nms-expedition

[indigo falcon]

amazing 🙂

[calm flax]

If it wasn't such a pain I'd offer anyone the crashed ships I haven't scrapped yet. I think it's around 7. Bad thing is none of them are worth a lot.

At least I found out if I visit enough crashed ships I'll get the indium drive.

[indigo falcon]

kudos for the tenacity!

[pulsar trench]

does expedition saves automaticly revert to normal

[rough hatch]

yeah, i was wondering what happens now with the expedition save. its my first time playing expedition.

[indigo falcon]

this save will prompt you to convert to a survival mode save after the time (3 days more or less) is up

i.e. after the end of the official expedition period.

most expeditions, all but this one in fact, have converted to normal mode saves after the period ends. presumably the future ones will also.

[ashen shore]

!exptime

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[wraith junco]

97% community research complete. Soo close.

[indigo falcon]

in 2.5 days. maaaaaybe

everybody reconnects on the last day when the tier completes, and ods crashes 😛

[tight bluff]

ye, it says 1% left to me (it depends on what you look at), we can do itttttt

(Nike)

[dense basin]

that is good knowledge

[wraith junco]

I look at community research progress (the one with bar)

[dense basin]

ods is down for me :(((((

didn't see it before I handed in 5 stacks

[indigo falcon]

d'oh! 😦 😦

[iron heron]

Is this confirmed? Maybe we just need to wait for the whole expedition to end?

[indigo falcon]

when the time period that the expedition runs is over, the next time you log into your save, you will be prompted to convert it to a survival mode save

but not before then, you will remain in "expedition mode" for the next not quite 3 days

[iron heron]

That’s bad, why didn’t they allow us to choose what mode we want to continue playing

[indigo falcon]

you never get a choice

the mode of the expedition (its difficulty, stack sizes, hazard damage etc) are all set as you play

so the nearest equivalent is chosen at the end too

[iron heron]

Will the save editor help?

[indigo falcon]

I have no idea what the save editor could do in this case

I'm on the wrong platform to know

[finite rover]

back to the grindsloop

hmmm. where to land? Casino and Bar or Swiss Chalet?

if I summon a minotaur on someone elses pad is that my one? Can I upgrade it?

[indigo falcon]

if you summon it, it's yours I'm pretty sure

[valid mantle]

guys, do you have any idea why hot pursuit acts weird for me? i have smuggled over 900k of contraband to a normal system, and hot pursuit only says 198k/500k

[iron heron]

Some wares are not illegal

[finite rover]

when you think your smuggling nipnip but it's actually oregano. ;)

[indigo falcon]

make sure the items are from near the top of the list and actually show as contraband. grahgrah and nipnip for example

and you need to sell them in a regulated system, not deliver them to someone

[valid mantle]

thank you very much, a few extra warp cells to burn through i guess

i just grabbed the most expensive ones and went on my way

[finite rover]

i got lucky. i found a nipnip farm

[indigo falcon]

you can now just call the anomaly from a regular space station, get to the outlaw one, buy stuff, call in the anomaly, back to space station (regular)

no warp needed at this point

[valid mantle]

could you elaborate on what do you mean by "get to the outlaw one"?

how does using the anomaly alleviates the need to warp

[indigo falcon]

I mean no warp drive

just go to the teleporter on the anomaly

find the outlaw station name in the list, go there

[valid mantle]

ahh i forgot about that

thank you again

[indigo falcon]

sure!

[finite rover]

oooh! didn't know about that. thanks :)

[ashen shore]

The anomaly completely bypasses network restrictions

[finite rover]

very anomalous behaviour.

[tropic scaffold]

Does anyone know of an outlaw system near the 4th point?

[finite rover]

btw. it's worth visiting places that advertise that they have larval cores etc. lot of ppl do a fair bit of work to help out.

[indigo falcon]

there's one near the starting system, just use space station teleporters to get back there (see the pin "mini-faq" for system name)

[tropic scaffold]

Oh, thank you

[rare otter]

hey guys i cant get the itrate/die milestone anyone know why?

[ashen shore]

Have you died?

[rare otter]

yes 3 times i killed myself and still othing

[ashen shore]

Does it say you've completed the milestone?

[rare otter]

nope

still uncompleted

[ashen shore]

Nms be like that sometimes

You might have to kill yourself a couple more times

[rare otter]

do i have to make a manual save first or something

[indigo falcon]

no

are you connected to ods (just a check)?

shouldn't be related but this game is glitchy

[rare otter]

ods?

i have multiplayer enabled if thats what you mean

[indigo falcon]

discovery tab lower left

it should say something about your connection status

[rare otter]

ah ok yeah its active

[indigo falcon]

("online discovery services")

hm meh

then yeah all I can suggest is waiting or try offing yourself aa couple more times

and also report it to hg, sigh

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

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

[rare otter]

now i got it just after handing in a report

[fringe agate]

Damn, quick fix!

They are speed

[rare otter]

well when u can edit reality it better be ^^

[indigo falcon]

you're not the only one who has had this issue in recent days

if they decide to rerun this expedition it will be helpful for them to know about outstanding bugs

but glad you finally got the milestone! just to check, your gear is all S, right?

[rare otter]

maybe i just did something wrong

[indigo falcon]

how so?

[rare otter]

i think i accidentally made a new save instad of going in th eold one

[finite rover]

am I supposed to have a 2nd imprint from finding the 2nd loop marker?

[indigo falcon]

dang

[finite rover]

:(

[indigo falcon]

each memory loop marker will give you a new imprint

[finite rover]

sigh.

only have 1

[indigo falcon]

you sure you didn't get it and toss it or stash it someplace?

[finite rover]

I just should've gotten it. didn't have time. had to battle crazy senties.

well. poo.

[indigo falcon]

yeah you'll have to go get it

[finite rover]

that spot is a pain to find, too. poop.

need to be more afraid of bugs.

[wraith junco]

Hmmm. maybe next expedition will ne avatar themed ( we got dune one earlier)

[ashen shore]

Don't forget the Normandy from ME series

[wraith junco]

But dune exp was close to new dune film thats why i fought about avatar

[finite rover]

ok. did not get it a 2nd time. are you sure you're meant to?

I even made sure I had space in my inv.

[indigo falcon]

yes, you are meant to

can you claim the milestone?

if you can claim the milestone or it's already claimed, then move on

[finite rover]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ok it doesn't come from the item. need to claim the reward

[indigo falcon]

yep

[finite rover]

gah

had a good shield upgrade from the previous run :)

but this is good. now have all the glyphs. finding the rest of the APs will be easy.

[indigo falcon]

good!

[slender harness]

Any grave may work, rather than that specific one

(not sure, though)

[valid mantle]

can someone tell me if there is a predatory animal in the same system as anchor point 2? kinda stuck here

[indigo falcon]

you want the starter world for predatory systems, just use the space station teleporter to get back there

remember you don't have to do a lot of the milestones in order

[finite rover]

crash #5.

[valid mantle]

yes, but i cant interact with the second portal at anchor 2, and i thought its because i did not complete milestone 2 completely

[indigo falcon]

no, it's not related

well

you need the glyphs to use any portal

[valid mantle]

nvm, my game crashed and it got bugged because of it

[indigo falcon]

let's see which milestone gives that

ugh

[valid mantle]

i actually used the portal first, then it crashed for the 10th time today

and when i reloaded i couldnt use the portal

[indigo falcon]

the memory loop at anchor 2 gives you the glyphs, so make sure that's done and claimed ("to crave the stars")

[valid mantle]

yes, trying to enter the portal now again

we'll see if my pc survives

[indigo falcon]

good luck 😬

[valid mantle]

done!

[indigo falcon]

oh good!

[finite rover]

the downed freighter one is being a pain

[indigo falcon]

no player bases yet?

[slender harness]

The derelict one is worse, in my opinion

[finite rover]

can at least find that one

[indigo falcon]

you could gather nav data, find a not sucky planet, and look for one (pins on how)

[finite rover]

yeah. read that.

should I be going for a specific chart or a random one?

