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[teal oar]

Nah it’s just rng. During expedition im mostly short on toxic waste

[merry jolt]

Any exclusive rewards worth grinding for?

Haven’t played much of this event

[remote thunder]

personally, i feel that the heirloom set alone is worth it

@merry jolt here's the phases and final expedition rewards

[merry jolt]

Interesting, i’ll have to check it! Thank you

[remote thunder]

so base building decorations, colossus customization parts, and the heirloom set

[merry jolt]

if i click on the blue “link” parts does it actually show me what the rewards look like?

Idk what any of these looks like lol but they sound cool

[remote thunder]

for images and video of the corvette parts, as well as images of the heirloom set, i'd suggest scrolling this page https://www.nomanssky.com/remnant-update/

[merry jolt]

Awesome this is exactly what i wanted to see

Thanks again

[valid ingot]

Just abit of help, im doing the experdition and im on phase 4, 1 and it says to discover 8 monerals but iv only got 7 and been doing it for an hour and got everything. Im scanning everything but for some reason i cant find more than 7

[stark whale]

did you get the tree that's actually a rock

[valid ingot]

Yeah i got everything, i can name them if thats easier

[remote thunder]

did you check the dried up river beds? there's 2 there

[valid ingot]

Yeah i been scanning everything for about an hour but seems iv scabned everything but only got 7 not 8

[remote thunder]

post a screenshot of your minerals list

[valid ingot]

Got it, i went back to my normal save and then went back into the expedition and it poped up with the badge lol

Thanks for the help though 🙃

[remote thunder]

bit weird

sorry had to afk for a bit

[valid ingot]

No its all good lol yeah defo wierd, i know i did it all as i couldnt scan nothing i did it for around 50 to 60 mins but wouldnt pop up but when i left and came back on it poped up straight away

[glass forge]

how do you play previos expidetoins?

is it even possible?

[remote thunder]

pc; see <#nms-modding message>

[valid ingot]

Do you know if you can change the colour of your staff or guns, i know its not to do with experditions but was juat wondering

[glass forge]

thx

[stark whale]

we have a #nms-questions channel for general questions

[remote thunder]

took it there 🙂

[valid ingot]

It was about the experdition staff so still experdition but thanks

[remote thunder]

ah gotcha, but yeah, kinda more a general question, but yeah, cant change a gun's color scheme after it's been assembled

[brave echo]

How do I smell faecium? For science

Oh wait this was supposed to be on the regular help one

[whole smelt]

will the next expedition start right after this one has finished?

or will there be a gap or something?

[wanton turtle]

We had it both ways before.

Never know until it happens

[whole smelt]

oh ok ty

[snow aurora]

This is my main profile, living ship alien theme, this is my starting world where I first spawned, I think. At least the first system.

I've been trying to find the last two fauna.

This is my personal expedition, and request for assistance.

The place is continually hot and requires constant suit attention.

The last two are in caves...somewhere.

[marsh wasp]

i can't play my colosse, someone know why ?

[potent marsh]

someone placed a bunch of bases near the waste processing plant so you cant place stuff but there is a geobay not far away you can use

[marsh wasp]

i'll try

[solemn bane]

You can also place the geobay on top of the processing plant, if you go back there

[remote thunder]

hi, not sure what you're asking here because this is the #nms-expedition channel, and you seem to be asking about tips to finding all fauna in your main save, not an expedition save? if that's the case, then the question would probably be best to ask in #nms-questions channel 🙂

[odd barn]

this shit to hard

help me lol

[solemn bane]

You can use the waypoint at the waste processing plant then reload your restore point and use it again to complete the milestone. Or you can just keep using waypoints along the way. After you finish Phase 5 you get a ship and it gets a lot easier.

[chilly latch]

I hope we get another expedition that expands on a lesser-used Exocraft

[solemn bane]

In the next expedition you'll use your Roamer to be a Doordash delivery person. Also you'll have to ballance the food on top of your vehicle.

[chilly latch]

What about a Racing Themed one?

[solemn bane]

No, nothing fun.

[snow aurora]

Both are true. It's my personal expedition that I am inviting others to help me out on. Luckily I found one. It was above ground ironically and only in a very particular area. I haven't found the last one yet.

I couldn't post there because I don't think it it can accept pictures.

[remote thunder]

oh i see what you mean now. in that case, i dont think #nms-questions would be the right place anymore, but you would have image perms there. that said, use #nms-media instead, and then you can even link people to that post later on

[snow aurora]

Now on the actual game expedition, I completed that within the first day I think and then I found out that after I spent hours in the next day trying to help people with building roads and everything else etc etc it didn't register in the expedition properly. So all that work I spent for days and days meant nothing. You really can't help each other out as much as you could.

[odd barn]

it don't work

[tough tendon]

turn multiplayer off and save this quest for very last so you can get your spaceship and find waypoints on other planets

[odd barn]

ty

[tame sierra]

fuck

you can hit your own cargo with the flamethrower

I'm hauling 15 special scraps and I almost destroyed everything

[prisma tundra]

!expedition time

[unkempt kraken]

time
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[woven lodge]

ive NEVER done/played with a exedition and this seems cool, im waiting for the spring sale to get the game cause im broke af rn but got some steam creds, is this event too hard or can i beat it in like a day if i try (i know how to play the game a good bit)

[solemn bane]

You can beat it in a day.

[woven lodge]

👍 ❤️

[tame sierra]

I just finished the expedition

the soundtrack is fire

[normal lake]

What do i actually do on this expedition?

[solemn bane]

Keep on truckin.

[normal lake]

This is my first time doing an expedition loop

lol

[solemn bane]

This is a really weird one. They tried to make the colossus interesting.

[normal lake]

How the hell do I get the advanced mining laser

[solemn bane]

A milestone gives you one for your colossus

[normal lake]

I’m talking about for multitool

I need pure ferrite

[solemn bane]

Nah

[vague fractal]

refiner they gave you on your exosuit can make the pure ferrite.

[solemn bane]

Whoops, forgot to finish that thought, lol.

[normal lake]

Oh

[vague fractal]

since it was 15 min ago, I wasn't sure if they maybe figured it out already. but, better safe and all. 😁

[simple raptor]

bit unfortunate that the only thing colossus/scrap processing progression/expedition really unlocks or gives is colossus customisation

and then once its done theres really minimal reason to ever use it again

[dusk yew]

hey guys i just completed the expedition what ill be able to take with me and how

[solemn bane]

If you started from an existing save in the anomaly, you can put stuff in the terminal before ending the expedition. Otherwise that save is just converted to a normal save. You keep everything, but can't send it to your main save if you have one.

[dusk yew]

i started from the anomaly terminal can i keep the ship?

[solemn bane]

You can make a copy of the active ship and multitool once you're on your primary save.

[dusk yew]

how

[solemn bane]

at the terminal.

[dusk yew]

alr thank youuu

[delicate fractal]

Whoever designed the planet im on for the expedition.....who hurt you?

Pitfalls left and right!!!! My rover is NOT happy about them. Lol

[vague fractal]

Are any planets not like this? Every one I've been on so far has more bumps, boils, and pits than the one before.

[remote thunder]

yeah, there are, can confirm. nice and smooth, no real sharp edges on terrain to speak of

[vague fractal]

Then I may come across one some day.

[dusk yew]

i cant find the exocarft any where at the terminal when i tried to summon it i get the error you dont own an exocraft 😭

[solemn bane]

You can only copy the ship and multitool at the terminal. Not the exocraft.

The terminal on the Anomaly, where you started the expedition.

[simple nymph]

i've spent hours trying to find the 8th mineral to scan in the Remnant expedition... my question is that is there more than two minerals found underground?

[tender tusk]

There can be 2 or more underground also make sure you check the pins. you can also look for spots like this above ground https://i.imgur.com/vMMxKjU.png

[simple nymph]

the pins? and also thanks the photo actually helps

[tender tusk]

!pins

[unkempt kraken]

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[simple nymph]

Ahh tyvm

[obsidian zinc]

On my main save but i think its kinda relevant to the expedition, somehow i managed to pick up the Colossus 😭

[vivid umbra]

So....maybe it is me, but I would say this expedition/update is kind of a miss, but it is fine...there have been a lot of cool updates (corvette ). It is a bit refreshing to be grounded on the same planet and do some stuff, but the terrain is annoying as hell and the distances too long, which gives the impression of an unnecessarily bloated experience.

I also don't see the point of this trucking activity in my main save. I guess it is a "curious" side activity (like the rest I suppose)...but why haul with a truck when we have freaking space ships.😆 ...I mean only for the nanites?

Also...why....WHY have an OPEN platform to carry garbage, instead of a CLOSED container...you know...like...real garbage trucks. Probably to intentionally make you drive slow to avoid stuff flying out of your cargo...but it feels kind of stupid.

It feels like this is NMS' take on Death Stranding but without a clear purpose.

[manic light]

If I could make a suggestion, that could potentially add a bit more substance to the new mechanic, that would be to allow the Colossus to use its cargo capacity to transport Industrial waste (or at the very least, hazardous industrial waste) in stacks of 20. In addition, Industrial Waste loaded on the colossus would not despawn when the vehicle would be teleported. This way, when roaming a planet one would be able to store Industrial Waste to the colossus, and dispatch it at one's leizure at the appropriate facility...

[waxen sierra]

ouch

[marsh wasp]

i'm strungling to find all 9 minerals to analyse, any clue about where tf are the 2 remaining ones ??

[remote thunder]

try the dried up river beds too

[marsh wasp]

it was that X), thx

[steady idol]

Still up? Terminal says a new one starts soon but it's also saying breach

[remote thunder]

sounds like you need to update your game/go online to receive latest expedition season file

[steady idol]

I can run it from main menu,.10 days cool

It's planet locked isn't it?

[solemn bane]

Mostly.

[steady idol]

Mostly? Do you get a chance to visit the anomaly?

[solemn bane]

If you do it's after doing almost everything. You get your ship after claiming the phase 5 reward.

[steady idol]

Right no point worrying about prepping gear then

[solemn bane]

Yeah not rally gonna help on this one

[steady idol]

Aaaa they saw through my ruse and denied me the portable refinery

[remote thunder]

you'll have a personal refiner installed on your suit

[nova robin]

😭 those ships that randomly fly around crashed into my truck while i had a full load WHY

[solemn bane]

lmao, that's a new one

Man there's gotta be some long odds on that

[vast sail]

One heck of a hit and run

[worn nest]

Fast n Furious ✌️

[vague fractal]

I mean, if you are going to have the stuff fly off your truck, that is at least an interesting way to have it happen. 😏

[grim galleon]

Welp, that's def a case for the insurance. Hope you have a good one!

[autumn cairn]

I have a feeling that pilot had personal beef with you for some reason

[orchid marlin]

how does everyone like this expedition, in comparison to others?

