nms-expedition

[left ether]

i keep coming across planets with vile brood but there's barely any grubs. i'll try coming back to the drop zone systems though, ty

[ionic stirrup]

Nice job guys

Anyone found more apex predators yet? (apart from the ones on the starter planets)

[indigo falcon]

we're at 10% of tier two now.

[indigo falcon]

see pins, there are several there

[distant knot]

I'm a lil confused on these community milestone rewards. I know how they work but umm most of the rewards are in blue meaning they aren't quicksilver items or anything so they would only be specific to this save, right?

[indigo falcon]

I think that's true, right. but all of these we complete will be available to everyone for quicksilver later

[distant knot]

I hope that's the case. I figured they would be yellow or something. I don't keep up with NMS that much as I am too into other games but I like to play the expeditions when they come out. I just thought the community stuff was always unlocked with quicksilver once the milestones were reached but figured if that was the case they'd have yellow text instead of blue so was confusing me.

The phase 5 one is yellow though. The right arm. So yeah I'm even more confused now lol. All the other body part unlocks are blue except for phase 5🤔

[ionic stirrup]

For some reason I can’t find the rendezvous 3 despite having gone there before

[indigo falcon]

did you not go to the drop zone and get that milestone when you were there?

[ionic stirrup]

I have the milestone

The only thing I’m missing in phase 3 is the apex predator one

[distant knot]

Is it safe to refine whispering eggs into nanites or do we need them later on for something? Cause I just refined all mine but I can get more on the last phase.

[indigo falcon]

well just go to the space station, it's in your teleporter list

[ionic stirrup]

It’s the wrong one

[indigo falcon]

then go to the planet (the names are pinned in here)

Rudoin-Blosa is the one you want, is it in your space station list?

[ionic stirrup]

No

[indigo falcon]

otherwise try some other pinned predator, check those

[charred quail]

Only thing I've seen in the Expedition goals is to gather some. You should be good. But as you say, it's easy enough to gather more.

[distant knot]

Alrighty thank ya

[indigo falcon]

refine them to nanites or sell as you like, you don't need them once you have them

and honestly there are easier ways to get nanites anyways, no need to get more eggs

[fluid herald]

cant say where i found my apex predator... was just in the systems with the drop zones and cant find the planet where i found mine, just can say that i didnt find it in the starting system, scanned all 7 animals on the second planet and it didnt work... found mine in the water

[ionic stirrup]

I’ve gotten the ones in the starter system

[indigo falcon]

there's a few more pinned, try those

[ionic stirrup]

They both reference rendezvous 3 to get to them

[indigo falcon]

hmm. well one other option: #nms-lfg-or-trades and ask someone to take you to the dropzone 3 system and you'll at least be at the right one! low traffic channel, you might have to be patient

[quasi prawn]

i only need apex predator, any non rare creatures out there?

[fluid herald]

so the grenade hits are hits with the plasmalauncher right?

[indigo falcon]

can be with the paralysis mortar too but those won't trigger the milestone until you have the plasma launcher installed

[fluid herald]

thanks

[indigo falcon]

dunno, check pins, be patient

[stiff acorn]

Finished the expedition. Do I understand correctly that waiting for the community goal before going back to normal stuff would just save me a bit of quicksilver?

[hollow ginkgo]

idk where to ask this, so here goes:

i've got a base, at a portal. The planet is airless (whispering eggs), has gravatino balls (sentinels), and grubs and shit.

It is an expedition save, but should still take you to the same planet (minus anything built) if you use it outside the expedition.

Can I put the portal coordinates here? I'm not trying to get anything out of it, just working on a portal base and thought some people could use a planet for the expedition.

[indigo falcon]

yes. but also: players that exit the expedition now do not contribute anything to the tier 3,4,5 unlocks

[ionic stirrup]

System Nerondo-Ezb, planet Aumo X
15.5pav

[indigo falcon]

bases by portals are generally not visible to other players

[hollow ginkgo]

fudge. Any chance you could try this in the expedition?

403FFEBECA49

http://nmsportals.github.io/#403FFEBECA49

[indigo falcon]

someone would have to get all the glyphs in order to use it, that's a chunk of time

[stiff acorn]

I'll leave that privilege to bored veterans with hundreds of hours and nothing better to do

[hollow ginkgo]

f myself heard.

[median burrow]

Why are these expeditions always riddled with garbage filler content? The "Viciousness estimate" thingy is unnecessary and just killed all momentum i had..

Especially pissed that i found a 11.2 one but no 12.0

[ionic stirrup]

How do you guys like my new friend Gary?

Also is there a way to transfer pets to ur main save

[indigo falcon]

the issue here is that the milestone is buggy, not that there aren't predators to be found. feel free to report

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[indigo falcon]

cute pet but no, there's not a way

[topaz notch]

trying to do this milestone. i see some pinned suggestions but what is the place they are talking about rendezvous 3?

[wraith junco]

I dont think u can. Take pic of glyphs and go tame it from main save

Be sure to check galaxy name

[median burrow]

Well, back to spiderman 2 then

Guess ill wait for it to be fixed

[median burrow]

Looks like mr goobler

[ionic stirrup]

❤️Mr goobler❤️

[median burrow]

Pretty sure theyre related

[woeful niche]

Second crash to BSOD this morning since the most recent update. 🤪

[median burrow]

Can i just skip the viciousness thingy?

[indigo falcon]

you can wait and do it later on

[median burrow]

Ffs man... i hate this

Been spending hours trying to finish it...

[indigo falcon]

and remind me, you tried all the pinned ones and they don't work? if so, please do report it to hg, they need to know it's still an issue

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[charred quail]

Try grouping up with some people, preferrably friends so you can VC over Discord, and go to the same planet, then split up and search. That way all four of you can convene on whoever finds it first.

[median burrow]

I have no friends who play this and gave up finding people a long time ago.

Just a shame hello games still cant make proper time worthy objectives

[real thistle]

The fourth drop point planet has one underwater animal with high enough viciousness

[distant knot]

What are some easy ways to get nanites on this expedition other than whispering eggs?

[indigo falcon]

kill a lot of sentinel drones (leave summoner alive and just kill drones/healers), save up the salvaged glass, open it and sell the upgrades

[charred quail]

You're just either having bad luck or you're not patient enough. Sometimes you've gotta hang around in the correct type of area for a while before the creatures spawn in/show up.

[real thistle]

Scan all fauna on a planet, then claim the bonus nanites from the discoveries page. 3 planets should be more than enough

[distant knot]

Interesting.. thanks.

[indigo falcon]

each upgrade is 400 to 500 nanites, a real get rich quick scheme

[charred quail]

As I recall Radiant Shards also refine into Nanites.

[real thistle]

and hadal cores

[charred quail]

And of course there's always the classic: Runaway Mould.

[indigo falcon]

they do but it's only 50 nanites per each, for the radiant shards and hadal cores

[real thistle]

I think someone made a farm in one of the plot systems.

[charred quail]

Tainted metal or whatever it's called also refines into Nanites.

[charred quail]

There's probably several I'd imagine.

[median burrow]

"Hang around in the correct type of area for a while"....

Thats not gameplay... thank you for your effort to help tho!!

Every update i hope it will make the game deeper but it only gets wider

I believed the "comeback" story of NMS for years but now i see.. constant updates that bring no real depth to the game is like chasing the dragon.

[real thistle]

Well, it is an exploration game.

[median burrow]

It will never happen. Wasted potential.. man.. am i disappointed

[median burrow]

Explore what?

The same planets?

The same lifeforms?

Its dead fam, it looks pretty tho

Been a fan for years

Hoped it to become better for years..

https://tenor.com/view/peace-out-gif-22295199

[valid roost]

Well saying that they did end up adding a couple new planet types and a little more variety

[charred quail]

This isn't an airport you know...

[valid roost]

Albeit only being miniscule compared to the amount of planets there are

[real thistle]

The fictional Universe. Your issue with the fauna can be solved by just getting in your ship and travel to different systems until you find one. If you don't like the genre it's all right, but the game it's very good at what it does.

Aka, it's not a bug, it's a feature.

Although, I would like even more planet diversity myself, ngl

[distant knot]

Do credits and nanites transfer back to your main save? I want to scrap the starter ship but wondering if I should sell the scrap in the expedition or transfer the scrap to main save then sell it.

[indigo falcon]

yes they do

[distant knot]

Oh niiice thnx

[flint totem]

You also gain nanites for random things you do throughout the expedition

[distant knot]

Interesting. I need them now though not at the end. Tryna hit that 6k nanites for the milestone I think it was. I'm almost there though. Prob just grab a few more whispering eggs at the next spot and that will probably do it for me.

