HOW TO PREPARE for Expeditions in

[@goodguysfree]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - more prep suggestions from viewers below: Looking for that Apex predator? See this post on X: x.com/KashKaroon/status/1816484204223373706?t=HVar8sPBBJfMaABJqmb1ng&s=19 Thanks to @BenderdickCumbersnatch for pointing out the previous thumbnail and title were misleading - this video is more suited for the general case than specifically for Liquidators. - In many cases, you can't claim Twitch rewards during an expedition, only past expedition rewards! - New to the game? Don't worry. All you gain from the expedition will stay when your save is converted to normal after the expedition. - Great idea I forgot in the video (thanks @0179zman) - Repair Kits! Obtained from Pirate Stations and Derelict Freighters... Thanks to @jayedson3408 for the following suggestions: (1) First point is what @oldfartrick mentioned. There is no need to allocate any of the Tech slots to Ship or Multitool mods, since they all transfer over on your cloned items once you reach the Anomaly. Just make sure, as you mentioned, to have some materials in Cargo you can refine to have around 5K nanites to purchase both your multitool and ship when you visit the first time. The amount of tech you have loaded on these items in your main save does not affect the Nanite cost to Dupe when on the Expedition. (2) Bring a stack of something that directly sells for Nanites so you don't even need to refine them. For example, unopened Sentinel Shards and Tech Modules. (3) Bring stacks of unopened Modules regardless. Visit your local Pirate Station and load up on Suspicious Modules for your Exosuit (Life Support, Movement, Defense, Hazard Protection). They stack up to 20, so you are effectively bringing 80 modules and only using 4 slots, vs using those 4 slots for only 4 mods with "known" stats. You will absolutely find at least 1, if not 3 of each type that are superior X class Mods once you open them on the Expedition. Any unused/inferior ones can be salvaged for needed materials. You can also buy Suspicious Tech Packets from a Pirate vendor - these stack to 50 per slot. It's a gamble when you open them of course as far as what you will get, but they are considered Cargo until opened so do not use any of the precious 8 available Tech slots - another way to bring a TON of Tech modules with you on the Expo to use, sell, or salvage. (4) Repair Kits were also brought up in another comment. (5) Planetary Charts, specifically Exosuit Upgrade Charts, so you can expand your available Exosuit Tech and Cargo space. Maybe Distress Signal Charts or Echo Locators if you like, but if you are going to Dupe a top tier ship, why bother unless it's an Objective like it was in Adrift. Same goes for things like Anomaly Detectors and Emergency Signal Scanners...it's more of a personal preference/quality of life thing at that point. Often times, like using an Emergency Signal Scanner to find the Derelict Freighter for Adrift, it may just be a waste of Cargo space when you are given a Freebee as a previous Objective Reward, unless you are trying to rush that objective earlier than you receive the free one.

[@Herr-Hart]

BROOO need help with Phase 3 Mission 3 (enemy scan above 12pav. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN ME?

[@jayedson3408]

