early" mechanic

applied to "starting exp from existing save"

[indigo falcon]

but expanded. right.

[remote thunder]

yeah

[indigo falcon]

well kudos to hg for getting that set up, gj

maybe I'll bring back some adv ion batteries just because.

[remote thunder]

😄

yeah, i was thinking of alsod doing that

and you could even do creative saves

to start off as base

omega was amazing for quicksilver farming

[indigo falcon]

this one is my creative save, I wasn't sure how much I trusted it on a "real" save, if the creative one gets bugged it is less of a big deal

[remote thunder]

agreed

[indigo falcon]

says someone with multiple empty save slots I guess 😛 😛

[remote thunder]

yeah, i'm far from the limit atm

[indigo falcon]

deletionist! 😛

[remote thunder]

😄

[faint mesa]

Nah it's great to not have a bar to scroll down on the save's list

Wish I still had my game like that

[indigo falcon]

I'm a hoarder including of save files

[faint mesa]

Same

[remote thunder]

glad we can rename saves at those times, that's for sure

[faint mesa]

Yep, although there are some I'll have to investigate a bit
Generic names, from past expeditions, no idea which ones

[remote thunder]

also, thank someone for adding T as a discard key - my MMB appreciates it //random thought

yo gamemaster 😄 🫂

[jagged charm]

quick question the freighter we get during exp is it B class or C?

[remote thunder]

random? mine was c

[jagged charm]

should be B

lol

[indigo falcon]

I think I got a C, and I expect "it depends" etc

[indigo falcon]

I didn't actually even go inspect it in person, so...

[jagged charm]

ok

[remote thunder]

gotcha

[jagged charm]

so HG has to fix that

good to know

😄

[indigo falcon]

huh woops

[remote thunder]

yeah

[jagged charm]

yeah cna finally add feighters to shipstore

[remote thunder]

i'll submit a bug report as well, like "hey guys, did you mean for this to be c-class?"

[jagged charm]

but it didn't override the class

should be S class on the right 😄

[summer nest]

I hate security bots that get stuck in ceilings so you can’t shoot them but they can shoot you

[faint mesa]

Mine was C-class too

[remote thunder]

you know, now that i think about it - i don't remember seeing anyone getting a b-class, @jagged charm

[jagged charm]

yeah

why i asked

[indigo falcon]

just "run" (for loose definitions of the word 'run') by them...

[jagged charm]

i'll see what i can do to "fix"

[remote thunder]

i just thought it was random luck

[summer nest]

Yeah I still hate them 😂

[remote thunder]

drop chance, the works

[jagged charm]

it shouldn't

[indigo falcon]

fair!

[jagged charm]

as it's a specific reward

[remote thunder]

gotcha i understand

[indigo falcon]

oh huh, I did not even think about that and clearly that makes sense

[jagged charm]

there are rewards that are rand but this isn't so it's weird

[indigo falcon]

it would be a bit odd for a largeish reward like that to be better for some players and worse for others

so fixed class makes a lot of sense

[crystal citrus]

what type of frigate is the ship of the damned?

[remote thunder]

yeah, thanks gamemaster 🙂

[remote thunder]

combat+exploration based, low fuel it seems

[faint mesa]

Still, that's a bug I'd never ever notice 😅
Cheers, GameMaster

[stark shadow]

is this a bug?

[remote thunder]

@neat latch forgot to ask, your freighter is s-class/has high fleet coord?

[jagged charm]

Well when i saw frieghter reward i knew i could expand my mod

so, thought it was weird when class was C when it should be S

before this exp freighter rewards weren't a thing

even if i tried forcefully

now it is 😄

[remote thunder]

seems to be; try to take items out, then save+reload: does it work properly if you just place 1 item in one input slot, leaving others open?

[crystal citrus]

aight got rid of a combat down to 3, I have 3 raiders anyway

[stark shadow]

i never put anything in the egg sequencer, the items were just there and they just duplicate when i take them out

[remote thunder]

ah - multiplayer enabled then?

egg sequencer definitely not meant to have anything in there if you didn't place it there

[stark shadow]

yea

[heady pilot]

Well it definitely looks bugged. Take everything out and try again...if it happens again try to take notice of when it breaks, ie when you put it what item.

[heady pilot]

Well multiplayer probably explains it...definitely turn off multimplayer.

