nms-expedition

[ashen shore]

Go ahead and install now you'll get another for main save

[granite ridge]

you learn the bluepriint

package it

[snow ruin]

You can "package" upgrades later anyway

[dusky oracle]

gotcha

[ashen shore]

Just kill 150 baddies every 24hs or I will revoke your mech privileges lol

[wraith junco]

And it looks like u cant paint the arm 🙄

[ashen shore]

I don't think you could paint the shit from trace of metal but my memory could be off so checks out if I'm correct

Yeah then that's standard

[wraith junco]

Hg should learn by now

[indigo falcon]

I checked 'expedition 14' rewards and it wasn't there at that time (when I reported seeing the egg)

[snow ruin]

Yeah, it probably didn't update yet or something like that

I believe that you didn't see it (because of it not being there when you reported it)

[ashen shore]

Hg learns subjectively 😂
I love them but yeah questionable decisions
New space stations cool, not adding a new lounge area weird

[indigo falcon]

it might be listed in some other section when it's available for quicksilver

[snow ruin]

That's quite possible. I haven't checked myself yet

Think I mostly got the information you wanted in the pinned comment

Wait, maybe I forgot some part of it

[indigo falcon]

another player requested the info about the bug head drops, they thought it would be useful 🙂 I just relayed it.

looks good to me, thank you for that!

[snow ruin]

I do think it's quite nice to have the information mostly collated, too

[light spindle]

Has anyone got a apex predator planet that isn’t the first one or the 3rd drop point one, I did those before a glitch I had got patched and now they don’t work

[granite ridge]

#nms-expedition message

create a save when you found it, before scanning

[light spindle]

What that system called and what planet?

[light spindle]

What that system called and what planet?

[snow ruin]

Check the link

[granite ridge]

it's in that post

[light spindle]

I can’t remember what one is the system before drop 3 and I can’t find the name

[snow ruin]

!checkpins

[unkempt kraken]

Plz check the pins

-# 📱Tap 🔍 search icon » Pins / 💻Ctrl + P
-# Click for DM or run !Pins in #bot-spam

[bold atlas]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@bold atlas

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

█░░░░░░░░░ 8%

[granite ridge]

#nms-expedition message has all apex preds found along the expedition route

(including the one I just linked to)

[ashen shore]

Idk if worlds added new sentinel AI but I hate fighting them now

They constantly running away/ floating away then the heal bot flys over to the bot that's running away
So I'm trying to snipe it before it gets healed like bro just stop running

This only gets worse if your on level 3 and a dog spawns behind you time to repair your gear lmao

[granite ridge]

I noticed that too, those pesky bastards floating off into the distance

[ashen shore]

I've escaped just from them floating away too far on their own several times aswell
Idk what's up with the ai tbg

Tbh

I'm dreading doing the hardframe quest on this profile with how weird the ais acting

[light spindle]

I think they all have different names bcs I visited the drop point 3 but I’ve never bused a system called that

[granite ridge]

look on the galaxy map around the drop 3 system. 103 LY apart

[light spindle]

Isn’t dropzone 3 the one with boiling doom?

[granite ridge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/979100431315796018/1267806964478378136/NMS_2024-07-30_13-31-28.png?ex=66ad6c7f&is=66ac1aff&hm=3150c0c195061bc50a2ed9dbf947abf8c625c4545fda141cda7455a961415c23&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=731&height=409

bottm system: dropzone 3. top system: 103 from dropzone 3

[light spindle]

Is dropzone 3 system the one with the boiling doom planet?

[elfin hull]

Pain.

[granite ridge]

look in your disoveries

[light spindle]

Does it say dropzone 3 was there or is there a star or smth

[granite ridge]

!CheckPins

[unkempt kraken]

Plz check the pins

-# 📱Tap 🔍 search icon » Pins / 💻Ctrl + P
-# Click for DM or run !Pins in #bot-spam

[granite ridge]

on system AND planet of dropzones

[light spindle]

K

[light spindle]

How many light years are the system away from centre of galaxy?

[granite ridge]

around as much as dropzone 3 is

give or take

[dusky oracle]

Question for MT upgrade, do we have to install the base first then the upgrade? Can’t we just install the upgrade directly?

[light spindle]

I can’t find dropzone 3 😔

[dusky oracle]

Click enter free view

Then you can follow the line that will lead you to drop zone 3

[light spindle]

I have and I've visited it before but I can't it again

Coz I'm tryna do ape predator mission

[snow ruin]

Try to use a teleporter to go to the system. The name is in the pins

[light spindle]

K

[granite ridge]

And if you did not use that system's station Teleporter, look in discoveries, create custom waypoint

And look on the galaxy map. Where visited systems are also marked as visited

[light spindle]

Is drop point same as rendezvous point

[dusky oracle]

You probably need to take the shortest route to make a warp jump

[granite ridge]

Yes.

The waypoint of an exp phase

[light spindle]

That's my galaxy map

And sangju is my 3rd rendezvous point but idk about drop point

[snow ruin]

Sangju doesn't sound like any RDVZ point

[light spindle]

It's the one with the boiling doom planet

[craggy echo]

Easy way to find 3 deep monstrosities?

[light spindle]

Can you see the system drop zone 3 is in? Bcs I hhve visited it since I have the expidition mark

[indigo falcon]

it's alluring specimens, look in the hud for a red icon with a white orb in it, deep water is best, got the aqua jets installed?

[thorn prawn]

That's what I call an screenshot 😂 🤣

[indigo falcon]

don't check ponds, try ocean

[snow ruin]

#nms-expedition message disagrees with your claim that Sangju is RDVZ 3

[indigo falcon]

I wonder if some people are seeing different names, this isn't the first time it's come up on this expd

[snow ruin]

They do have Iawshea-Yook.
What they could do is use the glyphs to travel through a portal, though.

[indigo falcon]

it would be a slow slog to get the glyphs

better to go to #nms-lfg-or-trades and find someone willing to take them

[granite ridge]

starting system and dropzone 1 are shown on that screenshot. the other dropzones are a bit further off anyway

[ashen shore]

The void fish mission us basicly just kill any fish lol, I killed a jelly fish on another planetand triggered it

[indigo falcon]

if you have the latest update, that trick no longer works, you have to got the alluring specimen only

[ashen shore]

What the hell

Btw are the void monsters new or have I just not noticed them b4

[indigo falcon]

you've maybe never noticed them, they've been around a long time

maybe you thought they were the same as the abyssal horrors and just ignored them

[ashen shore]

Ah I thought they were added as a hint to worlds part 2 tbh

[craggy echo]

Yep. I know about the alluring specimen. Just wanted a suggestion on a nearby water planet

[light spindle]

What do I do after that to get to the system the other guy mentioned with the apex predator

[craggy echo]

Can’t seem to find a planet with good enough water

[indigo falcon]

the starter planet works!

[snow ruin]

I found some AS on the starting planet

[craggy echo]

Ah yea ofc

Is this ship worth salvaging?

Idk where I’d find the mirror and that brain…

And it’s only B class

[indigo falcon]

sure, you can sell it if nothing else. the inverted mirror, get by shooting dissonant resonators

[light spindle]

Guys I found iashia took but how do I find rudoin blosa

[indigo falcon]

the brain, you get by going to a monlith with the brain you got from the ship

[craggy echo]

OH

Thanks!

(I obviously missed the whole sentinel ship update)

[indigo falcon]

can you not find Nuuraya in the space station teleporter list? (R2 system, try going there first)

[atomic estuary]

A hyaline brain should be in the ship when you interacted with it

Inverted mirrors and shard you can find on that planet, mission will guide you

After you have shards and the mirror you will be able to probe the hyaline brain in your inventory, it'll show you how to harmonise it

(For a full guide you can use !faq-interceptor command in #bot-spam )

[light spindle]

No I cant

[indigo falcon]

if this is just for apex predator mission, go to the starter planet, there's an underwater eel, save befroe you scan it, if it doesn't pop, reload the save, try again etc.

[light spindle]

I did that befor

I had a glitch that didn't let me

And now I can't do it anymore

[indigo falcon]

how about the other planet in the starter system?

it's got a stego-looking thing

[light spindle]

I couldn't find the creature spend 30 mins+

[granite ridge]

it's an underground creature

caves

[light spindle]

Wait I found it what I do next

[indigo falcon]

now look for the next system Rudoin-Blosa in the galaxy map, could be a ways away

[light spindle]

How many light years is it away

[indigo falcon]

dunno in direct hops, my apologies. I'm not in the game right now

someone in the game might be able to point you to a system in between

[light spindle]

Ah okay

Yeah

[indigo falcon]

other option: go to #nms-lfg-or-trades and ask someone in expd to take you. be very patient, it's a low traffic channel

[light spindle]

Oh and have you got coords for where the animal is found spent like 10 mins in caves

[granite ridge]

I don't, should be just about anywhere

[indigo falcon]

you could look for player bases that say drop zone 3 or r3 in the name too, might get you there (from space station)

[light spindle]

I only found the spider loomig lne

[spice stream]

what happens to by made base(s) when the expedition ends? Will it merge with the "regular" game, or is it going to be wiped?

