nms-expedition

[heady pilot]

Nope.

[faint pelican]

Okay, I have tried a few systems AND different planets and still only have 2 options with the signal booster, nearby structures or transmitters or something, I do not see an option for holo terminal. Do I keep flying to planets and systems until I see that option?

[heady pilot]

Have you tried the transmitter option? That sounds like it could be a holo terminal. Which is a communication device.

[faint pelican]

No, let me try that option. Thanks again for your help. I feel really dumb right now, still in phase 2. lol

Oh my gosh, that was it! Thank you!

[heady pilot]

Remember this for future milestones, there will be others that require use of the Signal Booster...every quest location has its own unique option for the signal booster...the answer is never to scan for nearby buildings.

[faint pelican]

Thank you so much. On the good note, I learned something and I got some waypoints and things along the way. Don't mind the time, it's all fun, just frustrated when I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Appreciate the Discord and all that help here. Thanks. 🙂

[gloomy moss]

I might not have enough time to finish this

[cloud geyser]

Hey yalls, I have a question regarding using the freighter in the current expedition. I stumbled on an abandoned Freighter by pure chance and got the opportunity to claim it in the Expedition. However, when I try to customize the freighter using the build menu (z), The build menu pops up but I don't see any parts to place. This is weird because alot of the parts already are unlocked when I interact with the freighter terminal. What is going on?

[heady pilot]

You have six weeks, you'll be fine.

[gloomy moss]

Oh wait I thought it it ended on the 15th

I guess it ended next 15th

[heady pilot]

It does...July 15th.

[heady pilot]

Because the expedition save is still a separate save even though it may be tied to your main save. You don't have any of your customization bits claimed or unlocked there.

[cloud geyser]

This is from the current expedition. I have these parts unlocked but when I try to build, nothing shows up.

[heady pilot]

Maybe a bug but it doesn't matter...why are you messing with that stuff anyway? You don't need any of that for the expedition.

[cloud geyser]

I ran out of storage.

[gloomy moss]

Yeah but this month is June

[heady pilot]

Ok, so delete some stuff.

[gloomy moss]

When you play a game for a while you kinda don’t want to play it again for a bit

Pretty much just getting bored

[sick jay]

apparently you can kill other players even if your not in a group with them on this expidition

i was gunning down someone in my starship cuz i was bored and i saw the damage numbers and eventually a message saying "xxxx died in starship combat"

crazy

hope that guy wasnt on permadeath lol

[warm sigil]

I thought multiplayer was disabled this expedition.

[shell kettle]

Nah, you probably don't see anyone because GOG is an update behind.

Also, spoiler: your expedition is softlocked, enjoy.

[woeful osprey]

i be waiting for switch now

[elder yarrow]

and expedition complete... ||ending makes a bit more sense with why it is as it is||

[hexed badger]

anyone got any tips for getting the nanites milestone for the expedition

[woeful osprey]

idk maybe those horror egg things
i haven't got to play yet

[wanton turtle]

I got that one on the starting planet 😅🤣

[elder yarrow]

find a dissonant world and farm radiant shards

[indigo falcon]

larval cores from the eggs refine to nanites; flesh ropes and vile spawn from the worm babies refine to nanites; scanning fauna, flora and minerals, the uploaded discovery data gets you nanites; completion of scan of fauna on any world gets you nanites... and just grabbing the extra little bit from damaged machinery etc as you explore around, you'll get it done easily

[hexed badger]

im near a lot of the eggs, do you know how much they smelt into?

[indigo falcon]

1 larval core = 50 nanites.same for the flesh ropes and vile spawn

there are milestones for getting the eggs and dealing with the worm babies too, so...

[woeful osprey]

man i tried saying that oh well you said it better

[hexed badger]

turns out i had like 28 in my inventory and that got the milestone done for me. thanks for the info! really appreciate the help

[ashen shore]

is there an easier way to find a 1600u high mountain or it's just good ol' exploring

[warm sigil]

WDYM by softlocked?

[hidden flame]

some people built stairways upward till they hit the mark

[ashen shore]

oh yeah, i used terrain manipulator to create and climb, damn why didnt i think of stairs....?

i'll keep that in mind and use it ONLY after exploring

thanks

[neat latch]

Yeah, what do you mean by softlock @shell kettle

[indigo falcon]

the r2 and r3 planets have some tall enough mountains, but yeah, stairs, walls or terrain manip are the ways to make up a couple hundred u difference, then just jetpack the rest if needed

[hidden flame]

np

[ashen shore]

what are r2 and r3 planets?

[hidden flame]

and by the way you don't have to climb it...i landed on a mountian, jumped out and got it

[ashen shore]

reaching that high up once is enough yeah?

[hidden flame]

yeah

[indigo falcon]

rendezvous 2 and 3 worlds in their respective systems

[ashen shore]

ahh that's helpful

will try, thanks!

[indigo falcon]

when you pin the milestone, it will show your elevation so it's just a matter of going to some high looking mountain, landing, and then building up some, etc.

[hexed badger]

i think in the r2 planet, theres a planet in the system with extremely high mountains. i landed and i was at 1594u high.

[gloomy trail]

Do you have to complete everything in the expedition to get the ship??

[indigo falcon]

yes.

[ashen shore]

yeah okay

[ashen shore]

yup! im going there rn infact lol

[gloomy trail]

So you have to search everything in derelict freighters to clear/complete them

Since im doing that right now and theres like 7 nests in one room

I just wanna get the logs and the salvage at the end and bolt it out of here

[indigo falcon]

you need to: get the security credentials from a log snippet; get crew manifest from terminal; get captain's log from terminal; interact with the engineering terminal (take a part or nanites, whichever). you don't need to go into dead end rooms or scavenge anything else if you don't want

[gloomy trail]

So just the default stuff to complete lost in space??

[indigo falcon]

uh huh

I salvaged no other items and got it done

[gloomy trail]

Thank you ive been spared by the swam things

Im so grateful they gave us the scatter blaster for free my aim is horrid

[indigo falcon]

it was a nice little bonus for sure

[elder yarrow]

and now for the chore of optimizing everything for sending back XD

[gloomy trail]

I dont feel like playong hell dovers in nms right now

Yet for some reason moving an inch awakens the mother hoarder of an entire room

And now i have to lill 50 or so little horrors while on 1 life

[indigo falcon]

derelict?

[craggy pivot]

Hey y'all, my partner is playing through the expedition and is having trouble finding the three robotic lifeforms for the scanning activity? Anyone had any luck with that so far?

[indigo falcon]

there's pins in here that give directions to systems with the robofauna, try those if you like

[cold chasm]

Spamming blue stars is what I did, got it in an hour and a half or so

[indigo falcon]

it's important to have the milestone pinned for this, so that when you enter an uncharted system (if you're looking by yourself and not going to a known location) the lower right tooltip will alert you if there are robofauna in the system.

my advice would be to spam red uncharted systems, there are many more of those

[craggy pivot]

alright, thank you! i'll let him know .v.

[cold chasm]

Really red ones?

[elder yarrow]

Price to pay for shuffling stuff back... and an interesting thing with the ship, ||because apparently the name is stripped on the import...|| so time for some shenanigans XD

[indigo falcon]

uh huh, red star systems are 95% likely to be uncharted, blue much lower

[cold chasm]

K nice to keep in mind

[ashen shore]

@indigo falcon @hexed badger r2 planet worked lol, the first mountain i landed on itself was over 1600 so didnt have to do anything else, thank you!

[hexed badger]

guys for the milestone where i have to find alien relics, i keep using my scanner with a surge battery and it says "no signals detected". ive tried a couple of planets now.. what do i do?

[indigo falcon]

make sure the milestone is pinned, you're not in an uncharted system, be on a normal world with regular flora/fauna, and that you get the 'find alien structures' choice as the first one from the signal booster; if still not working, maybe save-exit-reload

[hexed badger]

am i supposed to be in an undiscovered system?

[indigo falcon]

no

any normal fauna/flora world will do.

[hexed badger]

what do you mean by normal fauna and flora

[indigo falcon]

I mean not an exotic world where everything looks like miror shards or watever, and not a dead world like the starter planet

just, you know, the usual nms flora and fauna on it

[elder yarrow]

i didn't write down the ghost frigate's stats... anyone know what those are?

[indigo falcon]

nope, might have screenshotted it but probably not 😄

[elder yarrow]

well, apparently got like 2 hours before the expedition with the non-S ranks comes back in... so i got time XD

[gloomy trail]

Why are the space stations the old version of space stations instead of the new

[slim oxide]

Anyone know when expidition ends?

[indigo falcon]

july 15

[slim oxide]

tyvm

[indigo falcon]

this is meant to evoke the feeling of the game form some years ago... so there's deliberate use of older models of things

[gloomy trail]

Oh alr

[blazing fossil]

Abandoned and pirate stations use those models still

[elder yarrow]

oh this is dumb... apparently all i need to do after setting the iron vulture as export is hork up 2.8k nanites and it copies the ship and all the mods in it.... so that means i just pay up 8.4k nanites, get a custom ship, enough mods to fill it, and also three copies of my primary fighter's critical mods for the other personal ships XD

[indigo falcon]

2800? ok that's the number that's been bandied about for s class ships, good to know

[elder yarrow]

well, it IS an S class ship after all 😛

[winged flower]

Whoever named this planet you're a legend

[cloud geyser]

Okay. I am going to sound like I am insane but... In the expedition, is your Freighter base supposed to change lay out everytime you visit a new system?

