nms-expedition

[faint mesa]

Hopefully there's sound now when getting in / out of the ship

[umbral saffron]

Can't seem to get Nameless History in phase 4 to progress, what does it mean by ancient ruins? Tried all sorts but still 0/5

[indigo falcon]

pin the mission, use signal booster, choose first option (alien structures or something like that)

[bleak ether]

Is it good to start a base early on or later

[indigo falcon]

depends on how you like to play. if you're a hoarder, early. if you're a builder: early. if you like to travel light, maybe later; if you like to set down roots once on the perfect place, later.... etc

[bleak ether]

Ok

[indigo falcon]

I'm a hoarder, I set up shop, even if not a great base, right away. when I find better places, I build those out a lot more... experiment, see what you like.

[bleak ether]

Oh

How long is this expedition?

[faint mesa]

Varies widely depending on the player

[indigo falcon]

new player, 15 hours maybe? average relaxed pace 7-10? someone being a bit more focused, 5? speed run, let's not discuss those people 😄

[bleak ether]

Oh

[trail iron]

You have 400 possible base computers / thus 400 possible bases per save file. That said, you have a grand total of 16k parts per save over those 400 potential bases. Keep this in mind.

As for how many and why you build a base, that's up to you. You only need the computer [and to claim it dont forget to claim it!] in order to return to a base via base or station teleporters. Thus, they can be used to return to places that interested you, even if you dont build a full base. Interesting spots, resources, views, animals, etc.

There are other ways to return to places too, and there's a huge universe out there - and you'll find lots of interesting things. If you overdo it early on, you can go back later and "delete base" at the computer to reclaim the base computer.

But I'll make three notes about base building:

1. underwater bases have bugs. Experiment before you get too dedicated to an underwater idea.
2. terrain grows back. Most of us learn to build WITH the existing terrain, or just above it.
3. practice makes a good builder. The more bases you experiment building, the more comfortable you'll be with the build engine. It can sometimes be frustrating with thigns like rotation or placement, and only time and practice AND QUESTIONS! ASK US! We love to help! Can teach you to build great things. #nms-base-building is an important channel 😄

[bleak ether]

Ok

[indigo falcon]

(sure wish console players could get a base parts counter 😠 )

[trail iron]

it should be a default for everyone.

[indigo falcon]

is that a new (since utopia) feature?

[final turret]

Honestly, I don't really bother with bases anymore, I just use my capital ship as a base now.

[trail iron]

sorry what i nmeant uis that they should add it as a default

[indigo falcon]

oh. dang, way to crush a traveller's hopes !

[trail iron]

i like having places to return to / and also inventory management is easier on land

[indigo falcon]

yeah I wish we had a counter for "this base, x parts used" and "this save, x parts used"

my inv mgmt is all via the freighter but I like building things in cool environments (and I have some bases for "close to galaxy center in X galaxy" and some for trade routes too

those are typically tiny)

[bleak ether]

Is it possible to refine carbon into oxygen? By the mk2 personal refinery

[indigo falcon]

not to my knowledge

[bleak ether]

Ok

[indigo falcon]

in the expd, always scan minerals before mining, they may have secondary elements like oxygen, you get very small amounts but it adds up over time

[bleak ether]

Ok

How do you get cobalt? Is it on a different type of planet or in the blue star systems

[thick umbra]

mostly in the caves

[bleak ether]

Ok thanks

[indigo falcon]

caves on the starter planet (or any world) have it but you can buy it from some trade terminals once you have some units too

[lusty slate]

Debating not returning to main until tomorrow just to double dip weekend QS missions...

[meager scroll]

Can you even interact with the Nexus terminal?

When I tried it during the exped it didn't let me pick any mission

[trail iron]

stalactites and stalagmites

[indigo falcon]

some planets have cobalt as a resource (i.e. a deposit you can mine) as well, keep your eye open for those if you like.

[lusty slate]

I was able to in Omega. But damn, didn't think about the Nexus being disabled I'm Adrift too. Never mind me, then. 😛

[trail iron]

you'd need kelp sacs to refine oxygen, which i dont believe there's watyer on the starter planet.

[indigo falcon]

nope there isn't

[trail iron]

That said, there are caves and the bubble plants in caves give oxygen. I think they exist even on dead planets.

[thick umbra]

bubble plants ?

[trail iron]

the ones that spray toxic at you, hazardous ones

[calm flax]

i got lucky on the third time and dug into a cave and found a patch of oxygen and ended up with over 300u.

after I first started

[indigo falcon]

oh, the blobs that usually appear on the ceiling or walls, right

[thick umbra]

and at the same time you can kill 8 of the hazardous plants to finish a mission

[calm flax]

They'll be either sodium or oxygen.

[indigo falcon]

ayup

[lusty slate]

Yeah, the underground hazardous flora like to poison you.

[dim saffron]

And thats a wrap for this expedition

Uhm...wheres the iron vulture?

I ended the expedition but i dont see it.

[indigo falcon]

there are two ways to get it

if you played expd from an existingi save, go to the anomaly terminal where youo started the expd and you will have to option to copy the ship for 2.8k nanites

for any other existing save, go to the qs vendor and claim expd rewards to pick it up

if you played exp dfrom a new save, then you should claim end expd rewards to get it

[dim saffron]

Cool. I got it. Thank you. I got nervous.

[indigo falcon]

no worries!

it is really quite the chonky ship

[dim saffron]

How do I customize the vulture. I want to maybe change the thrusters

[brazen leaf]

I’ve a question: what exactly is an expedition

I started Adrift some days ago and did the first phase, this being my first expedition in my 50-60 hours

[mild valley]

hi how to find robot fauna ?

[dim saffron]

go to a system labeled with K

[thick umbra]

If you have a hyperdrive for blue system ... teleport back to RDV1 ... make your mission active.. open Galaxy Map and it will lead you straight to the first planet

[dim saffron]

It doesn't necessarily need to be a blue system

[thick umbra]

I know ,, but thats the easiest and fastes way .. no need to search for any red system

[dim saffron]

If you look in the pins it will give you a lot of VERY helpful information

It's the second pin down

[indigo falcon]

#nms-expedition message this explains more about the expeditions and the game mode,not sure how useful it will be to you now that you've done one though

[brazen leaf]

Oh I’m far from done with it, I’ve only done the first like… 6? Things

I just got an unpowered Hyperdrive iirc

[indigo falcon]

ah! ok, well check that out, and the other pins too 🙂

[brazen leaf]

Its just weird to me that I’ve just never done one?

Like I was playing a lot during the last like 3 expeditions and just never did it

[indigo falcon]

I don't think it's weird necessarily, it just wasn't the right time for you

[brazen leaf]

I think I understand it now though, thank you! The only other question I have is if there are rewards for completing it that go to my save I’ve had going this whole time

And if there are any, what sort of rewards those might be

[thick umbra]

The main reward in Adrift is a ship and a frigate .. you can claim it in every save you have from the QS Merchant in the Anomaly

[indigo falcon]

(and in every save that you might make in the future, too. once per save!)

[thick umbra]

@brazen leaf there is a list of all expedition https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Expeditions

[brazen leaf]

I would then assume that outside of bonus stuff, such as the Frigate, everything else is likely cosmetic

[indigo falcon]

there are some base building parts

one companion egg

[brazen leaf]

Interesting

Ok thank you!

[indigo falcon]

others have been similar, base parts, a player title, cosmetics, maybe a companion, maybe a ship or something...

[grim epoch]

The a still small voice mission, not sure what im supposed to do. Vague explanation. Stood out the ship at the sky as what i assumed was it

Nevermind

[indigo falcon]

heh

[grim epoch]

Needed clear skies 🤦‍♀️

[dim saffron]

I just wanna change the wings on vulture lol

[remote thunder]

sorry - scroll bar was up there so i noticed; one small clarification on top of what you've said there: they would have the option to copy it, if they had it equipped before returning/finishing ofc

[dim saffron]

Apparently you can clone the ship and then scrap it for parts

[indigo falcon]

yep of course

[indigo falcon]

there's a pin in here on how to do just that

[remote thunder]

for your convenience <#nms-expedition message>

[golden dagger]

Best way to excavate 8 bones?

[indigo falcon]

sadene VI in havida-bozho system (r1) has ancient bones and it's a pleasant enough place. when you get there you are using the hud to look for "natural burial site" icons

r1 = rend. 1 system

[golden dagger]

Ok thanks

Oh the game shows you where the bones are when scanning. Didnt expect it to lol

[indigo falcon]

I didn't use that feature but, makes sense

[low light]

Sell cursed dust or convert to nanites?

