WHAT IS REFORGED EDEN & BUILDING TIPS | Empyrion Galactic Survival

Today I would like to explain what Reforged Eden actually is and how to build for this amazing scenario. At the time of recording the new update for this scenario is not out yet but is expected very soon.
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[@michaelmcgruddy9464]

you are my number one empyrion content creator, such an underrated game

[@Fallub]

Great explanation and thanks to all creators for making things like RE possible.

[@Rakoona]

Wish I had more time to build a fleet like you did, Spanj! Your ships are awesome!

[@RavienGaming]

Thank you so much for making this video! I'll put it in the workshop page.

[@alexringess]

Hey Spanj ! So, I think you've got there a very good video that introduce to RE, from builders perspective. Will be very useful indeed, even if it can't cover all the aspects of building in RE of course. Thanks to made it man !

[@tommargarites2811]

Thanks for the refresher on RE, I can't wait to see what Ravien has in store for us when the new update drops. This is going to be a great series!

[@theelevvy2024]

Didn't even know about this....this is such a great combination of great mods! Just downloaded 1.6 tonight after watching this. Can't wait to get started! Great video, thank you for the well detailed explanations. 👍

[@lefterismplanas4977]

Heres a get drunk quick drinking game. Take a sip each time Spanj says Eden or CPU

[@ClaudioMichel]

@Spanj: It was useful! I finally understood how the CPU works in RE. Or at least: How the upgrading works. I always thought you need T2 and then the T3 extensions, etc. I love that you will use user-builds in the next series! I loved that part in this older series you have done once.

[@DPtheOG]

Very good introduction to RE, sir. Also, "I could spend an entire series going through the.. subtle differences and the nuances between Reforged Eden and the Vanilla game," you did spend entire series going through and explaining Reforged Eden, Spanj. XD It will be nice to watch the next one.

[@matthieufournier7946]

Hey nice video again ty.I wanted to visit your reforge fleet to so I did a list of the ships. Here it is for those who want the same : RF01 - Pioneer (starter), RF02 - Vendetta (attack), SFS GroundPounder (vanilla version),RF03 - Vulture (High G lifter), RF04 - Valkyrie Dreadnought (but OBSOLETE, here her little sis RF04 - Vindicator), RF02 - Ventress (multi purpose)

[@rubyismycatman7335]

you are amazing Spanjipoos i have no idea how awesome it must be to be a true genius like you are but im happy for you

[@Peacich]

Great explanation of the ships in reforged eden.

[@samsquatch7285]

RE is amazing!

[@FlamingNinja]

Agreed :D

[@Jarsia]

don't know if you saw my comment a few days back, but I asked for a video like this, so thanks for the primer. Keep up the good work

[@spartansmsu93noob54]

Former Elite Dangerous player here...I just wanted to say thank you spanj for all of your hard work and thoroughness in creating these vids. You do an excellent job in diving into details of this quite excellent game. Cheers.

[@idnintel]

do you enjoy this better than elite dangerous - is this deeper and more rewarding? I ask because I havent played either yet.

[@spartansmsu93noob54]

@@idnintel empryion galactic survival is better than Elite Dangerous in several areas: more content, actual story, interesting combat, more varied environments and NPCs. Elite dangerous has a really good flight model, 1:1 scale of the milky way galaxy (most of the planets are boring just like the real one), good graphics, and fantastic sound design. ED has terrible crafting (this is done primarily via the mind numbing level of grind for materials that "engineers" require), no interactive story and terrible company management that ignores player base.

[@idnintel]

@@spartansmsu93noob54 yeah thanks, I was reading about engineering earlier today and I came to the conclusion it's best to organically gather material as you play the game and not focus so much on the grind as that seems to drive a lot of people nuts. So I guess when I play I'll just enjoy some trading/exploring/whatever and not feel like I need to focus quickly to level 5. I can see this being interesting for at most 200 hours and then I'll move on to something that has more purpose like this game where there are actual story, npcs, interesting environments as you say. I have a nice VR headset with the reverb g2 so that is initially what attracted me to this game. anyway, take care and thanks for the response.