[stark shadow]

ok it doesnt really matter i just wanted to point it out but is there a way to get a lot of nanites in the expedition? i need like 3000

[remote thunder]

i always recommend having mp disabled when interacting with egg sequencer, really prone to issues like this

[remote thunder]

i got all my nanites from zoology: scan all fauna on planets with 4-7 species, with the extra nanite reward being nr of species on planet*250

[faint mesa]

Yeah, scanning fauna was the easiest way for me personally

[stark shadow]

ok ty

[heady pilot]

Complete creature scans on planets. Once you finish scanning all creatures you can complete and you get paid 250 nanites per creature on that planet.

[indigo falcon]

worms (flehsy ropes, vile spawn) and whispering eggs (larval cores) all refine to nanites

[faint mesa]

I think radiant shards too, no?

[stark shadow]

ok, i just cant do anything with this basic ship i got

[faint mesa]

It gets better as the expedition progresses

[heady pilot]

For future expeditions, before you start an expedition if you play from your main save you can put stuff into the expedition terminal you'll be able to claim during the expedition and you can take in some tainted metal which refines into nanites.

[indigo falcon]

you don't need to do much with the ship except take off/pulse/warp. you get good warp drive plans and some materials to make the hypercores later on

and uranium and pyrite do for thrusters/pulse so that's that really

[stark shadow]

i dont have enough technology slots

[faint mesa]

They also give you Matter Beam, which was a nice touch

[indigo falcon]

there are some milestones that award you starship inv slots, check the pins for the one with all the milestone rewards, maybe one of those is doable for you now

[faint mesa]

There's also one for getting a crashed ship... you may claim it, if it's better than the current one it will be worth investing on it

I went for an interceptor and it paid off, plenty of storage

[remote thunder]

easy interceptor in exp will be pulse driving in a dissonant system, for the distressed sentinel ship space encounter

[faint mesa]

Exactly, there are plenty of dissonant systems on the expedition path

[remote thunder]

it also completes abandonment, phase 3 milestone 5

[tough forum]

I beelined for an interceptor cause I disliked my starting shuttle and didn’t feel like fixing any slots

[bright barn]

how can i get nanaites

and alot of em

[faint mesa]

#nms-expedition message
Read the replies

Plenty of good advice there

[bright barn]

so i should turn MP off ok

[fleet hound]

That said, every building has lots of eggs. So many eggs.

This exp is a goldmine for nanites

[faint mesa]

...no, below that

Although yes, turning MP off is a good idea

[heady pilot]

Interceptors are very fine startng ships, easy to fuel too. But if you play from your main save(which you should be if you aren't) you should be importing a kitted out ship and multitool from your main save.

[tough forum]

I thought about importing those but decided against it

[bright barn]

ok i turned it off so now just to scan few planets?

[tough forum]

At least for the time being

[bright barn]

or what the other wise for nanaites

[fleet hound]

Bringing in rank bish also makes getting them to S without costing 50k nanites a nice bonus.

[faint mesa]

Make sure you scan all fauna, you get a great bonus for that in nanites

Otherwise refine stuff, like the larval cores you have to get for one of the milestones

[bright barn]

im at 200 off the 1.6k so im good pace ig

[bright barn]

im stupid so i should have refined the eggs!?

[faint mesa]

They give nanites in a 1:50 ratio when refined

[fleet hound]

Seriously, if you are good at dodging/dealing with swarms, just go building to building and collect eggs cores, they refine almost instantly and for a good amount. I got the 5k to import my ship and multitool in like 30 minutes

[heady pilot]

Why? There is no reason not to import.

[bright barn]

im doin aincent bones rn

[tough forum]

Cause I didn’t want to

[indigo falcon]

larval cores, flesh ropes, vile spawn, and these are around in abundance on planets in the expedition. nanites should not be a problem

[heady pilot]

Yeah but why? For what reason?

[tough forum]

Simply because. Is that not good enough? Should I not play how I want?

[indigo falcon]

some people want to go through the expedition without any mmm starting advantages so to speak (I did this)

[sleek siren]

Did it on the last one. Not on this one though

[indigo falcon]

that's not better or worse than bringing items in, it's just preference

[heady pilot]

I'm not telling you not to play how you want but you should know why you do or not do some things. If you just randomly do stuff for no reason then you should definitely change that.

[indigo falcon]

some people adjust difficulty settings (down, or up!)and some don't. again it's just preference

[tough forum]

In a video game it matters quite a bit less

And that’s just that

Good chat, coffee time

[indigo falcon]

even doing things by impulse is a fine way to play if someone enjoys it.