[indigo falcon]

sell; you've got larval cores and flesh ropes and vile spawn for nanites later

so bootstrap yourself some spending money, later units won't be an issue

note that the trade terminals in space stations and elsewhere do work

[low light]

Yep saw that

Just started this one yesterday though

[rotund copper]

What do you get for the expedition?

[indigo falcon]

#nms-expedition message here's a full list.

[low light]

Just got this hyperdrive installed, good riddance to the starting system

[rotund copper]

Ty

[indigo falcon]

summary: a very cool hauler, a cursed frigate, some base parts, player title, companion egg

[low light]

Also black starship paint

[rotund copper]

Is it a hard expedition?

[rotund copper]

That’s all I needed to hear

[indigo falcon]

what do you consider hard?

[low light]

Kind of a.. rocky.. start

[rotund copper]

Alr

[fiery leaf]

ha ha

[low light]

I started in a bad spot, very mountainous and not a lot of resources around. You'll have to make good use of oxygen plants

[rotund copper]

So it depends on what planet

[low light]

I almost died a couple times due to having to travel so far for oxygen

[indigo falcon]

nnoooo we all have the same starter world

[low light]

Well I think we're all starting same planet, just different spots

[rotund copper]

I couldn’t tell if that was sarcasm or not

[indigo falcon]

just that where you spawn in on it may differ. I definitely had to be very careful to make my resources last initially

[low light]

Watched a video where a guy started in flat terrain with stuff everywhere

[rotund copper]

Also what items can you bring with you on the expedition

I couldn’t figure it out

I could only bring a class a reactor

[indigo falcon]

it's not. in expeditions all players travel through certain systems that are the same for everyone, and we all start on the same world too

[rotund copper]

Alr thx

[low light]

@rotund copper the starter planet is dead and the other planet is almost instant radiation death lol

[rotund copper]

Oh….

So what kinda or resources are you allowed to bring?

[indigo falcon]

but that second world is useful for some resources....

[low light]

Until you leave the first system, I'm assuming

[rotund copper]

I was only allowed my a class reactor

[low light]

Either way you don't get the stuff at the start

[rotund copper]

I haven’t done an expedition since the mass effect thing

[indigo falcon]

ah the normandy. nice!

[rotund copper]

It’s such a good ship

[indigo falcon]

so you can't get any items into the expd save until after you can call in the anomaly (so afterfirst warp)

[rotund copper]

Ah

Thx

[indigo falcon]

so no point in sendnig a bunch of basics like oxy, carbon and junk

[rotund copper]

Oh so warpfuel is gonna be hard to get?

If the planet is hard

[low light]

Woo first warp commencing

[rotund copper]

Nice

Me and my friend are gonna play it together

[low light]

You get three cells from one of the missions

[indigo falcon]

well no, even getting the eff off the world can be tough

[low light]

Just make sure you're actually collecting stuff at the beginning, everywhere you go

[indigo falcon]

but that is partof the fun, a bunch of things you relied on all the time, they aren't there all of a sudden 😄

[rotund copper]

Alr

[rotund copper]

That sounds painful and fun at the same time

[indigo falcon]

it makes you thnk "oh geez I cn't do X, now what? um uh" and work out an alternative

[true bronze]

I want an expedition that is a mystery exploring what the hell keeps happening on all these freighters. or maybe a marooned crew and find out they started a settlement on the planet or something

I'd like to read a captain's log and all those damn ship manifests that actually build up to some kind of story

[low light]

Btw you'll hit an atlas station after first warp, there's two more warp cells right there

[indigo falcon]

you might hit one, not everyone goes through that system.

point being though, see an atlas interface? go visit. worth it.

[low light]

Ahh, yeah I just followed the set path

[indigo falcon]

yeah mine sent me there too but plenty of people got alternate paths

[tidal mantle]

can the submarine be deployed anywhere during an expedition, or do you need a fresh one per-planet

[sonic shale]

just delete the base part once you've spawned hte sub

[indigo falcon]

pick up the geobay (delete in build menu) and replace in any other location

[sonic shale]

then you can place it again

[severe widget]

What's the best way to get nanites if there's no merchants?

[tidal mantle]

im looking for a crashed freighter but there's only 1 water planet in system

[true bronze]

Refine stuff

[indigo falcon]

refine larval cores, flesh ropes, vile spawn (first from eggs, last two from worms); scan all fauna on a planet, even an exotic world with one fauna, claim teh bonus

[true bronze]

runaway mold, slime, tainted metal

[indigo falcon]

and check damaged machinery and extract nanites from things in shelters and all that too, it will all add up

there are milestones for those eggs and the worms so you might as well

[sonic shale]

kill so many worms on the first planet

[low light]

@rotund copper when you guys start, there will be whispering eggs, get those. It's a mission later on

[sonic shale]

kill em, grab their eggs as they fall. A single nest can be like 600 nanites

[indigo falcon]

if the water isn't deep enough, go to another system, doesn't matter where you do it

[rotund copper]

K thx

Is there a list of little missions

[sonic shale]

grab xenomorph eggs as you go as well, since you're getting swarmed anyways.

[indigo falcon]

the list of rewards lists the missions but you'll see them in the game too

[rotund copper]

K thx

[sonic shale]

I specifically recommend first planet not a different worm planet because the low gravity means you can just jet out of reach of enemies.

[low light]

Luckily I found an abandoned building on first planet

[remote thunder]

although it shouldn't be a problem later on as both baby worms and biohorrors are squishy - a good vantage point can help, but no need for anything super fancy

[tidal mantle]

how do you delete the sub base pad?

[indigo falcon]

build menu, edit part -> delete

[sonic shale]

z c x

[remote thunder]

build menu, edit placed parts, aim at part, press delete

[indigo falcon]

imagines squishy baby worms. ewwww

[tidal mantle]

the pad is gone but the submarine is still there

[remote thunder]

it's fine

[indigo falcon]

that's ok, you summon it in once you place the pad in the new location

there is a panel on the pad to call in the sub

[remote thunder]

can summon it elsewhere on that planet without the chamber now (using quick menu/summon vehicles)

[severe widget]

Also radiant shards do 50 nanites a pop apparently

[remote thunder]

inv mirror very close to 100, hya brain 230

[indigo falcon]

just farm whatever's easiest for you of course

I dunno how easy it is to get a small pile of brains in the expd

[remote thunder]

nah, you'd bring those in

at least i would do that, if i was considering it

[indigo falcon]

ah rigt, for folks shipping resources over

[trim crater]

is there a way to do previous expeditions?

[lusty slate]

Not without modding.

Though they usually do a rerun of the current year's expeditions around November/December.

[trim crater]

darn it i want to get the ship from expedition 12

[indigo falcon]

should be able to if they have the end of year redux

[lusty slate]

That's Omega, the first expedition for 2024. It should rerun around the holidays.

[trim crater]

aight hope so

[indigo falcon]

they typically have a shorter run time and adjust the milestones accordingly, so each one gets about a 2 week period

[heady pilot]

There will be a redux run around November or December.

[lusty slate]

But for expeditions before 12... I wouldn't set your expectations too high.

[trim crater]

the only way to get those rewards tho is through modding?

the ones before 12 i mean

[indigo falcon]

or save editor, uh huh

[trim crater]

dang aight

[solemn bane]

Not technically a mod, but you do have to play offline and replace the expedition cache file to do it.

Unless someone figured out how to do it with a mod anyway. Oh I guess mods can probably unlock stuff.

[median sparrow]

Has anyone found anything worthy of bringing over?

[indigo falcon]

oh sure. cold prot for derelicts. (getting tech is random chance from damaged machinery, good luck with that.) any tech you would have to buy from npcs (and can't in the expd) that you think is particularly valuable. I mean, I came over with nothing and it was ok but you could save yourself some time depending on your choices

[sonic shale]

In terms of inventory I just brought a ton of basics - platinum, gold, sodium, oxygen, ferrite. some QoL techs.

[median sparrow]

Time is money.

[sonic shale]

Having a giant pile of sodium is nice on the derelict, and having a healthy stash of basics just saves you time in general.

[median sparrow]

And I'm in the business of saving money.

[sonic shale]

Oh! I brought the solars for the nautilon sonar.

[indigo falcon]

some people toss an indium drive in there too, you get blueprints but... shrug

[sonic shale]

Or if you want to be a little cheesy - bring some ship tech or multitool modules you really like over

put them on the ship or multitool you duplicate at the end.

[median sparrow]

I'll need nanites for that.

Hmm..

[sonic shale]

The first planet has a bunch of uh

Hungering Tendrils?

and low gravity.

They drop Flesh Ropes straight into your inventory which refine to nanites, as well as dropping physical Vile Spawn which also refines to nanites.