[wraith junco]

Meh/10

[solemn bane]

Judging from all the reactions I've seen, this one seems to be the least liked so far. The fishing one is a strong competitor, but overall people seem to think this one is worse. That said, some people like it.

[orchid marlin]

I didn't like or finish the fishing one, but this one just feels like chores and not games

[steady idol]

Oh no

Scan two animals from exo but I scanned 5 immediately out of habit D:

[solemn bane]

Scan the 6th and it'll just complete

[orchid marlin]

I'm glad I'm not alone though lol

[solemn bane]

I didn't have any fun until I decided to go back and figure out how all the bugs worked. That was amusing, but I feel like that's probably an indication something is generally bad 😆

[orchid marlin]

what bugs

[steady idol]

Feels really slow and repetitive

[solemn bane]

Physics, but there were also the usual expedition issues.

[steady idol]

15 min drive to a heap cmoooon

[orchid marlin]

and we haven't even mentioned the elephant in the room. it's a space game and you can't use your ship.

[steady idol]

Like we could have had to build a cargo thingy on a corvette and picked junk up with that

[orchid marlin]

or procedurally generated roads.

I'm told the heirloom set is really cool though

also it would be cool if gek truckers would randomly send you messages via CB radio

[warm tinsel]

i dont think i can finish this one

[orchid marlin]

now I need 5 toxic, 5 explosive and 5 radioactive

[vague fractal]

Not sure what the one has to do with the other. you "reorient" with the grav gun.

[orchid marlin]

yeah you just grab the sentinel and throw it

[vague fractal]

And it doesn't even have to be different sentinels. You can just harass the same one over and over. 😏

[solemn bane]

Probably faster on foot if you know how to melee dash. You can also scan for the little blue plants to get a boost. Also put your movement upgrades in the supercharged spots.

[cobalt vessel]

!expedition

[unkempt kraken]

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[lusty slate]

Voyagers is still the worst expedition, IMO. At least Aquarius and Remnant have a clear theme. Voyagers was just the most random RNG milestones connected together by flimsy silly string.

[solemn bane]

Voyagers was the first one I skipped after finding out expeditions were a thing. I went back and finished it though. Was still more frustrated with this one, and the fishing one (but I got a beef with fishing going way back).

[lusty slate]

Yeah, I get hating an expedition because you don't care for the new gameplay concept introduced. But design wise, Voyagers. Just felt totally phoned in.

And enough content was added with Echoes that we didn't really need an exped with it. It was just an expedition because it's a major update and we need an expedition. Meh.

[orchid marlin]

how can you complete road signs with a ship?

[solemn bane]

You can either fly around scanning for poi's or you can scan for stuff with your colossus and fly there quickly

[orchid marlin]

how do you get a ship to do that?

[solemn bane]

Item 2. in the pinned comment you replied to

[orchid marlin]

oh gotcha. I read it as all 5 phases.

if scanning sends me to the same heap, is there a way to scan for a better one?

[solemn bane]

Not until you're done with the expedition

[orchid marlin]

🙁 so I'm stuck going to the one 13 minutes away over and over?

[solemn bane]

Yep. You can sometimes see older ones on your visor though. Also try saving at the waypoint and reloading after loading up the special waste.

[orchid marlin]

expedition complete

[snow plaza]

if i buy frigate with for example 17 combat stat will it increase when frigate lvls up?

[solemn bane]

Better question for #nms-questions

[snow plaza]

oh mb i didn't realise it's expedition channel

[runic halo]

This game is so ass.
Game told me to unload my cargo and I did and my 5th special cargo I need feel through the map.

Fix your fucking game. Holy hell

[stark whale]

Feel free to report bugs and suggestions to Hello Games

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[runic halo]

Not even going to bother, it's a waste of time. Every time I report a bug for other games they never do anything about it.

[stark whale]

It's not a waste of time, but if you don't want to, you can't really complain if the bug persists

[runic halo]

I've explained why it's a waste of time.
"Every time I report a bug for other games they never do anything about it." Sounds like a waste of time to me.

[stark whale]

You do you

[runic halo]

I will, thank you.

[steady idol]

Can't decide if this is fun or not

Makes me wish we could pick up a laden cargo truck with a suitable corvette though

[hot moon]

Will my expedition save automatically go back to normal?

How many days until this expedition is over?

[steady idol]

10

Or mebe 9 depends how far through today you are

[solemn bane]

You can switch between your primary save and expedition save in the pause menu if you started it at the Anomaly. Also once you're done with all the milestones you can end it and go back to your primary save at the expedition terminal where you started it.

[hot moon]

I’m at mile stone 1

[hot moon]

Tyvm was scared that it ended and maybe my save went along with it

[steady idol]

These 15 min drives from heap to depot are driving me insaaaane

[autumn cairn]

pain :')

[steady idol]

My condolences and laden D: that makes it so much worse

[finite owl]

All I can say is that this is not other games

They post updates several times during Expeditions due to the bugs They fix that they only know about from the bug reports

They spent almost an year post release fixing bugs that were there at the start due to having a locked release date from Sony

[marsh haven]

just be thankful its not fishing. i know i was

[solemn bane]

That's true. They tried to fix several bugs. Some of the fixes even worked!

[steady idol]

I sincerely hope the video game fishing craze has passed and never returns

[finite owl]

Fishing isn't the issue

The issue is that it is too time-consuming without boosted rates in Expedition

[steady idol]

Sounds like fishing is the issue to me

[solemn bane]

Yep. Lots of things can be done to improve fishing (or hauling trash), but if you don't like fishing (or hauling trash), then it just sucks.

[steady idol]

And so another 20 minute slow drive over the hills to the recycling plant begins

And not even paid for this smh

[remote thunder]

i did my part (cleaning up the waste of this planet)

[steady idol]

Has got me thinking how good it would be to have a vehicle bay on a corvette for that job though

[solemn bane]

Yep, that turd could be polished.

[hollow fog]

My first expedition, finished it in about a day.

[vague fractal]

If a quicksilver mission to construct a base is picked up while still in the expedition, is there any way to complete it?
Doesn't seem to be a way to get the base computer.

[fluid moss]

Can’t build a base, can’t fix my ship, now sentinels are disabled I can’t do missions either. Just spent 2 hours travelling to a trading post in hope i could buy a ship, can’t buy a ship.
I have no idea what I’m supposed to do.

[vague fractal]

Disabling the sentinels does put a temporary crimp in some of the milestones. You'll be able to do it once they are reset, though. In the meantime, other milestones can be done out of order.

[fluid moss]

My 4th waste heap is now so far away it won’t even tell me the distance.

[solemn bane]

Relog and the sentinels come back

[fluid moss]

Ok ty

[vague fractal]

As for the waste heap, I'm not sure if there is a good way back. Since you are so far, does the quick menu let you return to the waste processing plant? (I'm not sure if it only works from space station.)

[fluid moss]

Yes it does ! Whew!

[fluid moss]

Hey, is there usually an anomaly where I can trade end of expedition?

All I see is a space station

[solemn bane]

If you can't summon the Anomaly I assume you need to collect all your milestone and phase rewards

[fluid moss]

The “expedition” tab isn’t there anymore.

[solemn bane]

So you started a new save on the expedition? May need to jump to another system first.

[fluid moss]

Yeah, it gave me the option then wouldn’t let me back out of it.

I managed to summon it, didn’t know it was manual, still possible to transfer items right?

[solemn bane]

Not if you started the expedition on a new save, no

[fluid moss]

So…is this save pretty much bricked then? Or can it be my main account?
I just started playing today.

[solemn bane]

When you start a new save on the expedition, it converts to a normal save when you're finished. So you can do whatever you want on that save now.

[fluid moss]

And in future expeditions, how would I trade from that to this save?

Is that possible?

[solemn bane]

From any existing save you can start expeditions from the expedition terminal on the Anomaly (to the left of the QuickSilver vendor)

[fluid moss]

So, this is an event though right? And future expedition events require me to make a new save right?

[solemn bane]

No. From any existing save you can start expeditions from the expedition terminal on the Anomaly (to the left of the QuickSilver vendor)

[simple nymph]

i have almost 300 hours in the game and just now learning this. thank you my old saves have a freaking use now

[simple nymph]

so i was able to take some items before startting the expedition on my main save but i cant find them after starting it

where can i find em?

[vivid umbra]

You can't access the Anomaly because you don't have a ship until you finish the last milestone.

[simple nymph]

ahh understood, thanks

finding wiring looms is a nightmare lol wwas hoping i can bring some over with me

[vivid umbra]

You technically won't need them iirc

You are basically grounded on the planet while doing road trips on bumpy terrain.

[simple nymph]

need em for an upgrade for the truck exo thing

200% forward grip, its super helpful and i want it lol

[simple nymph]

nvm got em somehow lol

[queen dust]

!expedition

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[grim galleon]

Halfway through and I have to say that imo this one is among the best expos HG has ever done. Most of the milestones can be completed organically, without having to worry about the order or optimizing certain things. It‘s actually one of the most laid back expos imo, and I recently did a marathon of all the previous 20 (redux ones though) so my memory‘s pretty fresh.

I feel like a lot of the complaints are a bit impulsive tbh, if you drive a bit carefully and reasonably watch your surroundings, it feels hard to actually lose the cargo. It helps sometimes taking the longer way to avoid unfavorable terrain.

So far all of my trips have been less than 10 minutes long, and I have only lost cargo in the first one. But not so much that it actually mattered, the situation was quite a thrill;

It was night and I wanted to avoid driving over some fauna, and as a result almost fell into one of these infamous holes, but with an emergency boost maneuver I was able to barely glide over its edge and avoid losing the entirety of my load. Haven‘t felt this thrilled since my first battle with a sentinel quad or my first biohorror encounter lol.

I can see how a lot of struggles could arise if one tries to force the expo and speedrun it, but playing it in a chill and casual way, I have to say to me it feels like one of the more natural and well thought out expos so far

Oh yeah, and one of the checkpoints was attacked by a pirate by ig I was lucky as other ships were passing through in that moment, and it was quite fun spectating the ensuing battle from the ground, while not being able to join myself. It kinda made me feel „smaller“ and less in the main character role, which I tend to really like in games as it makes the world feel more alive and immersive.

[terse blaze]

may have come up before, wondering for last leg of my Expedition, with some types of waste missing after final Rendez-Vous delivery. Is it better to try to find a new big waste collection with a colossus scan, or rather scan nearby smaller piles? Sorry if terminology is not quite accurate.

[little torrent]

So, initial thoughts.
It teaches you how to get the resources needed to make the equipment you'll be using, which gives time to get other basic goods.
The Gravitino Coil functions exactly how I expected it to, and the whole 'shooting into the truck' bit is just this game's version of basketball.
I also didn't realize that there's 3 other scrap types aside from the basic garbage you find, as seen here.

