The part no one mentions when Hunting a Pirate Dreadnought in No Man's Sky!

There are plenty of videos discussing the process of finding and capturing the new Pirate Dreadnought, but after hours of playing and searching online, everyone seems to be missing a very simple, but very important, part of the process.
Here it is!
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[@AshranGaming]

I've had to explain this a lot, so I'll make it short ~ish here. Far too many ppl have been explaining the same experience as me, for me to believe we were all just too dumb or inexperienced to do the process right. The wiki states you need a Freighter first, as well. Some ppl may be saying otherwise to try and help others, some just wanna call me stupid to feel good about putting some nobody on the internet down, but I'm telling you that's wrong info. If you got a Dreadnought without a Freighter, congrats, you most likely triggered a bug with the brand-new, not fully tested, content. The rest of us didn't have that luck

[@StephanePoirierGaming]

Ashran, while I am not in the least interested in getting a pirate dreadnaught, S-Class or otherwise, I thank you for making this video. We're not dumb, but some times I wonder about game developers who create a quest to do something and utterly forgot to provide a clue or a prompt for the first step. Your second point. Boy do I feel your pain brother. I am rather irate at ppl telling me I am playing the game wrong - doubly so when the complaint is about the game being buggy. Very informative video. Kudos!

[@felix5728]

3 months later. I can 100% confirm my friend got a dreadnought for his first freighter. I wonder if it has to do with the save being created before/after a certain update. Just a tip: Wikis are community efforts and often have misinformation. Personally I had far greater success going to max economy/max conflict systems, but luck is always a factor.

[@CircumlunarFeasibility]

i just wanted to know how to defeat one, i am back in the game after years and i warped into a system and suddenly there is a weird message about a pirate ship, it didnt go well for me, because i didnt know about the engines and destroying the guns, but now i do, so this helps. a lot of new stuff i this game.

[@TheConnorMclaughlin]

me and my friend both did it without a freighter. You don't need a freighter, just decline the first freighter you save and take the money instead. Then you can trigger pirate Dreadnought over and over and over again.

[@AlexReynard]

I don't play No Man's Sky. I watched this because a friend was watching it and I watched along. But THANK YOU. Because I've had innumerable software and Windows problems where I look for solutions online and, exactly as you said, everyone is describing steps 2-10 of fixing it, and skipping the crucial fundamental step one. The step that seems so obvious, no one mentions it, which is infuriating to everyone who doesn't know it. So one thousand blessings upon your brow for making a video like this.

[@AshranGaming]

Exactly what I figured, once I found the info on the wiki; all the NMS-focused KZbinrs prob have dozens of saves, all with freighters they've had for months/years, and never even thought it might cause a problem for a new person trying to go straight for the Dreadnought, or even realized it was a prerequisite.

[@Medzinov]

I FREAKING KNEW IT! tried to get new Pirate Dreadnought. As a fresh player i have never seen those big ships encounters. After hours of jumping only to get the regular freighter defence encounter, i begin to wonder if i had to get my freighter first. Thanks for the video!

[@chrisburrows9758]

Followed your advice and it took me 7 runs, but I got me a S class Pirate Dreadnought...so thank you very much.

[@DeanLotter]

Recently started playing again. 3 hours after purchasing my freighter I triggered this event and had no idea what to do. I started attacking the ship wherever I could. Next thing I know, the ship vanished. This video was helpful. Thanks

[@Neos4500]

Good thing I found this. I was not yet hunting for a Dreadnought, but I was wondering why, in almost 30 hours of gameplay, I never encountered one.

[@fixitman2174]

I've got close to 1000 hours in, and I've only seen two. I had no idea that I could commandeer the pirate ship at the time. Now that I do, I want one.

[@fixitman2174]

Everybody seems to also forget that space battles are triggered every fifth jump, counting from the first jump for that save. It has nothing to do with the number of jumps in a session. Once you see a space battle, make four random jumps, then make your restore point. The next jump should trigger another battle.

[@briwanderz]

I had ones less then five jumps apart, the first dreadnaught fight, jumped one system over, then my next jump had another dreadnaught encounter. Granted some times I think my game is cursed, so many glitches.

