I believe its time to use documented proof to show definitively how Sentinel Ship Spawning actually works and show off how you can use that knowledge to your advantage. For today’s documentation I could not spare the time to find a Wild S class spawned ship so instead I simply grabbed one from the Coordinate Exchange as the basis for my research. Credit where credit is due, here is the link to the post I used by sedatedsashquatch

The Ship We Shall Experiment On Today

For this experiment I found 4 copies of this ship on the same planet. I wanted to get one of each Class Rating but was not able to and ended up with 2 B Class instead. Here are the 4 ships I found, I forgot to record the coordinates for one of the B-Class. NOTE that ALL ships that spawn in the system will be the same ship design. If you want a different design you must SWAP SYSTEMS. 1 Sentinel Ship design per System!

Here is Decisive proof of my 4 finds with coordinates to 3 of them. The names listed in the repair screen are INCORRECT

Here is documentation of what the ships looked like internally right after I claimed them with the correctly updated name. Likely a bug that the names change right now might be related to them being buildings.

With the ships claimed they update to show their TRUE NAME which is Salvaged-a

From here I renamed each of the ships. For clarity the pictures have the ships always in the same tiles so you can easily compare picture to picture. The S class was renamed to Wild S, The 1st B class become Wild Bv1, the 2nd B class became Wild Bv2, and the A-Class became Wild-Av1. Now lets look at their Supercharged slots.

As you can see here EACH of the 4 ships has its own unique Super Charged Layout

With this information we can decisively prove that the Super Charged Layout of Sentinel Ships is NOT SEEDED to the System. I have managed to claim the same ship at the same crash site in my own worlds multiple times and they always have the same Super Charged slots in each crash location. This means that the CRASH LOCATION determines the Super Charged Layout. This is similar to how Multi-tool Supercharge Slots work!

This information means that if you find a GREAT ship you CAN farm it on that planet to try and find one with a better Supercharged Layout.

Next I will prove decisively that the CORE stats of each ship is SEEDED on upgrades and that you will ALWAYS get the same CORE stats from NON-WILD ships.

Here we can see that the two B-Class Ships have identical CORE stats upon being claimed and file reloaded at the space station

Here we can see that the two Wild B-Class Ships have the same Identical A-Class core but the Wild-A Class has minutely higher damage and shields.

And finally we have the 4 ships compared at S-Class rating. All 3 of the ships that were upgraded have IDENTICAL CORE stats. The WILD S however has a slightly better shield and a much better Damage rating.

CONCLUSION

1. All Sentinel Ships in a system have the SAME NAME, SAME UPGRADE CORE, AND SAME APPEARANCE
2. ALL Sentinel Ships have IDENTICAL CORE when upgraded! Their STARTING STATS and CLASS are irrelevant
3. Sentinel Ship Super Charge Layout is determined by the CRASH LOCATION so we can FARM FOR BETTER SC on any given ship! HUGE WIN.
4. The SC layout is not determined in ANY WAY by the crashed ships WILD RATING, this means that a C-Class can have better Super Charged Slots than a Wild S-Class its ENTIRELY RANDOM.
5. It is UNKNOWN is Wild S ships spawn with a higher chance at a good CORE or if this particular ship is just LUCKY. It may take hundreds of samples to make even a basic conclusion on this!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I’ve noticed that a HUGE number of people are having problems finding their Sentinel Ships in the first place! Particularly and issues with Dissonant systems not spawning ships. This happens on planets that are Corrupted Sentinel and of the Dead/Exotic/Paradise types! Those systems should always be avoided.

When I warp into a Dissonant system I use my Freighter to scan all the planets and see what type spawned the Corrupted Sentinels if it has one of those world types I just warp to a new system as there will not be ships there. You can use the Resonance map from space and if it gives you an error about interference you know FOR SURE there are no ships or Multi-tools in that system!

Also some people are having problems with their Sentinel Space Combat. If you are near a space station they will spawn FOREVER you must get sufficiently far away. Also you cannot raise the Alert level in a Pirate system so don’t use those systems!

Hopefully this information completely clears up any confusion on how Sentinel Ships spawn and how to find them, but if you have further questions you can post them below for investigation!