I guess you could duplicate said modules twice if you're going to copy a ship and multitool in - leave them on the multitool and ship, copy them into the expedition, beat the expedition, switch to primary save, copy them out, switch back to expedition, remove them from the multitool and ship, send them back through the inventory.

[indigo falcon]

worm babies on each of the rend. systems and starter world, whispering eggs all over the place, no shortage of items to mop up for nanites for sure

[sonic shale]

this is 100 nanites per hungering tendril, and there are like 3-6? per nest. Plus all the eggs scattered around.

Plus you get an easy 1000? nanites from the two planets you land on to scan synthetic life

[heady pilot]

Honestly the best way to bring stuff into the expedition is by bringing tainted metal into the epedition and refining it. There's a lot of down time between expeditions, it's very easy to run a few derelicts and accumulate some 3000 tainted metal to have ready for the next expedition.

[sonic shale]

that probably would speed things up if you have a ton sitting around

i had to go kill some more worms since my ship was expensive 😦

[median sparrow]

I usually don't play between expeditions due to not having time.

Both my ship and multitool will be very expensive.

[sonic shale]

I haven't played much NMS in general. I played Exp 3 but I don't remember how far. I cleared Expedition 2 and 7, I know.

I accidentally deleted my main save at some point before 13, so I had to pick a save to play 13 on. Ended up changing my mind after clearing 13 and had to run it again.

[heady pilot]

Not that expensive. For me to import a maxed interceptor and MT cost ~2200 nanites each or ~4500 nanites total. A friend of mine told me that for him it was 2800 nanites each so you're looking at like 6000 nanites for worst case scenario...that's very easy to make.

[sonic shale]

My ship was over 3000 iirc 2nd time around, but it was the Expedition 3 exotic so there may be some oddities there.

but yeah the Iron Vulture is 2800 to copy out and I'd expect most ships to be less than that

[trail iron]

I cheated hard. I brought the service stations from the utopia expedition 😄

The anomaly might be dead, but my base has ALL the ammenities unlockable

[sonic shale]

that's a good trick

[remote thunder]

but not one many can use

[trail iron]

I tried! I made that base on the planet across from starter world. I'm hoping people can access it from the station teleporter, because i found out noone can see it when flying

i give it 50/50 they start denyong certain items in the transfer protocol

[sonic shale]

it already blocks some. I tried to bring a mind ark

[indigo falcon]

gotta bring the mats for the ark instead 😛

[sonic shale]

yeah I couldn't remember what they were in the expedition so I just brought a ton of basics

i was curious if bringing a completed ark would break the objective

[indigo falcon]

and now we know (that they thought of that little trick 😛 )

[royal tundra]

Beginning all over without easily available carbon is a pain

[indigo falcon]

the starter world is definitely rough

[royal tundra]

Any tips? I have been away for a while

[median sparrow]

Best tip.

Have fun.

You'll be okay.

This is lightwork.

[hoary cave]

I need help with the "all you survey" expedition please, I cannot seem to find a mountain high enough

[median sparrow]

Here's what I forgot to bring. Hella Chromatic metal lol

[indigo falcon]

rend 2 and 3 worlds have very tall mountains, find one; build up on it some if it's too short, jetpack up from that to make the difference

[hoary cave]

thanks!

[indigo falcon]

you bet!

[vivid stream]

oh i never skipped any expedition since blighted

[balmy canopy]

How long is left on the expedition?

[vivid stream]

lemme check how many hours i spent

[median sparrow]

6 weeks

[vivid stream]

Adrift: 6h 13m
Omega: 6h 18m
Voyagers: 7h 10m
Singularity: 4h 56m
Utopia: 4h 12m
Polestar: 6h 10m
Leviathan: 6h 57m

i unintentionally deleted blighted, but it's around more than 6 hrs 30 mins

total spent from any expedition since Blighted was 120 hrs 11 mins

the slowest i got was voyagers, fastest was utopia

[indigo falcon]

hm no idea but I remember getting The Worst Spawn Ever for Cartographers and that took forever to get going

[indigo falcon]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

to view info below, enable embeds

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[balmy canopy]

Ty

[low light]

I just used the condensed carbon crystals that are all over the starter planet and the built in refiner if I needed regular carbon

[remote thunder]

gentle reminder that we can melee crystals, doesn't take that long to destroy one, and it can save some mats

once you get adv mining laser, that lets you get the larger crystals, cond carbon or sodium nitrate, and that's when mining beam is "worth" using and spending fuel for

[trail iron]

starter planet had a few

[hoary cave]

its fine, I did it now

ty anyways

[trail iron]

pro tip: read ahead to see the other objectives so you can do them as you go. There's one that requires you stop at 12 buildings to hit the save/waypoint flags, and another that requires 5 ruins. Those are irritating to do all at once. Spread it out.

[tidal mantle]

i finished the expedition, but my vulture ship isnt in my freighter hanger

do i go back to the main menu then go back in again to allow the game to sync?

[remote thunder]

resummon freighter if you claimed it

[tidal mantle]

im in my personal freighter, how do I do that

[remote thunder]

fly out, open quick menu, summon freighter

[tidal mantle]

i summoned the freighter after leaving the anomaly...does that make a difference?

[remote thunder]

how many ships do you own?

[tidal mantle]

errr....one second i'll count

[remote thunder]

if you have more than 6, goto freighter hanger, on foot quick menu, summon vehicles, swap primary ship, find iron vulture

[tidal mantle]

6

[remote thunder]

6 or more, sorry

[hoary cave]

in what planets are ruins found?

[tidal mantle]

according to quick select, the vulture isnt there

[remote thunder]

when you say that you finished - are you still in the expedition save or are you in your main save already?

[remote thunder]

goto pretty much any planet on any system that has a gek, korvax or vykeen icon

[remote thunder]

when you say that you finished - are you still in the expedition save or are you in your main save already?

[hoary cave]

ok

[tidal mantle]

i left the expedition

[remote thunder]

left how - did you start from scratch or from existing save?

[tidal mantle]

existing save

[remote thunder]

either way, goto the anomaly quicksilver shop

claim expedition rewarsd

find iron vulture, there's a filter solely for expedition 13

is that showing as available or claimed

[tidal mantle]

got it

...and apparently one of my other ships has gone missing now

one of my pre-existing ships has vanished

[remote thunder]

did you click exchange instead of buy when you accepted iron vulture?

[tidal mantle]

i clicked "claim(free)" but the ship i flew to the station in was different than the one that was missing

[remote thunder]

well, we can own up to 12 ships - did you try checking the quick menu/summon vehicle/swap docked ship shortcut?

[tidal mantle]

okay, the missing ship is back, but the vulture is missing now

is it just game sync issues?

[remote thunder]

where are you testing this?

[tidal mantle]

in the freighter landing bay

[remote thunder]

there should be no syncing issues at all - ships are stored in your save, not in the cloud somewhere

the freighter hanger will only display up to 5 of our 12 ships, 6 including the one we have equipped

[tidal mantle]

i see the problem, one ship is in flux, alternating between the missing ship and the vulture

thanks for helping me through the expedition everyone

[remote thunder]

hope you ended up enjoying it some 🙂

[dusty hedge]

So how did y'all manage to do the "climb 1,600u" step?

[prime crystal]

think it was second rez planet?

some people had bases bit high there

[dusty hedge]

Hm, okay

I'll have to see if any indicate based off the name

[prime crystal]

system is called like wasabi or so

[dusty hedge]

Near the start point?

I may also perhaps be a little stupid. I didn't consider I could just build to that height myself.

[prime crystal]

went to the point asked in second rez planet, its fulls of valleys so just a little search with the ship you should find a fellow player base that is just a bit higher

[dusty hedge]

What do you mean rez planet? Rendezvous?

[remote thunder]

rendezvous yes

[dusty hedge]

Ahhh okay

That makes more sense then

[remote thunder]

rez, rv, rdv

[dusty hedge]

I'm heading there anyway 🙂

[remote thunder]

rdv2 3 and 5 can easily be used for that milestone

[dusty hedge]

That and getting some activated copper for the mind ark is all I need for milestone 2

[remote thunder]

without resorting to any bases

[remote thunder]

starter system has a planet with act copper, there's bound to be more ofc

[dusty hedge]

Yeah, I found another planet with it closer to where I was, just gotta find a vein or two

[remote thunder]

<#nms-expedition message>

[prime crystal]

ye you go to the trading post, just fly off there and around it should be bases that meet the high needed

warazu heh thats it

[remote thunder]

fwiw, i honestly didn't even need to use other player bases

[prime crystal]

the hills are quite high true

the base i used didnt really had much elevation either

[remote thunder]

land as close to the top as you can, walk the rest

rdv5 - literally, caution when dropping into planet atmos

high risk of bumping into the side of the mountain, or the top of a mountain

[lusty slate]

Since the emergency scanners can be bought for only 1mil+ some change, buy as many as you can to send back?