I cleaned up my guide. It's a longer read, but it checks out, and is tailored to Liquidators. Here you go. Here's my suggested list of Tech and Cargo to bring from a main save, if you don't want to waste time farming and refining other than on the first planet to do your repairs and be able to build a Hyperdrive since we don't have access to the Anomaly at this point. I'll actually start with what you need to farm or do to get to space before the list, but you cover this already: After repairing your Launch Thruster and Pulse Engine, you want to have enough Chromatic metal to build your Hyperdrive and fuel it after getting to space, so make sure to collect around 1000 Copper. Before going to space, refine at least 425 Chromatic metal and make your Microprocessors and Warp Cells. You need 200 Chromatic to make 5 microprocessors, 100 to make 4 Warp Cells, plus an additional 125 to build a Hyperdrive. The other materials are Oxygen, Ferrite Dust, Dihydrogen, Carbon and Condensed Carbon. Just get what you need. Now the Suggestions: 1. Tech. Visit your local Pirate Station(s). Purchase stacks of up to 20 (this will take some reloading of your restore point in between purchases) of the 4 different types of Suspicious Exosuit Tech. This will use 4 of your Tech slots for 80 unopened mods. This gives you plenty of opportunity to open as many as you need on Expedition to buff out your Exosuit, sub par ones can be salvaged for materials, and any unopened ones can be sold for max Nanite value at a Tech Vendor at a space station. Or open them all, we have a similar option to easily get 10's of Thousands of Nanites with Cargo without needing to spend the time refining. For the 5th slot, still always a good idea to bring a Personal Refiner, this leaves 3 open slots for whatever you want (maybe Airburst Engine so you don't need to bring Phosphorous or buy the plans, Efficient Water Jets to save bringing or farming Living Pearls, and an Oxygen Rerouter so you don't need to farm or bring Crystal Sulfide). I don't suggest bringing any Multitool or Ship Tech because anything loaded on those from your main save will transfer when you copy them once you reach the Anomaly. 2. Cargo. Also at a Pirate station, load up on Suspicious Packets, these stack to 50. Same deal here, other than the fact they are random, so you will have a ton of useless ones you won't need to open and can just sell them for Nanites. This gives you all the Nanites you need to Copy your Ship and Multitool and buy Blueprints at the Anomaly. Ion Batteries would be another thing to add here to charge Exosuit Tech. This leaves the other 22 Cargo slots to bring whatever you want, since you really don't need anything else if this is your core setup. There are no Repair Objectives so you don't need Repair Kits or Wiring Looms, so just the basics, again so you don't have to farm and can bang this thing out in a few hours and have what you need to recharge and install any other Blueprints. Oxygen, Carbon, Sodium, Ferrite Dust, Tritium, Silver, Copper, Chromatic Metal, Radiant Shards if you are copying an Interceptor, Unstable Plasma for your Launchers, maybe a Nutrient Processor but you get a fee one early iirc. This is literally all you need and will allow you to complete many of the objectives that are further ahead in chronological order in the Second system immediately after visiting the Anomaly. Some of this stuff you might gain as a Reward later (pre-loaded even) from some of these objectives, but it saves needing to wait. There is an objective to use 1800 rounds of ammunition, and you ultimately get a pre-loaded Boltcaster and Pulse Spitter from other objectives which makes this faster, so even if you prefer to use things like the Neutron Cannon or Blaze Javelin, which are energy weapons and don't consume ammo, you can always install one of these faster firing high magazine weapons on your main save tool you are going to copy to do this objective in a few minutes by just shooting at nothing, then remove them. The "Hit 4 enemies with a single Grenade" objective can be completed with a Paralysis Mortar or Plasma Launcher. This advice gets away from the Expedition but still applies, but I tend to specialize my Multitool to 1 main and 1 secondary type weapon so they are maximized and all I do is swap the tool vs having to toggle between a bunch of different installed tech on a "Jack of all Trades" type setup. I also play on PC so it is easier to swap Tools via Hotkeys, but I find the best setups (using a Voltaic Amplifier for the 21% dmg increase to stunned enemies) are using a Neutron Cannon with Paralysis Mortar to stun, or Blaze Javelin with Plasma Launcher since the Blaze Javelin with a Waveform Oscillator will stun, and the Plasma Launcher does tons of dmg. Anyway, hope this helps!

[@duck2steps]