[trim dome]

9 times the damn thing resets. one day left and starting over from scratch again. I wonder if its even worth it

[indigo falcon]

specific charts, the number in the pins (5? 6?)

[wraith junco]

If next expedition will have avater themed , what do tou think we will get in the update? Avatar pet? Warerfalls (cause new movie has water theme)? Avatar ship?

Avatar planet in nms?

[slender harness]

Human invasion to steal your chromatic metal

[valid mantle]

okay, same bug as previously, ive even done the memory bit of anchor point 4, return to the portal and i dont get the anchor point 4 mark

soo frustrating

[tidal cedar]

Maybe you can keep progressing and redo this iteration on another run?

[valid mantle]

no way im redoing it... i used portals to hop between anchors, maybe that bugged it out

[tidal cedar]

I suppose that could be it, I didn't use my glyphs once in my playthrough

I will say that I was almost done with iteration 4 on one of my runs when a sentinel dog killed me through 20+ feet of ground

My next run went much faster now that I prepared for later milestones

It sucks, but it is worth redoing

[indigo falcon]

you have the mission pinned?

[wraith venture]

do you have the glyphs yet? cuz you can try portaling to it too?

[valid mantle]

i dont even have the mission appear in my log sadly

[valid mantle]

i was portalling to it ever since

[wraith venture]

oh sorry i missed that. so the objective disappeared from the Log. and it never registered as milestone completed? i gather you don't have any backup saves and/or a manual save before the issue happened?

[valid mantle]

so how i done it: completed anchor 3, entered glyphs to get to anchor 4, got the memory and everything, still no anchor 4, nothing in log

[valid mantle]

i do have a backup save, but its like 10 mins into the run, so basically i would start anew 😄

[finite rover]

ow

[tidal cedar]

What was the reward for iteration 4?

[finite rover]

well, I have 4 crashed ships now but still no crashed freighter

[wraith venture]

are you on PC? @valid mantle

[wraith venture]

@remote thunder check out this weird expo bug. milestone for anchor 4 didn't mark as completed. any ideas on workarounds?

[wraith venture]

are you playing online or offline?

[finite rover]

on.

[indigo falcon]

you should not clear the "wrong" destinations, let them stack up when opening the maps...

[finite rover]

do they reset each system?

[indigo falcon]

just be in one system on one planet with the 5 (?) maps, open them one at a time, don't clear the "wrong" locations,

if you get an error message from a map, spam it again until it behaves

evntually you will get a map that gives you the crashed freighter

[wraith venture]

one option is to check space station teleporters at anchor points to see if there are any bases marked with crashed freighter. may be a quick way to get to one.

[finite rover]

ok. time to collect 5 maps again.

[indigo falcon]

there's only 5 (6?) types, it says in the pin, I would have to look

just try to follow that procedure

[finite rover]

i will. didn't quite get it before. may be cos i'm tired. so open map, check but don't land, open another if bad, right?

[indigo falcon]

yes. repeat until you get crashed freighter

if you get 'location interference' and no destination, just spam again

[finite rover]

ok. got it mostly wrong before. figures :)

[indigo falcon]

you might need sleep

the player obsession mirrors the character narrative obsession 🙂

[finite rover]

i'd be so screwed in that universe :)

[indigo falcon]

wouldn't we all!

[finite rover]

this suggestion may just pay off

warping...

i really hope those suits have some god-level rash preventatives.

[indigo falcon]

I know there are bases (heck I put one of them :-P), just if they show up for you

[finite rover]

faints

it's big. it's beautiful and it's wonderfully broken.

Thanks in-game Sazz and @wraith venture . :)

[indigo falcon]

if you select that milestone (anchor point 4), does the mission show up in the log?

[finite rover]

well i'm about to do AP3 and from there I plan to glyph to 4. Will try to remember to save before doing so.

[wraith venture]

save save save. we def mention that in the expedition 101 tips (pinned)

save before every action, doing both auto and manual saves

[remote thunder]

hmm, maybe warp out, disable mp, save, full restart machine, warp back in?

[wraith venture]

@valid mantle maybe this is worth a try to see if the milestone unglitches itself

also let us know if you're on PC, in case there's something that can be done / tried save editing. @valid mantle

[finite rover]

so finding a black hole a good thing?

[tidal cedar]

depends

[finite rover]

:)

[tidal cedar]

if you wanna get 10k LY closer to core, ye

[finite rover]

so still no finding ones lost socks?

[tidal cedar]

gotta work with your dryer on that

[finite rover]

that died of odour overload years ago

[finite rover]

lets see what happens.

vomit.

i died.

that's it for me.

no more.

[indigo falcon]

dare I ask what happened?

[barren creek]

my guess is a mountain

[finite rover]

got there, there was a storm, got lifted up and smashed onto the ground before I knew what was happening.

I can't take having 2 days (now) wasted like... that

[barren creek]

ah a tornado

[finite rover]

if I had done something stupid it'd be different.

but that? to hell with it.

[tight bluff]

sad to hear that 😕

[barren creek]

I think they're called extreme wind events or something, but it's basically a tornado and yeah it sucks.

[tight bluff]

it sucks you in, basically 😛

[indigo falcon]

yeah 😦

[barren creek]

I got caught in one and it wouldn't even let me get to the ground. I had to reload my autosave to get back to my ship.

[finite rover]

don't even have that option. be ok if I didn't have to start from the beginning

[barren creek]

Thankfully, all I was there to do was map the planet, so I could just leave right away.
(this is outside the exp btw)

[tight bluff]

hope you change your mind, and if not (I understand it), we'll see you in the next expedition ^^

[barren creek]

Chances are, next expedition will be easier than this one.

[indigo falcon]

if you left bases all over, the next run through would be a lot faster but I sure understand it if you are just fed up

[tight bluff]

I agree, a lot faster

[finite rover]

this wasn't hard. that was just death by stupid luck.

[tight bluff]

I mean, when I died first time (mid phase 2) I've been able to catch-up in like 20 minutes

[finite rover]

I even got tired of pirates cos, well... meh.

[tight bluff]

that's real life too 😛

[finite rover]

I don't want RL in my fantasy. :p :)

[tight bluff]

very very true

[trim dome]

Perma Death sucks when you have 7 kids. You cant pay 100% attention EVER

[indigo falcon]

ouch 😦

[keen mango]

what is the command to see expedition info

[keen mango]

i’m sorry 7 😳

[wraith venture]

Btw, if you were to try giving it another chance at some other point before the event ends, you can still immediately close the game upon death while the text is showing on the screen. To avoid the save getting overwritten.

[nimble token]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[barren creek]

Check the pins here for even more info

[keen mango]

thx

[indigo falcon]

so to repeat the obvious, anyone here who is thinking of making a new expedition save (maybe they completed much earlier when the gear was C or B and they would like S for a survival mode save), you need to do it within the next 8 HOURS. after that, it's too late.

[finite rover]

Thanks for that info but the way I'm feeling right now I'm barely getting through my real save. I'll see how I feel about it tomorrow.

[trim dome]

My expedition says 2 days.... I only have 8 hours to finish ??

[indigo falcon]

gotcha, we're here and will be here for support if you want to give it another go then, or if you decide not and just want to grouse

[indigo falcon]

8 hours to start a NEW SAVE.

[trim dome]

ahh

[indigo falcon]

2 day s+ 8 hours to complete.

[wraith venture]

I totally understand. A break will definitely help. No point in trying while frustrated.

[craggy hemlock]

wait what

i died in last run yet my save had a cp?

i quit after i died LOL

[indigo falcon]

uh so... is this good or bad? 🙂

can't tell if you have a working save with progress or...?

[craggy hemlock]

good just confused lol

[indigo falcon]

ok! good and confused is still good!