[sleek siren]

i always make random decisions in sandboxy games too

[summer nest]

And, done. whew

[indigo falcon]

die rolls can bring some spice to a game, that's for sure

I wouldn't expect it, but someone else who has done this sort of thing often ought to weigh in

[bright barn]

what other ways are possible for the nanaites

i got the bones

[indigo falcon]

refine things that give you nanites, scan things and upload those discoveries, extract/collect from shelters, cubes in space stations (rare on the expedition), get from damaged machinery.... runaway mould (slow but there are a few such bases players have uploaded)...

so many buildings have whispering eggs, each larval core = 50 nanites

every worm baby destroyed, the flesh rope is 50 nanites, if you get the vile spawn drop that's another 50

[bright barn]

i need to find another planet then...

[indigo falcon]

on exotic worlds, scan the one creature and that's 250 nanites (you must actually claim that from the fauna tab though)

even the starter world, whispering eggs all over...

[bright barn]

yeah one moment going to repair a ship got a good easy one

imma go quickly sell the bones

unless they got other use

imm a sell them

[indigo falcon]

the use is units, yep

[bright barn]

oh rightg the system for rev 1 has a worm planet will use that

[shell kettle]

Yes, same happens with freighters.

They'll probably fix it eventually,. Of course it won't mean jack if you bought the game on GOG since you'll get the fix 1 week after everybody else.

[bright barn]

ill go kill severl more tendrils

[indigo falcon]

they refine super fast too

[bright barn]

yeah

[near mica]

quick question, do i oppen the pet egg, or use it in a sequencer ? whats the difference

[bright barn]

hopw do i know if a planet has robotic life

[near mica]

look for a system wiht no race icon, not a glich planet, get there, get out of the ship if it has 2 animals, its robots

also some planets are named by people like "robot here" or "mechanotopia"

and ofc you will get a info that a nearby planet has robots and not the stadard "go to a blue system" msg in the corrner

it can, but due to the % that there is something, id skipp them 😄

[bright barn]

ALRIGHT

[tame prism]

Is there a freighter on every water planet? I'm scanning for over an hour now and doesn't have found one...

[bright barn]

im using th emission mark

[indigo falcon]

it can be an exotic world too, though that's more rare. if you have the mission pinned, when youo warp into an uncharted system it will give you a tooltip in the lower right if there are mechs in the system

[near mica]

if its an exotic planetand has only 1 animal its not it

[indigo falcon]

I usually check a planet by doing: get out, open util menu, check companion menu, see if I see creature pellets in there or ion batteries.

[near mica]

so all in all you need 2 planets 😄

[bright barn]

i got a super critical world, nuclear world, columed world and light world

[indigo falcon]

crashed freighters should be anywhere except in uncharted systems

[tame prism]

Okey, thanks for your answer 👍

[indigo falcon]

are you looking for an underwater wreck or a crashed freighter (could be on land) specifically or...?

[bright barn]

found 2

lets see if i can find more

[near mica]

protip goto the spacestation and check for bases to them

portals will save you alot of time 😄

btw this creepy broken frewighter "the lost" that we somethimes encounter anything that you can do with it ?

[indigo falcon]

just communications

[astral storm]

Talking about crashed freighters... I actually found both a surface and an underwater freighter right next to each other. What are the odds, huh.

[shell kettle]

Been that way since Omega, expedition sub-saves didn't exist before that.

[faint mesa]

They crashed into each other 😅

[astral storm]

I would buy it. Clearly some production line too

[lusty slate]

Right, only have diplo chunks and scaley meat farming left and I'm finished carcass gathering for cooking.

[faint mesa]

lol the cooking milestone was amusing, so random... and the game telling you ||to use faecium|| just made it better.

Such a contrast in mood with a "contemplative" expedition

[torn crater]

how long does it roughly take to complete the expedition ?

[faint mesa]

It varies widely, depends on your pace, usually 4-10h

But there will be people clocking less than 2h... there will be some taking their time and doing it in 15

[astral storm]

2h for the whole expedition will definitely need your own ship/MT and then some luck I think

[indigo falcon]

speedrunners will get it done in < 2 (or at least they are working on that now 😉 )

[torn crater]

btw can i somehow get the rewards from previous Expeditions ?

[faint mesa]

On reruns, or by modding / save editing

[indigo falcon]

if you didn't do those expeditions, then not without a mod/save editor. although you can get companion eggs from players who got the expd pets

[astral storm]

Mhm... is yeast extraction so strange? The game calling yeast an edible plant was... a weirder flex if you ask me

[knotty marsh]

Wasn't it nice, when you had the comm balls disabled for the expedition? 🙂 The spam silenced, if only for a while. Good to know that the functionality is already in the game,
now i'm just waiting for the disable button in the options menu.

