nms-expedition

[indigo falcon]

gonna stock up on echo locators while you're in the dissonant system?

[serene flax]

what would i need those for?

[indigo falcon]

oh to ship back to the main save for funsies, or to find some harmonic camps at a few systems around and collect sentinel ships for units. it's not 'need' so much as 'could be entertaining'

[serene flax]

ooh

[indigo falcon]

but then again I am easily distractable as a player...

[serene flax]

nah i think ill skip that for now, im letting myself be nanite poor in my main save so that ill eventually get tired and then make a actual farm

[serene flax]

lmao same

[indigo falcon]

gotcha gotcha

[serene flax]

i wish quicksilver farms were a thing

[indigo falcon]

heh don't we all

um lessee there are curious deposits on the frozen world in .. ugh I don't remember which drop zone system. I can check it if you're interested. wintry weather so no storms, has frequent but not aggro sentinels. in case you want to look for those for a nanite farm

[serene flax]

i found those deposits already dw

[indigo falcon]

oh perfect

[serene flax]

made a note of them and oved on as i didnt have a advanced tool on me

lmao

its fine, ill go sell my wasted tool upgrades

[indigo falcon]

drop a base, it carries back to the main save (I forget, the expd save is from an existing save right?)

[serene flax]

yep

[indigo falcon]

there ya go

don't forget, salvaged glass is a great source of free nanites. whacking sentinel drones for fun and profit

[serene flax]

oh you better belive im taking the tech i got on this minotaur home

this thing shreds

[indigo falcon]

btw the liquidator tech will now be available to claim on the main save as the Atlas intended, no need to ship that back.

[serene flax]

nice

[indigo falcon]

yeah, latest hotfix did that

[serene flax]

jesus... the story of this expedition is dark...

its sickening tbh

[indigo falcon]

you should have been around for "emergence", that was pretty creepy too

gotta say, nms generally nails the existential-and-other-kinds-of-dread narrative

[serene flax]

what was the reward for emergence agian?

[remote thunder]

emergence ❤️ leviathan ❤️

[serene flax]

i may have done it

yesssss only gotta kill 2 more walkers and then im done!

[remote thunder]

sandworm egg was the main reward

[serene flax]

ah ok

i think i started it but stopped idk why

[remote thunder]

also feasting casque alt helmet i guess

[serene flax]

so far my least fav expedition was xenobiology by a long shot

this is one of my favs personally

but levithan wins

maybe polestar too

[indigo falcon]

as much as I did not like the game mechanics of leviathan, I did love the narrative, it was a real gut punch. 5/5 stars

[remote thunder]

i liked exp5, exploration based suits me

utopia was pretty sweet because of the mechanic/restrictions

[indigo falcon]

remind me which one was 5; I don't remember them all by number now

[remote thunder]

exobiology

[indigo falcon]

oh yeah, that one was pretty up my alley, as they say

[wintry void]

Tbh I thought this was one of worst, but I guess it depends how much you like shooting. I "farm" sentinels in main game for nanites, so for me the expedition was tiresome.

[remote thunder]

exp14 was combat heavy, but provided for everything

i don't normally do combat, so maybe that helped me

[indigo falcon]

people who played this expedition and stayed around in it for a little while could get a really nice main save out of it, that's for sure

[remote thunder]

yeah

i sorta left all combat milestones to the end 😅

that shows how much i do combat normally i think

[indigo falcon]

huh, I thought I was the only one(well I did the biohorrors early but not the sentinels)

[remote thunder]

i pretty much did all the kill milestones at the end

[wintry void]

Lol I did most kill ones except walkers on 1st planet

[indigo falcon]

4 walkers 😛

I did everything possible except sentinels on the starter planet

[wintry void]

But yes, I kept 1 of saves as a new save.

[serene flax]

it was my first expediton so i had to learn the "rules" of it all, i found myself deleting key items a lot

[indigo falcon]

my expedition save has piles of storage augs, salvaged frigate modules and other similar, so many sentinel boundary maps it's not even funny, and plenty of nanites/units without really working at it. this might be the most lucrative expd ever (although I hear that omega was big for quicksilver)

ah yeah, hoarding in expeditions is rewarded, heh

[remote thunder]

omega was awesome for quicksilver

i was pulling 10-12k quicksilver each run lol

adrift was awesome for ESS

[serene flax]

ESS?

[remote thunder]

emergency signal scanner, the consumable to trigger derelict freighter missions

[serene flax]

ooh

[remote thunder]

could be bought at a little less than 2M each from trade terminals

so 4 for 5M, which would be the price for 1 in non-expedition (normal mode pricing)

[serene flax]

one more walker to go

i cant be the only one that wishes part expeditions with a proper story will become normal quests later on

dont even need the rewards, just let me experiance the story

[indigo falcon]

I'm waiting for the player to come along who objects to that, honestly. haven't seen one yet!

[serene flax]

lol

[indigo falcon]

the thing for me is how hg can manage the "community playing together" aspect of past expeditions if anyone can start any of them whenever they like

what about communty milestones? what about all the bases and comm balls already placed?

[serene flax]

it would have to be the old old expeditions condenced down into a quest format

so instead of all the goals and stuff its just the main 2 tasks

[indigo falcon]

how do you boil leviathan down into two tasks....

[serene flax]

as lets be honest, the only story relevant things we just did is:

• pick up next task
• kill big bug and read the data log

if you have 5 of those back to back it would be boring but it could be easy to put some basic things inbetween

[serene flax]

good point

[lusty slate]

I mean, they've modified rewards before. They could reallocate the community milestone rewards elsewhere. And being forced to find things yourself without other bases could be the trade off of playing it single player.

[indigo falcon]

the point is that unless every player goes through on a different set of planetary systems (hand-chosen usually to suit the expedition, how would that work?), all the bases and comm balls would be there

the redux runs are done in a new set of systems so that players who do the run early will be paving the way for others. I don't see how that can be replicated for 'play when you wish'

[serene flax]

to be fair that parts easy, it would work the same as how the quests work in the normal game, its not often an expedition has created an entirly unique object that is 100% required for the story

a lot of it can be as simple as changing a abanonded buildings text box if you have that quest active

[lusty slate]

Alternately, instead of just an offline version, have a rotating schedule of reruns that are available during times when no new expedition is running.

I don't know how much that would tax the servers and ODS though.

[indigo falcon]

and what happens when there are 14 expeditions to rotate through? at two weeks each that's a lot of time.... half a year!

[serene flax]

thats fine, warframe seems to be doing alright with its rotation

[indigo falcon]

I have to guess that hg devs are thinking about this and will come up with some unique and creative solution but... I've no frickin clue what it will look like

[serene flax]

i mean hell, that game has 4 rotations that last at minimum 2 weeks (for the void trader)

and people are happy about that

[indigo falcon]

(I've no idea about warframe so can't draw from experience there)

[lusty slate]

I'm actually missing only a handful of stuff myself. Due to playing since Exiobiology redux + Twitch drops + Cartographers remix.

[serene flax]

a few things are on rotation:
the void trader is a man who comes in and sells unique items that are often ONLY avalable from him, his stock is huge and he will only bring 5% of his inventory with him every two weeks

the prime vault is where you can get special versions of characters called prime frames, they are not all avalable at the same time and rotate in and out of the "vault" for some frames its been over a year since they have seen the light of day

[lusty slate]

The golden First Spawn mask, the ghastly jetpack trail and the cave creeper are the remaining legacy expedition rewards I really want.

[serene flax]

i wish i could have got that mass effect frigate

i dont play the game

its just bragging rights as thats one of the few unique ships i dont own

[lusty slate]

I don't really care about the Normandy lol

[serene flax]

excluding the original alpha vector, i wanna get my hands on that

hold on lemmi google all the past rewards

[lusty slate]

The cave creeper would be really useful for base building.

[serene flax]

• gold gek mask
• the normandy
• streamlined backpack

those are the only things i am annoyed i missed out on

[indigo falcon]

the cave creeper is a nice item, I get good use out of it in building

[serene flax]

i bought myself the golden vector off another player as cmon, i got the game on launch day

i spent more time in the alpha vector than the radiant pillar

[lusty slate]

I got the Golden Vector and streamlined jetpack from the Cartographers remix. And thankfully, I have all the pets.

[indigo falcon]

some old expd items wind up as twitch drops, though I'm not sure that should be the exclusive way for players to get these items later

[lusty slate]

Yeah, I got my sandworm from a drop

[cold fossil]

Ok, so is there any way to convert the Units and Nanites I got from the Expedition over to my normal save file?

Cause I started an expedition save specifically for the expedition

And I just finished it.

[lusty slate]

From a fresh save, not using the terminal? Sadly, no.

[cold fossil]

Ok, so next time just go to the terminal in the Anomaly and put my main save in "expedition mode"

[lusty slate]

That's a perk of using an existing save.

[cold fossil]

Ok, I'll know for next time!

How did you get that Liquidators badge?