[@jtjc4life]

I flew around checkign systems for HOURS.... had no freaking idea why i wasn't running into this event... I was like .. my first freighter is gonna be a dreadnought... so i went for a home run right? Well no luck - until i ran into this video.. so i purchased a freighter real fast and then boom next system i went to that was a pirate system had the conflict - THANK YOU

[@AshranGaming]

That's pretty much exactly what happened to me, except I didn't have my video, so I found the info buried on the NMS Wiki. That's why I made the vid, hours of looking in-game, trying to find the solution in other YT vids, and hunting through Forums/Wiki.

[@KingliestCloud]

I seldomly comment, but this has genuinely been a massive help. I wanted to make sure my first freighter was a really good one, hence I went for the pirate freighter as an easy choice. You have directly explained that I needed a freighter in the first place, so truly thank you because I was getting frustrated lol

[@AshranGaming]

Glad I was able to help! Was annoying that none of the vids I checked out ever mentioned this, so I finally decided to just make it myself. Glad I'm able to spare others hours of confusion

[@tayloroostenbrug8200]

Skill issue, lol

[@jbrimager]

Bruh..... I just wanted to say THANK YOU! I've been trying to do this for week. Caught this video this morning and gave it a shot. Picked up the first freighter I saw. 1 warp later and my first dreadnaught appeared. Took me 4 reloads and I got an s-class. All of this in about 20 minutes. I can not thumbs up this video enough.

[@mitch3384]

This is next on my to-do list once I get my Interceptor upgraded, thanks for saving me a heap of time, because I was NOT going to bother with a regular freighter. Love how it looks, reminds me of the Leviathan in the Avengers movies (big thing Hulk took down in the first Avengers, and Antman booped in the final Endgame fight).

[@stevejoyner23]

Thank you for posting this. I looked for over 5 hours irl, then to also look at the nms wiki. I know this video will help others.

[@johnpatz8395]

I can see why so many have missed this important detail, although I already have a regular freighter I wanted to thank you for making this video.

[@Jason_P]

NO WONDER I NEVER FOUND ONE. Thanks for this. I wonder why nobody else mentions that you must own a Freighter already to get the pirate one to trigger.

[@RocktCityTim]

Thanks, Ash - I discovered this in my latest Expedition play-through, as well. Scored a low-tier C class freighter, and my next ship jump presented me with the pirate dreadnought. One added point - if you have plenty of cash accrued, you can add some of the pirate battle group to your personal fleet. You need the cash because those ships are 4M+ from what I've seen.

[@heylady9108]

Yes I did this, talked to a few of the Pirate frigate’s and added them to my fleet before flying in and claiming the Pirate Dreadnought Freighter, but once I claimed the freighter and flew out all the rest of the frigates were gone so I couldn’t get any more of them. Not sure there is a time limit on how long u have to get them to join ur fleet or if once u claim the freighter they just leave.

[@AshranGaming]

This right here! I just streamed getting a SECOND Dreadnought (cuz didn't know I couldn't bring first back from expedition till it was too late), and found that (I believe) if you enter the Dreadnought, all the other Frigates warp away. Maybe it's time based, but felt like it happened quickly to me. SO, if you want any of the Frigates, I recommend hiring them before entering the Dreadnought to claim it

[@heylady9108]

Yes definitely gonna wait and get the ones I want next time before entering the freighter. I was just so excited about defeating it and worried that it would time out and I wouldn’t be able to enter if I didn’t hurry lol. The one I got was in the Expedition too. Can’t wait to try again with my main. I’m gonna miss my old freighter though. @@AshranGaming

[@ApPersonaNonGrata]

tbf, I spend 5 hours on a single-player Nexus mission. fairly often. -which usually ends in me having to abandon the mission due to game-breaking glitches. So if I can spend that amount of time and get a good freighter out of it, it would be time better spent.

[@buds4u741]

Great tip !! This was the one issue I was facing when hunting for a dreadnought. Didn’t own a freighter and could never trigger the event. Once I finally picked up a normal freighter, the event finally triggered in a outlaw system

[@martindevries8335]

Took me 1,5 hours... on 2 different saves to get an S class. I did see a vid that stated I needed a freighter. Hope everyone gets their S class! Just bounce between 2 pirate systems, back and forth.

