nms-expedition

[quaint urchin]

This may not be very helpful, but on the Discoveries Tab there is a list of all systems you've visited. Maybe write down a list of all of those. Then go into space and open the Galaxy map. I don't know what to do on PC, but on Xbox I can press the B button to enter free-look. Any system you've visited should have a line connecting it to another system you've visited. If you can narrow it down, you might be able to find an adjacent system where you entered the space station to warp back to and then only have one warp to get back to where you were. It'll be easier if you can remember the approximate close by station you warped to next after leaving the area or somwhere close by where you were before you went there.

[coarse palm]

S class interceptor with folded wings, I really loved it

Been looking for a better super charged slot + better color, but it already has like a decent one that allows me to get 60k dps so I'm gucci

[runic dagger]

60k wow

[wanton raft]

You find that near the expedition?

[coarse palm]

no I brought it from my own world lol

[wanton raft]

Yeah, I brought an S Class bat wing. Could have brough the Starborn Runner but wanted the better hyper drive range and the better cannons. The runner turns better but ...

[jade helm]

need the expedition where u get the crimson freighter trail to come back🙏🏻🙏🏻

[grim fossil]

Chances are unlikely as it has already had a redux in 2023, tho you can use a save editor or the bot to unlock the trail for you.

For the bot go to https://nomansapp.com, use the expedition unlocked, select season 10, and select the Crimson Freighter Trail
ID: RS_S10_PHASE2.

[jade helm]

I already looked on there, unless I overlooked it I don’t think it’s on there

which is weird because alot of other expedition rewards are on it

[grim fossil]

It’s on there, that’s where I got the ID for you

[jade helm]

ou dude

Oh*

that’s awesome thank you so much

[jade helm]

yeah, thanks bro

do you also know if you can get clothing items?

[graceful pike]

if the "It's Alive" milestone's mission description says "blue systems" why the hell do I have to go to RED ones???? so dumb man, they have to have done something wrong with the milestone's description, there's no way that's intentional

[frosty wing]

yay - ive completed™️ the expedition...
except the mind arc mission that im locked out of

about to check if doing several missions has helped to reset it

[grim fossil]

From the bot? As long as they were/are a reward unlocked so the Xbox helmet is a no, you would need to save edit for that one.

same photo features the wayfarer helmet.

[jade helm]

oh okay, thanks

[grim fossil]

It’s partly correct, the hint means uncharted systems, the majority of red star systems are uncharted, going for red systems is far easier than installing Indium drive needed for Blue star systems.

An easy way to find these synthetic fauna using uncharted systems in red stars is pin the mission then go to the galaxy map and select lifeform as the filter, look for stars that show up as white, with the filter applied look for systems with the spectral class K or M these are red star systems warp to this system, if there is robotic fauna on a world in the system, the game will show a hint in the lower right stating that there is Synthetic lifesigns detected, If not, move onto a different system.

[grim fossil]

Locked out of? How so?

[frosty wing]

this

this locked me out of the amidst the stars mission

[grim fossil]

I see that sucks, as long as you reported it, just keep reporting if they fail to fix it, unfortunate thing to have happened.

[frosty wing]

and no, doing the rest of the missions didnt fix things

[grim fossil]

I did read the full situation you linked 😉

[frosty wing]

oh, i just checked and gave the latest update

[trail iron]

try building a new mind ark and going back to the back room on the anomaly.

This should reset your coordinates/give you new ones

(hopefully.. worth trying anyhow. Someone told me it worked for them)

[edgy hamlet]

My ship is floating on a derelict freighter. I dont have any nav data to call it.

Think this might be endex for me

[trail iron]

The color doesnt really matter; though yellow wont work, any of the other colors may.
The pins have many images of planets where synths have been found.

[trail iron]

no saves are made while on derelict freighter. Your last autosave will be from shortly before you boarded.

check the time stamps on both saves and reload the most last one.

(you'll have to redo the freigfhter)

[edgy hamlet]

Yeah I have done. Funny bug

[frosty wing]

done several times, it does not - reported again as i remembered that the black hole was actually a pulse engine discovery

ive actually gone back to main save - will go to another galaxy, summon the nexus and go back into expedition - see if that helps (computer glitches can be weird like that)

but my gship star runner colour mod wasnt working in my new combined mod so i removed it and added it separately in the combined mod (instead of a lua) - and it works, so ill get to this next

[trail iron]

black holes from pulsing happen naturally.

[frosty wing]

my black holes thus far have been seen from system entry

never seen a pulse engine one before

[trail iron]

If you're running game mods, then disable all of those. They may not be working properly with the update.

[frosty wing]

why i thought it was the portal - the icon was right inside it too

they do - i just went through all that in modding and they work now

as for expedition, i deleted all them first - didnt help

[trail iron]

Portal icon was probably behind it

[frosty wing]

yeah i know that now

[valid roost]

Hmmm

[coarse palm]

anyone got a tip to do fathoms below?

[indigo falcon]

yuo need the nautilon chamber for this; get somewhere with deep water, build it, put in the sonar radar, scan for wreck, then pick up the chamber (delete in build menu), fly to near where the wreck is, sometimes you can land on a protruding piece. swim out, and interact with the beacon. you need to do all of this in NOT an uncharted system btw

the nautilon chamber you get from phase 4 'signs to nowhere' (interact with 12 waypoints)

you'll need several crystal sulphide and some salt to build the nautilon chamber and the radar

[coarse palm]

where is sonar radar?

[indigo falcon]

this is a blueprint you will have gotten from I think the same milestone reward, you would install it as tech once the enautilon chamber is placed, just select the exocraft inventory and craft in a slot

[neat sigil]

Ok first off let me say I have NMS for both the PC & Switch...Alas I can not play it on the PC at this time due to needing a upgrade for the graphics card.
All that being said I have completed all but 2 missions for the expedition on the switch. these are the "fathoms below" and the "Crashed freighter" missions.
I go to water planets and spawn in the sub with the sonar but I can't specifically scan for a crashed underwater ship, I can do general scans but nothing specific.
ok I tried skiping that mission and went on to the next on, using a emergency beacon scanner I bought. followed the instructions on how to find the ship and launch into space, pulse drive and it just goes on forever (20+min) had to refuel my pulse drive on the fly several time but nothing happened.
Anyone have any idea (other then it the switch version) on what I may be doing wrong. I using ver 4.7.2 which is the latest version on the switch. I would really like to be able to complete this thing. Thanks in advance.

[meager scroll]

Scanner options from quick menu

[indigo falcon]

the sonar radar is what you need, what options do you get to search for when you try? (for "fathoms below")?
for the crashed freighter, don't use emergency beacon, you want to put the signal booster, pin the mission, choose the first option (not "nearby structures")

[meager scroll]

While in submarine, open quick menu and look for various scanning options there

[thick umbra]

You need the High Power Sonar

[indigo falcon]

the player has the sonar, according to their post

[thick umbra]

than a scan for crashed freighter should be available

[neat sigil]

I try hitting the down arrow to try to pull up the quick menu while in the sub but nothing happens

[indigo falcon]

ok, so that's adifferent sort of error. mmm I see in this reddit post the following: "What fixed it was when I realized I had changed the quick menu/build menu control to inverted; when i changed it back to normal, it suddenly started working." I dunno if that would help you but you could check that setting

@neat sigil

[neat sigil]

I'll try that and see what happens

[indigo falcon]

okay please let us know!

[remote thunder]

known issue with exocrafts quick menu

that will fix it

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[neat sigil]

ok that worked and the mission is completed. mow to see if I can find the other ship

[remote thunder]

if trying to spawn a derelict freighter, be sure to have options/network/multiplayer disabled

if you had it enabled, save+reload from main menu

[indigo falcon]

oh, if it's the derelict freighter you want: you may need to interrupt the pulse after 15-20 seconds. when you do so, the ghost frigate, or whatever it is, ought to spawn in, you activate the communicator as the game hint will say, talk to it, then resume pulse, and then after less than another 15 seconds you should see a derelict. I don't know why this happens (yes even after multiple exit-reloads) but it does for some people. you can try that, @neat sigil

[indigo falcon]

(they're on switch, no multiplayer there)

[coarse palm]

I finished the expedition

if I claim everything

do the abandoned freighter replaces my old one or smth?

[indigo falcon]

it's a frigate

claim freely

also congrats on completing it!

[neat sigil]

Yea!!! I have now completed my second expedition. Thank you all for the info, seems like the inverted controls thing was the problem with everything I was having issues with. Now I can go to bed knowing I accomplished something I really wanted. Thank you all againg for your support.

Good night/Good morning whatever it is for you.

[fringe agate]

Congrats

[coarse palm]

crap, I forgot to put the companion egg in the expedition reward slot

anyone got a surplus or bred gnawing scuttler egg to spare? I wanted to do the expedition again, but I'm unable to

[coarse palm]

also thank you!

[wraith junco]

U should be able to claim the pet in quicksilver store on main save

[lusty slate]

You can't bring over eggs, anyway. You claim it for your main save from the Quicksilver vendor.

[coarse palm]

ohhhh

appreciate the info, thank you

no wonder it didn't show in the expedition menu

[lusty slate]

Yup.

[vital mauve]

Oh no, didn't notice we got a new expedition

[ashen shore]

Am I missing anything special by not doing the expedition on my main save? (Ie; building parts or items for a base, general collectibles) because I know you unlock and get alot so I wanted to know about it

[unreal gale]

Is the expedition still active?

[ashen shore]

Ya

[unreal gale]

How many days left?