Oh found it lol

[lusty slate]

Go to the quicksilver vendor at the Anomaly and select expedition rewards. All phase rewards can be claimed on any save on your account from there.

Also, blueprints and appearance modifier cosmetics bought with quicksilver are account wide unlocks. So if you have quicksilver on your expedition save, load that save and spend it. Then hop back to main and you can claim them without paying again.

[median bough]

Okay I'm feelin dumb, haven't played in like 9 months... how do I create a refiner so I can turn my copper into chromatic metal?

[meager scroll]

Portable Refiner from Build Menu

Z on PC, Dpad up on controllers I think

[median bough]

Omg I haven't tried the dpad. Thank you!!

[final turret]

I do like how, even though the expedition is over, I can still load into it since I hadn't had much motivation to play it while it was going.

[atomic estuary]

It's not over, there are 2 more weeks

!exptime

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[atomic estuary]

12 days*

[final turret]

Huh, I could've sworn the expedition ended by now.

[meager scroll]

The community research did

The expedition is still going on

[final turret]

Ah, ok. Good to know it's not too late to still do my part.

[brisk sorrel]

Hi all. Just a quick question, is it normal that the starter C class multitool for Expedition 14 has 4 SC slots, or is that a glitch?

Not that I would complain, I was just amazed to see that. Even in a square layout, whew.

[wispy ore]

I think its a glitch
Mine had 3

[old ridge]

hey, im about to end my expedition, what are the main things to do before ending it ?

can I send my expedition multi tool to my main save ?

[wispy ore]

Make all the liquidator parts so you don't gotta buy them

[snow ruin]

If you started from the Anomaly, yes

[wispy ore]

Yes
With nanites

[old ridge]

i started from it yes

so I can while i'm back to my main save ?

or I need to get it before ending it ?

[snow ruin]

That doesn't make sense. You just go to the vendor and claim them for free if you did get the mech parts unlocked in the expedition at all

[wispy ore]

So I don't have to buy them for quicksilver

[old ridge]

you unlock them while doing the optionnal missions

do yeah it's free

[snow ruin]

From what I've seen from #nms-questions message it should be possible to copy after you've ended. But you can always go back to main through options first to be sure

[old ridge]

okk

[snow ruin]

If you've unlocked them in the expedition you won't ever need to buy them for QS

[old ridge]

also I have 15mil, should I buy anything to send back to my main save ?

[stark maple]

What's the usual time frame between expeditions?

Or are they back 2 back

[meager scroll]

They are not back to back

There's no fixed schedule, only a pattern

[wraith junco]

Reruns are back 2 back

[stark maple]

Mans brought the chart 🤝

[meager scroll]

Usually it goes: major content update - expedition launch - patches for that major version

[stark maple]

Very well. Thanks for the quick response guys

[meager scroll]

Given how this is the 3rd exped this year, my suspicion is we're just gonna get reruns in December

[stark maple]

Fine by me, the liquidators put things on the map for me. I'm stoked to see what past expeditions had to offer

[wraith junco]

Lets see first what september and november brings

[winter rover]

uh.. bug?

why aren't those unlocked?

Don't tell me I forgot to do something in the exp i just ended and I can't get it back..

Cuz it sounds like what it is

I confirmed all the optional milestones..

[remote thunder]

aren't those the helmets that drop from brood mother?

those aren't expedition rewards

[winter rover]

oh wait..

[remote thunder]

random drops from brood mothers

[winter rover]

oh yea

okay nvm then its all good

[remote thunder]

you're fine hehe

yep

[winter rover]

I just remembered those

just have to kill more bugs now

[remote thunder]

get that role 😛

[hidden flame]

Does anyone have iron vulture parts?

Missed adrift

[marsh rain]

Anyone know a good place near the third rendezvous system where I can find a creature with an aggression greater than 12?
I love the expeditions but I hate how they always jam a "ok go look for something that's barely connected to the story that you can only guess wildly the location of" quest in the middle

[marsh rain]

Are they rare? I've killed between 5-10 so far this expedition

[remote thunder]

some people have beeen getting bad luck, yeah, i got 2 on my first two kills in normal mode.

[wintry void]

I didnt get any on expedition, only place I got them was normal mode

[void cairn]

Hey all, what would be some very impportant things to transfer over to this expedition?

Wanting to start it tonight

[wintry void]

Nothing really, maybe a stack of pyrite and uranium for fuel for ship

[void cairn]

That's all? No Indium drive?

[wintry void]

Maybe a warp upgrade, but I got a interceptor after 1st warp, so I didnt really need

[void cairn]

Ok, nice. What upgrade did you go with?

[wintry void]

Its mainly pew pew, so maybe pew pew, maybe your favourite mt weapon upgrades, exosuit shields

[void cairn]

I have no minotaur yet

[wintry void]

Mt = multitool

[void cairn]

xD

BTW, just to double check, your MT and ship transfer back to your regular game, right?

[wintry void]

You do get scatter blaster at start, but not everyone likes it

No clue, I've always done a fresh save

Don't want to risk hg screwing my 380hr saves up

[void cairn]

How wold it screw up the save?

[wintry void]

Believe me they do, hence why I swapped over from ps5 to steam after expedition 2

[void cairn]

But what happened?

[wintry void]

Basically, due to expedition, it wouldn't let me unlock certain blueprints

As on ps5, no save editor,

So I swapped to steam as was on sale

[void cairn]

Damn, that's good to know. Was hoping to bring back rewards to my current game

I'll probably do a new save

[wintry void]

Many people do on current save, but after that I'm not risking it, although I made one of my ex expedition save my new current save

As I traded the hauler for an exotic

[void cairn]

How long ago did you have that error happen?

[wintry void]

Expedition 2, so a long while ago, like 3 years maybe

[void cairn]

Gotcha

Thanks

[wintry void]

If you have 80 hours or less, its probably worth risking

[void cairn]

I'm a little nervous about it now :O

[wintry void]

What platform are you on?

Just try backing up save beforehand in case

[sturdy hinge]

say

does turning off a sentinel pillar fulfill the milestone req?

cause i was at 27/32 and after turning it off, i got it done

so i'm unsure if its meant to or a bug

[wintry void]

It will probably kill some around pillar

[sturdy hinge]

hmm, guess i'll chalk it up to whatever code got triggered

felt a bit anticlimatic ngl

[granite ridge]

If you picket the option to deactivate entries, maybe that counts as you killing sentinels located nearby.

At least after killing a walker, I always found sentinel loot at other places I visited afterwards

[final turret]

Bleh, my next milestone is to lure 3 deep sea horrors, and it is way too early in the morning to be dealing with abyssal horrors.

[indigo falcon]

no this does not work. you need to actually kill them the old fashioned way.

[blazing lagoon]

anyone know where to do the 3 deep water monstrosities?

[low jackal]

go swimming

[low jackal]

find alluring specimen with visor

interact with the sack

shoot fish

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/nomanssky_gamepedia/images/5/53/PICKUP.HAZARDCLAM.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/64?cb=20211127144318

visor symbol look like this

[snow ruin]

I've heard they shouldn't drop in the expedition. Don't actually know if that's the case, but I got one of the drops from killing 3 brood mothers on normal save.

[snow ruin]

You can copy your MT and ship back to main save for nanites. Same way you can copy MT and ship into the expedition for nanites.

[plush plume]

Quit playing for a while but what permanent reward does expedition give?

[meager scroll]

The rewards you see in Quicksilver shop - redeem expedition rewards

Full list probably can be found in pinned messages here

(or in #nms-modding channel)

[remote thunder]

also, the cocoon egg, and the liquidator blueprints (the latter found in create quicksilver items qs shop dialog option)

[sage mason]

also your multitool and starship @plush plume

[remote thunder]

if started from existing save

[hazy sparrow]

Where do you see what the community goals are and if they are completed yet?

[meager scroll]

They have been completed long time ago

Uses the same progress bar as QS research

So over the QS shop or in your mission log menu

[hazy sparrow]

Found it in the mission log, ty

[night robin]

I understand that when the current expedition ends, characters that were created just for it will be converted to normal saves. But don’t expeditions take place in an alternate instance of “reality”? What happens to the bases we built and the stuff we’ve collected in expedition mode?

(Apologies if this is described somewhere, I haven’t been able to find a definitive answer.)

[meager scroll]

Bases will carry on into the Normal save

So will discoveries (and I think wonders)

Items should just stay in the same inventories

[night robin]

Hopefully there won’t be an uploaded base already existing where my expedition-mode uploaded base exists. 🤞

[hazy sparrow]

Yay, this expedition seems to have ended without trashing my Discoveries list!

[remote thunder]

nice, that's great to hear 🥳

[pearl nacelle]

OH NO I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE EXPEDITION HHOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT

😱 i completed like the first phase in vr then lost motivation when my vr crapped the bed again and stopped working

[noble cobalt]

11 days

[pearl nacelle]

[lusty slate]

Same! I can't verify Wonders as I didn't have any saved this time. But my Discoveries appear to be untouched now.