[@AshranGaming]

You're lucky, while I was looking through tons of YT vids, I never once saw anyone mention it. Had to find the info on the wiki

[@DarkskullRavenclaw]

RNGezus hates me. After hours of trying, I settled for an A class. I will never pass up an opportunity to do a pirate freighter battle, so hopefully, I'll eventually come across one on my travels but in the meantime I'll just get rich extorting the crap out of them.

[@patrickmontie9583]

I have a conflict scanner. Fly to red pirate systems. Seven encounters with C class dreadnaughts and I got an S class. My previous freighter was an A class “star destroyer.”

[@ianmorris6437]

I got 1 during the expedition without owning a freighter, but I was jumping between pirate systems until the dreadnought battle, but saved in each system before the jumps, 20 restores and I had my S class. Having a sentinel ship really helped though.

[@AshranGaming]

Interesting. I was jumping in Pirate systems for almost 6 hours straight, with only normal freighter battles spawning, and the wiki does say it's required to have a freighter. Maybe there's still some glitchiness in the game code around the Dreadnoughts since they're so new

[@AtlasGaming4k]

Ya I got it as my first capital as well. Don’t need a freighter first.

[@KalisaFox]

got it as my first freighter as well, seen many battles before i settled on my first.

[@shaunbradley7608]

I restarted again just recently being out for about a year, this is what tripped me up! Nice tip!

[@StinkinBadgersGameRoom]

OMG THANK YOU! I wanted to get an S-Class freighter for free, so I started out by doing all the steps and got myself 1 jump away from triggering the second freighter encounter (Because the first is always a system freighter - which I was triggered and just took the reward) then I also made it so that an outlaw system was 1 jump away - then I started farming the encounter - and you're totally right - it was ALWAYS just a regular capital freighter fight - never the pirate fight - I wish I had watched this before I tried 27 times and finally just gave up then found a system with a freighter I liked and farmed me up an s-class of that version - and now - I get pirate freighter encounters all the time - this totally explains it and I can confirm the results here are accurate - earned a like - thanks again

[@AshranGaming]

TYVM! Yeah, I was having the same problem, prob 40-50 jumps with no luck, checked all the other YT vids I could find, and nothing; that's why I made it!

[@Shalmaneser1]

Count your blessings... The odds of S-class freighter is 1 in 100. I had to do 50 repeats to get my S class. Odds don't have a memory, 1 in 100 can take much, much longer than 100 tries.

[@beaudamien]

After watching this video and after I tried to spawn a dreadnought without a freighter, I tried this and BAM the dreadnought spawned for me as well 1st warp. Thanks again ^^

[@AshranGaming]

No problem! Glad the guide was able to help you

[@Gilgwathir]

What they also do not tell you: If you already have A class capital freighter you spent beefing up to 40 cargo slots, you'll throw away around twenty cargo slots in the process, which HURTS!

[@davidponder1654]

I had the same issue, passed up 3 regular freighters yesterday trying to find a dreadnought. Little did I know

[@Chilledoutredhead]

ah, as someone with a freighter who constantly warps into galaxy with a dreadnought battle, i just assumed that was just the experience, However as i didnt read any notes around the pirate update i totally did not know i could commandeer one for myself. lol. time to go dreadnought hunting. lol

[@barnabascain8702]

Thank you so much I’ve been struggling with this for since the update first came out

[@Wildfire7274]

One think to note. You dont HAVE to be in a pirate system to get a pirate battle but there will be a 100% chance if you do jump to a pirate system

[@AshranGaming]

True. I guess I talk about Pirate systems enough, some ppl may think it's required...oops. But yes, this is true, you can trigger the Dreadnought fight in other systems. It's more likely in pirate systems, and if you're trying to farm S-Class anything, I tend to use Pirate systems, since it's more likely, but not necessary

[@ACR_Legends]

I had absolutely no clue about this right before I was about to start. Considering that, I went to get a normal freighter at a conflict level 3 system, and lo and behold I got the normal freighter first try. You’ve prevented me from wasting HOURS

[@blackworld13]

thank you for getting us the details... the hunt is on... I will not waste time on upgrading until I get that ship.

[@spyly1]

Life saver! I've been breaking my head trying to figure out why the pirate dreadnought never spawns...Thank you!