[snow ruin]

#nms-questions message

Finishing an Expedition
The expedition will complete once all Milestones have been completed and all rewards have been collected. Completion will also happen once the expedition time expires. After this, the following will happen depending on how you started:

When started as a new save:
The save will in most cases convert to a Normal mode save, for you to continue playing with, if you wish.

When started from an existing save:
You will have to visit the Space Anomaly to finish your expedition at the Expedition Terminus. Now is a good time to sort your inventory, gather valuable items, resources, package tech, and switching to the Multi-Tool and/or Starship you may wish to keep. After this your save converts back and you can once more interact with the Expedition Terminus to take the valuable items you stashed. It also allows you to get an exact copy of the Multi-Tool and/or Starship you last switched to on the expedition save, including the installed technology, at a cost of Nanites.

• Mission critical items and companion eggs can not be kept.
• You may not be able to access all possible inventories, nor will all items possibly left in them, be turned into value.
• All other Starships and Multi-Tools, Freighter, Frigates, Companions, will be lost.
• Any bases made will be kept, but any possible inventories as part of the base(s) will be empty.

From: Atlas Emissaries

[short yoke]

🎵 Bad bugs, bad bugs 🎵
🎵 Whatcha' gonna do? 🎵
🎵 Whatcha' gonna do, when they gun at you? 🎵

[distant knot]

Might've encountered a bug.. so what I did was I took the aquatic landing gear off of the starter ship of the expedition. Put that tech and stored it in my exosuit. I then brought over one of my ships from my main save to the expedition and then when I went to install the aquatic landing gear it turned into this:

[fringe agate]

Boooo

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[snow ruin]

#nms-questions message
Starting an Expedition
There are two ways to start an expedition if available:
With a new save
Directly from the Main Menu, select Play Game. Now click a New Game slot (if available) and choose Community Expedition from the available game modes.

From an existing save (any mode), at the Space Anomaly Expedition Terminus.
Prior to starting, you are able to create a Technology and Cargo loadout, using items/resources available on the save used.
You will be able to retrieve the above loadout, once you reach the Space Anomaly in the expedition itself. You will then also find an option for Equipment Synthesis. This allows you to make an exact copy of the Multi-Tool and/or Starship currently active on the primary save, including the installed technology, at a cost of Nanites (payable from the expedition save, so items that refine to Nanites are useful to add to the cargo loadout, this parenthesis is my emphasis)

ℹ️ Note: You are able to return to your Primary Save at any time through the Options Menu.

⚠️ Once you start an expedition on an established save, there is no way to cancel or end it other than finishing the expedition or waiting until the time expires.

From: Atlas Emissaries

[iron tendon]

Hey guys, is it possible to scrap ships in the expedition? I fixed the launch but it wouldn't launch, so I thought maybe I should go to the station with my functional ship and then change docked ship but now the ship is not showing up on my quick menu

[flint totem]

I have scrapped several, yes.

[iron tendon]

Did you do it via flying the to be scrapped ship into the station itself?

[flint totem]

Yes, at the space stations.

ohhh, nvm. i see what you're saying.

[iron tendon]

So just to confirm, the lost ship can only be launched if the launch and the hyperdrive are repaired?

[barren valley]

Any reason why when trying to find corrupted sentinals, the expedition route sends me to a system with no dissonance

[snow ruin]

Should be possible to try to switch to it in the Anomaly and it should work fine unless something has changed since last I did that (which is a while ago)

[iron tendon]

I can't see an option to summon the anomaly in my quick menu

[granite ridge]

the expedition path is for the dropzone systems, not individual milestones
(however, one dropzone system is a dissonant one)

[flint totem]

I've seen someone else mention that problem. The response was to just keep trying different planets marked as dissonent then visual confirm crystal formations.

[iron tendon]

Oh wait, I see the option now...I just needed to warp to another system

[barren valley]

I'm at the marker system and it's just high sentinal activity not dissonant. I'll set for the next drop zone and see where that takes me

[stiff acorn]

Do I need to bring all the stuff I want to keep with me into the anomaly to end the expedition or can I still access my frigate and storage containers after unlocking the end expedition return slots?

[distant knot]

Are these the same on every platform? I'm watching a YT video and he is saying Rendevous 4 is a completely different name than the one I have and what is mentioned here. He also shows that it has 5 planets whereas mine has 4.

[fringe agate]

These are the same, however ODS has been up and down, and that is what serves us the discovery and base info.

Planet count is weird, sure one isn't hiding somewhere behind another?

[distant knot]

He must have goofed then because his system has 5 planets and the rendevous system I am in has 4. ODS wouldn't affect how many planets are in a system.

[distant knot]

Nah he pulled up the Discoveries tab and shows 5 in his system. I pulled mine up and it only has 4.

[fringe agate]

If you are in the right system, I'd say they were not

[distant knot]

Yeah I called him out on it 🫣

Mine matches up to what is shown in the pinned messages. His does not lol.

[iron tendon]

Hey guys, when I scrapped the ship, it said 2.9mil units in the salvage analysis. But when I chose confirm scrap, it just gave me various things in my inventory and my units didn't go up at all. Is it normal?

[indigo falcon]

yes. you sell the scraps for units, that's always how it works.

[iron tendon]

Oh ok. I think the scrap don't add to 2.9mil. Oh well

[wraith junco]

Prices of scrap will fluctuate a bit depending on system economy

[valid roost]

You sell the scrap and then get the units worth

[iron tendon]

Oh sorry, I missed something. Yeah, I think it is roughly 2.9mil now

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message

[charred quail]

You might also get Technologies and/or ship upgrades and the worth of those are counted in those, in this case, 2.9 million.

[iron tendon]

Yeah I did actually! Thanks all, for clarifying this

[fair badge]

Ey yo friendoes.

Uuuh I saw that you can unlock funky heads by killing Vile Mamas.

But I've killed some already and I got nothin-
So is it a rare drop or can I just not get the heads in the expedition?

[snow ruin]

Not in the expedition from what I've been told, you can get them outside the expedition where you have to look for them a bit more

[fair badge]

Oh okeh.

Thanks.

Oh yeah also.

[charred quail]

But it is also a kinda rare drop so it might take a couple of tries. Just make sure to pick up any Grubs you come across and you can lay some smackdown on a whole bunch of mama bugs at once. Well, more like in a row...

[fair badge]

I saw that there's like a gauge in the expedition that goes up to 5 I think.
I made it go up to 1 at the first drop zone but then I keep killing bio horrors and vile mamas but it doesn't go up.

[lusty slate]

Community milestones

[fair badge]

Oh so it's like, a common thing for everyone?

[charred quail]

The 5 step one is a community goal. It wasn't only you but everyone that made it go over step 1. Just keep killing Biological Horrors, Sentinels and Vile bugs to help increase that one.

[fair badge]

...
Why is it at 1-

Okeh okeh.

Well, guess I...

Gotta do my part.

[charred quail]

Good on ya. I'm doing my part!

[lusty slate]

I love how the Starship Troopers jokes are far more common than the Helldrivers ones here.

[charred quail]

I even renamed my multitool to "Morita Mk1 Carbine".

[fair badge]

I really thought vile mamas would be harder than that.
But then again you're given a lot of good stuff to kill these things.

Do I get the multi tool I used at the end?

Is the multi-tool's model random?

[snow ruin]

||I've not actually seen Starship Troopers, nor read the book. But I'm doing my part||

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message ?

[fair badge]

I mean I haven't changed multi tool yet from the one I got at the beginning.

And I got a fuckton of weapon mods on it now.

And I was wondering if I get to keep that multi tool afterwards or not.

[snow ruin]

Check the link

[fair badge]

Oh.

[wraith junco]

Starter exp mt is not special in any way. U can keep it if u like the look

[lusty slate]

Did you start the expedition from your current save or did you start a new one for it?

[charred quail]

Depending on if you started a new save file for the expedition of started it from within your main save you might. If you started a new one it will "revert" to a normal save and you basically get to keep everything you have. If you started via main save you'll get to keep 1 multitool and 1 ship. The currently active ones when you end it.

[fair badge]

I started from my current save.

...So it means no one has any Liquidator part yet?

[lusty slate]

Before you finish the expedition, make sure that multitool is your active one. When you finish and return to main, you can copy it with nanites with all its modules, etc.

[still marsh]

The settlement I've been building up for a week was somehow claimed by another player and renamed? 😔

[fair badge]

Okeh okeh.
D'you know how much it costs or does it just depend on what the multi tool is?

[lusty slate]

Depends on the MT, I think. Make sure you have 2-4k or so.

[cerulean olive]

Farm sentinels and nanites won't be a problem

[lusty slate]

FYI, all the nanites you get in the expedition will automatically transfer to your main save if you used the Anomaly terminal.

[fair badge]

Okeh.

[snow ruin]

For those that started it from the Anomaly in their main save, to avoid confusing people that started a new save

[lusty slate]

Point, edited.