[silent hollow]

Is anyone else having issues keeping sentinels engaged? Also, I've taken out 3 walkers but it's only counted 1. What the eff?

[flint totem]

That's gotta be annoying. I'd try turning off multiplayer. If it's already off, I don't know what I'd do other than keep trying in new sessions.

[void cairn]

How do you do this?

[snow ruin]

Go to the terminal and click the button. Only works for expedition started from the terminal

#nms-questions message

[snow ruin]

Like the longlegs? Or are you thinking that the ones that look like the mech is a "walker"? The milestone specifically refers to the ones from wave 5 of sentinels

[void cairn]

Ah, so this option is available after you start an expedition and want to return to regular save?

[silent hollow]

I'm clearing the sentinels each time. I get through all the waves, beat the big one, and then sentinels get deactivated on the planet.

But it's not registering them. Leaving me to have to venture to another planet

[snow ruin]

Sounds like an annoying bug for sure. Something to report to Hello Games, then

!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]

Yup

[void cairn]

What I don't understand is the change to nanites.

How does that result in the exact ship or MT?

Is that just tech and not design?

[frank galleon]

I'm sure there's a "correct" way to gather 900 resources at once but after a couple failed attempts, I just got in my ship and shot rocks along the surface of a planet. It ticked up slowly for some reason (gathered 2800 ferrite before it triggered 900) but it did eventually work.

[gaunt fern]

I found some crazy gas baloon things and they had tons of suphrine or whatever in them

[opal glade]

I went into a cave and crushed a million stalagtites

[median ember]

!exptime

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[median ember]

Stalagmites ...
Not tites my friend

😂

But I get the feeling...

[opal glade]

iirc one stalagmites are on the ground the tites are on the ceiling

stalactites

i guess my spelling is wrong

i meant stalactites cuz they were on the ceiling of the cave

[sleek siren]

that would be correct

[median ember]

That C makes a lot of difference...
As you can C ..

[opal glade]

why are you like this

you can be any other way but you're like this

XD

[muted granite]

I found a hill, got an advanced mining upgrade from Anomaly, and just systematically pulsed my mining laser at everything I could see from the hill top.

[thorny ridge]

hi guys i'm at the end of expedition but i don't have 6.000 nanites, which is the quickest way to get them?

[opal glade]

pick up the larva cores

and refine them

the abandoned buildings should have the whispering eggs

go do taht

[thorny ridge]

and if i've finished the other milestone how can i locate the larva cores ?

[fickle night]

Equip the Hazmat Gauntlet tech, go to Abandoned Buildings, there're Whispering Eggs surrounding that abandoned building

Destroy the eggs, and take the Larval Core

To turn it into Nanites, use Refiner to refine Larval Core

1 larval core = 50 nanite

You can use ur Visor to check where's the Whisperinh Egg

[thorny ridge]

can abandoned buildings be found in some ways or i've just to roam around with the visor ?

[meager scroll]

Nexus missions about killing monstrosities (biological horrors) will lead you to such buildings

[thorny ridge]

can i play nexus missions while doing the liquidator expedition ?

[meager scroll]

I don't see why not

You unlock access to Space Anomaly after 1st warp

[thorny ridge]

ok, i'll try later thanks!

[snow ruin]

There's no "change" to nanites.
Have a read: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/407556/how-do-you-copy-ships-and-multitools-back-to-your-main-save-from-omega-expeditio

[quasi echo]

So, brand new player: are all the upgrades I'm getting in this expedition going to be available to claim on my main save? Like all the freebie inventory spots and upgrade modules etc

[low jackal]

no

[low jackal]

only phase rewards and final reward are

However if you started the expedition with your main save (aka at the expediton terminal), you can transfer items and tech back

when you are done with the expedition

[quasi echo]

Can I stick with the expedition save? My main had basically nothing, I had just gotten to the space anomaly

[low jackal]

How did you started the expedition?

A new save from main menu or from an existing save?

prior, yes
latter, no

[quasi echo]

From the terminal in the space anomaly

[low jackal]

then no

it will be gone

but you do get to transfer like 10 tech and 30 items back to your main save

plus the option to copy a MT and a ship back to your main

[glass flume]

i see some people recommending new players to just start an expedition from the main menu (aka a new save). Im still new to the game so can someone pls explain why? As i have understood it you can keep rewards+everything you find along the way if you just launch the expedition on your main save

like why should i not just launch the expedition on my main save in the anomaly? if thats the way to keep everything.

[low jackal]

you can't keep everything

[low jackal]

like I said before, if you start with an existing save you get to keep some of them only

When you start from the main menu, the save will convert to a normal one after you finished the expedition

that way you will have everything

[glass flume]

right but then i will have a new save.. my point is i want everything "transfered" to my main save

[low jackal]

I don't think you can

[glass flume]

its so confusing with ppl saying different things

[low jackal]

thats the internet for you

if they happen to mention how I would like to know too

[glass flume]

another guy just told me this: If you start an expedition on a new save you will only get to keep the rewards on every save including your old main save. But not the things you pick up along the way on the expedition. But if you start the expedition on you old main save then you will keep the rewards+whatever you find along the way since you are on your main save

is that not correct?

[low jackal]

make no sense, it is the other way around

[glass flume]

lol xD

but if its the other way around how does my old main save get whatever i pick up along the way of like items i find etc?

[low jackal]

you transfer the items back?

there is a limited amount of slots

like this

[glass flume]

so if i understand you correctly, if i do the expedition on a new save from the main menu there will be an option to save some items wich i will then be able to claim on my other save? (main one)

[low jackal]

no

Start from main menu:
Your save become a normal save after you finished expedition and you keep everything

[glass flume]

yes and that will be bad because i then will have 2 saves since i already put in 50 hours ish

[low jackal]

Start from an existing save (aka expeditiom terminal):
After you finished the expedition, you can transfer 8 tech and 24 items back to your main save, along with all the units/nanities/QS you have earned.
You also have the option to copy a MT and ship back

everything else is gone

(except expedition phase rewards and final reward

[glass flume]

right okay

so if i start from exisiting save i get to keep some stuff ( will then just pick whats most valuable), but atleast i wont have 2 saves where items are split up between them

so why would you ever do an expedition on a new save from the main menu unless you are a new player or you want to start over?

[low jackal]

idk, some people get attached to their expedition save

plus starting from an existing save is a relative new feature

before expedition like 12 or 11, you can only start a new save

[glass flume]

i already have a good weapon and ship etc on my exisiting save wich i would very much like to use on the expedition

plus alot of ressources

[low jackal]

good
you can put some resources for you to use in expedition

but you can only retrieve them after you reach the anomaly

[glass flume]

oooh so not everything i already have will be with me on the expedition, like my base and freighter etc?

only the stuff i put in the slots

[low jackal]

regardless of using new save or existing save you start the same at the beginning

[glass flume]

aah it like teleports you somewhere

[low jackal]

it is as if you are starting the game anew

you wake up on a planet etc etc

[glass flume]

right okay and when i complete the expedition i will return to where my base is and everything?

[low jackal]

kinda like 2 seperate modes in 1 save

you can freely switch between them

[glass flume]

ah okay

[low jackal]

and still keep your progress

[glass flume]

i think i have a better picture now. HG could have put in a proper explanation man..

thanks alot for you time answering my noob questions xD

[low jackal]

say in the middle of the expedition, you feel like returning to your normal save, you can just do that

[glass flume]

i see

[low jackal]

then after you are done in normal save, visit the expedition terminal again then you go back to doint expedition

hard to explain in words it will become clear once you do it

[glass flume]

right i will do one on my current save then

thanks alot!

[lusty slate]

Using an existing save to start the expedition and item/currency transfer wasn't implemented until Omega (expedition #12). Earlier this year. For expeditions 1-11 in the past, a new save was the only way.

There are various reasons players still opt for a new save so HG simply made both options available. Some don't like risking their 1k+ hour save file for any reason and keep expedition saves separate. Some are so deep in endgame that the resources you can take back barely affect anything. Some like to replay expeditions multiple times, which you can't do using an existing save. Etc.

[olive thorn]

so how exactly do i get pure ferrite and condenced carbon to repair my ship?

[cold tulip]

Refine ferrite/carbon

[olive thorn]

wasnt sure i had access to a refiner but it turns out i do

[quaint urchin]

Indeed, there should be a better Wiki page covering how Expeditions work now that you can start off of your main.

Just so you know, once you've reach the end of the Expedition off of your main save, go to the Terminal behind the Nexus in the Anomaly where you started the Expedition.

Place as many items in the slots as you can/want. The go to your ship, get in and back out to create a restore point. Then open the Options menu and select the option to Return to your primary save.

At this point you can go back to the Terminal and pull everything out as well as copy the ship and multi-tool without ending the Expedition.

Now you can create another restore point and go back to the Terminal in your main save and use the button there to Resume the Expedition.

Once you are back in the Expedition you can load up the Terminal again and repeat this process until you've moved everything from the Expedition save back to your main save (if you want to).