[@LocoMadAlex]

Thank you so much! All the videos i watched never said anything about needing a freighter to obtain it so i spent 5 hours trying to find one 😂

[@techinfusions]

You only need to take out the engines and both trench runs of shield generators and the Captain will surrender his ship no need to shoot out the turrets, each shield generator needs to be blown up twice because they each regenerate after the first attack, can all be done in under 5 minutes.

[@wyldfury]

I had ridiculous luck. Was just messing about and happened to jump into a pirate system with one. I'd seen some videos about getting one and only needed to reload twice before I got it. I may have used up all my luck in NMS with that one.

[@ViltremEmpire]

A side tip for the community: You don't even need a upgraded ship to take out an S class dreadnought, I've only shot the engine's and the shield power supply and still manage to save the normal freighter by simply following this step. The best S class i saw so far was a 3 slot super charger version, but I was hunting a 4 slot one. Great video, this will for sure make the steps easier for all new and returning players. 👏🏼💯

[@AshranGaming]

Pretty sure any S-Class will always have 4 supercharged slots, you prob just didn't have the last tech slot unlocked yet and needed to expand tech inventory to find it. Though, getting the augments can be a pain, so I can see the benefit of not settling for one that doesn't already have all 4 unlocked

[@ViltremEmpire]

@@AshranGaming oh yea I forgot I started on my ps5 instead of my pc save, you are absolutely right. I've got to check that out and make sure, plus the one I was referring to has all its super slots next to each other. Thats why I decided to restart it and try again

[@scottmcclellan5322]

I was hunting and not finding, then I watched more vid's and finally found a clip were it was mentioned, very off handed, so I hunted for a normal freighter (my first) and it was an S-class lmao. I traded for the S-class pirate. But your right ppl don't talk about it. Good job getting the word out there.

[@mando137]

Omg thank you so much! I've spend hours trying to find a Dreadnought thank god i've found this video ❤

[@Notd20]

Thank u so much for this video, I wasted some time trying to get a dreadnought, but it didn’t work, and I knew it wasn’t a bug. Now I know what the problem was. 😅

[@ThoughtOuter]

Holy crap thank you dude I was trying so much after i just grabbed a regular random C Class immediately after my first jump i booted up next day i found a pirate freighter

[@gamerdad9051]

Good walk-through, very thorough

[@thebatman8957]

That actually makes a lot of sense why I haven't seen one on the expedition. I do have a star destroyer on my main save though.

[@baronvonkrogglesteiniii5310]

Couple things I noticed during my dreadnaught hunt: First, you need to spend TWO freighter encounters at the start of a new game before you can encounter full size freighters (and thus dreads, because they're fighting the big boys). It used to be only one guaranteed small freighter encounter, but at some point they changed it to two. Second, if slots are a concern don't try to roll S class in a pirate system. I spent a whole day rerolling and never saw bigger than 26/14 for S class, but all other classes could reach 34/20.

[@ThailandDantotherescue]

Thank you!!! Finally someone helping us new players... I just accepted an A class freighter... The tall and skinny ones which I hate... I like the star destroyer looking ones actually even more than the pirate ones... But I will finally get a good close up look at a pirate freighter!

[@Mike-SunBurn]

You are a time saver ❤ thanks a lot, looking for one whithout having one already 😅

[@briwanderz]

Even if you don't get an s class delreadnaught you can take whatever one you get and you still get a new one for free as well.. so I'd take an a class no problem, then when i get an s class it will just replace the one you have, snd you can just copy the layout over even. But thanks for confirming what i suspected about needing a freighter first.

[@SejoTwentySix]

Wasn't able to trigger pirate fight until I got a freighter myself. Thanks for making a vid!

[@AshranGaming]

Glad I could help

[@heylady9108]

Thank you. I just Did this on my expedition save as an experiment before ending it. As soon as I warped into my first space battle I just immediately reloaded my manual save to just before I warped. Then I just went out and bought the first system freighter I saw. After that I experimented 1st with warping to a level 3 conflict System (not a Pirate System), and In this system there was just a regular freighter battle. So I reloaded my manual save again and this time I warped to a Pirate System and this one had the Pirate Dreadnought Freighter battle. So I guess it’s less of a chance in a level 3 conflict System but much more likely in a Pirate System. One more thing: After defeating the Pirate Freighter I swapped the cheap 6 mil freighter I had bought, for the 70 mil Pirate one (both were only C Class), and it didn’t show any price difference like it does when something is more expensive, it just let me claim it, so I believe that I got it for free.