[ashen shore]

Four-five weeks

Don’t push it off or you won’t do it

In my experience

[unreal gale]

TY, and yeah. Planning to start it once getting home, or I'll keep postponing ^^;

[ashen shore]

I hope you can do it under 8 hours, I was miserable

[unreal gale]

Hopefully

[indigo falcon]

the end of phase and end expedition rewards can be claimed once per save file (including future saves you may create). so the question really is, are there rewards from milestones that are especially valuable? I would say that if your main save is decently far along in the game, then no. But the one thing you do miss out on is the opportunity to get multiple copies of the Iron Vulture for parts, should you be into ship building. that's it imo

[tall jasper]

Is it normal after completing a little over 50% of the Expedition, the warp map doesn't have the "Expedition Route" highlighted? I'm assuming because I reached all the rendezvous points?

[indigo falcon]

that's probably it, butfor some missions you might be able to highlight 'current mission'.

[tall jasper]

Gotcha, thanks! This Expedition isn't all that hard but taking longer to do things it seems...but don't mind it at all while building up stuff.

[indigo falcon]

there are usually some milestones that you need to do as you move along, so like scanning plants or animals, finding waypoints and so on. It just takes a little looking over all the tasks to figure out how to combine things up. hope you're enjoying it!

[tall jasper]

Yep! New files are always fun to relearn things.

[wanton frigate]

Is there ever a use for the race artifacts that you'd normally gift to NPCs, other than selling them? Starting to run out of inventory slots

[indigo falcon]

certain of them can be used to locate portals by giving one to a monolith on a planet of that species

of course gifting those to npcs raises standing, which is useful too

[wanton frigate]

What NPCs? We're adrift!

[indigo falcon]

in the expd, sell, stash or find a portal or two for the lulz

[wanton frigate]

There's only the one portal needed to complete the expedition, and they hand that to you - so grand, I'll flog them

[indigo falcon]

if you have exocraft, don't forget they have inventory too

me, I eventually built a container, but only after finishing up.

[wanton frigate]

Yeah, but I've only really used the nautilus and you can't reliably summon it so I'm trying to stay compact. Haven't got the Minotaur yet, I've a couple of marks to hit before that. 71% complete and climbing!

[indigo falcon]

go go go!

[wanton frigate]

my first attempt at a derelict freighter is looming. So Go go go slooooow!

[indigo falcon]

no, go go go fast! you only need to hit teh three terminals in there (and get the security creds) to get the milestone

I mean if you want to loot all the things, feel free but there's no requirement

[wanton frigate]

it's the last dangerous thing on the list. I might make a meal of it. Otherwise, just 1 ruin left to find, cook some food, scan some robots, find a dissonant planet and then it's just rendezvouses and pulsing to nothing. Hope to finish this weekend.

[indigo falcon]

yeah you're nearly there, honestly

[lament fractal]

Hi! I'm stuck at the Dereliction mission, I always end up dying against those floating robots. I have a dissonant multitool that I have yet to repair because I don't know how to find crystallized hearts even though I've explored a couple dissonant planets

[coarse palm]

you can get harmonic echo locator by destroying resonant mirrors

[indigo falcon]

if I understand, you are dying to the security drones. you should have been given a scatterblaster module from the phase 2 milestone to walk 9k units, and you also get an S upgrade and the shell greaser blueprint to go with it. these may help you. if one of the drones shoots you and your shields get low, get to a door, even if you need to retreat to the door you previously came through, and wait for your shields to recover. otherwise keep moving, stopping only for terminals, and to find the security credentials from one of the logs

[coarse palm]

also scatter blaster upgrade from the previous bonus shoul dhelp yeah

[safe hound]

The “it’s alive” phase is such a pain in the ass

[coarse palm]

it took me almost 2 hour lol

[indigo falcon]

if they seem to do too much damage, you can always buy suspicious packets (tech) from a space station, and see if you can get a shield module or two. this is pricey but by now you probably have a ton of units. of course you might get kind of crappy shield modules or none at all. still an option tough.

[coarse palm]

I visited 12 systems or maybe more for the synth lifeform

[indigo falcon]

there are pins in here with instructions to get to some systems that have robofauna, within one jump in some cases of a rendezvous system

[coarse palm]

sadly you can't scrap ships though, if it were the case money would be a no problem with interceptors

[safe hound]

Pain

[coarse palm]

also does anyone know how you can do previous expeditions? I just looked at expedition 12 and I like the staff and the ship

[indigo falcon]

but you can scan animals and plants and rake in the money pretty fast, once you have the S class scanner modules installed.

[indigo falcon]

typically, hg reruns the expeditions from the current year near the end of the year. Nov or Dec? each gets usually a 2 week runtime

[coarse palm]

do they rerun something even before?

[indigo falcon]

no. but omega was from this year and that's the one with the staff

[coarse palm]

hmmm alright something to look forward to, thank you

I do want previous expedition stuff but 12 is the one I want the omst

[frosty wing]

any way to know if the experimental update would fix my lockout of the mind arc mission?

im updating to it right now (8gb or so) and have already deleted my mods

stupid patchnotes isnt patchnotes - is there a legit section to look at?

another 10mins for update to install

update is done, ill find out

no fix

[south briar]

can anyone bring me some salt xD

[trail iron]

Synth aniamls are easy enough to find / as someone mentioned, many locations are in the pins, but you just need to know three things: They can be in red, green or blue systems but not yellow.; They will only be in systems with NO LISTED RACE; When you land on the planet, or scan with freighter, check the discoveries page for the animal count... if it is exactly TWO then you are on a synth planet. If it's any number except two, you are not.

[indigo falcon]

the place to find experimental patch notes is usually https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/ and look at the pinned message at the top, sometimes there is nothing new and we guess that the new push is just cleanup of the previous branch

[indigo falcon]

even easier, pin the mission and the game will hint you when you warp into the system 'synthetic life forms detected on nearby world'

no hint? leave.

(that's in the pinned howto guide for people who want to find their own systems)

[indigo falcon]

You should try #nms-lfg-or-trades and be sure to mention you're on the expedition. it's a pretty low traffic channel but people looking to play with others or do rescue missions would be checking there..

[frosty wing]

lol thank you - the first page of google doesnt even have that link

[indigo falcon]

no worries, it comes from lots of stalking of various sources for info about updates 😄

[frosty wing]

lol that page doesnt have the experiemental update announced earlier in news ticker - so no idea whats changed, but my issue remains

switching back to public release with my mod list

[indigo falcon]

it does have, the 11/06 post aso has info for the 13/06 one

[lament fractal]

Thanks!

[lament fractal]

I managed to locate another ship and I managed to finish the mission 😄

[indigo falcon]

what strategy did you use to get through this one?

[lament fractal]

I ran

Also, there were no security drones

[indigo falcon]

nice!! or at least none that noticed you

[latent musk]

Man it would have been really cool if when you space jumped over to ||ship of the damned||, if it had a built out interior with a terminal that had some secret lore

[wanton frigate]

Maybe it did and you didn't look hard enough. That's how secrets work 😄

[kind pecan]

Is there any way i can still get the starborn runner on xbox

[fervent horizon]

Riddle me this nerds: I'm at 99/120 copper to install the advanced mining laser, but I have 800+ copper in my inventory and it won't let me install it?

Idk what to do 😆

[sleek siren]

can you show a pic of the installation screen ?

[sleek siren]

we're certain we have the copper?

[fervent horizon]

As certain as death and taxes my friend 😆

[sleek siren]

that certainly looks like copper to me

Have you tried moving it there straight by dragging

[fervent horizon]

Hmm I haven't

[sleek siren]

oh this is on console

can you drag?

[fervent horizon]

Nah it's pc i prefer using a controller lol

[sleek siren]

oh gotcha

[fervent horizon]

And I'll be dammed that did it 🤣

[sleek siren]

awesome

[fervent horizon]

I thought it was bugged lol

[sleek siren]

that certainly isn't supposed to happen tbh

[indigo falcon]

hg will likely rerun this year's expeditions near the end of the year, one of those gives the starborn runner.

[finite owl]

How long is the expedition remaining?

[meager scroll]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[quiet fjord]

Any news in replayability of past expeditions by chance?

Would love to get the old rewards as well as do those stories

[indigo falcon]

no, just the usual redux of the year's expeditions at the end of the year

[quiet fjord]

what's a redux?

[indigo falcon]

ah, a repeat

typically the run time for the reruns is about two weeks per, and milestones are usually adjusted to account for the shorter time

rewards however stay the same

[quiet fjord]

Oh that's pretty neat

So reruns at the end o the year, from 1st to current?

[meager scroll]

Expeds from current year

Plus whatever HG feels like

Last time they put out a special version of 2021 with mixed rewards

[remote thunder]

that was a surprise

[faint mesa]

I think we will have more surprises this year

[wraith junco]

Hopefuly. Sean said that this year will be big for nms. But big can mean diffrent things for devs and for players

[median ember]

My investment was worth it...

[fervent horizon]

To the one dingus who built an enclosure around the first portal making the front of it completely inaccessible except from the back I hope you step on alllllllll the legos and both sides of your pillow are warm

[trail iron]

quickmenu. Report base. It's right after photo mode button.

[fervent horizon]

I regret not doing that first lol

[cerulean olive]

I have yet to start expedition on switch. Been prepping for at least 2 weeks (read: not touched it on Swith yet). I don't want to miss out on the Iron Vulture on the Switch account, so I must do it.
But yeah, other games.....

[ashen shore]

Is there any way to make this save point thing easier? I'm getting pointed to everything but a save beacon.

[trail iron]

not sure i understand. Every time you exit your ship, your game does a save.
every time you hit one of those red and white spinny flags at buildings, the waypoint markers, your game saves.

[ashen shore]

I can't find the waypoint markers.is the problem.

[trail iron]

but you should be able to craft a save beacon from your build menu

[trail iron]

fly your ship. Low and close to the ground. Hit the scan button. A house icon should appear

if not, then try on a different planet. most house icons will be buildings with a waypoint spinner.

[ashen shore]

Okay. I'm trying a different planet.

Wtf is a living metaloid?