[deft lichen]

are we allowed to talk about things that are spoilers for the expedition here? just want to make sure so i don't goof

[indigo falcon]

yes you may

(there's even a spoiler alert in the channel topic, but it's great that you asked anyways. 🙂 )

[deft lichen]

ok thank you. I'm at the prime terminal and just put the mind ark in. is this spread of numbers a cipher? and if so, what kind? i dont want the translation, i'd like to do that bit myself, but i can't seem to figure out how to decode it

I read through the pins and rules and stuff and i saw the spoiler alert but i wanted to make extra sure ><

[indigo falcon]

you don't need to understand the numbers, if that's what you're asking

[deft lichen]

ok. do they mean anything?

[indigo falcon]

I am inclined to guess no, though I screenshotted it Just In Case.

[deft lichen]

yeah i have it transcribed. it would be so cool if we found out it did mean something, I love the arg-ish use of ciphers and codes and stuff. I'm just usually too braindead to figure most stuff out on my own lol

anyways, thank you!! now i can move on in the dialogue :3

only partially related but good god this might be my least favorite expedition. hello games pleas give me my friends back ;-; like even if they're not able to be accessed please at least have them Be There

i'd rather not be able to go to the anomaly at all then see it empty like this ;;

[indigo falcon]

It is a bit of a shocker, isn't it? I admit I love this expedition just because of the heightened sense of loneliness and isolation. But that maynot be everyone' s cup of tea. I expect your friends will all be back safe and sound for the next expedition, either way!

[knotty marsh]

yeah i liked the twist, but some milestones were a bit too grindy for my taste. Other than that i enjoyed it

[deft lichen]

thats good!! and like i dont... from the gameplay perspective, this is great. but i kind of expected the anomaly to just not be available... i was not prepared for the reality of things and it is somewhat of an emotional gut punch (because i am way too emotionally invested in tihs game)

[indigo falcon]

I er even felt sorry for the Atlas there for a minute, truth be told

[knotty marsh]

i'm always sorry for the Atlas, "he" is neither a friend nor foe, he just wants to survive

[lusty slate]

Not without modding, no. They do usually rerun the expeditions from the year around December though.

[indigo falcon]

Atlas manipulates far too many things and people for me to be in any relationship status except for "keep your distance", heh

[faint mesa]

Reject the crimson liar

Oh rip spoilers

[indigo falcon]

lol

[knotty marsh]

Yeah, but he's in a pretty bad situation. His desperation is creating the negative vibes around him

[neat latch]

Yes

[indigo falcon]

hey @neat latch can you pin #nms-expedition message right below my other one about robofauna, to make two red star systems near r2 with them? ty in advance

[tame snow]

Thsi from the current expedition?

[blazing fossil]

No that’s just myphos’ freighter

[boreal dirge]

weeee

so it turns out you can gesture while falling

well that's unfortunate

was gonna write "He who controls the cursed dust controls the alternative universe."

but

too long

[neat latch]

Discord on phone is being extremely annoying right now. Let me fix the interface first, please. 😦

[faint sand]

where did all the planets with ancient bones go? Felt like I found them everywhere on xbox. Now on Steam I can't find any 😒

[simple coral]

Hey question, is it just me, or I’m not the only one who can’t access the 13th expedition on switch in the anomaly?

[wraith junco]

There is planet with bones in 1st rdv system

[wraith junco]

No expedition update in switch yet

[faint sand]

Thanks! I'll portal back! Been jumping aimlessly everwhere

[simple coral]

Is there a date by any chance?

[wraith junco]

We are waiting untill lazytendo pushes it out. Maybe in a few days

[fierce berry]

Anyone able to assist with a Sunken Freighter location?

[simple coral]

Bruh, sounds about right lol

Thanks 🙏

[wraith junco]

U can locate sunken freighter by using nautilion scanner.

[faint sand]

people have been making bases near sunken freighters, just portal to one of them

[bright barn]

is it jsut me or the reclaimed frighter is one of the cooler designs

i kinda wish wew had that in the sentinal dreadnought design

[lusty slate]

We don't know. It'll release when Nintendo certifies the update. It's not in HG's hands.

[bright barn]

now i should probly make some food in game as all the rest "hunt" and get stuff is done

[hexed iron]

Yoo

[woeful python]

Sup

[bright barn]

ok how i do the "prerper the ingridiantes"

[hexed iron]

You free?