I have just over 3700 hours in the game Here is what I cache for Expeditions, and why. You have 8 slots for Technologies: 1) Personal Refiner Mark 2 Why: to refine Nanites and raw materials into other materials you need. Next are all Space Suit modifications, your suit is your weakest point since you are going to pay the Anomaly to re-create your best Multitool and Spaceship. Remember you can get these pre-selected modifications back at the end of the expedition, so you can store them and use again. 2) Suit shield/health Mods, "S" class mods a full stack of 20. Why: you all ways start out at only +3 health, use the mods till you get 3 at 33/33 health and shields, store the rest back at the space anomaly. 3) 3 "X" class environmental shield mods, pre-selected for max shielding at least 9/9/9/9 % shield Why: you may end up in pretty nasty places, you don't want to be worrying every second about your hazard bar. 4) Pre-selected Heat, Cold, and Toxic resist mods. Why: you will buy the Radiation mod at the Anomaly to round out your eviro-hazard defense. you will cache the supplies to build the Radiation mod, but not the others. You have 24 slots for general cargo: First: Currency (8 slots) 1) Tainted Metal full stack. Why: to refine to Nanites, this should yield enough to fund re-creating your Multi-tool and Ship and everything else you'll need. 2) Starship AI valves (about 4), yields 48 million credits. Why: your money troubles are over. 3&4) Salvage Data two stacks of 30. Why: to buy things like Exocraft bays, solar panel plans etc. 5&6) Suit slot upgrades, two stacks of 30, the purple kind that you redeem at space station kiosks or the Anomaly. Why: 30 for Technologies, 30 for cargo. nothing more annoying than not being able to install the tech that you cached. (These are found at the Guild envoys in space stations for free. You ARE keeping track of who gives out what at each station right?) 7) Navigation Data, full stack of 40. Why: In addition to being able to recall your ship these are used to buy maps (hence designated as currency). 8) Wiring Looms, full stack. Why: ok not exactly currency but you'll need these if you build an exocraft. Next, Raw Materials 12 slots, alphabetical order, all full stacks: 1) Carbon 2) Chromatic Metal 3) DiHydrogen 4) Fe (iron) 5) Gold (for solar panels & other technologies) 6) Oxygen 7) Paraffinium (for exocraft techologies) 8) Pugneum (for exocraft technologies) 9) Silver (needed for various exocraft technologies) 10) Sodium 11) Tritium (ship fuel) 12) Uranium Why: with these you should be able to make just about anything you need with your MK2 processor, that is not a gathered resource (eg. living pearls, Crystal Sulphide). Last, Consumables in 4 slots, stuff nice to have so you don't have to make it: 1) Ion batteries, full stack. Why: environmental protection. 2) Ship launch fuel, full stack. Why. Pain in the neck to keep making, plus you'll have lots of room on you ship since it is re-created empty. 3) Warp Hypercore, full stack. Why: not likely to need full stack but still it's a pain to make all the time. 4) Unstable plasma, full stack. Why: gotta fuel your secondary weapon (plasma launcher, paralysis mortar etc.) As soon as you get to the Anomaly, grab your refiner and the tainted metal and begin refining your nanites. Grab your Suit expansion tokens and go up to the Suit upgrade and use all the tokens while the nanites refine. Peel off some nanites and buy the anti-Radiation mod. Go back down to the Cache and grab the rest of your stuff. As soon as you have enough nanites, have your Multi-tool and Ship re-created. Install all your cached technologies into your suit, install your anti-radiation mod. Begin using the Suit Shield mods until you have 3 at Max 33/30. Put the remaining mod tokens back in the cache, you don't need to carry them. Hop in your ship, go have fun.

[@DonaldCoates]

This was so incredibly useful for a new player looking forward to these redux missions. Nice work.

[@0179zman]

Repair kits from pirate station are great. They can repair any broken items on and saves a lot of resources. I always have a stack or two

[@goodguysfree]

Very true. I'll add that to the pinned comment. Thanks.

[@jackochainsaw]

I've noticed with the last few expeditions that you don't get the multi-tool upgrade that increases yield by 50%, definitely put a prepackaged one of these in. Also, another good thing to have is 20x wiring looms and a nice big stack of Chromatic metal.

[@Lordoftheapes79]

I'll bring an Activated stellar metal instead of flat chromatic metal, or maybe just a stack of Emeril then refine it as needed along the way. Emeril is a crafting ingredient for a handful of things and turns into chromatic metal @ a 1:2 ratio.

[@higgs923]

This just came up in my feed. Thank you for saving me a bunch of frustration.

[@goodguysfree]

You can also come to the Discord server: discord.gg/SUtgAP3zwF There's a channel expedition-chat where you can get help, and a expedition-help forum with various tips.

[@JasonPlaysNMS]

Awesome tips to get ready for a new expedition!

[@goodguysfree]

Thank you 😁

[@Herr-Hart]

BROOO need help with Phase 3 Mission 3 (enemy scan above 12pav. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN ME?

[@goodguysfree]

Sorry I missed this comment - I think there were some expedition bugs related to this, but if you search Reddit you'll find plenty of suggestions. - www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/1eb97e2/apex_predator/ - www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/1eburmv/apex_predator/ And more...

[@Idellphany]

This is what i've been looking for, Thank you!

[@goodguysfree]

Glad I could help!

[@mikepic]

If you're a NMS veteran, I could see how you want to get through an Expedition quickly but as a new player (100h), I really enjoy going into them with nothing - I've learned so much from Cursed and Beachhead.