[remote thunder]

that's what i'm planning on doing

buying them at 30M a pop vs 1M a pop..

[lusty slate]

I'm done, I'm just chilling at the RD5 station sorting through my inventory.

[remote thunder]

i'm planning on taking plenty of data and nanites to unlock plants and stuff

probably upload a small farm

[lusty slate]

Limits me to buying only 9 at once. Cool, cool, I can portal hop.

[remote thunder]

yeah, not too bad

i'm for sure somehow going to manage and get some into my main save

[lusty slate]

I had enough units for 17.

But I brought a stasis device from main over and sold it, so

[remote thunder]

it's a pretty good deal imo, if you like running dfs

on non-exp, i don't like to wait for the next day, i just spam buy a bunch when i want to run dfs

it's one of my decent money sinks

[lusty slate]

17 to add to the 20ish I already have stashed on main lol. I'll use them. Still need to farm S mods and try to find the rest of the lore enteries.

I mean, running Adrift again on redux and bringing a bunch of SD/fusion igniters to sell just to farm cheap scanners. Not a bad plan. If HG doesn't catch on and increase the price.

I wonder if HG predicted players finding ways to exploit the exped terminal.

[solemn bane]

You can just hack save files so I don't think there's much worry about exploiting game mechanics

Especially since there's little reason to

[lusty slate]

I'm Switch though, so it's more fun for me.

[median sparrow]

I can't even remember what the scanners do, let alone why I would need it.

[remote thunder]

which scanners?

[median sparrow]

Emergency scanners.

[remote thunder]

emergency charts? can target crashed ships, crashed freighters, abandoned buildings, observatory, npc stranded pilot

[median sparrow]

scanners.

[remote thunder]

i'm not getting what you mean

[lusty slate]

Emergency signal scanners are used to find the boardable derelict freighters.

[remote thunder]

ah shoot

lol

[median sparrow]

Thanks, Morgeil.

Yeah, those have no value to me.

Saves me the trip. 😄

[lusty slate]

It's okay, BK, you can have an off day. 😉

[remote thunder]

i was like scanners?

blanked

trying to think of reasons why mp isn't working for someone else lol

[median sparrow]

Do what I do.

Blame it on their internet.

[remote thunder]

oh that was easy

sweet

[lusty slate]

Honestly with how often I've seen mp issues reported here, I sometimes think the Switch dodged a bullet...

[hot blade]

A bullet I would gladly eat if I could run into others

[remote thunder]

and the devs have improved it quite a bit

[median sparrow]

I don't know.

Others have not improved my gameplay experience at all.

This expedition just takes me back to launch days. 😄

[solemn bane]

I definitely prefer playing expeditions offline. Seeing a million ugly icons on the horizon all the time and seeing stupid base names always bugs me.

[median sparrow]

Just keep swimming...

[hot blade]

Squad missions and just hangin with the boys is pretty fun though
That’s all I’d want
4 maybe 8 players in a session

[lusty slate]

Flying the Vulture around for kicks before I go back to main. Man, this come prequipped with a lot of stuff.

[median sparrow]

I was hoping to be able to sell some of these tech for nanites.

[lusty slate]

Does anyone know if taking the derelict items(captain's log, etc) back will bug up anything? I mean, we can't trade them in anywhere in the exped...

[median sparrow]

I might try it.

Why not 😄

[lusty slate]

I went ahead and took them.

Annnd, it wiped the Wonders again. Swell

[median ember]

I completed the phase 2 and ditched that stupid shuttle ship...
I ride in sentinal A class ...with A class Mt...
OH YEAH

Also I jetpacked myself to 1600u off the planet surface...was really cool....I was scared I might simply go beyond atmosphere...good thing is...I stayed within limits...lol

[median sparrow]

Y u no robotic lifeforms

[median ember]

It's referring to animals...
Find a empty system...or red star system...
Find a planet with only 2 fauna....
That will have mechanical fauna

[median sparrow]

Game tells me blue

It lied

Yeah, game hella lied.

[median sparrow]

FFFF just need 1.

[remote thunder]

gentle reminder that there are useful pinned posts for exp13 here (!faq-pinsmobile for info on how to access pinned posts on mobile)

[dusty hedge]

Milestone 2 done, almost halfway done with 3

Already have a bit of progress on 4 and 5 that I made randomly along the way

[worthy beacon]

did you get extra nanites for refining stuff in the expition?

or maybe you could refine more stuff at once?

[remote thunder]

i mostly relied on zoology

made over 3k with 2 planets

[sonic shale]

send em back to main save, sell em on main save.

[worthy beacon]

I swear I could refine a stack of inverted mirrors for 950 in the expiditon iin my personal mk2 refiner

but outside its different

just wondering if it was set different in there or if I was doing something different

[remote thunder]

"outside"? another save you mean? what gamemode?

[worthy beacon]

I meant outside the expidiition back on my main save

the MK2 refiner caps at 250 units

[remote thunder]

game mode

survival/pd

[hearty tundra]

Yaaay I just beat it

[remote thunder]

exp13 is pretty much normal

[hearty tundra]

I even got to name my own synth planet

[worthy beacon]

I assume that causes it to use 3 (95 a piece) to get 250 . so you only get 845 for 10 instead of the 950

[worthy beacon]

ah never thought of this

yeah didn't even realize game mode effected that right off.

I love the hardest difficulties, but that part is just worse for little reason. doesn't even make the game harder just slighhtly more annoying.

also this isnt expidition related so ima shut up sorry ><

[remote thunder]

normal used to have pretty much the same survival/pd inv stack limits

[dusty hedge]

Does anyone happen to remember the name of the system where rendezvous 1 is? I wanna go back there for ancient bones

[remote thunder]

pinned post here has them all <#nms-expedition message>

[dusty hedge]

Oh, thank you!

[azure tundra]

are the advanced warp drives need for the expedition?

[dusty hedge]

Just indium really, you'll need to get robot fauna at some point

Otherwise no not really

[low jackal]

you can find those in uncharted systems

most red system are uncharted

a red drive will do

[finite rover]

I found that the game indicates the system the critters are in on the galactic map if you have the quest selected.

[indigo falcon]

there's a pin in here that has a detailed guide on finding the robofauna, plus there are pins for specific systems if you need them

(when you get to that milestone)

[dusty hedge]

Expedition complete!

[neat latch]

Let’s gooooo!

[daring fulcrum]

hpw do we use the planetary map (empty)

[indigo falcon]

you don't, it's a collectible

[daring fulcrum]

the planetary chart (empty) that is for sale in the galactic trade isnt a navigatable chart like normal?

[indigo falcon]

nope

this is adrift, there's no one else here but you

and that's one of the side effects...

[daring fulcrum]

sure...but a map or chart is a map or chart...doesnt require another person...we can chart waypoints...but we cant navigate with a chart?

[indigo falcon]

there's no one else here.... no one to chart to. no pilots in distress.... nothing

anyways, game logic or not, these charts are just curiosities

[daring fulcrum]

but we chart to distressed ships and such...why cant we chart to an empty planet...it just doenst fit the lore

lame

thanks

[indigo falcon]

just try to think of it in the "we're trapped in the void' context, and save it away for your main save if you like

[dusty hedge]

So is there any reason not to use the Iron Vulture? It seems really friggin good. But maybe it also just came out of the box better optimized than my exotic is.

[tidal mantle]

how do you change camera view when flying a ship?

[indigo falcon]

quick menu -> utilities -> starship view

[tidal mantle]

which one's the quick menu?

[indigo falcon]

I mean, why not use it, it seems cool enough, as long as you have the upgrade modules in it you like, and like the look of it

[indigo falcon]

the menu you use to get to the galaxy map and all that stuff.

[dusty hedge]

I guess I more meant like, is it just better than previous ships? Cause I am pretty attached to my exotic now 🤔

[tidal mantle]

thanks

[blazing fossil]

The only way to determine if a ship is better is…do you like it more?

[indigo falcon]

it's going to have better shields as far as base stats, probably less maneuverability, you'd have to do some comparisons

[blazing fossil]

Any ship can be made to handle anything the game throws at you

[dusty hedge]

Fair enough 😅

I'm not sure if I lucked out or if all exotics have really good stats, but mine is a fast little thing that packs a punch

And it only has slightly less hyperdrive than my explorer

[indigo falcon]

exotics are basically nice all-rounders with balanced stats, and being S class those stats are pretty decent

[dusty hedge]

Gotcha

[tidal mantle]

how do i find new parts for the vulture?