[gusty helm]

What is the best way to find way points only found 1 so far

[trail iron]

almost every building has one

[remote thunder]

shoot it for mats

[ashen shore]

Okie dokie

[remote thunder]

flying low and slow with ship and spamming quick scan; summoning minotaur with radar array installed (phase 3 milestone 6), hopping in it, quick menu, radar, scan for secure buildings

[trail iron]

That is a waypoint beacon (best pic i have).

[wraith venture]

It's a great pic too

[ashen shore]

I am having no luck flying low.and slow might be time to invest in a minotaur...

[trail iron]

synthetic animmals / the pins have plenty of advice for finding them

[remote thunder]

https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Living_Metalloid

[trail iron]

are you in a system that has a race icon in the first position? @remote thunder wheres your civilized system differentiation graphic

[unkempt kraken]

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<: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]

good reminder

[trail iron]

Fish, to find buildings you need asystem with a race (see graphic above).

to find robot animals, you need a system WITHOUT the race icon

[ashen shore]

System says korvax

[trail iron]

then it should have buildings

unless it's a weird one like a glitch or megafauna

[ashen shore]

I'm moving on. Next system is Gek. I like them.better anyway.

Was a buggy system for song stuff just fine now it seems.

[wanton raft]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[low light]

When there are robotic fauna in the first system you try

[south crown]

Anyone else had an issue with getting the 8 tendrils but the milestone not completing?

[indigo falcon]

no, but can I ask: have you by any chance changed the difficulty settings?

[violet trellis]

You can do the tendrils with land combat off, the larval eggs you cannot.

If that's what you were getting at?

[indigo falcon]

just doing triage at this point. but the player may have gone off fro the night, we'll find out later

[gusty helm]

Where to find the robotic life forms

[violet trellis]

If you select that objective the galaxy map will show you a marker.

[gusty helm]

Ok Ty , will try that now

[violet trellis]

That's what worked for me...

[meager scroll]

Look for red star systems

Those are mostly uncharted, that's where synthetic animals spawn

Look for planets that show exactly 2 fauna in Discovery page

[violet trellis]

Which means that you have to find two different planets, as you need to find three entities.

[indigo falcon]

there are pins in here, one with a guide to how to find them on the cheap, another several with specific systems all near (1-2hops) to rendezvous spots

[violet trellis]

But, if everyone read the pins, how would anyone be able to help them? LOL

[indigo falcon]

don't worry, lots of stuff still not in the pins 😛 😛

[mellow agate]

guys does anyone have the coordinates to a mountain >1600u

[violet trellis]

iirc, the planet where the rendezvous is has particularly high mountains. If you get close to 1600u you can always build up to that height.

[mellow agate]

ok thankyou

[indigo falcon]

rend 2 and 3 in particular are good for that milestone

[sullen meteor]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[safe hound]

How do I claim the Iron Vulture in my main save?

[wraith junco]

By using quicksilver shop or copy it from expedition terminal if it was last ship that u where using.

[safe hound]

Thank you

[low light]

2 has some near you don't need to build for at all

[jagged sedge]

I just claimed a freighter, and it has Nipnips planted in a large garden area -- Woot!

[cinder spear]

is it normal? pretty bad colors when from inside the ship.. but normal on foot.. can I turn this off?

[sleek siren]

is this just before you land? or right after take off?

does it go away soon as you're on land?

could be planetary filter

Happening on every planet or just this one?

[cinder spear]

When I enter an atmosphere basically.. previous planet was pure yellow, now blue.. and yes goes away when I land and walk on foot

[cinder spear]

is there a way to turn it off?

[sleek siren]

Don't know of a way to turn off planetary filters, no, unless there is a mod for it. I'm not even sure if it's tied to a post processing effect or locked to rendering and impossible to mod

@cinder spear can you show another example of this? perhaps during the day too. Just to ensure it's not some visual bug and actual planet filters like we all get

[cinder spear]

might have been a bug indeed. I will report back once happens agaiin

[sleek siren]

Some planets will also have special filters that stay even when on foot, as seen here ↓↓

[cinder spear]

I think it's this one planet specifically, gets extremely blue at night

previous one did the same but daytime,. and it was pure yellow lol.. a bit annoying

[sleek siren]

im still inclined towards planetary filter.
but need to compare with others.
They're not that common

[trail iron]

Some planets are just funny colors, or strange effects.

[trail iron]

Guesswork - are you in green system?

Funny shaders happen far more often in green systems

[cinder spear]

I think it's a yellow system

[trail iron]

You are gonna flip out when you see your first chameleon planet 😄

OMG THE COLORS ARE MOVING!

Haze Planet 😄

[low light]

Poor planets just wanna be themselves lol

[indigo falcon]

I love the chameleons, they are so wonderful... if I find one of those that's a paradise I'm setting up shop there right away

[safe cosmos]

Boy this expedition had a horror factor I was not expecting.

[indigo falcon]

which part in particular?

[versed mantle]

Are the vykeen report, wormskin folio, or writhing manuscript actually useful for anything or should I sell them?

[indigo falcon]

they are nice souvenirs/collectibles but that's all, feel free to sell if you'd rather

[thick umbra]

!exptime

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[left socket]

Oh it ends in July, I thought it was June 15th

[dawn glen]

Some nice rewards in this expedition.

[smoky quest]

Where did yall find bones at I’m at my wits end right about now

[wraith junco]

RDV1 system has planet with bones

[smoky quest]

You have saved my soul

[wanton raft]

Which expedition system has the most interesting derelict?

Is the starship class upgrade reward working in the expedition?

I heard that some class upgrades were not working correctly.

[remote thunder]

that was only an issue if the ship was sentinel or was already s-class

4.72 fixed the latter:

Fixed an issue that prevented the claiming of some expedition milestones if one of the rewards upgraded a ship or multitool, but the current item was already at S-Class.

[wanton raft]

Damn! I just tried it on a Sentinel and, yep, it's still fucked.

Wish the damn saves would not update so fast. Coudn't revert it.

[remote thunder]

couldn't just reload restore point?

[wanton raft]

Nope. Both restore point got updated within a minute.

[remote thunder]

but restore point should only get updated when you exit ship, interact with save beacon or save point, claim a base computer, get a new freighter,..

autosave is an actual, automatic save

[wanton raft]

Yes, I made the mistake of getting out of the ship.

[remote thunder]

aww 😦

yeah, autosave is fast, like every minute since the last save

[wanton raft]

And that really sucks on the PS4 because the autsave stops almost everything else when it's going!

[ashen shore]

I've finished the expedition but it says it's in progress still. How to I make it finished so I can transfer the stuff I have to my main save?

Nevermind figured it out.

[ruby shoal]

any way to get resources (oxygen/carbon) early expedition, other than running to the plants on quick scan?

[remote thunder]

don't run, or jetpack too much; conserve your life support; remember that there's caves with hazardous plants that have o2 and sodium often;

[wanton raft]

You need to tranfer stuff before it's completely finished I think.

[bold umbra]

Some of the rocks on the first planet have oxygen

[remote thunder]

hi bob! :)) 🤗 hope you've been well

[bold umbra]

Hi BK, thank you and likewise!
I'm loving the update and expedition

Things are well.

[remote thunder]

same here 🙂

[unborn prism]

Hey how in the world do I collect tritium to refine deuterium if I can't even launch my ship into space?

"An unlikely escape" is really difficult to do without a launch thruster

[ruby shoal]

new recipe! check pin for spoilers

[unborn prism]

I'm looking at the pins but I'm not seeing anything about that

Given it's really difficult to do on mobile as compared to being on a desktop.

[remote thunder]

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[unkempt kraken]

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[remote thunder]

@unborn prism silicate powder+dihydrogen=deuterium

[unborn prism]

Thank you for you help.

[remote thunder]

have fun; pins on discord mobile are sorted weird

check Gunter post above

[unborn prism]

Well I know how to access pins on discord via mobile. But there are a million pins xD

[wanton raft]

Yes, those pins are quite a ... cushion ... of knowledge.

[hazy sparrow]

Hi all, I'm trying to start Adrift, and it put me on a planet with...nothing. No carbon, and the only oxygen is in rocks. So I'm a dead Gek. What am I missing?

[low light]

Thats how everyone starts

You get carbon from the condensed carbon crystals

Check the expedition tab for your objectives

[hazy sparrow]

I guess I have to be more expedient in getting to my ship, then finding magnetized ferrite to build the adv. mining laser

[low light]

If you do the milestones you get rewarded with the things you need to progress

Yeah ship is first thing

[hazy sparrow]

I did not realize my life support would run out that fast

[low light]

You'll need to go from oxygen plant to oxygen plant

[hazy sparrow]

I never saw one, but I'll try again.

[indigo falcon]

try to be careful in use of the jet pack, since it drains life support the quickest. tap it as you melee boost, and let low grav carry you the rest of the way. scan all the time for your basic resources including O2 plants, condensed carbon. you can make more life support gels if you end up with a good bunch of carbon; scan the minerals before mining them, as some have carbon as a secondary element and even that tiny amount can add up. if you're low on carbon to recharge your mining beam, melee the rocks instead! hope this helps, good luck!

[hazy sparrow]

That's a HUGE tip, I forgot it did that! Thanks!

[edgy hamlet]

At last!! Expo completed whoop woop

[solemn valve]

Does anyone have a copy of the appalling egg I can get mine glitched out of my inventory and can’t find it anymore

I can trade some ai valves for one

[indigo falcon]

try asking in #nms-lfg-or-trades for that, low traffic channel but that's typically where people trading do their stuff

[jagged sedge]

Yesterday, I landed in a base someone had built near a crashed ship - after a few seconds, the crashed ship took off, flew in a circle then landed again, and a Gek pilot stepped out - we did some trading, then I bought his ship for zero units - And here I thought I was alone!

[glacial parrot]

Can i end an expedition early and restart?