[fair badge]

Hmmm.

Someone on Reddit says the community progress is actually just time rather than kills.

Like it just goes up, whatever we kill stuff or not.

[indigo falcon]

nah

[charred quail]

And where did that person learn this alleged fact?

[indigo falcon]

it works like quicksilver unlocks.

[fair badge]

I dunno.

People on Reddit just spout random shit.

...

[sacred mirage]

no way

[fair badge]

What's "505 Quicksilver"?

[indigo falcon]

exactly what it says: for that milestone you get 505 quicksilver as a reward, which will transfer to the main save if you started the expedition from an existing save

[snow ruin]

May be a reference to 505 Games, a games publisher.

[fair badge]

Oh.

I mean they generally put it a different way when you get a certain amount of a material so I was wondering.

[indigo falcon]

for quicksilver rewards they just put the amount like that

[charred quail]

My guess is that it's a reference to the relatively common military saying "We are five by five" Or the fact that you get that reward when you complete 5 of 5 drop zones.

[snow ruin]

That's also a possibility

[fair badge]

I think it's because they like the number 505.

[prime imp]

Maybe this is a totally stupid question but well. If you're not connected to the internet while playing I assume you can't contribute to the community mission?

[indigo falcon]

go ahead and do the kills, when you do connect, the progress will be updated

[fair badge]

I think it's because... No Man's Sky will be 505 years old soon.

[charred quail]

Quicksilver is not a material, though. It's a currency. Normally earned by doing certain missions in the Anomaly. You can then spend those Quicksilver at the Quicksilver Vendor, also in the Anomaly, to unlock cosmetic and deco item blueprints.

[prime imp]

Oh great thabks~ I will be offline at least until end of august so I wasnt sure

[grand ingot]

a part of me hopes they bring back Adrift, i kinda want to do it now that im done with Liquidators

[indigo falcon]

it ends sept 2 I think so bear that in mind

[fair badge]

Oh yeah I know that it's just that even for nanites it's like "Nanites x100" or whatever.

[snow ruin]

Probably at the end of the year

[prime imp]

Yeah I'll try to connect sooner than that

[grand ingot]

how was Adrift?

[snow ruin]

I dunno, I wasn't there ;P

[fair badge]

I want a space car.

[grand ingot]

i thought thats what the void runner was for

[prime imp]

For me it was really cool

[indigo falcon]

I liked it well enough, a very lonely expedition, some unique features, a good vibe, other people wanted something more normal I guess

[snow ruin]

Like a Tesla? ;P

[charred quail]

Lonely. VERY lonely...

[ionic stirrup]

Just found out the chitin armour set is hairy

[lusty slate]

Some interesting limitations.

[fair badge]

Ah heck no.

[snow ruin]

||Referencing the Tesla that was sent to space, technically being a "space car"||

[fair badge]

Oh yeah also.

[prime imp]

Oh that remind me. When killing the mom bug is when you can get the bug wearable items? (Sorry English is not my mother language)

I killed like 10 of them and I got nothing

[fair badge]

There was that one ship that I see at times.
The uuuh red and white one with a sort of multi colored symbol on its side.

Apparently it's an expedition only thing.

I was wondering which one it came from.

[snow ruin]

Outside of the expedition where they are rarer, from what I've been told

[ionic stirrup]

It’s from the expedition rewards after each phase

[fair badge]

||I don't like electric cars.||

[prime imp]

Oooooh I see thanks

I saw people wearing some of them and I was confused

[granite ridge]

they're not a 100% drop, might take some kills for a helmet to drop - on normal non-expedition mode

[snow ruin]

There are some other things you can get from killing the bug mothers outside of the expedition, that are not rewards from the expedition

[ionic stirrup]

I forgot about that as well

[prime imp]

I think it was like 25% or so?

As I didnt get any yet I thought I had to do something else

[granite ridge]

that sounds about right, yeah

[prime imp]

But great to know~

[stiff acorn]

If I hatch the grub cocoon as-is, I can later get the hatched pet to lay another egg for me to experiment with?

[indigo falcon]

yes

[stiff acorn]

nifty

[fair badge]

I want this thing-

Oh it was in Expedition 12.

Omega huh.

...Omega's the name of the update nevermind.

[snow ruin]

Is that WipeOut?

[fair badge]

Well it sure looks like a WipeOut ship.

I'd even say.

A Wipeout 2048 ship.

I want more racing-looking ships.

[wraith junco]

NoMansOut2077

[charred quail]

It's called the Spaceborn Runner and comes with a Polo Bobblehead in the cockpit...

[fair badge]

I want a Sentinel head.

So I can stalk people with a reason.

[charred quail]

So what expeditions have we gone through this year? is it Omega, Adrift and Liquidators? Or did this year start with Voyagers?

[fair badge]

Liquidator is my first expedition, I just didn't pay attention to them before-

[manic path]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@manic path

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

██░░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 16%

[manic path]

Epic

[indigo falcon]

moving right along

[fair badge]

...

[snow ruin]

Move along, citizen

[fair badge]

Oh god I thought your pfp was a Scout Trooper's helmet.

My eyes are all messed up.

[crimson trail]

!tier

[fair badge]

I was like "that's a dog, what the frick are you talking about".

[unkempt kraken]

@crimson trail

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

██░░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 16%

[distant knot]

Does Plasma Launcher not work for fire in the hole? I hit 4+ at a waypoint swarm and nada.

[charred quail]

I've been a bit on and off with expeditions. I've only completed 3, 4,5,8, 12,13 and now 14. Only partial completion of 7 & 11. I soooo wish HG would give us players a vote between some older expeditions to rerun one each year.

[fair badge]

I did fire in the hole with plasma launcher.

[indigo falcon]

it does, you might need to spam it a few times to get it

[fair badge]

It's a fun weapon.

Just shoot blindly and it goes boom.

Plus it deals quite a bit of damage.

...Nice weapon.

Would be cool to have more Minotaur customization parts.

Because I LOVE.
Mechs.

[charred quail]

cough main save quests cough cough

[manic path]

Time to grind for more quicksilver

[fair badge]

...Ae?

[distant knot]

Alright nice got it that time.

[charred quail]

There is a set of alternate parts out there as rewards for a questline. Just gotta find it...

[grand ingot]

anyone else wish these special ships utilized seed values to change their colors?

[fair badge]

Oh yeah it's the quest where you can ||have a Sentinel companion or whatever|| right?

[charred quail]

I wish way harder for the possibility to repaint our starships. We can after all change the color of both bases and Freighters...

[charred quail]

That's the one.

[fair badge]

Right right.

Haven't done it yet, I read that you have to be a Settlement's overseer first.

Bio horrors more like.

...Flanking stinkers.

[charred quail]

You'll get there eventually, Traveller-Entity.

[ornate lintel]

Ah, the update changed the worm ridden planet with aggressive sentinels I was on into a viridescant one.

Guess the liquidation is working 😆

[fair badge]

I will!
I've already completed my main personal quest of finding a cool Interceptor so I can take care of other cool stuff.

The first planet in the expedition is pretty darn nice.

Except for the uuuh.

...Larvae whatevers.

In space.

Space Sauron thingies.

These creep me out.

[charred quail]

Also: since you started the Expedition from your main save, remember that any bases you build during the Expedition will stay built and accessible to you when you return to said main save.

[fair badge]

I see, I see.

I haven't built any base yet, but perhaps I will on the first planet.

[snow ruin]

When you finish the expedition, not while the expedition is running and you go back and forth, to clarify so people don't get confused. At least if I understood it correctly

[charred quail]

Very good clarification point. Never can wrap my head around the fact that you can pause the expedition work to go back and fiddle around in the main save anyway.

[snow ruin]

NMS has complexity

[fair badge]

Oh you can?

I didn't know.

Well I guess it would be weird if you were just stuck in the expedition until you finish it or until it ends.

[distant knot]

Just uncovered a sintinel pillar.. do they lead to sintinel ships or anything?

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message for some info

[fair badge]

Sentinel pillars give you lore and a multi tool.

[charred quail]

Make sure to do it from the Escape menu so you don't accidentally end the expedition prematurely.

[distant knot]

Thanks that's pretty cool.

[fair badge]

I'd rather get a sentinel ship-

But yeah sure.

[charred quail]

They also let you deactivate the Sentinels on the same planet for a while.

[distant knot]

Ah ok. I need 3 more walkers so probably don't wanna do that.

[spare halo]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@spare halo

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

██░░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 18%

[charred quail]

Think Sentinels automatically get deactivatred when you defeat a Sentinel Walker anyway though.

[fair badge]

2 more percents.

Till the arm.

[distant knot]

Yeah they did. But they reactivate after some time don't they? Or are they shut down for good?