[@spartansmsu93noob54]

@@idnintel sorry I forgot to mention VR support which was dropped for ED: Odyssey. I used to play ED in VR myself. Very impressive. 200 to 500 hours is about right...if and only if you enjoy flight sims. ED is mostly a flight sim. Good luck and fly safe o7.

[@idnintel]

@@spartansmsu93noob54 Yeah man I sure do enjoy flight sims. Got 300 hours in DCS and just getting started. Already learned the harrier, sabre and f5 tiger. Next for me is the black shark 3 then f16. What a time to be alive in VR but everyone says that! I think our earth is more interesting to fly (also enjoy il sturmovik) in because it is more feature rich let's say than the mostly empty galaxy in elite dangerous but I still will enjoy many scenic things in elite dangerous I am sure and it is extremely amazing beyond words that they have created a 1:1 replica of our milky way galaxy. Take care and you fly safe too :).

[@swampfeet5660]

Very hyped to try out this mod, the game looks to be very creative and fun. Thanks for the video.

[@ZirconX1]

I am actually glad I got to start playing the game so late in it's development I essentially never learned Non RE Empyrion. I started playing because of Spanj and his RE videos. I think that gave me an advantage in the sense that I never had to re-learn anything. Reforged Eden is all I've ever known so it's.....The game. RE is the game from my perspective. And honestly I am glad of that.

[@elijones7926]

Thank you Spanj for giving this knowledge and for being generally awesome xD. Your tips and tricks are not only useful for new players, but even for veteran players as well. Be safe and be well ya fellow space nerd xP

[@andreasf3591]

Good video. I am also looking forward to the new release. The last one was great fun.

[@seanwarren9357]

Im deep onto several RE series but hadn't grasped the scope, so I looked this up, and I'm not disappointed. I'm not hung up on vanilla as I've had this years but only just got a computer worthy of actually enjoying the game, so this isn't confusing at all. Another banger, Spanj. That is for all the content, fam, I'll be sure to get on twitch some day and start working you some prime sub action. Great committed creators really need the support, I know, life is rough, so, I'll do what I can. 💪😘👌 That said I look forward to digging into all your workshop content very soon and I look forward to making myself a nice efficient vogon sweet of strip malls Office buildings in skyscrapers LOL and here's hoping I can actually pull off the heavy metal movie :-) spaceship finally as I've been trying to do that thing in Avorion for a very long time and just have never been satisfied. So wish me luck and here's helping I can drop in on the server someday although no promises since I'm a truck driver and productivity is ridiculous... Maybe starling will be a little more affordable down the road, here's hoping.

[@yhetti08]

As much as you say you barely hitting the the topic. This is immensely helpful for understanding the concept of building or modifying in RE. This is still a very hard topic to find spelled out information as far as "need to know to start".

[@Maddyn13]

Another nice little way to eek out a little extra CPU in Reforged Eden is using Crew blocks. Each crew block reduces your CPU usage by 2500. So as you're checking out traders and stuff while playing, you might want to watch out for those Human and Alien crews they sell.

[@wiktorwektor123]

He said that in video

[@GrandKaiserOfKrieg]

Great Video man!!!!

[@dariusbrodeur]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@helveticfpv550]

Very informative video. Thanks!

[@michaelwood6305]

Thank you for explaining the differences. Now I'm sure which mod to try.