[meager scroll]

No, you can start it on a new save again

[glacial parrot]

Ah damn

Can someone bring me 20 cooper

Im stuck

On rilotte because i used a portal but there was no portal back

The cords are +13.00 and +16.34

[remote thunder]

what does the planet have on the resource list? do you still have your ship's rocket launcher tech installed? dismantling it would yield 100 copper

[jagged sedge]

I always recycle the rocket launcher -- I may be weird, but I'm a dedicated photon canon fan

[glacial parrot]

Yeah i know but i needed 120 and it had active copper but i found someone who helped me

[safe cosmos]

Man this expedition has been uniquely uncomfortable. In a good way mind you.

[remote thunder]

it was awesome

[wraith junco]

Def one of the best expeditions. But i would like more lore. HG, hello? ARG ? Something? Anything?

[remote thunder]

i'm sure more is coming

or rather, i want to believe

[gusty helm]

A good challenging expedition, loved it , a few kinks but just awesome

[keen stone]

Is there a decent way to find an underwater crashed freighter because I cannot find any on this goddamn ocean world

[remote thunder]

1. make sure you're in race controlled system
2. unlock nautilon and install high powered sonar (phase 4 milestone 1), hop in nautilon when on the planet with water, quick menu, sonar, scan for sunken freighters

[keen stone]

I am doing exactly that

I have been doing exactly that for hours

I am starting to think there's no freighters on this planet

[keen stone]

The planet I was on straight up didn't have any wrecks lmao

[brazen mauve]

You're scanning with the quick menu scanner and not the scan button/key, right?

[keen stone]

Yes

Anyway

I went to another water planet

And found a wreck immediately

So the planet I was on probably just didn't have freighter wrecks

[remote thunder]

exocraft scanners have limited range; sometimes all it takes is getting in our ships, flying back out to space, and flying back down to a different area, like a different continent 😄

[keen stone]

I spent literal hours doing that over and over

And again I went to another planet and it worked immediately

[remote thunder]

yeah, don't know what to tell you - pretty much all planets with water in race controlled systems i wanted to find a sunken freighter on, i was able to

[keen stone]

That planet was straight up just built different

Safest planet for freighter crew I guess

Between starting my search and finishing it I played the entire main story of dragon age: origins

[ruby shoal]

has anyone gotten stuck on the "unseal door" intial step of a derelict freighter? it's been more than 3 minutes and it hasnt unsealed

[remote thunder]

happens to some players sometimes; i'd suggest reloading restore point, if disabling multiplayer in network options doesn't fix, and going again, this time with mp disabled and possibly in a diff system

[trail iron]

Curious for the records - are you on Mac? A few people have had to get back in ship, circle the freighter, and land again to get it unstuck, but I thought they soved that a few updates ago.

[ruby shoal]

I am on Windows. I believe the issue was that I had happened upon a derelict freighter, rather than use my scanner. So I reloaded after disabling multi like BK said, then just used the scanner bc I lost the natural one. Since opening the door consumes an active scanner, maybe it was just looking for that

[keen stone]

Oh fantastic I cannot find crew identification anywhere on this derelict

[keen stone]

I have searched this ship top to bottom like

Ten times

[keen stone]

Ok genuinely what the fuck

I am choosing to give up as i have been on this derelict for god knows how long and there's no fucking crew ID anywhere I can use to unlock the last computer console

[hollow shore]

@keen stone Have you tried saving and restarting the game?

Or maybe consider trying a different location for a derelict?

From what I heard, starter and RV1 systems are usually good to go with a fair layout

Also, only 3 terminals required; crew manifest, captain's log, bulkhead/nanites

[wanton frigate]

Did my first derelict this morning. Those scuttling little shites! So much time and ammo wasted. I take it the key is to just ignore the nests, activate heaters and move fast?

[remote thunder]

iirc, bugs don't follow into the next rooms, so yeah, you could do that, if you're able to navigate and tank damage if needed. remember that you need secure credentials to get the captains log.

[carmine tartan]

does the new expedition send everyone to a random system?

[remote thunder]

no we all start in the same system

[carmine tartan]

ty

[heavy bough]

Does anyone have a spare indium drive I can have for the robot animal milestone

[remote thunder]

check this pinned post <#nms-expedition message>

[heavy bough]

THANK YOU

[trail iron]

red and green systems can also have synth life. What you want is a system with no race listing, and a planet with EXACTLY two lifeforms on it. If it has more than two, then check other planets.

[storm sentinel]

There's no way to continue the mission Among the Stars, no icon to show where to go, no nothing

[sleek siren]

did you go to the anomaly?

at some point you need to go to the back terminal

[storm sentinel]

In the Anomaly there's only those options avaliable, I've gone multiple times back and forth between them and nothing.

This is after I delivered the Mind Ark to the Boundary Portal (in Onakin Prime), but didn't enter.

The problem is that Boundary Portal icon didn't stay after I left the area, so it permanently unabled me to complete this expedition mission.

How to trigger the restart of this mission? I've gone to two different systems but the restart prompt didn't trigger.

[sleek siren]

normally to trigger a reset you need to be at least 4000 LY away.
Thats very far, youd need a few max range jumps, depending on ship, or Taking a black hole, or using a base at the anomaly teleporter

I'm not entirely sure if this one you'll be able to reset, as there was someone before who also lost their portal and had trouble resetting

Best chance you have is to try and go back to the same planet and find the portal again

Otherwise try resetting, but im unsure if possible in this case

[storm sentinel]

Seems unreasonable, to find the exact planet and the exact location. They'd have to patch it.

I tried the 4000LY jump(s), no luck, but thanks anyway..

[sleek siren]

You should be able to use a monolith to find the portal

[slim oxide]

Guh is expedition still on?

I'm on the last phase ;-;

[hazy sparrow]

How soon can you summon the anomaly in Adrift?

[trail iron]

3 weeks left. You won't make it 😛

[trail iron]

after you get off the first planet, and warp to a new system.

(and claim the reward for doing so)

[low light]

Probably late, but oh well. I died a couple of times to them as well, then noticed after respawning they'd all be gone and the nest didn't respawn. I don't think there was any real penalty to dying as long as I got to where I died to get my stuff. You could just run around all disturb all the nests, let them kill you and be done with it. Unless there was a penalty I didn't notice that is

[indigo falcon]

ono the normal difficulty mode that works ok, because you can just get back to your grave marker to reclaim all your stuff. but in these runs it's best, as soon as you've gotten security credentials from the logs, to just move right through each area, stopping only to be more careful in the rooms with terminals so you can interact with them before scooting on out

[wanton frigate]

That's a pretty bleak strategy, but duly noted! I ended up slowly going room by room, nest by nest, but it really hammers home how slow and clumsy the game is when played as a shooter. I'll give the Scoot-don't-shoot approach a go next time. Are the rewards for Derelicts worth the hassle? I found I was more concerned with my over-taxed inventory than what was going into it from the various cupboards.
Also, is it ok to just sell the manifests and logs at the nearest terminal, or am I missing a trick on where to turn this stuff in?

[thin tangle]

The crew manifest and captains log can be sold at the BM vendor aboard the space station (for tainted metal) or given to a faction rep for an slight increase in reputation iirc.

As for the value of the direlict? Somewhat RNG I guess. But you'll come across materials that may be more difficult than others or materials in a fairly large quantity without going down to a planet.

[wanton frigate]

Can I ask if Rendezvous 5 is ||a crashed A-class shuttle|| because I... uh... I have a friend, let's call him Jack, who thought he could tunnel through a mountain to reach the rendezvous which appeared to be on the other side of it, then hit immovable rock and thought he could tunnel up a mountain, then after about 20 minutes of tunnelling got the Rendezvous 5 music while still in his tunnel. A while later he eventually emerged on the side of a mountain and that's what was there, but whether that's where he was supposed to be going or not is another story.

[meager scroll]

RV5 was a || crashed ship || if memory serves right

The pinned message seems to confirm it

But I can't say whether it was this specific type

[wanton frigate]

is there a life-affirming plot point to go with it or just... it's there, you're done?

[indigo falcon]

just you're done, but also if you needed to claim and repair it for a milestone, you could. (multiplayer off obviously) \

[trim minnow]

I can’t find a corrupted planet because no info is showing up in the galaxy tab for the system

[lament steeple]

anyone that struggles in the derelict freighters, just get the paralysis cannon and freeze the lil critters as they come out, then blast them with neutron cannon, it often kills the whole spawn at once

[thin tangle]

That was weird for me, it showed a planet 1000ly originally.
What I did was, select a difference milestone and warped a couple hundred ly away (distance doesn't matter so much there so don't worry) and then reselected the milestone after landing at the space station in another system. It then pinged me a nearby system that was corrupted.

[indigo falcon]

just look in he galaxy map for after the system info instead of // water, it says // dissonant, no special tech required or anything for that

[cedar steeple]

will I die if I start the expedition from my permadeath save?

[frail skiff]

so i might be a dumbass because i switched my ship when i got the iron vulture to my main one and forgot to change it so i could copy it and now i cant since my main ship shows up for synthisis and not iron vulture

is there any way for me to acquire the iron vulture back

[low light]

The quicksilver vendor

Did you close out of the expedition all the way?

[frail skiff]

yea i asked in nms help and got it but ty anyway man i cant belive i forgot quicksilver vendor did that ;-;

[low light]

👍

[frail skiff]

👍

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[indigo falcon]

the expedition save is a different version with different default difficulty settings from your main save, but you should look at those (and also network->multiplayer and pvp options) to adjust as you see fit. the starter planet can be a bit tough to get enough resources to leave, so it's up to you how much of a challenge you want

[random echo]

How long do we have left for the expedition? And is it doable in that amount of time?

Cz I rly want the new ship but I’m not sure how much I’ll play

[indigo falcon]

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[indigo falcon]

so about a month left, plenty of time. @random echo

[random echo]

does each stage take long?