[indigo falcon]

if you started from an existing save, those bases carry over to that save. if you started from a new save, the new save keeps them

[spice stream]

🫶

[spice stream]

how about game progression? I do have an existing save game. Will my progression also carry over?

[indigo falcon]

no, you get nanites and units from what you've done, and items you don't ship back via the anomaly terminal get converted to units/nanites as well.

you will get the ability to make a copy of the equipped mt and ship on your main save

(for some nanites)

[spice stream]

Aha. so there is no point playin in the expedition after you've already got all your achievements, right?

[indigo falcon]

well sure. you can get more nanites/units out of it. and the community milestones are also a thing

it's really up to you though

[spice stream]

thanks buddy!

[meager scroll]

New expedition: starts
@indigo falcon: well this channel ain't gonna fill itself with info

Nice to see you active again

[indigo falcon]

hey no guarantees but happy to be here

[orchid wharf]

Ok... I give up... where are you guys hiding all the alluring specimens?

[full pewter]

Look in the mirror

[orchid wharf]

Aww you

[fair badge]

I love planets.

[indigo falcon]

starter planet in the ocean. that's where we put all your ones 😛

[jagged sedge]

Sometimes, when you use the mining beam on under-water flora, some jellyfish looking guys pop out - you can zap 3 of them for a goal requirement

[orchid wharf]

Nah that's been fixed - doesn't count anymore. Gotta be the guys from the alluring specimens

[jagged sedge]

Oh, ok - I just zapped 3 of the big eels, they worked too

[shy dagger]

Is there an easy way to do the 4 enemies same grenade one?

[jagged sedge]

Do you have the grenage launcher equipped?

[shy dagger]

Yeah

[wanton frigate]

hit a spawn as it comes up at a save marker

[shy dagger]

I Just cant manage to hit 4 of them

The ball bounces away

[jagged sedge]

You could harvest a whispering egg, then launch grenade - worked for me instantly

[wanton frigate]

it's like boules. You want to roll it to them. Take a few shots to get your eye in.

[jagged sedge]

boules?

[indigo falcon]

you want to spam the plasma launcher a few times, if you're at an abandoned building so much the better, stand on the roof, hit one egg with the mining beam and then blam blam bam gets it

[wanton frigate]

petanque maybe. The one where you don't flump the ball down

[jagged sedge]

Wow, I'm reading some new words today

[wanton frigate]

then you have my sincerest contrafibularities.

[jagged sedge]

holy mackerel

"Boule - a round loaf of crusty bread'

bless the internet, man

Anyway, my count is over 150 now, I wonder if I should keep squishing the bugs

[indigo falcon]

if it's over 150 in today's kills, then only squish if you're having fun

yuo could switch it up to sentinels for the salv glass

[jagged sedge]

I actually prefer the exploration aspect of this game, just bug hunting is not for one like me

[light spindle]

Anyone got a sentinel walker farm for iron giants?

[indigo falcon]

yes! it's a base on the aggro sentinel world in drop zone one, it has "Aggro Op Centre Walker" in the title

[light spindle]

Cheers!

[indigo falcon]

if you can't see it in the teleporter, buy some secure facilities maps for nav data and spam them from the planet until you get one that says 'op centre detected' and go yourself and set up shop

[light spindle]

K

[heady jackal]

That was me until this expedition, I tended to run away from fights as it's not why I play the game. But since this one is all about fighting, I decided to give it a go. The surprise, for me, was that it turns out I enjoy it a lot more than I expected. Maybe give it a go, you never know.

[indigo falcon]

I did my part, still doing it, still really combat averse 😛 sometimes things don't just work out!

[light spindle]

What system again?

[jagged sedge]

I have tried being gun-happy in this, and other games - I just prefer to explore, and only ever engaged in combat if I had to

[indigo falcon]

drop zone one Iawshea-Yook world Reyk L27

[light spindle]

Cheers

[indigo falcon]

lemme know how it goes

[light spindle]

I'm on Reyk N22 but it says no bases on this plney

Planet

[indigo falcon]

you got ods connected? check discovery tab lower left

[light spindle]

K

Yeah still nothing, bases on othe plants just not this one

[indigo falcon]

try from the space station? any luck there?

[light spindle]

I'll check now

[indigo falcon]

otherwise, plan b: nav data for charts and go back to the planet, pop repeatedly until you get the op centre one

[light spindle]

K

[indigo falcon]

(if it whines about 'can't do it, already one of that type' or whatever, just wait a sec and try again,e ventually it will work)

[lusty slate]

When I finally start this weekend, I'm going to go after horrors for the kills. Annoying buggers, very satisfying to blow then up with a pulse splitter. 😛

[jagged sedge]

Man, I just got a triple play - opened a box at a settlement, and I got bugs, sentinels, and pirates are attacking the settlement

[indigo falcon]

ah have you not got a chance to get in it yet? hope you have a good time!

[lusty slate]

I've had a lot of RL stuff going on, but this weekend is clear. I've been on, but only for a few hours at a time in main.

[indigo falcon]

gotcha. well hope your weekend stays clear and that you really enjoy it 🙂

[jagged sedge]

Real Life is quite a bother

[lusty slate]

Indeed

[jagged sedge]

But is can be enjoyable, my grandson recently took an interest is seeing the weird animals I keep finding on NMS planets - everything's a dinosaur, lol

[indigo falcon]

even the birds are dinos really

[elder berry]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@elder berry

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

█░░░░░░░░░ 10%

[lusty slate]

That partially happened to me on main. Squishing a grub in front of a Sentinel triggers them.

[jagged sedge]

Too bad the sentinels don't actually help us fight the bugs

[indigo falcon]

don't forget, the #bot-spam channel is there for all your bot command needs

[lusty slate]

Nope, but if anyone wants a more challenging fight, they could trigger vile queens on aggro planets.

[indigo falcon]

10% already, might be at 20% by the time I wake up tomorrow, or more. nice

[wanton frigate]

the lack of friendly fire incidents seems disappointing, but then I see how often I hit my ship fighting bugs and horrors around the dropzones, and I'm ok with it 😄

Besides, I already have a robot pal who helps with the wholesale massacring - it's what the boys in marketing are calling Slaughtermation! - who needs two?

[lusty slate]

It would be fun to have NPCs join you randomly like in Skyrim.

[jagged sedge]

Yep - we Switch players are truly in this alone

[wanton frigate]

Yeah - for the whole of Adrift I was in an "inception"-like state of "Is this the expedition? Or just the regular game?

Every day is adrift day on Switch!

[jagged sedge]

I do quite like the Iron Vulture tho, it's my new fave

[lusty slate]

Having the ODS but not mp is interesting. It's like we exist on a different dimensional plane. We can see everyone, but can't interact.

[wanton frigate]

We can interact the way god intented - with passive aggressive names for planets, animals and plants!

[jagged sedge]

But we can also grab loot from other player's storage silos, and they'd never know, mua ha haa!

[lusty slate]

I've raided a few farms in expeditions myself. "Shhhh, it's just a Switch ghost taking your planets, don't worry about it..."

[jagged sedge]

Switch ghost - I like that

[indigo falcon]

some of us (most of us?) build bases hoping they will be "raided", where by raided I mean visited by players looking for helpful resources 😛

[jagged sedge]

I have just that, on Eardog Sigma - called 'base alpha' - drop by if you like 🙂

[lusty slate]

Yup, but it is funny that you'll never actively see a Switch player use a farm.

[indigo falcon]

I'm very done, today or tomorrow I'll expand my sentinel pillar base so it reaches the curious deposits, set up all the proper facilities and upload that for others

but ty for the offer 🙂

[jagged sedge]

My offer is open to everyone here, of course

[indigo falcon]

and everyone in the expedition, that's what uploading a base is all about

[lusty slate]

That actually gives me a build idea. Like, a haunted cabin or something. Playing into the idea of a player you'll never see...

[jagged sedge]

Spookie

[lusty slate]

The only base I ever uploaded so far was a storm crystal farming set up in Leviathan. It's fun and rewarding to make stuff that will help people. 🙂

[indigo falcon]

it is! I always wonder if it will be visible long enough for people to visit, or if some other uploaders who don't know you don't have to upload a bare bones base to go back to it, will have bumped it off the visible list...