Also, I thought I was driving to another scrap processing facility & I loaded up on some junk during the drive. Whoops.

[sleek talon]

feedback for the latest expedition. HL2 called and wants its gravity gun back.

"Throwing" sentinels was an affront agaist the word throw 😠

[little torrent]

Gonna have to do the ol' Lethal Company and only take the more 'valuable' scrap.

[sleek talon]

honestly it's the only thing I took from the waste dump. I found no value in collecting anything else

and once i'd ticked my 16 of something off, I didn't bother collecting those either

[terse blaze]

That's what I did, but I still only have 16 explosive after all runs. What the best way to reach that number after the last Rendez-vous phase run?

[little torrent]

Hmm.. good point. "only take what's needed".

Buuut I'm a Gek, so greedy is kinda my thing LOL

[terse blaze]

as in 16 not reached for radioactive, etc.

[sleek talon]

in the sticky it says "You must complete ALL of phase 5 to unlock your ship"

this is wrong. You need to complete the ENTIRE expedition to get the ship

[little torrent]

Honestly, I didn't sign up for a ship... I signed up for a truck.

Jokes aside... where is my ship?

[sleek talon]

unless you get lucky in the random waste dotted about, you'll have to keep going back to a waste site

[sleek talon]

it's not too far from where you start, you'll be able to summon it once you get access to it

[little torrent]

Apparently I got lucky with this site. There's at least 10 explosive scrap here.

[sleek talon]

it's the same site 😉

you're literally going back and forth between the site and the depot

I got lucky on my last trip. I needed 6 toxic and found 6 toxic at the dump

[terse blaze]

wait. the different rendez-vous were actually the same waste site? I swear they were in different locations.

[solemn bane]

They are definitely different.

[terse blaze]

I remember going to different cardinal directions. I haven't played in 10 days, so I'm rusty. But does this mean I can return to a previous waste site and it might be replenished?

[little torrent]

Well, the milestone asked for 5 special scrap. I got 20 from this, according to the counter.

Time to drive up that dangerously steep hill.

[solemn bane]

If you can find them again. Not super easy since I think they fall off your visor when you log out, and you can’t see your own save beacons in this expedition.

[terse blaze]

I've already completed the 5 per run requirement. I'm in the last phase and need to reach 16 radioactive and the 3rd type.

[warm tinsel]

15 minute or 20 minute is not problem to carry that waste, the problem is the path is not smooth

[terse blaze]

I'll get a new waste site from the colossus scan, though, so it's a trek. Just wondering if anyone's had luck getting a few special wastes from random scattered items in the landscape, if that can satisfy the last 4-5 I'm missing. Rather than 12-15 minutes each way for a bigger site...

[solemn bane]

You’ll get the same waste site, unfortunately. Another feature of this expedition.

I had a hard enough time the first time through finding the two radioactive I needed from the small waste piles.

[little torrent]

This thing has a surprising amount of carry capacity. That crate has not fallen out.

HUH!?

[solemn bane]

Murderer.

[little torrent]

Hey, I'm not the one who put that deer-shaped bump there.

[remote thunder]

there's like an invisible wall there yeah, i've noticed this as well

as long as it doesn't bump up by a lot, it'll stay

[little torrent]

Yeah, the 'basket' extends as high up as the front cabin of the truck.

But scrap can still fall out

That crate gave me a bit of trouble

[warm tinsel]

even irl we tied stuff on truck bed so its not fall apart because of small bump

[remote thunder]

hehe

[solemn bane]

This ain't real life!

[remote thunder]

those straps come in handy for sure

[little torrent]

I love this update.
Grabbing all this trash and chucking it into their respective processors.
Apparently it all gets converted into raw nanites. A new, fun way to earn them.

[remote thunder]

yeah yeah, turns into nanites

[little torrent]

Oh. Not just nanites.

[solemn bane]

Finally, a way to get rusted metal

[little torrent]

A new way, at least.

This is really cool.

[remote thunder]

yeah, ammonia from toxic, rusted metal from normal waste, phosphorus from explosive and uranium from radioactive

[marsh haven]

does this imply some other soon-to-be expansion to make dioxite, paraffinium and pyrite differently

i feel the Atlas has been left in a state of unbalance

[little torrent]

. . .
Hope they don't mind me grabbing garbage down here...

[solemn bane]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979100431315796018/1482740484496560310/WHY_MAN.mp4?ex=69b8b5ef&is=69b7646f&hm=73d5a22ad0ba1852f034ffd263cf800bad9cd8fadb43736b403aef8be3083445&

[little torrent]

Or, you know, fly straight at me...

[little torrent]

LMFAOOO

Driving their ship like Spongebob over here

Found a 'road' of sorts.

[wraith junco]

Yes. Look out for holes tho

[shy dagger]

How many days left

[solemn bane]

You can check the event calendar in this Discord. Top of the channel list.

[wraith junco]

!exptime

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[little torrent]

I encountered a bug.
So when putting a fossil in your Nutrient Processor, it says "+5% Life Support", but it actually reduces your life support size to 5%.
While I was running, I saw my life support drain from around 80% to 10% in mere seconds.

I legit thought it was the expedition punishing me for going on foot to scan some cave rocks.

Also.

Pirate got stuck in the hill. This happened right next to the starting area.

[shy kettle]

Not a bug, but a statement from HG on our over dependency on fossil fuels over sustainable energy.

[little torrent]

Wait really?

[shy kettle]

hehe No, i'm joking :p

[little torrent]

Ah, I'm a pro-nuclear person myself.

[shy kettle]

Clearly a bug, and not the first one where the nutrient ingestor has calculated things wrong.

[sleek talon]

it was the same one for me

[solemn bane]

I doubt it. They all look the same, but they are in different locations. Everyone goes to the same places.

[sleek talon]

yes

[sleek talon]

each waste site will have all three of the special waste in a variety of numbers. sometimes you'll be lucky and get lots other times there may only be a couple of a particular one

[sleek talon]

not enough to warrent not trecking to the waste site. Sometimes you'll be lucky and get 1 but it may not be the one you need.

[sleek talon]

nope same one, you tend to notice the route when you're going ridiculously slowly...

I did find other waste sites when I went further afield for that signpost mission, but I did the same route 5 times for the mission

[solemn bane]

May have been the same one when you were finishing up, but there are 5 different rdv points. Once you hit the 5th it's the only one that will be scanned for.

[sleek talon]

they must be really close together then, because i was always going in the same direction

[solemn bane]

Two of them are, the others not so much.

Either 3 and 4 or 4 and 5 are just a minute apart

The rest are 12-15 iirc.

[sleek talon]

still, you can go back to waste sites and special materials will have spawned

[little torrent]

"Yeah, that's my rig officer. What about it?"

[sleek talon]

wait till you get to put the spider legs on it 😄

[solemn bane]

Yep. Fastest way I found to do it is head to waste heap 1, load up all the special waste, save at the waypoint and restore your restore point and load up the special waste again. This will work 3 or 4 times. That gets you about 35 special waste and will finish 16 explosives.

The second waste heap will finish toxic (I think) using the same method, then waste heap 3 will finish you up. From there you can go from 4 then directly to 5 and do one more 5 x special waste to finish all the hauling milestones.

Though this assumes you are good at driving and avoiding bumps, lol. Took a few runs before I got the hang of hauling 40 special waste back.

[sleek talon]

for the yeet tasks,

you can throw material up in the air and catch it and repeat

dig a hole, grab a sentinel, go into hole, "throw" the sentinel and catch it and repeat

for such a boring expedition I'm glad I beat it in like 4 hours. Honestly 3 of those was the driving :/

The best bit was yeeting stuff into the crusher to make it explode.

[little torrent]

I wonder if the crusher destroys sentinels...

[solemn bane]

No, because that would be cool.

[little torrent]

Also, despite being done with the Explosive Scrap milestone, it still counts for the Road Trip milestones.

[little torrent]

Ok, so while you can't kill them with the recycling equipment, you can get them stuck in the machine's hitbox.

[craggy kiln]

How am I supposed to get an off world mineral if I can't go off world? Do I have to run the 3hrs to the trading post to buy some?

[oblique bane]

Was it pyrite? Anyways, You can craft it:
https://nmshandbook.com/item/?id=DUSTY1&type=substance

[craggy kiln]

No it's Paraffinium and it's confirmed not on the planet my expedition is on and I can't build a Colossus geobay without one

[oblique bane]

My bad, I think you're supposed to use pyrite to craft your paraffinium:
https://nmshandbook.com/item/?id=LUSH1&type=substance

Again, I might be wrong...

[craggy kiln]

You can what? Omg

[oblique bane]

yah

[craggy kiln]

I've been running in a straight line for the last hour just in case I had to go to that trading post

[oblique bane]

Look at carbon, you can "duplicate" many things (pure/magnetized ferrite, metals, etc):
https://nmshandbook.com/item/?id=FUEL2&type=substance

[craggy kiln]

Omg it does work! Thank you so much cat!

[oblique bane]

np

[little torrent]

Oh, there it is.

[grim galleon]

Well, only took me like 4 hours. This expo was a very straightforward experience overall.

Fortunately I encountered little obstacles resulting in only minor cargo losses.

It was just annoying having to do another delivery in the end just for the sake of it, when I already had all the other milestones completed.

But for me this expo def wasn‘t nearly as bad as Pioneers or Exobiology (redux versions, can‘t imagine how tedious the og‘s were…).

[little torrent]

My Colossus is looking really nice now.
Unfortunately, while I was watching the legs go crazy when I boost, I fell into a pit.
Thankfully, I had no cargo to spill.

Terrain Manipulator my beloved.

[vague fractal]

I admit, the number of players who saw "trading post, 2 hour drive" and just went for it is both inspiring and disturbing in equal measure. 😆

[sleek talon]

I used Oxygen and Silver.

[sleek talon]

I want an update to include a crane attachment to ships so you can help pull things out of holes 😄

So many times I had to create a ramp to get back out of a hole I fell into!

[sleek talon]

I was in the process of heading there for the signpost mission but turned back when I saw the 'hour' time on it 😄

[little torrent]

Finally finished the expedition.
For the last milestone, I decided to stress-test my rig by loading it with as much trash as possible.
I got it to about 40-ish items before the physics decided that the vehicle should start accelerating without a player in it.
Then the vehicle ramped off the nearby building, flinging trash everywhere in a glorious rain of metal and acid.

[vague fractal]

"Summon Exocraft" from the quick menu was my go-to. Even if I had cargo, it was easier to grav gun it back out of the pit afterward than to dig out.

[sleek talon]

damn I didn't think of that!

also less fun that way 😛

[sleek talon]

Love it 😄

also gz

[vague fractal]

True, but I have way too many hours digging trucks out of pits in Astroneer, so I've served my time on that task. 😁

[sleek talon]

Honestly I think whoever designed this Update has been spending way too much time with Snowrunner and HL2 and got a fever dream...