[@solospirit4212]

Great summary as usual 😎Thanks. Not sure if its working at the moment.. but there is an option to choose between survival and creative on the new game menu..makes no difference using it over the console..but it's an option. For new builders out there, vanilla or Reforged, it does pay to get comfortable with the console anyway...so many useful utility commands that help you stay sane in EGS 😁

[@superdan178]

this was a great dam vid, very educational for new R,E builders like myself, really very helpful thank you so much for this 1

[@FlamingNinja]

Looking forward to getting back into RE :D it’s a scenario that Empyrion Galactic Survival majorly needs as a base-game scenario XD

[@pddm4]

Thank you @Spanj, finally someone who explains it. I have been trying to figure out that CPU system for weeks, and the documentation is not very helpful. There are 3 more subjects that you could explain: Where and to find the non-vanilla materials (ie Magmacite, Veridium, Diamond) Warp drives and Antimatter How to correctly configure a new game (CPU, weight, block limit).

[@wiktorwektor123]

Mass & Volumes: ON CPU: ON Block Limit: OFF

[@stevenbradley6243]

Thank you for that vid and all your efforts and entertainment :-)

[@Carmedil]

Amazing video, shall download the mod!! But I would appreciate a video on the other changes likes missions, skills, etc.

[@markjeranek627]

Great video--thank you.

[@moogleplay9131]

Hey sir, new Empyrion player. I just wanted to thank you for your videos as a newbie. When I started to really learn the game it was like the first time I really learn how to subnet for a network.b Great experience. :)

[@da_blade5040]

Great Video on Building a ship for RE!! You could make a video on "The Enemies on RE" How much more Difficult they are Compared to Vanilla =))) especially when building/Defending you Home Base!!

[@epsilona1]

actually very helpful thank you

[@LeeAndrewVideos]

Thanks for this video! Last time I played Empyrion was in 2019 and JRandall kept talking about it in his latest video showing off ships from other people and had no idea what the hell he was on about.

[@mentalcubie]

i like that ship looks amazing

[@wolfshadow7428]

Keep up the amazing videos grate work..

[@RollinShultz]

i have about 100hrs in vanilla so from what you said toward the end of the video, I suppose I should put off Reforged Eden until I get a better grip on actual play and small attempts at building. Thanks for describing the differences.

[@resonance01]

The hype for the new server is real Spanj, cant wait :D Edit: Cool, my battleship is about as manuverable as the Ventress

[@Bambeakz]

Halfway in to the vid the only positive thing i can take out for me are the extra blocks :) I can hear you enjoy this very much but this is not how i like to play Empyrion. I want to make big ships and bases. Great vid though!

[@borderreiver7259]

I would recommend always placing truss blocks instead of grow plots in a ship/base template. The problem with steel grow plots is the need for cobalt alloy - I have seen quite a few youtubers struggle getting it and preventing a ship being spawned when it was the only thing missing. You can then complete your farm as materials become available.

[@darkthoth5908]

That's why I hit up the abandoned pois. Mainly the outpost has a good amount of grow plots to begin with.

[@Britonbear]

You can always spawn the ship/base in Creative and replace the grow plots with truss blocks and then save the modified blueprint.

[@johnpatz8395]

@@Britonbear yeah, thanks to Spanj I’ve started spawning any ship I plan on spawning in during a survival play through, in creative first where I can customize it to suit what I want, and what in can reasonably obtain in my survival game.

[@Britonbear]

@@johnpatz8395 I do the same. The blueprint system is one of the best parts of this game.

[@risingwolf2112]

Did good. Explained a lot. Thanks. See you later. Very cool. Lovely vid. : )

[@danielsea6479]

When will Someone add New Enemy Skins to shoot inside POI that are specific to the different New Factions. Enough Spiders!

[@Silly2smart]

Time to load that mod up!

[@CptCarbon]

I just watched this episode and after this the episode RE 43, where you Farm the drone parts… all Good stuff to know:)) but with episode 43, could you do please a video about turrets? Same style of video like this? Because in episode 43; a lot of stuff of the vendetta is shooting but to be honest i dont know the difference of plasma, Laser, whatever turrets. For example the starter tier turret projektile, you have minigun and the other, what is the difference? But as always, good fun to watch :))

[@sirdarklight1501]

You can get into creative from that selection screen 3 down switch from survival to creative there

[@shkotayd9749]

Going to need this. I am a long time vanilla vet. Done it all. But RFE is a totally different beast :O Any later vids on tips and tricks will help! Going to do the #2 dead planet scenario on HM >.