[finite rover]

damn it. I should've gotten proper salty and just quit the game as soon as I died. gah! :)

[indigo falcon]

afaik it's the only way to save progress, unless you have synced data someplace and prevent that sync after death

[craggy hemlock]

oh right i think i know what i did

i think i alt f4d lol

[finite rover]

oh you have got to be kidding me. the game glitched the leviathan expo into my real game.

[indigo falcon]

er wut

[finite rover]

I have the expo quest list show up in my normal game and I can't get out of it.

[indigo falcon]

what tabs do you have in the normal save now?

[finite rover]

none. just the expo one and it doesn't even show as a tab. it's just the only thing.

[indigo falcon]

the screen with all the milestones? that's all you see?

[finite rover]

yes

all of them showing, inc the hidden ones

non completed.

[indigo falcon]

what's the way on your platform to exit the game without going through the options tab (since you don't have it)?

[finite rover]

xbox - I just killed it. hopefully the save is not corrupted.

if it is...

[indigo falcon]

is there a way to verify the files somehow?

[finite rover]

no idea if even possible.

[crystal iris]

Hello everyone,
@finite rover traveler I really feel your pain and sympathize with you completely.
I wonder if trying again at this late hour would be a type of adrenaline rush that would make you forget and forge on... Creating a type of excitement to complete as much as you can. Make that the goal and even if you don't complete the expedition you still feel good about how far you made it.

[indigo falcon]

what do you think about moving this to -help for a bit? seeing if anyone there has recommendations before you just try loading back into your normal save

I mean, maybe they won't, but just in case.

[finite rover]

it's ok. it's loaded. seems ok. menu is now normal.

[indigo falcon]

ok, that was really weird but if it's all back to how it should be, sigh of relief

[finite rover]

Thanks for the thought but... it's 1am so on that score at least, no.

[finite rover]

yeah. that would've been the end of NMS for me.

[crystal iris]

I wonder if this happened to me also.
I was on AP 4, when I used.. Oh wait, ||used the portals to get to the AP||
Then did the rest, then also ||used the portal to jump to AP5||
was doing the memory thing, when prompts to do AP3 showed up again.
Went to look at it was showing as totally undone, except for 2 selections.
I was in disbelief!!! Questioning myself over and over. But
I figured since ||I had used the portals for 4 & 5|| might as well for 3.
Seems like it's done.. But I'm stuck trying to figure out how to get these whispering Eggs, I feel like I'll definitely die. I bought some off an NPC, but it's not registering with the game.... I'm trying to find a base that might help, but having no luck
Have 2 or 3 unintelligible tabs in 5 to complete to be done... I think.

[craggy hemlock]

oh ffs im infinite falling

[indigo falcon]

you can't buy or be given larval cores, you do have to get them from the eggs directly, unfortunately...

[barren creek]

there are strategies to easily get them, though

[crystal iris]

Yes, realized it.. When I was collecting storm crystals.
I guess the units were well spent to learn.

[indigo falcon]

always turn 'em into nanites...

[craggy hemlock]

does sentinels despawn on autosave reload?

[indigo falcon]

yes, if you've got them around you.

also on reload if you have deactivated them, they will be active again

[crystal iris]

Tried one.... But got afraid to grab it, thinking they would get me. They're worst then Sentinels. They attack fast, in multiples, and from all angles.

[finite rover]

they're not insta-death

they ARE scary though

[crystal iris]

Those cores??? Arghhhh sold them back at a lost.

[indigo falcon]

awwww heck

well when you get the next ones, refine 'em

[craggy hemlock]

i am now stuck in the same pit with agressive sentinels....

[barren creek]

this guide isn't just meant for larval cores, but it does include a pretty good strategy for them: https://youtu.be/FLG9DQX4wcU?t=465

[indigo falcon]

each core -> 50 nanites and blazingly fast too

[barren creek]

yeah, so fast you can feasibly do it in a portable refiner

[jagged stratus]

there's a borderline exploitative way to get larval cores easily if you youtube "larval cores"

[crystal iris]

Are you sure?
I have died by them in my normal save. I guess that's why I have this fear or hesitation.
Seems like they jumped me and I died pretty quickly.

[finite rover]

make sure they're not near you, go for the egg and when you have it run. maybe even fly.

then try again

I tend to do a lot of running when dealing with them

[jagged stratus]

you can stand on top of buildings to escape them, and there are usually eggs at outposts

[finite rover]

or run inside the building

[crystal iris]

Shoot.. You know, I knew that... From before. But completely blanked out... It's the Expedition. It makes you forgot things. You only know don't die don't die don't die

[finite rover]

that helps if you don't want to do multiple eggs at a time.

go out, grab egg, run in, wait

rinse and repeat

[indigo falcon]

yeah the constant stress puts other things out of your mind

[jagged stratus]

also have a full jetpack in case they yeet you

[median ember]

@crystal iris you don't need help?

[finite rover]

yes. they do yeet exceptionally well. I've travelled over 500 units at a good yeeting.

[barren creek]

sheesh

possible travel strategy? 👀

[indigo falcon]

hard to make them send you a desired direction 😛

[finite rover]

yes

that IS the issue :)

[median ember]

The milestones need not be done in order...do whatever you can on cool and relaxing planet

[jagged stratus]

"there where your grave is"

[median ember]

You can do eggs is first loop itself.

[crystal iris]

From what @indigo falcon tells me.. It won't do any good. I can't be given the Cores.
I just have to go in and make it happen!
Can you ever just kill them all?
I try but seems like they just keep coming.

[barren creek]

nope, they just keep spawning

[tidal cedar]

the swam subsides after a bit

[finite rover]

don't bother killing em. just run and dodge.

[indigo falcon]

no. but you can use the 4 walls around each cluster strategy

[finite rover]

and hide if you can

[median ember]

You dont even have to kill them yourself. 😑

[jagged stratus]

also harvest some memories and open them

there are shield modules in them

[barren creek]

or, make a big fence around one cluster, shoot an egg in that cluster and wait for the horrors to spawn, and then go around and collect all the other eggs.

[median ember]

In case you ppl forgot...you can create mrmory modules on your own

[barren creek]

unless that's been changed in the past 5 months since beeblebum's video...

[crystal iris]

Yeah, that's when I jump off the roof, get back in the SS, and fly off. Damn Monstrosities

[jagged stratus]

that was the cheaty approach I was referring to, can confirm it works 😛

[tidal cedar]

you know how to melee-boost right?

[crystal iris]

Think I'll try that.
They can't jump right?

[median ember]

@crystal iris tried using the robot thingy called minotaur. 😑

[barren creek]

well, beeblebum considers it "honest" in a video where not even save reloading is honest.

[jagged stratus]

@crystal iris I'm currently grinding the community goal and will have a bunch of memories if you want them once I am done

[crystal iris]

Yes.. In a normal. But I could be wrong.... Seems like they were causing damage to it as well. I took off when I realized it.

[median ember]

Keep pushing @jagged stratus

[crystal iris]

Just found that out doing ap5.... But they keep being for exocraft.

[indigo falcon]

the minotaur does not protect you from damage from hostiles, nor does any exocraft

they protect from environ hazards only

[jagged stratus]

automated feeders trivialize the grind 🙂

[crystal iris]

See. Thank you

[median ember]

And when did i say you have to be IN the minotaur. 😑

[crystal iris]

Sure. I really really really would like a matter beam or any tech for the freighter though.

[indigo falcon]

they don't hop walls. what happens is that the game may initially spawn them partly in your enclosed space, but it will force them back out again

so your task would be to just concentrate on picking up that first larval core, then getting the others in turn

[crystal iris]

How else would I use it?
It's not like the one in my Normal.

[barren creek]

not up, just forwards.

[jagged stratus]

the base/wall approach is really effective. remember to turn off part snapping

[median ember]

You want to join me in co op in expedition....and i will show you. 😑

[indigo falcon]

do you have the AI upgrade for it?

[median ember]

Assistance is best i can offer.

[crystal iris]

Thank you for offering.
But no, still want to do as much as I can solo. Without too much "cheesing"
But stay ready please, if on July 5th I'm still whining, I'll definitely take the assist.