[elder yarrow]

bigger question: should i keep only the custom Iron Vulture, or both of them?

[indigo falcon]

no it shouldn't. there's been some buggy behaviour reoprted around the freighter base this expd. also mp off might (no guarantee) help with that

[blazing fossil]

Your choice

[idle warren]

thnaks

[cloud geyser]

I reset the freighter and it seems to have fixed it for now but idk how long it will last.

[spiral cliff]

At what phase do you receive all the equipment/materials you chose to bring with you before starting the expedition?

[indigo falcon]

when you go to the anomaly you can collect them from the terminal there

[spiral cliff]

Omfg I forgot I can call the anomaly at any time…. Jesus….

[indigo falcon]

well any time after the first warp, heh

[spiral cliff]

I’m about halfway thru and was wondering “Gee, when do I get my shit?” Haha damn

[indigo falcon]

there's a milestone task that will send you to it, phase 2 milestone... 1? maybe? 1 oe 2, so you might want to wait for that

oh. yeah well. go get! 😄

[spiral cliff]

Yeah let’s just act like this didn’t happen and all go back to our respective areas

[indigo falcon]

mmm hmm

[wanton raft]

Do you get the Survey Device or plans for it as a reward from any milestone?

I looked through the mile stones and I don't think it spells it out unless I missed it.

[elder yarrow]

not that i saw, but tbh, i didn't actually make a base this time around so really should have ignored that prompt

[indigo falcon]

no survey device in my list

[elder yarrow]

And now to give it slots and mods....

FYI || https://youtu.be/cfcBY7Avd7I ||

[idle warren]

after i finnish will the planets revert back and will my bases disaper

[indigo falcon]

the planets will have npcs, those that would have had at any rate, but your bases remain

[idle warren]

and this "cursed dust depostit?

[indigo falcon]

I have a feeling those will be gone. can't be 100% sure, but guess so (would need to visit the starter world for example from a regular save, to know)

[elder yarrow]

For those wondering about the frigate....

[indigo falcon]

sweet! I did indeed forget to screenshot mine

[meager scroll]

Does it show up as "cursed to roam" for everyone?

[indigo falcon]

apparently so (saw a reddit post, same name)

[meager scroll]

Asking cause there are multiple descriptions in game files

[whole peak]

I have a question, I play on Xbox Series X, I started the adrift expedition on Xbox last night and pretty much messed up. I did not move any of the materials across at the start. Can I restart the expedition?

[meager scroll]

And was wondering if there is a way to get them to spawn

[indigo falcon]

hm maybe there's a few different choices then.

[meager scroll]

Or is it fixed because it spawns only at S class

[indigo falcon]

we could uh take a player poll in here and see whether anyone reports a different name, don't know how to tell otherwise though....

[meager scroll]

We don't do polls

Gleam has declared such

[indigo falcon]

I don't mean an official discord type poll. I mean ask in here "hey, what's the name of your frigate, can you let us know" and see what we get

[meager scroll]

Found the screenshot

wtf

Edit that link pronto

[indigo falcon]

huh?

oh crap

what the...

let me try this again. geez. so compare the fuel usage on your one with the one from this image from a reddit post:

also 'times damaged' is different, I wonder what else can differ

[cloud geyser]

I've a question on the expedition. So when I complete the expedition and get the rewards, how do I 'transfer' the rewards like the frigate/pet egg from the expedition save to my preexisting save, if such a thing is possible?

[blazing fossil]

Go to the anomaly on your other save and talk to the Quicksilver vendor

There’s an option to claim expedition rewards there

[indigo falcon]

in fact you can claim end phase/end expd rewards from any save at the quicksilver vendor.

[cloud geyser]

Got it. And there's no time limit to claim the reward right? And it can be claimed on any save multiple times?

[indigo falcon]

one time per save.

[cloud geyser]

ah yes. that's what I meant. one time per save but claimable across multiple saves

[indigo falcon]

yep yep

[edgy badge]

working on Adrift and wondering if the Nautilon Chamber is dismantable? I deployed it but didn't find the underwater freighter so want to relocate it but can't find the dismantle "button"

[meager scroll]

You can delete it from Build Menu and you will get the materials refunded

Then just rebuild it in a new spot

[indigo falcon]

I recommend you delete the geobay when you're done using it anyways. never know when it might come in handy later just wandering around

[indigo falcon]

switch players now have the update I am told by Reliable Sources (tm) (actually = Gleam in this discord)!

[lethal mantle]

Have fun switcharoonies

[indigo falcon]

woo hoo! go get 'em!

[remote thunder]

woooot switch travelers, time to have fun! :))

[lilac star]

where can i find robot like creatures

[indigo falcon]

see pins in here for some systems; if you want to hunt yourself, look for red star systems (starts with K or M instead of the usual G,F for yellow) with filter "lifeforms" in the galaxay map, choose white color stars with that filter

(you need thesystem to be >"uncharted" = nospace station, no associated species)

pin the mission, it will tell you in lower right when you warp in if there is robofauna there

if there is, check all but dead planets, when you land and get out, the lower right tooltip wll tell you if there is robofauna on the world

that's it!

you could fo to blue systems but they are a lot fewer andthe drive is more expensive to make

[lilac star]

ok alright thank you

[wraith junco]

Doing expedition offline without comballs everywhere is so nice

[remote thunder]

@lilac star one more tip: if you're hunting on your own, stick close to rendezvous systems, try those uncharted systems first.

it may help

[lilac star]

alright i will try thank you

[remote thunder]

today it's time to do a run from existing save

going to make a new creative save on the side

[indigo falcon]

ah starting anew? have a nice trip

[remote thunder]

get myself all sorts of goodies

claim that starborn runner

[wraith junco]

I finished mine yesterday. Didint claimed all rewards yet.

I want to build cursed dust farm

[indigo falcon]

still committed to uploading my base once a day for awhile... I'll claim and convert sometime much later

[wraith junco]

Who controls the spice, controls the universe.

[remote thunder]

first run i almost just wandered around, didn't really care much about the flow of the milestones just casually doing it

this run is going to be diff

😈

[indigo falcon]

going in order, or for efficiency, or...?

[remote thunder]

efficiency/fast as possible 😛

[indigo falcon]

speed run! speed run! speed run!

[remote thunder]

mostly just want to put together a list of mats, see if there's any i missed

[finite rover]

damn. I literally cannot stop myself exploring, scanning and generally taking my sweet arse time during expeditions.

[indigo falcon]

oh, to cut down on the grind time. right. I have organized my notes at last, can look over the list if you like (or not if you prefer too)

[indigo falcon]

you enjoy it? go to town! that's the only relevant metric (that and "grief no one")

[finite rover]

true and yet I had wanted to go fast. :)

[indigo falcon]

"had wanted". eh....

[remote thunder]

i can't remember the last exp that i took 7h to complete lol

[finite rover]

rather :)

[finite rover]

I took 50h on one :)

[indigo falcon]

sometimes you got to stop and smell the roses stare at the stars

[finite rover]

recent one too

[remote thunder]

i had a lot of fun, so

[shell kettle]

On GOG we can't finish the expedition because the hotfix hasn't been released yet.

@warm sigil

[neat latch]

Ohh! interesting.

[remote thunder]

idk, feels like i'm playing the same game anyway, it's just missions 🙂

familiar, good ol nms

a bazillion planets to explore

[shell kettle]

Damn, talk about twisting the knife...

[indigo falcon]

they also don't have fixes, just the base update

but at least they can play now

[wraith venture]

hopefully those come out for those platforms soon'ish

[mortal shoal]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

to view info below, enable embeds

Expedition 13: Adrift

Event ends <t:1721048400> (<t:1721048400:R>)

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

[indigo falcon]

ah grrrr... discord localization actually wrong, sigh (translation is ungrammatical)

[shell kettle]

That's their fault for playing on a tablet, there's no justifyable reasn for not releasing the hotfix on GOG, it's a 1 minute job.

[indigo falcon]

tsk, cannot blame switch players for nintendo holding up the works

hopefully now the weekend is passed GOG will see fixes roll out

[finite rover]

i get the feeling that buying this game on gog should be avoided :/

[shell kettle]

Yes, 100%.

Though I'd also add buying games from HG to that.

If they're willing to shaft GOG they can do it to other platforms as well.

[finite rover]

???

so this is HG's doing?

[wraith venture]

Not necessarily. Each platform has its own release / certification processes. Nintendo tends to be slow. For smaller game devs, apparently they tend to do Tuesday releases

[finite rover]

wot of gog?

[shell kettle]

HG says it's GOG's fault, GOG says it's HG's fault. So it's a joint effort.

[finite rover]

yaay!

[wraith venture]

No clue what happened with GoG. I do encourage players to reach out to their platforms as well as HG

!Hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[finite rover]

nah. just interested enough to have a convo here about it.