[@goodguysfree]

Absolutely - I normally play expeditions in a new save file and then from an existing save. Like I said in the beginning of the video - if you choose to start from a new save - that's awesome!

[@rikhavok]

I also recommend getting a stack of repair kits. Almost every expedition requires you to fix something. Repair kits are really easy way to stack the things you need to repair with. Also… if you find a cool ship along the way, you can switch to it much faster with the repair kits on hand.

[@rikhavok]

Also I wish that i saw this video a few months ago. hahaha 😊

[@Lordoftheapes79]

So, I broke this up. When bringing tech with you, as you mentioned in the pinned comment, don't worry about your multitool or ship. Bring exosuit tech and freighter tech. #1 & #2 should always be a Matter Beam Transmitter and a Temporal Warp computer. With these, you will be able to summon your freighter to any system and have full access to all of your storage as soon as you get your freighter. Since you generally get access to the Anomaly after 1 jump and your first freighter encounter requires 5, you should always have access to the Anomaly by the time you get your freighter(there are exceptions). Also be sure to bring a stack of silver and as many Salvaged Frigate Modules as you can muster up to 1 stack. You'll never need the freighter tech, but the freighter base parts are key. Being able to immediately get all the best parts, like the scanner, teleporter, double grow room, and exocraft materializer will change your life. For me, having access to the room expansions really helps it feel less claustrophobic.

[@Frk_Tamer]

the only important thing is 8x10 stacks of sentinel tec mods - each stack you can sell for around 4800 nanites. then you can make a copy of your full upgraded multitool and ship from your normal savegame. after this, the whole expedition ist just a "fly to next" waypoint and collect the reward for each phase - since you can BUY all important stuff/tec. the rest is useful but will only help you to geht through the expedition faster (exo suit moduls / stacks of needed resources / salvaged data)

[@CoolKidCroc]

Great video bro, helps a lot!

[@goodguysfree]

Thank you. This is what my channel is for... If it helps one Traveler, wonderful. If it helps more, even better.

[@trademarkshelton]

It was a pleasure to help you out with this one. This ought to provide some helpful advice for players of ✨Expeditions Yet to Come✨

[@MrCantBeArsed1]

You didn't do anything

[@goodguysfree]

He sure did! Some 30% of the footage was recorded by @trademarkshelton and he assisted also with the script. The "anything" you refer to... was instrumental in my ability to bring this video to completion. Please - this community works by helping each other, and your comment is not helping. If you have criticism, please point it at me, not at each other. Thanks!

[@Herr-Hart]

BROOO need help with Phase 3 Mission 3 (enemy scan above 12pav. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN ME?

[@Herr-Hart]

BROOO need help with Phase 3 Mission 3 (enemy scan above 12pav. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN ME?

[@trademarkshelton]

@@Herr-Hart you might be confused because it’s not enemies, it’s animals. The idea is, you keep scanning animals on different planets until you find one aggressive enough to count for the mission. The game has a stat for aggression that it tracks even if you can’t see it. So you focus on them with the analysis visor until they’re fully “discovered” and just do that until you find one that counts. (I’ve seen people saying there’s an animal on the starting planet that will work, but it didn’t work for me, fyi)

[@swankflea5550]

The sentinel mods for exosuit,multitool are good to take also.. they give big buffs. 😊

[@SpeedRacer24X]

Wow, what a great detailed video tutorial. I would like to follow up by using my Adrift save but its way over my head. I think I'll just start a new save and hope to figure this out someday. 🤔

[@timb4779]

Thanks. I've only done 1 expedition so far and I used a new save. I'd forgotten how time consuming starting from scratch could be. I'll take your advise and wait to see how others will do this newest expedition.

[@goodguysfree]

Thanks, always happy to help .. Since I got permission from Jason to include a piece of his video, I will pin a comment linking to his Liquidators specific video, when this comes out...

[@Ziplock9000]

I'm thinking about doing this. How long did it take you to finish the expedition?

[@goodguysfree]

I haven't finished this new expedition yet. The time depends on how many hours I am able to play at all... I do have a day job, family, etc... Still, done expeditions took me 6-9 hours, some less. After most people finish the expedition, there will be some who publish speed-runs of the expedition, usually finishing within a couple of hours.

[@chillerwhale1655]

For getting nanites into the expedition you could always bring huge stacks of suspicious tech in the cargo slots and then sell them back to pirates.