[@Super_IT]

Breath stealing. impressive beauty. Liked.

[@23GreyFox]

There she is, the best ship you ever created. The Ventress.

[@spartansmsu93noob54]

Fantastic name to boot.

[@specrtre]

Can you use AI for fleet control of ships or no? I really love having a specialized ship. Though I don't like the idea of jumping between ships all the time. It would be awesome to having a carrier group but in space?

[@amirrulaiman3059]

So I got into empyrion only recently(168hrs) and have been learning alot about the mechanics and all that(building,SVs,CVs). Will it break my current server if I download it this late? Will I have to make a new server? Coz I'm kinda attached to my base rn XD Also great content. I learn alot from your vids. Helps me understand and enjoy the game more

[@malsirian0880]

I just started playing Empyrion - would y’all recommend starting with vanilla or RE? Enjoying the videos (found you through Darkness Falls) keep it up!

[@Spanj]

Vanilla is good to learn the basics up to the point you get a capital ship, after that you might find moving to RE a nice learning curve

[@malsirian0880]

@@Spanj thanks!

[@TS-STORM]

ive flown the valkyrie and i must admit shes worth the wait at the moment im using feldwegs Conqueror which is not RE proof so i have to address that after the 1.5 wipe and install lol :D

[@tiffanyfarrenlawrence63]

Me and my husband have been playing this in multiplayer and it was too buggy to keep going. Any tips on changes to make in order to use it for multiplayer? We'd love to play it but it just doesn't seem to like multiplayer. We've been playing Project Eden on multiplayer and it's been great. Love your stuff and great video!

[@skunlopez1469]

would love a blue print of your reforged ground pounder

[@trell1011]

I've been looking at some of the builds I like, and feels like you need more Cpu to do the same job in RE

[@justin.s9783]

have you pulled out your hair waiting for the RE update to release ? lol. i have heard you and a few others talk about it but i didn't know exactly what the changes in RE was . now i do lol. what part of RE do you like the most ? is it that its harder ? or that blocks don't count to cpu? good vid

[@charlesmongeon5091]

Thx for this video! realy helpfull! Juste one quick question, how do you get to the creative menu? I normally use H but it does seem to be working? tkx all!

[@wiktorwektor123]

Are you blind or deaf? 21:12

[@johnpatz8395]

Do I sense a new season of Spanj playing RE on the horizon? 😁

[@DarkestHourProductions]

That Valkyrie looks like an Asguard ship.

[@Jarsia]

it was meant to

[@TomHenryCoursow]

I never went far in Empyrion yet... So far I noticed that there are on planet base attacks with drones and so on... But are there Drone attacks for CVs as well or why is it so important to "balance" the CPU stuff? So far I started a scenario in space I never got into an space fight or something. But these things will "randomly" happen or is it just going to another planet and attacking stuff with a CV?

[@papadross]

Is the Ventress available on the workshop? I would really love to check out that ship.

[@Spanj]

yes but not updated yet

[@OriginalIncog]

Or is the question... What is Spanj? (Long time fan but could not resist)

[@tarsis6123]

I'm quite sure it is PB&J, with the PB replaced by Spam. Disgusting.

[@doppmcagain]

how does one mae blocks so bright? i tried all available options for color pistol and I couldn't get it to work.

[@Ericstone00]

I have not done a lot of space traveling for the most part I'm more of a POI destroyer with my HV digger. When it comes to SV or CV building I'm not that good. One major note which I'm sure I'll get a lot of flack 4 for is that I do not use CPU or mass and volume. Everyone's place style is different. I enjoy not having limitations. Don't get me wrong I do play on a server that has those limitations but if those limitations but if I had a choice...