[wraith venture]

And on that note, we should focus on Expedition discussion in this channel

[finite rover]

fair call :)

[wraith venture]

We can have more general NMS discussion in #no-mans-sky

[shell kettle]

The discussion started with me saying the expedition is softlocked because the game hasn't been updated. How is that not on topic?

[finite rover]

that is. me asking why gog and hg are playing games is not. :)

(least imo)

[wraith venture]

Check the pinned channel rules. Discuss THE expedition. For release questions and suggestions, as I said, reach out to the respective platform and HG via their Zendesk

[shell kettle]

Ok, let's talk about how it's impossible to finish the expedition, because of factors that are out of our control.

[indigo falcon]

we can absolutely have a pin in here about existing bugs and what players can do to avoid them (e.g. "don't refuse the freighter command in milestone X because...")

[wraith venture]

@shell kettle Take this as a friendly warning. Please follow the channel rules. This channel is meant to help people playing the expedition. It isn't intended as the #expedition-rant channel.

[wraith venture]

And I support this

[ashen shore]

Hey guys im about to start the new expedition soon, what do yall recommend i bring with me in my inventory???

[indigo falcon]

are you wanting to save yourself some grind/some time? or are you ok taking things as they come along?

[shell kettle]

I didn't break any channel rules. And where does it say this?

[ashen shore]

Save my self some of the grind ig but still have the challenge of the expedition of course

[ashen shore]

I wouldnt recommend arguing with mods bud

[wraith venture]

Next post that continues to instigate unnecessary disruption, will be subject to a timed mute. For moderation concerns, you're welcome to reach out via the Contact Us channel.

[shell kettle]

I'm literally discussing the expedition, lmao.

[finite rover]

do we need the hypnotic eye and suspicious tech for anything? or can I use/sell?

[shell kettle]

Someone has their power trip pants on today.

[indigo falcon]

ok! you'll use a LOT of chromatic metal. some activated copper. you could send over a cadmium drive or even an indium one if you want. some atlantideum.

[livid gale]

I haven't played far into yet, but I would recommend ion batteries, chromatic metal, loads of ferrite, tech upgrades etc.

[indigo falcon]

the rest is your discretion really. maybe you want some life support gels and some batteries, maybe you want some cold protection (there's a derelict run)... but you can get by without, and craft basic items as needed

[wraith venture]

!Mute 1h 216953240976228352 I offered you plenty of warnings. Repeat rule violations of this sort will lead to longer timed mutes.

[unkempt kraken]

@shell kettle (nowayhomie) muted for 1 hour.

[finite rover]

sorry for repeating. hoping it was missed and someone has an answer. if not I'll soldier on.

[indigo falcon]

you will need it yes

[finite rover]

/so/ not touching it then :)

[neat latch]

iirc mind ark needs that?

[finite rover]

I hate these little tempters.

[livid gale]

Nope. Just let them chill next to the bobble head.

[indigo falcon]

yes, 1 hypnotic eye, 64 activ copper, 99 atlantideum

[ashen shore]

@livid gale @indigo falcon ok ion batteries, chromatic metal, ferrite, indium drive, and atlantidium

Ill keep this in mind

[indigo falcon]

activ copper if you like, (but if you don't mind mining it up, you don't need that much, just do it in expd)

[livid gale]

Grab some carbon nanotubes as well, metal plating, hermetic seal, oh some cobalt.

[finite rover]

I found that there is a supply on active copper on the starting world. someone made an auto-mine.

[ashen shore]

I dont usually carry any activated but ill check again

[indigo falcon]

there is on the world next door in starter system, I hopped over there to grab

[finite rover]

ahhh

[indigo falcon]

carbon for nanotubes or whatever can be bought at space station.

[finite rover]

I teleported and got confuse :)

[neat latch]

ionic cobalt may just be required, so grab a bunch of cobalt from caves

[finite rover]

i have a feeling I should've upgraded my MT when offered.

poop

is there anywhere I can do an MT upgrade? all the space stations are bunk.

[indigo falcon]

I brought nothing but I knew in advance about needing activ copper, atlantideum, so when I saw sources on the route I could just grab. when you get in the expd, check all the milestones, see what other things (like: 3 radiant shards) you might be told to collect.

[ashen shore]

ok ion batteries, chromatic metal, ferrite, indium drive, atlantidium, activated copper, carbon nanotubes, metal plating, cobalt, and seals

Thanks everyone this is very helpful for my quest to get through a expedition without too much trouble

[indigo falcon]

(I wanna say: you're bringing too much stuff 😄 but it's you who will be feeling the grind or not, hopefully that list will be a good balance for you.)

[indigo falcon]

cold protection!

[ashen shore]

Oh yeah XD

[livid gale]

Same. Retrospectively, I should have grabbed the basics, but thought this would be like playing it anew. Bit of a grind, but s'alright.

[indigo falcon]

I wanted to see how it would be for a new player (well, not exactly, because a new player wouldn't know a lot of the game mechanics) but someone without a lot of goodies. And it's .. good. Yeah.

[livid gale]

How long did it take you to finish, if you have already ie?

[indigo falcon]

I did, and I didn't track hours

completed almost everything in one real life day though, leaving one robohorse and the derelict for the next day

[livid gale]

Approximately? I am trying to gauge which of my actual tasks to push down the priority list.

Ah, brilliant.

[indigo falcon]

that was moving at a leisurely pace, I tend to be a slow cautious player

[lunar ice]

Quick question: where are we meant to be finding all that oxygen and condensed carbon on an essentially empty expedition planet? The rocks have a bit of oxygen, but haven't found anywhere near big enough a cluster. Same with oxygen which is very limited. :3

[finite rover]

get the quest that gives you the advanced mining tech

then go mine red crystals and pick flowers

[rose veldt]

It took me 5 hours

[indigo falcon]

scan scan scan, check cargo drops, preserve your life support so you can search farther by minimal use of jetpack (use to lift, let low grav do the rest)

[lunar ice]

Oh yeah, I have the advanced mining laser, but there is almost no red crystals or flowers anywhere near me. 😭

So I was hoping there'd be an alternative

Cuz this gonna take me ages

[indigo falcon]

getting over the hump on the starter world was the hardest part of the expd for me

[finite rover]

hump?

[lunar ice]

Yeahhhh, that's what I'm guessing

[warm sigil]

But I just finished the expedition last night.

[livid gale]

Yeah, leaving the planet has been a pain. Let's see how the rest of the journey goes.

bbl

[indigo falcon]

you know, from "gah never going to get enough resources" to "oof, fixed ship, have enough mats to get started, let's go"

[finite rover]

ahhhh

I think I started in a good spot.

got through that without noticing.

[ashen shore]

Man my original plan of doing expeditions is failing me rn lol. I like to focus on story and then pick up the rest once I’m done

But this means like 50% of each page is left undone

[warm sigil]

What softlock was the hotfix supposed to fix?

[indigo falcon]

there are a couple of issues

[ashen shore]

This is gonna be all little annoying to clean up the final missions lol

[indigo falcon]

some players reported that on phase 3, 4 dreaming missions, they were told to select 'get to rend X' first, which they had already completed...

[wraith venture]

In case it helps, these are the patch notes for the 4.71 hotfix that addresses various Expedition bugs: https://www.nomanssky.com/2024/05/adrift-4-71/

[lunar ice]

Lucky! Only way I got oxygen was hazardous fauna. No luck on more than like 4 crystals yet 😭

[wraith venture]

Two important notes from that although there are more:

• Fixed an issue that could block progress in some Adrift milestones if every rendezvous had been visited before starting them.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Surge Battery recipe from being learnt at the correct point of the Adrift Expedition.

[ashen shore]

I was lucky and spawned literally right next to a O2 fairy ring

Couldn’t believe my luck

[finite rover]

nice

I had red crystals, flowers, yellow crystals, blue crystals and other things.

[ashen shore]

Ah man sodium has been a nightmare for me

[finite rover]

floating in it

[ashen shore]

It took me ages to find some

[indigo falcon]

I had to go quite far afield to get enough of the basics but did eventually get it done

[ashen shore]

I’m still looking for it now as I use it as fast as I gain it

[warm sigil]

I was able to manage fleet expeditions from that terminal without the hotfix.

[lusty slate]

Can't play until I get off work. But I already have set aside: indium drive, basic survival elements, Sentinel ship stuff, etc.

I need to grind some radiant shards first, then I'll hop in.

[blazing fossil]

(And deuterium)

[lunar ice]

I'm like 45 minutes in. 0 condensed carbon (I had to use the 24 I had to refill my mining laser since it and my oxygen levels dropped faster than I could replenish). 💀

[lusty slate]

(You need that before the Anomaly tho, no point)

[blazing fossil]

Oh right

Same with oxygen/carbon

[lusty slate]

But extra later is always nice.

[lunar ice]

I really just should've brought some along, lol. Getting the experience for new players though. 😭

Can't even imagine what it'd be like to actually start on this expedition. Oof

[lusty slate]

I like that there's the option. We can bring stuff to fast track or no.

[lunar ice]

I would admittedly like it a bit better if it was playable without, but I'll just restart and plop some items in there, I guess

[lusty slate]

And the old, start a new save method is still there.