NOTE: Make sure you do not click on the End Expedition button. Once you do that it is over and everything you have not transferred will be converted to Nanites or Units.

Then, once you have transferred everything you care about, at that point you can actually end the Expedition.

[rose plume]

There is a guy in my lobby giving away absurd amounts of stuff

[ornate wing]

Yea it happens. Some peeps are just loaded with things.

[blazing fossil]

Welcome to The Anomaly.

[olive thorn]

welp i got my ship stuck

i cant summon it

i dont know what to do

HOW DO I GET TO My SHIP

I can’t get up there

[meager scroll]

Can't summon it on ground somewhere else?

[olive thorn]

It’s out of fuel

[meager scroll]

Try saving and reloading the game, after that summon it on ground

Game should give a bit of fuel to make it possible

[olive thorn]

quick question are infestation zones filled with biological horrors?

[snow ruin]

Feel free to make the wiki page better ;P

[dusty elm]

Got my bug outfit today, love it 😍

[copper trail]

finally finished it after kinda poking at it since it started (usually I blast through expeditions within a couple days but I was doing other stuff lol)

[dusty elm]

I was mostly procrastinating because I play on creative mode and I really wanted to try to get skills with fighting sentinels, ships and all that. I can't even believe that I beat this, but I learned a lot and it was actually fun. 😁

[dusty elm]

How did you get the 'Voyager' icons on your profile?

[copper trail]

#roles

[dusty elm]

I did that expedition and adrift but I didn't get the icon. I didn't know we could get them.

[meager scroll]

this is what peak performance looks like lol

[dusty elm]

[dusty elm]

Now I got some!

[ruby hollow]

Congrats

[dense fractal]

Need some help finding a creature with 12.0pav I have jumped about 10 times and I think I just have the worst luck

[wraith junco]

[olive thorn]

how the heck do you get fat of the land?

[snow ruin]

Mine stuff. Links to several people explaining in the pins

[olive thorn]

i dont see any

[snow ruin]

From the pins:

[quaint urchin]

Good point... Lol

[spice shadow]

Isnthis expedition good with a party?

Im a returning playee

Havent played in a year

[snow ruin]

Like almost all expeditions; use multiplayer at your own risk. More bugs (like program bugs) happen with MP compared to just playing without/solo

[spice shadow]

Gotchu thx

[pliant flower]

I’m having trouble getting the 900 resources in one burst

Any ideas?

[snow ruin]

Yup ;P

[pliant flower]

I did don’t see any helpful information it just has the question

[snow ruin]

Click the link ...

Did it help to actually follow the link?

[wintry void]

Put finger on mine, take finger off before it overheats, put finger back on before overheat bar drops to bottom

Keep doing that

[pliant flower]

Got it

[robust surge]

Looking to try an expedition for the first time. Anyone able to give advise on what to do and expect or any groups running that are willing to take a newb?

[hazy sparrow]

I had great trouble with this until I realized it was on some kind of timer. If you take too long to mine the next set of units, it will reset you back to zero.
Also, I did not confirm this, but it seems that, if you are, say, mining carbon, and you mine something that gives carbon and oxygen, that might reset it also. So be aware of mining "through" stuff. I finally got this by mining little carbon bushes and making sure there was NOTHING on the other side.

[void cairn]

How do I collect the optional objectives?

Can't claim the reward

[thick umbra]

#nms-expedition message

[simple mulch]

what would you prefer? a C Multitool with 4 turbo slots, or an A with 1?
Edith say: oh there is a multitool channel

[indigo falcon]

you can mix the resources, it's ok. just be relatively continuous about it. you can even recharge the mining beam in the middle if you are really fast about it

[indigo falcon]

once you're eligible (you dod the 50 toal kills for the first optional, or the 250 total for the 5th one, etc) you should be able to claim the reward right there like the other milestone rewards

[indigo falcon]

the a class one will eventually have more supercharged slots as you unlock them. if you're very picky about the layout, you might take the first multitool with the layout you want, nanites are a bit of a grind early on but later they get pretty easy

[turbid heart]

how do people do the Iron giant quest? I keep dying before reaching the final wave, I have only managed it once.

this is the multi-tool that I am currently using. I think i have got enough damage, I am not sure what else I can do to increase my defence

[meager scroll]

Settle on which weapon suits better your playstyle and use SC slots to boost that

Move the modules around to have more SC slots for that weapon

I can't tell if you got paralysis mortar installed or not, make use of that to temporarily disable specific Sentinels to focus on other units

[turbid heart]

ah okay

I am new to the game. I use pulse splitter quite a lot, how would you recommend to arrange it?

[rocky crystal]

Have you completed the Timberwolf quest? That rewards you with powerful minotaur neutron canon upgrades which makes destroying sentinels (and walkers) a breeze.

[turbid heart]

No I started the game on the expedition save. And I have got these upgrades on my minotaur, do you think I should go on a side quest to do the quest?

Sorry i meant to send thses

[rocky crystal]

Looks like you may already have. I put my S Neutron canons in the supercharge slots but I also installed the expedition rewards (minotaur legs, arms etc). The left arm with the Stun weapon is brilliant, same effects as the paralysis mortar that @meager scroll mentioned.

I also find switching to mining laser to pick up the dropped barrels for health much quicker than shooting them, I'd advise getting that fixed.

[turbid heart]

okay thank you for the help. I'll give those a try

[analog onyx]

how to 12.0 pav

9 days left

[snow ruin]

[analog onyx]

which one is portal?

i forgot...

[snow ruin]

Why do you need portal? Most of the systems from the pins are systems you should just be able to teleport to the station of (unless you don't visit the stations when you get to a system, that is)

Not to mention you would have to unlock all the glyphs to make proper use of a portal

[snow ruin]

Because they were the expedition milestone systems

[analog onyx]

ah

[analog onyx]

which one? if i may ask?

[snow ruin]

I think all of the pinned Apex Predator things are in expedition milestone systems. They should say which one they are in

[analog onyx]

ok thanks

well what about structures? for the eggs

[snow ruin]

Those were where you went for a lot of the "get there and read log" milestones for example.

Remember that you can do milestones "out of order". You don't have to finish the first tier before you can work on things in the other tiers

[analog onyx]

imsby got renamed to an ugly little planet

whant did bro do to deserve that

yay i did it

time to speed through the rest

[hexed bolt]

How do I do this?

[indigo falcon]

pin the mission, check the log. (hint: you need to kill a certain number of sentinels and/or biohorrors and/or bugs to qualify for the free item)

[hexed bolt]

Thanks

[analog onyx]

? last i remebered it was a community goal?

or am i misremembering

[robust surge]

Anyone planning to do the expedition and don't mind group a newb up?

[inland lynx]

even does the expedition end?

[meager scroll]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

Expedition 14: Liquidators

Event ends <t:1725282000> (<t:1725282000:R>)

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

[inland lynx]

thanks!

I finished the expedition’s main goals last month before I went on holiday. I get back on a few days. What do I need to do, if anything, to get the rewards for the community goals?

[fleet folio]

250 kills of various things

Just go and kill horrors, sentinels, and vile broods

Sooner or later you'll get it, especially with how horrors spawn at pretty much every POI in this

[nova scaffold]

i am on another NMS account, and in the Anomaly, trying to use that save to start the latest expedition. But it only shows the completion of the previous expedition?

anyone know if I made a mistake somewhere?

what it shows me at the Expedition Terminal.

[meager steppe]

Does anyone here happen to have parts for the Iron Vulture ship?

[meager scroll]

Try in #nms-lfg-or-trades

[meager scroll]

Are you trying to use a save you played previous exped with? Do you see an option to return to Primary save in pause menu?

[nova scaffold]

I do not see the option to return to Primary Save. 😦
I may have forgotten to exit the previous Expedition back to the Primary Save 😦

But I think I am back in the Primary Save because when I go to the Quicksilver merchant, I see the previous Expedition Rewards available there.

[ruby hollow]

The goals have been completed

[random lynx]

Expeditions are always fun. One of my favorite "season" events in games.

[snow ruin]

The community part of it is finished, now those who start doing it only has to do their personal minimum "contribution" to get the milestones.

[robust surge]

So no reason to join as a group then and just go solo?

[hexed bolt]

on PC how do you fire a grenade?

[olive thorn]

im assuming this is on the same planet as the point or is it in the system on the diffrent planet?

[median ember]

My brother in ATLAS

😂

I have pointed out the planet in next image too

[olive thorn]

i see that now

[robust surge]

Okay I am still trying to figure out the expedition thing. What do I take? How do I obtain blueprints of my ship and multitool to take with me?

[snow ruin]

Should be right click.

[olive thorn]

so what are considered targets for the grenade milestone

[snow ruin]

From the pins: #nms-questions message

[snow ruin]

Anything you can attack with your MT, mostly

[olive thorn]

even rocks or plants?

[snow ruin]

You don't attack those, in my mind.

What does the milestone specifically say anyway?

[fickle night]

Even on Esc?