[@goodguysfree]

Did you try that? Usually all kinds of tech will only be able to get placed in the tech slots. I know for sure that regular tech can't be placed in cargo slots, even when stored back after the first installation.

[@chillerwhale1655]

@@goodguysfree I haven’t actually started it yet but the suspicious tech and suspicious arms both stack to 50 in the cargo slots.

[@goodguysfree]

@@chillerwhale1655 Oh, I think I have misunderstood you. You mean the kind you buy from the scrap dealer, that you unpack. Like what you sometimes get from fighting pirates. That's s cool idea! And it should probably work. Thanks! 👍🏻

[@chillerwhale1655]

@@goodguysfree Yeah and in addition to the scrap dealer you can buy them for units at the pirate stations from the shipping and receiving guy. much easier to get a stack than trading scrap.

[@goodguysfree]

@@chillerwhale1655 Yup. Forgot about that. Thanks!

[@sethsgamingandstuff]

i got a Special preparation for expeditions, i just play like usual, then when the expedition starts, I play like normal... For about 3 weeks, THEN ill do it, by then theres gunna be guides on how to finish it fast And HG probably fixed the bugs and Glitches that ALWAYS happen by then, And that's the way to go!

[@goodguysfree]

If this works for you - that's the way to go... For you. And there are others who like to play that way too, of course. Yes - there are guides coming out in a few days. There's actually another good reason to wait for the expedition to play out a bit - people create bases and name them in a way that lets you know what you can find there - usually something helpful. So you can start teleporting to bases and complete expedition milestones. All of this will go into another video I want to make about different ways to help yourself finish the expedition once you started, but that's for another time. I am glad you brought this up. Thank you!

[@neowolf09]

Correction leviathan expedition was permadeath mode. Which is harder than survival mode.

[@goodguysfree]

I knew someone would pick up on this! First - you are right. But the key parameter of Permadeath is that your save file is erased when you die, and that didn't happen. Some of the milestones were that you need to die... So - true - Permadeath difficulty settings are indeed harder than Survival, but you didn't have the save file erased, removing the "Perma" part of Permadeath. Thanks for the comment!

[@neowolf09]

@@goodguysfree i died before the scripted death and it reset all my progress on the expedition.

[@goodguysfree]

It's a technicality - reset your progress is slightly better than having to start a new save. But you are right - I stand corrected. Thank you!

[@neowolf09]

@@goodguysfree you make a good point. Don't mean to get defensive I take a lot of pride and nostalgia from my leviathan cape. Went through a lot to get it 😅 I appreciate your content, keep it up. 😊

[@goodguysfree]

@@neowolf09 I didn't feel like you're getting defensive. I'm glad you like my content. Thanks, it's important to me.

[@KaimarRedcloud]

Atlas passes v1&v2 (I've never needed the v3 on an expedition). Stacks of all 3 types of suspicious tech (Gives materials, items to sell for units and modules to sell for nanites or install). Stacks of ship, exosuit and multi-tool expansion slots. Having enough inventory room is the biggest problem I've run into.

[@goodguysfree]

I agree that those things are super-useful, but they are also harder to get if you are relatively new to the game. If you are able to collect stacks of suspicious tech - yes, that's very useful. I hope my advice works for everyone, and clearly each and every player can adjust for what they are able to obtain.

[@joaosantos-ny6fn]

Thank you bro

[@blackcatredriver5878]

I didn't bring much with me for the last Expedition (#15).... just Aqua Jets (cuz I figured it would help with a fishing expedition) and the auto-charger for the launch thrusters. But it turns out that the expedition gives you free Aqua Jets, so I didn't end up needing that. Good ideas for thinking about the next one. Thanks.

[@goodguysfree]

Glad I could help, and I hope to bring more helpful content in the future. Check out the other videos - I hope you'll find other stuff to help you.

[@J3ST3RIRL]

Why would you just not bring a source of nanites, buy your reg save multi and ship, then have all tech slots for exosuit?

[@goodguysfree]

I may not be saying this in these exact words in the video, but I do explicitly explain what to do if you intend to clone your ship and multitool. I also explain what sources of nanites you can use and why they are better than others. So, I guess you got bored a bit before that part. Sorry for that if that's the case. But if you're asking why not just say "bring a source of nanites and you're done"? Well first because I wanted to prepare viewers even if they're new to the game and don't have such sources. And anyway, if I said that, the video would be over in 20 seconds.