[unkempt kraken]

No Man's Sky on GOG

4.71.1 Adrift 123827 has been released

Published Tue 4 Jun 11:44 GMT

[indigo falcon]

if you think you'll build a base for other players to stop over, sending over some extra salv data could be nice depending on what amenities you want to provide, a milestone gives you 40 but that can go fast

YAY GOG at last. Now Switch gotta catch up

[lusty slate]

Oh, nice, everyone wins today!

[indigo falcon]

yep, 'tis good today

[lusty slate]

Few days to a week. Hotfixes usually don't take as long.

[lunar ice]

Oh right, you can't restart the expedition or plop in items through the anomaly after starting 😭

[indigo falcon]

uh nope, too late then

you'll be ok without! just keep on

[lunar ice]

I'm at 39 condensed carbon, 0 oxygen and dying 😭

[indigo falcon]

rocks! some have a bit of oxy

(I think it's oxy they have)

melee them to save on the beam

[lunar ice]

Yeah, that's been my strategy too, but they give 1 oxygen each 😭

[faint mesa]

Can you use the scanner? There should be those rich oxygen plants nearby

[remote thunder]

visor/humming sac or subterranean relic/dig/kill hazardous plants

[indigo falcon]

gotta have enough life support to get there though.

[faint mesa]

Also use silicate powder to recharge the terrain manipulator in case you go digging (the game doesn't do this automatically, it annoys me lol)

[lunar ice]

I found a small cluster of oxygen plants and that finally got me far enough to a small cluster of crystals so I have my refiner

Thanks for helping me keep my sanity through all that 😭

[fair grail]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[dusty elm]

How do I pick up the geobay underwater?

[indigo falcon]

build menu, delete

(then just rebuild it somewhere else when you want it again)

[ashen shore]

Ok fam expedition has started i believe i brought everything recommended from the list and a little extra

[shy dagger]

so i finished the expedition

but what did i had to do with the iron ship? finish the expedition while using it?

[indigo falcon]

you never need to use it during the expd, in fact you can't, as it's a reward for finishing the whole thing

[shy dagger]

no i mean, i read something about that if you use that ship as yours when you make the save turn back into a normal one, you can do something with it

i dont remember a lot

[indigo falcon]

oh! about getting parts from it for ship building. yes

#nms-expedition message

you need to have started the expedition from an existing save for this to work.

[blazing fossil]

Ah

Now I see what people mean with worm hell

Damn this place is worm filled

[indigo falcon]

just arrived on the starter world I take it?

[blazing fossil]

Loading in on switch

[indigo falcon]

woo hoo! enjoy 🙂

[ashen shore]

Wait so question

Am i able to later get dupes of the ship one expedition is done (switch player) and rebuild the ship and recolored it cause i love the ship as is i just want to recolor?

[shy dagger]

....... could you even start it to begin with

like from another save

[ashen shore]

Yes that was an update added to the anomaly where there is now a expedition terminal for same save expeditions

[shy dagger]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i have to do it again!

[ashen shore]

????

[indigo falcon]

if you want to do the whole ship building thing and you are dead set on doing it with the iron vulture, then yes.

[shy dagger]

i thought you could only do that on new saves

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[indigo falcon]

or find a player who is willing to generate extra parts and trade them to you

[ashen shore]

Nope

[ashen shore]

Switch.... No multiplayer

[shy dagger]

so, how would it work after i do it on my main save?

actually, wouldnt that mess it up or stuff

[indigo falcon]

no, this is the way it's supposed to be done

[ashen shore]

All money, Qsilver, and nanites will transfer over

[shy dagger]

like i mean

[indigo falcon]

I mean playing on a new save is fine bu there's this whole other mechanic for playing from a main save so that save gets the loot in one form or another

[shy dagger]

in the exp theres no one

[indigo falcon]

uh huh

[shy dagger]

how do everybody comes back then?

[ashen shore]

Yeah expedition theme is Alone in space

[ashen shore]

They dont

[shy dagger]

that would ruin my main save forever?

[indigo falcon]

when you play from an existing save, what happens is, your normal gameplay is suspended as yo ugo through the expd

[ashen shore]

No once your done your main save reverts back to og

[indigo falcon]

at any time you can switch back to normal mode and play that (outside of expd)

[shy dagger]

so i would still have nothing of my main save?

[indigo falcon]

when you are done with the expd you switch back out for good

[shy dagger]

or i play with everything i have?

[indigo falcon]

back to normal gameplay

[shy dagger]

no, i mean, as i play the exp on my main

[indigo falcon]

when you start, you have the option to put some items from your main save into a stash via the terminal at the anomaly

[ashen shore]

Imagine your starting a new save from in the anomaly both saves are linked and basically once exp is done you enter your main save again with all the rewards without having been in your main save

[indigo falcon]

when the expd version of the save gets to the anomaly, it can retrieve those items and can (for some nanites) retrieve the active mt and ship too, if desired, though no cargo from ship carries over

[harsh nymph]

As long as you completed the expedition and claimed the rewards, you can reclaim them on any save at the quicksilver merchant

[shy dagger]

and the only thing i would get is infinite parts of that ship

[indigo falcon]

so that's what you would have and when you would have it in the expd.

[shy dagger]

cause i really dont care about the build your own ship mechanic

[indigo falcon]

when you convert (back* at the end of the expd you get your units earned, quicksilver, you can stash some items for retrieval for your normal version of the save, and the rest is converted to units/nanites for your main save.

and you can (for nanites) get the main ship/mt you were using.

this is separate from the rewards (end phase/end expd) you can get once on each save at quicksilver vendor

[ashen shore]

Then dont worry about starting a exp from main save if you already have the rewards and dont want the ship again to rebuild and clone

[shy dagger]

i will do the next exp straight from main save

[blazing fossil]

Damn mate. I’m walking here

[indigo falcon]

eh?

[blazing fossil]

Huge fucking worm just crashed down right next to me

[lunar ice]

Happend too quickly to screenshot, but four sandworms at the same time at the 1st redezvous point 😱

[indigo falcon]

oh sh.... yeah. and also they are really loud

[ashen shore]

The worms seem aggressive suddenly gawd damn

[lunar ice]

Yes 😄

[ashen shore]

Like my screen wont stop shaking

[frosty granite]

Does anyone know, if you upgrade a damaged ship via "Fathoms Below", if it will repair the ship when it upgrades it? Or will it still just be damaged?

[indigo falcon]

I would guess that it's an upgrade only, but that is only a guess

[last flower]

was wondering how to change ship parts or the base of it in the expedition? if theres any at all

my first time playing the expedition

im aware of finding the crash ship part but is there a place like a hub to do the ship part expand the storage etc?

[shy dagger]

is this ship better than the sentinel ones btw?

[indigo falcon]

the space stations are in the main not functional so you don't have that kind of access in the expd.

[indigo falcon]

it's different, let's say it that way. if you like the look and want an S hauler that can hover, here it is

[remote thunder]

fly around in a tanky ship while leeching shields from other ships with phase beam, feeling immortal while they hopelessly try to take you down - maneuverability? what for.. let them come at me head on

[latent musk]

If you create an expedition save file and don't complete all minestones, does it remain even after the 2 months expedition ends?

[remote thunder]

nope

[latent musk]

rip

[remote thunder]

it will be forcefully converted when exp ends server side

[latent musk]

That's lame

I'd really like to have an alone in space save

[remote thunder]

strongly recommend getting anomaly access first and foremost, if you plan on opening a save and leaving its completion towards closer the end date

[remote thunder]

well, in other modes, uncharted and abandoned systems are the closest you'll get to this.

[unkempt kraken]

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[latent musk]

It isn't quite the same as playing in a mode where units/nanite farming isn't rewarded at all

I'd love to play this expedition long-term and set up farms for materials needed to repair ships

to get real good at scavenging

[remote thunder]

well, the other option would be to go offline i guess; or use mods to change the universe if you're on pc

[solemn bane]

So the new setting in the expeditions for this is "ForceAllSystemsAbandoned": true - I wonder if there is a way to edit your save to make that happen without needing to be in the expedition. Never really tinkered with anything like that.

[remote thunder]

a mod can do it for sure

[latent musk]

Hey that's cool, I didn't know there was a hidden option for it

[solemn bane]

Well, it's just the setting in SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON in the cache folder (where they save the data that is pulled down from the server). There's other expedition-specific settings like that, for instance the one in Utopia that made the starting system abandoned. Thing is I don't know how/if these settings can be used in regular save files, vs just expedition settings. But yeah more of a #nms-modding thing I spose.

But yeah, I'd love to have an abandoned galaxy where you could learn to make all the things you need NPC's for, like scrapping/building ships.

[latent musk]

It's like getting a freighter, how in a normal game it's no big deal and you can buy/sell freighters all casually

but in expedition getting a freighter is massive

Having access to storage and 3 spot refiners

[indigo falcon]

(huh, I never set foot on my freighter 😛 spent salv data to set up storage and a refiner on planet after finishing all milestones)

[last flower]

ok ty

[remote thunder]

well, getting a freighter by rescuing it from pirates isn't all that hard either, and that would still happen with abandoned systems

has anyone got a freighter rescue battle in this expedition?