[woeful python]

What you planning my guy?

[hexed iron]

No man sky

Thats what im asking, if you free for play

🤷🏻‍♂️

[woeful python]

How do I do multiplayer on no mans sky :p

[hexed iron]

You are on pc or ps4?

[blazing fossil]

Do you play on switch?

[woeful python]

Xbox

[hexed iron]

I think you need the game pass for play online games...

[woeful python]

😦

: (

[hexed iron]

Try it

When you open the game

Go to join on friends

[woeful python]

I don’t have game pass : (

[hexed iron]

Dang

[woeful python]

Depression

[drowsy nebula]

how the fuck am i supposed to get carbon on the starting planet

[thick umbra]

buy it in the SpaceStation .. or land on the other planet in the starter system

[drowsy nebula]

i cant take off without repairing, repairing needs deuterium, and deuterium needs a 2 slot refiner, and a 2 slot refiner requires carbon

[indigo falcon]

is this the one about making bread? "By Bread Alone"?

[indigo falcon]

it's a tedious process, use the scanner to find resources, and try to use your jetpack sparingly so you can preserve life support while gathering that same carbon

[faint sand]

companion reward! i did not name him lol

[drowsy nebula]

so im supposed to run in circles for like 30 minutes until the game decides to spawn a carbon crystal

crazy gameplay

[bright barn]

Yeah the instractoins bugged out for a moment

[indigo falcon]

you can also see if any of the minerals have carbon as a secondary element (but you'll end up recharging the mining beam before getting sufficient carbon)... check also any cargo drops and such. the first round of bootstrapping in the expd is extra rough

[thick umbra]

Yeah .. I found it in the boxes ...

was enough to make my personal refiner

[indigo falcon]

I bought carbon at every single space station after that experience 😄

[thick umbra]

I got it from the second planet (the tornado planet 😉 )

[drowsy nebula]

boxes??

[indigo falcon]

oh >I got carbon from elsewhere. and I still bought it at every space station 😛

[drowsy nebula]

this planet is empty asf

[thick umbra]

look arround for cargo drops .. this kind of boxes .. and loot them

[indigo falcon]

red ammo-style boxes at cargo drops can have it

but really loot all of them, not just those

[drowsy nebula]

i do bruh

also my ship is surrounded by biological horrors

[thick umbra]

I´m not willing to pay for it if I can get it for free 🙂

[indigo falcon]

on the upside, cursed dust deposits so you can, once you get that settled, become a millionaire with one trip to the space station

[thick umbra]

because you did shoot the eggs 🙂

[indigo falcon]

I got a lot of things for free (made solar mirrors, microprocessors, etc etc). but carbon? got for free and bought it. scarred for life, I tell ya

[thick umbra]

haha ok

[bright barn]

AAAAAND done

now where i request the expedtion role

[indigo falcon]

so a fun thing I just saw on a stream: someone had set the on foot combat to "none" in difficulty settings. this let them walk around and just mine tons of eggs. (but: those eggs did not count for the egg milestone, they needed to put the settings back for that). still: larval cores for the taking 🤣

[thick umbra]

ohh did not know it .. did ignore cursed dust .. need to go back :

[bright barn]

oh its manual now ook

[indigo falcon]

go to the roles channel and just add, I see you got it

[thick umbra]

and making Nanites .. can you switch the settings in exp ?

[indigo falcon]

this streamer did, I guess you can look. but bear in mind that you need to check milestones and see, if you turn things all the way down to "none"

[thick umbra]

ah ok .. did the 16 eggs on the hard way 🙂

[indigo falcon]

I set, what was it, tech damage to none, because I hate dealing with damaged slots. or did I? I thought about it, it was on "minimal" and you could set it to none, well anyways the option is there

[indigo falcon]

you have to. for the milestone, you must have the usual settings.

but if you just want extra larval cores for nanites? we-ell...

(of course, how you play through and with what difficulty settings you prefer, is entirel yup to you. some people want a more relaxed play, and others love more adrenaline, pick your poison!)

[thick umbra]

I usually prefer the hard way 🙂

now I need to go back and chck the cursed dust on the starter planet

[indigo falcon]

on expeditions I leave settings alone as a general rule, though that one tech setting I either think about changing or I do, depending on my memory 😄

[bright barn]

and now

time again to take a brake

[indigo falcon]

there will be other places with it, but if you're set for life support, and short on cash, then yeah, go mine a few deposits

[neat latch]

Scan the rocks, some have carbon. There's carbon crystals on the planet too.