[crystal iris]

Not for the Exped. Only in my Normal.

[median ember]

Not sure if you remember...this is 8th time i offered my assistance...and you refused...and i have my own life....so even i am not sure if be available then. 😑

[tight bluff]

that's not good...
that you have a life, that is

you are an Anomaly

[indigo falcon]

the AI pilot would let you hav the minotaur out there shooting things with you. but if you didn't get the memory fragment, then that's a nogo

[crystal iris]

And might I type, This is a really really great community!
The way you stick around and offer help to others and don't ever browbeat anyone!!!
It makes this server and the game so enjoyable!

[median ember]

My sick mom isn't. 😒

[indigo falcon]

family first, for sure

[finite rover]

RL first always.

[indigo falcon]

it's great you can take the time out to be in here as it is

[crystal iris]

Lol
Wait, you're keeping count?
Make the cut off 10. I may take it in 9

[indigo falcon]

remind me which phases you have complete at the moment, and which memory loops?

[median ember]

You know you are not only being inconsiderate but rude as well ...

[indigo falcon]

hey woah

I didn't see that as rude

playful maybe but that's it

[median ember]

I find it rude...because he dint understand my situation. 😑...

[jagged stratus]

@crystal iris so I take it you wouldn't want memory modules right now?

[tight bluff]

💯

[median ember]

I won't bother you again. Thank you.

[tight bluff]

Sorry man 😥

[mighty oriole]

<@&590975379678953522> Can I have the role? 🙂

[steel pagoda]

Gz

[wary pasture]

Ayyee 🎉

[glass solstice]

Nice

[tidal cedar]

[glass solstice]

[barren creek]

[glass solstice]

[indigo falcon]

couldn't leave that one reaction with 3 hanging

[tidal cedar]

it so beautiful

[glass solstice]

Indeed

[abstract sapphire]

can i have the leviathan role pretty please? <@&590975379678953522>

[tight bluff]

I don't want to go back to my Normal save after so much time 😕 I'm scared it looks like a job 😕
I need another expedition NAO

[indigo falcon]

yeah you did

if you sold a pile of stacks

welp. check prices tomorrow or in a few days, do other stuff for now

[tidal cedar]

we are so close to the last loop lol

[indigo falcon]

98 isn't it?

2 days left.

[tidal cedar]

its like 98-99%

[steel pagoda]

I feel the opposite lol. I have more work completed on my normal save.

But to each their own

[tidal cedar]

mine are similar bc of all the X modules

[tight bluff]

mmm? yes, that's what I meant: I progressed way more on my Normal

so I dont want to do everything again here, AND I dont want to wait 3 days ;D

[crystal iris]

Hmmm this is the 2nd time you've attacked me unprovokingly.
Not sure why.
I've not ever addressed you.
You always type to me in a way that would make one think you are being helpful. When I now feel like it's a ploy to do harm to me.
At this point I think I would feel safer on this server if you refrain from typing to me ever again.

[steel pagoda]

Ah ok

[tidal cedar]

what the hell happened?!?!?!

[abstract sapphire]

stuff

[crystal iris]

Apologies to everyone.
Please, let's go back to completing the expedition.

[raw mason]

Bruh I'm so close but I can't find an outlaw system

[indigo falcon]

there's a pinned message in here "mini-faq" that has info about an outlaw system on the route

[tight bluff]

yep, check Pins

[raw mason]

Thx

[cunning lagoon]

Bro, my first base turned from a paradise planet to a fungal one and now my new base got turned into a pirate system, i swear the devs arexout to get me

[indigo falcon]

I lost a lof ot t3 economies that became outlaw systems on one of my saves after Outlaws dropped

[cunning lagoon]

What is the point to t3 economies?

[tidal cedar]

better stuff to buy

[cunning lagoon]

Really?

[tidal cedar]

higher chance for better ships for one

[indigo falcon]

spawn chances for S class ships used to be best there

now outlaw systems have better chances (!)

you can buy higher quantities of goods

[wraith junco]

For example high suplly system will have more items to sell per type . 140 metal plates , 4k uranium etc.

[steel pagoda]

Oh I haven't gone back on my main save to look at everywhere I plopped a base computer

[indigo falcon]

not 4k uranium now

those quantities have been nerfed, 700-800 of any resource

but that's still more than a t2 or a t1 economy.

[wraith junco]

Even on normal?

[indigo falcon]

yes I mean specifically normal mode

amounts were nerfed with the Outlaws patch, actually shortly after it iirc

huge bummer too

[wraith junco]

:/

Yeah

[indigo falcon]

yeah because the Blighted expedition had started with the non nerfed amounts and they changed it in the middle

[wraith junco]

Oh havent noticed

[indigo falcon]

go buy oxy from npcs in a t3 system

you'll see

[wraith junco]

I belive you

[indigo falcon]

worse yet, go buy tritium for frigate fuel

[humble pulsar]

Yas.

[indigo falcon]

(ping the mods, get the role! see pins in here for more info)

[wraith junco]

I think it is too big nerf. I think 2k max would be ok

[humble pulsar]

@nimble token ?

[indigo falcon]

it went with a nerf of the amount of things you could buy in outlaw systems, I have to guess they were all linked together

[nimble token]

Done

[humble pulsar]

Alright, thank you !

[wraith junco]

Probably

[indigo falcon]

those were some golden days though for a little while, you could buy tons of suspicious packages for very cheap, open, sell for nanites ... heady days

[cunning lagoon]

I am near done in making the fit

Nw all i need is a better customization system

XD

[wraith junco]

Never used them for nanites somehow. Food + mold refine was better option for me

[indigo falcon]

it was fast and fun and also a great source of sentinel boundary maps

much faster than runaway mould even

buy, open, sell (400 nanites a pop most of them)

[wraith junco]

I switched to glass modules after

[cunning lagoon]

Looking at the new cape hurts my eyes

[tidal cedar]

why?

[steel pagoda]

I'm wearing it

[cunning lagoon]

It flickers and turns, fuzzy

[wide vault]

Welp. I died from a plant when i was like a minute away from completing the expedition.

[indigo falcon]

dang, I do not have that problem luckily

[indigo falcon]

wait wut

[cunning lagoon]

When it turns fuzzy t trigers my mild motion sickness badly

[indigo falcon]

what milestone

[wide vault]

Those damn whip plants

[indigo falcon]

what milestone though???

[wide vault]

Like the 6th one maybe?

[indigo falcon]

had you done phase 5??

[wide vault]

But it started me all over again

So it does not matter

[indigo falcon]

save has no progress?

[wide vault]

Nope

[indigo falcon]

ok next question: did you put any bases down?

[tidal cedar]

im wondering how you were weak enough to die to a plant at the end of the expedition

i was close to my normal power level by the end

[wide vault]

Yeah. But have to do everything anyway. No way i can do that in a day untill the event ends

[indigo falcon]

two days

and if you have bases then you can shorten the time a lot

[tidal cedar]

yea its just a few hours til you cant start it

still 2 days if you already started

[wide vault]

Almost died from a fall. Walking over to my ship to recover then died

[indigo falcon]

dang, that is some bad luck 😦

[tidal cedar]

oof

[wraith junco]

You can . It takes about 8h . 4h if you plan the milestones. No need to do them in order

[wide vault]

Whats worse is i did not even get the cape. The only thing i was after😭

[indigo falcon]

use player bases; do things in a specific order (wait on high risk things until later, there's a spoiler about that)

[wide vault]

Anyway the cape requires you to get wispering eggs. And i dont have a death wish

[indigo falcon]

so you want phase 1 and 3

[tidal cedar]

cape is kinda early on tho

not near the end

[indigo falcon]

and there are bases for the eggs. that's how I did it

[cunning lagoon]

I did it in just over 12 hours, if i can so can you.