[wanton frigate]

I feel terrible for uploading all those garden shed bases with no power or facilities and no good resources nearby. To all the visitors of "The Love Shack" I apologise for the lack of quality and the false advertising.

[indigo falcon]

at the very least you should put in a teleporter 😛 😛

(and a landing pad wouldn't hurt either)

[lusty slate]

My Leviathan base was sheltered, so you could spawn inside and wait the storm safely before you collected the crystals.

[indigo falcon]

nice nice

[near phoenix]

!tier

bot iz brok'n ☹️

[craggy echo]

I wish there was a guest book type thing in people’s bases

[indigo falcon]

try in the #bot-spam channel instead please

[craggy echo]

Leave comments like ‘You brought me mould when I needed it the mosta’

[wanton frigate]

you've got a terrain editor, the entire planet outside the base radius is the guest book 😄

[near phoenix]

🙂

[indigo falcon]

yes, as long as the filtering was really really good on messages

[craggy echo]

True

[lusty slate]

Oh hey, haven't started yet. But is it confirmed that the Minotaur part from tier 2 was free when you claim it while active in the expedition?

[granite ridge]

yes, you learn the recipe for free when you're still on the expedition

[indigo falcon]

I got it for free but I was not able to see it for free as an expd 14 reward on another save

[granite ridge]

in addition, on my primary character, the reward is marked as already collected (in the "create from qs" option), but the left arm is greyed out in the catalog

[indigo falcon]

if you call in the minotaur and click in a slot, do you see it available to build on that save?

[granite ridge]

I don't think so, but will check later

[indigo falcon]

ok

[reef lintel]

Left arm available to build within the expedition save, but unavailable on the main save currently

[lusty slate]

I wonder if the expedition needs to be actually completed before it shows up on other saves...? Or it's a bug.

[granite ridge]

yep. no option to build. once I removed the hardframe arms, only those are available at install tech

[indigo falcon]

other items show up fine as claimable for free on alternate saves, just not that one

[granite ridge]

it might be that the whole set becomes available once all phases are done

[indigo falcon]

possible. someone earlier said they found they could purchase it for qs

[narrow condor]

hi guys im kinda new to nms in general is there a point to playing expeditions, i was watching some guides and it said i should always play it when its available, what do i get from expeditions, how do i transfer what i get to my main save?

[reef lintel]

It’s definitely under the quicksilver tab. Should be claimed already.

[indigo falcon]

well, these are time limited events, that usually have a story (not a deep one but nonetheless), and may introduce some new aspect of gameplay. in addition there are exclusive items it rewards. there are rewards for the end of each of five "phases" and for the end of the expedition as a whole, that you can claim on any save.

[indigo falcon]

thanks, I'll check next time I'm on!

[lusty slate]

The Liquidators parts aren't categorized as expedition parts when I view them on my main save. They're treated as general QS community rewards and are in the Appearances section.

[narrow condor]

where can i claim them

[indigo falcon]

you'll claim them on other saves t the quicksilver vendor, once you unlock them on the expedition save.

have a look at #nms-expedition message for a lot more info

[narrow condor]

ok, thanks

[loud surge]

How do I do the 900 resources in 1 burst thing?

Idk what burst even means ;-;

[manic path]

Oh ok I can help with that

So

What I did was

Find a place with a bunch of carbon plants around

Like a small forest area

[loud surge]

Oh! I know what you mean

[manic path]

Get the Minotaur cannon

And then hold down the shoot button

[loud surge]

[manic path]

In one burst

It means without stopping

So it can’t overheat

[loud surge]

Ah

[manic path]

Or lose power

So a time limit

But with the cannon it shouldn’t be too hard

[loud surge]

I'm up to Rendevous 4 so shouldn't be too hard

[manic path]

Ye

[loud surge]

Just gotta find find the resource patch

[manic path]

Shouldn’t be to hard if you’ve found a paradise planet before

The starter planet wouldn’t be to bad

[loud surge]

I just left the starter system cause I grabbed the Apex Predator

[manic path]

Damn

[shy dagger]

Best way to get the 900 resources?

[pearl wren]

I'm also struggling with that

[pearl wren]

How to do this

[manic path]

Isn’t it just a quest

[pearl wren]

Idk

[manic path]

Either that or you have it unlocked

And you can just install it

[pearl wren]

Ok

[manic path]

If not

Google it

[pearl wren]

It says cannot install in this inventory type

I did it

Les gooo

[slate gust]

I went to another player's base and just collect the organic rock kinda thing and it gave me that lmao

[clear shadow]

Quick Q about the new Minotaur armor - since the arm is seemingly unlocked, can you change the color of that armor? So sick of mine being blue the whole time… (I’d check myself, but I haven’t jumped back into the expedition yet until tonight)

[orchid wharf]

Can I bring nanites back from the expedition or are they lost?

[loud surge]

I did it! I found a bunch of minerals, deployed the Minotaur and just held the trigger xD

[clear shadow]

If you started your expedition from the Nexus vs creating a new save file, then yes - I do believe the units, nanites and QS transfer over. I think you also get bonus nanites and stuff for your inventory getting broken down/processed when going back over.

Now, you won’t get that until after officially ending the expedition at the nexus, not just doing the temporary transfer back over.

[honest hearth]

Idk what happened but once I logged back in, my ship's inventory is completely gone

anyone know what to do? is this an expedition issue?

[loud surge]

I also found a base with 35,000 copper-

[orchid wharf]

S T O N K S

[shy dagger]

Ok ita actually incredibly easy

You just gotta mine stuff

[orchid wharf]

I got it by standing in a field of sodium plants and holding down E

[velvet bridge]

Where we at right now on the community milestones? Did we pass tier 3 yet?

[maiden swift]

still working on tier 3

[brave jungle]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@brave jungle

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

█░░░░░░░░░ 11%

[royal tundra]

How much time left on the expedition?

[velvet bridge]

Sep 2 I think

[royal tundra]

Plenty of time

[elder berry]

around 4 1/2 weeks

[lethal mirage]

Well looks like i lost the bet

[merry kestrel]

Hello

i have questions

[ashen shore]

2nd Global task completed?

[merry kestrel]

i started the expidition on me main save and then i copied my ship, if i upgrade the ship during the expedition does the upgrade also transfer to me main save?

[lethal mirage]

@elfin hull you won

[slate mountain]

Not directly, but any upgrades you get, you can pack up and transfer back

[lethal mirage]

Gotta find an airless planet to get 10 stacks of horror meat now...

[merry kestrel]

how do i transfer them back?

[vital aspen]

2nd global was completed last night

[slate mountain]

When you finish the expedition, you go to the expedition terminal and put your tech you want into the terminal.

[ashen shore]

yup, thanks

[snow ruin]

Or you can probably also copy the whole ship back to the main save for nanites, see #nms-questions message linked to in the pinned comments

[severe cloak]

phase 1 progress?

[lethal mirage]

Complete

[severe cloak]

alr, how's phase 2?

[snow ruin]

How to check is in the pins now

[severe cloak]

ah

[snow ruin]

Gives you more agency yourself

[severe cloak]

mk

[snow ruin]

But I just added it

It wasn't there before you asked

[craggy echo]

no matter how many times I come across aquatic monstrosities, they will always freak me tf out every single time...

anyway, one more left...

[clear slate]

can anyone walk me through what i should bring on the expedition?

[lethal mirage]

I'd bring a ship and that's it

Maybe a stack of survival materials

(oxygen, sodium)

[wanton frigate]

the most necessary thing is the desire to do your part. And that doesn't fit in an inventory slot. It's in here! And here! And especially here! (you can tap whatever bits of your body you want for emphasis)

[clear slate]

what i get is that to get your ship you use nanites at the anomaly ight? what about the multi tool

[lethal mirage]

I wouldn't bring a new mt

[wanton frigate]

You can bring an MT over too for nanites but the default one gets upgraded to S class along the way so why waste the nanites?

[lethal mirage]

The one you start with is a beast

[clear slate]

sso basically just take some survival mats and head in

do i need any tech or no

[lethal mirage]

Scatter blaster upgrades

If you feel like it

[snow ruin]

What should I bring on the expedition?
Check #nms-questions message for some info on how things work.
Bring something you can refine into nanites. Bring a personal refiner (Mk2 if you have). Bring an Atlas Pass of the highest version you have. Maybe bring something that sells for good money to make it slightly easier on you.
Otherwise you get most of what you need from the expedition. You start with an amazing MT and get a lot of upgrades for it. The ship you start with is a hauler...

[lethal mirage]

But really you dont need anything

[clear slate]

can i pulse spitter instead?