Last night, the IGE crew gathered for some planetside exploring. We met at the space station to ensure we got all the required upgrades we’d need for the task at hand. Our destination was an uncharted charred planet, the landscape dominated by mountains. Grip and power was required. We gathered to compare notes, swap resources, and ensure we were ready.

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We gathered at the designated outpost and got to wrenching. S class engine upgrades, better tires, and some boosters went in, making sure our rigs could climb the vertical expanses surrounding us.

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We set out into the unknown. No destination in mind, purely a direction. NORTH was the choice. Compton took the lead, as our most experienced Roamer driver. Pawz and Alex followed, followed by me (Raz), and Kilroy and Enoch a few hundred units back, per usual. We motored along, climbing up the tallest mountains, and yeeting ourselves off enormous cliffs, challenging each other to see who could have the most spectacular wipeouts. Pawz was the clear winner, as while cresting a particularly large hill, he was assaulted by a passing space craft, sending him skyrocketing over the next valley, over the next mountain, and landing somewhere in the next time zone. It was evening before we found where he landed, and celebrated with some IGE Nebula Buds and fireworks.

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The next morning, we got ready to go, but sadly, our departure was delayed, as Enoch needed to handle some “business.”

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Day two was equally exciting, and by midday, we had found the highest peak around, and after conquering it, took a moment to take in the views. A few days of roaming on the planet’s surface does wonders for your mood, as you realize that the terrain is so varied, the hills all unique, and the opportunities for fun (such as burying Enoch’s Roamer in the dirt while he’s off chasing something shiny) are what exploring is all about.

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Hello, I’ve made a few post of the past weeks with 8-10 multitools (MTs) that I’ve found recently over the past year. I’ve been hunting tools since launch and thankfully ish that it has gotten a lot easier.

This seems like common since, but I had several questions arise, so I thought an update may be useful to some newbies.

Tools are pooled at the system/space station (SS) level and planetary levels. In general the SS level usually carries the dominate tool from each planet. You can see this by landing on each planet in the system and reloading your save. Then fly back to the SS and you’ll see a different tool, this tool will be the dominate tool for that planet in most cases.

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1. Decide on your hunting method
   1. duplicating inhabitable outpost (IOs) maps
      1. whatever method you use to dup
   2. trading navigation data (ND) for maps
      1. trade NDs for inhabited outpost (IOs) maps and maybe a few ancient artifact maps
      2. go to a couple wealthy systems and visit a planet
      3. use 6 or so maps to load up the HUD with the NPC buildings, there should be one minor settlement.
      4. check the minor settlement (MS) to see if it sells nd, if not use another map until the next minor settlement shows up, rinse and repeat. Once the NDs are found place a base computer down with a base name that makes sense to you. I use xxx NavData where xxx is the quantity sold at the minor settlement. repeat this in at least 1 other wealth system. This way you have access to a few hundred NDs.
      5. take any opportunity to gather more NDs, little cubes laying around space stations and minor settlements.
   3. designate a ship as your hunting ship with a good MT
      1. you will want, good shields, warp capable (long distances not required), decent weapons
      2. keep only the basic necessities in your ship, no materials that may attract the attention of system authorities / pirates. Otherwise they will pester/distract you from the goal
      3. take any opportunity to gather more nds, little cubes laying around space stations and minor settlements.
      4. good multitool is helpful for the planets with aggressive sentinels but when I’m hunting I avoid any entanglement the distracts me from the MT Hunt.
   4. MT Hunting (when starting out)
      1. Warp to a system go to SS and check MT class, if it’s not A class then move to next system. I only say this for newbies, you can hunt MTs in SSs with B & C’s but has the class goes down it can get more complex hunting for an S class on the planets.
      2. When the A class is found reload a save on each planet and check the SS for the dominate MT. Note: generally it will not show the 2ndary MT on the planet. The 2ndary MT is the MT that shows up in cabinet once you reload your save either at the planet you are on or other planet in the system or space station.
      3. If you have checked all the dominate tools for each planet and if non of them are what you are looking for then you can bail on that system. However, you may want to find the dominate tool on each planet even if it’s not the style you want to find. The 2ndary tools can be the alien, experimental and/or anomalous MTs. This all about your tolerance for the repetitiveness and time.

So I think that is probably a good start for those that are new to NMS. I’m sure many will chime in with additional tips/tricks to help out.

These are all the S classes I’ve found in the past year or so.

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