Or page

Im not that much of a grinder

[indigo falcon]

if you bring in some items from an existing save you can cut the time down a fair amount, but there are some milestones that just need work, you can see a pin in here with all of the milestones and rewards, to get an idea.

[trail iron]

It's relatively fast if you are an experienced player.
If not, you may find certain aspects to be frustrating or time consuming.
There are a few things to remember - when an expedition starts you off with an inventory item, or provides one from completing a goal, you probably need that item. An example this time thru is the EYE they start you with - it is needed to craft an item later.
Taking a quick look at upcoming goals - what they require and what they grant - can also be very saving of time, for example you need to scan 32 animals before the end of the campaign, you need to find a mountain higher than 1600u high, you need to find and toggle 12 waypoint (building) markers , find 6 crystal sulphide (which you may need later to build the submarine so you can use the submarine to find a crashed ship), etc etc. These are good to keep in minds so that you do them on your way, piecemeal.

[random echo]

Damn

that’s a lot 😭

[random echo]

I already brought one thing cz I was scared of losing something

And it was that refine machine thing

😭

Ill go for it again

[trail iron]

the refiner comes as a reward for completing the second listed goal

(the in suit one that processes two items - you can't actually continue without it)

(unless someone gives you the stuff you needed to refine)

[shadow rain]

How do I get deuterium

[thick umbra]

Silicate-Powder + Dy-hydro @shadow rain

You need to finish the mission where you get personal ref mk2 @shadow rain

[south cipher]

How does one join this amazing expedition

[slow dock]

Should i start an expedition as a newbie

I heard they're kinda hard

[meager scroll]

If you're brand new to the game then no

I'd recommend playing regular game for a week to learn the basics

Survival, inventory management, crafting, navigation

The expedition will be running for almost a month

So still plenty of time

[trail iron]

They're a bit confusing for brand new players. Lots of "expected knowledge".

[trail iron]

you can start a fresh save (each account can have 15) and set it as expedition, or you can use the feature in the anomaly to temporarily convert your save file int an expedition file.

[slow dock]

Like what knowledge for example

Because i think im pretty ready tbh

[trail iron]

how to find synth animals, how to find crystal sulphide, how to installa nd use technologies...

Do you know how to find a crashed underwater freihgter easily?

[slow dock]

You can scan with that mini submarine i think

[trail iron]

then you may find the expedition do-able.

See. "new" is a matter of opinion

[slow dock]

How does it work tho, do i get a whole new save or im continuing smth on the same world?

[trail iron]

if you've done the tutorial at least once and have played a couple dozen hours, you shoudl be fine.
DO NOT sell the eye you start with in inventory.

[trail iron]

you can start a fresh save (each account can have 15) and set it as expedition, or you can use the feature in the anomaly to temporarily convert your save file int an expedition file.

[slow dock]

Ohhh

[trail iron]

The "major" rewards are unlocked account wide.

[slow dock]

Well thats all clear for me

Thanks

What type of rewards do i get? Cosmetics mostly?

[trail iron]

shipcrafting unique color, one time (per save) free "ghost freighter", a specific hauler.. a otherwise unobtainable pet, some base building items... check the adrift media for a full list

[slow dock]

Alr

[muted mortar]

What should I bring with me on the expedition? I have a packed-full freighter inventory of materials on my main save but don't know what to bring with me

For Omega I found a fairly comprehensive list of necessary materials, haven't seen one for Adrift yet

[slow dock]

Ok its hard

But ill survive

[slim oxide]

i need HALP from someone with a freighter on expedition!!!

Oh man i got one nvm???

[thick moth]

Can someone quickly tell me how to get those loading devices (I'm playing on German) for the signal booster? Need to locate 3 more ancient ruins

[meager scroll]

Surge Battery? You craft them

[sleek talon]

I've been using my minotaur to find observatories to find ancient ruins but it keeps finding the same ancient ruin :/

can you sometimes only get 1 in a system?

[thin tangle]

I'd suggest moving to a different spot on the planet, or another planet if it's doing that.

There should be more than you can count on two hands

[sleek talon]

yeah i'm on one planet and have found 3 observatories which have all pointed to the same ruin on a different planet ><

[thin tangle]

I don't use the mino much anymore, so apologies there, can it search for alien structures?

[sleek talon]

sadly not 😦

[thin tangle]

Ah

[thick moth]

I don't have a recipe for them. Will I get it via rewards?

[thin tangle]

With those you can search for monoliths that can lead you to points of the past, ruins.

[thin tangle]

You should have a recipe for it, especially if you're at the point of looking for ruins or way points.

[remote thunder]

use your signal booster, craft more surge batteries if you need to, be sure to be in a gek/korvax/vykeen system

[meager scroll]

Lights Out milestone should give you recipe for Surge Batteries

So should Stirring the Nest milestone

[indigo falcon]

only one of them should, there's some buglets with the milestone rewards listed

[meager scroll]

Also I see a special mechanic where completing all of Phase 1 should also reward this blueprint

[indigo falcon]

just to make sure players got it, after some did not due to the earlier bug? huh

[remote thunder]

possibly

[indigo falcon]

I guess that's one way to er 'fix' it

[sleek talon]

yeah I was using minotaur to save on resources 🙂

[slim oxide]

I caption this "Why are we still here? Just to suffer?"

which I then proceeded to miraculously retrieve via freighter I forgot I had.

[tired condor]

How do I make the fuel for the nautilus?

Hydro such and such cell

[remote thunder]

i didn't really need to actually drive it - just use its scanner abilities to scan for sunken freighter then fly there with my ship

that said, space anomaly/synthesis laboratory

[tired condor]

That works, ty

[tired condor]

When I scan for freighters I get no signals, does mean that there’s none nearby or none on this planet at all?

(Underwater freighters)

[remote thunder]

1. you could be in an uncharted system, which won't work: need a gek/korvax/vykeen system

once you confirm that, if you are not in an uncharted system, then take ship, fly away some 2000u, scan again

[tired condor]

Ah, I’m in uncharted, thx again

[tired condor]

I got the ship of the damned frigate and accepted it, can I also get it on my main save when I’m done?

[thin tangle]

The Iron Vulture? It'll be available on every save going forward from the Quick Silver vendor.

[tired condor]

No the frigate

[thin tangle]

Oh i must of misread how you put that

Same applies

1 per save

[tired condor]

Awesome ty

[thin tangle]

It looks really, really, cool in some systems btw!

[proper flume]

Uhhh....Anyone stuck in some menu's they gotta turn off the game?

Enter a supply base for oxygen, can't leave it. Enter a store. can't leave it.

[trail iron]

a.. supply base?

[proper flume]

Yes. People have bases with extractors up where I spawned.

I go into said extractors screen...Esc isn't working.

[trail iron]

right mouse click

[proper flume]

Got it.

[jolly maple]

robot animals quest help?

[sleek siren]

if looking for locations quickly, there are a few in the pins 📌

[trail iron]

simple answer: Look for systems with NO race icon on warp map / on discoveries page. Then look for planets with EXACTLY two animals. Blue, Green Or Red systems can have them, despite the BS on the goal description.

[frail tusk]

How long does the expedition take to complete?

roughly

[hidden merlin]

i say if you are new: 1-3 weeks

if you are good: ≈1 week

but it depends on what you do and how you complete it

[frail tusk]

i mean in tersm of hours

[fleet geyser]

i dont know about this expedition but last one i completed it in under 7 hours

id assume they are at least somewhat similar in length

[thick umbra]

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[trail iron]

a player who knows what they're doing and has read all the goals ahead of time an do it in less than three hours. Easily.

pro tip: don't use or sell the eye you start with in inventory.

[iron tendon]

I heard people say when you pin something, the map will automatically show you the nearest planet with that resource. I'm trying to find whispering eggs but when I pin this mission, I can't seem to get guidance to the nearest airless planet?

[meager scroll]

We can use Catalogue and Guide to locate substances, not items / products

See if Rusted Metal has a Locate Substance option

That spawns only on dead biome planets

[iron tendon]

Oh ok thanks. So "substances" means inorganic stuff only?

How would I go about finding airless planets? I think I'm in the rendezvous 1 system and don't know how to get back to the starting planet

[remote thunder]

look for planets with rusted metal on resource list

for example, starter planet is airless aka dead

and don't know how to get back to the starting planet
teleport back (to the starter system space station)

[iron tendon]

Ok, I'll try with the space station, thanks

[remote thunder]

starter system Issiugr

[iron tendon]

What is the starter system called?

Oh ok

[proper flume]

Uhhhh. Decent place to find ruins?

[remote thunder]

pretty much any gek/korvax/vykeen system, rdv systems if you have mp disabled should work just fine for example, then just drop on a planet and use your signal booster (option 1 on the img)

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[proper flume]

Option one isn't appearing. I need 3 more.

[remote thunder]

do you have the right milestone selected/active in Log and Expedition tabs?

[proper flume]

That was it.

[trim minnow]

So I’m really stuck, I’ve been trying for days to find a corrupted planet. But I can’t. I don’t have a scanner, it’s in the drift expedition. There is no info shared on the galaxy tab for the system besides what species systems belong to

Im so frustrated I’m thinking of quitting 😱

[meager scroll]

Catalogue and Guide - Materials - Atlantideum - Locate Substance

Game should chart a path in Galaxy Map to a system with dissonance

[devout nexus]

imma do the expedition again to get the extra benefits from doing it from the terminal in the anomaly like being able to dupe the iron vulture (i started from the main menu last time), is there a list of recommended items to bring with you for it to make it go quicker

[meager scroll]

The only thing I'd recommend are some hyperdrive upgrade modules to help reaching RV systems in fewer jumps

And maybe the launch thruster recharger for reasons

[devout nexus]

how expensive is copying a ship in, in terms of time to collect the nanites

[wheat mauve]

hey, I'm on the way to completing Adrift, but I started a completely new save for it
Once I get the rewards, is there a way to claim said rewards on my main save at all?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I've never completed an expedition before

[fringe agate]

The main phase rewards will be claimable on any and all saves via the quicksilver bot at the anomaly

[devout nexus]

you can claim the rewards but you wont be able to duplicate the iron vulture to get all of its parts if thats something you want

[meager scroll]

I've seen S class ships costing 2800 nanites to copy

Nanites aren't a problem in this exped since the starting planet allows you to farm worms efficiently

Just kill a bunch of them and refine the eggs and flesh rope drops

[devout nexus]

so farm like 3k from worms after progressing a bit?