[lethal mirage]

Oh yea personal refiner

[snow ruin]

Maybe bring an Atlas Pass 3

[lethal mirage]

Your MT starts with a scatter blaster

[wanton frigate]

They give you the scatter at the start, pulse is free I think by DZ3.
Bring a Carrier AI and get yourself a better ship early doors maybe if you don't want to bring one over.

[snow ruin]

I ported my Sentinel ship over for nanites. It's great

[clear slate]

oooh i see. so thats why. guess ill go hunt for some scatter tech

[wanton frigate]

Good shout on the Atlas pass, I hate not knowing what I'm missing out on 😄

[snow ruin]

Yeah, I managed to find out that I would be annoyed by not being able to open things by starting the expedition on a different save first

[wanton frigate]

I brought an AP1, haven't found a box it won't open yet, but I haven't exactly been looking. Launch recharger is handy to have at the start so you can concentrate on murder and not worry about scrounging for fuel.

[lethal mirage]

I should go get the indium for V3

[clear slate]

and when you finish expeditions i assume you can port the ship back for nanites

[wanton frigate]

It clones the ship, so your original will be there when you're done.

[clear slate]

oooooooooooooooh

sick

[wanton frigate]

But you can also clone it back, if you wanted to convert nanites into cool ship parts....

[lethal mirage]

By the time i found my sentinel ship i still had like 10 launch fuels left without ever buying any

[snow ruin]

I got the auto-refuel upgrade for the launch thrusters

[wanton frigate]

Then you're clearly a lot fussier about where you land than I am 😄 I had run out before I left the starting planet.

[snow ruin]

Works for the Sentinels ships too

[fallen lion]

What's the progress at rn?

[snow ruin]

Yes

Of course I'm going to say

[fallen lion]

Oop-

[snow ruin]

;P

[lethal mirage]

Im obsessed with landing at buildings for that free takeoff

[maiden swift]

I can't get the "A Trace of Metal" mission to start. Is it not available during the expedition? I've even gotten the message to return to my settlement because it's under attack - I killed one wave of corrupted sentinals and that ended without the questline starting

[lethal mirage]

On mobile website here, can't see the pins

[snow ruin]

!checkpins

[unkempt kraken]

Plz check the pins

-# 📱 Tap (top right) » Pins / 💻 Ctrl + P
-# Click for DM or run !Pins in #bot-spam

[snow ruin]

I would hope the mobile explanation there also works on the website mobile

[lethal mirage]

There's no magnifying glass

There's the server list

Member list*

Not server list

[snow ruin]

Check the mark to make the site load in desktop mode?

[lethal mirage]

Everything is so small now

need pixel perfect fingers to hit the type bar

[snow ruin]

I believe that it is indeed not available during the expedition. I don't know, though. Maybe someone in #nms-questions would be more knowledgeable

[snow ruin]

Zoom?

[lethal mirage]

thwn the text is massive

[snow ruin]

I think you can zoom in and out as you please XD

[lethal mirage]

yea probably but I'll stick to mobile mode normally

Too used to it

[snow ruin]

Sounds reasonable. I just like being able to do some things like getting desktop mode and zooming in on some parts and such. But mobile mode is of course generally better for use on a mobile device

[lethal mirage]

It's almost like it was designed for mobile

[granite ridge]

Clicking the channel name at top should also work

[snow ruin]

Eh, I'll send the big thingy as well:

!pins

[unkempt kraken]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

How to Check Pins

To toggle the Pins popout:

• PC: Ctrl + P / Mac: Cmd + P
• 📱Mobile: Tap search icon or channel name (at the top), then Pins (example below).

[elfin hull]

When and where shall we meet.

[lethal mirage]

ill find my way back to the last expedition planet, around noonish?

it's 8:40 am for me rn

[snow ruin]

Maybe use https://r.3v.fi/discord-timestamps/ for time discussion?

[lethal mirage]

right that exists

[lethal mirage]

about this time<t:1722623400:R>

that's not right

<t:1722623400:t>

[snow ruin]

Change it from relative ;P

[lethal mirage]

there we go

[shy dagger]

What are the projects for the exterminator parts?

[snow ruin]

Purged by Fire

More info in pins

[lethal mirage]

not planet, station, brain still sleepy

[elfin hull]

Sure.

[lethal mirage]

Might be like a half hour later because i have to A. Find out what system the last dropzone is again and B. Get 10 stacks of meat

[snow ruin]

At least the dropzone system is in the pins ;P

[shy dagger]

Not how to get them

Like what are those

Are those the ones from the friendly sentinel quest?

[snow ruin]

What? That sounds like something not connected to the expedition, then

[atomic estuary]

@shy dagger do you mean perhaps minotaur geobay blueprints

[grizzled python]

Do you keep your nanites and credits that you made during the expedition?

[shy dagger]

No.

[grizzled python]

Okay

[snow ruin]

If you started it from your main save it will transfer over to the main save once you finish the expedition

[grizzled python]

I did

[shy dagger]

Its like, project for right arm and so on

[snow ruin]

See #nms-questions message for some more info

[grizzled python]

So i should prioritize 28 items to keep and sell the rest?

[snow ruin]

The rest will be automatically "sold" when ending the expedition. So you only need to worry about what you want to bring back

[grizzled python]

Ah okay, thank you

[atomic estuary]

Ahh, the new minotaur parts blueprints

Yeah, as community research progresses other parts will become available

Someone mentioned that the most recent part is bugged tho

[shy dagger]

Like can i get them from normal game too or no?

[snow ruin]

[atomic estuary]

Yeah, after community research is completed those blueprints will become available in other saves and for all players

And yeah, more info in the pinned messages

[shy dagger]

I checked them and theres nothing about this in spedific tho

[snow ruin]

Yes, there is.

I know, because I wrote it XD

[shy dagger]

So should i finish the exp now or wait, cause i redeemed the first and second purify flames and dont have any reward on the inventory

[snow ruin]

They are plans.

[orchid wharf]

Can anyone tell me, when I end an expedition and convert it back to my main save (I started the expedition with an existing save), do base parts that I unlock on the space anomaly carry over? Want to know if it's worth my time farming salvaged tech

[snow ruin]

I don't know, but I don't think that the base parts you unlock in the expedition run carry over. Take this with a bit of salt and preferrably a second opinion.

[orchid wharf]

Cool cheers

[snow ruin]

You should be able to transfer the salvaged tech thingies, though

Through the terminal

[woeful niche]

You should keep the promise you made 5 times during the expedition and do your part by killing 150 sentinels + monstrosities every day until Tier 5 is complete. 😉

[orchid wharf]

Yeah, I have all my slots committed already 😉

[bold nebula]

Do the brood mothers drop the helmets now? Or do I have to go to my main save and then grind there for the drops?

[granite ridge]

they only drop on the main save

[bold nebula]

👍

[stoic nova]

if i finish the expedition before all of the optional milestones are done will i get the rewards for the optional milestones in my main save? as long as I have done my part in completing them

[burnt flume]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@burnt flume

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

█░░░░░░░░░ 14%

[blissful onyx]

you can claim them after you do the rest of the milestones

before*

a

and after you finish the exp they will still be there

[granite ridge]

You won't be able to claim the tiers not yet completed, so it's unlikely

[dusty horizon]

I’m stuck on phase 1 Exterminate 16 Biological Horrors - tried going to different planets but I can’t find any, do they only come from the whispering eggs?

[lethal mirage]

Yea

About 100 total spawn per swarm

[rocky fern]

Or... every building you land near?

[lethal mirage]

What is causing that though

Is that part of the expedition or is that the vile brood

[granite ridge]

You'll get to abandoned buildings anyway

[lethal mirage]

Making things spawn everywhere

[dusty horizon]

Do I locate the whispering eggs with the analysis visor?

[stoic nova]

oh ok also I got a companion egg from one fo the milestones I know from my last expedition that I cant send eggs back to the main save

so will it still give me the egg in my main save once I complete the expedition?

[granite ridge]

Yes, from the qs vendor for free

Even once you finished that milestone

[wanton frigate]

for the expedition you don't need to worry about eggs - approach any save beacon at any new site and you'll get attacked by the little buggers. Biological Horrors are ten a penny. But there are whispering eggs around all of the drop zone brood mother sites, and if you can find an abandoned building, there too. Dead planets are good for them too.

[tribal jay]

nothing but gold and platinum HNNNG

[granite ridge]

hit the scanner once, maybe there are some tritium rich ones nearby

[tribal jay]

oh im good on tritium (:

[granite ridge]

ah, silver?

[tribal jay]

also good

[strong dawn]

Completely forgetting how to apply Minotaur upgrades. How do we attach the Liquidator parts?

[dusty horizon]

Do I need to build the save beacon myself? Sorry and thank you, I’m a new player!