[olive thorn]

hit 4 targets with one grenade

its a lot more difficult cause bio horrors wont group up together and animals wont either

[snow ruin]

Have you tried looking at the pins, there are some tips for it there

But yeah, biohorrors do clump up, since I got that milestone on them

[olive thorn]

yeah theirs no pins with hints on that milestone

[snow ruin]

Yes, there are XD

[snow ruin]

From the pins:

And underneath that is an explanation

[olive thorn]

im currently looking for the apex predator on a planet which 100% has it the annoying part is that its underground

[nova scaffold]

got my solution in #nms-questions . had to remove the items before the new expedition would appear.

[fickle night]

Niceee :D

[olive thorn]

anybody have an idea on how to easily find the apex predator on the planet im on the planet has the animal im looking for but i cant find said animal it says its underground

[ocean gorge]

Question, before I start the expedition, if I’m using an existing save, can I at least use a ship and MT of my choosing so I don’t have to use a crappy C hauler or something?

[warm sedge]

you can carry over your primary ship and multitool after unlocking the nexus in the expedition, but it does cost nanites

[snow ruin]

Some info: #nms-questions message

[ocean gorge]

Thanks!

[olive thorn]

so do i have to be in the minotaur to and kill things or if minotaur kills things while under ai does that also count?

how do i get a nutrient processor? do i have to reserch it?

[cold tulip]

Count for what milestone?

[cold tulip]

I believe you get it form a milestone, but i just got mine at the anomaly

[thick umbra]

Mission Provocateur - Steal Whispering Eggs gives you one

[mortal shoal]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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Expedition 14: Liquidators

Event ends <t:1725282000> (<t:1725282000:R>)

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

[olive thorn]

ok how do i get an advanced mining laser i dont see any milestones that provide it and i need it to get mould for nanites

[slate inlet]

oh no.

[snow ruin]

Anomaly

[olive thorn]

can someone help me with the expedition

i need help with the deep sea monstrosites milestone and the corrupted sentinels milestone

[wintry void]

You need this for deep sea monstrosities, click on the green glowing balls in right picture, then kill thing that comes out. I did on start planet in ocean

[olive thorn]

im no longer on the starting planet but i can find a ocean planet

[wintry void]

You should be good as long as its fairly deep

[olive thorn]

and what about the corrupted sentienls do i just find a dissonance planet

[granite ridge]

One of the later drop zone systems is a dissonant one (drop 4 iirc), one Planet Show corrupted sentinels in the scan details while in space

[pliant flower]

I started my expedition from my main save and I can’t find anything telling me if I’ll be able to edit the bases I made there after I end the expedition any info? (As in the expedition bases not my main saves)

[drifting warren]

I still haven't received the liquidator minotaur upgrades, even tho I finished everything, and I saw the optionals were done

[snow ruin]

Did you try building them in the minotaur?

[granite ridge]

Once you finished, the bases will get added to our main save with installed tech

You may have to redo terrain modifications

[granite ridge]

Did you claim them from the qs vendor? First option,not exp rewards

(those that were listed as "already collected" before the recent patch)

[unkempt kraken]

@drifting warren
-# to view info below, enable embeds

<:info:850810445577453658> Liquidator techs not available on tech install list even though I've claimed them before the 5.05 patch already

Known issue. Goto Quicksilver Shop again, and just reclaim the Liquidator techs, then they should appear in your Minotaur's tech install list. Type !hg in #bot-spam if still not fixed for you.

Shared by: bkay201 Contributor(s): Atlas Emissaries

[pliant flower]

Thanks

[normal orbit]

Is it possible to find expedition planets on main save, does someone have coordinates for stage 5 planet, during the expedition i found corrupted sentinel planet near it. There were cool animals, flying spheres. Really want to tame them.

[granite ridge]

the planets are listed with coordinates in the pins

[normal orbit]

If some one understand what planet it was and have coordinates for it directly, would be perfect

[normal orbit]

thanks

[vapid pendant]

Any word about the Light No Fire yet?

[olive thorn]

its not out yet

[wraith venture]

#light-no-fire

[trail iron]

So what the F am I doing wrong. I can't get the "4 in one shot" achievement in ANY way I can contrive

and no, the pin doesnt help.

Can we use ANY other weapon than the plasma one, becasue it's not doing anything.

does the shot have to KILL them as wellas hit them?

[ornate wing]

Use the minotar cannon

Find a infested structure. Let the swarm settle down. Then pop a egg

Almost 100% 4 at least crawl out really close, so if you spam it shoot they should all die at once on the final hit

[trail iron]

does that count? it says to use plasma cannon

[ornate wing]

Does it? I thought it was just really any AOE weapon

[trail iron]

ANSWER: You dont have to HIT them like it says, you have to KILL them in one shot

[trail iron]

we need to fix the expedition pin for the "hit 4 with a grenade" stage - it requires you to KILL the four, not just hit them

[drifting ravine]

Hello all

I am new on NMS

Having a few issues to complete missions

I am on PS4

And right now I got no PS+

Or PSN

So if anyone could help me out, that would be great,

[remote thunder]

what do you need help with?

[drifting ravine]

Hi bk201 let me change my hdmi

brb

Subterranean Veins

Locating planetary hotsposts

hotspots**

The sentis are everywhere

I keep suppressing them but they keep coming back

-.-

[remote thunder]

okay, so, is the planet an aggressive sentinel planet?

[drifting ravine]

yes

[remote thunder]

is this a nexus mission?

[drifting ravine]

yes

[remote thunder]

watch that video. one of the tricks with sentinels is, if you quickly dash read melee jetpack away from an aggressive sentinel that's coming in to scan you, but not too far away, just far away enough that it looses track of you (and eventually returns to just roaming around the planet)... as long as you don't move too far away, the game won't ever spawn another sentinel to replace that one, that one that you know where it is (either by visual contact, or visor)

[drifting ravine]

I can hear the sounds, the video isn't playing though.

[remote thunder]

hmm discord being weird again :\ sorry

[drifting ravine]

Ill give it a few mins...

Maybe it's just my connection

[remote thunder]

nah, i get that sometimes when people post videos too

probably just discord doing compression first or something

[drifting ravine]

Bloody hell so that's why they kept coming back to me

Mofos

I kept running away and hid in the SlyMoon

Sorry

My jet

**

[remote thunder]

@drifting ravine do you know how to melee jetpack already?

[drifting ravine]

Yes

[remote thunder]

yeah, exactly, if you just keep running forever, game will eventually just respawn them near you again, "detecting" you

[drifting ravine]

-.-

Fak they are after me again

=.=

[remote thunder]

that's aggressive sentinel planets. there's a way to shut them down, but it would require you doing things that you're most likely not ready for yet

[drifting ravine]

i am gtfo here

[remote thunder]

basically, the most important thing is not to panic

but it might be a little too much for you to absorb all at once

don't hop in your ship with an active wanted level - it will spawn sentinel ships after you 😅

[drifting ravine]

Incoming storm

But I am in the ship and flying

BUT

1 senti level active......................

-.-

Ill go off planet

That should keep them away

[remote thunder]

sentinel ships will most likely spawn after you, but you can just dash to the station or a npc freighter to kill wanted level

[wraith venture]

which pin are you referring to?

[drifting ravine]

Why does the wanted level stays the same?

-.-

[remote thunder]

after going to space? well, because sentinels are and can get to everywhere

[drifting ravine]

This sounds like in the movie John Wick

"Tell them Winston, I'll kill them all..."

[remote thunder]

@drifting ravine question: are you playing expedition 14, or just a normal mode save?

[drifting ravine]

nms

not exp14

[remote thunder]

these questions can go in #nms-questions 😉

[drifting ravine]

Roger that

[remote thunder]

not that it's not fine asking them here

[drifting ravine]

thanks BK

[remote thunder]

anytime, feel free to ask, someone will get to you asap 🙂

[wraith venture]

Bkay helped clarify what you were referring to. The pin Devilin* created for us simply uses the language that's used in-game by the way. HG's description for 4 hits = 4 kills

[wooden hawk]

Had a late start but after 3 days of play, Expedition 14 complete! T'was a fun one

[summer kraken]

Better than Adrift in my opinion-

[wooden hawk]

Adrift had that liminal space feel to it. Eerie in the sense of seeing a space you KNOW should be filled with people but is instead inexplicably empty. The wrongness of it gives you goosebumps and and a strong sense of unease. I liked Adrift just because of how UNIQUE it felt, no other expedition has given me the same uneasy feeling

[summer kraken]

The objectives themselves had a lot of bullshit in it that stopped me from appreciating that.

Activated Copper. Why tf was it so hard to find it for no reason-

[fleet folio]

Most likely because all the expedition areas are in Euclid (which is a "normal" galaxy), and you're most likely to find a planet with the right conditions for the Activated metals in a "harsh" galaxy

[finite owl]

Are there any quests that are easier to complete in the starting planet/system?

[fickle night]

There's a quest about apex predator, you can found the fish to scan in the ocean (not lake)

[finite owl]

I did finish that a few mins ago, so other than that, I am good too leave?