[meager scroll]

yeah

You will need to gather nanites for a milestone anyway

[wanton frigate]

maybe a stupid question, but if you launched Adrift from the Anomaly console, and you clone the Vulture for parts before closing out the expedition, can you only use each of those parts once or are they catalogued for future use? Basically, am I done, or do I have 5 weeks to earn as many nanites as possible to keep churning out stacks of vulture parts to future-proof my ship building plans?

[native talon]

Future-proof? That’s an interesting concept

[devout nexus]

how much is an s-class multitool typically?

also like 3k?

[meager scroll]

Dunno, never tried copying an MT

[iron tendon]

Sorry to interrupt. Got a question about slot expansion. Does this automatically transfer to my main save once the expedition ends (if I started the expedition from my main save)?

[meager scroll]

No, it does not transfer

When you get the milestone reward that gives you the option to add new slots and you back out of it, you get the slots deposited as items

Those items can be transferred to primary save using the terminal at Space Anomaly

[devout nexus]

yo wait this is actually op for getting new slots then

you get like 7 slots for your ship or smth dont you?

[junior niche]

So the eye given in this expedition, what is it useful for?

[meager scroll]

craftin Mind Arc

[junior niche]

[devout nexus]

do you need to reach rendezvous 1 to unlock the anomaly? i did the holo terminus thing but i dont have it in my quick menu

[hollow shore]

Not quite sure on the specifics, as expeditions often have custom rules. Might just be a few warps, may require other milestones

[devout nexus]

hmmm

ig ill have to build the hyperdrive then

thats annoying

[remote thunder]

did you claim phase 1 milestone 6 reward?

note how my "reach rdv1" milestone hint lower right of the hud is confirming that i haven't reached rdv1 yet

this was literally after the first warp 😄

[devout nexus]

yeah i was hoping i didnt have to do the warp - claimed my main save ship now so this should go pretty quick i hope

[remote thunder]

have fun 🙂

[noble osprey]

Just finished!!!

[remote thunder]

congrats!

[frail tusk]

is it normal for it to load for a bit? Its been loading for about 5 minutes and im not sure if its bugged or something

[thin tangle]

What system are you on?

[remote thunder]

@frail tusk sorry for the late reply, let us know if you're still having issues ok? 🙂

[frail tusk]

nah we all good now it loaded

[devout nexus]

my favourite planet (ugh i hate It's Alive)

[sleek spade]

What should I transfer over

[devout nexus]

to the expedition? i just copied over my ship by collecting like 3k nanites on the starting planet

i did also copy my multitool but thats probably not necessary

[sleek spade]

How many nanites do I need to copy mt and ship

[desert pollen]

What is the maximum technology space that an S class freighter can have?

[devout nexus]

for me with 2 s-classes it was like 4k at most? i dont remember exactly

[cinder spear]

I'm on Adrift, and I can't find a single ancient bone 😦

[remote thunder]

rendezvous 1 system has a planet with bones

[cinder spear]

do you remember the teleport station for it?

[remote thunder]

havida-bohzo

[cinder spear]

really appreciate it!

[remote thunder]

there's a pinned post in the channel, with all the names of the rendezvous planets and systems, in case you need it again (<#nms-expedition message>); however in the teleporter list, it should list what rendezvous it is

[cinder spear]

it actually shows in the teleport section, Rendevouz 1,2,3, etc

[copper trail]

I finally started doing the expedition and im a big fan of the empty nexus with the creepy music, its freaky af and I love it

[cinder spear]

are the ancient bones actually needed for anything? they are taking up 8 slots lol

[remote thunder]

sell them

[cinder spear]

cool, thanks!

[median ember]

Expedition Completed

[remote thunder]

congrats

[cinder spear]

congrat man! you did all the little chapters rewards?

[median ember]

little chapter?

[cinder spear]

all the phases 😄

[median ember]

this expedtion was boring....although i did figure out what was wrong with world or universe in this case....
||it seemed we got trapped in one of MALFUNCTIONING ATLAS dreams||

[copper trail]

ive got 2 phases to go ive been grinding it out all day

[median ember]

all day????
i thin i am most lazy one here...trying myslef to enjy every bit of expeditions and still took me 5-6 hours to finish this

[copper trail]

well "all day" really just 4 ish hours earlier, then a lunch break and played another game for a bit, and now im back on the grind

[median ember]

what mission are you on/

[copper trail]

rn im grinding up slop for nanites

quantum foam

in phase 4

[median ember]

i see

i dint had to grind anything...it got completed without noticing

only thing that annoyed me a bit was mechanical fauna...

[copper trail]

I didnt take any equipment into it

[median ember]

i started a new save ?!

and still ended up with S class ship and S class mt

[copper trail]

I started the exp from my main save but I didnt take anything into it I mean

[median ember]

its not about what you bring...its about how to utilize your assets best of thier ability

[copper trail]

I did that last time and found it a hassle to pack up upgrades and then reinstall all of them

[median ember]

i always make new save

[median ember]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/212051634790858754/1251288764077047870/IMG_20240615_030254230_HDR.jpg?ex=6672a639&is=667154b9&hm=7d5470af86e268b23ba00c61d288884d1956d6d503bb5fdd575bc98c3fa583cd&=&format=webp&width=1246&height=701

this is my expedtion mt

[copper trail]

this is the one I got

I like it

[median ember]

it that max class you reached?

you went from c to a

[copper trail]

the class gets upgraded throughout the exp

I havent finished remember

it started as C

[median ember]

yes but you can also buy a b class one already and upgrade it to all the wa y to S

[copper trail]

well A, S, its not gonna make a difference for this exp

im not gonna keep it after that

[iron tendon]

GG, I wasted about 4 slots already!

[royal tundra]

How do I get activated copper?

[remote thunder]

scan planets from space till you find one that says activated copper on the list, then just land and look for deposits

[low light]

Go to discoveries>exotic materials then select activated copper from the list and it'll just show you what system to find it in

Assuming you've encountered it before

[iron tendon]

I actually found one in between the 1st and 2nd rendezvous systems. It was a high radiation planet. But the deposit must've been buried underground

[low light]

The game pretty much shows you where everything you need to find is if you actually select it from your logs/discoveries

[iron tendon]

Disclaimer, I didn't manage to pick up it myself. Maybe I didn't dig far enough

[low light]

Sometimes it bugged and it says the material is there but it isn't

[sleek talon]

just completed my first expedition 😄

thank you to everyone who helped me out!

[royal tundra]

Found some, thanks!

[junior niche]

Well I’m nearing the end of the expedition. I found a dissonant ship and decided to take it which counted towards repairing an abandoned ship, and used the dreadnought to look for the synthetic fauna

I came across a planet with a base that said “X2 Synthetic Fauna” that saved me some time

[tired condor]

How do I get my adrift badge?

[sleek siren]

did you not just get it 😄

[tired condor]

lol yeah I found it

[indigo falcon]

note that the second planet in the starter system has activated copper (and uranium, useful for launch thrusters) so that's a great place to get those materials even before you leave the system

[cinder spear]

are you serious

[jolly maple]

ive had this happen

during omega i needed 7k nanites and i got 6999

[cinder spear]

if I get a freighter during the expedition, what happens after it ends? I have an S class on the main save

but thinkiing about getting any freigther here just to help with storage

Is it worth getting this?

[trail iron]

if freighter on main save then no change.

[plush sable]

i’m currently at the first rendezvous trying to get to the second but it says it’s going to take like 20 jumps and my marker isn’t even taking me to the second rendezvous

is there anything i can do to fix it or make it shorter?

[wanton frigate]

There's nowhere to buy tech to boost your hyperdrive but i didn't think it was more than 5 or 6 jumps - you didn't go through a portal, warp to someone's base or fall into a black hole, did you?

Other than that, finding a better ship might be beneficial. Punch a sentinel in the face, let things escalate and bim-bam-boom, fancy hovering ship / death (delete as applicable to your combat prowess)

[indigo falcon]

a little late but, did you upload all dsicoveries in that tab (the up arrow)? prolly get at least 1 nanite from that 😛

[thick umbra]

Phase 2 Mission 2 gives you hyperdrive tech blueprints

[unkempt kraken]

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[floral needle]

cant wait to come home to finish the expedition

[trail iron]

fully complete the phase before it. i believe thats the one that requires a mind ark and a portal

[leaden belfry]

!exptime

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[sleek spade]

What should
I transfer over

[remote thunder]

sorry for the late reply; back to primary?

[sleek spade]

To the exped

Idk how the new expeds work

[remote thunder]

same as they always did - you can surely complete them without bringing anything at all, in which case you should first ponder whether you actually need to start from an existing save, or if all you want are the phases and final exp rewards you can do it as it always has been up until exp 12, which is starting from scratch

that said, 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,

[sleek spade]

Ok thx can I bring stuff back from
The exped to my main save

[remote thunder]

yeah, you can

[sleek spade]

Ok

[remote thunder]

if you'll want to play around with iron vulture parts and ship building, also see pinned post <#nms-expedition message>

[sleek spade]

How many larval cores should I transfer if I want to get my mt and ship

[remote thunder]

!faq-pinsmobile in #bot-spam for info on how to get to latest pins on mobile

[remote thunder]

personally, i'd prefer bringing hya brains - 230 nanites each, you'll want around 3k for the ship, around 1k for the multitool

that said, remember that there's still plenty of ways to get nanites in the expedition

for example, zoology extra nanite bonuses

[sleek spade]

Yeah

[devout nexus]

this expedition has some good loot to send to your main save (largely those slot unlock items, thats a ton of slots)

[nimble hare]

hey. any suggestions what to take with me for this expedition?