[tribal jay]

appearance? terminal on the minotaur summon pad?

[granite ridge]

it's a module, into a free tech slot

[strong dawn]

Ah there it is

Thanks

[strong dawn]

That’s what I thought but no

[wanton frigate]

No, you know the beacons you see near any building? Basically if you look for a house icon on your visor or when you scan from your ship, those things. The spinny sticks that save your progress.

Well, they got an "upgrade" for this expedition 😄

[dusty horizon]

I’ll see if I can find one! I’ve used the auto save to save so far. Thank you!

[wanton frigate]

You can find one. They're everywhere. If you're stuck, get in your ship, pick a direction to fly in and hit the scanner button every time it's available, and when a house appears, head for it. This flags buildings, antennae, relays, even just the waypoint markers with a few boxes around them. Ideally go for a building with a landing pad (you'll see the green circles beckoning you in) to save on launch fuel costs.

[granite ridge]

you'll find whispering eggs at each single dropzone of phases 2-5

no need to go hunting for them

[wanton frigate]

Note though - you are going to encounter a lot of Bio Horrors on this expedition. You should clear that organically if you just follow the dropzone markers.

Yeah - what stefanda said!

[granite ridge]

by the end of the expedition mainline you'll have killed hundreds of horrors that constantly annoy you 😉

[wanton frigate]

You can complete milestones out of sequence, it's not a problem

[dusty horizon]

Great! The game gives me motion sickness so I can only play in 20-30 minute bursts 😅

[granite ridge]

you may try first person view

[wanton frigate]

Don't worry - Once you get the Minotaur package, plug in it's AI and let it play for you while you rest your eyes 😄
Are you playing in VR or something?

[lethal mirage]

Do not ever go in first person in an exo craft

Well i guess if you're trying to vomit you could but

[blissful onyx]

minotaur controls in first person is atrocious

[dusty horizon]

I’m playing on Switch, I feel less sick handheld than docked

[blissful onyx]

you try to look behind and you move forward

[lethal mirage]

Though i wonder how bad it is in first person

I mean VR

[tepid grove]

The controls do suck for any exocraft in first person
I have somewhat gotten used to minotaur

[lethal mirage]

Did i take a dose of the stupid juice last night what's wrong with me

[tepid grove]

are you 🥴

lol

[lethal mirage]

No it's just my 2 brain cells aren't working as they normally are

I think someone stole the third one

[solemn bane]

If you're not gonna finish that stupid juice, pass it over here

[tribal jay]

OH NO

[bronze hull]

How long before sentinels return after being disabled

[tribal jay]

game bad, no actual wall of flame, just some bush fires

[indigo falcon]

you need to teleport or warp to another planetary system or save-reload, and then they will be back

[ashen drum]

Has HG ever explained why expeditions are time-limited? Is it some kind of resource constraint on their end?

Or is it just to generate FOMO and hype?

[wintry void]

Keeps people coming back

Most games have time limited content

[wraith junco]

And its something extra for pepole who stayed

[indigo falcon]

well they are meant to be run as a group of players, by which I mean, everyone participating is in at the same time, giving each other assistance in here or reddit or wherever, building bases or leaving comm balls marking useful things for other players, and so on. and in this expd as in several previous ones, there are community goals too

[atomic estuary]

What are you talking about, just use your jetpack to ride that wall of flame 😎

[tribal jay]

[ashen drum]

Thanks; how long do the expeditions normally take to complete?

[wintry void]

In general, taking it easy 4 to 10 hrs

[ashen drum]

Thanks @wintry void that's helpful and reassuring. Speaking as someone who has very little time to play games that feels doable in a seven week period. It really does ruin the experience when you log in and feel like you're under the gun to get stuff done and make progress; you can't just relax and do whatever you want.

[indigo falcon]

this one ends Sept 2 so that's plenty of time, especially if you have some hours on the weekends

[wintry void]

just dont leave it last thing

[bronze hull]

@indigo falcon thank u bud

[snow ruin]

[remote thunder]

imagines the scene that's badass

[zenith ermine]

Anyone in vr having a nightmare trying to kill 50 horrors with the mech! It's so hard in vr! It's hard to move and shoots way over the enemies heads, I've killed about 5 and died once already that's taken about half hour!

[remote thunder]

biohorrors are so squishy they pop when you melee them

i should say that it has been quite a while since i've done that

😅

[indigo falcon]

these ons seem a bit more beefed up than that but they're still squishy enough, just need to stay out of range

[snow ruin]

VR sounds like a nightmare this expedition

[zenith ermine]

It is! Especially as its still so laggy, that adds another layer when your fighting!

[snow ruin]

My heartrate couldn't handle VR biohorrors, I think

[zenith ermine]

This is the 1st one that I'm not actually enjoying

[lethal mirage]

punch em in the face

[snow ruin]

I'm a lot more fond of rods from God, really

Let me stay far away from the critters

[lethal mirage]

ew ranger

[snow ruin]

If I could order exterminatus on some of the planets in NMS I would

[cerulean olive]

too bad we can't paint the new Minotaur parts. Would be nice if that was possible.

[knotty cosmos]

Hey all. This is my first Expedition. if I end the exped before the optional 4 and 5 are completed do I just completely lose access to those rewards?

ok, and I can't transfer anything out of the Exped until I end it correct?

[cerulean olive]

wait. no

you can transfer stuff you have in the terminal, but not from your inventory yet

[snow ruin]

If the community achieves those goals you'll be able to buy them for , see

[knotty cosmos]

and am I understanding correctly that for the Optional milestones 4 and 5 there is a maximum each person can contribute per day?

[snow ruin]

Also in ;P

[cerulean olive]

150 a day

and the counter you can use is yourself

[knotty cosmos]

Thanks, Do you know about how mych Quicksilver they would each cost?

[snow ruin]

Someone claimed 1000, but I don't know

[knotty cosmos]

ok Thanks

[cerulean olive]

I think I saw 2500

but I could be wrong, lol

[bronze hull]

Hell yeah

[snow ruin]

Gunter agrees

[hollow kraken]

anyone know how to complete blood in the water

[snow ruin]

The one with attractive specimen or whatever?

[hollow kraken]

'deep sea monstrosities' yeah

[snow ruin]

They can be found in deep ocean, use your visor to look for them. You can find them on the first planet (the one you start on) for example

[hollow kraken]

thanks

also any help in getting the atlas staff through a save editor?

[pearl wren]

Is it possible to play previous expeditions

[molten rune]

Just kill 3 Abyssal horrors

[indigo falcon]

not abyssal horrors, they are things released from "alluring specimens"

[tepid grove]

Yes and No

[pearl wren]

Wut

[molten rune]

I killed 3 Abyssal horrors and that completed that mission

[tepid grove]

Yes - During Christmas they'll do reruns of previous expeditions, lasting about a week each I'm pretty sure

No - Can't just do it whenever

[tepid grove]

^

[pearl wren]

Oh okay , thas pretty cook

Cool*

[tepid grove]

There's no way to know which one they'll rerun though

AFAIK

[molten rune]

I literaly kill one static Abyssal and 2 jelly

[indigo falcon]

that's been patched out, the jellies and etc no longer work

[molten rune]

Oh

Didnt know that

Sorry

[balmy void]

I kinda wish I had started this expedition on a fresh save so I could eventually turn it into an alt save.

[indigo falcon]

when I went through I got two alluring specimens, and trying to get the third which was under the terrain, I shot a plant to clear it so I could mine that area, it released jellyfish, I shot one and it popped the milestone. but those days are gone now

[snow ruin]

Never too late ;P

[balmy void]

Yeah, I know.

[hollow kraken]

i hope its omega that staff looks cool as hell

[valid roost]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@valid roost

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 16%

[valid roost]

Neat

[analog kiln]

I'm somewhat dismayed by how slowly the community research is going.

[hollow kraken]

the speed has multiplied since milestone 1

[molten rune]

Yeah omega was lit but i hope for adrift rerun 'cause i sleep on that one 😅

[hollow kraken]

well it was much slower before tier 1

[flint saddle]

ODS just wasnt works thats why it went slow

[snow ruin]

We have over 2/3rds left of the time and more than far enough along to finish before then

[indigo falcon]

it's fine honestly. if it takes a week for each remaining tier we'll still finish early

[snow ruin]

Mostly because ODS was down 99% of the time, really

[hollow kraken]

yeah now it seems to be working fine

[flint saddle]

Because of the ODS problem i wouldnt put it past me if half the players just called it quits after finishing the expedition

[snow ruin]

Either they upgraded the server infrastructure or it's simply less people on at the same time

Or both

[cerulean olive]

whenever HG rerolls the former expeditions.

[queen loom]

i Finished the expedition

[rocky fern]

Now you get to play the game!