[wide vault]

I skipped cape as it had some dangerous stuff. Went for the other stuff first

[indigo falcon]

a good base has 4 walls around each egg cluster, and a walkway at "roof" level betewen the enclosures

[wide vault]

Not at my skill level😭

[indigo falcon]

I did not take a scratch from them

yes, at your skill level

you can absolutely do this

[deft phoenix]

What exactly is the objective for the optional milestone in phase 5?

[tidal cedar]

the 5th universal loop?

[indigo falcon]

the optional milestone gets you uh... more memory fragments, that's it I think

[tidal cedar]

just contribute to the stuff polo needs

its just community goals

[indigo falcon]

or gets everybody them, more to the point.

[cunning lagoon]

Is there a faster way to give cronus food?

[tidal cedar]

cronus?

[wraith junco]

And if you unlock all memories maybe them all weapons will unlock to on anomaly but its just speculation

[indigo falcon]

there's some mod that will keep the dialoge box open but that's about it

[cunning lagoon]

Food guy at the anomaly

[cunning lagoon]

Xbox moment

[indigo falcon]

well I'm on a ps5 so there you hav eit

[wide vault]

I don't even think the cape fits with my look.

[indigo falcon]

maybe not but you can get it

you will do one additional thing besides the phase 1 and 3: you will also want to smuggle contraband

why? to get the rewards from that which are worth a lot of units

so you can buy the pugneum and such for the "Self Improvement" milestone (in phase 3)

other than that, just phase 1 and 3, you can do it

[wide vault]

True but units are not the problem for me. I get stuck trying to go from ancor point to ancor point. Its so far

[wraith junco]

On first planet you can adopt pet so that will be out of the way too

[indigo falcon]

where did you put bases?

no need for phase 1/3

[wide vault]

Ap 3 and 4

[indigo falcon]

so you have one on 3 already! this is grand

so: do phase 1

make sure you hit an outlaw station between starter system and 1 (there are several, info on one in the pins)

sell the stuff anyhow

[cunning lagoon]

Mine copper and use the chromatic metal from quests, you should have plenty for warps

[indigo falcon]

from system 1, go to space station and go toy our base

go to anchor 3, then do the memory loop

[cunning lagoon]

I only had to mine like 3 deposits the wjole time

[indigo falcon]

you will only need to warp as far as system one if you just want these two phases.

[wide vault]

Maybe ill do it, idk. But thanks for the tips anyway

[steel pagoda]

I think it is what it is. I would like them to let us feed him in stacks one day.

[indigo falcon]

sure

Imean

if you don't feel it' you shouldn't do it

it's a game, you want to enjoy it, or feel that the reward is worth it later

[wide vault]

Yeah, ill think about it

[indigo falcon]

maybe you'll think so later, maybe not, we'll be here in either case.

[tidal cedar]

you do still have 2 whole days

[steel pagoda]

Having the bases down and streamline it in order helps

[deft phoenix]

Oh yeah, me and my gf finally finished it. May I have the Leviathan role? <@&590975379678953522>

[nimble token]

There you go 👍

[zinc trout]

Yess. <@&590975379678953522> May I please have the Leviathan role too?

[deft phoenix]

Awesome, thank you

[hushed oyster]

There

[nimble token]

everyone getting it done quick before it's over i see 😛

[cunning lagoon]

Some gigachad just gave me 2 ai valves

[indigo falcon]

sell, stash, give away, as you see fit!

[cunning lagoon]

Bro ima sell these and buy me a capital class frieghter

[hushed oyster]

Just wait till i do it on tuesday

Well ok i only have like 2 milestones left

But still

last minute

[nimble token]

haha

[tidal cedar]

imagine if you missed it tho

[cunning lagoon]

By the way anyone know if freighter spawns are random or procedural?

[tidal cedar]

"I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess"

[indigo falcon]

which two milestones, the last two in phase 5? that take all of 2 minutes? 😛

[tidal cedar]

freighters spawn after 3 hours unpaused in-game time and 5 warp jumps

might have a 6 hour cooldown? Im not sure about that part

[cunning lagoon]

Nope

I got two in 20 min when i was jumping for the last anchor yesterday

[tidal cedar]

not sure what thats about

[cunning lagoon]

Was pissing annoying too

Wouldn't let me jump away

Had to boost halfway across the system as my ship was squishy

[tidal cedar]

hehe

[steel pagoda]

It's happening a lot more frequently on this expedition. I get freighrer battles every couple of warps. Even 20 minutes apart.

I got side tracked a lot from pirates and battles reaching anchor points.

[wraith junco]

Do you need to pick up storm crystals and eggs yourself? Or you can just get one from player for it to complete milestone?

[tidal cedar]

eggs are picked up yourself

[steel pagoda]

Yes pick up yourself

[indigo falcon]

freighter battles every 3 warps in expedition mode, no timer

that's true for expedtions generally, at least so far

[tidal cedar]

oooh nice

[indigo falcon]

gotta get them yourself the normal way, no buying or any of that

no finding on derelicts either

[tidal cedar]

duping doesnt work either

[wraith junco]

Damn. I fought i could give away my extra ones

[cunning lagoon]

It bloody annoying, why?

[indigo falcon]

free drops from pirates. more chanves to find a good freighter. if you don't want a freighter, more chances to collect cargo bulkheads

why? because expeditions run on a compressed timeline of 6 weeks max

the game by contrast is intended to be played over many months

[tidal cedar]

hehe

I started just over 2 weeks ago

[indigo falcon]

than you have potentially months of play ahead of you (if you enjoy the game)

some people in here have been playing for years, some even since launch day

[tidal cedar]

we''ll see, but I typically binge games until I run out of stuff I wanna do, then I move on to the next one

[indigo falcon]

play while you enjoy, don't when you don't

there will be new content from time to time, perhaps you'll come back for that

[tidal cedar]

tru dat

[shell monolith]

Were the extra milestones unlocked?

[tidal cedar]

loading in to check rn

[cunning lagoon]

I came once i heard the game was actually decent, played up until pioneers, left cause bored, now im back cause i felt lije trying the "new" expeditions

[cunning lagoon]

Handing in stuff to polo

It a community milestone thing

[indigo falcon]

there's still the 5th one which is at 98%

feel free to help grind if you like

[shell monolith]

Yeah, what were the rewards again?

May just get on that

[tidal cedar]

the 5th one isnt that helpful

the first four upgraded memory fragments

[indigo falcon]

memory fragments

[tidal cedar]

the 5th one just gives a few extra

[cunning lagoon]

Imagine if you trading away billions of uits in irems juat killed the local economy

[pure elm]

Ah yes, the milestone is totally done lol

Guess this means the final loop milestone rewards will become collectible soon

[tidal cedar]

nice

[indigo falcon]

hrm hrm

[tight bluff]

nah, it says "completed 99%, remaining 0%" 😉

[pure elm]

As I said, the rewards will become collectible soon

[tight bluff]

ye, sorry

[pure elm]

Because that's less than 1 percent remaining I believe

[indigo falcon]

still 99% indeed

let's see how it is tomorrow

[outer path]

any rough estimates on the number of warps between Anchor 2 and 3? I'm a little worried I got off the path somehow

[trim dome]

Almost finished for the 10th time and died. Tried the close the game immediately but didnt work, start all over AGAIN

[indigo falcon]

uhhh... definitely < 10? I'm sorry I don't have a better number

[indigo falcon]

ugh, that sucks... only thing I can say, put bases down by everything, cuts travel time down because you keep those

[trim dome]

Permadeath is the dumbest thing ever for an expedition

[pure elm]

From what I've heard though people thought previous expeditions were too easy so this one was made permadeath to add challenge

I think it was a good one and it made me think twice about doing stuff especially after dying to a glitch and not reacting properly in time

But I know how frustrating it is too

That death made me lose some progress and I was upset for a while

[indigo falcon]

I don't know whether that was the case or not. I do know hg looks for ways to keep these from getting stale.

we'll see what they do with expd 8

[pure elm]

I hope it'll be interesting too

Will miss this one because it was quite the journey ngl

[trim dome]

Well out of the 10 times I died, 3 were due to having to afk (I have 7 kids), 2 were insta dying to swarms (still dunno how they did that since I was full shield + full health), 2 were my stupidity, 1 was the storm at 4th wp throwing me all over, 1 was I fell about 5 feet and insta died, and 1 was a monster insta killed me in one hit when I was trying to tame him (again no idea how I was full health/shield)

[wraith junco]

Need help?