[vague fractal]

That may be true. So many references to other games and franchises.
I mentioned Astroneer and that was the first thing this expedition brought to mind for me.

[craggy kiln]

I didn't know you could make it at all so I was trying to find or trade it until someone showed me it could be made

[vague fractal]

I think I had an advantage here because I played the game for the first time with this expedition. I didn't know what was and wasn't normal, so I just followed the step-by-step instructions each milestone gave me and it showed what to combine in the refiner.

What seems odd to me is, the game has a catalog of all the items and resources, but when you click on something like paraffinium it will only show "find a planet that has it" rather than telling you there are other options. Not sure how they are meant to be discovered without a guide unless we are just supposed to experiment tossing things into refiners to see what happens.

[craggy kiln]

Yea it didn't tell me I could make it, only that I could find it. I played a little before the expedition but not a whole lot, I started a new save for the expedition and my game was broken (if you search up my messages in here you'll see what I mean). So I went back to my normal save and found out how to start the expedition on that one so I can keep the rewards

[latent owl]

the tooltip for the colossus geobay construction milestone says you can refine it iirc

[vague fractal]

Interesting if it shows different things to different players. I literally had it take me step by step through what to gather and how to refine it.

[craggy kiln]

It gave me some info but not all, and when I logged back in on that second save file I loaded in on the space station with my ship just functioning enough to fly (which several people told wasn't possible since we got our ship at the end of the expedition) so it's possible there's more I missed out on

[sleek talon]

I didn't get any information on how to make it and neither did my friend. We had to search online for the info.

[lilac osprey]

Question, while there is still time to start and complete the expedition. I started a fresh save to do the expedition, and completed it. I can also start the expedition on my main save from the anomaly. Is there any bonus to that character in doing so, given that I've already completed the expedition on a fresh save?

Previously I've done expeditions on my main save, this time I did it on a fresh save, but I don't know exactly what, if anything, the bonus would be if I did it again on my main save.

I recently learned that the Starborn Phoenix is not claimable from the quicksilver vendor, so I guess this is one thing that I should keep in mind when doing expeditions going forward, that if I want such type of rewards on my main save, I need to actually do the expedition on my main save. Luckily, it doesn't appear to be any such rewards this time.

But is that it? Or am I missing something else?

[vague fractal]

I ran the expedition on a new save as my entry to this game. I then played a normal save from the start to get the full tutorial.
While it is possible that running the expedition again from your main save might get you some exocraft upgrades more easily than otherwise, the more resources that main save already has, the less return you will get on the effort.
For me, it might be a big jump if I run it again. For someone who has played a couple years already, not so much.
But yeah, other than a few items you can port back over at the end, I doubt running this a 2nd time would be of benefit to many players.

[lilac osprey]

but maybe in the future there will be more situations like the Starborn Phoenix vs. the Starborn Runner, one is a one-time reward given to the actual save that completed the expedition, whereas the other one is an unlockable reward from the quicksilver vendor. So... depending on the rewards, it might be beneficial to do it on "the main save".

[vague fractal]

It looks like the Phoenix wasn't specific to the expedition, but was given out a different way as a free claim during the game awards a couple years back?
https://www.nomanssky.com/2024/12/starborn-phoenix-starship/

[cold tulip]

!exptime

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[opaque mantle]

Now that I've finished the 5 phases, what else can I do within the expedition? Or should I just stop wasting time and finish it?

[solemn bane]

Yeah really not much else to do.

[opaque mantle]

The expedition statistics also show the systems and planets explored besides the one you're already on, and it also said somewhere that if I did missions, I'd get more rewards when I left.

But I don't understand what rewards and missions there are.

[solemn bane]

You get units and nanites for discovering stuff, but you're better off just earning units or nanites on your primary save

[brave echo]

Can we use our corvette as a scrap hauler?

They should fix that for bulk transport

[solemn bane]

Supposedly you can put the scrap on it, but not an exocraft with scrap. I should go test that.

[solemn bane]

Finally tested this, and as expected the waste just falls through the ship as soon as you take off. Tried loading some in with the ship hovering and it just vanishes as soon as you move.

[simple nymph]

god finding this 8th mineral to scan is infuriating lol

[solemn bane]

Probably one of the ones mentioned in my pinned comment: #nms-expedition message

[simple nymph]

THANK YOU OH MY GOD

[brave echo]

Can you actually clear a planet of scrap with friends or does it always respawn?

[prisma tundra]

it respawns, but it's relatively slow, so it could be possible to clear, then have the oldest stuff respawn again

[little torrent]

Scrap appears to respawn after about 30m to 2h.

[sweet widget]

hi guys, just making sure.
the event is still going to stay until 25th, right? no announcement about it finishing earlier than it should or something like that, right?

[solemn bane]

If it changes, it will be updated in the event calendar at the top of the channel list in this Discord.

[north pumice]

Man. This expedition should've been called "The Sound Of Music". I haven't ever run over so many animals unintentionally that were herding along side me for no good reason while driving. These hills are aliiive!

Until I drive over them

[north pumice]

At least ships don't fly through the geometry anymore

Now they just crash into it and idle there

Okay. Geothermal events are cool

[solemn bane]

Sounds like a bug. They are typically warm.

[north pumice]

I meant actually cool. Not dad joke cool 😛

[craggy kiln]

How do I find the 1st waste heap? When I do the radar thing it's not an option (I can list the available options if that helps) and I do have the quest toggled on

[vague fractal]

It should always be an option on the radar. Last on the right.

[craggy kiln]

Trade post, depots, ruins, alien structures, and waste processing plants

[solemn bane]

Can you post a screenshot of that? Specifically with the waste processing plant highlighted

[craggy kiln]

Yea it'll take a sec to get it up

[solemn bane]

Huh. Try closing and re-opening the game?

[craggy kiln]

I have 2 that are about 6 minutes apart from each other so it just sends me from one to the other

I can try that again

[north pumice]

I am the worst waste manager. Can I not strap this stuff down? I look like mr bean playing hot potato on a bed of hot coals.

Or that one scene in spiderman where mary jane drops everything from her lunch, but I'm mary jane and spiderman doesn't exist

[solemn bane]

No futuristic technologies like "straps" in this space ship flying game.

[craggy kiln]

That didn't work, am I cooked?

[solemn bane]

That's pretty weird, try uninstalling the scanner and reinstalling it

[craggy kiln]

That didn't seem to work either, I'm gonna try again and do some stuff before reinstalling it

[solemn bane]

Might try doing a little dance like uninstall the scanner, log out, log back in, summon your colossus, try to bring up the scanner menu, install the scanner, try again.

[north pumice]

It doesn't matter what waste processing place you use, but the waste heaps are destination points on the expedition

[craggy kiln]

I'm so tired of these bugs, this is the 3rd big bug I've had...

[craggy kiln]

I know but I can't locate them, they don't show up as a radar option, look at the screenshot

[north pumice]

Make sure you have that expedition stage selected before scanning

[craggy kiln]

I did and said as much, I can screenshot shot that too once the game reloads

[craggy kiln]

Ok I found out how to send a bug report, ig I'll try to complete the other stuff while I can. Does anyone know when the expedition expires?

[solemn bane]

You can check the schedule in the event calendar at the top of the channel list in this Discord

[solemn bane]

Also did you try that dance I described above? And reinstalling the game?

[craggy kiln]

Ah! Thank you I'll check that

[craggy kiln]

No I haven't tried reinstalling the whole game, but I've tried everything else and I sent a detailed bug report to the devs so hopefully that does something

[solemn bane]

I kinda doubt it, at least not with this little time left. I'd try reinstalling.

[craggy kiln]

Will my saves still be there if i reinstall?

[solemn bane]

(On Steam this type of thing is usually solved by checking the integrity of the files, so you can do whatever is similar to that on your console)

[craggy kiln]

Oh I'm on Xbox

[solemn bane]

I don't know anything about xbox, so you'll need to do your own research or see if someone else here knows, maybe in #nms-questions

[vague fractal]

It should not matter as far as I'm aware, but did you complete and claim rewards for all of the steps before checkpoint 1?

[craggy kiln]

All but the one right before that and idk how since I took fire and nuclear waste to the depot (may not have had the quest toggled on for that one)

[north pumice]

It's a little annoying how every expedition seems to make my capital freighter harder and harder to use. The doorways have invisible walls in the way that weren't there before the expedition and this happened last expedition as well, but was fixed in an update

Just finished the expedition. It was tedious, but I wanted that sick outfit. I like the waste management, but hate the game of topsy turvy with the waste in transit. Someone is trying to turn No Mans Sky into a bennet foddy experience.

Now I just gotta remember where the suggestions page is

[vague fractal]

what is the one right before it?

[merry jolt]

I agree as well, which is why i decided to just not go for the outfit. I didn’t feel it was cool enough for me to grind out lol

Some parts were cool tho like you said

[north pumice]

I'm just going to make some suggestions to improve the gameplay mechanics respecting the mini-game of recovering waste.

[merry jolt]

most of it was pretty boring imo

[north pumice]

Found zendesk

[craggy kiln]

I have the game reinstalling rn so I don't remember exactly but the one before the 1st waste heap is about scrapping a specific type of junk. Before that one it's I think the exocraft unlocking one

[north pumice]

This guide helped me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8RQrVwNyB8

[craggy kiln]

Yea I've been watching a few of those, but my game is broken so I'm screwed rn

[vague fractal]

Ok. I just did not think it had you do the specials before checkpoint 1. which is why the comment seemed odd.

[craggy kiln]

Yea order doesn't really matter but my game is broken enough that idk anymore

[vague fractal]

Aha. Looked it up. I think you do have to complete that one first. It is not special waste, it is that you have to bring the waste to the scale when it is on the back of the truck and process it through the interface there. That rewards radar according to this list.

So if you did not complete "tipper", you may not have the right upgrades yet.

If you tossed the waste into the other processors, that would not complete it.

[craggy kiln]

Ok once I have it reinstalled I'll try that out and see if it does anything, please wish me luck

[waxen sierra]

it took him 3 hours?????

it only took me like 2

all the redevous wer rlly close

[north pumice]

Probably not. That's just the name of the series. He does a 3 hr expedition guide that is basically optimization

Every expedition it's the same name...blah blah in 3 hours.

[waxen sierra]

lol

[elfin wasp]

When do I get the cosmetic set after I complete the expedition?

[solemn bane]

Yes.

[elfin wasp]

You should get your title revoked after that 🤣

[solemn bane]

What is my title?

[fervent sparrow]

Hey guys. Im rerunning expedition 12 and im on the meetup 2 and i really did a lot of jumps. Is there another way or do i have to do many many more? Is it rng?