[snow ruin]

Time to go back every day to help liquidate 150 targets

[pearl wren]

Which rendezvous system has water planets

[chilly egret]

how's the progress on all of the liquidator targets?

[queen loom]

i Killed more than 200 targets

[snow ruin]

[snow ruin]

You can contribute 150 kills per day

[granite ridge]

(or scroll up)

[queen loom]

ok

[molten rune]

If i remember correctly every rendezvous system have at least one planét with water

[pearl wren]

Oh ok

[queen loom]

I'm just waiting the tag

[chilly egret]

oh damn we're still ages away

[hollow kraken]

ah well it will be done before the expedition ends

[queen loom]

I'm currently studying about Asia and preparing to do a science fair. Then I'll play

[balmy void]

It still seems unclear how many daily kills are the bare minimum. Milestone info just says "150 and counting". Not sure if that means I have 150 kills today or if that's 100 from yesterday added to 50 today.

[indigo falcon]

150 total

that number is useless for watching daily kills

[snow ruin]

50 kills per Purged by Fire milestone to get that milestone reward for free on that save.

150 kills per day maximum for the community goal itself

[balmy void]

yeah the max daily kill limit is 150. So "150 total" is very confusing.

[snow ruin]

I count it by their loot

[queen loom]

I just don't contribute more kills because the game doesn't let me kill more than I've killed. I kill but my individual kills aren't counted after a certain limit, as you go through community missions, the limit increases

[snow ruin]

That 150 and counting is for your milestone reward, not how many you've contributed to the community goal. Since we're on T3 you've got the kills to get the reward for T3

[snow ruin]

False

See my explanation of the 150 number

On the first milestone it showed "50 and counting"

[queen loom]

ah, thank you, now i understand!

[snow ruin]

On T4 it will show 200 and counting

The 150 kills per day comes from: #nms-expedition message

[cerulean olive]

You can claim the community goal rewards, without contributing. But you'll have to pay for them, instead of getting them rewarded. 7400QS for all 4 Minotaur items.

[plush onyx]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@plush onyx

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 17%

[plush onyx]

yoo

[cerulean olive]

I haven't started the exped on Switch yet, and just checked if I can claim the rewards. Left arm = 1,000QS, Legs 1,000QS, Chest piece, 3,000QS and the Right arm = 2,400QS.

I didn't have to pay QS on PS5, which I done the exped with.

[balmy void]

I personally feel that the brood mothers should be more of a challenge. They're really cool at first because of the novelty of a new thing, but it gets old fast. If they were at least challenging, you could be more engaged. But the ease of it makes it feel repetitive and dull.

[plush onyx]

every since they fixed ODS the progress is crazy

[elfin hull]

I think the Tita- I mean, mech is too OP.

[hollow kraken]

especially with the minotaur it is just hold down fire and it is gone

[plush onyx]

i think the multi tool is

imagine being a new player on the expedition and in roughly a few hours you get a maxed out mass destruction weapon lol

[cerulean olive]

Set your game difficulty high, damage done included.

[balmy void]

I guess I could impose limitations on myself and use a crap C class MT 😂

[plush onyx]

i mean i don't think it's gonna have an effect until they nerf paralysis mortar

[hollow kraken]

the expedition multitool is broken and i cant wait to get it on my main save

[plush onyx]

its alrerady on my main save, but i think I'll add the extra slots and copy it again lol

[sand marlin]

What's so amazing about the expedition weapon? Seemed normal to me

[wraith junco]

I didnt take anything to expedition.

[wraith junco]

Nothing

[plush onyx]

It's pretty good if you're a newer player

[craggy echo]

doesn't it have 2 sc slots really close?

[plush onyx]

it gives you a lot of good upgrades and weapons, and also free s-class

[wraith junco]

If i would take it to expedition it would be overkill and got boring fast

[sand marlin]

I mean a "free" s class is great, but you can still hunt down your own or get glyph codes.

[hollow kraken]

you get a free s class rifle which is decked out with free weapons

[craggy echo]

it also starts with the best weapon: scatter blaster

[cerulean olive]

I claimed the Atlas staff to do the exped with.

[indigo falcon]

sentinel weapon so that's best in class for base damage right there

and they really do give you all the weapons, it's pretty ridiculous

[full sun]

The SC slots on your expedition MT will match whatever they were on the last MT you used before starting the expedition

[snow ruin]

That sounds like superstition to me

[cerulean olive]

frankly, I don't use the MT for combat at all. I use my Minotaur

[granite ridge]

not actually, also for me

[wraith junco]

And if exp mt already has unlocked slots u can already use SC slots even if mt is C class

[atomic estuary]

Yes

I had that bug

[indigo falcon]

and yet it's tested and known to work; this is how people get nice 2x2 lineups on their expd tool

[full sun]

Yup, so you want a MT with the SC slots up high so they are accessible right away

[snow ruin]

It can still sound like superstition while being true ;P

[indigo falcon]

lol fair enough

[full sun]

Yeah, I tested about a half a dozen configurations

[snow ruin]

But always fun to get confirmation from several people

[wraith junco]

Teamwork

[snow ruin]

Too bad I didn't have an MT with good slots before I started the expedition...

[tepid grove]

The atlas looking one?

[hollow kraken]

Yes

also is it possible to save edit it in?

[tepid grove]

Maybe?

[snow ruin]

Probably

[tepid grove]

I'm on xbox, I would be the worst to ask

[pearl wren]

Bro I can't find any more alluring specimens

[sand marlin]

Keep looking, they will show up eventually. I had to swim 2km to find all mine.

[hollow kraken]

im gonna go do the rest of the expedition and come back later

[wraith junco]

Or use ship and land every few km

[pearl wren]

Alright , I just thought I was doing it wrong

[sand marlin]

To be fair 3 if mine bugged out. One didn't spawn the monster at all. The other two spawned under the map.

[full sun]

That’s what I did. Didn’t even get in the water to scan.

[sand marlin]

So I was going for a while

[dusty elm]

Congrats! I'll be leaving this expedition not completed because I'm awful at shooting things chasing me. All I do is run, run, run then jump on top of stuff. 🤣 I'll still have fun though collecting stuff and exploring around.

[keen zephyr]

I must be doing something wrong. I'm trying to 'lure deep sea monstrosity' but I find the curious, swim around it. i never get attacked. use mining beeam on it. kill the jellyfish. my numebrs never hcnage

Am I doing something incorrectly?

[sand marlin]

You need to harvest the green balls. They are a collectable resource, not mining.

[snow ruin]

Interact with it. E, I think

[keen zephyr]

ah!

[snow ruin]

Or was it F?

It should come up at least

[sand marlin]

Default e for me

[keen zephyr]

thanks!

it was harvesting the green ball that triggered it.

[indigo falcon]

each one you pick up, gives you a hadal core or a chance to release the hostile...

[lethal mirage]

@elfin hull i got the goods what's your in game user

[median sparrow]

Woah they got the nip nip!

[elfin hull]

Yuno2712, hopping on now.

[lethal mirage]

i killed this many bugs today

[elfin hull]

Nice.

[indigo falcon]

good grief

[snow ruin]

That is a good soldier. 🫡

[rocky kernel]

Might have done their part. 😂

[smoky quarry]

dang! Nice one!

[lethal mirage]

i'd like to think that if there wasnt a killcap i'd have singlehandedly contributed at least 1%

[elfin hull]

You're the reason there's a kill cap.

[snow ruin]

The datamined stuff implied 50 million per Tier

[elfin hull]

They fear your dedication.

[bold musk]

Jellyfish count for some reason..so that's a bit easier)(the ones that pop out when you mine undersea things)

[snow ruin]

Did you check that recently? Because it should apparently be fixed

[bold musk]

I did expedition twice(,one with a save and one on main)

[dusky oracle]

will units and nanites transferred to main save after exped ended?

[snow ruin]

Just like the "restore ore terrain" bug

[lethal mirage]

oh

[snow ruin]

If started from main, yes. See on ending an exped

[bold musk]

Wish they'd fix that

[snow ruin]

They have

[bold musk]

The one where if you remove terrain,build a base and someone visits it all comes back?

[snow ruin]

Apparently you didn't see the "ore" part of that

[dusky oracle]

thanks

[snow ruin]

The one where you could mine an ore deposit (like copper) and then use the terrain tool to restore it and the copper came back so you could mine it again

[lethal mirage]

im at the station

[elfin hull]

So am I.

[snow ruin]

Now kiss

[elfin hull]

Taotie right?

[lethal mirage]

i dont see anyone here

yea taotie

[snow ruin]

You both got MP on?

[elfin hull]

Yep.

I got players on my end..