[@J3ST3RIRL]

@@goodguysfree ok, but you also didnt mention hyliane brains, 10 refines to 2300 in about 3 min, and would be fun for even new folk to go looking for interceptors. I guess that the fact that viewers you highlight in comments have better takes on the prep bugs me, IDK, "best" prep as it says in thumbnail suggests this is comprehensive, and hard to beat.

[@goodguysfree]

First, I really appreciate your comments! Hyaline brains is a different approach. Like you said - they stack to 10, giving 2300 nanites, which is - in my opinion - still not as good as tainted metal. Plus - to find interceptors you need echo locators - which require you to farm dissonance resonators, etc. Yeah it could be fun, but I had to choose an approach and recommend it. What I presented is what I think is the best approach. Comprehesive? As in - includes every possible option? You know that's not possible... Right? It would make the video 60+ minutes even if I artificially speed up my speech, and nobody would watch any of it. Sorry if this feels misleading to you, but the only thing I can do is to give what I think is the best way to prepare. I do take comments like this seriously, so considering to change the text on the thumbnail. Thanks!

[@mako9673]

How exactly do you bring a Personal Refiner? They cannot be packed up and stored.

[@goodguysfree]

There's no problem to pack up a personal refiner. In fact, I have one piece of footage recorded for this video which didn't make it into the video in the end, and it shows packing up a personal refiner and placing the module in your inventory. The question is whether the expedition allows you to put this item in the expedition terminal. Not always. Currently still playing (and recording parts) of the expedition from a new save file, so I can't verify in this specific expedition.

[@Nuclayer]

Im super new to this game, so this is a bit confusing. It seems like there is a big advantage for existing characters starting the expedition vs the starting a new character and doing it? If a new character does not have any of this stuff, how can we move it over?

[@goodguysfree]

Yes - existing players can get the benefits of starting from an existing save that has many resources. If you are totally new - simply play the expedition, and when you finish it, use that save file to continue playing your game. There will be guides to how to complete the expedition easily from all the major creators. I am not sure I will have the time to create my own guide, because of obligations to my day-job. If I do not create my own guide, I will pin a comment with links to relevant guides from other creators - on this video. You can also follow me on X (GoodGuysFree, of course) - I will be reposting and commenting on other creators' posts about their guides. Good luck!

[@Blackwater-bh9up]

I'm confused a bit by your question. Of course there is an advantage when using a previous character that has supplies and stuff. The advantage is saving on time. If your new character doesn't have the stuff or ability to carry stuff over, then they can't. Pretty simple. You answered most of your own questions.

[@Blackwater-bh9up]

@@goodguysfree Ah. I wonder if that was what he meant by move it over. I didn't consider he might have been asking about moving it out of the Expedition.

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Not much of an advantage though as it severely limits what you can bring w you on the expedition. I just started a new game…Imo its the best way to do it.

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Time isnt an issue as it give us 6 weeks to do it lol…So saving on time being the only real advantage really means nothing.

[@taranagnew436]

is there a cheatsheet of the refiner using 2 slots to make the most of an item?

[@goodguysfree]

Sure there is! Download the NMS Assistant App. Go to nmsassistant.com/ And see their channel too: @AssistantNMS (www.youtube.com/@AssistantNMS)

[@goodguysfree]

They link to this site: nms.swebsol.co.uk/?ref=AssistantNms There you can click on "Search Recipes", then select Refiner Type as Medium, and then sort by "Num Inputs".

[@PhoenixGirlOfficial]

Ive never played an expedition before, however I have my main profile I play on. When you say you can use an existing save, are you referring to a precious Expedition mode save file or the main game file?

[@goodguysfree]

No - you can use your main save file. Just go to the Anomaly, and walk behind the Nexus, under the balcony leading to Nada and Polo there is a kiosk of sorts - Expedition Terminus. This is what I have shown in the video - it allows you to place up to 8 tech items and 24 cargo items that you can later obtain during the expedition. When you start the expedition in this way, your main save file is - for lack of a better word - saved, and you enter the expedition. When you finish the expedition you get all of your rewards moved from the expedition back to the main save.