[indigo falcon]

no and I don't see how we would. no pirates. no anything but sentinels, structures, and us

[solemn bane]

Yeah that. I jumped a lot looking for the synthetics before I realized I just needed to find the quest icon

[remote thunder]

in other modes, freighter rescue battle events can be forced to trigger in abandoned systems, so something more is doing it i think

[solemn bane]

Yeah that setting above probably does a little more than it implies.

[indigo falcon]

I expect they turned that off along with many other npc-related things wholesale

it might be fun to compile a list later of changes (includes comm balls are silent, chat text has interference, player pilots not visible properly at the anomaly...)

[solemn bane]

Ha, didn't even know about those, since I played offline to be extra-alone

[indigo falcon]

I have mp off but I've been collecting reports 🙂

[ashen shore]

I had absolutely no idea the iron vulture can hover this is the greatest thing

Never thought I'd see the day where I retired my space truck

[indigo falcon]

yeah that's one of the big draws (and I think why people are excited about the parts, though I don't know if ships built from those parts will also hover or not)

[ashen shore]

I do wish I had that space hillbilly vibe that mine does but hey can't have it all. Looks like something I'd expect out of like a more combat based video game

[indigo falcon]

guess we need a pic of your space truck then 🙂

[warm sigil]

What type of interference in chat?

[woeful osprey]

YES SWITCH IS OUT

[indigo falcon]

yes it is! get in there! have fun at last!

[indigo falcon]

most words kzzzt out, that kind of thing

[warm sigil]

Neat.

[indigo falcon]

that is a great pic that really does the vibe justice

[ashen shore]

This has been my favorite hauler since I saw it I went broke trying to get it lol

Let's see what you got

[indigo falcon]

me? meh I don't even have my screenshots available right now, only the few paltry ones from this expd, I gotta find the backup disk for that

mostly nothing interesting in the hauler space, unfortunately

well I did find one I liked, (not built. these are all pre-ship parts)... wonder if I even have a pic of it... maybe somewhere. meh so disorganized now

[ashen shore]

I hope you find it and I can't get into a ship building like I think it's more interesting to find one I like I just end up building the same ship over and over again

[indigo falcon]

ty I will see about trying to find that disk and the pics in the next days

[warm sigil]

I wish it was more like Starfield's, in that I wish you could purchase the ship parts instead of having to disassemble ships.

[dusty elm]

I'm starting the Dereliction milestone and I read an older post saying I just need to go in and do the following: Security credentials, Log snippet, Crew Manifest from terminal, Interact with Engineering terminal. I was wondering if I might encounter a lot of battles or whatever's in there lol (or) will this be pretty much a quick in and out done deal

[indigo falcon]

depends on the derelict. each little clump of star systems will have derelicts with the same sort f hostiles in them

so it depends where you go, what you get

layout varies with each system though (how many rooms and etc)

[ashen shore]

I think if you don't like the one you have as long as you don't turn in your active scanner you could just go to another system

[dusty elm]

If I die in here, will I get another chance?

[ashen shore]

Yes it doesn't save your position on derelicts so the last save before you went to it is where you'll come back from

[indigo falcon]

you might need to buy a new signal scanner, but they do sell them at the space stations

1.3 million, which is cheap compared to the base game, by now I expect you have 10 million units or more...

one thing you could do (but ahem it is an exploit) is to put the scanner into your personal refiner after you get on the derelict but before opening the door. it will still be there when you are done...

(I do this in case of a game breaking bug, sometimes the interior door slime just will not clear and it's bugged, but others... just reuse, depends on what you are comfortable with)

[dusty elm]

Im already in here and I dont think I can put the scanner in refiner now, I tried.

[indigo falcon]

ah no, too late. just go for it 🙂

[dusty elm]

Is the scatter blaster best to use in here

[indigo falcon]

it's pretty dang good, recommend

[solemn bane]

I just used my Boltcaster, but I had 3 sentinel upgrades and a couple boltcaster upgrades from scrapping multitools

[indigo falcon]

if you're shooting the green jellies, mining beam is fine for those

[dusty elm]

first i see is a horrific nest..

[indigo falcon]

ah oh.... oof. stop and go with those. and keep track where the heaters are, so you can get warmed back up

[solemn bane]

lol, wow, I got lucky. I was dreading doing the freighter because I didn't have the usual Neutron Cannon. I was considering using my Plasma Launcher after blasting the Horrific Nests open, but I ended up getting the ez mode freighter with no nests, so I just sleep-walked through the whole thing.

[indigo falcon]

starter system and nearby ones: no nests.

I found this out by pure luck

[solemn bane]

Ah yep, I put my base on the starter system and did almost everything there. Def prefer being lucky over being skilled 😆

[dusty elm]

If I die, I think I'll go to the starter system. I can't get to the notepad without dealing with a huge nest hang over it lol. Do I have to shoot it to get to the notebook?

[indigo falcon]

hrm your best bet is when it is still (not lit up) go interact with the log snippet

when done, if the nest is lit up, wait again, then move when it's abck to hibernating

[dusty elm]

Do I need to bust thru the doors covered with webbing stuff inorder to move along forward?

[solemn bane]

yep

[dusty elm]

well darn lol.. there's 2 in here

[indigo falcon]

you'll keep finding those unfortunately

[dusty elm]

mining gun?

[indigo falcon]

for the nests? no. if you shoot them.... well... there's an unpleasant surprise, let's just say that

[dusty elm]

the webbing covering the doors.. looks like boltcaster is needed

[indigo falcon]

oh. um if mining beam doesn't get it then boltcaster will yeah

the webbing is annoying but perfectly safe

[dusty elm]

I died lol

[indigo falcon]

aww rats

[dusty elm]

Can I just leave and go to the starter planet with hopes of an easier mission👀 AND bring hubby with me lol

[indigo falcon]

you can leave but you'll need to get another signal scanner

[dusty elm]

So I lost all my cargo wow

[indigo falcon]

wut

[dusty elm]

every thing is gone! what a bummer

[indigo falcon]

wait from your suit?

[dusty elm]

yes exosuit cleaned out

[indigo falcon]

then there ought to be a grave marker in there someplace, go get, collect yer stuff, gtfo

I've not died aboard one of those yet but I assume it works like any other game death

[dusty elm]

I'll let you know going in now

[indigo falcon]

ok!

marker should be at the spot you died in theory

[dusty elm]

got it

If they didn't have you walking like a turtle, you probably could make it easy lol

[last flower]

after playing expedition does the game save continue into normal game save and continue from there or is it a different save?

[keen stone]

expedition is being mean to me

i'm supposed to collect larval cores

and i have collected many

but it doesnt count them

[indigo falcon]

if you started the expd from an existing save, you will carry on from that one. if it's a new save, it will convert to normal mode and you can continue playing that.

[last flower]

are you using a trainer? if not restart your game

[keen stone]

using a what

[indigo falcon]

did you by any chance change your difficulty settings?

[keen stone]

OH MY GOD

yes

[indigo falcon]

gotta have for enemy combat foot damage, at least not "None"

[keen stone]

DOES CHANGING DIFFICULTY SETTINGS MAKE IT STOP WORKING PROPERLY

oh my god

w

why

[indigo falcon]

it prevents the spawning of the enemies, which you must evade/kill, which is part of the point of the milestone

[keen stone]

ah

[indigo falcon]

(but you can refine those larval cores for nanites anyways! so still a win)

[dusty elm]

Yesterday I happened upon a derelict Freighter. On the planet below, I dropped a base computer. Maybe I can go there and see if it's there and save 1 million units 🤩

[keen stone]

oh oopsies

one of the horrors got to me and i

died instantly somehow

[solemn stream]

Anyone experienced an issue where items just didn't transfer?
I understand, need to get to the anomaly first

[indigo falcon]

I think no, but maybe you got lucky somehow

[dusty elm]

I'll let you know, headed there shortly.

[indigo falcon]

hit and run is viable with these. or grab-n-go 😄

[blazing fossil]

Oh not again!

I already space walked once every day the last week

And now the expedition is sending me straight into space without my ship

[indigo falcon]

the Adrift Expedition moral support group is at your service, how can we help?

(at least they don't make us feed tons of life support gels into our suit, only to not count at all...)

[rose veldt]

A few seconds tho

[dusty elm]

Nope, it's gone. oh well, worth seeing.

[indigo falcon]

yeah I expected. well 1.3 mill ain't that much in the grand scheme.

[dusty elm]

I agree,.. I will try the starter planet though. I might be able to do that alone. The room that walked in had 4 of those big sacks hanging down. I did manage to get to one notepad,.. all crap broke loose

[indigo falcon]

yeah they can be pretty nasty.

[dusty elm]

I've been playing on creative mode.... this is all new to me, but I'm enjoying this expedition. Thinking of doing another one. Can I get two ships that way?

[final turret]

Welp, getting ready to start the expedition. Probably gonna turn off my Switch's volume because I feel like this could turn into a horror movie quick.

[dusty elm]

it's not terrible. If I can get to phase 4 anyone can!! 👀 I'm a coward lol..