With expedition. *

[trim dome]

I am just very tired of doing the same thing over and over. Starting over sucks

I dont think you can help, the multiplayer isnt very multiplayer except in space station

[indigo falcon]

damage is much heavier in survival/perma and hazard prot/shields take much longer to regenerate. in addition shields are weaker after the sentinels update aiui

sp all that in cmbination... well, there you have it

[trim dome]

I dunno, insta one shot kill does not seem like a good idea in permadeath

[indigo falcon]

nope. gotta just stay outta reach of all that to the extent possible

lob a pellet at them instead of getting up close

the storm, that's just luck or not

and for the swarms, have your ship at every memory loop point and haul @ss for it right after interacting with the grave

I ran alot, not ashamed either 😛

[pure elm]

From what I've noticed, it's not exactly one shot kill at least not for the lighter blows

[indigo falcon]

depends on angle and impact I guess, you might get unlucky there too

[trim dome]

I have over 2500 hours played. Not like I am a total noob or anything.

[pure elm]

E.g. at the start of the exp, I ended up hoisting myself twice to make my character die

[indigo falcon]

then you know the differences with survival/perma

[pure elm]

Nobody said you were a noob. I was only sharing my personal experiences

2500 hours might've all been in Normal and/or Creative, which is completely fine btw because survival and permadeath aren't exactly easy

[indigo falcon]

the afk thing, I think if you have multiplayer disabled you can ... I wouldn't photo mode, an animal can bump you out of that. but maybe the option screen or something

one of those will legit pause the game

[pure elm]

In fact I never even started either mode until I started this expedition

[trim dome]

I do the holes under the eggs, placing walls around them etc. Just stuff happens occasionally and you get hit immediately upon spawn. usually it does very little and you run/fly/jump away, but this time I have had a few insta one shot kills. Just annoying to me.

[indigo falcon]

ah, I went the 4 walls route, never had any luck with the tunnels

enclosures are a bit slower but have always done the trick

[pure elm]

I had enclosed one nest with around 4 or so walls, I think more actually. I ended up getting glitch yeeted into the air which undid my progress that time

[outer path]

any rough estimates on the number of warps between Anchor 2 and 3? I'm a little worried I got off the path somehow

[trim dome]

I like tunnels cause you are inside when you shoot the egg so they cant spawn on top of you. About 1/5 you dont get the egg though cause it falls through the ground

[pure elm]

That was the first time I attempted to gather the eggs and from what I was told, that was an extremely rare occurence

[indigo falcon]

the horrors come right down into the tunnel with me, even though I try to keep it narrow. shrug

[trim dome]

my insta deaths were from the graves though, not the eggs. but same principle

[indigo falcon]

yeah, I jus tparked the ship next to the grave, faced the ship, interacted, ran. each time.

[pure elm]

What I did was park my ship right at the graves, allowing me to get in as soon as I activated the grave

[tight bluff]

well, it depends on the jump capabilities of your engine (I kept upgrading mine) but I never needed more than 3 jumps in general, IIRC

[cunning lagoon]

I didnt

[indigo falcon]

do you see a system, um, Uffanymo III, in your space station list?

if so you definitely passed it

[outer path]

ok, thanks. i haven't upgrade yet but i'm at like 10 warps and still no end in sight on the galaxy map...hmmmmm

[cunning lagoon]

Shouldnt take more than a dozen, also the path should be marked if you select the quest for anchor point

[tight bluff]

mmm maybe you're lost 😕

[steel pagoda]

I dug a hole. Moleman null

[outer path]

seems like...going to research and retrace a bit. thanks all for the help

[tight bluff]

as apergos said: do you see a system, um, Uffanymo III, in your space station list?

[indigo falcon]

ok, best of luck!

[tight bluff]

let's prepare a rescue team! I'll bring drinks!

[indigo falcon]

I'm goign to bring sleeping bags I'm afraid (in about 30 mins I'm off)

[trim dome]

so how do you prevent the death being saved ? Apparently I am doing it wrong

[wraith junco]

Im at portal send glyphs

[trim dome]

they said close the game while the death writing was on the screen but that didnt work, I logged in to a re-start

[tight bluff]

I'm at home, I don't need portals 😛

[wraith junco]

Ok

[pure elm]

Supposedly you close the game before it starts saving, but I never tried this nor actually had the opportunity to do so

Another basically foolproof way is backing up the save file itself and copying it over if you die, but I only know of this being possible on PC

[tight bluff]

wait a second, I'm lost: what do you need glyphs for?

[trim dome]

Maybe I was not fast enough, I dunno at what point it starts saving but as soon as I died I hit alt f4 but it took about 10 seconds for the game to actually close

[pure elm]

Glyphs are miscellaneous things not really related to/needed for the expedition, but are used at portals to access many other planets

[tight bluff]

oh nono I know that, but I didn't understand what Astaroth88 was trying to achiev

reach anchor 3?

[pure elm]

Ooooh

[tight bluff]

glyphs are in the pins

[pure elm]

I think I misread your post then

[tight bluff]

the lost in space guy is Infinty Cycle 2.0 xD

[wraith junco]

I Misread the message . Sorry probably geting tired. Will hit the bed in 1h anyway

[tight bluff]

you don't have to backtrack, you could be close enough if... well, if settings on pilot were wrong ;D

[wraith junco]

Need help ?

[tight bluff]

1. make sure your Anchor 3 milestone is selected as active
2. make sure in the galaxy map (it's confusing, I agree) the "path method" is "current mission" (can't remember exact words)

now the path is clearly shown, connecting stars! 😄

[outer path]

thanks all. i've gotta go get groceries now but will try to figure out where i am later tonight. i appreciate the offer of help! hoepfully i can figure it out then.

one other question even though i can't play til a little later....the derelict freighter mission scares me a little with permadeath. any suggestions on prepping for it? or is there another easy way to get smuggled goods?

[wraith junco]

Cold resistance

[indigo falcon]

that's not needed for smuggled good but you do need to run one in phase 5

save up nanites for one good cold shield, have some batteries with you, have ammo for your weapon

if you want, you can plan it so that you portal to the system of your choice and run the derelict there

there are known derelicts with only jellyfish for example

if you want to stay on the expd rout: anchor systems 3 and 5 derelicts have turrets and drones

4 has bugs (nests)

smuggles goods: stop at any outlaw system, buy contrband, sell it in regular one.

[cunning lagoon]

Hey smart man, how do i start he egg ship quest, i got an egg

[ashen shore]

In expeditions?

[cunning lagoon]

No, in normal

[ashen shore]

Wrong channel bud

[cunning lagoon]

Ik but i asked in the normal chat and no one said anything so i asked here instead

[ashen shore]

This is a channel for expeditions related stuff

[tight bluff]

and expedition eggs 😛

[wraith junco]

🤣

[steel pagoda]

Ask in the help channel. They're usually pretty good

#nms-questions

[steel pagoda]

But have it in inventory when you are in space. It should auto begin

With a message on your ship to popup

And a quest marker.

[trim dome]

@steel pagoda A fellow Nightstalker ?

[calm flax]

The derelict freigter you go to can make a lot of difference. I wish I could remember where I found the easy one I went through on one of the expedition saves. It definitely wasn't the one I went through at Anchor Point 1. 12 rooms and a bunch of sacks full of spitting bugs. I would make sure I had at least 1 S class cold upgrade and a whole bunch of batteries or dioxite. If you do get one with a bunch of bugs or security just stand back at the entrances and take them out from there. The bugs will come to you. If you get low on health just give it a little time it'll build back up.