[@AshranGaming]

To your first: correct, the occurrence of the Dreadnought battle is higher, but not limited to, pirate systems. Second: You don't have to pay anything to claim the Dreadnought, the pirates are surrendering to you after defeat, and you claim the Dreadnought as pirate booty! Arrrr, Matey!

[@heylady9108]

☠😂@@AshranGaming

[@horizonset]

I may be wrong so sorry if I am wrong, but after doing a ton of research myself, apparently the pirate dreadnought battle conditions are completely different to the regular rescue events. one difference is what you already stated which is you needing to own a freighter already, but another difference is that you don't have to do the whole 'wait 3 hours and 5 jumps' rule since apparently whenever you jump to a pirate system you ALWAYS have a 20% chance of triggering the event, regardless of time spent and jumps made. I MAY be wrong mind you as I haven't tested it out yet, but based on my research that seems to be the case. if it does turn out to be right, then I hope I helped out anyone reading this. EDIT: THIS IS RIGHT! i just tested it now, there is no cooldown or wait or anything, the moment you get your standard freighter you can instantly start hunting the pirate one!

[@AshranGaming]

Yes, this is right. I wasn't sure if I had to wait/warp x times when i made the vid, but yes, it is considered separate from the normal "freighter event"

[@Furrick_Krubane]

Thank you for this, you're absolutely correct that no-one else has mentioned it

[@Osteoporosiphobic]

This is the correct method. Ive seen most videos on the subject & you're right, no one is talking about that one important detail. But I do have a question. I own an S class Dreadnought 25+ 13+ & ive been searching for a better one with atleast 30+ but ever since I aquired my dreadnought I cant find another one. Does owning a Dreadnought affect finding another one?

[@AshranGaming]

No, I still own my Dreadnought, and will still quite often jump into Freighter Raids, allowing me to take down another Dreadnought, and take it if I wanted to. The normal Freighter fights usually require 3 hrs of gameplay, and 5 warps before they can trigger again. Don't know if the Dreadnought fights also have that limitation, but maybe that's what's stopping you

[@eruntalion]

Thank god for your video, you are a lifesaver because I thought I was mega unlucky, I am a new player and didn't have a freighter at all, so I just bought the first c class I found, and then I jumped to a pirate system and immediately got the dreadnought battle and after 2-3 reloads I got an s class one

[@No-vq1iv]

That makes sense, I kept going to the location in the YT video but the battle always spawned a regular freighter. It wasn't until I claimed it and then came back 3 hours later that I actually got the pirate one. It didn't really matter since I was still allowed to claim / replace the freighter for free, but it's annoying that nobody seems to mention this.

[@PMCKoala]

Got a cheap freighter, farmed pirate dreadnoughts, S-class on the third try. I’m HIM.

[@alexhacker7457]

They must have changed something because I got 3 dreadnaught battles back to back

[@abelingaw5070]

There's really no need to claim a freighter for you to activate the event. 1. 3 hours in the game 2. 5 jumps 3. Single Player (Coop not recommended) Higher chance on systems that are: 3 star system / level 3 conflict / pirate preferably. Another method which is faster than the save point is: 1. Trigger the event on 2 systems (3 if you want) 2. Defeat dreadnought 3. Check class (if S, you can stop here. Same for A if you're fine with it), else continue 4. Jump to the other system where this event was triggered as well. 5. Repeat from step 2.

[@NikolaBevanda]

You dont have to go into to the station. Summon anomaly in any system. Once when inside anomaly go in and out of ship. Fly out with your ship. Open galaxy map. Jump into pirate system if there is no freighter reload restore point. You will be back in anomaly. Warp to different system. Rinse repeat untill you find desired freighter. Remember system name. Keep jumping into system you found ship in untill you get S class.

[@scopex2749]

I was looking for a Resurgent class Venator - I came away with one of these! It took THIRTY TWO battles and reloads BUT I got it and Ive maxed it out! I always keep loads off freighter bulkheads incase I want to upgrade. THEY ARE HUGE THE BEST FASTEST WEAPON is a MAXED OUT POSITRON EJECTOR!