[indigo falcon]

I dunno about parts for it, but to get parts from it, there's a guide pinned in here: #nms-expedition message

[tidal mantle]

how do i find new parts for the vulture?

[blazing fossil]

Do you want to build a new ship with some, but not all, of the vultures parts?

[tidal mantle]

yeah, im just looking to try out different engines and fueselage/part at the back

[blazing fossil]

Find a hauler with those parts, scrap that hauler for the parts

[tidal mantle]

ok

[mild valley]

hi I have to find aliens ruins but I no longer have any charge to scan signals what should I do?

[indigo falcon]

if you are out of surge batteries, you will need to craft new ones. the milestone "stirring the nest" in phase 2 should give you the blueprint.

[low light]

What all can we take back from the expedition?

Is it just units/nanites?

[blazing fossil]

I assume you started from an old save
You can then take back 24 items of your choice (except tech and eggs) as well as 8 tech

And you’ll be able to claim all phase and final rewards on any save

As well as being able to copy whatever ship is set as active

[low light]

Awww yeah, been saving the inventory slot upgrades

That's a bummer about the eggs though, that's what I was really after

[indigo falcon]

put a base down at the place where you adopted a critter, the bases do carry over

then you can go get one later at your leisure

[blazing fossil]

And if it’s the expedition egg you can claim it from the QS guy on every save

[latent sage]

i feel so alone :o

[finite rover]

I see red over that image.

[rotund copper]

I spent like an hour on the first phase and it wasn’t to bad

How many phases?

[latent sage]

5

[rotund copper]

So this is gonna be like 6-7 hours of gameplay?

[latent sage]

depends i guess

[latent sage]

took me 3 days

[rotund copper]

So like one or 2 all nighters

The voices ain’t gonna be happy about this

[finite rover]

I spent 15+ hrs. :)

[loud surge]

Nearly finished 2nd phase

:]

[latent sage]

im speedrunning the expedition right now lols

[indigo falcon]

enjoy!

[ashen shore]

What’s the best way to get nanites in the exped?

Since I can’t just sell upgrades at space stations like I normally would

[wraith junco]

Starter planet has runaway mold soo

And worm loot to refine

[ashen shore]

I have 512 of that atm

[indigo falcon]

larval cores (sooo many eggs plus there's a milestone for those)

[ashen shore]

Ahh I figured it out

[indigo falcon]

plus the aforementioned worms, plus scan all fauna on planets that don't have a ton / don't have underground rare

[ashen shore]

Making nanite clusters now

[ashen shore]

Is there a way to use the ship of the damned award on your main save instead of the expedition save

If i decline it can I pick it up later?

[crisp rapids]

It’s a reward in the main game afterward

[wraith junco]

U can redeem it in qs shop

[ashen shore]

So should I just decline it for now?

[wraith junco]

On any save after u unlock it on exp save

[blazing fossil]

You’re gonna have to claim it on that save sooner or later anyways

But you’ll be able to claim it on every save you have and will ever make

[ashen shore]

Oki

[remote thunder]

iow, all claimed phase and final expedition rewards are unlocked account wide

this is what you'd see in your other saves, once you get access to the anomaly quicksilver shop, and you're not in a exp save (claiming past exp rewards is usually disabled in expedition mode, exp13 isn't the first case)

[meager stream]

Tips on what to take with me from main save to the expedition?

I read the pins, but maybe smth else, like tech or materials

[remote thunder]

basics like o2, cmetal, sodium, dust, mag ferrite, etc; items to sell for units and items to refine for nanites if you'd like and will want to copy ship and/or MT from main save and not rely on expedition route/activities for nanites; could also bring a stored indium drive (though you unlock its bp, could bring emeril instead, looms can still be bought), 1-3 s-class hyperdrive modules, launch autorecharger,

[meager stream]

ok ty

probably exosuit expansion slots?

[lusty slate]

You can't sell tech for nanites in Adrift for expedition story reasons. So take some items that can refine into nanites, like radiant shards, etc.

[remote thunder]

if you'd like though there are milestones with inv slot rewards

[indigo falcon]

bear in mind that you won't get access to any of these materials until you get to the anomaly on that save.

[meager stream]

yea

[indigo falcon]

one cold prot for the derelict might be nice

[lusty slate]

I farmed radiant shards on a dissonant base I have prior and took 3 stacks with me.

[meager stream]

Are they better than scrap metal?

[indigo falcon]

they refine a lot faster is the thing

[lusty slate]

You can sell items though, so you can bring high value things to sell off too

[meager stream]

I see

[indigo falcon]

you cna actually buy carbon at space stations; same with rusted metal (and sometimes ferrite dust), among other things

[remote thunder]

as an alternative, there's a milestone that rewards the +21% hazard prot suit techs; SC the cold prot, or the x-class hazard prot module from the other milestone (sc slots are in the same positions they are in other modes), and you wouldn't need to bring a cold haz prot module

[indigo falcon]

the one thing you can get on the route but that is a huge timesaver to just ship in: a lot of chromatic metal, as bk mentioned in the initial reply.

[lusty slate]

Same with survival stuff, like life support gel and ion batteries.

[remote thunder]

those can be good time savers too, a little less crafting

[lusty slate]

Btw, confirmed, the game let me take the advanced ion batteries back. Chillin' in my rare items storage.

[remote thunder]

sweet

[indigo falcon]

I was hoping.

(how much junk am I going to end up with in storage anyways)

[lusty slate]

Same, I like collecting legacy stuff too. I have a prepackaged photonix core just for funsies. No intention to actually use it.

[indigo falcon]

we need a "collectibles" storagee tbh

[frozen remnant]

we need "sort inventory" button

[meager stream]

After finishing?

[ashen shore]

I’m finally onto the last step of the expedition

So close to completion

[indigo falcon]

go go go!

[finite rover]

don't do it! right now you are god of the universe!

[lusty slate]

Yeah, there's a few rare legacy items awarded from milestones that you can take back, if that interests you. Like the advanced ion batteries (legacy batteries that you can't craft anymore) and the Writhing Manuscript (item from Emergence, exped #4).

[indigo falcon]

I will keep one of the empty planetary charts (if possble) ... just 'cause

[lusty slate]

I thought about it, but didn't. Tell me if you can take it and if it messes with anything. I might do another run when the redux comes around for it.

[indigo falcon]

I won't convert back til near the end of the time period so my base stays visible to expeditioners, but I'll try to remember

[lusty slate]

I recall you can prematurely end the exped. I can always play the redux until I get station access, buy some, then end it.

[indigo falcon]

yeah but I want to stay in until close to the end, leave myself enough time for a clean exit with a few copies of vulture parts for fun

oh I see, for your run, right right

[lusty slate]

Yup yup

[ashen shore]

I finally finished the exped yay

My first time fully completing one

[indigo falcon]

got a most favorite moment, or a least one? 🙂

[polar solstice]

Coming here first would've been super helpful before starting my expedition. I went in with nothing

[faint mesa]

Nah, it is kinda nice to go blindly sometimes
Coming here may shave off a couple of hours though 😅

[polar solstice]

lol for sure. First expedition, last time I played NMS these weren't a thing

[faint mesa]

Ok, probably a lot of things were new to you then lol

Many many changes since pre-Pioneers NMS

[polar solstice]

Lots is new to me. I'm loving how fleshed out the game is, just when I think I'm leveling or progressing deep into it, I discover something that makes me realize it's tip of the iceberg

[wanton frigate]

If the universe is empty, and there's not one other living sentient creature other than me, why the hell do I still have to pay to take a Multitool from a vending machine??

[meager scroll]

Just because everyone is dead

Doesn't mean capitalism is dead

[indigo falcon]

I came in with nothing, the experience is different that way, I liked it

[wanton frigate]

I made bad choices of what to bring, the experience is similar to bringing nothing, just a little more disappointing.

[junior shard]

how long does this expedition take aprox?

[indigo falcon]

has anyone used the scanner (as in the scanner that you use when scanning a plant) inside the anomaly and read the message in the left where the planet info would be?

(I did and it was... curious)

[faint mesa]

I guess the average time is somewhere around 6-7h
But it can be done in a lot less... and a lot more for that matter

[indigo falcon]

depends on: how well do you know the game? are you rushing to get through? etc

[junior shard]

and we still have weeks for it right

[indigo falcon]

!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]

no rush whatsoever

[meager stream]

why does it not count?

its the waypoint milestone

isnt this thing a waypoint?

[faint mesa]

Not sure, but for what's worth, I also got a waypoint in the starting planet that didn't count for the milestone

I didn't have it selected though, so perhaps it was that...