[wraith venture]

Easy derelict freighter with glyph coordinates (previously shared by apergos): https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/v1k85r/fyi_you_can_do_the_phase_5_expedition_7_derelict/

[cedar glade]

I cant find any predatory creatures on the first planet any tips?

[ashen shore]

You've gone to the first planet?

[cedar glade]

im on it right now

[ashen shore]

Are there any animals at all?

[cedar glade]

i only saw one

since then none

[ashen shore]

Make a save and reload

[cedar glade]

alrighty

it worked thatnks!

[ashen shore]

Np

[steel pagoda]

Always

But it's day time and I've been sitting on the dock by the lake in full sun today lmao

But that reminds me.. i built a base computer on that swamp

[vocal flare]

Is the dammed loop progression still on zero percent

I’m sick of the photon cannon lol and would like to actually get some new ship weapons

[ashen shore]

The loop progression is complete

[tidal cedar]

wooo

[cunning lagoon]

That isnt working

[dense basin]

WE DID IT!

[ashen shore]

What's the reward?

[magic elbow]

hell yeah, my 7 things did count earlier, I'll make sure to redeem it tmrw lul

[dense basin]

Inventory x1, memory x4

[ashen shore]

Ah nothing cool

[dense basin]

Nope

Just that glowing sense of completion

[ashen shore]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEES

i like to think that i contributed to that very last push because i sent in 10 stacks an hour ago 😛

can we get more leviathan frigates?

[dense basin]

Sadly no

[ashen shore]

or just the 1

[tidal cedar]

one per save

[ashen shore]

ok

how are people's experiences with it so far?

[dense basin]

Otherwise I'd have a fleet of them now 😄

The frigate? It's really good for early game

[cedar glade]

where do i get storm crystals

[tidal cedar]

extreme storm planets

[cedar glade]

uhhhh

[tidal cedar]

I found a good spot by looking it up online

"nms expedition storm crystals" or something similar

[dense basin]

From the
A planet in anchor system 1 (Cebrac-Eliwyn) has storm crystals: the acrid (toxic) moon (Mapon VIII)

Use your minotaur for this so you stay safe in the storms

As a general rule, though, planets that have an activated resource (activated copper, activated cadmium, etc.) will be extreme weather planets that will have storm crystals.

[trim dome]

Last 5 times it tried to save it locked up and I had to end task it. Anyone have this issue ?

[dense basin]

Yes, although not this week. To avoid it what I learned was that you just need to let it chill for a bit without clicking the screen and it will end the hang. If you do click the screen, it will go into an unrecoverable lock and you'll have to end task.

It tended to happen for 2 or 3 saves back to back and then stop being stupid for the rest of the play session.

[jagged stratus]

It's going to take a while to clear these out :/

[dense basin]

Yeah, maybe a minute or two

[jagged stratus]

i guess the blueprint prices only go back to normal in a day?

[tight bluff]

Same here

[vocal flare]

Awesomeness 🤘🖤
Unfortunately the blueprints are still locked lol 😂😡

[jagged stratus]

also could I have the flair <@&590975379678953522>

[dense basin]

They won't go back to normal until the expedition is over

[jagged stratus]

oof

[trim dome]

@dense basin Good info, thnx

[vocal flare]

🤘🖤🛸

[dense basin]

At least that's soon? 😄

I console myself by farming up a pile of tech and having it ready to go

Or rather I will, once I decide which of these 7 saves to keep >.>

[tidal cedar]

there, updated my portal reception

[dense basin]

I just came the closest I've come to dying on anchor 4 because I tunneled into a surprise cave while running from sentinels. Lol. Would have been hella ironic to croak there on my last playthrough of this expedition

[crystal iris]

Whew!!!! Finally got 10 larval cores!!
Now I'm back on AP5 another chance. Why are the other 3 garbled text?

[jagged stratus]

you need to finish them in order

[crystal iris]

Feels like the pirates are there to not only my try and kill me.. But they also take you way off course.

[dense basin]

I think of them as free nanites xd

[crystal iris]

They put me on another freighter. Almost died again.

[dense basin]

For the phase 5 mandatory freighter?

Did you know you can choose the freighter?

[raw mason]

<@&590975379678953522> may I please have the flair?

[crystal iris]

I think so. Just finished it.
Didn't know.

[dense basin]

Congrats!

[crystal iris]

Just the freighter not the Exped.

[dense basin]

I understood - and it's still worthy of a congrats 😄

[crystal iris]

Oh yeah!!
Thank you.

I think I made the mistake of choosing a freighter the 1st time. Because there those baby Monstrosities in there. And that's how I died!!

[dense basin]

Ugh, those are the worst

[crystal iris]

So.. Need a hint. Who do I give ||the manifest to, scrap dealer or guild envoy? ||
And can I do anything with the tainted metal?

[dense basin]

Scrap dealer

[crystal iris]

Oooops

[dense basin]

Refine the tainted metal into nanites

dw, that's not a spoiler 😉

If you give them to the envoy, you get a bit of rep but that's pretty meh

[sharp sable]

I need help finding a crashed freighter

[scarlet surge]

I am a bit confused, is the living freighter here to stay? Can we still get them after the expedition?

[sharp sable]

its literally the only thing i have left to do

[tidal cedar]

the living frigate can only be unlocked during this expedition

[dense basin]

Buy emergency cartographic data charts

[tidal cedar]

once unlocked you can get the living frigate once per save

[scarlet surge]

Ah gotcha

Thanks

[dense basin]

Get 4 or 5 of them, and keep using them all at once until one of them gives you a freighter location.

[tidal cedar]

np

[dense basin]

Don't go to something that's the wrong type as the game will not give you a repeat of the wrong one while it's still up

[scarlet surge]

Apparently during the last expedition, my save didn't keep everything

The stuff I unlocked was still locked

[sharp sable]

thanks a bunch ill do that now

[dense basin]

Make sure you actually click the final reward

[scarlet surge]

Thought I did but I will have to make sure I do this time

[dense basin]

And then it will be at the quicksilver vendor ever after in each save

And the game will harangue you about it every time you go to the anomaly 😆

[cunning lagoon]

Yep

Also frigates save if you get a new big one right?

I wont lose space boi if i upgrade?

[dense basin]

If you upgrade what?

Your freighter?

[cunning lagoon]

Ye

[dense basin]

Your fleet transfers over

[cunning lagoon]

Thank god

[dense basin]

So does your base, but anything in the main inventory doesn't

[cunning lagoon]

Im gonna roll for a capital s class tomorrow

[dense basin]

Good luck!

I hope you've saved up some units

[cunning lagoon]

Its gonna be boring as shit

170mil should be enough

Right?

[dense basin]

I have seen them as high as 186 but they are usually less

And by usually I mean almost always

[cunning lagoon]

Balls, ill sell some of my 5000 gold then

[sharp sable]

lads ive done it

slightly over 10 hours of grinding

[cunning lagoon]

?

[sharp sable]

finished the expidition

[tidal cedar]

post screenshot and ping mods for the flair

[cunning lagoon]

Yeye

[sharp sable]

<@&590975379678953522>

[jagged cloak]

<@&590975379678953522>

Thank you!

[cunning lagoon]

Gj lad

[crystal iris]

Do I have to take the settlement on the planet it pops up on?
I'd like to find another

[dense basin]

You do not need to

You can buy settlement charts and use them in a system where you do want a settlement

[cunning lagoon]

Settlement debt:87,000,000 should i just give up and try again at this point?

[tidal cedar]

How the hell did you manage that lol

[slender harness]

That's... Not great, but not unsalvageable

Might take a while, though

[wraith venture]

Nah, you don't have to settle for a settlement I certainly didn't. You can keep looking and claim a location you like more. You can use charts to search for them iirc.

[wraith venture]

You should be able to get over that debt. If you need tips with settlements, share questions and screenshots in #nms-questions. Bk201 is pretty knowledgeable with those. But others in the channel can provide insight as well.