[@redkawa636]

I must ask again, if possible, if you and the guys could make a joint video to introduce the various features. A bit like you did with Eleon. I understand they are not "showmen" like you are (heheh) but if you would "direct" the show, i am sure it will be an incredible (and really useful) video to have:-)

[@GrimGearheart]

So, I'm a newbie, I've only spawned in a base, HV, and a SV from the workshop, I haven't built anything from scratch. Would you recommend someone new to the game user RE over Vanilla? It seems like it would be best to get into it early so you don't have to "unlearn" everything from the base game.

[@Stahe]

In the beginning of the video, is that a player fighting next to you, or did you script a ship to fight for you or something? I haven't played in awhile, so I have no idea what's going on at this point. That's what brought me here.

[@Spanj]

Thats another player

[@MrPupsi]

So since i never really played Empyrion (always a little bit during EA), should i now play Vanilla first or this thing?

[@Spanj]

I generally advise new players to start with Vanilla but tbh, go straight for Reforged, its a bit more of a learning curve but you wont get bored so quickly

[@tdunbar6148]

apologies for my ignorance, but if i want to play without cpu and mass/volume, does the scenario offer much in the story and exploring fun?

[@Spanj]

Yes a ton, waaaaay more than the vanilla game doea

[@tdunbar6148]

@@Spanj thank you for all you do for the community

[@DanyDei]

Es un mod que altera la historia original del juego agregando nuevos objetos y armas que nunca estarán en Vanilla, pero a medida que el juego base mejora y se actualiza el mod también debe hacerlo y eso conlleva al agregado de nuevos bugs sean del juego original o del mod, que es otra historia inconclusa también.-

[@seliasthemage]

Some of the thrusters also give you tourqe wich helps in turning wich means less of a need for rcs's.

[@Jodah175]

they all have a torque value. it depends on placement how effective that torque is.

[@martindixon54]

@@Jodah175 Yep. As a general rule, the further from the centre of mass they are, the more effective they are at turning your vessel.

[@hydrazombie]

so how do you build a ship, I'm level 25 and after collecting all requirements for ship i can build it it doesn't spawn anywhere

[@Praxdra]

the same rules, weight, CPU and thrust, applies for NPC ?

[@sanguineshade9545]

No carrier Spanj? Shes a beauty as well. :)

[@Spanj]

As its a patron exclusive, i didn't want to tease it

[@Dalamarian]

Soon™

[@wolfhors3_660]

Is there anywhere we can find a list of new blocks and stuff that were added?

[@Spanj]

Not that I know of

[@wolfhors3_660]

So because of this vid and your ships, I gave RE a try. I play SP or sometimes local MP with my 9 y/o. New blocks, missions, story, weapons, POIs etc I am all about that. Alter values to increase the grind and basically handicapping things just to complicate things and make them more difficult, I'm out. I did not see very much new stuff and I didn't see any new missions, story or pois. Maybe I installed it wrong or maybe it's more of a pvp deal. Anyway thanks but no thanks. Still love your ships tho :-)

[@darksupportertn]

@Spanj hey Ive got a reforged Eden server that me and friends play on, but I can get the CPU limits and volume limits to turn on even though ive edited the the gameoption yaml is there something im missing?

[@Spanj]

You've not changed the right gameopyions check the folders for another that it might be reading instead

[@darksupportertn]

@@Spanj it was the formatting I needed a fresh copy of the yaml, I got it though!!

[@Snakez_Gamez]

So if get u correct u can add it like this? 1x-t2 1x-t3 how much u need x-t4

[@33mavboy]

So what are the major differences between reforged galaxy and project eden by themselves? why not just combine it to have 1 mod? or is it because project eden is a more softer version, compared to the massive over haul of both modders combined?

[@Spanj]

some people do not like the changes made in Reforged because it is a lot harder and drags the game out a lot more, so you can have the additional content of Project Eden on its own with vanilla rules too if you like

[@mistyblackfoot3848]

As a brand new player, Should I just jump into RE, or should I do vanilla first? This game is so complicated lol

[@BlueEternities]

Does it make more sense for a brand new player to try the original game first or hop straight into Reforged Eden?

