A simple set of tips that will help any newbie or even veteran player start anew! So, for the aspiring planet crafter, I offer you a simple tip that will help expand your range of exploration in the early game.
Tip #1
I usually ignore the oxygen tanks, because I find them to be a waste of good Cobalt, they only really help if you like to play it safe and even then I usually only keep 1 oxygen tank on me, with no backups made. The big reason I don’t really concern myself with Oxygen tanks will be explained in Tip 2.
Tip #2
This is really easy, really basic, but helps a whole lot. Whenever you plan on going out on an exploration mission. Take 4 Iron, 1 Silicon, and 2 Titanium. Why? I can hear you asking. Well, you can build a foundation, a living compartment, and then a door for easy access to oxygen.
Essentially this creates a little outpost building that you can quickly get inside to recover your oxygen. Furthermore, you can collect nearby iron and build storage inside so that you can gather materials from an area, store them in your outpost, and then haul them back easy peasy. This basically cheeses the oxygen game mechanic so you never have to worry about oxygen ever again once you set out a net of Outposts.
Tip #3
Grab free objects first when exploring. What are ‘free objects’ you might ask? Well, convenient strawmen, are objects that are not stored anywhere inside or in wrecked areas. Take, for example, seeds. The battleship in the desert has plenty of seeds aboard, however, most will end up ignoring them and go straight for the good stuff, like Alloys and data chips, thinking you can pick up those seeds later… Well here’s some bad news, those free objects will eventually despawn. (The timer doesn’t start till you near the actual wreckages)
Once you are near wreckage, your goal is to gather anything that isn’t sealed inside a storage box pronto! In the prologue I made the mistake of not picking up said seeds on the battleship and when I tried going back later for them, they had all despawned, leaving me with about 5 different food seeds, and 7 different plans for my run. Always collect your free objects as fast as possible. Couple this with tip #2 and store free objects within your little outpost bases scattered across the map so you can haul it back to the main base when you’re ready to return!
Tip #4
This is really just an explanation. The Ore extractor extracts ores from its location. So if you want Aluminium, build it in an area that has aluminum. The tier 2 ore extractors are the only ones that can extract things like Osmium, Sulfur, Iridium, etc.
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