[remote thunder]

hey, try checking out <#nms-expedition message> and the convo that follows

[naive prism]

how long left btw?

[valid roost]

Probably around a week or so

Which phase are you on?

[remote thunder]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[remote thunder]

@naive prism plenty time left still 🙂

[nimble hare]

I just started today. Still time to finish?

[indigo falcon]

lots and lots of time, it runs until July 15

[naive prism]

you can complete it in 8 hours, less if you go efficiently at it

more if you actually want to have fun 😉

[cinder spear]

hOW DO YOU FIND A FREIGHTER UNDERWATER

sorry for shouting lol

[wraith junco]

WITH EXOCRAFT SCANER

[cinder spear]

do I need a underwate base?

[wraith junco]

no

[cinder spear]

Does Minotaur work? Should I try and craft a nautilon?

Sorry ive never really explored oceans

[indigo falcon]

you get the nautilon chamber blueprints plus the sonar radar blueprints you need, from a previous milestone, use those to locate the wreck, then fly near it, swim out and interact with the beacon to finish up \

[wraith junco]

Yeah. Nautilion would be best for it.

[nimble hare]

can you tame and ride the titan worms?

[remote thunder]

nope; you can get a much smaller version; originally released in expedition4, you can get a sandworm pet egg from another player (alts: modding, save editor, service bot)

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/816575988858224650/1070748562582941726/20230202165140_1.webp

[cinder spear]

I deploy the nautilus, cant find anything, I tried various locations but nothing, maybe I need another planet.. but you say locate it with the nautilon, then go back to the starship, and fly near it? how do you land on water? Or can these freighters appear near the shore as well?

[cold tulip]

Did you use the nautilion radar?

[wanton frigate]

Are you in an uncharted system? They don't appear in those.
Once you locate one, fly around till you find a scrap of land to touch down on

[cinder spear]

yeah, used radar I was in the water with the sub.. but it said no buildings found ? even though I used freighter scan

[trail iron]

then you may be in a system or on a planet without them. Uncharted (no race) systems often dont have any buildings or crashed anything. Try a different system

That said, uncharted (no race) systems may have the synthetic lifeforms that you need for one of the other goals.

[unkempt kraken]

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[junior niche]

Welp I did the thing

[calm yoke]

Does anyone know about joining someone's expedition in co-op? I just tried it and it seems that the person joining loses all progress/starts at the beginning of the expedition, even though I'm like half way through the 3rd phase

[sleek siren]

how did you join them?

it usually should be possible to group up, although this expedition was supposed to give the feeling of being alone

[calm yoke]

Ok update, I joined his save and I had all my progress, and it's my progress and he has his. Not sure why it was different the first time. Yeah, but he was struggling with the missions and I wanted to help

[sleek siren]

Alright awesome.
Perhaps you didn't chose your save when you joined the first time.

[cinder spear]

thanks, I will have a look!

[vale shoal]

are there any suggestions of what to bring on expedition ?

[jagged sedge]

Hate to say it, but I don't trust the transfer thing very much, I'd rather just start a new file for expedition - preventing my main save from getting jacked up

[wraith junco]

Imo only some oxygen and life support gels

And stuff for reparing sentinel ship.

[finite owl]

Does this Expedition have multiplayer?

[meager scroll]

You can see other players, not sure if you can interact with them, never tried myself

[hollow prism]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[woven shadow]

Ooh! A new Expedition!

I have not played NMS in a while but I will play an expedition for sure…

Shoot I will have to unpair my controller from the other thing I’m using it for. I think.

[ancient ingot]

Whats an expedition

[wraith junco]

Limited time event where u unlock rewards for doing sets of tasks. Base parts , cosmetics, pets, ships etc. Rewards are unlocked account wide after claiming.

[ancient ingot]

Wow, I’ll prolly do this one, thanks!

[woven shadow]

Oh! New words to learn!

And the first time I try to visit a planet in months, the game hangs and almost crashes

[woven shadow]

I am taking some time to run around in my normal save and get acquainted with the controls again. I am way out of practice.

[south cipher]

How does one join the adrift expedition

[wraith junco]

Make new save, chose expedition mode. Or from anomaly expedition terminal near mission cube giver

[teal socket]

the expedition terminal

[junior shard]

How does one earn nanites without vendors to sell the tech things ?

[fluid herald]

farm the eggs on the first planet and throw them in your backpack refiner, 10 larva eggs equals 500 nanites

[hidden merlin]

a still, small voice

i have been staring into the stars for over a minute now

maybe i’m doing it wrong

[remote thunder]

on foot, on a planet, looking up during night time

[indigo falcon]

besides the whispering eggs, the baby worms drop flesh ropes which refine to nanties, ,and the giant egglike things you can pick up after killing them (vile spawn) also refine to nanites. between the required eggs and worms for those two milestones, plus some scanning fauna and uploading, you'll get the nanites in no time.

[junior shard]

how hard are the baby worms with base gear?

I always used to buy S upgrades first, but that's out of the picture now

[sleek siren]

they can be downed easily even with the starting tool boltcaster.
just watch out for the swarm and get in ship / high ground if too overwhelmed

[copper trail]

finished the expedition, the empty nexus is easily my favorite part

it was freaky

[crimson sail]

I am having trouble with the phase 2 expedition of 1,600 U climb. I can't find where to climb to complete it.

[copper trail]

that was the hardest one for me too, eventually I found a mountain that was just high enough

I encountered 2 giant player made staircases too, but both were short by like 50m

[crimson sail]

What does it mean to go back to primary save? I thought once you was on the expedition you were stuck until completion

[copper trail]

you can go back any time, you just wont get the rewards until you finish

[sleek siren]

no, you can use the menu to switch back to main save at any time

[wraith junco]

[trail iron]

Make sure you're not disturbed while doing it.
Empty planets, with no clouds, works best. Clouds disturb your efforts.
Always good to select the quest one last time before you start it.

[remote thunder]

had 2 pings here, but none to be found that i hadn't read yet.. ghostly pings

[copper trail]

when I was doing that the timer got to 58 seconds and then it turned to day

[winged vessel]

I'm in the space anomaly, where do I buy blueprints for hyperdrive

[sleek siren]

spaship tech terminal, at the back, like the other tech vendors

[winged vessel]

The option to click it, isn't appearing for me

[sleek siren]

is this to unlock hyperdrive tech for the expedition?

[winged vessel]

I need to get to a blue star system

And need hyperdrive upgrades

[sleek siren]

you should be rewarded it through completion of the milestones, specially if done in the proper order

For robotic fauna also to keep in mind, you dont need to go to a blue system, in fact you have better chances in a red system

[winged vessel]

Cheers

[sleek siren]

ultimately if you're having trouble, you may also check the pins here

a few locations shared where robo fauna can be found

[trail iron]

Already told him all this in help. Guess sometimes it doesn't stick.

[winged vessel]

I can't get to blue star systems or red

I need a Cadmium or indium drive

[woven shadow]

I’m a Gek! I have never been a Gek before.

[sleek siren]

if you follow the milestones in order, they should be rewarded if i recall it correctly

[woven shadow]

Oooh, a Dissonant system!

Even if I can’t get the resources I need right now, I can get a better ship.

[woven shadow]

Ah okay! The system where the expedition started will have what I need

I also have enough nanites to copy my multi tool from my main save! Although I may save up nanites to copy my starship.

[winged vessel]

I've went to every planet and moon In a blue star system that I'm in

And

It keeps saying no synthetic creatures detected

[royal jetty]

Can I get pugneum with out killing sentinals?

or buying it

[burnt briar]

what's the recipe for deuterium again?

the special expedition one

[low light]

You don't really need to do the nanites on the starting planet, most of the planet are covered in abandoned buildings and you'll run across them doing the other milestones. Those have several eggs at each one

[low light]

Silicate powder and dihydrogen

[burnt briar]

thanks

[woven shadow]

That’s not the resource I’m looking for.

I need a certain thing to make another thing for the story mission.

[low light]

Ah sorry that was someone else, saw nanites in your post lol

[royal jetty]

How do I get paraffinium?

[trail iron]

check the channel's pins for known locations, but you can look in ANY uncharted system, red, green, or blue. UNCHARTED means there is no race listed in the warp map. And any planet with EXACTLY and ONLY two animals will be the synthetic planets.

[trail iron]

scan planets from space, paraffinium will be listed on some of them. Land and dig.

[royal jetty]

how much longer is the expedition on for?

[trail iron]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[royal jetty]

how do I get the hotspot scanner?

[remote thunder]

memory fragments perhaps

[royal jetty]

where do i get that?

[remote thunder]

phase 5 milestone 6, for example

traveler graves

[pearl nacelle]

Is there any way to acquire a freighter...

Also how do get nanites in this expedition

Iunno where I can go to sell tech at

[royal jetty]

phase 4 milestone 6

[pearl nacelle]

What of the nanites

[trail iron]

refining the larvae you collect from whispering eggs, or the ropes and vile you get from the worms, give nanites

also from completing the creature scans for a planet

[royal jetty]

Woot I finished it

So I can't take items from expedition to the main save?

[remote thunder]

did you start from existing save or new save?

sorry for the late reply btw

[remote thunder]

!faq-expedition

[unkempt kraken]

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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 »

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[remote thunder]

if you started from a new save, you can only claim phase and final expedition rewards by going to anomaly/quicksilver shop/claim expedition rewards in your other saves (phase and final exp rewards are unlocked account wide)

[wary pine]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[fervent umbra]

I wish they'd fix that object in use bug that prevents you from using other people's placed machines.