[indigo falcon]

if you start the expd from an existing save, then you can get a copy of the iron vulture for nanites, and then get the ship itself as an expd reward too... it's a bit complicated but quite doable

[indigo falcon]

the sound effects on the starter world are pretty loud, good move 😄

[dusty elm]

Awesome. I was thinking one for scrapping for parts and one to fly around in... if I like it.

[indigo falcon]

yeah here's how that works: #nms-expedition message

[tepid dust]

Hey guys i have question for which i couldnt find any info online

Is it possible to scrap old ships in currenth 13th version ?

since i would like to scrap the starter ship but stations are abandoned and on space anomaly there is nothing like that

[indigo falcon]

you don't have the salvaging station available to you in the expedition run. you'll see why as you play...

[tepid dust]

oh okey, in that case thx

[indigo falcon]

if you're looking to make units, you'll have to find other ways.

[jolly summit]

Expedition complete! ✅

[tepid dust]

nah i have allready but i just dont like it rooting in storage

max is 7 ships ?

you can have in that "cloud"

?

[jolly summit]

Anything I need to make sure to do, since I used my main save for this?

[indigo falcon]

isn't it 12 now? I think

[tepid dust]

I just asked since i dont know how many are possible : /

[indigo falcon]

do you want parts from the Iron Vulture? then do this: #nms-expedition message

[thick umbra]

12

[tepid dust]

thx ❤️

[ashen shore]

There's no way to play previous Expeditions you've missed, is there?

[indigo falcon]

not unless it's one of this year's ones and they rerun it in oct-nov-dec

[ashen shore]

Oh, cool. I just assumed they were locked forever

[dusty elm]

My exosuits enviro. shielding ,while in the delelict freighter, kept going down. How can I enhance it? Also, It's powered by sodium and a battery. What type battery is it? I'm arming up for the next one so I don't die again.

[indigo falcon]

in previous years hey reran the expds for the year late in the year, each getting 2 weeks to run, with adjusted milestones usually

[indigo falcon]

ion battery, you should have the crafting recipe for it. you may have the blueprints for a c class cold prot module for the suit, check on that (see if it's in your tech craftables).

[last flower]

do they bring back older expeditions or ? this is the first time im playing expedition and was wondering how to get the older ones?

[steel flare]

typically they do at year end

they'll do a rehash of this year's, i mean

though that's not given

[dusty elm]

Don't see it under Catalogue/Technology/exosuit

[indigo falcon]

don't look there, just click in a tech slot in the suit and see if you have it, I think it was a craftable

it will have an icon like this https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Thermic_Layer?file=Render.protectcold.png

maybe it was prepackaged? did you do the 1600u mountain one? what did you get from that?

otherwise, what did you get from "To Dream of Freedom" (phase 4 second to last milestone)?

[wanton raft]

What the heck does an (empty) planetary chart do? Nothing to do but sell the thing?

[indigo falcon]

nothing! it's empty. but it's a good souvenir

[dusty elm]

Ive not done To dream of Freedom yet

[hot blade]

Drops?

[indigo falcon]

ok, try doing that, maybe that's the one that gives you the one cold prot module

(I did not take good notes on this, my bad)

[dusty elm]

What? Your awesome!! Couldn't be were I'm at if it wasn't for you guys.

[indigo falcon]

was it??

[dusty elm]

I'm going to do the milestone now.

[indigo falcon]

ah ok, let's see then, might not be awesome.

anyways lemme know what you do> get and I'll add it to my notes (why did I not do this at the time?)

[keen stone]

i am having difficulties finding a mountain over 1.6k u

[dusty elm]

Very busy answering 1,ooo's of questions 😁

[indigo falcon]

r2 and r3 systems have some very tall mountains, fly to one of them, if not quite tall enough, buildup, then jetpack up from top of what you build, to make up the difference

[keen stone]

Appreciated

[quiet palm]

anyone else running into an issue where the "Fathoms Below" milestone cannot he completed because the game thinks your inventory is full when it isn't?

[indigo falcon]

got an S class ship as active?

[quiet palm]

yeah

do i need to switch

[indigo falcon]

gotta get one that's notS

[quiet palm]

gotcha

[indigo falcon]

it's trying to give you starship upgrade and failing.

[quiet palm]

awesome, that works

thanks for the quick response

[indigo falcon]

glad it worked!

[dusty elm]

Is this it? It has a snowflake

[indigo falcon]

YES

can you tell me what you got from that milestone pretty please

I will add it to my notes!

[dusty elm]

👍 😁

[dusty elm]

Rewards for To Dream of Freedom - Hazard Protection Blueprints, Pre-Packaged Airburst Engine Unit

[indigo falcon]

yeah no I mean

the names of those three c class blueprints

[dusty elm]

ok sure

[indigo falcon]

I can only read part of them in the image

[dusty elm]

Radiation deflector, Toxin Suppressor & Thermic layer @indigo falcon

[indigo falcon]

perfect, added, tysvm!!

[dusty elm]

yw

[indigo falcon]

ok so now, if you have more than one supercharged slot... actually how many do you have in the tech area in the suit?

if you have enough, put hazard prot in one, cold prot in one, scatterblaster in one (that's likely overkill but why wouldn't you)

this is just to increase the effect of those things, so you are in as good a shape as you can be for your gear for the derelict

[frosty granite]

what is the dereliction reward exactly?

[indigo falcon]

freighter command

[frosty granite]

does it just give me a broken freighter?

[indigo falcon]

it's a free base with free storage and refining (and you need to be able to claim it in order to finish up, unless the latest hotfix patched that)

[frosty granite]

but is it just a freighter or is it worse?

i made a new save file, so I don't have a freighter

[dusty elm]

just one

[indigo falcon]

it's just a freighter, prolly c class, still handy to have

[dusty elm]

super charged

[indigo falcon]

hm ok. well your choice, scatter or hazard prot then

[dusty elm]

Should I install all 3 of those if I have slot space? @indigo falcon

[indigo falcon]

if you go to r4 (did you?) you get 3 more inv slots, could put them in tech and see if they uncover any new supercharged ones

also: could call in the anomaly in any system (like: go to space station for each system you visited, fly out, call in anomaly), go to exusuit upgrade station, it still works, pay for a slot... repeat a few times in different systems

the first few will be pretty affordable

[dusty elm]

Do I need to complete the derelict freighter in the phase 4 group before I can go to the Rendezvous 4 area to claim it? correction*

[indigo falcon]

huh?

you can do the 'go to r4' milestone as long as you've already been to r3

[dusty elm]

OK, I'll do that now.

[indigo falcon]

ok!

[keen stone]

wait what does r2 and r3 mean

[indigo falcon]

rendezvous 2 and rendezvous 3 systems

[keen stone]

ah thanks

are

are all the rendezvous systems worm hives

the starting planet was one

as was r1

and r2 also seems to be

[indigo falcon]

looking at my screenshots to double check, memory like a sieve

[keen stone]

fuck the starting planet btw

that place sucked

there was a whole part where i was looking for oxygen and sodium plants

but i needed both just to get to the plants

[indigo falcon]

that was a pretty rough start for a lot of us, some people got luckier spawn points

I think the rend. worlds are all worm hives yeah, but I can't find my screenshots from a couple to be 100% sure

the rest are though

[keen stone]

OH HEY LMAO SO

i did the mountain one

landed my ship and was high enough

[indigo falcon]

excellent

[keen stone]

and then i immediately found a stupid ass staircase on another mountain from someone else doing it

[indigo falcon]

ok so found one of the two missing screenshots, that one is also worms. so.

[indigo falcon]

yeah some players have put stairs and such

[keen stone]

you know in fortnite when someone gets shot at and they immediately build a giant staircase for no reason

that's what it looks like

[indigo falcon]

I am not a fortnite player but I'll take your word for it 😄

[keen stone]

i dont play the game but ive seen clips

and it seems that

instead of just shooting back, players decide to build the tower of babel instead

[glass stump]

OK, need some help once again. I am trying to find robotic life on Empty/Dead planets. I have been to two in two different blue systems and haven't had any luck after about 15 -20 minutes on each planet. What am I missing?

[indigo falcon]

ok so: step one. go to the galaxy map and choose 'filter: life form"; then select stars that appear white and start with K or M (red stars) because there's a lot more of them than blue star ones. step two, have the mission pinned. step 3: warp in, see if you get a notification in the lower right that there are robotic fauna on a nearby world. if not, move on

if there is, then start landing on planets (NOT dead worlds, but worlds WITH LIFE). when you land on one that has the robofauna, teh tooltip lower right will say that they have been detected on that planet.

go scan, profit! that is all.

the game hints for this mission (blue stars, empty world) are misleading and/or not helpful tbh....

[glass stump]

OK< great. Sure beats the heck out of landing and wondering around.

So why does the in-game tip for this milestone tell me to go to blue systems and find empty worlds?

[indigo falcon]

here "empty world"just means a world in an "uncharted" system, no space station, no species has ever set foot there, in that sense "empty"!

[glass stump]

Answered before I asked. Thanks again

[indigo falcon]

blue systems can also be uncharted, but it's a lot less likely. our best guess why the game hints this: to make players build all the drives for all coloured star systems

[glass stump]

"misleading" is kind.