[safe fog]

Man this Expedition makes me want procedural monstrocities that much more.

Kinda tired of everything else being varied and not these guys. Oh and hazardous plants too.

[lusty slate]

I just want corrupted spider Sentinel pet, plz.

[fading python]

gotta say, not the best expedition so far...

[indigo falcon]

I enjoyed it pretty much for the ambience but I can see how not everyone would love the vibe

[bright barn]

ok first gen space stations vs the new ones

what a diffrencew

what class is the new ship so i can build it?

[indigo falcon]

I haven't claimed it yet, so dunno (staying in expd mode for while in case testing etc is needed)

[wraith junco]

U use item that determines class of ship when building it.

[bright barn]

i havent used the new space ship building mechanics yet

idk an expedtion where you start on a system with the worse ship possible and you having to build your own ship will be fun

[remote thunder]

fleet coord affects fuel usage displayed as well

[warm sigil]

Is the Numbers Station that I encountered part of the expedition or just a normal space encounter?

[remote thunder]

anomalous number station is a well known space encounter

[warm sigil]

Ah. I encountered it for the first time during this expedition, while approaching the space station in the starter system.

[neat latch]

Oohhhh! That's why

[remote thunder]

i had to save edit my freighter from a-class to c-class, set fleet coord to the minimum, for it to show me the true fuel usage - i was a little annoyed tbh

[wraith junco]

You can always upgrade the ship u have atm. I did the exp with starter ship. Didnt had much issues other than tough steering.

[neat latch]

It's weird but I guess i'll take 1 fuel over anything else xD
I have never seen that before.

I have noticed another thing, the stats are same for me and chippy, friend entity @remote thunder

[wraith junco]

Again my exp starter mt somehow started with mt SC layout from my main save xD

[warped horizon]

Anyone had difficulty spawning a derelict freighter for phase 4, step 5?

[wraith junco]

Its P layout so i wont complain

[neat latch]

Yes, friend entity apergos did, they had to do a reset.

[warped horizon]

A reset, as in start expedition over?

[neat latch]

no, no. Let me find their message.

[indigo falcon]

no

I tried everything (different systems, this and that...)

[neat latch]

#nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

finally exited out of the game, waited a long time, then got back in and tried again, I still had to exit the pulse partway through

[neat latch]

I think it's the loot table that's causing this issue.

[indigo falcon]

but then after talking to the lost freighter again or whatever it is, and pulsing a second time, it gave me a freighter I could land on

[neat latch]

But if that was the case why would I get it within a few seconds?

[indigo falcon]

I do not know

[neat latch]

neither do I.

😦

[indigo falcon]

so try that: exit out of the pulse after I dunno 20 seconds let's say

it should tell you to answer the communicator and you should see some sort of ghostly freighter

do all that and pulse a gain and hopefully you get lucky

[neat latch]

could it be that we need to have an interaction with the ghost freighter and pulse again to spawn the derelict freighter? I do remember talking to ghost freighter before derelict was spawned.

[indigo falcon]

this was my second to last milestone, talked to the ghost freighter couple times before that at least

nice thought though, wouldn't put it past the devs to try something like that

[warped horizon]

Ok, I've just home screen quit the game, reloaded it and it's spawned after a couple of seconds of pulse......thanks all 😄

[neat latch]

I mean, could it be that ghost freighter has to be interacted with right before pulsing to spawn derelict? What we usually have been doing is talking to ghost freighter and doing other stuff.

[indigo falcon]

ah the best luck ever, congrats

[neat latch]

Oh you got it. Nice.

[warped horizon]

Thanks for the help 😄

[indigo falcon]

sometimes "have you turned it off and on again" is actually the right answer 😄

[thick umbra]

never found carbon rocks on the (my) starter planet .. .. oxygen rocks yes .. but carbon rocks .. no

[heady pilot]

That's a really good theory. That could be it. I can't test it anymore as I finished the expedition but someone should. I do know that I encountered the derelict I neede by chance. Didn't have to use the device though the expedition provided one of those too.

[indigo falcon]

wait what? you didn't use an emergency signal scanner at all?

[heady pilot]

No. I just ran into a derelict by chance, so I landed and did it.

[indigo falcon]

hmm. you hadmultiplayer on by any chance?

[heady pilot]

Nope. Completely off. Turn off MP is the first thing I do on every save.

[fierce berry]

What happens to all the stuff like ship upgrades and the like after you complete the rendezvous 5?