[solemn bane]

Can't remember off the top of my head, but I would bet you took a black hole or something. Go back to a space station and portal back to the rdv 1 system then try again

[fervent sparrow]

The goal is to follow the path in the galaxy map, but i did like 20 jumps now

Yeah, I took a bh. I thought about that after 15 or so jumps

[solemn bane]

So yeah, go back to the start or the rendezvous 1 system from a space station.

[fervent sparrow]

Thanks. Ill try that

[fervent sparrow]

Forgot to tell you, it worked. It Was literally one jump away xD

[simple badger]

How are you able to replay old expeditions?

[solemn bane]

Using an offline workaround on PC

[simple badger]

...

No Ps solution?

[solemn bane]

Unfortunately no.

[simple badger]

Dang

Hope they add that soon

[fervent sparrow]

People are begging for it. Maybe, someday, after Light no Fire is Release xD the work around is kinda ass, but it gets me the rewards i want. Exp12 is really long imo. Compared to the remnant it feels 3 times longer

[wraith junco]

We have hope that they will add the option after past expedition ( we have no idea how many there will be )

[sinful sequoia]

When's this expedition end?

I wanna know if I still have time.

[solemn bane]

You can check the schedule in the Events calendar (at the top of the channel list in this Discord)

[sinful sequoia]

Sick, thanks.

[raw orbit]

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[placid dew]

This expedition is all on foot? No flying at all? Not even getting to other planets?

[naive crypt]

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[naive crypt]

You can only use ship after completing the exped. "On foot" is not the word I would use, more "Grounded" You are supposed to have almost all your travels via the Ford Raptor

[placid dew]

I kinda wonder how one gets Paraffinium in a Pyrite planet....

[vague fractal]

By following instructions in the step to combine pyrite with...ferrite dust?...something to make it.

[placid dew]

Oh, yeah. I figured out that there's a recipe to convert between pyrite/paraffinium/dioxite/the like.

[warm tinsel]

this new expedition make colossus useful

[placid dew]

Really? Well that's a bummer. Back to meleeboosting a million times, then.

[naive crypt]

? The first milestone unlocks the Colossus bay, you can just use the truck from that point onwards

[placid dew]

Truck is slower than meleeboosting anyway....

[naive crypt]

No? Well, maybe at first, but you will get engine upgrades, it gets up to 90ku/h easily

And doesn't drain your life support

Also brother you need the truck to haul cargo, or you can ask someone who has completed the exped but hasn't finished to ferry you around in their corvette

[placid dew]

Yeah, meleeboost to the waste dump, then truck back to the waste collection.

[naive crypt]

I commend your bravery

Average distance to travel between waste heaps: 7000u

If you get a good hill start you can really melee boost fast

[sleek talon]

combine oxygen with silver

[sleek talon]

hahahahah

I think I got to maybe 90 once and that was with all the S rank upgrades and it was falling down a mountain.

Expect the average speed of the truck to be about 50

[fossil tiger]

Or Ferrite with Pyrite

[sleek talon]

oxygen and silver are easier to get

and closer too

[fossil tiger]

On the other hand, probably a dumb question but I've not been playing for 2+ years and never did an expedition before: what carries over to my "main"save (inventories, recipe unlocks, vehicles) how does the transfer work and... did I mess up by letting my OCD take hold and scan every animal in plain sight? I need to scan 2 new ones for the expedition to progress...

[sleek talon]

so apparently uploading the animals will still give safari even though you didn't do it from the truck

but there's also some info on how to get safari in the sticky if that doesn't work

when you hand in the expedition you can select stuff to keep that'll transfer back to your inventory

anything you don't keep will be converted into money

any nanties you collect will be kept and you'll earn more at the end of the expedition for distance travelled etc

[fossil tiger]

nvmind, I figured out the last one

[warm tinsel]

can i go to expedition planet in my main save?

whats portal address?

[leaden cedar]

what a beauty

[remote thunder]

nice, rng bless! 😄 that said, 1) remember that if you started expedition from an existing save, wont be able to keep these. 2) but i imagine that you're not playing expedition, and just posted in the wrong channel 😄 can just use #nms-media for stuff like this that you want to share

[fluid moss]

Can anyone gift me some aeron parts pretty please? I missed that expedited 🙏🙏🙏

[solemn bane]

Try #nms-lfg-or-trades

[fluid moss]

Ty

[leaden cedar]

thought it was the same thing mb

[remote thunder]

all good no worries

[spring bronze]

should i start an expedition from the anomaly? or a new save

[solemn bane]

Yeah.

[spring bronze]

-_-

which one

[solemn bane]

Either.

[hearty compass]

Will new expedition happen as soon as this one ends or will we have to wait a bit

[solemn bane]

One or the other, for sure.

[hearty compass]

Tbf

[dry patrol]

new expeditions usually happen during major updates theres not a hard and fast rule on how close together they'll be. sometimes its months, sometimes its right away if they've thought of a neat mechanic to theme one around that doesn't warrant a whole update

so it really depends on what they're cooking

[valid stag]

!expedition

[unkempt kraken]

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[fossil tiger]

If you have stuff you don't want to leave on your main save, start from anomaly. If not, start from a fresh save.

[leaden cedar]

My fire speed is insane

[craggy kiln]

I'm missing 1 mineral and can't seem to find it anywhere, if I list out all of the minerals I have found could someone tell me which one I'm missing and generally where it's at?

[craggy kiln]

Scoured the pins, searched YouTube, researching the planet again again, still no 8th mineral, caves have been scoured several times all over too

[vague fractal]

So you have the rock that looks like a tree and all the tiny rocks on the strips of grey ground?

[wraith junco]

One of the trees is a rock

[craggy kiln]

Yea I think so? There's 6 flora, 6 fauna, and 8 minerals right?

[ancient pier]

There is also a tiny rock on the dark colored "road" sections of the planet

[craggy kiln]

Awe damn ok I'll go double check that

[ancient pier]

It almost looks baked into the ground texture but it's not

[craggy kiln]

Omg that was it 🤦‍♀️

[vague fractal]

Considering it is mentioned in the pins you scoured, I'm going to guess you may have missed it on the planet, too. 😁

[craggy kiln]

I skimmed right over it before in my exocraft

[ancient pier]

Ayyy at least you got it now

That was my last one too

[craggy kiln]

You saw a list of the minerals in the pins?

[vague fractal]

"If you are missing a mineral, it may be the one on the gray-looking ground. There's a second, much smaller rock (see below). If it's not that one, it may be the rock tree or the second mineral in the cave."

[ancient pier]

It has an image of that mineral in the pins

[craggy kiln]

Oooh only the first 3 loaded for me

There's so much more useful stuff in there

[vague fractal]

As a sidenote, I love that there is a "check the pins" reaction icon.

[vernal onyx]

hi

can someone help me get an hardframed engine?

[solemn bane]

Better question for #nms-questions

[vernal onyx]

okay im new so ty

[craggy kiln]

Bugs are fixed! I have only 4-5 goals left across the phases and I'm done!

[naive crypt]

Any tips on beating Simon?

||Wait wrong chat||

[solemn bane]

Cannot friggin stand that fight.

[naive crypt]

Best I got was halfway through phase 2. My damage is too low I think I need to grind.

[wanton raft]

Is exptime lying to me again? Some people on youtube are saying that the expedition ends on Monday but exptime says Wednesday. Exptime has lied before. Which is it this time?

[stark whale]

!exptime

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[stark whale]

hmmm

I believe that one is accurate

[wanton raft]

Also, I'm guessing there is not way to get items from the space anomaly on this expedition so putting a bunch of stuff there for the expedition would be of no use. Am I correct?

[stark whale]

your ship gets automatically repaired at the end of the expedition, I believe upon completing the last phase

then you can access the anomaly

[wanton raft]

Yes, but getting suit enhancements during the expedition from the anomaly is not possible this time I assume.

[stark whale]

not until you complete the expedition, nope

[wanton raft]

Might just do it on a new save then. Don't think I have a free save slot though. Is there a good mod to manage save slots on PC these days?

[stark whale]

im not sure, you could look around in #nms-modding , perhaps

[lost fable]

what do you guys think of this current expedition

[stark whale]

i enjoyed it a lot

[lost fable]

really

[stark whale]

i found it quite peaceful

[lost fable]

I felt it was a bit repetitive tbh

especially with the road trip quest at the end of every phase

[remote thunder]

personally, i felt like a garbage truck driver, and well, i accepted the role, part of that role is repetitive yep 🙂 but i had fun. i dont mind slow driving at all, and i felt like central hq was giving me specific jobs. the rest, well, just comes with the territory of a proc gen game

totally understand what you're saying, what others have said

[lost fable]

idk tbh I don’t use exocraft much in my regular save so I suppose driving around was quite fun

it’s also the first expedition i’ve done so i’m hoping the next one is smthn new

[remote thunder]

possibly yeah, expeditions are often an opportunity to showcase new features in the game

[solemn bane]

This one was something new, so be careful what you wish for.

[versed mantle]

I didn't think it was as bad as some people on here have been saying. If you drive carefully it doesn't take that long. I did have a few times where I accidentally drove into a hole that I didn't see, but otherwise you just go slowly over bumps and it's fine
The driving back and forth did get a bit old by the 4th milestone though, I enjoy just flying around pretty planets on my animal companion in one of my saves but driving is less fun than flying and the planet wasn't particularly pretty

[verbal talon]

???????????????????????????????????????????

All I have in my cargo are special waste

And they get rejected when I deposit thenm

[solemn bane]

Oh hey, that's actually a good fix.

[solemn bane]

You need to manually throw the special waste into the bins with the matching icons

[eternal iris]

(and colour)

[solemn bane]

Usually color, but the icon always matches

[verbal talon]

Oh

[wanton raft]

Ok, I'm trying to complete "Checkpoint I" which pointed me to the first waste heap I'd already visited and when I get there it doesn't complete. I scan for another waste site but can't locate one. What am I doing wrong?

Could it be that a bugged it out because I already disposed of some waste which I should have waited on? I now Have a whole flatbed of new waste but I want to do things right to unbug it if I can ... or just to learn what I'm not understanding about how you complete the checkpoint.

[solemn bane]

Someone else had this issue and they had to do a weird dance to make it work. Try saving with a save beacon a little ways outside of the waste heap site, reload the restore point, make sure checkpoint 1 is selected, scan for the waste heap, then go there and see if it completes.

[wanton raft]

Save beacon or save point either one? The reason I ask is that I already have a save point made.

[wanton raft]

I just find this expedition the most frustrating one yet!

[wraith junco]

def this one is a patience test

[thick umbra]

Iirc .. you need to scan for a Waste Processing Plant and not for a Waste Heap

[wanton raft]

I can't find either any more. It seems that first one, second one, etc are definitely specific ones and if you get lost you're relly fucked!

