Hello all – so a few weeks ago I discovered a really nice tool in this subreddit that laid out the base materials required to craft a single stasis device, including all of the steps for all of the mats in between.

I decided to add some columns to both of the sheet’s existing sections whereby the user could specify any quantity of stasis device he liked, and the sheet would do the proper math in terms of how many base mats you needed in order to craft that many devices. I found it very helpful setting up my farm(s) to ensure that they were producing at least as many materials as my target per day.

I also added two entirely new sections, one to calculate how many physical plants you needed to “build”/farm (so you could see the impact vs. the limit of pieces per base and per savegame), and a separate sheet of fairly detailed instructions/explanation.

I do not mean to take credit for anyone else’s work. I mention that twice in the sheet itself and here again; if the original author shows that it is their creation, I will happily credit them for the original idea/version alongside credit for the minor additions I made.

Here is the Excel version. Of course, you may use the image included in the post if you don’t trust external links; it’s up to you, but of course the support to change the desired quantity of stasis devices craftable per “farm run” is only functional in the spreadsheet version.

I hope at least one or two people find this as helpful as I did while setting up a stasis device farm complex.

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Image Version – Stasis Device Farm Mats (Reduced Functionality)

Below are a few popular questions that we’ve received from our past FAQ thread. As always we ask that everyone be respectful and we welcome everyone’s contribution so have fun!

Q- I’m keen to start a new passive money making pursuit. What are some good ideas or guides post-Waypoint?

A#1-Gold farm, then take that stack and sell it at a terminal (not traders) in systems that sell gold. Sell all your gold to the terminal and crash the economy. Then buy it all back at 80% off discount. You just got free money and keep all the gold. All this takes is an initial investment on a gold farm, then you carry all that gold with you and just sell/buy back when you get to another system that sells gold. With 50 stacks in my ship’s cargo hold, I can make somewhere around 150 million units in each system I do this in.

A#2-Start a Farm, Fusion Igniters or Statis Devices Farm which will increase your profits to 100- 200 mil fairly quickly and you can even send out multiple freighter missions which will help you get aronium, magno-gold, Enriched carbon and more which will increase the profits even more.

A#3-Quickest way I’ve found to make a TON of units: Harvesting Storm Crystals. Find a VERY hot planet that has frequent fire storms. DURING STORMS ONLY – you can see the bright white light from Storm Crystals if you fly around low enough. Fly to them, land, quickly harvest them, get back in your ship and fly to the next before you burn up.

Q-How do I get the Advanced Mining Laser? I don’t have the option to craft one, and the multi-tool upgrade vendor at the space station doesn’t have the blueprint for sale.

A-In order to get it, you have to look for the blueprints in crashed ships or abandoned facilities. You get it from the main story (awakenings) or you can buy it on the anomaly.

Q-What do I actually do in the game? I finished the tutorial, is there anything else beside gathering stuff, building a base and repeat?

A#1-It’s really whatever you want, there’s a base story, (assuming you haven’t completed it already), follow the quest log and you’ll figure it out, but things You’d want to do for end game? You can collect multiple multitools, ships, built a fleet for your freighter, etc.

Q-Is there a planet that is populated by many players, and they built their base close to each others like a city?

A- Yeah its the Galactic Hub Project, Its a place where many people have bases and each day the numbers grow. Please help yourself. There are many factions in NMS that do this, even NMS Pirates Hub.

Q-I’m still pretty early into the game, just making my way to the center of the galaxy, what should I be spending my credits on?

A-Go hang around a outlaw/pirate trading post. Cheapest S-class start at around 8-8.5 million without a trade-in. I recommend Vikeen pirate, as then you have two good and 1 remote chances at high-maneuverability S-class: fighter, solar, exotic.