[indigo falcon]

I try to be nice 😛

oh also p.s. if yo uget really stuck there are pins in here with directions to some specific systems. but you shouldn't really need them

[glass stump]

Thanks again. Keep tring after a store run or two.

[keen stone]

ah god damn it these ones are gonna need me to make those drive upgrades

[indigo falcon]

just one driive upgrade: chromium needed for cadmium drive, done

if you stick to red star systems

[keen stone]

oh good

[blazing fossil]

Ok, I’ve gotten up until being about half done with phase 4 and then only phase 5 left today

[indigo falcon]

nice!

[blazing fossil]

And I’ve only got one class tomorrow morning then I should be able to finish the expedition

[lusty slate]

cries in has a stupid job

[last flower]

how do i locate a reality breach?

[frozen remnant]

I am stuck in "Amidst the starts" it says "Cross the threshold into the Boundary Portal" but i have no idea where the portal is. In was there, activated it and then got distracted

[tribal nova]

How to earn mantis

Nanites

[frozen remnant]

Did you already steal the eggs?

You can refine them into nanites

[tribal nova]

sold them but how do I do that

[frozen remnant]

just put them into any refiner

[tribal nova]

Can anything else be refined into them

[faint mesa]

Select the milestone, it will lead you to a traveller's grave if I recall correctly

[clear moat]

how to find ancient bones quickly?

II mean locating the right planet

[wraith junco]

Rdv 1 system has planet with bones

[faint mesa]

Yes: larval cores, runaway mould, fleshy ropes, tainted metal, pugneum, radiant shards, inverted mirrors

But in this expedition specifically I find it easier to just scan fauna and get the bonus for finding all of them in a planet

[last flower]

ty

[tepid dust]

I got stuck on "Industrial Surveying" it tells me to press tab and left mouse button but when i do that i dont have that upgrade to scan fro gas ect

someone got similar issue ?

And since there are no npcs in anomaly how can i learn that in diffrent way ?

[meager scroll]

What?

I dont think there is any milestone related to survey device

[tepid dust]

im confused aswell

since it says that i have learned that

i mean the box is yellow as if i completed that

[last flower]

learn it but it says install it

mean go to your multi tool box and install the survey

[meager scroll]

Check on the wiki but Im 99.99% sure there is no milestone in current expedition that would require us to do surveying for resources

Hell you don't even have to build a base

[faint mesa]

That's secondary mission, ignore it -- select one of the expedition's milestones and go from there

[tepid dust]

it isn`t on the list xd

[last flower]

probably because its in the inventory as packaged

expedition is different method than the normal game

[tepid dust]

well i know its secondary quest but i thought it gonna be cool to have oxygen farm at least

[last flower]

if doing expedition, need to finish something in order to get it

[tepid dust]

yeah im jsut gonna go with main missions since i looked up throough whole eq item by item and it isnt there so maybe something is mest up

[tribal nova]

Is the cartographer Avabile during the expedition

[clear moat]

where can I get blueprints from? like exocrafts etc?

[clear moat]

bump. How do I rescue a ship without charts

[remote thunder]

nope

[remote thunder]

signal booster with the milestone selected

[clear moat]

but signal booster points to a random location, right?

[quaint ether]

Anomaly has some of them. What you need though can be gotten as rewards.

[remote thunder]

there's a couple milestones that reward minotaur and nautilon, additional ones can be unlocked from the anomaly/construction research station

[trail iron]

i think one of the goals gives you 5 artefact maps no?

[remote thunder]

signal booster can also be used to complete the ruins milestone

[clear moat]

or I could just skip to next step?

[remote thunder]

as long as it marks a claimable crashed ship site, you're good

[clear moat]

will I be able to get minotaur radar?

[remote thunder]

yes

[quaint ether]

You don't have to do the milestones in any particular order.

[remote thunder]

disable mp, save+reload, use signal booster

[trail iron]

Or anyone who wants to cheat and has the starter system still in their teleport menu can use my base to cheat 😄
I put the utopia purchase stations in my base there.

[clear moat]

mp?

money purchase? 😄

[remote thunder]

multiplayer

[clear moat]

ohh

[clear moat]

whats an utopia purchase station?

[quaint ether]

For me the hard part of the expedition is not over investing lol. I keep wanting to build stuff up but there's little reason not to speed run it.

[trail iron]

works prettymuch the same as the anomaly but it's a base build item.

[clear moat]

anhy chance you know systems name?

[trail iron]

ipytola?

somethign like that starts with an i

[remote thunder]

Issiugr

[dim saffron]

Hey all, quick question. For the Abandonment achievement. Do I have to claim the crashed ship?

[remote thunder]

you have to fix it

have to claim it for that, if it's not a sentinel ship

then just hop in your main ship again

[dim saffron]

Ah okay.

[dim saffron]

What about the economy scanner...do I install that on my ship or the crashed ship?

[remote thunder]

well, on the one you're going to use; the crashed ship doesn't have to become part of your focus no more than necessary to complete the milestone

[clear moat]

saving, thanks

[dim saffron]

Gotcha. Thank you. So the crashed ship, you can technically keep as a secondary ship. Appreciate the help.

[cold pike]

I'm playing the only character I did all the progress on the expedition with but I still have the low rank frigate you get for free during the earlier segments. How do I claim the Ship of the Damned? My save is a normal save now after I accepted all the rewards.

[remote thunder]

^ being answered in #nms-questions

[little torrent]

Probably one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen done in the game.
All this just for a milestone.

[trail iron]

There's hilltops on the starter planet that are high enough

[little torrent]

Yeah, I know that, but idk why the builder didn't just go to a planet with actual mountains.

[trail iron]

or glitch ladders 😄

[little torrent]

They could've saved so much time, but instead they got the resources to build a stairway to heaven. That is some insane dedication.

[glass stump]

Hope you're still here. I've tried this method, but have a question. On step 3, you say I should get a notification in the lower right hand corner if there are robotic fauna in the system. Is this in the same window that the pinned mission hints apperas in or some place else. I play in VR, so am not sure what to look for.

[remote thunder]

lower right of the HUD

[tribal nova]

Can I spawn in the submarine anywhere without have to use the materials again?

[glass stump]

OK. cool. I have been looking in that window, guess I've just been unlucky in the 5 systems I've visted so far. Back to the grind.

Thanks much

[violet geyser]

the expedition ship looks awesome!

[remote thunder]

if still on the same planet you had summoned it on, yes, you can. if a diff planet, no, you'll have to rebuild the geobay. remember that when you manually delete a part, you get 100% mats used back

[woeful osprey]

can't find any dissonance lol

[woeful osprey]

mm yes thank you
what i mean is there isn't any near me

but still thank you

[dim saffron]

Now im stuck trying to get to a blue system.. lol

Problem is I dont have the Idium or Emeril drives yet cause I can't find the resources

[remote thunder]

complete and claim phase 2 milestone 2, install indium drive; note that if this is about phase 3 milestone 6, robo fauna aka synthetics can spawn in any uncharted system, not just blue stars (that requier indium drive)

emeril requires cadmium to build

cadmium drive requires chromatic metal to build

copper or activated copper can be refined to chromatic metal

build cadmium drive, goto red star, get cadmium, build emeril drive, goto green star, get emeril, build indium drive

[dim saffron]

I only have the plans for Indium and Emeril drive

[solar falcon]

how to find natural burial sitest? for excavate fossils mission.

[dim saffron]

Look for a planet that has burial sites

[solar falcon]

not funny

[dim saffron]

I wasn't trying to be funny. The planet information will tell you if it has burial sites. If you follow the Expedition route, you will come across a planet that has it. It will tell you "Possible diggable site in this system"

[dapper condor]

err what happens if i started the expedition as a separate save? can i keep anything?

[dim saffron]

It saves across all saves

[solar falcon]

thank your for the explanation

[remote thunder]

if you claimed phase 2 milsetone 2, you should have all of the hyperdrive tech blueprints, including cadmium drive

[remote thunder]

did you visit any space stations so far? did you visit rendezvous 1 system station (see <#nms-expedition message>)? teleport to it

[dapper condor]

so all i have to do is login to may save, go to the anomalyn and then i can access my stuff?

[dim saffron]

I have the hyperdrive

[remote thunder]

click on a free tech slot - browse through the list - find the cadmium drive

[solar falcon]

i will do it

[dim saffron]

I have the cadium drive. Got that.

[remote thunder]

phase and final exp reward are unlocked account wide, and so after claiming them in expedition, you just goto the anomaly quicksilver shop in main save and do claim expedition rewards, and pick the ones you want to add to your main save

[remote thunder]

build that so you can goto red star systems

if you don't want to go any further, there's plenty of red star systems with robo fauna, some pinned here

[clear moat]

Im on a search for synthetic creatures

im in a right system... if a planet have them is it 100% of local fauna?

[dapper condor]

how about expedition inventory? can i get something out of it. i have some starship inventory expansions that i don't know if i should use in the expedition (would like to take them out)

[clear moat]

should I head back if I see normal life?

[remote thunder]

correct; a planet with robo fauna will only have 2 species, only robo

[hexed badger]

trying to find a crashed underwater freighter and my nautilon cant find any. are there crashed freighters on every planet that has water?