[trail iron]

how do i grenade 4 creatures

[trail iron]

yes the language HG used is wrong. It's kills. I know well, after 40 minutes of failure and one half second of success.

we have a pin in this channel for the question, leading to this #nms-expedition message
which doesn't say kill

[wraith venture]

Well, pretty sure that's still what HG meant by hits, even if it feels confusing. I would've used "kills" for the wording personally.

[wraith venture]

Bkay probably explained it best here: #nms-questions message
He said he may run some tests to see if he can experience the issue you were describing. I'm honestly not sure if it's a possible lag problem. Did you make sure you had multiplayer disabled just in case? I usually disable that to trouhleshoot weird glitches.

[trail iron]

Im saying we need to use kills so the next poor sap who checks our pins doesnt spend 30 minutes wasitng their time like i did

and yes, i tried multiple planets, multiplayer off, multiple TYPES of foe - bugs, biohorros, sentinels (red and puro) animals, etc

[wraith venture]

Well, like I said, that pin created by @hollow shore is just showing the wording from the game. Not necessarily our own wording...

[trail iron]

then i got the upgrade and moved it to a SC slot and the first shot i shot completed it.

[wraith venture]

@fringe agate or @karmic whale do either of you happen to have any suggestions to help address this issue Lodestone is describing, being unable to kill 4 biohorrots with their grenade launcher per the expedition's milestone?

[wraith venture]

Oh good, I'm glad you got it in the end. I guess the MT tech was just not powerful enough. Although Bkay said that it worked for him without upgrades.

[trail iron]

whatever, im just saying we want to help people, we need to either fix the wording, or note the wording issue.

[wraith venture]

I'm not sure if a lot of people have brought up this issue though, misunderstanding hits vs kills.

[karmic whale]

oh, when they first emerge from the ground, there's a group of six. so, grenade-ing that spot should get it down quickly. if not, supercharging and upgrades.

[trail iron]

Trust me i tried the rising bit. IT's the fact that players need ot upgrade so it KILLS that I'm saying we need to ... you know what nvm., I tried.

i dont see th epoint of this channel pins if we're not going to include all the pertinent info

[karmic whale]

hm. i didn't specifically set out to achieve this milestone, it just happened. maybe the game is intentionally trying to make players say "oh, this didn't work - i need to make it stronger."

[wraith venture]

Phase 4 - Fire in the Hole Milestone

You must get 4 biohorror kills with a grenade.
Make sure to get your grenade launcher upgraded if you're struggling with this milestone. Ask the channel for tips.

when they first emerge from the ground, there's a group of six. so, grenade-ing that spot should get it down quickly. if not, supercharging and upgrades.
#nms-expedition message

[trail iron]

Thank you. That's all i was asking for / saying

[wraith venture]

Ty Weasel. Added that to the pin.

[wraith venture]

Well, you were asking me to update a specific pin that servers a very different purpose

Perhaps next time just ask to add a pin.

[trail iron]

and like i said, once i upgraded it, after 40 minutes of everthing, I wrent down and my first random toss at a natural group of 4 striders roaming wildly aroud a depression, done.

so it's 100% a problem of "needs to be kill"

[faint mesa]

I wonder if HG tweaked this milestone... when I did it, I did with a bunch of sentinels and it worked fine. No upgrades on the mutltitool.

[void cairn]

Where would I find an apex predator?

At 12 or greater

[faint mesa]

Check pins -- almost every rendezvous system has a planet with one, you can clear the milestone in two different planets on the starting system even

[void cairn]

Oh right, thanks

What do you mean by rendezvous system?

[granite ridge]

The ones with a Dropzone

[void cairn]

Gotcha

[granite ridge]

Rendezvous was the name used for Previous expeditions

[void cairn]

To be honest, I'd rather go back to my main save asap. Doing this expedition to see how it is and for the rewards.

Much rather explore and build then do combat in NMS :P

[faint mesa]

Well, it's a relatively short expedition 🙂

[void cairn]

I'm still figuring out NMS in 2024, after all these updates it's a lot to catch up with

Probably shorter for someone who knows what they're doing

How do I crush the grub?

[faint mesa]

If on PC, just press E when you have it on your inventory (while in a planet)

...and brace for the fight

[void cairn]

Where is it? Or where can it be found?

[faint mesa]

Oh, ok, some planets have them, they spawn on the ground, easy to find

Analysis visor will tell you (I don't quite remember the icon lol)

[void cairn]

Oh yeah, I remember that now. What about the whispering eggs?

I seem to only destroy them

[faint mesa]

Yeah, you use mining beam on them, and when they "break" a larval core appears (but it disappears after some seconds, so you need to grab it quickly)

Fortunately every infested building has plenty of whispering eggs

(Expedition always leads you to one on drop zones)

[void cairn]

Got 6 of them just now, nice. Thanks

Appreciate you giving me quick answers to lazy questions

[faint mesa]

You can refine them into nanites on a great ratio if you need it 😆

No problem!

[void cairn]

What's the ratio?

[faint mesa]

1:50 if I recall correctly

[void cairn]

Whoa

Not bad

BTW, are the minotaur parts you get the same ones you can purchase for QS at the anomaly?

[faint mesa]

Yep. Completing the expedition will make them free for you

[void cairn]

Damn, I bought one. Should have looked it up

[faint mesa]

To be more precise, they are tied to those community milestones... so technically you wouldn't even need to complete the expedition
You just need to "do your part" lol.

i.e. kill bugs, sentinels etc.

[void cairn]

Got it

Is there a way to go backwards on the path in the galaxy map? If I wanted to retrace my steps

[faint mesa]

You can use the teleporter on space stations... name of the relevant systems here #nms-expedition message

[void cairn]

I visited Eardog Sigma... wouldn't that show up under Visited Systems?

Ah, nevermind. I found it :D

I see how it works.

Wish I could organize it, unless I'm missing something

[faint mesa]

I think they appear on the teleporter in the order you visited them

(And that's another thing: only systems whose space stations you landed on will show on the teleporter, so it's good practice to visit space stations of important systems)

[void cairn]

That is something I try to always do.

I came across a derelect freighter when travelling through a system. I went to land on it and go into it but the door won't open. The command to unseal it keeps displaying but nothing happens. Any way to fix that or is it bugged?

Not expedition related, I know

[faint mesa]

If you have the emergency signal scanner on your inventory (and found the derelict by using it), it should work...
If it doesn't, possibly a bug yes. (Never happened to me; for this I'd seek help from the legends at #nms-questions)

[void cairn]

I just came across it with no scanner

Random event

[faint mesa]

Yeah, these you can't access (for that matter I think you can't even land on them lol, weird if you managed)

[void cairn]

Definitely landed and waypoint is still there for the event. I was able to get to the cache of supplies right outside what I assume to be the main door

Maybe it was someone elses?

[faint mesa]

Hmm, possibly, if you have MP enabled

[void cairn]

I do

Must be it

[faint mesa]

You do need to run a derelict on this expedition, right? I don't quite remember anymore lol.

If you do, disable MP before doing it lol.

[void cairn]

Let me check

[faint mesa]

...oh. Apparently you don't.

[void cairn]

Is that the glitchd out milestone?

Ok

[faint mesa]

Guess it was on Adrift...

[void cairn]

It'd be cool if they made all the expeditions replayable content

People complain that NMS lacks structure and that could give it some

I'm not one of those

[void cairn]

Last question, what about the underwater horrors? I just killed one but it didn't count?

The abyssal horror

[faint mesa]

Make sure you have the milestone selected (mostly for safety)
You are looking for alluring specimen

It's a red icon, you find it in deep sea

[void cairn]

Thanks, got it working

[snow ruin]

That one is about getting 900 resources...

[pliant flower]

Mornin

[frigid depot]

Whats the best way to get the "Hit 4 targets with one grenade" misson?

[cursive forge]

I say go to a structure or mess with a whispering egg, find a high point before the horrors spawn, then nab them with a Grenade when they spawn!! I did it on a dead planet and aimed while in the sky with my jet pack

[snow ruin]

😆

[analog onyx]

any airless planets in the systems?

im having a hard time finding e g g

[meager scroll]

Check out Nexus missions to kill X monstrosities

Those will lead you to abandoned buildings with eggs

[cedar crypt]

why are the expedtions so time consuming

[tired condor]

I’m on a dissonant world but there aren’t any sentinels, do I need to find one with high sentinel activity?

[snow ruin]

You can often do them in less than 5 hours.

[cedar crypt]

then i am just stupide

[snow ruin]

Nah, I said you can. If you're not just focusing on getting through as quick as possible you can spend a lot of time.
But you could look at guides on YouTube for example

[wintry void]

Lol I remember when expeditions took days or a week....hours is nothing

[cedar crypt]

got phase 1 now so your time is pretty accurate

[fleet folio]

Dissonant worlds are effectively "high activity" worlds, except that instead of normal sentinels, you get corrupted sentinels. They'll still react to the same things as normal sentinels on high activity worlds... and if memory serves, killing a bunch is the objective of expedition milestone

[stuck plaza]

I'd rather a longer expedition for the simple reason that the stuff you can find!!