[remote thunder]

no, that shouldn't be a problem at all, mine counted just fine even when i didn't have it selected - i never did have it selected for more than a few seconds

[remote thunder]

yes, it is. i didn't find any in the starter planet, so i don't know if there's some weirdness thtere

try changing planets, also restart game

[indigo falcon]

if you have multiplayer on, you might consider turning it off and trying again after reload, though once again that should not matter

[meager stream]

is there a planet with 1600 height? i dont see one in pins

[indigo falcon]

rendv 2 and 3 planets have very tall mountains, try those

don't forget you can build up from there or create terrain too, and then jetpack to make up a difference of a couple hundred u

[hot blade]

Build up and jetpack on an airless planet
EZ

[wraith junco]

There was point on starter planet that had 1600. But idk to go lool for it if there are high mountain planets later on exp route.

[faint mesa]

You can clear quite a few milestones in the starter planet

Wish I knew that

[terse pawn]

Can you do expeditions on console without paying for online services

[remote thunder]

rdv5 as well

yes

[terse pawn]

Fire

[visual crest]

is the expedition doable multiplayer?

[shrewd onyx]

I see that (as usual) there a few bases which players have built for that 1600u milestone.

[visual crest]

i mean, am i able to join my friend session to help them with the mission

[low light]

If i go back to primary save, do I resume the expedition from this same point or does it restart?

Say I want to go back and just grab materials for this thing I need to assemble

[remote thunder]

you'd be able to help them out with resources for example, sure

[remote thunder]

you cannot bring mats over at this point, it won't let you edit stash

to answer your first question though, no, it would not restart exp progress if you simply returned to primary

[low light]

Gotcha thanks

[tall jasper]

Hypnotic eye 👁️ is the bane of my life 😂

[meager stream]

will there be a dissonant planet along rdv path?

[indigo falcon]

buy at a space station?

[tall jasper]

The abandoned?

[indigo falcon]

close to the route, yeah. just keep your eyes open for dissonant systems in the galaxy map

[indigo falcon]

trade terminal works

[tall jasper]

Hmm...I haven't seen one yet 🤔 More searching continues.

[indigo falcon]

in each space station as you enter, if you look to the back, go up stairs to the right side. then go in the little room at the end

there's a terminal covered with gunk but it works

[remote thunder]

starter system station for sure had it

[indigo falcon]

I've seen it in several

[remote thunder]

same

all stations have the same stock from what i've seen

[tall jasper]

Ya I've been there a few times but nothing. It's funny how certain Expedition really stump me like a newb 🤣

[indigo falcon]

not 100% the same but the main items anyways

[remote thunder]

yeah, sorry, the main ones

first page

[wanton frigate]

Slowly making my way to Rendezvous 1 , on the 2nd jump came across a Paradise Planet. Paradise for sky divers maybe - nothing but orbit-scraping mountains as far as the eye can see. Would have been cockahoop if I needed the 1600U milestone but sure I did that on the first planet.

[indigo falcon]

I have a little base there in fact, uploaded for visitors 🙂

(not at a mountain peak, but at a waypoint, so thats 1 of 12.. 😛 )

[tall jasper]

What the heck, there it is, the hypnotic eye through the terminal 😑🤣

[indigo falcon]

Not too spoilery tips for Adrift:

• You will not be able to buy any tech from any npc at space stations or the Anomaly.
• Ship salvage/expansion stations are unavailable, as are the multitool expansion/upgrade stations.
• Applying multitool or ship inventory upgrades can only be done when collecting rewards from specific milestones. Equip gear accordingly before collecting.
• You will not be able to collect and use any previously unlocked quicksilver rewards on the expedition save.
• Some crafting recipes have been changed just for this expedition; double check what you need, don't rely on memory.
• Trade terminals at space stations and elsewhere do work, though their supplies will be somewhat unique. Space station and planet-based terminals will have significantly different resources available.

Reminder that if you start the expedition from an existing save, you will not have access to the supplies and tech you send over from your main save, until you reach the Anomaly on your expedition save.

Info courtesy of Atlas Emissaries.

[dry wadi]

Is there anything in particular I should bring to the expedition to make my life easier?

[indigo falcon]

I would read the messages in the pins and see what comes to mind

people have varying lists depending on where they want to save time etc

[lusty slate]

Nexus missions are also disabled.

[wanton frigate]

you'll wish you brought carbon, and tonnes of it, but by the time you can actually get to your stash it's no longer an issue 😄
The main recommendation is stuff you can refine into Nanites so you can clone your main save's ship / multitool - but that's only if you don't fancy cruising through space on a slow-as-hell Milk Float.

[indigo falcon]

yeah, thought about adding that but had to decide where to stop at some point

[lusty slate]

Prepack an indium drive to send over. It'll cut out some grinding.

[indigo falcon]

(this player right here did the whole expd with the starter shuttle, yes indeed 😛 )

[meager stream]

any advise about optimizing eggs, ruins and waypoints hunt?

[indigo falcon]

look for waypoints the entire time. flying around looking for a resource deposit? look for waypoints too. ruins: use the signal scanner and pin the mission, to get the first option of the scanner to do the rgiht thing. eggs: starter world is a great place honestly, ,low grav, easy to get away from the little green meanies

[lusty slate]

Waypoints can easily done by flying on the surface and scanning. Don't waste your surge batteries to chart them.

[meager stream]

so what should i spend my surge batteries on?

[dry wadi]

thx

[indigo falcon]

ruins, transmission tower, you need more than 5 batteries for that

[lusty slate]

I had to craft 1 extra myself.

[meager stream]

can it find a crashed ship?

[indigo falcon]

I believe so but, there's one at rend... which is it, 4? 5? just multiplayer off when you get there

[meager stream]

ye was thinking about it

[lusty slate]

I used six surge batteries total on my run. (1 transmission tower, 1 grave, 4 ruins)

[indigo falcon]

rend 5. (that's got aggro sentinels though, maybe you prefer to do that one elsewhere earlier)

oh the grave, yeah that too

I think I organically encountered a crashed ship, oh from some observatory or other

[lusty slate]

And you're given 1 free ancient ruins map at the start, fyi.

[lusty slate]

I had forewarning and brought a carrier AI lol.

[indigo falcon]

I brought nothing which suited the mood and the vibe, it was a fun time trying to work around the changes 🙂

[lusty slate]

I like cutting grinding down. I don't usually bother copying a ship/MT though and just use what I'm given.

[faint mesa]

The only thing I usually do is changing the ship for one of the past rewards...
...so yeah, didn't quite work this time 😆

But it was a nice change of pace

[indigo falcon]

I'm not a fan of the grind, for sure. but this run felt more about an ambience and less about "do this do that" even if there were a bunch of the usual tasks

[lusty slate]

Understandable

[faint mesa]

Gotta say I loved the "contemplative" milestones

[lusty slate]

Also break's over, toodles

[neon thunder]

Hey guys! can anyone help me find synthetic life forms? I just can't find any!

[indigo falcon]

in the pins in here is a detailed guide on how; also there are pins with info about specific systems that have the robofauna

[rough hatch]

in phase 3, abandonment, do i need to search for damaged ships or nearby structures?

(i searched for damaged ships in a system, but there was no ship there. in another system i searched for structures and it took me to a transmission tower)

[indigo falcon]

it's always the first option on the signal scanner if you have the right mission pinned, the "nearby structures" is a generic option.

turn off multiplayer for this one, might be that someone else already got to the point before you in the same lobby

(I would save reload after disabling mp too just to be extra safe)

[mellow beacon]

I don't know if this has already been mentioned but in phase 2 of the expedition it asks you to reach an elevation of 1,600u, but I can't get past 1,300u, is there any easier way of completing this task?

[meager scroll]

RV2 and RV3 planets

Have mountains / plateus / whatever dem names that are high enough

Just land on such a terrain formation, get out of ship and milestone done

[mellow beacon]

Ok thanks

[ashen shore]

i dont suppose anyone who has finished the expedition (or at least made multiple bases like a smart person) could taxi me to a few locations? i have no idea how to find the ancient bones

im making my way to the fourth location right now

just left the third

i was stupid af and didnt mark where i found each thing for whatever reason

so going back will be a nightmare

[quaint urchin]

Set the Ancient Bones as your active mission and use a Space Station or the Anomaly to go back to Rendezvous 2 Space Station. From there go out into Space and it should point you in the right direction. I think there is a frozen planet there what bones all over it.

[ashen shore]

thank you!

[quaint urchin]

Wait, maybe it was Rendezvous 1 Space Station...