Also, if you save and reload with an occupied flatbed you often have an explosion of stuff trash out of the bed when you reload. What a nice touch. 🙁

I've done all the expeditions except one and this one is my least favorite for sure.

[wanton raft]

I can't get it to mark any of the checkpoints for me. It makes the sound like it's marking them but it doesn't. I must be not understanding something basic.

[brittle elbow]

Do we have any news on the next expedition?

[fringe agate]

Nope

[wanton raft]

I just got myself completely lost and find processing and heap sites but they're not the right ones matching the checkpoints it seems. When I select the checkpoints on the expedition page it makes the sound like it's marking the location, but I never can find the marker. Do I have any hope of recovering from a situation like this are will I just have to start over?

I'm still hoping that I'm just making this harder for myself and I'll realize what I'm doing wrong so I don't have to start over.

[remote thunder]

hmm that's odd. what checkpoint are you trying to do now? 2) do you have multiplayer disabled? 3) do you have a on foot quick menu action that says return to waste processing plant?

[vague fractal]

Silly question, but...
When you select the checkpoint milestone on the expedition page...are you also then scanning for a waste heap from the colossus?

[winged bloom]

anyone have an idea of why my scanner wont work in the exocraft?

[solemn bane]

If you can't find the one for the checkpoint again I'd say start over. The person who had this problem before was right outside of the heap and I think they had a similar issue of the heap not being marked.

[solemn bane]

Can you give some more details as to the "wont work" part?

[winged bloom]

i get in the exocraft, click my scanner button to scan a creature for the mission, the scanner doesnt work. it works outside the exocraft but not in

[solemn bane]

I have no familiarity with the exocraft scanner, since I always scan six creatures on foot and both milestones complete. I recommend avoiding the exo scanner if it's acting weird.

[winged bloom]

one of the milestone missions is to scan 2 creatures from your exocraft

[solemn bane]

Trust me.

[winged bloom]

got it

i scanned 2 creatures on foot and it didnt count

[solemn bane]

Gotta do all six

[remote thunder]

odd, cyclops scope 100% installed?

[winged bloom]

all 6 on the planet?

yes it is

[solemn bane]

Yes, you need to scan them for another milestone anyway

[remote thunder]

strange yeah, then just holding F should work. maybe try to save+reload

[raw ruin]

Once you have six, upload all of the creatures to complete the registry, that ended up working for me on foot.

[wraith junco]

!exptime

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[craggy kiln]

I finished my expedition! Is it ok to show my end results here?

[craggy kiln]

I needed to "rename" and upload, I just did the prompt and didn't change the name and it counted

[winged bloom]

yea once i uploaded it worked. thanks to everyone for the help

[craggy kiln]

Ayyye!

[naive crypt]

Once you click upload it would complete

[naive crypt]

Oh hey you got it

[solemn bane]

And I'm sure the pings were appreciated, lol.

[craggy kiln]

Is it ok to show our expedition results in here?

[solemn bane]

No rules against it, if that's what you're asking.

[craggy kiln]

Ok cool! Didn't want to break a rule I may have forgotten

[wanton raft]

Actually I'm not sure If I did that right or not. I'll try that in a bit when I get a chance.

[wanton raft]

I started having problems with the very first one where I got to the checkpoint (I think) and it didn't complete. After that, I did many things to try to make it work last night and eventually go myself a bit lost. I'll try fresh with the save save later today and start over if I don't have luck I guess.

[shy dagger]

5 days left aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[wanton raft]

If even that. I remember on the last expedition or maybe the one before that the exptime calculation was wrong and misled a bunch of people. Hope that isn't the case again.

[wanton raft]

Well, as I had suspected, and as is usually the case, the problem was in my understanding of what needed to be done to highlight the checkpoint. I was dong the wrong scan action.

Thanks to everyone.

[solemn bane]

You done dong wrong.

[wanton raft]

Oh, if that were the case it would be good!

Too often I mean to misbehave! (inexact Firefly quote)

Is there a milestone which delivers the cooker thing?

[solemn bane]

what

[solemn bane]

Oh, do any milestones reward the Nutrient Processor? no.

[crisp shoal]

This roadsigns mission is hell man

[solemn bane]

Save it til the end and you can get to poi's much easier in your ship.

[crisp shoal]

Ahh alright

[spring bronze]

how do attract sentinals? ive been looking for like 10 mins, when i dont need them theyre around me, but when i go looking and cant find shit

[solemn bane]

Did you kill them all? If so relog.

[spring bronze]

no

cant find any

[smoky warren]

Is it important to take anything with me in the cargo slots for the expedition?

[solemn bane]

Pick up a grav ball

[solemn bane]

Nope.

[spring bronze]

thx, 4 of them just spawned right infront of me lol

[crisp shoal]

I think I went too far from spawn point

[solemn bane]

If you went far enough, you can warp back to it via the quick menu

[crisp shoal]

Well I used my restore point to go back but idk where my ships at

[solemn bane]

You can summon it after you collect the phase 5 reward

[crisp shoal]

Ohh

Alrightyy

[wanton raft]

When it says transport and "process" the special waste does that have to be via the terminal to count? I shot a few into the recepticals and it doesn't seem to be counting.

[cold tulip]

The terminal wont count

[solemn bane]

Match the icon to the right processing bin

[wanton raft]

Yes, I matched the right icon (double and triple checked) and shot them into manually and it still doesn't seem to be counting.

[crisp shoal]

Uhh what's the re-orientating sentinels mission about (whats re-orientating)

[solemn bane]

Attract and repel over and over with the grav gun

[wanton raft]

Is there a known bug/workaround for this?

[cold tulip]

Not that i have seen

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[cold tulip]

Try restarting the game

[solemn bane]

Try turning off multiplayer and restarting, though since I haven't seen anyone mention this issue I'm inclined to think it may be user error.

[cold tulip]

The materials can be destroyed when launching them if they have lots of dmg, but i doubt thats ur case.

[wanton raft]

Gdamnit, I f ing hate this expedition! I wasn't counting any of my special trash when manually delivered to the receptacles so I did a save with a save point, got out to the menu and back in and it stole 10-15 specials from me that I spent a ton of time delivering! It's just not like HG to be quite this buggy!

[solemn bane]

Agree to disagree.

[wanton raft]

On what part of that? That is not like HG to be this buggy?

[solemn bane]

Yeah. Like the only guarantee in expeditions is bugs, lol.

[wanton raft]

Lately HG/NMS has been buggier than Star Citizen believe it or not.

CIG is kicking ass in Star Citizen lately.

Knock on wood.

[grim galleon]

The Voyagers Update did affect pretty much every aspect of the game, I feel like a lot of the issues popping up are still resonance from that.

[wanton raft]

Are the tank treads better on the front or back? Guessing it doesn't matter.

[solemn bane]

Good guess.

[verbal talon]

How do you find these?

[solemn bane]

You can get them along the way at each waste heap you go to, and if you don't find enough you can wait til you're done with phase 5 and can summon your ship to make it easier to get to poi's you can find with your collosus's scanner

[shy dagger]

damn this expedition is pure torture

[verbal talon]

15 minute drives, huge hills, random holes, it's so straining.

I'm only doing it because I like the exosuit clothes it gives you at the end of the expedition.

[ancient pier]

I finished it super early but I didn't really mind it, I've actually been more annoyed at failing to find planets with waste processing facilities on my main save

[fossil tiger]

Every scannable location will have one. If you're struggling, tag your scanner for every structure possible and pick whichever ones are the closest

[fossil tiger]

Random 1 inch bump in the ground that sends your cargo flying and tumbling down a mile-high cliff

[fossil tiger]

Imagine if we could load garbage onto the ship

Space garbage truck

[analog harbor]

i completed the expedition now how to end misery? i see one drop pod thing far like around 4 hours away? what is that? how to end this?

[grizzled needle]

On my run I went to a trade station and summoned the spaceship to get to the anomaly, if that is what you mean.

[analog harbor]

You can actually call ur broken ship at the end so i did that and end the expedition on anomly!

[wanton raft]

Only have one left "Radiated Cargo". Those are hard to find in my RNG at least. Another bad RNG I've been having is the travel distance. Seems like I've been having to travel 30 to 40 minutes at a good clip between pickups and drop offs unless I just try to find them randomly.

[solemn bane]

Maybe a bit late, but if you go back to a waste heap, try saving and reloading your game after loading the special waste into your colossus (and make sure it's on a flat surface). That should get you more special waste.

[median ember]

Did you not spawn near one....?
Stick to that...mark it with a save beacon...
Pick up garbage...load and return.. repeat....

[solemn bane]

Did they fix it so you can see your own save beacons?

[median ember]

Keep mp off

[solemn bane]

Did they fix it so you can see your own save beacons?

[median ember]

What you are experiencing happens in multiplayer on..
Turn it off and it will start showing your save beacon

[solemn bane]

Nah, they made it so you can't see your own save beacons in this expedition, even offline with mp off. Happened in one of the later updates.

[median ember]

Is that so...
Idk i finished exp in 4 hours
Even still...
If you can't see the save beacon you can still use the marker beacon...
Drop it near the waste recycling plant... And then you can find you way back...

[solemn bane]

No I mean you can't see the marker. You can see the item on the ground, but you can't find your way back to it via the marker.

I assume it has to do with a heavy-handed way they "fixed" hiding other people's bases.

[median ember]

My friend in Christ....
Save beacon...
And position markers are two different things ...
Save beacon are permanent... With star ⭐ on top ..

Marker beacon will have (i) beacon on it....

It's temporary and you can place it anywhere in land

[solemn bane]

Oh right, those things that go away when you relog. Yeah those will work for a bit.

[verbal talon]

Holing down W for 40 minutes and occasionally falling into holes is so fun.

[wraith junco]

Nomansrunner

[verbal talon]

How do I find these? I already went to all 4 rendevous points and haven't found enough of these yet

I scanned for another waste heap but it's so far that it doesn't even show how long it takes to get there.

[solemn bane]

Weird, normally it just sends you back to waste heap 5. Check your visor to see if the icons for the other ones are still there. Otherwise you're stuck searching the small piles for the rest.

[verbal talon]

Welp time to search for small piles then.

[solemn bane]

Oof. Took me a while to find the three I needed the first time through. In subsequent times I did the load scrap, save and reload restore point trick to quickly finish the 16/16/16 milestones by the 3rd waste heap.

[distant hare]

has anyone run into this bug? my exocraft got stuck on this creature and can hardly move

[solemn bane]

lol. Probably have to relog.

[distant hare]

lmao this is so funny but sucks

lmao now I entered it again and the creature flew out into the sky

[vague fractal]

The glitchy moment I wish I had on video, when bringing waste back to the processing plant, one piece had clipped into the back of the cab of the colossus. I tried grabbibng it with the grav coil and instead of pulling just the container, it slammed the whole truck into my face.