[lethal mirage]

i see the diamonds for other peeps

[snow ruin]

Might be that there's a limit to how many players you can see, invite each other to a session?

[elfin hull]

Should I send my NMS friend code to jpdawg.

[lethal mirage]

hold on ima spawn my dreadnaught outside the station

apparently not because anomous object proximity

[elfin hull]

DM'ing you, @lethal mirage.

[lethal mirage]

weird

how do i put in freind codes again

[elfin hull]

Network > View No Man's Sky Friends List.

[lethal mirage]

alright i got it

gonna hop into the anomoly and hop back out to try and reload it

[rocky kernel]

So why would I not want to start the expedition from an existing save? I've seen a few folks do it but others say not to. What "bad" might happen if I do that?

I started a new save as an expedition but given all the progress I made I'm wondering if perhaps I should have started from the previous save I had, it wasn't far in on my main save and didn't have much other than some progress through some of the quests beyond the main starter one. I suppose I could just make this new save my main one when it converts to a regular one but now not sure which I should chose. I learned a bunch during the expedition, not quite done but shouldn't take long to finish, so probably wouldn't take too long to start on my main save as well. Though might just wait until at least being done with my current expedition run. Doing a bunch of things outside of the expedition parts like getting sentinel ships and multitools so taking me longer and hence having a lot more progress on it.

[lethal mirage]

standing on the yellow interceptor ship

[snow ruin]

#nms-questions message for some information on the differences

[elfin hull]

No visual.

[lethal mirage]

weird

try the anomaly?

[elfin hull]

Perhaps we should just add each other as friends and invite each other?

[lethal mirage]

i guess

there's a red save beacon for some reason

[rocky kernel]

From what I can tell the main differences are that from a main save you are limited in what you can take out, can bring in a limited set of things. And I'm guessing starting from the expedition that converts you keep everything, right? But why would folks hesitate to use their main save outside of that? Would it cause the main save to get corrupted or lose items that existed before that you didn't bring in, etc?

Pros with a new save would be, if I'm right, you get to keep everything you got on the expedition. Starting from an old save you get to keep all your existing stuff and then transfer a limited set of things over at the end, you can also copy your ship/mt.

Cons with new would be you might have to do a bunch of things over again that you already did, like say progress to open portals, items you've already learned to make, etc. Cons for using an existing save would be you are limited in what you can bring back, though you can copy the last ship and multi tool you were using, might be other cons but I don't have past experience with expeditions so I cannot say what those might be.

[wintry void]

when you have a 300 or 500 hour save, is it surprising people dont want to risk it getting corrupted for little benefit???

[keen zephyr]

It’s just fun to start from scratch. For me anyway

You can always claim the rewards in your mail at the anomaly

[rocky kernel]

Right I wouldn't want to lose it either, but I don't know if it will. Has it messed up in the past? This is why I'm asking, I have no experience with it.

[lethal mirage]

how do we do that

[elfin hull]

@lethal mirage

[lethal mirage]

we did the NMS friend code

[elfin hull]

I sent you my NMS friend code in DMs.

[keen zephyr]

Your main probably has a full exosuit, mt and ship selection as as cash

[lethal mirage]

do i need to send mine?

[elfin hull]

Sure.

[rocky kernel]

Sorry that "yes" was not what I meant to say. LOL

[snow ruin]

Keeping backups is nice

[wintry void]

In the past, just expeditions on new save, Ive lost expedition saves due to bugs in the expedition. Its just not worth it to me having 380 hr saves, with max MT and Ships, When you have started the game 15+ times, a new expedition save is just a throw away save

[rocky kernel]

Got it, that makes sense. I'm not that far a log yet so I don't yet have that perspective.

Just wasn't sure there was some other major issue I wasn't aware of.

And thank you Jon, I definitely like starting over in other games I play as well. FWIW this Steam save is a new one as I played on xbox before this, not even sure I can continue my xbox as it's pretty old now and not played on it for years. LOL

[wintry void]

PS5 for example unless you are subbed to psn, you cant make backups

[snow ruin]

I guess I just don't think about the consoles. PC is nice

[rocky kernel]

Yeah, xbox is the same. And a lot of games do saves wrong on them where the saves are shared between accounts that play on the same xbox and end up getting blown away. 😦

[snow ruin]

But can't you do file backups externally for PS5?

[wintry void]

I primarily run on steam, but also have ps5 version

[indigo falcon]

yes but those backups are not per game, you can't do it that way, it's all games as one big blob

[wintry void]

Only cloud and only if you are subbed

Its to stop save editing on games

[snow ruin]

Physical access is king

[rocky kernel]

Truth!

I still have movie DVDs and music CDs, though I do have to worry about media rot.

[indigo falcon]

yeah not in this case. there's an encryption layer to prevent you from that

[wintry void]

which is why i moved from ps5 to steam, as my after my 2nd expedition save that corrupted due to bugs I decided to move over to steam when on sale

[lethal mirage]

the deal has been completed

[elfin hull]

Figured out how to join friends.

[indigo falcon]

this is th efirst expedition I've done from a previous save. all the others were from new saves

[snow ruin]

Sure, that makes it harder, but people extract encryption keys from use.
I see the point of it being beyond reasonable for people to do, though. When it requires a computer science degree to do it it's not quite feasible even if it's possible

[snow ruin]

same

[rocky kernel]

LOL Yep. Where there is a will there is a way.

[snow ruin]

I'm probably going to be taking backups before each expedition I do from main save, but I'm not expecting trouble

[elfin hull]

I'm ready to finish the expedition now. (ignore 9 stacks of the Rancid Flesh from trade)

[snow ruin]

Nice

What's up with the 9 stacks of Rancid Flesh?

;P

[wintry void]

When you are maxxed on units, have 300,000 nanites, and loads of quick silver on your main, getting a little more of each from expedition is negligible

[elfin hull]

The betting thing.

From jpdawg.

[rocky kernel]

Sweet! That's why I'm thinking of maybe just using my expedition save as my main, so far ahead of where I'm at in my main game as I just started a new save when Worlds came.

[indigo falcon]

huh the weekend mission is here, I wonder what it is

[snow ruin]

||It's a joke on intentionally not ignoring the 9 stacks of Rancid Flesh like you told us to||

[indigo falcon]

hazardous flora, for anyone who wants a bit of quicksilver

[snow ruin]

I think I may have made an expedition save my main at one point

[rocky kernel]

I went back to play on my main save to do some stuff with my daughter and it was awful to play with what I had so much better stuff in my expedition. 😂

I suppose that also with all the current items I have it wouldn't take long to progress to where I'm at in my main. Was working through the base parts quests, expand and base computer one.

Only issue I would have is to get back to the system where my daughter is playing as I'd need to open portals. Though we're looking for a good paradise planet as she wants to build and doesn't like where we started so might not need to go back.

She's just been joining my sessions, so I think she just shows up there rather than where she was before from what I can tell. Ok, talked myself into just keeping my expedition save as a main. Thank you. LOL

My engineering brain over thinks WAY TOO MUCH.

[young crater]

For the expedition, do I just keep killing the dang bugs?

[snow ruin]

Dubber ruck bedugging

[rocky kernel]

LOL

[elfin hull]

Yees.

150 kills per person per day by the way.

Don't overdo it.

[indigo falcon]

bugs, sentinels, biohorrors, any will do

[snow ruin]

You might get a little slap on the hands for not keeping memes in #memes🤡 ;P

[shrewd onyx]

Then start on the misfeatures…?

[wraith junco]

I was wondering. 150 limit total or 150 per enemy type?

[snow ruin]

As far as we know (which we don't really) it's 150 kills per day in total, irrespective of type.

[rocky kernel]

Ah, shoot. Removed just in case.

[snow ruin]

They're usually pretty kind, but firm, about it.

[elder berry]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@elder berry

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 19%

[elder berry]

Neato

[ashen shore]

Progress is slowed but not terribly

[wintry void]

going slow again

[ashen shore]

Omega was real fast until phase 5 then phase 5 took two weeks lol

[wintry void]

weekend soon though

[ashen shore]

Free weekend?

[wintry void]

just tends to go up faster over weekend

[craggy echo]

If I end expedition can I still collect the rewards and/or contribute to the community objective?

[wintry void]

you will have to use quicksilver if you dont get on expedition save

[craggy echo]

Oh so best to keep it as an expedition save

[wintry void]

yes

[ashen shore]

Can I build a second mech to use both armor sets? I've never tried lol

[wintry void]

i think the arm is 1000 quicksilver

[wintry void]

only 1 mech, but can fit both to 1 mech

[devout echo]

Also I think one armor set is for you ... and one is for the mech ... is that right everyone ?