[charred quail]

Only shut down for a time, yeah. possibly until your next relog but that's just speculation.

[snow ruin]

Might just be for defeating wave 5, not any random Sentinel Walker, though I'm not fully informed on this matter

[light warren]

https://tenor.com/view/penguinz0-yeah-baby-meme-gif-18635064

[snow ruin]

There are Sentinel Walkers out and about in the Expedition

[charred quail]

Also true.

[distant knot]

IDK how to find walkers other than doing waves 🤷

[sharp kindle]

I've got a quick question I'm completely new to the game should I be doing the expedition or learning the game on a normal character first

[snow ruin]

I would probably say you should start with a normal character, and when you feel you have a handle on that start an expedition

The expedition will give you a lot of stuff that makes your start faster, but it doesn't explain stuff that can be useful to know to enjoy the game sooner

[grand ingot]

for freighters, I would love a fully comprehensive seed mapping for procedural pirate dreadnoughts

[meager warren]

for the Community goals for the Minotaur custom parts, we will all gain access to those once they're unlocked regardless of what our Expedition save status is like?

like am I safe to convert my Expedition save to a normal one after completing the solo goals, or should I wait until the Community goals are complete too?

[sharp kindle]

Gotcha gotcha ty

[snow ruin]

You should get the unlock for free if you wait until the goals are accomplished, but otherwise you should be able to get them for in any save once they've been unlocked even if you converted to normal save before they got unlocked

[meager warren]

ah ok, I thought the unlock was only for people who hadn't completed the solo goals of the Expedition

[cobalt wren]

can you play the expedition with friends cross platform??

[snow ruin]

Should be somewhat possible, but not recommended, as it often leads to bugs

[sacred mirage]

I think no

[charred quail]

To each their own. I'd be way more excited and feel much more accomplished to find an S-Class Pirate Freighter naturally than via a seed map. But that's me and like I said: To each their own.

[charred quail]

I don't see why not. Expeditions are, when it all boils down to it, the normal game with a special frame. Still the same basic game.

[hard frost]

guys if i started expedition as a new save, can i transfer my loot to a main save?

[snow ruin]

Well, technically yes, by waiting until the expedition is finished (or ending it yourself) and getting someone to play courier between the two saves once they can interact

[hard frost]

but i can't copy my mt and ship, yeah?

[snow ruin]

Don't think so, no.

That can be done when you've gone through the anomaly on main save(s). #nms-expedition message

[hard frost]

just a waste of time, now i need to start again...

[grand ingot]

what i mean is, is to have an entire procedural system centered around dreadnoughts, class is not part of that, just huge amounts of possible appearances

[distant knot]

Is Pugneum useful for anything? I've got several 10k stacks after killing sentinels to get walkers to spawn

Ohh looks like good money or nanites nvmnd lol

[wintry void]

fuel for sentinel ship

time to do my bit again

[light warren]

Did they fix the kill cap yet?

I heard that they had a 150 kills per day cap for the liquidation goals

[snow ruin]

Probably still in effect, since it's not a bug there's nothing to fix

[light warren]

Ah...

[lethal mirage]

That is not how that works

[cerulean olive]

Refine to nanite clusters.

[lethal mirage]

We are 20% of the way through stage 2

[fair badge]

Aah.

[snow ruin]

With several weeks to go

[lethal mirage]

So really we're like... 24%ish in?

In total

[light warren]

Why is my kill counter stuck at 50?

(For the liquidation goal)

[lethal mirage]

... should be 100 now

[light warren]

Ah alright

I haven't checked in a bit

ty

[lethal mirage]

But the kill counter is basically the bare minimum needed to unlock the community things

[sacred mirage]

I guess you have to kill 50 per stage to claim the rewards, but you can contribute more

[lethal mirage]

Last data mine said up to 150 kills per day count

Idk if they changed it this stage tho

[light warren]

alr tysm

[lethal mirage]

Go do your part liquidator!

[snow ruin]

Hey, do you wanna go on a liquidate?

[fair badge]

............

[sacred mirage]

but your liquidate will be liquid so it would flow away😎

[lethal mirage]

First of all that's a sentence all right

Second of all empties scatter blaster mag

[snow ruin]

What a lovely date

[bold atlas]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@bold atlas

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

██░░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 21%

[lethal mirage]

How are we going so fast

We did like 40% overnight

[snow ruin]

ODS isn't down 99% of the time now

[light warren]

It says my progress on liquidation goal 1 is "unknown"

[indigo falcon]

because a bunch of players who had over 100 kills connected to ods overnight and those kills are now registered against tier 2 (which could not happen until tier one unlocked some 10 hours ago or whenever it was)

[indigo falcon]

I assume tat you have shot some things, and you are connected to ods (check discovery tab, lower left)?

[distant knot]

I got lucky and found a dissonant planet in one of the systems but is there a way to actually track them down for future references?

[indigo falcon]

lol well there's the last walker, huh. took about 5 seconds with a scatter blaster, weird. anyways this base seems to be good ennough, so I'll upload it soon, need to get better lighting in here

and there goes the end expd music (not going to claim these though, I need to stay in so I can contribute to the tiers)

[granite ridge]

It's browsing the galaxy map, actually (dissonant)

[distant knot]

Alright thnx cause I used the galaxy map first and only thing that was showing up for other systems were the econmy and conflict so I just went to a random rendevous system and one happened to be there.

[dusky oracle]

good morning, if we hunt ship in expedition area, can we bring that ship to our main save?

[indigo falcon]

assuming you started the expd from the main save, yes

[wintry void]

Tip: when farming sentinels, make a little base and stand on the metal parts....no craters

[indigo falcon]

I have a 3 or 4 story high one for the walker, and it's extremely convenient, I put wood around instead of metal and it works just fine

I do find it annoying when the walker glitches inside of the base, it's harder to shoot then 😛 but other than that, works great

[light warren]

Tip: Minotaur cannon has almost no cooldown, so you can hold the shoot button and kill a walker within 30-45 seconds

[indigo falcon]

this one died in about 5, I really don't know how. I sprayed it with the shotgun but how on earth I got all three body parts in 5 seconds? no frickin clue

not gonna complain though

[dusky oracle]

oh ok, but before expedition began, I rename my save, that consider to be main save too right?

[dusky oracle]

good tip I have to learn on that

[indigo falcon]

whatever save you started the expedition from, consider that your 'main save', regardless of the name

[dusky oracle]

gotcha, thanks

may I get recipe for egg please?

for egg sequencer

not dish

[indigo falcon]

ah which elements have which effects? yes, though I have heard reports that the new grub cocoon egg is buggy in the sequencer, I would not use it just yet. see the wiki: https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Egg_Sequencer and check the links

[gilded geode]

what items and modules to take for expedition?

[indigo falcon]

I would look at the milestones (and rewards!) pinned in here to see what you might want; remember that you can't get anything until you reach the anomaly, after the first warp.

[wintry void]

Minotaur kills sentinels ok, just no good for farming them due to the aoe of cannon killing spawner sentinels

[gilded geode]

if i delete expedition save do milestones save or

or till what point anomaly stuff can be transfered

[indigo falcon]

if you have another existing save, any end phase rewards you unlocked will remain available. but you on't keep progress on milestones in a new start on the expedition, it's always from the start

you can only put stuff into the anomaly terminal stash before you start the expedition.

[dusky oracle]

thx ill check that

[gilded geode]

soo.. i start new save, check milestones, delete it and put things in stash that i think id need?

[indigo falcon]

I prefer the scatter with a little base I can duck into when I like, and keep things at wave 2, so it's just drones drones drones (and glass, glass, glass), if I'm farming them

[indigo falcon]

huh? not exactly. if you have a regular save now, and you have not run the expedition from that save, you can go to the anomaly terminal, put things in there (8 tech, 24 resources) that would then be available for pickup from the expedition version of that save, once you start the expd from the terminal

you can check the milestones and rewards from the pinned messages in this very channel

do a little prep work in advance, in other words

note that you cannot start the same expedition more than once from any given save.

[gilded geode]

checked

[gilded geode]

uhh what would you recoomend tho

to take

i know no shi bout game 💀

[indigo falcon]

well uh.. .I didn't take anything myself, but I like a vanilla experience, see. you could bring though if you really wanted: personal refiner mk 2, something to sell or refine for nanites, something to sell for units.

[wanton frigate]

The game gives you plenty. Bring spare tech you can refine into nanites so you can bring your current ship and multitool over if you want, but it's not necessary. I pack a landing gear autocharger and a hyaline brain, and trade the crappy starting ship for an Interceptor first chance I get

[wintry void]

Yer I go to tier/wave 5, with 2 summoners, wish I could get 3

[gilded geode]

oh gotchu

[indigo falcon]

other people in here might have some suggestions, stick around a bit and see

[full gull]

so an expedition is like a temporary game mode? like a league or a season? they didnt exist the last time i played 😄

[wintry void]

yes

usually 6 weeks ish

rewards are usually locked to that expedition and exclusive

[full gull]

ohhh and these rewards transfer over to your main save then right

[wintry void]

yes

any current or future save

[full gull]

ohh thats cool

should play more of it then!