[indigo falcon]

phase 5, you mean when you complete the whole expedition? are you on a new save or did you start from an existing save?

[fierce berry]

Whole expedition, existing save.

This is the first expedition I've been around for lol

[indigo falcon]

you have the option to keep your active multitool and ship, when you complete it

you can also put some items into a stash from the expedition side of things, to be claimed by the save later in regulr mode, at the anomaly terminal

[fierce berry]

Nice, Thanks!

Sorry, one last question. The Frigate reward, does that transfer over?

[heady pilot]

I don't understand. What do you mean what happens to the them? You mean when you complete the expedition and return to the main save? Anything in your inventory you can put into the expedition terminal and transfer to the main save or anything left behind when save is erased gets transformed into units which are awarded to main save. If you played expedition as a whole new save then that save is just there...you can keep playing it or delete it but nothing will transfer except what you can claim from quicksilver bot.

[heady pilot]

You can claim it from quicksilver bot on the anomaly for all your current and future saves.

[neat latch]

This can happen, I think we can narrow it down to having an encounter with ghost frigate and pulsing immediately after will spawn the derelict freighter if we have that milestone selected.

There could be another criteria: total mumber of encounters with the ghost frigate. I've had 4 interactions before pulsing for derelict freighter.

[indigo falcon]

I didn't count, but it was between 'a few' and 'several'

[neat latch]

LOL!

[ashen dawn]

I might be cooked I'm at the start of the expedition and I got like nothing left😭

[warped horizon]

As a follow up to my previous question should I accept the restored freighter?

[pure dust]

need some help, i activated the portal but didnt step thru and left the area, now i cant find the portal, how can i locate it?

[ashen dawn]

I need carbon to power my refiner but there's no carbon anywhere🙁

[indigo falcon]

check cargo drops; scan for carbon crystals; something's got to turn up (and don't jetpack all over the place, preserve your life support)

[heady pilot]

In my case I did not have that milestone selected. For me it happened when I was hunting robotic fauna. I was pulsing to a planet in a system that had robotic fauna to check it when the derelict spawned.

[neat latch]

This derelict is being very weird.

Sassy derelict.

[indigo falcon]

I don't think we can narrow it down to a dang thing 😄

[remote thunder]

i've experienced this in expeditions: not sure what triggers it, if it's the system itself, if it's the first time you pulse through that system

[ashen dawn]

can't get the advanced laser for crystals cause I need a seal for that so ig I'll look for drops

[indigo falcon]

'the first time you pulse through the system', there must be more to it than that, or we'd be running into derelicts all over the place .... makes me think there's something about specific systems mayyyybe

[remote thunder]

might be that there's a derelict freighter pulse encounter early in the drop table; i've seen reports that it is possible to find them without using an ESS, just by pulse driving

[indigo falcon]

if only I had been that lucky 😂

[ashen dawn]

wait I can mine condensed carbon with a regular lazer????

[tough forum]

Bummer, wanted to transfer over the interceptor I was using but it only gave me the option for my starting shuttle. Oh well is what it is. Also for some reason back in my main save my freighter lights are all red as if I have a pirate dreadnought

[hidden merlin]

you just need oxygen to craft a hermetic seal

[ashen dawn]

I swear I couldn't before

[indigo falcon]

smaller crystals yes. the giant ones, no

[remote thunder]

can even melee them to save mining beam charge

[ashen dawn]

damn I really am dumb😭

I haven't been on nms in like

[indigo falcon]

no no, everyone has (and is entitled to) brain farts now and then

[ashen dawn]

7 months I think so I don't remember a lot

[pure dust]

no one can help me?

[woeful osprey]

whats up

[remote thunder]

finding a monolith to get back on track would probably be the best way

that said, could probably try to trigger out of range on that

[pure dust]

so scan with sig booster?

[indigo falcon]

the portal would have been on a world in the specific system you were in when you called in the anomaly, that can vary. as to which planet it sent you to, I don't know how you would determine that. if you can recall the system and planet name, then it is possible

[pure dust]

didnt leacve the system juss went and changed my ship

i even dropped a waypoint so i could come back

[indigo falcon]

on the planet? by the portal or...?

[remote thunder]

normally you'd use alien charts or exocrafts with the power resonator tech upgrade installed - signal booster doesn't allow you to target specific structures; that said, with the milestone selected, if you interact with a signal booster, what do you see for option nr 1?

[remote thunder]

save beacon or base computer, never a visor marker

[indigo falcon]

I"m hoping that the player meant the save beacon....

