Experimental Branch 21/11

• The Exobiology, Blighted, Leviathan and Polestart Expeditions have been recreated as Redux editions.

• Redux expeditions are shorter versions of the primary version of the main expedition, with the same rewards, designed to offer players a chance to gain any rewards they missed from the year’s expeditions.

• The Redux expeditions will run over the holiday period and will be available on all platforms, including Nintendo Switch.

• As well as their previous rewards, Redux expeditions will also award bonus Quicksilver to all platforms.

• Community expeditions now carry a set of minimum difficulty settings, similar to Permadeath mode.

• Fixed an issue that caused the upper half of the mission details UI to occasionally spill out of its box. The entire mission description panel will now adjust its height and scroll as appropriate.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Life Support guide entry to unlock even when the Life Support difficulty setting was disabled.

• An “Other” filter has been added to the Quicksilver Synthesis Companion’s shop interface.

• Fixed an issue that caused the glow to be missing when locking on to a marker with the Pulse Drive.

• Fixed an issue that caused the glow around locked-on or tagged markers to occasionally be the wrong shape for that particular marker.

• Fixed an issue that caused fleet debrief markers to be visible while visiting another player’s freighter.

• Fixed an issue that caused an animation glitch on certain cockpit components while in pulse engine flight.

• Fixed an issue that caused supercharged slots to fail to appear in newly-purchased ships until the game had been reloaded.

• Fixed an issue that could cause ship landing gear to appear to be raised while the ship was landed.

• Fixed an issue that could cause your previously owned ship to immediately vanish if exchanging it for another ship at a trade outpost.

• Fixed an issue that could cause your previously owned ship to become uninteractable if exchanging it for a crashed ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused your previously owned ship to be available to reclaim for free after exchanging it with an NPC for their ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused the correct trade-in price to be missing when exchanging a Multi-Tool.

• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause incorrect text on the subtitle of the exchange button while purchasing ships.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause an extra mission marker to become stuck on the screen during the tutorial.

• Fixed an issue that caused the scrollbar to always display on Guide pages, even when scrolling was not needed.

• Fixed an issue that caused the “Summon Companion” icons to always appear greyed out.

• Fixed an issue that could cause additional or incorrect expedition rendezvous markers to occasionally appear on the Galaxy Map.

• Fixed a collision issue that could allow players to fall out of the Space Anomaly if they jetpacked in a specific location.

• Fixed an issue that made it very difficult to use the Analysis Visor while riding a creature, as the visor would always detected the ridden creature rather than the current target.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Multi-Tools to become immediately fully repaired after a reload.

• Fixed an issue that could cause unfixable damage to become stuck in Multi-Tools.

• Fixed a number of issues that could cause the Exosuit Upgrade Chart reminder to appear on screen either after all inventory slots had been unlocked or after already using or discarding the chart.

• Fixed an issue that allowed inventory filters to be clickable underneath the currently active popup.

• Fixed an issue that prevent ship maneuverability stats to be missing when comparing an available starship with your current ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused the inventory to always default to opening on the Multi-Tool when starting a new session, even if there was no damaged technology in the current Multi-Tool inventory.

• Broken technology is now highlighted more strongly in red to improve visibility within an inventory.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Mission Board to occasionally give the wrong reward instead of the one promised by the UI.

• Fixed an issue that caused some information to be cut off in specific enlarged mission notifications.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Neutron Cannon to fail to register any damage potential to the Multi-Tool UI.

• Fixed an issue that could cause some ship jittering at low speeds when using “locked” mouse controls to pilot the ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused too little salt to be available in particular underwater biomes.

• Fixed an issue that caused too few ferrite dust rocks to be placed on swampy worlds.

• Fixed a visual glitch in the third person character animation when running on slopes.

• Fixed an issue that could cause teleport destinations to fail to add automatically when visiting a base.

• Fixed an issue that could add an invalid freighter teleport destination to be added to the list.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the ship to automatically take off after reloading a save made within a landed ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused a UI mismatch for nanite costs when purchasing blueprints from a planet-based technology merchant.

• Fixed an issue that caused some cost details to be missing from NPC dialogue options on the Nintendo Switch.

• Added additional filtering and ordering options to the list of Expedition rewards found at the Quicksilver Synthesis Companion.

• Multi-Tools collected from Sentinel Hives are now free, though will have damaged slots that need repairing.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the cinematic black bars from being skipped in certain circumstances.

• Fixed a visual UI glitch when skipping the black bars.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the “No” option from functioning in the new game warning when starting a community expedition as your only save.

• Fixed an issue that prevented autosaving with 1 health pip even when the player is in no immediate danger of dying.

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to join invite-only groups in particular circumstances.

• Fixed a number of networking issues.

• Fixed an issue that caused some data types to be scrambled for mod authors.

• Fixed a rare hang when warping to a new galaxy.

• Fixed a rare but consistent crash that could occur when loading a save.

1st – Does anyone actually fly an Explorer? Is there a reason to flying an Explorer? I can see the merit to flying a Hauler, when you’re doing a trade route. You can pack a whole lot more commodities into its hull, making for greater profit. And, obviously, the Fighter lets you kill things faster.

As I understand it, the Exotics and Solars are basically improved Fighters, but are harder to find. And I presume Sentinel ships are similarly so. So, I can see good reason to fly a Fighter (or Fighter “variant”) frequently, given how often space battles happen.

But, is there a real benefit to using an Explorer? I get that they have a bonus to the distance they can warp, but… is that actually worth while? With a few mods, any other ship seems to get a pretty respectable distance, too. If I warp into a system and suddenly find myself in a battle that I want to take part in, can my Explorer still compete (assuming I’ve got adequate weapons and mods installed) or am I forced to find a space station, teleport home, swap ships, and then teleport back if I want to fight something… which, obviously, likely means the fight is over when I get back.

Or is the only purpose to flying an Explorer skipping systems and covering extensive distances quickly i.e. warp to furthest system, arriving, then immediately repeating the process x number of times, without stopping. What about the Freighter? I feel like a ship that size should have a hefty distance it can travel, but I’ve never fiddled with them much so I don’t know the extent of their warping capabilities.

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2nd – Is there ANY other, more efficient way of farming Di-Hydrogen and/or Tritium? Or is manually grinding it for an hour the only method? Yes, I’m aware Di-Hydrogen can be crafted into Jelly and then crafted back into DH for a profit, but, considering the time it takes to do so, for the amount gained, I see grinding it a far more efficient method. Is there no collector that can be used to farm these two vital resources?

This post will be refreshed every few days. The old post are still available for answering questions in those post.

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.