[@scottmcclellan5322]

Where can you find wiring looms for 25k, lowest I've ever seen is 49k.

[@goodguysfree]

Look for Tier 3 economy star systems (nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Economy) specifically I think the Technology Economy is the best for those, the others are also OK.

[@Dreggy990]

so I just started a normal playthrough very early discovered the pirate base ship. how does starting an expedition work. will i get teleported to the starting area and all my other quest be on hold? when its done do I start where i left off in my normal play through?

[@goodguysfree]

If you start an expedition from the Space Anomaly's expedition terminus, your main save is frozen. You appear in the expedition starting planet like a completely new game, but you return to your original save when the expedition ends, and you retain the rewards from the expedition and more, which are moved to your main save.

[@Dreggy990]

@@goodguysfree is the rewards tied to that save afterwards??

[@goodguysfree]

In the vast majority of cases, no. You can use nanites to claim expedition rewards from any existing and any future save files that you have/will have. There were a few small cases that you received something during the expedition, which is an item and it was only in that save. The example I have is the Shroud of Freedom, which is a head customization option (this is what my character wears in the video's intro). For some reason it wasn't an item you could claim in other save files.

[@Lordoftheapes79]

Ok. This is probably going to get long, so buckle up. First off, they recently changed the copy ship feature so that you can no longer copy a ship if the same ship is still in your inventory. This is particularly important to know when fishing for Iron Vulture(IV) parts. During the expedition, you will need to claim the one from the QS vendor FIRST, break it down, THEN copy your ship. It will NOT let you claim a second one if there is already one in your inventory regardless of where it comes from. When leaving the expedition, if you upgraded your IV along the way, you will need to scrap your original IV BEFORE you can copy your expedition version. And, if you want additional parts, you will need to break down each successive IV in order to claim the next one. My recommendation to get around this is pretty simple. Don't use your IV in the expedition. Then, before you switch back to your main save, buy the IV from the QS vendor and copy that. If you want to use an IV, build one, a custom ship, made from the same parts, does not count as an IV.

[@goodguysfree]

Interesting - that's very important to know. Thank you 🙏 And does the game let you clone an IV that you built from parts into / out of the expedition? I could try but it will take me a long time...

[@Lordoftheapes79]

@goodguysfree yup. Basically, you can't have 2 cars with the same VIN. But, chop it up and rebuild it, and it gets a whole new VIN. I learned this all the hard way last week.

[@Rezzorak]

Couldn't you just bring ion batteries for recharging stuff? The protections etc?

[@goodguysfree]

Sure you could. But those elements are useful for other things as well.

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

This is a great video but as someone who has never done an expedition, is the expedition really difficult?

[@goodguysfree]

Thank you! No, not very difficult. Just a bit. I think that especially people who have already played a bit but not a whole lot - they find that it's discouraging because it's like starting anew, and this video helps the most in such cases. People want to know how to gain the most in the shortest time. I am an NMS fanatic... I always play expeditions at least 2-4 times. Once from a saved game, and once as a new. And this twice once from my Steam copy and once from my Xbox copy.

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

@@goodguysfree thanks for the reply! Do you keep your stuff that you take with you when the expedition is over?

[@goodguysfree]

You don't automatically retain cargo and technology. You will have to pack up technology (on PC that's 'X' to take installed tech and pack it), then place it - and any cargo you like to move back to the save you started from - in the expedition terminal in the Anomaly, before you click on "Finish Expedition". I specifically mention this at 11:03 in the video...

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

@@goodguysfree ah sorry. Thanks dude!

[@goodguysfree]

No need to be sorry...

[@JRS2025]

Update still isn't out on Xbox

[@goodguysfree]

Thanks for commenting. Fingers crossed out will come out already.

[@Key_stones]

Today is when the expedition is expected to be released so I really hope Xbox gets the update today.

[@goodguysfree]

@@Key_stones I am with you on this...

[@Key_stones]

@@goodguysfree it just dropped get your butt to the game!!! Edit: oh wait your on PC so drag your Xbox friends to the game!!!

[@goodguysfree]

Glad to hear - I am still stuck at work. Day job, I know... At least I have a good employer. And hey - they delayed the expedition, so I will be home in time for that. Plus - I do play the Xbox version on PC but I ALSO play the Steam version on PC. Yeah, I own and play both. Thanks for the comment!