[@AshranGaming]

Honestly, I find the Infra-Knife to work better maxed out. Though, it's mostly personal taste, Ejector works just fine, but I love the crazy "just spray thousands of shots" of the Infra-Knife. Glad you were able to find one!

[@Mieskiste33]

Even easier way of finding a pirate system : Just go to the stadning log for Outlaws ( Missions) and create a way point you will get a waypoint to the nearest pirate system regardless of conflict or economy scanner

[@chrisolson84]

I just got my S-Class Dreadnought yesterday on my very first try! I was prepping myself for an all day grind thinking it was going to take 20+ attempts. Just came back to the game after 2 years, also lucky to even notice the expedition was going on and be able to finish it on time. The rewards are great, I'm loving my new Starship and Freighter. I started a new game with the Omega Expedition because my older save is Permadeath and I don't feel like doing that anymore. I'm building a home base on Spinarr Kesen, Rendezvous 2 Paradise Planet from the expedition. Feels cool having a home on a planet with 50+ other bases. Exploring off the beaten path from the expedition and I'm still running into players actively building cool bases here and there, so I stop in and talk to them and plan to check in again soon. I am thinking of building in the same system and making them my space neighbors. These are the kind of experiences I've always wanted from this game.

[@rickytejera6707]

Damn I wish I would've seem this 2 Days ago. I was warping for a whole day trying to get a dreadnought with no Luck. Go figure after i gave up and got a basic Freighter I finally found one. So I guess its true!

[@zefurix829]

You do not need a freighter to get the pirate dreadnought. Many have received one without having a freighter to begin with, myself included. If the pirate system you go to doesnt have a pirate freighter fight, reload your save and warp to a different pirate system until you receive the correct encounter.

[@AshranGaming]

I've heard this from others, and concluded it's most likely a bug, since Dreadnoughts are still very new. While a couple ppl have said this, far more have run into my experience, doing everything right, and still wasting an entire day without ever triggering the Dreadnought fight, only to grab a Freighter, and get one on our very next jump. Even the game's wiki states that a Freighter is Required to trigger it. Hence, why I believe that those that got it without must be experiencing a bug/glitch

[@frogbeat8457]

Thank you soooooo much. And yes you are right. No one else has mentioned this

[@multiversorenzel]

you don't need to reload, you can jump sistems and comeback, i did it and used the not Class S ones to farm some credits bribing the captain, and even some class S fragates to my fleet

[@thatgaymerguyb5275]

I'm so torn on doing this. I've got an S Class of the one you traded but it has like 40 storage slots and 20 tech slots. good process for new players but what about those of us who are already established lol

[@AshranGaming]

Established players will just have to decide for themselves if they like the design of the Dreadnought enough to upgrade a new Freighter. It doesn't provide any technical benefit over other Freighters, so it's all about looks. GL deciding!

[@DeepRugaru]

Thank you for this. I’ve been knocking my brains out trying to find one of these damn things and the whole time I didn’t have my own freighter.

[@matipr7375]

I have been trying to do the pirate freighter event for more than a week, I searched everywhere for the requirements on KZbin, Reddit, Discord, and there was no way to do it... something so simple but at the same time that no one says, I had already been suspecting if Having a freighter was not one of the requirements, thanks!

[@AshranGaming]

Pretty much how I was thinking, too. I started to wonder, then eventually went as far as checking the game's wiki, and dove deep enough to find like, one sentence on a page that said it.

[@Waxzoman]

One thing is also no one talking about is different stuff you get if you beat the dreadnought. If you in for units and rep you save the civilian fleet. If you in for frigate upgrades and bulkhead you let the civilian fleet get destroyed then make the dreadnought surrender.

[@raventherenagade1222]

Thanks to this I now know how to claim a dreadnought instead of destroying it

[@AshranGaming]

Even though the focus was the first bit no one else seemed to talk about, I thought showing the whole process in one video would help some ppl. Glad to know it helped you out

[@MichaelArlt]

You're right, I also didn't find any video mentioning it. The only hint where I got it from was either on reddit or steam discussions. Can't remember anymore. But definitely it wasn't in ANY video. And I watched a lot! Just alone for that i need to get you the thumbs up Now the only question left is, how can we make your video more popular 😁

[@AshranGaming]

Thanks for wanting to show me the love. Honestly, this is by far my most popular video. Definitely glad when it reaches more people, though, as it still (months later) seems like there's a lot of misinformation about the Dreadnought requirements.