[wintry void]

usually cosmetic stuff, but every now and again an exclusive ship

or eggs if you like pets

[full gull]

ahh im not sure if i care about pets yet, still taking it all in after a 2ish year break 😄

[wintry void]

I dont either, cosmetics and ships are cool though, usually do a rerun of that years expeditions at end of the year

[full gull]

ah i see i see

tahts

thats cool

[dusky oracle]

so for timbre wolf mission, I had my minotaur stood in front of a hill, so i didnt get an ambush from behind, and proceed to go uphill to shoot sentinel from the top of the hill

[manic path]

I’m very happy now

My hoarding of resources in my ship finally paid off

I was able to help someone starting who needed pure ferrite and condensed carbon

[dusky oracle]

I second that, minotaur is slow and cannot take a cover underground if being attacked from all directions, I usually fight sentinels by burrowing the underground and using tactic hit and hide

[wraith dew]

Whats the best way to find bugs to help with the Purged by fire objective?

[manic path]

We had to figure it out tho because they spoke German and very little English tho

[manic path]

Grubs

They spawn a whole thing

Or

Going to a building

And getting a swarm

[minor sphinx]

Hi, is it possible to get "tutorial" objectives on Expedition save? Like all those base terminals with NPC for agriculture etc.

[wraith dew]

Thanks, also pirates, sentinels and anything else "aggressive" counts?

[manic path]

Only sentinels and bugs

Not pirated

[wraith dew]

Thanks

[manic path]

No problem

[spice stream]

Hi all, I'm in Exp14. been teleporting around (using the teleporter) and now i'm completely lost and cant contineu my quest! Is there a way to get back to the first planet you start on?

[granite ridge]

horrors as well

[manic path]

Search through station teleporters

[spice stream]

what is the name of that station? there are like 20+ stations here!

[manic path]

Lemme check

Zooming to the station rn

I forgot how to check the station name

But I can tell ya the system name

It’s Angyuan-Raha XIX

[naive ocean]

#nms-expedition message check if any stations u see match with these

[manic path]

Only thing I need now is a s class deadnaught

[granite ridge]

ha. good luck with that

[manic path]

I have my s class multi tool

I have my a class gray intercepter ship

S class*

[spice stream]

[manic path]

And a A class deadnaught

But I kinda want that s class

[manic path]

No problem

I’m just sitting in the starter system incase anyone needs help

I’m doing my part and making sure everyone else does and gets started

[gloomy raven]

How goes the purging of the filthy Xenos scum and heretical thinking machines?

[manic path]

Pretty good

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@manic path

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

██░░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 25%

[manic path]

See

[gloomy raven]

Sweet!

[manic path]

I like walking around finding new players

And just pull this out

And then see what happens

[wintry void]

at least tier % is going up quickish

[manic path]

Ye

Now I’m just walking around with someone

In a party

I’ll just help out with fights

[ashen shore]

what’s community progress at now?

[manic path]

25% second tier

[granite ridge]

#nms-expedition message

[balmy void]

Expedition donezo! Time to murder bugs for sport!

[ashen shore]

ouh

yayy!!

[granite ridge]

it finally got up to speed

[ashen shore]

out of all the expeditions this one was by far the quickest one for me to finish

[balmy void]

I'm callin' it. This was the most FUN expedition. Had a blast. 🔥

[ashen shore]

i never knew the minotaur was so fun lol

[manic path]

After I got it

I used it for all fights

Still do

I also use it to line

Mine*

[gilded geode]

does tier just unlock more possible rewards or what

[lethal mirage]

Yea

[gilded geode]

just got to ship

[manic path]

It gives more

And

[lethal mirage]

The liquidator mech parts!

[manic path]

It gives Minotaur cosmetics

Ye

[gilded geode]

hell yeah

[lethal mirage]

(we're getting a flamethrower)

[gilded geode]

HELL YEAH

[lethal mirage]

DO YOUR PART

[gilded geode]

avatar events be repeating with this one

[lethal mirage]

flamethrower is at stage 5 i think

So go forth

[gilded geode]

dang

[lethal mirage]

It's the big reward

Course it's going to be at the end

I think the other arm has a gun attached to it too

[bold nebula]

Can I carry over dreadnoughts from expedition to normal save? I just got a sick one and wondering if I should demand tribute or seize it

[valid roost]

Yh it's a stun gun

Kind of like with the sentinel mech

[valid roost]

You can't transfer freighters and squadrons sadly

But if you wanna seize it then go for it

[manic path]

That’s why I’m making the expedition save my new main save

I got way better stuff

[valid roost]

Fe

[manic path]

I have so much pungeum

And I need it

[valid roost]

In your main save or the expedition?

[manic path]

Expedition

[valid roost]

Ah

[manic path]

I have a sentinel ship

Launch thrusters

[valid roost]

👍

[manic path]

I have 2 full stacks of it

So about 19k

[valid roost]

Oh nice

[manic path]

A full refill is about 160

[lethal mirage]

Turn one stack into nanites

[manic path]

Nah

[lethal mirage]

You don't need 2

[manic path]

Fair actually

I’ll do it later

[lethal mirage]

Use a large refiner for better ratios

[manic path]

Ye

[cursive willow]

does anyone know what this years expedition reruns are gonna be

[manic path]

Speaking of that I should really make a base

[lethal mirage]

Freighter base

[manic path]

Oh yeah

I don’t like making ground bases

Cause I like exploring

So that’ll work

[lethal mirage]

I like it because i can summon exocraft from anywhere

[manic path]

Ye

[lethal mirage]

Well once i get the indium drive thing

[manic path]

That’s how I use my mech for every fight

I gotta get that too

[lethal mirage]

Why are those module things so hard to finddd

[manic path]

Which ones

[lethal mirage]

The freighter tech modules

[manic path]

Ohhhh

[bold nebula]

Wait you can do that? I started the expedition on an old save. Can I convert it to my main save?

[lethal mirage]

That you use to buy the upgrades

[manic path]

Where do you even get em from

[manic path]

Well

I mean

[lethal mirage]

7.5% chance from missions

[manic path]

It’s just the save im always gonna use

[manic path]

Which ones

Nexus?

[lethal mirage]

Like pirate missions and nexus missions

[manic path]

Gotcha

[lethal mirage]

Think it's also from derelicts sometimes

[manic path]

I do need more quicksilver

Oh ok

I kinda want a living ship along with my sentinel one

I’m a collector

[lethal mirage]

You need 20 to get the indium drive for some reason

[manic path]

20 what

[lethal mirage]

20 freighter tech modules

[manic path]

Oh

Btw wanna see some of the ships I have

The s class one in that picture had no upgrades so the stats are better now

[lethal mirage]

Nice

[manic path]

I do still have my starter ship

[lethal mirage]

I picked up a sentinel ship back near the start of the expedition

[manic path]

Ye

[lethal mirage]

Started at B class

Now it's at S

[manic path]

It took me a bit to get one

I just found a s class

And apparently gray is a rare color

[bold nebula]

?

[manic path]

So that’s a plus

[manic path]

This

I’m just making it my main save

[lethal mirage]

Mine matched my colors right away so it had to be mine

[manic path]

Like I’ll always use this one now

So when I got the yellow and black one

I turned my colors to that

But now that I use a gray and black

I’m black and gray

[lethal mirage]

I use the triangle travelers head

[manic path]

I use the atlas head

[lethal mirage]

Color the rest of my outfit after that

[manic path]

The red glows make me look red

But it’s black and gray

[lethal mirage]

How'd you get that?

[manic path]

Idk

I just kinda had it

I think it’s from a expedition

I did parts of 12 and 13

But not the entire thing

[lethal mirage]

Is that the robot race?

[manic path]

Traveler

[lethal mirage]

Huh

Idk

[manic path]

I’ll check

Wait not traveler

Anomaly

[wispy ore]

Its the atlas head

[manic path]

Ye

I don’t know how I got it

But I do

[wispy ore]

Expedition

[naive ocean]

From omega

[manic path]

Oh

[lethal mirage]

I want to do the omega expedition then, robot lore

[manic path]

I just want the ships

[gloomy raven]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@gloomy raven

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

███░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

███░░░░░░░ 29%

[halcyon latch]

oh thank god phase one is done

[indigo falcon]

yeah something like 11-12 hours ago

[snow ruin]

ODS seems to be mostly back, so that explains it

[indigo falcon]

yep, everyone signing on and their contributions registering at last, it's lovely

[main pendant]

yea

its insane how fast its going compared to phase 1

almost feels like they nerfed the number required

[snow ruin]

or #nms-expedition message ;P

[main pendant]

I saw that

[indigo falcon]

no, none of the kills players had were registered against tier 2 until tier 1 completed, and so now all of those automatically go in, as soon as the player connects, I think that's the deal

[lethal mirage]

ok so

kills made via crushing in exocraft do not count as kills

[indigo falcon]

I would expect that. gotta shoot them

[cerulean relic]

do i keep reward from expidetion in my other sace

save

[lethal mirage]

...maybe it does and it takes a little while to update?