[@Meanderthal17]

Hahaha I just started last week so I don't even have anything worth transferring yet, looks like I'm going in blind

[@goodguysfree]

There are already some guides by other creators for that... I'm waiting for Jason's to pin it here... Probably a day or two.

[@HxppyPxp]

I’m just gonna say expo kind of a let down I get bug feet but human thighs or bug hands but human arms or robot arms how does that make sense not only that what other rewards are there posters ???

[@goodguysfree]

Well, nobody says you have to use the rewards. There are plenty of rewards I received in past expeditions, that I don't use. Other rewards are the Mech parts - which let you change your mech to the new appearance and give it the flamethrower, and other parts. If you didn't enjoy the expedition - that's OK. Use whatever you have to explore the universe. Watch my videos to see some bases I built, and come visit them if you like. Or you can decide you hate the game and stop playing. But if you keep playing, I'm here to help.

[@HxppyPxp]

@@goodguysfree thanks for responding I can’t say I didn’t enjoy expedition entirely but it just feels short on rewards compared to other expos and as go for the armor to me personally it just feels incomplete with the chitlin maybe it was overhyped for me maybe I expected too much bc prior to expo you were able to unlock like 5 or 6 bug helmets which led me to believe oh wow there could be a lot more to the armor, but I can understand that I don’t have to use the items but at the same time you want something new for Nms you want it even if you don’t need or ever use bc it’s something fresh maybe it bc I didn’t start Nms until the Singularity update and know that all the past expeditions I would say 1-8 could take ages or never come back so I feel I missed so much

[@goodguysfree]

@joeyjames4 I fully understand. The hype train before the expedition was running a thousand miles an hour, it was clear that it would crash, no? No worries, some of the past expedition rewards I can help you obtain, if you want. Find me on Discord (GoodGuysFree what else...) and DM.

[@HxppyPxp]

@@goodguysfree I’d appreciate that is a console player an issue ?

[@goodguysfree]

@@HxppyPxp Not that I know of... I have a good friend playing PS5 who got plenty of stuff from me. The only possible issue is version difference. We recently saw that some platforms got a patch before others, making their version something like 5.0.2 and couldn't join the game of someone who was still on 5.0.1. You can also email me your friend code... Find my email address in the channel page.

[@oldfartrick]

Cloning means you font need gun and ship tech

[@goodguysfree]

That is absolutely right! My experience with the past 6 expeditions is that by the time you reach the Anomaly you usually have enough Nanites to clone a multitool, but usually not enough to clone a ship, and your ship by then is usually sufficient to advance, or you already found and claimed a ship. I think the more tech you have on your ship being cloned, the higher the cloning price, but I could not prove it. I will pin a comment on this video with this information. Thanks for commenting!

[@jayedson3408]

@@goodguysfree I can confirm it does not increase the nanite cost. Adrift was still 2200 for multitool, 2800 for ship iirc.

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Ive completed 3 expedition quests so far. Wtf is that worm thing in space? Lol

[@goodguysfree]

Which one, specifically?

[@goodguysfree]

No I am just kidding - I know which one you're probably talking about, but I'd leave that for you to find out. Just one of thounsands and thousands of things to explore find out in No Man's Sky.

[@noturgenre4793]

NMS expeditions are getting half assed, there are typo's in every one that force you to waste hours unless you let everyone post on the subs what's wrong and what you have to actually do.(The latest it tells you to fish on a radioactive planet when your after anomalous fish which are on the redacted planet. Has nothing to do with radiation so you needlessly waste hours grinding suit buffs and slots, fishing and then throwing everything away because you have zero inventory space. Not everyone has hours to waste trying to get these done. Just shows that this game is copy pasted bullshit that no one in the studio bothers to read or test at all before posting. They can keep Light no fire, it will be a copy pasted trash just like NMS.

[@goodguysfree]

Sorry you feel that way, and thank you for sharing. Nobody is forcing you to play. I had a different experience. For example, Liquidators I played 5 times. The fishing expedition I played 3 times. But this new one? I'm finding it hard to bring myself to play, I must admit.

[@MrCantBeArsed1]

To much talking make its easier and just show it

[@goodguysfree]

Thanks for the suggestions. Maybe my video isn't suitable for everyone and that's OK. I hope you like my other content more.