[lavish rapids]

About to load in for the first time, are there any items that would be really useful to load with me?

[trail iron]

Remember it requires you KILL the four targets

so you may need upgrades

[sick mulch]

Is the last item reward || a grub sticker or decoration?|| I can’t figure out what it is

[quaint root]

Is the expedition still going??

Thank you! How long do I have left??😭

[snow ruin]

😜

[quaint root]

😮 Oh! I didn't know that! Thank you, I'll keep that in mind for next time 😄

[snow ruin]

It's easy to forget about

But the Expedition channel usually keeps a pin of the information about the timeline and such

[cedar crypt]

do you keep the minotaur armor from the expedetion if you play the expedetion on a different save than your main?

[snow ruin]

You'll have access to build it on other saves, yes

[lavish rapids]

Quickly found all the animals on the first planet except the apex predator. At about an hour into the expedition was about to leave, but found an alluring specimen. Went over to it and spawned the horror after taking the first core. As soon as I killed the horror, had several of the eels spawn and then completed the apex predator.

[quasi echo]

Do I keep the ||animal companion|| you get from the secret final objective? I joined the expedition via the Anomaly terminal but I heard you just get to transfer a ship and multitool

[snow ruin]

You can't transfer it back, but you can get it from the vendor

[quasi echo]

atp I'm wondering if I should just make a fresh save and run the expedition back

[snow ruin]

Check #nms-questions message and #nms-questions message

[sharp glacier]

Probably won't get to complete many phases of this expedtion but I am wondering how the rewards work. I created a new save and I see that phase 2 has an optional milestone that gives liquidator left arm plans. Do I claim this on the expedition save? How will I get those rewards to my main?

[snow ruin]

Yes, you claim it on the expedition and it will be available in all other saves like other final expedition rewards

[sharp glacier]

Alright thanks, also I can claim them through the quicksilver guy in the anomaly right?

[wraith heath]

Hey quick question about ending expedition and going back to main save.
I heard your stuff is converted back to units at the end, does that include stuff in your freighter's cargo and all of your ships' cargo?

[faint mesa]

The minotaur parts specifically, you claim on the normal QS shop.
Available to all players, free of charge for those who completed the associated milestones

[fierce aspen]

I'm at a standstill here. I originally ended the expedition by clicking the final reward to get the jetpack. It ended the expedition so I could not use the Expedition Terminal. So I restored a manual backup save from before then. I have not accepted the final reward yet and went to complete the expedition at the Expedition Terminal and it is inaccessible to complete or pause the expedition. Not sure how to complete this.

[remote thunder]

1. claim and complete all milestones, all phase rewards, and the final expedition reward

that will tell the game that you've completed expedition, now go interact with the expedition terminus

first, there should be an end expedition button:

[fierce aspen]

Ok, I'll try that. If it doesn't work, I'll assume my save bugged somehow. Thank you

[remote thunder]

post a screenshot of that expedition terminus first interaction so we can see what you're seeing

[faint pelican]

Has there been a patch that makes the expedition more difficult when doing the walker milestone?

[fierce aspen]

This is what I see before selecting E

[remote thunder]

no, interact, and take a screenshot

[remote thunder]

nope, not that i'm aware of

[fierce aspen]

I'm also wondering if I may have not started it correctly from the terminal. Should the saves be different files?

[remote thunder]

not if you started expedition from an existing save

[faint mesa]

You started from a new save it seems Let's, uh, scratch that. 😅

[remote thunder]

not necessarily

it will overwrite the mode in the main menu when in expedition

[full pewter]

Same with the adrift one

[remote thunder]

it will keep the same name after complete and converted

[faint mesa]

Oh, I see

[fierce aspen]

Adrift was from a new save

[faint mesa]

It was just oddly close to my menu in appearance, which was a new save, but I was looking at playtime, which doesn't tell much of a story I guess. 😅

[remote thunder]

this tells me they started from existing save

neither would be there if they hadn't

[faint mesa]

Oh, ok. Makes sense.

[remote thunder]

so from here should be easy to see what's up, we just need a screenshot of the interaction screen

[fierce aspen]

This is what i see after accepting the final reward

[remote thunder]

good

that's fine

accept.

now interact with the expedition terminus, and take a screenshot

wait.

what?

convert to standard?

something's not right

lol

[faint pelican]

Are aggressive sentinel planets more difficult? Like the sentinels more difficult with the laser shooting guys? I have completed the expedition once, am now completing for a second time and keep dying to the 3rd and 4th wave before even getting to walker lever. Can’t figure out what I am doing differently except for maybe upgrades on multitool or the planet being aggressive vs high activity.

[fierce aspen]

Now the terminal is telling me to start a new expedition

[remote thunder]

@fierce aspen did you start this expedition from existing save or from main menu through a new save?

[faint mesa]

Shouldn't be different, only difference is between corrupted sentinels and normal ones

[fierce aspen]

Could have sworn I started from the terminal.

This is my first time using terminal so I may have messed up

[remote thunder]

aggressive sentinel planets will spawn stronger reinforcements yes - for example, instead of a summoner spawning 2 combat units and a healer, it might spawn 3 combat units and 2 healers on an aggressive sentinel planet.

[remote thunder]

i clipped this from the first screenshot you posted: it would seem so, that you had started from existing

[faint mesa]

Wait, the waves change?
(Gosh I'm missing all my shots today lol)
That's good info to have...

[faint pelican]

Ahhhh this helps a lot.
Thank you. I rarely die and have died three times to those laser shooting sentinels. Can’t get away from their lasers. Never had this much trouble before. Scared to try again.

[remote thunder]

yeah, aggressive sentinel planets will be more aggressive on the spawns - it helps with farming glass

[remote thunder]

i would strongly recommend having paralysis mortar and voltaic amp installed. voltaic amp is a passive, but para mortar is basically going to be your opener, and crowd control, on your alt fire. then you've got your primary fire, with your weapon of choice.

[remote thunder]

i'm not quite sure you messed up anywhere tbh.

hmm

well

in any case, it says it has converted to a normal mode save, so it should now be running alone amidst the stars (which will turn to awakenings' final stage)

can you confirm?

[fierce aspen]

Yep.

[remote thunder]

then yeah, it did convert to normal. this tells us something different, that you started this expedition from main menu, not from an existing save

conflicting data input --kzzt--

[fierce aspen]

So for science sake, would it be possible to redo the expedition from my main save from the Expedition terminal?

[remote thunder]

definitely

!exptime

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[fierce aspen]

Ok, there is still time left, I'll see if i can get it done by then and see how it turns out. Thanks for all your help!!!

[remote thunder]

do note that, the phase, the optionals with the liquidator blueprints, the cocoon egg, the final expedition rewards - those were all unlocked account wide, they can be claimed once per save, any save under the same account

goto anomaly/quicksilver shop, check create quicksilver items option for the liquidator bps unlock, and claim expedition rewards option for the rest

[fierce aspen]

ok, what I was wanting from the save is to copy the multitool back to main save. I'll see if i can get enough of the expedition done to see if it works.

[remote thunder]

ah gotcha, yeah, then follow that plan, it should work just fine

[faint pelican]

Thank you. That’s very helpful.

[dusty elm]

When I entered the Liquidator expedition I used an existing save (Adrift expedition save) Will it show the Adrift gone and show the Liquidator expedition title in it's place once I end the Liquidator? Here's a pic of my saved games. Adrift disappeared when I used it for Liquidator.

[low jackal]

you mean the save name?

pretty sure you can just change that in the pause menu

[dusty elm]

Ok, and where can I find the pause menu?

[low jackal]

uh, when you pause the game?

Rename Current Save?

[dusty elm]

Thanks for showing me that 👍

[wanton raft]

Damn, it still looks like they still have that bug/feature where the MT class upgardes in the expedition don't upgrade from A to S!

[median ember]

standard is the new standard...lol

[median ember]

HOW???????

[void cairn]

What's an easy way to get fat of the land?

[meager scroll]

I'd recommend finding a dissonant barren planet, with lots of small rocks, plants and crystals

Full charge on mining beam, pulse it on and off to keep it from overheating, mine all the small stuff you see

[void cairn]

Wait you can pulse it? I thought it had to be one go?

[meager scroll]

I kept turning it on and off to make it last as long as possible and it worked for me

[void cairn]

That'll probably do it, thanks a lot :)

[lavish rapids]

Finally found a dissonant system system for next to last item, and saw a marker about an s class interceptor. I had to land somewhere, so stopped there to check things out, and it was a pilot offering to sell his ship. When I inspected, noticed the 73 million price, and then that one of the options was claim for free. I hit that thinking that was about having empty ship slots, but it actually did give me the ship.

Can't imagine I came up with that much money after one day, so something seemed odd.

[lavish rapids]

About 270LY from starting system is this one (Egze-Koye). It has a corrupted sentinel planet and a barren planet (makes the fat of the land easier).