[indigo falcon]

end phase and end expedition rewards can be claimed once on every save

[cerulean relic]

so not any upgrades or ships that i get?

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

if you start the expedition from an existing save from the terminal at the anomaly, you will be able to ship back up to 8 tech and 24 resources, as well as make a copy of your active ship and multitool from the expd version of the save, at the end of the expedition

[lost heart]

You can copy your ships and tools before the end. If you have multiples.

[pine hull]

Dose killing sentinels in my normal save help the community thing?

[prisma ridge]

No

[pine hull]

Darn that would make things so much easier

[prisma ridge]

I have two star born runners

I think I can get more too

[granite ridge]

Once you got the minotaur and the three cannon s-class upgrades, it's fairly relaxed

[pine hull]

I have a base for farming sentinels for Nanites that I would have been using anyway

[molten leaf]

I kind of want to start my first expidion would i still be able to conplete the current one and is it worth my time?

[snow ruin]

Your first expedition would be the current one, would it not? I am not aware of any others being available to go through

[cold tulip]

Yes and yes

[fleet meadow]

Expedition log: Entry #4
Another message came in today.
That same otherworldly source that set me on this path against the Vile Brood, sent me some supplies.
Apparently there are others who are also, as the source claims, doing their part.
Thousands? Tens of thousands?
Regardless, some sort of ephemeral "community goal" was reached, and I, in turn, was aided.
It feels good to know I'm not truly alone out here.
If Jinnean, my Minotaur, could speak, I think she would be glad, too...

[molten leaf]

Yes

[molten leaf]

Ok

I see a big eye in the sky imma go fly into it

[snow ruin]

It's your funeral ;P

[molten leaf]

Nah id win

[west forum]

I want to contribute but can't find any grubs. Any secret? I'm exploring planets with Vile Broods.

[indigo falcon]

don't need grubs to contribute

shoot horrors at any building, shoot any sentinels anywhere, they all count

[sleek talon]

I've got my wanted level to 5 but I don't have any Sentinel Walkers, is there something special I need to do?

[west forum]

Ah, good to know

[wintry void]

2078 sentinels killed.......

[indigo falcon]

are you on a dissonant world (corrupt sentinels) or a regualar one?

[sleek talon]

it was a dissonant one

[snow ruin]

And only 150 per day count, as far as we know. #nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

those don't give you sentinel walkers, you need regular planets for those

[sleek talon]

ahh okay I didn't know that

thanks!

[indigo falcon]

welp, given that the expedition is complete, I finally went ahead a few minutes ago and installed the advanced mining laser because why not...

[molten leaf]

The space worm is spicy

It hurt

[snow ruin]

Well, duh. The Spice is important

Yes, I'm bringing in another uinverse, deal with it

[west forum]

It said "Individual kills 100 and counting" when I started the game, I killed a sentinel swarm and it still says 100. Is it working? Not counting?

[granite ridge]

100 appears to be the limit that allows you to be eligible for the milestone to complete for you.

the kills counted are not tracked visibly in game, but datamining suggests a daily 150

[west forum]

Ok, so no visible way to tell if I hit that or not

Just get out there and kill, kill, kill? 🙂

[granite ridge]

the discoveries catalogue screen tracks totals of horror and sentinel kills, that could be used to aid in counting

[indigo falcon]

you can keep track of totals (though not per day) by checking the catalogue and guide tab, looking at milestones, finding the mercenaries one

[snow ruin]

Check your pockets for loot and count that?

[wraith dew]

How do we trigger finding Rendezvous 3? I am in the correct system.

[lethal mirage]

make sure the correct milestone is pinned

[wraith dew]

Thanks, That did it.

[trail lynx]

how do i start expeditions?

[granite ridge]

new game > expedition or terminal in the anomaly (behind the nexus, left from the qs merchant)

[serene flax]

oh man. im going to be unable to finish this expedition unless i finish the entire thing in the next few days

damm

[proper flume]

Lure challenge meaning kill fish? Or...? Actual horrors like jelly fish?

[indigo falcon]

it's a specific thing that spawns from the "alluring specimen", scan for those in the hud

red icon with a white orb in it

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message

[fleet meadow]

Expedition log: Entry #5

I nearly lost my minotaur Jinnean, today.

During a routine scouting session of a run-down building, I happened across another of the Vile Brood's disgusting grubs.
I picked it up to get it out of the way, not wanting to injure it and summon up its kin by mistake as I explored the area.

That was a mistake.

My hand got too close to it's head, and the damn thing nipped at me, nearly tearing into my wrist.
In my anger, I crushed it.

I forgot what happens when you crush it.

In the ensuing scuffle with the broodmother, me & Jinnean fell into a hole, and the broodmother took the chance to get a few good kicks in.
Had I not remembered the Bore modification I'd installed the other day that let us tunnel out, we wouldn't be here now.

I miss the days when all it took to really destroy a bug was a lighter and some hair spray.
...
Perhaps the Source will give me something helpful like that in the coming days.
I can only keep Doing My Part, and hope.

[proper flume]

Any reliable sources?

[indigo falcon]

deep water, that's all (not lakes)

[fleet meadow]

The deeper & wider the waters, the easier it is to find them.
Very first planet has wide oceans that are perfect for that.

[cinder furnace]

If I leave the expedition (I’ve completed all but the optional) will I not be able to get those perks after I leave as it is a community wide progress?

[indigo falcon]

you will need to pay quicksilver for them

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message

The optionals will become available for no matter if you did the expedition or not AFAIK

[cinder furnace]

Ah ok. I’ll stick about and do some more exploring. Thank you 👍🏻

[frosty island]

I'm in the mew expidition mode. I made a base on the planet with the final mission zone but I can't find my base now. The base icon isn't showing and all I see are purple base icons indicating other player bases

[indigo falcon]

go to the space station and select your base from there

[snow ruin]

Generally frowned upon to duplicate questions across channels #no-mans-sky message

At least wait a while to see if you're not gettin an answer first

[civic hemlock]

I seen someone say something about the exhibition rewards becoming available afterwards for people who didn't participate. Is this true?

[snow ruin]

No, just the community goal part of the expedition

If you want the chitin armor and such you'll have to do the expedition yourself

[civic hemlock]

Bummer guess I'll miss out. I don't feel like starting a whole new save just for some roach armor lol

[snow ruin]

Remember you can start with some help from your main save: #nms-expedition message

[lethal mirage]

i feel like i haven't killed that many...

seems higher than it should be

[feral vale]

Anyone got an easy way to complete the apex predator milestone

[snow ruin]

[feral vale]

Thx

[icy lintel]

What about the flamethrower minotaur

[snow ruin]

Community goal

[feral vale]

Odd, I found that specific fauna, but it's not vicious for me

[snow ruin]

Several people have reported the same, unfortunately. Are you connected to ODS. Does it show green in the bottom of your Discovery page on the "pause " screen?

[ashen shore]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@ashen shore

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

███░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

████░░░░░░ 39%

[feral vale]

I am connected yes

[snow ruin]

Try one of the others in the pins, I think there are 4 there right now.

Otherwise you also don't need to do all the sub-goals in order. You can do them mostly in any order.

So you can do things from phase 3 before you've done anything from phase 1

[ashen shore]

I don't understand how people are having issues finding a predator it's literally right behind you after you kill the queen
If it's not there go into the forest abit lol

[strong dawn]

I have found and scanned several predators, the task just doesn't complete. Seems to be a bug for several people.

Not an issue finding them, just a completion bug.

I'm just glad the rewards aren't interesting to me this time, in case it isn't fixed.

[ashen shore]

The bug is it don't register as a predator it'll still compete if it's over 12

[strong dawn]

I feel like those of us with the issue aren't being understood. I have visited all of the worlds marked as having predators by the community and scanned every creature on those worlds. Full completion. Milestone not completed. Definitely a bug with that task, regardless of wording.

[wraith dew]

What conflict gives the largest percentage to the community goal? Other than busting eggs at buildings. And how does it compare to pillars?

[indigo falcon]

if you've tried all the known critters, it's time to report the bug

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[ashen shore]

I've helped a dozen or so people with the "bug" scan the right creature but hey fair enough maybe it is bugged

[indigo falcon]

any kill of a bug, biohorror or sentinel is 1 kill and counts the same.