[remote thunder]

yes, can just move on to the next planet if you see non-robo fauna

[clear moat]

thanks

[remote thunder]

if the system has a gek/korvax/vykeen icon, yes, there should be crashed freighters there. did you install high powered sonar on the nautilon tech inventory, and are using quick menu/radar/scan for sunken freighters, then flying there and landing nearby?

[hexed badger]

im using the one that is in the technology slot of the nautilon

[clear moat]

so if I see more than 2 ??? then I should back off ?

[hexed badger]

im using the quick menu one that the game makes you install for the expedition

[remote thunder]

you hop in it, open quick menu, radar, scan for sunken freighter, it should immediately mark one. if within range

[remote thunder]

also correct

[hexed badger]

it hasnt marked one and i keep driving around scanning

[dim saffron]

I found a planet with Cadium. now im hoping I run into some robofauna

[remote thunder]

when you scan, are you getting "no nearby buildings"? take your ship, fly to another area of the planet, try again

[clear moat]

omgggg is there a way I can take it to the main save?

they are awasome!

I mean the artifical pets

[remote thunder]

nope; get the glyphs of the planet, then portal in from your main save

[coarse olive]

Im trying to get the reward for the ghosts in the machine quest in the expedition it just says “inventory full” even though i have space?

[clear moat]

how rare are those in real game?

real* you know what I mean

the same % chance to meet them?

never saw one

[remote thunder]

ghosts in the machine drops base building glitches; are the free slots in your suit, are you trying to claim it when on foot? are the free slots adjacent to each other?

[hexed badger]

i did that. decided to warp to a different system and try again

[remote thunder]

they only spawn in uncharted systems, so if you don't explore in those often, then it's normal that you hadn't found any yet

[clear moat]

I never do

[dim saffron]

Would it be safe to say Robofauna is on planets with high sentinel activity?

[remote thunder]

no

unrelated

could find them in such planets, but not tied or specific to

[last flower]

finished the expedition, now im onto normal gameplay

[clear moat]

so in which galaxy does expedition take place?

is it the same that I am in in a main save? is it a completely remote one?

[remote thunder]

euclid

[remote thunder]

not a new one no; it's just euclid with a few changes made to it (all inhabited systems are abandoned)

those changes are only visible when in expedition; if you visit one of the expedition systems, not all of them are abandoned, maybe none

[gloomy trail]

What kinds of planets in blue start systems have synthetic life??

[remote thunder]

any can, as long as it doesn't have rusted metal on resource list

to be clear, it's not just blue star systems - it's uncharted systems in general that can spawn robo fauna; !faq-mechafauna in #bot-spam for more info

[final turret]

How do I extract Larval Cores from Whispering Eggs? I'm up to that milestone in the expedition and I've tried using the mining beam on the eggs and then picking the cores up when doing one of the other milestones, and they didn't count.

[remote thunder]

options/difficulty/on foot combat cannot be set to none

[quaint ether]

Set it as your active mission then use the galaxy map set to mission. The marked system should be near the original spawn planet.

[remote thunder]

lol mine was 900+ LY away

[gloomy trail]

What about systems near the expedition route that have alr been discovered though

Ive scanned 2 synthetic life from there and ive scoured all the planets in a system that says it has synthetic life

I just need 1 more

[remote thunder]

uncharted != undiscovered

[unkempt kraken]

@gloomy trail
to view info below, enable embeds

<:info:850810445577453658> Galaxy Map: NPC presence

Star systems can be inhabited, abandoned or uncharted. We can easily tell the difference between inhabited and uncharted, but abandoned systems are a little easier to miss. Take a look at the embedded image.

Shared by: bkay201 Contributor(s): Atlas Emissaries

[remote thunder]

^ that's what an uncharted system is

[quaint ether]

I figured it was a static map mark. I was over by the last rendezvous and had to back track.

[quaint ether]

If you did the mission mark, it will also mark the second system.

[remote thunder]

it didn't for me actually

[quaint ether]

No? Did for me.

[remote thunder]

as soon as i got 2, it dissappeared unfortunately

that said

[quaint ether]

Yeah the first one did but then it said I need one more and marked a second

[remote thunder]

i didn't even use it - i found two red star systems near rdv3

[remote thunder]

i'll keep an eye on it on my next run

[quaint ether]

I was so unenthusiastic about wandering randomly lol.

[dapper condor]

how do you apply starship upgrades in expedition

[remote thunder]

can't; the only way to apply those slots is when you claim a milestone that triggers the add slot UI automatically

[quaint ether]

Like the inventory slots? When you get rewarded with ship inventory you can apply all of them I think

[remote thunder]

correct

only 2 chances to do that though

same for MT

[dapper condor]

ha, i saved them for when i get a new ship. now i got a new ship 😄

[quaint ether]

I was being dumb though expecting I'd find better equipment so didn't apply everything.

Yeah same

[remote thunder]

more slots, more space for upgrade modules - that goes for any gear 🙂

[quaint ether]

The last expedition seemed to want you to take your time. This one seems to want you to speed run.

[remote thunder]

omega wanted me to speed run as many times as possible to farm that average of 10k quicksilver per save

😅

[quaint ether]

Oh lol. I haven't been enough of a collector to grind quicksilver in this game. Just the basics

[remote thunder]

yeah, i've been playing for a while, so, you know, eventually

i never really did care much, but omega was too good to pass up on

[tribal nova]

Can I get my multitool from expedition to the main save

[remote thunder]

did you start that expedition run from an existing save aka main save?

then yes

[tribal nova]

Yea but how and it’ll keep the tec in there right

[quaint ether]

Did we all start with the same tool? Mine was some biological looking thing I hadn't seen before.

[gloomy trail]

No

[remote thunder]

!faq-expedition

[gloomy trail]

Nor does everyone start with the same ship

[unkempt kraken]

to view info below, enable embeds

<:expedition:950228868080467978> **Expedition Info**

Game Mode explained:
Expeditions are an alternate time-limited, season-like game mode with a set of challenges rewarding exclusive items that can be claimed in any and all of your saves, in any game mode account-wide.

Starting an Expedition »

Finishing an Expedition »

Expedition Tips »

More

(run bot commands in #bot-spam)

• For more expedition tips, see Pins in #nms-expedition.
• For gameplay or technical questions, also check #nms-questions.
• For Bug Reports, see Hello Games Helpdesk »
• Other Commands helpful during expedition events:
• !ExpTime - Active Expedition time remaining.
• !Faq-ExpGlypys - Latest known rendezvous points coordinates for active expedition.

Contributor(s): Atlas Emissaries

[clear moat]

if I get this:

that means there are no synths in that system and I should go elsewverwe?

[gloomy trail]

Thats where im at rn

[clear moat]

hugs. T.T

[dim saffron]

It says to go to a blue system...im on that same one now.

[clear moat]

I went to a blue system one had, one didnt

so I wonder if there is a point in checking

[dim saffron]

@remote thunder helped me get the drives installed the right way lol

[clear moat]

I got my OG ship

[remote thunder]

equip the ship and MT you want to be able to copy later; end expedition; then when you're back on main save, interact with expedition terminus

[clear moat]

because (probably due to a bug) a damaged machinery had 9999 purple goo

[remote thunder]

correct

[clear moat]

thx

[gloomy trail]

WTF IS A DYSON LENS

[woeful osprey]

uh

[remote thunder]

space encounter, don't shoot it unless you want a sentinel wanted level

[woeful osprey]

i just saw some dusty looking freighter and it spoke to me

[gloomy trail]

Do i just leave it alone??

[remote thunder]

ship of the damned frigate, part of the expedition

[remote thunder]

yeah, just move on/continue with your goals

[gloomy trail]

TOO LATE

JM SCREWD

THEY SENT A WHOLE CAPITAL SHIP AFTER ME WHAT THE HELL

[remote thunder]

lol

shield generators first, 2 on each side

[clear moat]

that X looks promising

[remote thunder]

then shoot it anywhere

known issue

[gloomy trail]

I only have 1 life on my ship left and my sheild gen rate is horrible 😭

[remote thunder]

remember that reloading autosave will reset wanted level

[gloomy trail]

I escaped to the anomaly

Poor polo

I think thats the robot guys name right

[woeful osprey]

i found the gek in the Expedition
they all inside one them big worms

[dim saffron]

uh...spoiler alert lol

[gloomy trail]

Good to know i can leave them to perish tho

(They are space facists)

Cute ones but still

[woeful osprey]

the lore for no gek is complete
they be hiding inside the Immortal worm stomach

[final turret]

So, not sure if this is on any other platfoms, but on Switch I found a base designed to let you safely collect Larval Cores without getting hurt by the monsters that spawn from it.

The base's name is "MA Safe Egg Farm #2"

[remote thunder]

yeah, would be available for others as well

what planet/system?

[final turret]

New Mochu

[remote thunder]

remember that players will tend to want to stick to rendezvous systems

[final turret]

Oh, it's not my base, I was just looking for bases near egg spawns and found it.

[tired condor]

Where do I find atlantideum? I had info (that disappeared) but I need corrupted sentinels? Where do I find those?

[remote thunder]

just find a planet that says dissonance detected on resource list, start by looking for systems in the galaxy map that have the word dissonant below their name