[@jimmyc2223]

Well, that explained why I got the pirate dreadnought encounter on the next 5th warp after I got my freighter. Thanks for the tip m8

[@Bayonette]

Thank you, this helped me greatly, I had been looking for hours with no success, I went ahead and booted up the game to get my first Freighter out of the way and I found an S-Class T3 Sentinel and now I'm not so sure if I still want to switch or not.

[@the_dead_knight3]

I traded the freighter you get for free when the game thinks you're ready for freighters for an A class dreadnought

[@sethmays8309]

You can take possession of a freighter that warps into a system you're already in before your 5th warp.

[@flash1259]

On the current expedition I took the first system freighter just so I'd have a freighter. Then I warped into a pirate dreadnought battle. It was a c class and I traded since it was free. As I was leaving I got to wondering. What kind of freighter did I save. So I checked and it was a S class short Venator. I spent the money and now I am the owner of a short S class Venator. I've got a S class pirate dreadnought on one of my main saves. It's nice. I don't plan to replace the other long S class Venators I have.

[@davy9247]

Great video! Thank you

[@Alcopop100]

I don't beleve that I an dumb or inwxperenced having played now for well over 5 years, but as I already had my freighter when I got mine on my main save It never occured to me that it was nessessary so after jumping about 20 or more times and turning down many freighters I decided to search to find out the reason. It was as you said after claiming an ordinary one I got my first instance (of course it had to be a C class). I am still searching. Thank's for the video I wish that I had seen i sooner.

[@AshranGaming]

I think I only noticed this, instead of all the other creators for NMS, because I constantly make new Saves (for challenge runs, Expeditions, etc.) Seems like too many ppl start new content from saves with dozens/hundreds of hours already, so never think about things like this

[@Darkarious773]

I was thinking this. Cause I’m my expedition I made like 60 jumps. I wondered if I was just that unlucky. But it makes so much sense of you think about it.

[@unclebean5821]

I completed the expedition but I didn’t get the ship. I feel like I got cheated idk what to do

[@MarkSmith-zg5hq]

Once you have your Pirate freighter, you still warp into a pirate fight all the time esp if your base or 1 of them is in an outlaw system each time you warp into a outlaw system

[@firepoet6926]

Now it makes sense why pirate freighters come with installations

[@spacevaporeonamvs3171]

Turn up space encounters and go to trading, mining, shipping systems pirate controlled works to

[@lgnmskyer5643]

Thank you!! This video provided the critical piece of info I needed. Now I am off to get my first garbage freighter

[@AshranGaming]

Cut to your first "Garbage Freighter" rolling an S-Class on first try. That's the kind of luck I always have, the greatest possible, but only when it's useless

[@Shalmaneser1]

I'm kinda torn... I have a fully decked out s-class Venerator. Visually, Pirate dreadlocks seems kinda step sideways. If 'only' there was something bigger to hunt with which one *needed* the pirate dreadnought.

[@levi-stock]

I have an S class normal dreadnought. Now I want an S class Pirate Dreadnought. 😮

[@VarraRen]

thank you for the complete guide and thank you for being to the point. you have saved me hours of pain😅

[@heretic-668]

I have frequently heard it said that you must wait several hours before getting another pirate dreadnought encounter, but this is not actually the case; I've been hunting them for a while and have literally gotten them in back-to-back systems twice.

[@timbo2tonez433]

My brother in Christ thank you. I must have done it 50 times without my own freighter last night. I was wondering why I could never get it to spawn.

[@frankobeans7239]

I got A class and I am good with that and it was the first one I found

[@nold251]

Ther is a weird glitch that in combat dreadnoughts will use ther anti freighter to destroy its anti ship cannons

[@GraveShackles]

LEGEND!