[snow ruin]

Just kill 150 bugs or sentinels per day, that should be it

[snow ruin]

Though I haven't actually seen anyone post a screenshot of having scanned the creature and not having it complete.

[flat canopy]

Not sure it's a bug so much as a possible range of values that they will show as and you're just the one unlucky dude in 10,000 who lowballed all of them

certainly frustrating to have this kind of milestone though, since you have no agency and no progression

you just gotta keep scanning every animal everywhere until the game decides you win

[snow ruin]

The next time someone talks about it not completing I should probably ask them for screenshots.

More information is helpful for giving good advice later

[ashen shore]

I've yet to help one person who didn't get their issue fixed by scanning the dog/tiger type thing on the fire planet the phase is on

[indigo falcon]

we've definitely had players scan all the fauna on a planet that has a qualifying predator, and not get the milestone

as in, they get the nanites, for fauna completion. and yet.

[feral vale]

Welp, 2/3 failed

Apex preds from pins

[snow ruin]

Remember that you don't have to do them in order. So maybe focus on the other tasks and just scan while out and about and hope for some luck?

[feral vale]

Ik that, it's my next one to get to drop 4

Sadly

Also fought my first pirate, failed miserably 😂

[snow ruin]

Such is life

[keen zephyr]

how do I start an exped from an existing save?

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message

[keen zephyr]

do I need to empty my inventory or anything?

ooh neat

[delicate helm]

There is a predator in eardog sigma right? If I scanned every single fauna in there (I got the nanites prize) and the milestone didn't complete, does it mean theres a bug?

[snow ruin]

It's been a recurring question, so I made it a bit easier to find for me

[indigo falcon]

please report it: !hg

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[snow ruin]

Yes, there is one that should work in the ocean: #nms-expedition message

[indigo falcon]

it worked for me, that's how I got the milestone

[snow ruin]

Would be great if you could check your fauna records for most aggressive for what it shows (and post screenshot) and possibly check the ocean on Eardog again if you are willing, and then take a screenshot of the big eel there

[oblique glen]

This is my first expeddition and my first real progress save. New to the game basically should i be making a base and getting a ffreighter ive been kinda just rushing the drop points and killling the broodmothers and stuff.

[snow ruin]

Should is such a vile word in that context ;P . Take your time, have fun. A freighter can be very useful, but you'll get a lot just by following the expedition

Expeditions have a lot of bases other people have made that you can "loot" too if you want

[oblique glen]

Ah kk my inv is bursting the the mechsuit upgrades im trying to find a way tto get it all out and use it. I found some bases for farming i used to kill all the corrupted sentinels.

[snow ruin]

Do you know how to buy exosuit inventory slots?

[molten leaf]

Am i able to join friends for expoditions

I want to play with my buddies

[snow ruin]

Should be possible, yeah, but can lead to bugs from what I've heard

[echo jay]

Go to a space station and look for the exo suit area and look for the holographic backpack

[dusty pecan]

and another one in the anomaly on the exosuite upgrades research console

[snow ruin]

The anomaly gets a new one for each system, not just 1 and done forever, as well

[ashen shore]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@ashen shore

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

███░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

████░░░░░░ 41%

[ashen shore]

I love how multiplayer in this game has been like yeah it technically works but it's buggy as hell with no changes from the next update till today lol

[snow ruin]

You don't remember the time when you couldn't even see each other when standing on the exact same place?

[ashen shore]

I said from the next update till today but yes I remember, I preferred when everyone was floating balls somewhere in the middle of that and next 😆

[snow ruin]

The next update is Worlds 2

[ashen shore]

You're confused if your not joking

[snow ruin]

What?

[ashen shore]

No mans sky next was version 1.5 it gave us the buggy multplayer we know today

[snow ruin]

Oh, you mean NEXT. Jesus, make it stand out instead of just read like a standard sentence.

[ashen shore]

I did, i specifically said from the next update until today implying a length of time ⏲

Will Worlds part 2 do the same i wonder

[snow ruin]

From the NEXT update

From the next update just reads like Worlds part 2

[ashen shore]

There is no need for caps it's very clear what I meant

[snow ruin]

Since I didn't understand what you meant it obviously wasn't very clear

[ashen shore]

Work on your reading comprehension I guess lol

[snow ruin]

It is generally better for the one writing it to make it clearer since they only write it once while there will be a lot more people reading it.

[chilly kayak]

Anyone find a planet for apex predator?

[snow ruin]

[chilly kayak]

Sorry where are the pins?

[wraith venture]

In case the link to pins above helps

[snow ruin]

Now that's an interesting way to do it XD

[chilly kayak]

Thank you

[wraith venture]

I've already reached out to Discord devs, to see if they can add an easier way to link to the whole Pins popup, the way you can do it on PC with Ctrl-P

[snow ruin]

That would be amazing

[wraith venture]

Mobile makes it an extra pain to access those unfortunately. So it'd help tremendously.

[snow ruin]

The technology obviously exists...

[wraith venture]

Exactly!

[coarse garnet]

On mobile, search button then third tab

How far is the optional expedition objective now ?

[broken lava]

Has anyone found any nice sentient ships in expedition mode yet?

[crystal iris]

I'm stuck with the Expedition. It's not giving me information on where to go next.
When I look from space, there is no indicators on where to land. Any tips?

[broken lava]

Sentinel ships*

[coarse garnet]

Did you interact with the computer in the third zone ?

[crystal iris]

yes

[snow ruin]

Something like 30% of T2

[snow ruin]

Find a grub, and while on foot crush it. That has helped someone else

[crystal iris]

ok

Thank you

[coarse garnet]

Thanks. Still a long way to go.

[snow ruin]

Still 5 weeks to go, though

[solemn bane]

Yeah at the rate it was going at the start there was zero chance of getting it by the end, now it'll take like a week and a half

Well unless they mess with the numbers again, lol

[snow ruin]

Sean would never

[median ember]

Does it?

[indigo falcon]

at the rate it was going = ods was down and could not register progress in any reliable way, now it's as it should be

[naive ocean]

Anyone expecting a third expedition in a row for part 2, or we finally gonna get a break?

[solemn bane]

Oh, was this one released unusually quickly after Adrift? I've had no concept of time lately so I just assumed one was due 😆

[snow ruin]

Collection of useful information (including milestones):

Starting an expedition: #nms-questions message

Ending an expedition: #nms-questions message

Remember: You can do most of the goals in expeditions in any order. You can do a phase 3 goal before any phase 1 goals. Read through them all and their rewards.

Brood Mothers do not drop helmets in the expedition. You can claim the encrypted milestone reward from the place when you've achieved it.

How do I do Purged By Fire
Since the community part is done you just have to do your own personal minimum contribution to get the reward for this milestone. About 50 kills per tier of PBF.

How do I get Apex Predator?
#nms-expedition message

How do I get the goal for mining 900 resources?
#nms-expedition message

How do I grenade 4 creatures?
The Biological Horrors usually clump up when they first spawn in, send a grenade their way at that point. Some upgrades for the explosive area can be useful but not mandatory. Or feed some animals so they clump together... @wraith badge

-# This message will be updated with further information as I get to it and feel it's "publishable"

[indigo falcon]

welp this is by no means an elegant build but it does have a nice little multiple story area for whacking the walker, and a few amenities like refiner, trade terminal, storage, so it's uploaded, and will be visible in 24 hours. wonder if anyone will make use of it, heh

[flint saddle]

Guys i have a friend having a problem with the PAV milestone

Hes not finding anything

Showed him the pins

He scanned all the animals on all those planets

NOTHING

Is his milestone glitched?

[indigo falcon]

he got the nanites for completing the fauna on these planets?

[flint saddle]

Idk why?

[flint saddle]

Hes trying to get the Aggressiveness milestone

[indigo falcon]

well, if he scanned all the fauna, he should be able to claim th enanites for completion, otherwise he could be missing one

[flint saddle]

He told me yes he has collected the nanits

[indigo falcon]

if he in fact scanned them all and got the nanite bonus too, then at this point it's a genuine bug, he should report it (sigh)

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[snow ruin]

If he finds an animal that triggers the goal for him we would like to hear about it, preferably with screenshots like in #nms-expedition message

[wraith badge]

@snow ruin the other way for the 4 kills is to feed some animals and once they group around the pellet to feed lob a nade in there 😉

[chilly kayak]

This didn't count for me

[wraith badge]

The Eel on the starting planet worked fine for me

[remote thunder]

some people had luck reloading before scanning and rescanning

[snow ruin]

Then you're one of those experiencing the bug and we (I) would like if you could report back when you get it to "pop" so we can help others in the same situation.