[ashen shore]

Damn lol

[wintry void]

im assuming you mean the blue mech armour and expedition mech armour

[ashen shore]

The hardframe yeah

It's cool mech finally getting more love though years later

[indigo falcon]

the bug armour is for the player but it's just cosmetics

[wraith junco]

Never enough nms memes. Just need to post thrm in right place

[ashen shore]

My mech is bugged though no AI installed but acting on its own lol

[rough mortar]

How do I get that NMS badge for the expedition on this discord server? Do I need to complete the expedition?

[indigo falcon]

you should, that's the intent of the roles, and they are self-assign

[wintry void]

https://discord.com/channels/146101654981312513/472166667347034132

[rough mortar]

Aight I did it

Ayyy

I see the badge now😎

I’m almost done with the expedition I think

Currently on phase 4 but I want to complete the optional milestone in phase 3 it’s currently 18 percent.

I think I killed over 150 enemies but I don’t know how to check

[indigo falcon]

well it should show you, if you have it pinned, in the lower right I think it will say 150/ so many killed

it's either there or in the log (I'm not in the game now so I can't check)

oh but that's the cumulative, you want the daily? so

[rough mortar]

Ya it says 150 and more killed. Along those lines

[wraith junco]

I saw " 150 and counting"

[rough mortar]

Ya that’s what I have

[indigo falcon]

for the future you want: go tothe mercenary tab, in the catalogue, check horrors and sentinels (this assumes you are not mostly killing bugs for your numbers), makea note; then at the end of the day check the numbers again

[rough mortar]

Ahh ok

How long did it take you to complete that one milestone?

[indigo falcon]

note that if you are disabling sentinels and then walking around to POI and collecting barrels, these count as kills for the catalogue counters but not for the expedition

[rough mortar]

Damn

[indigo falcon]

we all complete these milestones together, it is community driven, like unlocking quicksilver items

[rough mortar]

Oh damn

[indigo falcon]

so if we are at 19%, that's from all players in the expedition "doing their part" so to speak

[rough mortar]

Damn

So it’s gonna be a while lol

Can I some how increase it?

[indigo falcon]

a few days, it's been moving pretty quickly

do your part!

[rough mortar]

How do I do my part besides doing all the milestones? You said I can go to the mercenary to do more of my part?

[snow ruin]

Kill 150 things per day, see #nms-expedition message for the reason we think it's 150 kills per day per person

[indigo falcon]

kill bugs/sentinels/horrors, up to (we think) 150 a day will be counted towards the goal

[shrewd onyx]

¹⁄₅ done for tier 3…

(compose key FTW)

[snow ruin]

And way less than halfway through the expedition

[rough mortar]

Ok

[indigo falcon]

not 'go to the mercenary', sorry: in the catalogue tab, there's a section of milestones, select that, then choose the mercenary one of those to see your biohorror and sentinel total kills, on that save

[rough mortar]

Ahhhh ok

[snow ruin]

I prefer to use the loot from the bugs and such as a counter

[indigo falcon]

bearing in mind it counts deactivated sentinels as kills

yeah so loot from sentinels is harder because some of those barrels give ammo

good luck keeping track of that

[ashen shore]

I swear sentinel AI is changed thru run away now

[shrewd onyx]

Basically, if you're not sure (because of those barrels), kill a few more.

[indigo falcon]

lol

[snow ruin]

Just gotta figure out the percentage and calculate it from that, right?

[indigo falcon]

just look at the kill numbers at the start of the session and the end. tis easy enough

[snow ruin]

Don't be reasonable

[wraith junco]

I stop killing when i get 3 stacks of rancid flesh

[snow ruin]

You seemingly get a reasonable amount of nanites from the cooked rancid flesh when you feed Cronus (or whatever his name is). Just a shame it's so slow to do so

[indigo falcon]

yeah I can't deal with that, I've done it in the past but nope

[wraith junco]

Maybe if nanites rewards where higher

[indigo falcon]

I just set up a mould farm for no good reason (well for other players mostly), between that and scans and salv glass, it's sure plenty

[snow ruin]

The nanite reward doesn't really need to be higher, he just needs to be able to accept a stack at a time, possibly in a way such that you can give up to one stack total, and it gives back a slot every 20 seconds or something like that. So you can't just spam 50 stacks of food in one go, but you can do like a stack per day or something

[indigo falcon]

heck even 5 items at a time would be a huge improvement

[loud barn]

Besides getting the daily kills (bugs/sentenials) is it worth staying in the expedition or do ya'll usually switch back every day to your main save? Any other benefits to stay in expedition?

[indigo falcon]

I've been woorking on a couple of bases for other players doing the expd, and exploring around in the meantime, no rush to get back one way or another

[snow ruin]

I've mostly stayed in the expedition, mostly because a lot of what I get I will be able to transfer back once I'm done. But I can also jump back and forth

[molten leaf]

Hey guys quick question have there ever been any expeditions that the community didnt get to phase 5 of the optional goal

Just curious

[atomic estuary]

None that I know of

[molten leaf]

Cool

Just was interested in the history of the expiditions

[fossil token]

Uh so did they change how alluring specimens work? Cause I can't get them to attack me

[indigo falcon]

you need to harvest the glowing orbs and get ready

[fossil token]

I did

Nothing happened

On two of them I harvested all the hadal cores

[indigo falcon]

mmmm

any chance you have modified the difficulty settings?

[fossil token]

Used to be after you tried to harvest one the monster sprang out

I don't remember doing so but I'll check

[indigo falcon]

there's a percent chance on each one, but the last one should be a guaranteed hostile

[fossil token]

Which difficulty setting would affect it

[indigo falcon]

just look at the combat/enemy stuff, and maybe even the creatures one

[fossil token]

Everything on standard with predators on

[indigo falcon]

well that sounds right. are you in multiplayer by any chance?

[fossil token]

Nope

Maybe the area they were in was too cramped or something

They were both in small underwater caves

[shrewd onyx]

Probably stuck in the rock, then.

Find an alluring specimen in open water (or dig away plenty rock around and above) and try again.

[indigo falcon]

if it's stuck you should still hear the sound effects

[shrewd onyx]

And you'll sometimes be able to see it, poking out of the rock.

[fossil token]

Hm

[indigo falcon]

if you don't hear it, then it's glitched, I would exit, get back in, load the previous restore point if it's not too far back, see if it's still badly behaved

[fossil token]

Ok

Found one in open water and it worked. Guess that was it

[faint mesa]

So, did we clear tear 3? Or far from it?
Are we doing our part? 😆

The command is showing tier 1 / 0% complete...
I'd assume ODS is being funky again.

[valid roost]

Yup

Well I think it's down again anyway, it says 0 for me here

[faint mesa]

Oof. Weekends have been hard for ODS lately...

Ok, 3/5, 21%, not bad!
||(I'm not doing my part at this moment, sorry)||

[balmy void]

Y’all can go to #bot-spam (under the “General” tab) and type “!tier” to check on the status of the current “Purged by Fire” milestone.

So far it looks like we’re averaging about 25% a day.

[young crater]

150 a day doesn't seem bad .. my main problem is I never know how freaking many I killed

I guess count the meat I get?

[snow ruin]

I count the loot, yes

[young crater]

I'll just keep killing then. I need more to spawn faster 😐

[snow ruin]

It's quite fast to kill 150 of them

[jolly summit]

My goal is to clear one full sentinel round a day as a minimum. I never knew it could be this fun and not at all impossible to clear all sentinel waves.

[balmy void]

Meh, I just kill a bunch. 150 is the maximum. The minimum is likely way less.

[faint mesa]

Probably 1. 😆

[snow ruin]

50 per milestone you want to get the free reward for

[young crater]

Do space I sentinels count?

Interceptor ships

Getting 5 star then having the capital ship keep shooting out interceptors could at least net me glass shards?

[faint mesa]

Safest bet for the milestone would be to fight them on ground I guess

[snow ruin]

Simply put; I don't know.

[faint mesa]

Yep, pretty much lol.

[solemn bane]

Nope. I started a new save to test it and I didn't get credit for interceptors or the sentinel freighter

[wide jackal]

!tier

[unkempt kraken]

@wide jackal

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Current tier

████░░░░░░ 3/5

Tier 3 progress

██░░░░░░░░ 21%

[wide jackal]

We’re on tier 3/5 already!?

What happened to tier 2? Flew by!

[solemn bane]

Yeah it'll be about 2 days for each now. Numbers definitely got tweaked.

[wide jackal]

What did we have to do for Tier 2?

[solemn bane]

Kill stuff

[snow ruin]

Or ODS is just up a lot more XD

[wide jackal]

More bugs?

[fossil token]

Tier 1 and 2 are done

[wide jackal]

Is tier 3 also bug killing?

[fossil token]

Yes