[@blackgard3253]

neat

[@npenick66]

You forgot to emphasize to be sure which direction the starter block is facing so that you don't have your cockpit facing backwards like someone who shall not be named did on his first RE ship. Also, piping. Piping is of utmost importance.

[@ottEST]

Mate, you forgot the Karial to carry them all ;)

[@eduardmart1237]

Are there any other good mods that add new quests?

[@wolfhors3_660]

Are you still able to turn off the volume mass cpu stuff

[@Spanj]

Yes

[@jakkrit6910]

i just start playing so i didn't know much so i plan on play vanilla till i know where i can find what first. 8:10 and this is actually make sense why chuck of iron need CPU ???

[@shaneWARs1]

Some times I feel like I'm watching Top Gear

[@AnAutumnLilly]

Do you have blueprints of these?

[@Arsuaho]

I have a problem, my max CPU in RF 1.5 is 1.450.000 with 5 extemders. Did he change it?

[@Spanj]

Have you all the other extensions too?

[@Arsuaho]

I have a standard kernel and 5 (advanced) extenders

[@Arsuaho]

Answered myself, loaded your Vendetta (awesome build!!!) and had a look, you need all extensions, not only the 5, also 2 and 1 of the basic and standard. In the video you have said that you only need the T4...

[@normal6969]

Is increased power consumption, and generator burnout still in?

[@Spanj]

Yes

[@seliasthemage]

Should build a cv carrier now, so you can haul cv's around.

[@johnpatz8395]

He already has the Kari-All, or however he spelled it, which is built specifically for that purpose.

[@kaze_yami5940]

He does have one, it looks like a cylinder with sticks coming out the top, sides and bottom. They have his docking pad on them so his ships just mosey on up to the pad that they fit onto easily and away they go. The blueprint for the carrier is available to his patrons for sure and maybe his youtube members and twitch subscribers.

[@johnpatz8395]

@@kaze_yami5940 yeah, forgot it was a Pareon exclusive, but he does show it off in his last RE series.

[@seliasthemage]

Ah, guess I missed him using it.

[@johnpatz8395]

@@seliasthemage Yeah, I'm not sure we really saw him use it much, it was near the end of the series, and as I recall he still needed some more resources to get the big advanced warp drive which would allow him to jump from the main galaxy to the other one, which I can't remember the name of at the moment, but that you usually had to get to on foot through the big gate at the end of a string one jumps into the empty space between the two galaxies

[@wolfhors3_660]

Ok watching this now, I can tell you I'll be turning off CPU mass volume. I also absolutely hate the thrust nerf. I'm really looking for more content not increasing the grind. I want to get out there and explore. So what I got from this is the reforged part is just making the game a pain in the ass. I like the atmospheric turrets. I thought space turrets not firing in atmo was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. I understand the reason they did it but I hate it. I'm looking for more story, more diffent and interssting POIs. New textures to paint with, more crew models. It feels like Eden is the one that adds content. So I'll probably just dump all that CPU mess and the volume thing and give it a try. At least they let you do that. Thanks for the vid. Although I was looking more for a "here's all the new weapons, turrets, blocks, and just stuff". The new story, the new classes etc etc. It feels like most of that is in Eden. The vid was really really good and, like RE shops served it's purpose well 👍. I think you were quite clear and explained it well, thanks

[@dethwisper]

I will never build a ship in this game. I gave it a go once, and it was extremely underwhelming. I'll just leave the building to the pros so I can focus on the game and content. Love your builds, man. Keep on doing what you do. It's much appreciated.

[@McCragge]

So which is better, combat steel or xenosteel?

[@Spanj]

Xeno is stronger and lighter but is super ugly

[@McCragge]

@@Spanj Ok, I wasn't sure, it seemed that maybe Combat Steel was good against projectile weapons but not energy, and that Xeno was good against energy but not explosive or some combination of one or the other.