[pure dust]

yea lesson learnt lol

[indigo falcon]

ah dang

[pure dust]

blah i jump around, need to get the mech exo so i do that then hopefully be able to come back

i completed the expe already but did it on a new save so i gotta do it again 🤣

[worthy beacon]

hmmm the fathoms below milestone says it will upgrade the class of your ship. are their restrtions to this?

[remote thunder]

ship can't be s-class

[worthy beacon]

can the ship be a sentinal one?

do they go to S?

(never used one before this)

[pure dust]

i have sential

[remote thunder]

unless you're on pc steam, ship and MT can't be s-class already to claim those milestones

[remote thunder]

what planet?

[pure dust]

wat planet wat>?

[worthy beacon]

oh My ship is A and I can claim miilestone (on PC/STEAM/VR) but it stays at A class

[remote thunder]

post the glyph address

[heady pilot]

Does anyone know, what happens to the Galaxy/Universe in an expedition save after you finish the expedition? Do all systems remain abandoned? If you go to another galaxy, is everything abandoned there too?

[indigo falcon]

ah gonna find coords? good thought

[pure dust]

there is none

[remote thunder]

no, should all turn back to normal euclid

[pure dust]

RattiX is the planet name

[indigo falcon]

go to photo mode, wait for ui to fade, then take a pic, glyphs should show in lower left

[pure dust]

Astina is the system

[hidden merlin]

what milestone do you get the space anomaly?

[remote thunder]

yeah i remember that planet

[remote thunder]

first warp

[pure dust]

yea

[hidden merlin]

ok

[pure dust]

if i knew i was gonna lose the damn visor waypoint i would have dropped a base lol

[indigo falcon]

phase 2 second milestone is where they expect you to call in the anomaly (it's part of the task)

[heady pilot]

On PS5 you don't have to wait for ui to fade. The UI is automatically hidden when you snap the picture. I don't think I could capture the UI in photo mode if I tried.

[indigo falcon]

you can call it in earlier but it's a bit immersion breaking

[indigo falcon]

not for me (also ps5) unless that is a recent change

[heady pilot]

Recent is relative but it's been like this for a while...at least a year. But it wasn't always like this. Not exactly sure when it changed but I want to say 1-2 years ago.

[indigo falcon]

hmmm

well I'll check next time I'm in, maybe some setting governs it or maybe I'm not very observant, both equally possible 😄

[remote thunder]

wait - that's not supposed to happen; have you raised a bug report?

[pure dust]

so seems i'm stuck cuz i cant get the mech exo unless someone already has it somewhere

let me try jumping out of the system and back in

i wonder if i can get back the coords from anamoly

thats a negi

they need to put filters on gates for bases...sigh

[patent pollen]

this expidition has been fun so far

[pure dust]

nah it aint, i'm stuck and cant get unstuck 🤣

[patent pollen]

what you stuck on ?

[pure dust]

cant find the portal that i activated

[patent pollen]

lol. oh damn

[pure dust]

yep

let to change my ship and didnt mark the area properly

sooooooo i cant find itsigh

and i need it for the drive bps

so i cant even skipp ahead to get the mech exo to come back and scna for it 🤣

there was a base there but i cant find it in the list

[patent pollen]

im 4/8 on pase 5

phase

[indigo falcon]

remind me, do you have any other saves, Dread?

[pure dust]

juss a completed 1

[indigo falcon]

well here's my thought

if you can get a pic with the glyphs, and your other save has the 16 glyphs and access to a portal, they could go there directly in regular mode

mark the location (planetary coords) of the portal

and then you go there with your expd save

[patent pollen]

dread couldnt you group up. travel to anomaly and exit on teammate?

[pure dust]

but i already went their it so i would i find it again?

[pure dust]

probably, if someone has the mission maybe

[patent pollen]

im just spit ballin here

[indigo falcon]

portals are at a fixed location

[woeful osprey]

i wonder when keyboard and mouse will work on switch

[indigo falcon]

so if you find it on one save (by going there via gyphs from some other portal that save has a base nearby or whatever)

then it should be at the same place on this save too

portals are permanent structures

the question is whether it will still be active and all that, unclear

[woeful osprey]

should ping the admins i think thats a bot

[pure dust]

isnt there a way to reset a mission though?

[patent pollen]

whos a bot

[woeful osprey]

XD
thanks admins

[indigo falcon]

nm their post is gone

[indigo falcon]

not sure about that in the expd.

[pure dust]

yea this is annoying, not like i can restart the whole expe either