[ashen shore]

its one of the two

which is good enough for me

far better than searching every single system ive been to so far

after that i need to fix a crashed ship and descover 3 autophage and then thats page 3 done

i cant remember who do descover the robots tho tbh

been a while since i did that

[keen stone]

Current system has a freighter symbol but there is no freighter, and also I am having difficulties finding a blue system

[meager scroll]

For mechanical fauna look for red star systems, those are mostly uncharted

[keen stone]

Then why the hell does it say blue 😭

[meager scroll]

Land on a planet, check the discovery screen, you are looking for planets that have exactly 2 animal species

Ask HG

Red, green and blue systems - all can be uncharted

But red star systems have the highest chance

[ashen shore]

ah man.. i gotta go to different star systems? thats always so annoying to find

[keen stone]

Still confused about the freighter icon

[ashen shore]

oh hey i found a bones planet

[meager scroll]

What icon

[keen stone]

There's a freighter icon in the galaxy map on one system, but there is no freighter

[meager scroll]

Maybe it's the Lost in Space mission about a derelict freighter that got triggered there

Check your mission log page

[keen stone]

Oh maybe

Ohhhh

It's a salvage site I found

[meager scroll]

Salvage site sounds like crashed Interceptor mission

[keen stone]

No, it's freighter wreckage

[indigo falcon]

for future reference: rend 1 system havida-bozho, planet sadene VI has ancient bones, it is a frozen world but storm free

[meager scroll]

Could be

[keen stone]

What's that in reply to

[indigo falcon]

earlier conversation about which system/planet has bones

[keen stone]

Ah

[ashen shore]

also Oomo 41/W2 has bones but its mainly a water planet so the bones are tough to find

it is in the Kimizaw-0kk system

[indigo falcon]

sadene vi is easy to navigate, good place for general exploration imo

[ashen shore]

which is about 2-4 warps after the 3rd location

yeah, i think im just going to continue the expedition and then use a teliporter to find the last bits

tbh i am not a fan of expeditions as i like to get side tracked, in this mode im not allowed to do that

so my goal is to do them as fast as humanly possible

[indigo falcon]

this is why I go to every space station in every system I visit, never know what else I might want from there

um this may not be up your alley but some people play very leisurely expeditions and let themsevles get sidetracked, as long as: 1) they go to each space station 2) they go through any portal directed as soon as told to

[ashen shore]

please hello games, im begging you. if you want us to cover large distances give us hyperdrive upgrades in the task list

i beg

[indigo falcon]

they give you two other things that are helpful

1. storm crystals, 2) warp hypercore blueprints + antimatter. this gives you so much warp fuel you will wonder what to do with it all

just need to prioritize those milestones

[ashen shore]

i hear you but when i play i like the feeling that no matter what i do i benifit myself, basically if i decide to build a new factory i profit or if i just build on my freighter i profit

this mode i consider temporary

[indigo falcon]

(why yes I do look at all this stuff in advance because I'm a nosy parker)

[ashen shore]

yeah, im happy o got that earlier today

[indigo falcon]

ok I get you, so if the whole thing is a detour from your regular gameplay it would make sense you want to just focus an dget it done

for the robofauna there's a pin guide howto plus some systems pinned btw

[ashen shore]

as of right now i need: (sorta ignore this, this is just my shopping list)

• find 3 robots
• chart 11 waypoints
• earn 1,500 nanites
• find 5 ancient ruins
• visit a sunken freighter
• do a derilic freighter run
• story quest
• go to 4th location
• descover 12 more creatures
• kill 8 hungering tendrils
• probe boundary (story quest?)
• kill evil flora
• cook something
• story quest
• story quest
• go to 5th location

im praying i dont actually need to upgrade my hyerdrive to go to red or other colour stars at any point

[ashen shore]

yeah exactly!

[ashen shore]

thanks! ill check it out

[indigo falcon]

will get given cadmium and other drives, only need to install cadmium one (chromatic metal, nothing fancy), again the robofauna guide has that info

[ashen shore]

yeah

[keen stone]

I keep going to theoretically "red" systems and finding out they're yellow when I get there

[indigo falcon]

K, M is how the designation will start

like, 99LY K2p this kind of thing

[keen stone]

Oh cool

[ashen shore]

i keep saying it ever since my first expedition but i really wanna put together a guide for players so they can do the expedition as quickly as possible if they so choose

[indigo falcon]

there will likely be some videos out soonish by the usual suspects for that purpose

[ashen shore]

telling people how much of each material to gather early on, how much to craft of everything, what systems to actually stop at and not just pass though

yeah i bet

[indigo falcon]

no reason you shouldn't do one yourself, might have a different take on it

[ashen shore]

yeah "the lazy hitchhikers guide to adrift"

[indigo falcon]

lol

[ashen shore]

i ofc cant do that now as im already done with over half of the quests so i dont have all the details etc etc

but it would be cool to have it pinned idk

[indigo falcon]

for something like that you want a reddit post or a video

reach more people who want that kind of guide, I feel like the players here are only a small fraction of the total nms players

[ashen shore]

yeah but tbh i dont wanna use either of those platforms

i try to limit reddit usage to 100% necessary

[indigo falcon]

fair enough

[thick moth]

I'm at a water planet, looking for a hypnotic eye. How can I find some?

[ashen shore]

look for underwater structures

thats the most surefire way to find one

[thick moth]

Ah yes, I remember

[ashen shore]

eeyy i got the bones and fixed a ship

updated my list

now to kill some tenticles at the 4th location

[indigo falcon]

you could also: buy one from the space station

[thick moth]

Do underwarter structures even exist in this expedition?

Okay, I will try at the station

[ashen shore]

huh, didnt know that would work

[indigo falcon]

trade terminals all work

[ashen shore]

oh you mean nav data

[indigo falcon]

I took note of that hypnotic eye early

no I mean the actual eye, not the sort of thing you expect to see on sale

imagines walking ouf of the trade terminal area with pockets bulging full of huge eyeballs, ewww

[ashen shore]

eyyy i got to the final location

now to look at the stars

[thick moth]

Got my hypnotic eye, thank you!

[ashen shore]

what do you need it for?

[thick moth]

I'm playing on German, I think it's called Mind Bow/Mind Arc

[ashen shore]

ooh

yeah thats right, mind arc

[indigo falcon]

mind ark yep

[ashen shore]

time to go and clear up the tasks i missed before

[indigo falcon]

we get one at the beginning of the game in our starting inv but many players sell it because... what else do you do wth an eye in your suit?

a really valuable eye too

[ashen shore]

lol

ive learnt never to sell anything in expeditions

[indigo falcon]

I try to do some basic doublchecks, and the fact that each space station was selling it made me extra cautious

otoh if someone wants a hypnotic eye collection for some reason, this is the expd to get one 😛

[shrewd onyx]

ꙮ

[latent sage]

why do i have a space station in eissentam unlocked? im in the rendezvous 1 system

[indigo falcon]

you're looking at the space station tp? and it lists a space station in eissentam?

[latent sage]

yes

[indigo falcon]

you are in multiplayer right?

[latent sage]

i guess so

[indigo falcon]

it has to be something from the lobby, I can't imagine what else would cause that

sounds pretty broken though

[latent sage]

the system is called "Unification Day 2022"

[indigo falcon]

hahahaha ok well

someone who likely is a member of one of the participating hubs is/was in your lobby then

[latent sage]

i was in a group earlier

[indigo falcon]

could be a side effect. multiplayer is weird

[latent sage]

alrighty

[indigo falcon]

no part of this expd is in eissentam nor in any unification day system 😄

[balmy dirge]

need help please with Adrift mission Amiods the star; I left the planet without entering the portal, have tried to speak with the terminal in the anomaly, no answer, now i am back to portal in Planet - Bianai B42 but the portal dont shows up...i dont know how to solve please help!

[latent sage]

this is a good idea when every station is abandoned right?

[keen stone]

"ADON" if you can see this you're a fucking legend

I've been looking for hours and finally got to this system

[balmy dirge]

NOW THE PILLAR AT THE BASE OF THE PORTAL SHOWS ME SOME GLYPGHS TO INSERT....I AM LOST...PLEASE HELP ME

sorry for caps

[lusty slate]

Do you have the milestone currently selected?

[balmy dirge]

yes i have

[lusty slate]

Okay, what is it prompting you to do? On the bottom right.

[balmy dirge]

seek answer in the stars

at that point, intead to go though the portal, the time i trid i fly in space...to the stars...wrongly

now if i click on the pillar it shows a list of glyphs to activate

[lusty slate]

Have you tried saving and reloading?

[balmy dirge]

yeas, i shut down for dinner, now im back and this is the situation,m wondering id i have to re-build the Mind ark...i dont know

[lusty slate]

I'm not sure either, honestly.

[balmy dirge]

is there a way to reload the game with a precious save?

previous*

[latent sage]

what milestone are you trying?