[cedar crypt]

Any advice on how to do the ,,mine 900 resources without pausing,, quest?

[meager scroll]

#nms-expedition message

[cedar crypt]

thanks

[haughty atlas]

Are there any items i should bring before starting the expedition??

[cedar crypt]

what do i need for the cooking quest and whats the fastest way to get nanit in the expedetion?

[cedar crypt]

maybe (idk if that works i alaways start new saves) something you can sell for nanit you need 6000 for a quest

[hollow zealot]

!exptime

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[trail iron]

If you haven't played with the red sentinels for a LONG time, then The Quads (dogs) have been juiced up with longer lasers and better tracking AI - personally, I use the "persoanl force field" multitool item to counter this problem. But this happened many many months ago.

[dusty elm]

Hi, are you asking how he got to this area in order to change the name? If yes, it's under the options tab. I never noticed it there before in the lower right hand corner. I got all of mine changed now, no more guessing.

[median ember]

No I am asking the two different expedition saves at same time showing expedition active... And one has 172 hours on it...

*183

[dusty elm]

Their both showing active because The Voyager hasn't been finalized yet and Utopia I never completed, so didn't finalize it.

[faint pelican]

Tysm!

[acoustic jacinth]

Anything new about the Expedition?

[meager scroll]

New as in?

Expedition 14 Liquidators is still running

There was a patch to fix some bugs and to give us option to paint the Liquidator mech pieces

[median ember]

Use a plasma launcher and blast anything away...
If you have that installed...
Be mindful of fact that they are bombs...
And can bounce back...
So... POINT AWAY FROM YOURSELF...LOL

[faint pelican]

Thank you for suggestion!

[low pivot]

I am pretty new to the game. Expedition worth doing? Only 10 hours in so far.

[wintry void]

Worth it yes, but you might struggle, as you need to know basics

[low pivot]

Basics of? What exactly?

[indigo falcon]

basic game mechanics. do you know how the different sorts of sentinels attack, how most efficiently to take them out? do you know or have a preference for the best weapon and upgrade combo for your multitool? do you know the gotchas around using the plasma launcher (required by one milestone)?

@low pivot

[cyan solstice]

How often do they open expeditions from the past for us to replay?

[indigo falcon]

once a year at the end of the year, that year's expeditions are usually rerun, each condensed to take about 2 weeks instead of 6

[low pivot]

Don't know half of that. What is best tool, ship or weapon.

[indigo falcon]

well 'best' depends on how you play, there's some trial and error to decide what you like

I would say toplay for a week and then hop into the expedition but given it ends on Sept 2 there's not time for that

[low pivot]

If I start expedition today, can't finish it?

I play casually, not looking for super epic stuff. Just normal play.

[indigo falcon]

so about multitool weapons, do you like up close and personal, or rapid fire at a distance? loud blam for a lot of damage and then duck behind cover? the choice is really up to you (yes you could finish it, might want to read the pins in here for tips)

[low pivot]

That's very creative. I will check out the pins and try out the weapon types. See what works for me. Thank you.

[indigo falcon]

you will get given most/all of those weapons on the expedition so you can experiment with them to see what you like under which circumstances

sounds great, have a good time!

[low pivot]

Thanks! Will start my expedition tonight. It's alright if I haven't finish the main storyline? Still looking for Artemis.

[wintry void]

There are guides on YouTube, so in theory you can complete, but like I said it won't teach you basic mechanics like how to get a walker, or where to find corrupted sentinels and stuff

[indigo falcon]

oh sure, no problem. and honestly your new save will probably be much more powerful than the existing save when you're done

just be prepared to ask google a lot 😄

[low pivot]

Haha will google fu no problem

[wintry void]

Expeditions arnt aimed at newer people, except the 1 that was basically a long tutorial

[low pivot]

I will test drive this expedition. How often do they occur?

[indigo falcon]

3-4 a year typically

we might get one more or we might not, before the repeats at the end of the year

we ought to get one more update though

[low pivot]

Sweet. Looking forward to it then. It's no big loss if I don't manage to finish this expedition. Ty again for your help and time. Much appreciated!

[cyan solstice]

Thank you

[cedar crypt]

How do you find underwater structures for the blood in the water quest

[snow ruin]

You don't need underwater structures for anything, IIRC

[cedar crypt]

but how do i find the underwater monster?

i normally only find them near structures

[snow ruin]

Read the description well and find the things it actually tells you to find?

It's not the "saurons eye" monsters

[cedar crypt]

then maybe its a translation problem

[snow ruin]

It tells you Alluring Specimen

So I guess it was more of a reading problem

[cedar crypt]

i think it was a translation problem cause in my langueage it says fight 3 abyssal horrors and the only abyss horrors i know are the eyes

and where do i find these alluring speciem?

[snow ruin]

I really doubt it doesn't tell you to go after Alluring Specimen, unless you can prove it doesn't ;P

[cedar crypt]

and how do i find these alluring speciem i spent 35min killing everything i saw underwater and found not a single alluring speciem @snow ruin

[sand spruce]

Does someone now where the apex predator is that you need for a milestone

[silent knot]

see the pins in this channel for some options
starting planet has an eel

[snow ruin]

Use your Visor and they show up as a red square XD

[indigo falcon]

more specifically, it's a red icon with a white orb in it @cedar crypt

[ancient kernel]

I used aqua jet, landed on the ocean and just swam down until i found the alluring specimen, you grab those and they spawn:)

[tough latch]

Idk if the bug is still active but try restarting your game then going to a new planet and just hunt for every creature. Worked for me

[wraith junco]

!exptime

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[sand spruce]

Thy

[cold tulip]

Starter planet, on the ocean. Its like an big eel

[faint mesa]

Only one week left, holy... time flies.

But I'm glad, means Worlds pt. 2 may be closer. 😆

[quick stag]

Words dont come easy to me...

[faint mesa]

@lost geyser are you doing this one? Don't leave it for the last 8h 😆

[lost geyser]

awh no bahahahahaha

😂😂

when does it end 😮

[faint mesa]

You have one week!

[lost geyser]

AHH

[faint mesa]

Plenty of time

[lost geyser]

okay okay thanks for letting me know bahahahah

I'll try starting it in a day or 2

:]]]]

[rare spruce]

What should i put for my starting equipment for this expedition

[ancient kernel]

you'll be fine start from scratch won't take long to get going

[grave axle]

is there a way to get the rewards from previous Expedition events?

[fiery cairn]

I've heard you need to wait till they run them back.

[random nest]

Where do we find the 12.0 creature for the expedition

[exotic fiber]

ok so i too am working on Blood in the Water. I found an Alluring Specimen, swam up to it, and didn't know what to do. I was able to gather the hadal cores at the end of its several antennas when I got close enough to each of them, but that didnt seem to make any difference. I swam all the way up to the rock that I assume there is a creature hiding inside of, close enough that my face was pressed against it, but it didnt do anything. I then tried shooting it with a weapon, and then mined it, but that just made it disappear.
What am supposed to do?

[meager scroll]

Collecting the hadal cores from antennas should eventually spawn a big angry fish that you need to kill

You need 3 kills to complete this milestone if memory serves right

[exotic fiber]

im guessing theres a % chance of the fish coming out every time i pull off a hadal core, and because of how probability works, there's also a chance i can pull off all the cores from a given specimen without a fish spawning

[meager scroll]

Have you changed any difficulty settings for the expedition?

[exotic fiber]

no

[exotic fiber]

AHA! I got one! wow that was an awkward fight

[wanton raft]

Does liquidator skin make the minotar more badass or is it just for show?

[faint mesa]

Well, it gives the minotaur a flamethrower... but that's it I guess.

[wanton raft]

The thing sure does get broken down a lot! Any way to toughen it up?

Don't get me wrong. It's awesome. I just want to be more awesome.

[faint mesa]

I think some tech modules you buy make it thougher... but I didn't put mine in combat many times to be honest

[wanton raft]

Well I don't think it has shields right? Would like to know what modules make it tougher if any.

What I've found when driving it and not letting it fight automatically it to just hop and keep a good distance from the targets.

[faint mesa]

I had the impression the engine ones made it better, not necessarily thougher... not sure. 😅
It was damaged in the first battle without modules, it was fine after the second battle with modules, and that was all my experience with it.

Now I just use the minotaur to fool around

[tulip karma]

Where can I go to complete Apex Predator?

Have acquired 4 rendezvous points.

[faint mesa]

Most of them (or all of them, not sure, it's on pinned messages) have creatures that complete the milestone

If you are in trouble, just try going back to the starting system. Two planets with such creatures, including the one you started on

[wanton raft]

Wish the MT upgrade rewards would upgrade from A to S.

Last expedition I recall it was the ship class upgrades which had that problem. This time it's the MTs.

[ancient kernel]

Try most water planets, the big worm looking things swimming about in the majority usually have around what you'll need

[void cairn]

What do I do with the egg we get from the expedition? No way to get it back to main save

[granite ridge]

You can collect it as one of the expedition rewards on your main save