[distant hare]

yeah when you cram a piece in too hard it starts moving the colossus automatically

how to take better resolution screenshots

[vague fractal]

Don't click to take a screenshot in camera mode. For whatever reason, they come out like garbage. If you have other options (printscreen on PC, F12 on Steam, etc) use that instead.

[distant hare]

oh ok

ty

lmao they purposefully chose the worst planet for this expedition

huge mountains, hidden caves you keep falling into, getting stuck into creatures...

[wraith junco]

Could be worse. Trust

[distant hare]

yeah gas giants or smth

people keep crying the waste is falling out of flatbeds but I find it fun

it would be less fun without that mechanic

[wraith junco]

The smallest containers can clip through sometimes

[distant hare]

oh well that sucks

I wish I could rotate the waste in the coil so that I could stack it better

also that you could move it closer/farther while holding it

[wraith junco]

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[latent owl]

too bad my wife didnt get into the game enough to do the expedition, she used to be a trucker so she would have either loved it or hated it lmao

[distant hare]

I keep falling out of the truck 'cos it's too far away when stacking it

[distant hare]

ty not sure I wanna make an official suggestion, it's a minor thing

[distant hare]

a woman trucker interesting

is there a bonus for bringing larger waste or should I prioritise smaller pieces and carry more of them?

the scrap metal ones ofc, the dangerous ones I load all

[solemn bane]

No bonuses for different sizes.

[vague fractal]

As noted above, the smaller waste seems to fall through the barrier on the truck more often. So you can fit more, but it may be more trouble, too.

[wicked flax]

I want one of these for my trash hauling colossus.

[wraith junco]

All containers are metal. So magnetic floor?

[distant hare]

yeah at least as an upgrade module

but once you get the furnace module you don't need anything

[solemn bane]

Especially since recycling waste is pointless anyway.

[jade gulch]

is there any incoming expeditions?

[solemn bane]

Probably

[jade gulch]

k, thx

[solemn bane]

But with HG we don't know what's incoming until it's, uh, incomed.

[jade gulch]

correct.

[distant hare]

someone told me Sean posts an emoji on Twitter before update

[wraith junco]

Thats usualy how it goes. Sean teases new update by posting single emoji that hints what new update is about

[distant hare]

Too bad you can't sort posts by newest without an X account

[tough tendon]

my guess for when the next update comes is around 1st or 8th of April

[distant hare]

less than 2 months after the last?

do they usually come out that fast

[stark whale]

usually every 2-3 months

[distant hare]

there might be smth for 1st April though

[solemn bane]

Corvette took like 6 months, lol

[distant hare]

but it was huge and very complex

so next one could be 10th anniv update if it's huge

[solemn bane]

Yeah, and you have no idea how huge and/or complex the new patch is, so guessing is just that

[grim galleon]

My guess is that we‘ll get a bunch of smaller updates, nothing too massive until August

[solemn bane]

feb -> april happened once, feb -> jun happened once, feb -> may happened once, feb -> march happened once

[grim galleon]

Maybe it‘ll even be june and then august? Kinda doubt it, but would work out well if they wanna align things with the anniversary date this time around

[distant hare]

10th anniversary update you can build whole cities and procedurally generated mega-cities spawn on planets

[solemn bane]

10 years later they work out enough bugs that it's playable

[distant hare]

it could be April then August too

[solemn bane]

Yep, it could be one month followed by any other month.

[distant hare]

why can I not react to messages

[solemn bane]

You need to spam more messages.

[distant hare]

Oh I see

well I surely will

[serene phoenix]

Sooo… rl has been real busy but it’s let up now. Would it be too ambitious to try and do the expedition from start to finish for the time that’s left?

[solemn bane]

Nope.

[grim galleon]

Took me like 4 hours, but I also had little cargo losses and managed to avoid obstacles like holes.

You don‘t have to turtle around but being reasonably careful and weary of your surroundings will save you a lot of time.

[serene phoenix]

Thank you!

[distant hare]

I'm 6 hours in on phase 4 but I started from new save

and am clueless about the game

[hot moon]

How long is left ?

[solemn bane]

Schedule's in the Event calendar at the top of the channel list in this Discord server.

[wanton raft]

Unlike most expeditions before, there's no potential speed advantage in starting from an existing save.

[hot moon]

I’m sry I can’t seem to find it

[solemn bane]

It is a gigantic green button above the list of channels

[hot moon]

Ohhh ty ty

[wanton raft]

F this F ing expedition! 😉

[verbal talon]

Is there a way to get a ship this expedition? I'm so sick of driving around for hours only to find one specialist waste that I don't even need.

[solemn bane]

Yeah, but you have to finish the 16/16/16 milestones so it's not really gonna help you for that. You can summon it after you collect the phase 5 reward.

[verbal talon]

So hello games WANTS us to suffer

[solemn bane]

You seem to be bugged. The colossus should be finding the 5th waste heap for you when you scan, but that doesn't seem to be the case for you. Not sure if there's any way to fix it other than just redoing the expedition and using the trick where you load the special waste from waste heaps, save and reload to max out your special waste hauls so you don't get stuck again.

[solemn bane]

Actually, you might check the quick menu on foot and see if you can warp back to the starting area then scan for waste heaps with your collosus again, maybe you got too far from them or something.

[verbal talon]

I'm slowly finding some toxic and radioactive waste out in the "wild". I'm really hesitating on redoing the expedition because it takes hours to get back to phase 5 with all of the driving.

I am considering re doing this expedition on my permadeath save though just so I can get some nanites.

[solemn bane]

May as well do that, since the unlocks are account-wide anyway.

[verbal talon]

monkey im making progress...

All I need to find is 3 more toxic waste

And 1 more radioactive waste

I might not need to restart

[solemn bane]

I just meant if you were gonna do it on your permadeath save anyway

[raw ruin]

It's doable in one sitting, just be ready to drive a lot.

[verbal talon]

I've finished it. This is the worst expedition I've ever played but it was worth it for the exosuit customization set.

[winged bloom]

if you need nanites just go to pirate stations and buy the random tech packages and sell whatever you get from them

[tender tusk]

nanites are useless this expedition since you never get access to the anomaly until the end, you can't get ANY ships(except from drop rewards possibly), and can't build any corvettes.

so IMO from when i played nanites aren't really required this expedition

[solemn bane]

I assume they meant to get them on their primary save once they were done with the expedition. It's an ok way to earn nanites.

[tender tusk]

yep

[wanton raft]

How long does it take for a waste heap to refresh? I'm done to only needing four radioactive boxes and I find they are the hardest to locate in the wild. It also seems to me the small radioactive boxes fall out of the flatbed the most often.

[solemn bane]

Haven't timed it myself, since you can save at the waypoint and reload your restore point to make them respawn a limited number of times after loading the special waste into your collosus.

[wanton raft]

I'm wondering if I use the flame thrower to destroy all the other trash at the heap will it refresh faster?

[wanton raft]

Oh, that's not my experience so far. Nearly every time I've saved and reloaded I've lost the whole load. Very frustrating!

[solemn bane]

Yeah that's literally never happened to me, unless I did it while my collosus was on a slope, in which case things got... funny.

fwiw I played at least partway through the expedition about 8 times testing this stuff

[wanton raft]

I'm going to burn up all the other trash at this heap and see if that helps right after making a savepoint.

[solemn bane]

But at the same time, nms likes to do things to other people that it doesn't do to me

[wanton raft]

I have the touch with Star Citizen where I'm kind of blessed compared to others (knock on wood) but not NMS.

[versed mantle]

I went back and forth between a waste heap and processing plant that were 5 minutes away and it had respawned by the time I got back (so 10 minutes in total)

Idk if there's some hard rule for distance/time though

[plain tundra]

i jus came back to the game, any way i can do the expidition after the two days pass, and can i do older expiditions?

[solemn bane]

3 days left in this expedition, douable in a few hours. To play older expeditions, only possible on PC/Mac/Linux/SteamDeck etc with an offline workaround.

[plain tundra]

thnx! will i get the rewards w the offline workaround to my account tho?

[solemn bane]

Yep.

[distant hare]

wait are all the saves and assets saved locally so someone can just hack a save and get anything they want?

[solemn bane]

For the most part. The account-wide unlocks are in a plain text file, your save files are in an encoded format you can use a save editor to give yourself whatever, the Twitch drops etc are in the account-wide unlock file, but they are validated and will go away once you go online if you haven't "earned" them (unlike expedition rewards). So you can just edit a local file (assuming you can) to unlock all the expedition rewards.

[distant hare]

lol I didn't plan doing that but that's bad it's possible and cheap and would've been game-breaking if there was any serious PvP in the game

[solemn bane]

But there's not, so it's not, so it doesn't really matter.

[distant hare]

but I guess as things stand it doesn't damage other players in any way

but I guess they had to do it to minimize server resources with this kind of game

it's so weird it's a single-player game with a makeshift multiplayer Idk any other game like it

[solemn bane]

Yeah, it's all very tacked on, and leads to a lot of bugs in the expeditions.

[distant hare]

yeah except for seeing other players there isn't much multiplayer mechanics in this expedition

[distant hare]

I kinda wish the truck could flip over and take damage from falling and that it can climb less vertically especially with the load, would be more realistic

and like if it flips over you'd have to get out and flip it back

[solemn bane]

Wanting realism in the spaceship flying game is gonna be a tough argument to make.

[distant hare]

well realism in terms of physics not in terms of technology

[solemn bane]

Well, again, heh

[distant hare]

and that pushing the colossus with waste wouldn't move it

[vague fractal]

I've had plenty of that in Astroneer, thanks. Don't need it here. 😏

[prisma tundra]

well, the truck can absolutely flip over, but it dumps everything out at the same time, and sometimes even despawns stuff, so uh, not recommended, especially cause it happens more when you place too many objects into the truck flatbed

[prisma tundra]

it's kinda random, I've had the waste near a waste processing plant refresh on me 3 times in one play session, then never refresh in another, I've also had the waste heap mainly refresh if I return to it after many irl days lol

[distant hare]

what ever I do while drivin it still stays on its wheels

never falls on its side or back

[prisma tundra]

maybe that's been your experience, but I've had several instances of falling into caves/holes unexpectedly or overloading the back where it absolutely went onto its side or all the way over on its back

I've even had it be flipped up on its back end, the cabin facing the sky

[silver vessel]

The rest of the colossus unlocks are very grindy outside of the expedition.

[solemn bane]

And pretty much useless, so 🤷‍♂️

[proven moat]

That's my biggest gripe with NMS. I wish things actually made a difference and served a real purpose. There's a lot of "fluff". They're cool and all, but it never actually creates this satisfaction of having achieved something, because they're really just meaningless in the end.