[chilly kayak]

I scanned everything on the starting planet and got nothing

[solemn bane]

I got that one and the underground one on the other planet in the starting system and neither worked. I ended up doing it on another save ¯_(ツ)_/¯

My record threat level or whatever was always N/A in spite of scanning creatures on every planet I hit going through the expedition.

[chilly kayak]

That's the same issue I'm having

I don't have any fauna records

[snow ruin]

How do I get the goal for mining 900 resources?
You can easily do this by preparing a little: find a spot with a lot of things you can mine with the mining laser, target each of those and mine them until they are mostly, but not fully, mined. Do this for a lot of them. Then end it by mining all those you prepared in one swoop (it should be okay to do small heat-dissipating pauses). You can do this right on the starting planet as the first thing you do. Getting the Optical Drill upgrade for 50% more resources can make this goal easier, but is not required.
The goal itself might not count everything that shows up in your normal overview, so pin the milestone and use that as your measuring stick.

It has been claimed that using the Minotaur can be helpful for doing this milestone, so that may be an avenue for you as well.

For a version written up by @remote thunder: #nms-expedition message

[solemn bane]

Yeah, my best advice is start a new run, fix your ship, find water, then scan the eel again to see if it works. If not, reload your most recent save and scan again.

[craggy echo]

That sucks

[solemn bane]

Also turn multiplayer off just in case, but I always have multiplayer off so it's clearly not a full proof method.

Luckily I like to play expeditions multiple times, lol.

[craggy echo]

I don’t want to start another expo save

[chilly kayak]

I'm almost done with this expedition I really hope I don't need to start over

[craggy echo]

My last hope is the eel in starting system

[snow ruin]

There should be some other creatures around that will work instead of those other people report work. If you can report it then Hello Games can also try to solve it from their end possibly.

[snow ruin]

Also take note of #nms-expedition message as an option that might be helpful to try before scanning that one

[solemn bane]

Like I said I scanned tons of creatures and I was stuck on N/A, so I think it may be some state you get into on your save. Just rip the bandage off and start a new save.

I finished the whole thing except that quest, but the whole thing took me like 4 hours the second go?

[snow ruin]

Really sucks if you start the expedition from your main save and get such a bug

[solemn bane]

Yeah, if I had that issue I would do something elaborate like hack my save or do an offline expedition dance to allow me to start the expedition over

[ashen shore]

Or just use the minator

Line up trees and rocks hop on your mech boom 900

[spice stream]

'Purged by Fire', What do I need to kill? I keep killin' them sentinels and giant ants, but nothing happens!

[snow ruin]

Community goal

I should put that in the pinned comment

[spice stream]

So, what does this mean?

[median ember]

You can also unlock optical drill plans on anomaly ...
Put that in super slot...
You get 80% extra resources from that and complete that task much fast...even before mining bean over heats

[chilly kayak]

I GOT IT TO POP

[signal kayak]

Hey guys, just saw we are already halfway through tier 2. Thanks to everyone doing their part. Been busy the past couple days. Just wanted to say thanks!

Very excited to test out the new arm lol

[chilly kayak]

I reloaded my save and tried again several times with no luck. So I reloaded the save again hard quit the game and scanned it again and it popped

[solemn bane]

Nice, what did you scan?

[chilly kayak]

The eel on the first planet

[solemn bane]

Ah, I had already scanned it and saved a few times so I didn't have the choice to revert. Seems like I could have found another fauna to scan, but I could never get my game to tell me what the hell the level was so I dunno. Weird bug, and it was supposed to have been fixed, too.

[teal socket]

think the hard quit is needed as that also got mine to pop on my 2nd run when I did it a few days ago. it's so inconsistent. 1st run on the day the expedition started, got it to pop real early and didn't realize it was needed.

[solemn bane]

Oh I had restarted the game like 10 times

Over the course of maybe 4 days

[snow ruin]

Added to the pinned comment game restart, hopefully it will help many others

[lost heart]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@lost heart

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

░░░░░░░░░░ 1/5

Tier 1 progress

░░░░░░░░░░ 0%

[lost heart]

Of course he doesn’t like me

[median sparrow]

That'll teach you to do it here

And not in the proper channel.

[snow ruin]

Gunter, do you not like BarleyMalt?

[median sparrow]

I can't brain

Got the dum

[snow ruin]

Good news, you're in good company here

[raven plover]

How long does the expedition take and is it pretty difficult as a first timer?

[cerulean olive]

it's one of the easiest, if not the easiest, expedition so far. You can round it up in 3-4 hours and maybe 8 as a noob.

[exotic fiber]

Do we not get Advanced Mining Laser plans from any expedition rewards? Because it seems we need to have it to do the milestone "crush a vile grub". And if we have to buy it at the anomaly, then I should know that now so I can make it a top priorty

[regal wing]

what in the... progress for tier 2 reset to 0? wasn't it at like 30 or 40% earlier?

[naive ocean]

To crush a vile grub, just walk up to it, pick it up and crush it in your inventory

[exotic fiber]

oh. I see. Well, I still need an advanced mining laser, so...?

[snow ruin]

I'm usually taking it very slow and doing the expeditions in something like 10-16 hours. But you can follow guides and do it a lot faster if you just want to get through

[snow ruin]

You should not need advanced mining laser for that. You pick up the vile grub from the ground, and then crush it in your inventory

[snow ruin]

ODS down

It'll come back to the right numbers later

[regal wing]

[unreal forum]

Cant wait for everyone to finish the optional mile stones

[regal wing]

oh saving and then going back to the main menu and loading the save fixed it

[unreal forum]

Got a ton of stuff to put on my main save

[burnt briar]

anyone know how to find the underwater monsters?

[regal wing]

abyssal nests

[burnt briar]

i know but does anyone know the location of a planet that has oceans?

Preferably in dropzone systems

[snow ruin]

The planet you start on had some at least when I went into the ocean there

[burnt briar]

ah ok thanks

[snow ruin]

If you need to find it I think the name is in the pins

[exotic fiber]

ok so i'll just buy the AML recipe as soon as i can from the anomaly (I DO need it for other reasons)

[raven plover]

Gotcha, I appreciate it

What all should you bring to the expedition. I seen you add stuff to an inventory slot

Also what was the expedition prize? Afk

[snow ruin]

#nms-questions message explains about bringing stuff. You shouldn't need anything, but if you have a nice ship you want to bring it's useful to add something that refines to nanites or that you can otherwise turn into nanites. Also make a personal refiner Mk2 if you can and add that

You can also bring something that sells for cash money to give yourself a leg up on that as well

[raven plover]

Ooo smart af

[unreal forum]

Should probably bring wrap hypercores ion batteries and life support gel

[raven plover]

How many lives do you get? Or is that not a thing?

[snow ruin]

Not on this one at least. Unless you change the setting to that

Which I would not recommend XD

[unreal forum]

Mostly because you have to do some traveling on an extreme planet for a bit for one the the mile stones

[raven plover]

Ah gotcha, would be annoying digging holes every 40 seconds lol

[unreal forum]

Yea

[raven plover]

Whats the prize for it?

[snow ruin]

Some cosmetic armor for the most part

[median ember]

Hg said this is a combat type expedition...and I can agree...I had a blast in last fight...major fight is remaining

[raven plover]

Oh right on

How frequent are expeditions? Every update?

[snow ruin]

About 3 or so per year?

[raven plover]

Oh thats dope

[brisk quartz]

3 pear year then reruns every winter

[raven plover]

Just had a baby so gonna try to find time here and there to play through it

[lost heart]

Every two hours do a bit? After feeding?

[exotic fiber]

Assuming a person started this expd on a new save so there was no "bring stuff over"... would one be expected to play thru the whole thing with just the starting multitool? Are we given a better one at any point? Or if I want a better one will I need to farm millions of units first in order afford to buy a better one?

[snow ruin]

Check the rewards for the milestones. IIRC you'll end up with an S class MT from the rewards alone

It upgrades your starting one. And the starting one is pretty good IMO

[teal socket]

yeah, upgrades that you get in milestones will pretty much be more than enough for any expedition

[craggy echo]

Thank god underwater eels got me the Apex objective

[quaint stone]

whats the progress at rn

[sleek siren]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@sleek siren

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

███░░░░░░░ 2/5

Tier 2 progress

█████░░░░░ 49%

[dawn mauve]

means we did part 1?

[quaint stone]

man we goin slow ( ;-;)

[dawn mauve]

Can I get the reward without going to the expedition again?

[sacred mirage]

you finished it?

[dawn mauve]

Did I do my part?

[dawn mauve]

I was able to get the reward once I went back in the expedition 🙂

[sacred mirage]

then you leave it there until it's finished and you'll get the rewards

[dawn mauve]

ok, but did I do my part for part 2? it says "individual kills: 100 and more"