[crystal iris]

Guess who finally got the Larval Cores!!

[indigo falcon]

good job! what's left to do now?

oh and what strategy did you use for the eggs, out of curiosity?

[crystal iris]

Found a base that had the walls around it.
But I still got spit on. Lol

[indigo falcon]

they do spit, the horrid things

hope they didn't do too much harm

[dense basin]

Yeah, the safe bases seemed less safe this time around. I tried two different ones instead of building my own and got that

(Finished run #7 a couple hours ago 😄 )

[indigo falcon]

I did ok with the walls and didn't have a problem (someone else's base)

no injuries that I can recall

[dense basin]

I had no issues the last few times - today was the first

[crystal iris]

You did the Exped more than once??

[dense basin]

Yep

I also play perma, though, so this was fun for me

[indigo falcon]

the only expedition I've been tempted to do more than once was emergence, and I did spend extra time in that one afterwords playing with the worm babies (once the camera shake issues were addressed)

so lm704, what's left on your todo list?

[sharp shore]

i hate how some larval cores just fall through the ground when you break the eggs

i dont use the wall method, just break a pile of them on 1 side, loot all quick, fly over the building to the otherside (SouthEast to North West, cross method), break the other pile, loot all, rinse repeat for the remaining clusters.

usually they dont even get a hit in and i loot everything and scoot.

[dense basin]

I'm happy enough using that in normal or surv, but I skip it in perma

[outer path]

Is Anchor point 3 in Rucestheu III?

[sharp shore]

yeah i wont want to risk that in perma either

[dense basin]

No, the system is Uffanymo III

[indigo falcon]

the system names are all in a pinned message in here with glyphs too btw

[outer path]

Thank you. I’m definitely lost. Going to try to backtrack to Anchor 2. Could anyone tell me which system Anchor 2 is in please?

[indigo falcon]

(see pins)

[outer path]

Thx. What do you use the glyphs for in the mission

[dense basin]

Glyphs are a milestone reward

[indigo falcon]

well some people after anchor two when they have the glyphs, might use them to go to run a derelict of ther choice, in phase 5

or to get back to a previosu system if they went way off the route

stuff like that

[dense basin]

Oh, misunderstood.

If you went to the space station (which you should always do!), you can just teleport back to Romestovot and use the path from there

[cunning lagoon]

I grabbed the first egg, boosted over the structure to the other side, grabbed another, and then if there was another patch i grabbed from that but if there wasnt i started killing them with my mining laser out of hatred, i had no weapon. Then they despawned and i repeated the process. Got 8 cores drom one abandoned building.

I would have gotten more but many fell through the ground and i had to abandon 2 cause i didnt want to risk getting stunlocked and dying

[indigo falcon]

yeah they do that disappearing into the terrain trick, really annoying

[crystal iris]

Not sure. Had to walk away from it.
I died again.
After talking to the living frigate.
Didn't answer correctly I guess.
Died and woke up on another planet.
Don't think I'll be able t complete it in time now.

[indigo falcon]

uh

ok you there

I recommend doing the following

log into the save

like right now if you are there

(what did you answer to the living frigate, just to double check?)

@crystal iris

[dense basin]

Don't walk away from it. Log back in.

Trust me.

[crystal iris]

I can't right now. Have to do it tomorrow.

[dense basin]

They woke up on another planet - we know what they answered 😉

[indigo falcon]

ok. and what answer did you give to the living frigate though?

[indigo falcon]

I just want to verify!!

[crystal iris]

Umm. I just picked the 1st ones, don't even read it.

[dense basin]

That will give you the right answer in this instance.

[minor breach]

Submit

[dense basin]

I just did it

[indigo falcon]

ok

[crystal iris]

I thought I read on here that it didn't matter what you answer.

[indigo falcon]

so when you are able to get back to your xbox, you need to do the following

||log into the save, look at your milestones||

that is all.

[minor breach]

||Yeah the devs just felt like messing with you||

[indigo falcon]

no answer will block you, i.e. if you give an answer that doesn't move you forward, you can redo the interaction again and choose again

the game does not block you.

[crystal iris]

Yes, I did. Saw the loop progress was 100%

[indigo falcon]

||and your phase milestones and such?||

[crystal iris]

The siren is greyed out.. Like I didn't do it.

[crystal iris]

It was done. But the siren is not.

[dense basin]

The loop progress is unrelated to your progress

[indigo falcon]

||so everything complete but that one thing? what about 'meet the leviathan', is that marked as complete?||

[dense basin]

||That doesn't complete until you stand around on the planet for a bit||

Sorry, I meant the last milestone

But if the siren isn't complete, try building the flute again?

[indigo falcon]

ok that might be true. you will remember better than me for that. I do want to verify if phase 1-4 are shown as complete or not

@crystal iris ^^ do you know offhand?

[wraith venture]

Based on what you described here, it sounds like you did complete it. Let us know when you're back on. You still have time to claim all your rewards before the event ends (<t:1657062000:f>). Keep us posted in this channel

[crystal iris]

Hold on.. I took screen shots. Is it OK to post them here?

[indigo falcon]

yes, you can spoiler mark those too

and if you can't because mobile, I don't actually care and neither will anyone else

just post them

at this point we're < 2 days left, let's get everyone through this

[dense basin]

Ye

I'd like to see iteration 5 and this page

[indigo falcon]

I want to see phase 1 and 4 myself 😄 heck all of 'em

[dense basin]

And this from your log

[indigo falcon]

I want to know what the game thinks is going on

[dense basin]

Seriously

[indigo falcon]

before I start giving the game a piece of my mind

[crystal iris]

Yes on mobile.

[indigo falcon]

phase 1, 2 looking good

phase 3 showing incomplete, hrm

[indigo falcon]

phase 4 good

[wraith venture]

have you tried completing milestone 3 in this phase? stealing whispering eggs?

[crystal iris]

I took the screen shot earlier before I completed it.. That's why I showed the other.

[indigo falcon]

yep

and phase 5 shows?

[wraith venture]

have you tried stealing whispering eggs again to see if it magically gets checked off?

[crystal iris]

This was the last shot of 5 I took.. Thought I had a newer one.

[indigo falcon]

hmm ok we'll wait for the newer one of that to show up

[crystal iris]

Then this one.

[dense basin]

That is the one that means you chose correctly

[indigo falcon]

we'll need these from after you log in again

that is, if anything changed

(sorry for that, I know it's tedious)

basically we know what the game should do and we need to compare that to what the game thinks your state is now

so we can figure out how to work around it

[crystal iris]

It's like a 3 step process to take a screenshot on Xbox... Have to be quick or it dissappears.

[wraith venture]

You mean when you click Home button and then click Y?

I don't seem to have an issue with the Xbox Y Capture screenshot prompt disappearing for me. So odd it does for you. Which console are you on?

[crystal iris]

Yes. Like those screen prompts. I try to read it. Then think. Ok let me get a screenshot. But sometimes it disappears before I get it and I get a pic of just standing there with no words.

[wraith venture]

You mean Xbox screenshot prompt? Or you mean NMS photo mode?

[crystal iris]

Xbox one. The white one.

[wraith venture]

Just clicking the Home button immediately followed by Y should do the trick. Super weird your Xbox makes the prompt disappear at all. Not sure if there'd be a setting for that.

[crystal iris]

Photo mode I can get a good shot.

But when I just press Xbox.. Then y. If I don't hurry the info on the screen goes away.
Like each time I would complete something. I tried to remember get a screenshot..

[wraith venture]

I have to click out of it for it to disappear. Otherwise the guide just stays showing.

[wraith venture]

Ooh you mean the in-game info?

[crystal iris]

So.. I click the Xbox button. Then I have to d pad over to capture. Then down to screenshot.
Yours is not like that?

[wraith venture]

Oh no, not at all.

I just get a guide from Xbox that pops up, at that point I press Y. And screenshot taken.

[crystal iris]

Yes. Like when you complete a milestone. And the prompt comes up for about 7 seconds.