[balmy dirge]

milestone Amid the Stars

[lusty slate]

The one that requires going through the portal. They didn't go through and left the area.

[balmy dirge]

but i have already done some milestone in 3-4 step

yes correct, i fly away without entering the portal

i pray if someone can come here and open the portal...or something like that....now i set multiplayer on

[lusty slate]

Have you had multiplayer on the whole time?

[balmy dirge]

nope, i started with multiplayer off, now switched on

i am new to the game...sorry

anyway a very cool game 😉

[keen stone]

Ok here's something stupid aaa

I need to scan three synthetic creatures

Planets that have them?

Only two different creatures :(

[lusty slate]

Okay, I have to go back to work, later.

[wraith junco]

2 planets with 2 robots . Not far from rdv 3

[tidal mantle]

can someone walk me through how to modify the iron vulture? because I DO NOT want to screw this up

[indigo falcon]

otherwise just go to two systems, there are some in the pins with how far from some rend. system, system name, planet name

[latent sage]

hiaaheiy or something, its a blue star above rendezvous 5 when you look at the center of the galaxy

[latent sage]

how do you want to modify it?

[tidal mantle]

new engines and aft section

and possibly paint job if possible

[latent sage]

you will need to build a new iron vulture ship

you can get the parts by salvaging the parts of 3 different iron vultures

[tidal mantle]

where do i find other vultures?

[faint mesa]

There's a quick guide here: #nms-expedition message

[latent sage]

if you finish the exploration

[keen stone]

Oh good, I'll try to find that

Fuck it

I'm gonna head on to the next rendezvous, and prioritise k systems along my route

[indigo falcon]

make sure they show as white with the life forms filter

otherwise they are sure not to have it

[keen stone]

I'm gonna bloody kill something

[indigo falcon]

land as close as you can, report bases until they are all gone I guess....

[keen stone]

There aren't bases to report, the issue is the terrain being weird

[indigo falcon]

ah, couldn't tell from the pic. mmmmm... fly extremely low and slow, snail's pace? nms can be twitchy

[short yoke]

Daisy, need any help Adrift?

[keen stone]

Ah the terrain suddenly works

[short yoke]

I’m about to start playing when I get back to my Apartment, somewhere ~3:30p CDT

[keen stone]

Anyway im gonna fiddle with the signal booster for a bit and get that milestone finished

I don't think I particularly need ingame help yet, but thanks

[short yoke]

Well, in case you need a little extra muscle, or brain power, lemme add you.

[keen stone]

Much appreciated

[clear moat]

so I am on an expedition, landed on derelight freighter, went back to anomaly to save and now its gone... what do I do? 😮

ok buying new scanner

[indigo falcon]

if you used the emergenct signal scanner, then you must get another derelict

[clear moat]

didnt know

[indigo falcon]

yeah once you're there, you got to do it or you lose the scanner and need to start again

[ashen shore]

im going crazy, where is the robo fauna??

ive gone to 8 different white systems starting with K or M

[indigo falcon]

did you make sure they are all uncharted (show as white in color with the 'Life Form' filter)?

[ashen shore]

yep

they are uncharted systems with M or K names

[indigo falcon]

huh. welp might be time to try the pinned systems

those are all close to rendezvous systems, typically within one hop, might be worth your time

[ashen shore]

these ones?

they just tell me the rendezous locations

[indigo falcon]

no, other pins in there are like the system and planet for robofuana

[ashen shore]

ooh

[indigo falcon]

there's maybe 5 such pins in there now

and each shows distance from a rend system in the galaxy map or most do

[ashen shore]

ah my bad, thought they were old pins

[indigo falcon]

no, all the stuff in there up through uh the general 'expedition info' post is all current

we've been busy little bees everybody

[glass stump]

OK, I give up. I am on the planet for the 5th Rendezvous point. ANd I can't find it to save my live. The location seems to be very mountainous. I can not locate a structure. What am I missing/

[latent sage]

scan for structures with your ship scanner

or look for other players

[glass stump]

yes everyone has been , and you have been busy with the help boards

[ashen shore]

or use the structure

[glass stump]

Use the structure?

[glass stump]

There are several bases in the area, but I don't see a structure that would be the fifth point.

I assume is is NOT underground.

[latent sage]

its pretty high up on a mountain but if you cant find it you can get out and use the visor

[ashen shore]

its a crashed ship

[glass stump]

I've used the visor and still no luck. WIll look on top of mountains in the area.

[ashen shore]

its very close to where the marker is

its kinda on the side of the mountain

on a small flat area

[glass stump]

That helps.

[latent sage]

not an observatory?

[indigo falcon]

not rend 5, no. it'sa crashed ship on a kind of ledge sticking out

try checking the planetary coords if it helps: Lat/Long: +62.48, +115.37

[indigo falcon]

not just me, plenty of folks around here putting in a bunch of time!

[glass stump]

THANKS> Now to remember where to read them. 🙂

[indigo falcon]

in most ships in 1st person it's lower left I think?

[glass stump]

And all the time you ALL put in is greatly appreciated!!!

[faint mesa]

In the analysis visor! If you are on foot

On ships, what @indigo falcon said

[latent sage]

you just changed how i play the game forever

[glass stump]

I play in VR, but that gives me somewhere to start. Thanks again.

[glass stump]

thanks

[indigo falcon]

crossing fingers you can get it sorted shortly!

[faint mesa]

Wait, really? 😆
I mean, it makes sense... it's easy to miss

[glass stump]

OH I will. THe event is on for a while still, correct?

[indigo falcon]

several weeks yet! (July 15)

lots of time to run it again 😉

[glass stump]

LOL, I'm one and done. 🙂

[plucky sinew]

I am trying to follow this guide, but I lost my Cadmium Drive blueprint. Is there any way to get another one back?

[indigo falcon]

you can't lose the blueprint. once you have it, you have it. do you mean you installed it and it's gone?

[glass stump]

@ashen shore @latent sage @indigo falcon and all others that I missed.

Thanks for the help. Knowing it was a ship and the coodinates (yes, lowe rleft in VR as well) helped me find it. GOt her done!!

[plucky sinew]

If i remember correctly I got it as a pre-package

And lost the inventory due to multiple deaths

[indigo falcon]

blueprints do not work that way

click on a tech slot in the ship and see what's available for crafting

[plucky sinew]

God damnit. You are right. I installed all the garbage

And did not have any slots left

I took some useless-to-me module and it is there

[indigo falcon]

ok!

so chromatic metal and something else and done, right?

[plucky sinew]

Yea, I can get the other ones

Chromatic and loom

[indigo falcon]

awesome

[plucky sinew]

Thank you

I finished the entire expedition but that thing with It's alive

Because I did not know how to get them materials

[indigo falcon]

and now you know. enjoy!

[plucky sinew]

Thank you very much

[clear moat]

OK I completed an expedition

is there a point of transferring glitching separators?

or will I have this in my blueprints on a main save?

I don't have much space to tranfer since I filled it with resources from main save that I did not use ;//

[indigo falcon]

you might be able to transfr it back but you can find them on your regular save too. up to you. it's just a base part

[clear moat]

so I be better off transferring resources instead

ok one more thing: the point of iron vulture aside for it looks is its ability to hoover

[indigo falcon]

do you need the resources? I mean if so, then sure

[clear moat]

If I salvage its wings to create a new hauler, will it hoover too?

[indigo falcon]

I don't know the answer to this, I have not brought my save out of expd mode to test

[balmy dirge]

Hi all, please need help with Amidst the Stars, i leave the planet after using the Mind Ark on the monolith, but miss to enter the portal. Noe i cant enter anymore and complete the mission. I am at the portal, are there some1 that is in the same step and can open the portal so i can complete?

[indigo falcon]

we'll have to hear from some players who have worked with the parts.

[indigo falcon]

if you have the mission pinned, what does it tell you in the lower right?

[balmy dirge]

seek answer in the star....

and cross the threeshold into the boundary portal

i missed to cross the boundary portal...going into space instead

is there a way to revert this situation? if i click the molith is gives me the option to insert glyphs....

monolith*

[meager stream]

this waypoint milestone is driving me insane
i cant find any

[faint mesa]

Use the signal booster with the milestone selected

[indigo falcon]

you can also just fly low and scan for buildings that way, look for the unknown building icon

[balmy dirge]

i am at he monolith atm, do you mean that i can find another one?

[indigo falcon]

uuhhh... so it's not open but the game considers that it is. and I assume you have tried mp off, save-exit-reload an dit's still the same?

[faint mesa]

Yep, it may be faster 😅
These structures are usually close to each other

[indigo falcon]

monolith or portal?