[@Kwstr42]

echoing lots of comments, as a new player to this game the past 3 days have been a pain and a half. there are a lot of newbie "how to" videos that have good tips but never tell you the actual basics the game doesnt explain, like how to read the hud and the icons, how to ise that 3d map in the ship (that took me hours to realize it was showing me entities outside the planet like planets, station and such) how to find depots when im desparate for selling or need items, and the most important one i have never found in a starter video, what the heck to do for each scenario of the game, IE what to do for each "map tile" encounter. for example, i didnt know what to do for the sealed compounds until 30 hours in and i skipped a bunch of them and could have been getting upgrades. theres only a few types of compounds, no one goes over what to do for each and the benefits of completing them.some are easy like drop pods, but it would be nice to know what to do and look for in those areas. same with deralict freighters, lots of videos about boarding them, no mention of the wreckage ones you cant board which are the only kinds i come across. i am able to find the info with google searches, but a new player must watch should go over these things as they are the basics of how to play

[@arturius9715]

I was able to farm in a weird way. I would warp into the dreadnought system and take down its systems, check grade, warp to another system and when I came back to original system, the battle had reset. All without reloading. One issue I had was that every single time, it would be a C class. I decided to change my diff. From custom to normal and the very next spawn was S. That could have just been coincidence though

[@dif1982]

For me, the freighter is like a venator.. dreadnought for me it is long and flat on the sides

[@alexseals610]

The issue I have now is not getting freighter modules for defeating pirate dreadnaughts

[@AshranGaming]

For Freighter Modules, the fastest way is to go to a Pirate System whose controlling species is one you don't care about losing standing with, then raid Freighters that warp into the system. By going into a station, anomaly, your freighter, etc. and putting down a reload save, then reloading it, resets the system a bit, so when you fly out, Freighters will warp into the system again. Just keep checking the cargo pods of the Freighters, and you can either target only pods that have "Salvaged Frigate Module", or just steal everything from the Freighter convoy. You'll end up with some basic resources, and lots of contraband that sells well in non-Pirate systems if you do the latter

[@cycoholic]

Makes sense. I mean, why would a pirate dreadnought bother attacking anything less than a freighter. They're after the cargo, and a freighter has more cargo than any smaller ships.

[@AshranGaming]

The part that makes it less obvious, is that they aren't attacking your Freighter. The Dreadnought fight is just them versus some random Freighter, so it wouldn't seem like you'd need a ship of your own to trigger it

[@cycoholic]

@@AshranGaming Ok, good point. Will have to give this a go. I've came close to bagging several pirate dreadnoughts, but they always managed to slip away. I never thought to cripple their warp engines. Duh! lol

[@coldblood131]

I was able to as soon as I got a frighter

[@leekev76]

May be a thing with the expedition, but i got a dreadnaught as my first freighter. Dont remember if i warped into a pirate system for it, but it was the first battle of any sort while doing the expedition. I accidentally got it to surrender just fighting it, and claimed it. It was a C class, but it was all new to me so i was happy. Was thinking about hunting down an S class today when i popped into a new fight and it just happened to be S class. Only the 4th one ive seen. Heh.

[@AshranGaming]

Had some other ppl accusing me of lying, so I think this may be a bug (maybe with Omega, maybe just Dreadnoughts in general, since they're very new). This likely also adds to why so few ppl mention this part, some may have gotten it first too, cuz of a bug Anyway, congrats on getting it, and hope you enjoy it!

[@mickboland3975]

Got 2 saved games 1 at 220+hrs and still have an A class pirate Freighter, decided to start a new game for the hell of it 30hrs in and scored an S class

[@anthonyisaiah6657]

My homie put me on this game couple months ago and compared to his start on 2016 ima newbie lol. I watch your vid get an S class on my first try and dude cant believe it. Said he hasnt seen the Dreadnought but once in his many years on the game

[@AshranGaming]

Not surprising, the Dreadnought was added recently, and the ability to fight and claim it was added just a couple months ago. Welcome to the game, hope you enjoy your journey, Space Trucker!

[@nunocorreia671]

are you sure? because i've had the freighter battle trigger without owning that freighter, and i've gotten the pirate freighter on the expedition when owning a normal freighter during the expedition

[@AshranGaming]

Yes, it says it's required to own a freighter on the wiki, and I personally wasted almost 6 hours trying the trigger the Dreadnought fight without a freighter unsuccessfully