I actually kinda enjoy this expedition (apart from the incredibly long distances, it should be half at the very least). But that's because we can't access the ship, so the rules of the game is rewritten. But this is not the case outside of the expedition. Everything just feels like a cosmetic and without purpose.

Still love the game, but this is my take on it.

[solemn bane]

Yep. Very wide, but very shallow.

[proven moat]

Yep

[frosty stump]

I cannot for the life of me figure out what minerals I'm missing from the Expedition. I've been riding around for almost 8 hours doing the expedition and still at 6/8 minerals. Anyone know what I'm missing/where it is?

[solemn bane]

Probably one two of the ones mentioned in my pinned post: #nms-expedition message

[frosty stump]

That tiny rock omg

Can you load up toxic waste into the truck, save and relog, and get more toxic waste? I need 6 more for the expedition and it's a 24 minute trip one way. I don't want to be here for 2 more hours lol

[solemn bane]

I did that a lot at waste heaps. Someone mentioned their waste always vanished when they relogged, but that never happened to me.

[frosty stump]

I'll try that then, thank you

[finite owl]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[prisma tundra]

the 24 minute estimate is by foot, it's reduced by at least half in the colossus

[prisma tundra]

I may try that cause I seem to just have such a lack of explosive waste at most waste heaps, as well as the little piles around the planet, like I keep running into toxic waste & the rare radioactive waste from those small piles, if specialist waste is present, but only 1 or 2 explosive, even tho others said explosive waste was everywhere

[frosty stump]

Nah, that was in the colossus. By foot was 1hr lol

I spent A LOT of time traversing during this.

Do I get to keep my exocraft and send it to my main save? Or should I dismantle it?

I'm new to NMS and this is my first expedition.

[prisma tundra]

oh

[tough sluice]

Hmm, silly question maybe, but can one visit ANY waste processing plant for the milestones?

[prisma tundra]

exocraft can't be sent to main save, and it isn't dismantled at all even if you pick up the geobay, you might be able to send the geobay to your main save, but your main save will have a questline to get all the geobays anyway, your customizations do not transfer either, but the expedition rewards that are customizations can be collected on main save (& all other saves), tho the color & some decal options are available by default, your exocraft upgrades, however, can be packaged & taken back to your main save to be put on your main save colossus, exocraft are a bit weird so I understand the confusion, most expeditions are not like this lol

[prisma tundra]

yes, any processing plant is fine, but some milestones will point you to only a specific one, same for exocraft radar

also there's no silly questions imo

[tough sluice]

Just getting around to the exp now. Been putting it off.

[prisma tundra]

ah, fair, I've been breaking it up into multiple play sessions because it can be pretty grindy, check the pins for some good tips, and it shouldn't take you too long, you've got time

[proven moat]

If you're short on time, I can recommend following a YouTube guide. It can save a lot of time.

[frosty stump]

As a new player, even though the expedition took me like 10 hours, I went from 600k credits to 22mil, gained over 7k nanites, got a WAY more open multi tool, and now have a better understanding of exocraft (which I hadn't encountered normally yet).

[prisma tundra]

congrats!!

in future, expeditions aren't gonna be stuck to one planet, it'll be a set of systems with various milestones per system & a rendezvous point in each system

[distant hare]

Same, too bad I couldn't do it on my starting save as I hadn't reached the anomaly yet but I think I'm gonna continue on the expedition save as I got so much stuff on it.

[drifting light]

Remnant was fun but it sucked

As in the rewards were fun

[grim galleon]

Hmm, that sounds…contradictory? But yeah, personally I got lucky and my longest drive was like 15mins; most were below 10.

It was fun and sometimes thrilling, almost lost all of my cargo once due to a cave/hole in the ground, but was able to just barely glide above its edge with an emergency boost maneuver.

Honestly one of the easier/shorter expos around, just gotta go slow & steady. People who played og Pioneers, Exobiology or Voyagers would know that this is far from the worst expo we‘ve had.

[raw ruin]

I got lucky too, but I had a glitch with my experience 😕

[prisma tundra]

while I didn't actually play those og expeditions, but from what I know from what others have said, I feel like Exobiology wasn't as bad, tho I could be biased cause I like the creatures & exploring

[snow plaza]

How long it takes to complete exp 8?

[solemn bane]

Not very long if you cheese the fleet expeditions by deploying them then cancelling/bringing them back.

[snow plaza]

alright thanks

[slender sphinx]

where to scan 2 creatures in this planet? :3

[solemn bane]

Anywhere

Well, not underground

[slender sphinx]

found one thanks

[hot minnow]

cant wait to go back to doing space things.
and not being a planets trash collector.

[weak geode]

SO we are still doing the trash man expedition ??

[solemn bane]

Apparently. Event calendar at the top of the channel list will tell the tale.

[weak geode]

i see the city those not pay enogh to bee doing this pick ups lol XD need more lmao

[slender sphinx]

how to chart waypoints in this expedition?

[weak geode]

chart waypointsyou need to find and interact with the save beacons/poles located outside planetary structures

[solemn bane]

Interact with the white flagpole things at each waste heap (and any poi's you find along the way). If you didn't get enough, wait until you can summon your ship after you collect the phase 5 reward.

[weak geode]

Locate a Structure: Look for any point of interest (POI) such as an Inhabited Outpost, Abandoned Building, Secure Site, or Drop Pod

[snow plaza]

Is there any way to do polestar faster?

On phase 2 and it takes SOOOOO long to go between planets and gather resources

[solemn bane]

Probably best to hit up a youtube video walkthrough. This channel is mainly for the active expedition, and pretty much nobody is going to remember the tips/tricks for older expeditions.

[snow plaza]

Alright thanks

What are the most boring and long expeditions?

[wraith junco]

Aquarius

[solemn bane]

Voyagers has the most potential for being the longest, since it's a bunch of "travel to different systems and try to find some rare stuff" - the guides are all out of date and it can be really hard to find the stuff you need. When it launched I read the milestones and just noped out. Later on people just posted glyphs for all of the milestones so it was easy. Of course those glyphs mostly don't work anymore.

The redux made things easier, but it's still a pain without up-to-date guides.

[wraith junco]

Pionners is longest by far. U basicaly had to do whole playthrough

[slender sphinx]

i did the drop pod things, thanks.

[solemn bane]

Again I'm talking potential. Pioneers was pretty straightforward. With Voyagers it's entirely luck.

[snow plaza]

Alright thanks, i'll make sure to skip them when doing old expeditions

[solemn bane]

Also they will likely do the redux, which is pretty short

[wraith junco]

I did Voyagers two times and was preety simple

[solemn bane]

You either got lucky or had guides if you did it faster than the pioneers redux

[snow plaza]

Redux? Is that expedition?

[snow plaza]

Oh i see

What redux does?

Less bugs or something?

[solemn bane]

It is a trimmed down version of the original. They usually come out at the end of the year in which the original was available.

Usually smaller milestones

[snow plaza]

Same rewards right?

[solemn bane]

Usually.

[snow plaza]

Perfect

[cobalt vessel]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[clear verge]

What rewards are there for this expedition?

[solemn bane]

Check the pinned comments in this channel

[woven lodge]

how easy is this event? how much time is needed for it to beat

[solemn bane]

3-5 hours, maybe less maybe more

[woven lodge]

cool

[finite owl]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[full socket]

This expedition has significantly increased my hatred for caves

This one blended in with the shadow and ate my whole truck, dumped everything out of it

[marsh haven]

This does speak, I think, to the ... lack of true multiplayer and persistence. We were all sharing the same (apparently) locations in this expedition. It should have been possible for the community to fill in all the holes and build roads linking the sites. but... well i guess it would actually have gone all 2b2t

[arctic bronze]

Wait I've never done an expedition before, can I still do the current one?

[full socket]

Yeah, I think its the last day for it tho so you don't have much time

This expedition sucks, I hate this game (this is a lie, I love this game so much but man is this expedition infuriating)

[arctic bronze]

It says 26th march and its only the 24th here 🙏

[jagged spruce]

welp expedition ending tomorrow

[distant hare]

I remember someone flattened some parts on stream and when I did the playthrough a day later I didn't find it

[jagged spruce]

because flattened terrain grow back

[full socket]

Does anyone have tips on how to get as much waste back to the processing plant as possible please I beg, all the closest heaps I've been to are 15 minutes away one way each and I keep losing half my load on the way back

[marsh haven]

its more insidious that that. there are two ways to see other peoples world edits: 1. they must be online - and close to you - at the time or 2. they must have placed a base computer and uploaded to ODS.

[full socket]

I rarely boost when going back and I go up and down hills at an angle, I just gradually loose everything (at least the barrels) on random bumps, this is torture

[distant hare]

1st stack it well in the truck, then avoid accelerating/breaking/turning too hard and sharp terrain angle changes or slow down on them

and don't load too many scrap parts on, place the hazardous waste 1st under the scrap

[marsh haven]

ppl load anything other than hazardous waste while doing this?

[distant hare]

I load the scrap over it as someone said you get the furnace module if you recycle 170 scrap

[jagged spruce]

it's always 15 mins

[full socket]

oh i heard someone say theirs was 5 minutes away

[marsh haven]

thats ... outside the expedition. in the expedition it was much simpler to load up on all the exotic scrap exclusively and transport that back to base. outside the expedition requirements i woldn't know why one would bother with exotic scrap at all. just load up on vanilla scrap to get the furnace module which doubly means you dont care anymore at all. Is there any out of expedition reason to bring exotic scrap the whole way from a dump to a processing plant? especially as you'd need to reconfigure your exo-truck?

[fringe agate]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[fringe agate]

Tick tick tick

[quartz marten]

What will the new expedition be like?

[fringe agate]

We don't even know when it is, much less what will be in it. I'm hoping for cheeseburgers. We can do Expedition Uber and deliver some meals across the galaxy! 🍔

[snow plaza]

what exp 20 about?

[manic light]

It was all about corvettes, wasn't it?

[snow plaza]

alright thanks, and what i need to do there?

[glossy flame]

Exp 19 was corvette, exp 20 was corvette mixed with empty (aka abandoned) universe, there is only one inactive NPC in that mode

[woven iris]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[woven lodge]

once a expeditions gone you cant get the stuff again right? unless you do a mod thingy

[edgy atlas]

yeah

but there is an nms expedition generator

or a save editor, or you can ask someone to give something to you

[woven lodge]

ye ik

[signal igloo]

any old expedition experts here? Omega

[remote thunder]

not wanting to offtopic, feel free to dm me

[signal igloo]

i dunwanna bug

[remote thunder]

wont be bugging me

[signal igloo]

well, the fact that it would be off topic is bothersome so I don't need to ask really.

[remote thunder]

the reason why i said it's offtopic is because well, the underlying current topic of this channel is always the current expedition - providing support for players running old expeditions offline here can lead to confusion between users

if you prefer, i can take it up in #nms-modding for example