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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-Where can I post ships and other cool stuff that I want to share with the public? A-You can always post on this sub and now the NMSGlyphExchange is live! 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.

I know the space stations and ship building are the highlights and everyone is talking about them, but I just wanted to share my love for some features that I seriously appreciate but aren’t really talked about:

First, I’ve always complained about the standing system being completely pointless. Even when Outlaws came out and gave us the ability to reset our standing, I kept thinking there was no point for it, apart from like one mission being locked off, it genuinely felt like the numbers you saw in your catalogue were completely detached from the actual gameplay. So I’m finally overjoyed that it has a genuine purpose now with discounts! Prices in station shops reflect your standing with the race and it tells you by how much! It’s a start I’d say, but a really impactful one too!

The guild now also has a physical presence and no longer feels like some imaginary concept that was also entirely detached from the game and only existed as a number in your catalogue. Now they’re actually in the game (I still haven’t figured out what determines which one of the 3 appear in stations) and raising standing with them is actually really encouraging since they give you some really useful items either for free or at a discount. Increasing standing with them is also much easier now with the new donation mechanic rather than doing missions.

Next, the frigate expeditions once again always felt like an imaginary thing; you sent them out on expeditions, waited a few hours, and they’d say what happened and you had to pretend it was true while they gave you the loot. Now there’s an actual consequence that you get to be involved in. Instead of the whole thing being a passive money making thing, they occasionally ask you for advice or help protect them from enemies. One time I was asked to warp to their location and land on a frigate so I could read a message they found and they asked me what to do… turns out the language I knew directly affected how much of the text was readable and I could make an informed decision, so knowing the language has more meaning as well!

And lastly, the trading. It was something I knew existed but 100% ignored. But now the economy scanner has a new function where you can choose to detect economy surges and it’ll tell you which system to invest what in, and it’s on a timer so it’s like a little mini game to get rich. Trading is actually kinda fun now that there’s an actual guided mechanic around it.

Hello, all! It’s good to be back and posting. I got back from visiting my friends pretty late last night, and there was a lot of driving that I had to do to get back, so I ended up crashing in bed before I could get online! I was really itching to play today, though, and got on pretty much as soon as I got home from work, and binged a few hours of game-time. Lots of really exciting stuff happened today, and I’m truly glad to have so many fine people following along on my journey! I’ll likely say this every time, but seriously, thank you all so much for your support. I make sure to read every comment and message, and I’m glad that my writing has been able to help so many other people.

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Today, I was a spaceman on a mission. I was going to get off-planet and finally explore this system. Looking up from the irradiated ground of Az Kaban, I searched the skies, looking for any heavenly bodies, but my efforts remained fruitless. Oddly enough, there ended up being several other planets in my star system, but I just happened to be at the right place on my planet to not be able to see any of them! I cobbled together a Portable Refiner and began to refine the materials to repair my ship, and also mined some Uranium from the rocks around my makeshift campsite, as I figured out that I could use it to fuel part of my ship, in a pinch. After a few minutes of work, I had my launch thrusters repaired, and set off into the final frontier.

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And man, this game doesn’t disappoint. This wasn’t my first time experiencing space travel in this game, as I did play it a bit on launch, so I had an idea of what to expect, but the view was still incredibly breathtaking. There were several other planets floating somewhat close-together far in the distance, and one of them even had rings, which I’ll get back to later in this journal. A strange transmission came across my screen, directing me to a crashed satellite on a nearby Hyperborean planet. After activating my pulse engine (the third person view of this is seriously insane. WOW!), and a few seconds of travel, I landed on the planet. The original name of the planet was “Nokaric,” and I honestly thought that sounded really cool, so I went ahead and registered that as the permanent name. Despite the temperature being colder than -50 degrees Celsius, Nokaric was an incredibly beautiful world. I’ve always appreciated the stark beauty of winter, and this planet demonstrates multiple aspects of winter quite well. At night, the world is a place of calm, dark blue hues and gentle winds, and during the day, the ground is bright and almost shining in the sunlight, and small hints of life peak through the snow.

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I adventured around the planet for a good while, finding some old boxes and gear, scanning the flora and fauna of the planet, and eventually made my way to a crashed satellite, which the mysterious signal had directed me to. I gained some new technology from this satellite, one of which was the Base Computer! I had heard that the base building in this game was pretty extensive, and I was really looking forward to building my own base (or two!) in this universe. I saved the plans for later, and after some more exploring, found a hyperdrive upgrade module in another crashed satellite a few hills over. This looks really valuable, so I’m saving it for later in case I want to use it on a better ship. I learned some of the Korvax language from a weird stone tablet I found also. I wonder if they can get that on Duolingo?

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Anyhow, I finally left Nokaric to check out the other worlds in my star system. I landed next on a very rainy planet – the system called it an “Endless Morass.” Not entirely sure what it means, but the planet was seriously cool. High cliffs and small flora made this planet feel like I was on perhaps one of the British Isles, and the rain and fog definately contributed to that feeling. I ended up naming this planet as “Naiadia,” after the greek name for their river goddesses, due to how much water there was on the planet. I also met my first real alien on this planet! Shortly after entering the atmosphere, I noticed a metal structure similar to ones I had seen before. They even had a landing pad, which I ended up using to dock my ship. When I went inside, there was a Korvax manning a technology blueprint stand, as well as his friend, who was moving about inside the base, tending to the plants and making sure the technology was all in working order. After a poor attempt at conversation, my new Korvax friends sold me a blueprint for a teleport receiver (I think), and I sold my cobalt and some other goods to the galactic trade module embedded in the far wall of the station. The rain was absolutely tanking my framerate, however, so I went on my way after not too long.

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The last thing I did today was stop at the ringed planet. This was a garden planet, with sunshine, grass, forests, cliffs, and beaches that looked like something out of Super Mario Sunshine. An incredibly gorgeous place, truly. I soon learned that the local wildlife was not as friendly to me as on other planets, as some medium sized animals soon began to make their presence known. Thankfully, it doesn’t seem like they travel in packs, so I never had to worry about more than one chasing me at a time. I snapped a lot of pictures here. I ended up ending my adventures for the day here, after naming the planet Alethia. The word is greek for “truth,” I think, which I find appropriate in some ways to my own personal journey, outside of the game. That, and I think it sounds really pretty anyhow. I plan on exploring the rest of the planets in the system next time, and hopefully choosing one to build my base on. I think I would eventually like to build bases on all of the planets in my star system (yes, even Az Kaban), just to really make it feel more like home, but we’ll see. If you’re still with me, thanks for reading along!

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Leaving Az Kaban for good (Look at the cool patterns on the surface!)

First glimpse of other planets

Haha starship go brrrrrr

On approach to Nokaric

A stunning vista

Found this weird bear-ish animal wandering around Nokaric

A fleet of starships above a frozen sky

Higher Education

Good Morning, Nokaric!

Some green peeks through the snow

No way this is a natural formation, right?

Naiadia from above. Lots of valleys on this one

My Korvaxian friend! 🙂

Some of the fauna of Naiadia (Formerly Dustil Prime, I guess)

Another shot of the rest of the planets in the star system

Alethia from above

From the ground

Potential base location? (Ignore the bad water, my computer is a toaster)