[vale shoal]

if im going to make a a file to do the expedition, do i have to do everything again to reach to the anomaly? or is there a way to just copy my old save file or skip through the first taks

[sleek siren]

the expedition always starts from a certain scripted point.
You will have some different tech etc to start off with

It is recommended to start it from an existing save if you have one, since you can transfer some items and then transfer them back to main save when expedition is over

[calm flax]

Is that a bug or people not allowing their machines to be used in settings?

[indigo falcon]

you'll beable to reach the anomaly after your first warp. you won't do the main storyline again but you will have certain tasks you must accomplish in order to get to the point where you can make your first warp. I would recommend looking at the pin in this channel with the list of milestones (tasks) to get a general idea of how it all works.

[crimson sail]

How long does it usually take to do a full expedition? Since 4 weeks left and I am on phase 3.

[remote thunder]

a few hours

usually just steadily progressing through milestones and phases but knowing what will come next, visiting all stations of rendezvous systems, paying attention to what planets are there in the systems we go through

[crimson sail]

Is the expedition supposed to be made to move through it quickly?

[remote thunder]

well, the devs do give us a large time frame to complete it when they get released. e.g. exp13, 6 weeks to finish. knowing that, a player can progress as fast or as slow as they want (in most expeditions, when there's no community effort milestones)

but if you sat down with the intent of finishing it, as quickly as possible, if you know the game well, and make "good decisions" according to a slightly different mindset than when playing the base game, you could easily get it done in a few hours, 3, 4, 5 hours.

[crimson sail]

I actually had trouble with the 1,600U climb but got it done

Why do i keep hearing that's hard to find the Its Alive milestone?

[remote thunder]

not really; probably just folks having either just "bad luck" and picking the systems that have none, or folks not knowing how to find them, or not following the milestone hints, or

see <#nms-expedition message> for tips on that one

[woven shadow]

Hello today we are doing TEAM!

[woven shadow]

Okay time to mine some of the stuff I need.

I also want to get enough nanites to copy my main save ship. I am getting a little tired of this hauler.

[trail iron]

Shuttle? Expedition starts you with a shuttle.

[woven shadow]

Whatever kind of ship it is.

Oh hooray, I can copy my main save ship.

[woven shadow]

Oh FFS. More like No Man’s Crash

[fervent umbra]

From some things I've seen about this in the past, people have said that even those bases where they've allowed other people to use their equipment, it still shows as object in use to other players. I haven't delved into the settings to see about that but apparently it's still an issue.

[calm flax]

One thing I would like to see added is some kind of acknowledgement someone has visited your base. I've got an activated indium base I used to help people get to. I also listed it on one of the discords at one time. It is on a paradise planet with around 500k units of storage. I moved it from an extreme planet where it had 700k units of storage. Had to down size because of hitting the build limit. When I start expeditions or normal saves if I don't forget is to disable multiplayer, access to building or changing any part of the base and enable everyone to use my equipment. I've never found out if it actually worked though. I have added a second landing pad and a prefab so I can have the transporter here instead of the prefab where the base computer is.

[ashen shore]

guys this expedition is so tedious so far

like to get carbon at the start

[remote thunder]

move around in circles around your ship, keep using quick scanner to find carbon crystals (can mine, even melee the smaller ones)

[ashen shore]

i mean the carbon to make the microprocessors for hyperdrive

neither of the planets seem to have carbon

[remote thunder]

sure they do

[ashen shore]

and well the other one has extreme storms anyway

[remote thunder]

yep - remember that often near buildings and cargo pods there's red ammo boxes, those often drop condensed carbon

[ashen shore]

can you refine condensed carbone back into carbon

[remote thunder]

take your ship, fly around quick scanning for buildings, you'll want to interact with savepoints

[remote thunder]

yep

[ashen shore]

ahhhhh

[remote thunder]

if you got some o2, you can even multiply condensed carbon with the personal refiner mk2

remember that in space stations, there's often planters: interacting with them, often 3 plants in the same vase, drops carbon too

[woven shadow]

I’m trying to find a planet on the expedition route to get the “All That You Survey” milestone. Where’s a good place to find high elevations?

[remote thunder]

rdv2, 3 and 5 planets are suitable, some have even managed to do it on the starter planet (due to lowgrav)

i literally just flew around, till i found a mountain that nearly "touched the clouds" - in rdv5, i almost went face first against the top of a mountain almost immediately after i dropped inside atmos

[woven shadow]

Thank you. I think I found number 3

If it’s 2 I’m still fine

[remote thunder]

iow, pretty certain that you'll be able to do it in rdv5 if not sooner 🙂

notice how high the mountain tops are lol (rdv5)

[woven shadow]

Oh! I found a derelict. And I know I have to explore it for another milestone. Might as well do that now

[remote thunder]

if you found a boardable derelict freighter, didn't use an emergency signal scanner but have mp enabled, and are in a rendezvous system, most likely what you're seeing is the result of another player spawning it: from what i've seen, it won't count for your milestone

[woven shadow]

Oh okay. I will leave this alone then.

[remote thunder]

i'd suggest disabling multiplayer in network settings when you're about to try and run yours (a previous milestone will reward an emergency signal scanner)

[junior shard]

Does anyone remember the name of the starting system?

[shrewd onyx]

Current expedition? See the pins – it's there

[junior shard]

ok I'm blind lol

the creatures that appear from whispering eggs cant hit you while in your ship... right

[remote thunder]

i think they'll still spit at it, not recalling if they can actually damage it though

[south cairn]

is expedition 13 still going?

oop nevermind i just realized im dyslexic

[wraith junco]

!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

[south cairn]

thank u

i saw july and thought june but was confused why people were still talking about it

[remote thunder]

still time left 🙂

[royal jetty]

I got the companion egg in the expedition how can I claim it on the other guy

[teal valley]

I'm having trouble finding way points and ancient ruins

[remote thunder]

goto anomaly quicksilver shop, claim expedition rewards

[royal jetty]

is there a command for egg sequencing?

[remote thunder]

1. waypoints: fly around low and slow-ish, spamming quick scan; when it adds a building icon, inspect it from the air; if it has a waypoint object, land (even better if it has a landing pad), interact with the waypoint object

[remote thunder]

iirc no, but there's multiple pinned posts in #nms-fauna that you may want to take a look at, although they may not necessarily apply to scuttler pet

@teal valley 2) with the right milestone selected, deploy a signal booster in a gek/korvax/vykeen system, then scan for ruins (option1)

[teal valley]

@remote thunder thanks

[royal jetty]

can I transfer more than one cargo inventory?

[remote thunder]

you mean when completing expedition? not to my knowledge; i think that to be able to register stuff in the stash (for both saves to register) you have to press end expedition, so that means that that you couldn't return

[royal jetty]

what I mean is I am thinking about takeing these items...

so can I go back and get more stuff or can I only take thoes?

[remote thunder]

back to your main save right?

[royal jetty]

yes

it is on my main save

[remote thunder]

but are you still in expedition rn?

iow, you've not returned to primary, this is still your expedition "save"

[royal jetty]

yes

[remote thunder]

good

[royal jetty]

I'm trying to figure out what to take so I decided on unique items

and than hard to get stuff

[remote thunder]

this is easy to test. take out all those items, put something in there that you wouldn't mind loosing. exit the terminus, then pause, options, return to primary: that option is still there, isn't it? if i'm right, what will happen is that when you goto the anomaly, and interact with the terminus, you won't see the something you left in the terminus before returning to primary, and you won't be able to take anything out of the stash either, but you would be able to copy ship and MT you had equipped for nanites (this is what makes possible getting iron vulture parts for ship building later)

[royal jetty]

I started the expedition on my main save

[remote thunder]

flesh rope is easy to get in other modes, but yeah, decent nanites for the refine time per. is that the empty planetary chart? i don't think it shows in the catalog, at least i didn't see it. remember that once we have a base building glitch decoration part like the cablepod, ossified star or the hexabush there in our inventory, we can build as many as we have the ferrite dust for; those decorations can also be obtained from exotic planets, but i'd bring the hexabush at least those are probably the most difficult to find. frag qualia you can get that anytime you want after you complete the living ship quest (it drops from animals killed with animus beam). you've got your suit expansion units, your mt expansion slots, your fusion accel for units, some salvaged data, some stuff to sell for units. the marine shelter right at the top left, you can unlock and build that in your main save as well 🙂

[royal jetty]

planetary chart is empty

[remote thunder]

personally

what i plan on doing with my exp13 started from existing save is to farm as many units as possible in exp13, then spend it all buying emergency signal scanners from station trade terminals like 4 for the price of 1 compared to normal

i love running derelict freighters

[royal jetty]

why do that on exp?

[remote thunder]

in non-exp ofc, scrap dealer sells the first for 5M; after the third it's 30M a piece; i usually buy like 30 or 40 in a row

so in exp13 i'm getting like 4 for the price of one

if i wanted i could probably exploit this with eco crashing lol but i don't want to

[broken tusk]

ive become stuck on the exp... cant find the things i need to progress... was waiting for a hotfix but seems i may have just fkd up

[remote thunder]

can you elaborate?

[broken tusk]

id have to load it and see again, been a while

[remote thunder]

feel free to ping whenever you're back

[broken tusk]

thx bk

i have a mission selected and the marker says im in the system but its not here ... collect atlantideum

[royal jetty]

is there a special way to earn units? or is it the same as before?

[remote thunder]

okay, goto space, scan all planets, look for the one that says dissonance detected in the resource list; remember that you can use first person mini radar to more easily locate planets in system

[ashen shore]

We don’t get any refiners?

[remote thunder]

stuff like crafting, plant growing or hotspot mining still works

[ashen shore]

Is it possible to get the refiner blueprint?