X4 Foundations: Dealing With the Kha'ak Guide

The Kha'ak will always be out there in the X Universe attacking vulnerable mining vessels, but that doesn't mean that they have to be a major threat. This guide for X4 Foundations 4.20 will help you understand how the Kha'ak operate and from there you can decide whether to exterminate them or leave them be to their insectoid, hivemind ways.
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X4: Foundations is the latest title in the popular X series of space simulation / sandbox games, played as action games from a first-person perspective in a living breathing universe, with TRADE FIGHT BUILD THINK as the common tag-line. X4: Foundations is unique in its depth, simulating an entire universe of NPC ships and stations, forming a realistic economy. It consists of a huge universe, simulated from the bottom up. Hundreds of stations, and thousands of ships, trade goods among themselves. Prices change based on supply and demand; resources are mined and processed in several stages. This economy is linked directly to the simulation of major conflicts in a universe with dynamically-acting factions. Every player decision can dramatically change the future of the game universe. Step in and live your very own space adventure!
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[@TomRubicon5949]

Short, to the point, and with a dose of humor. These videos are an example of how it should be done. Superb

[@sim.frischh9781]

Perfect if you want information more than entertainment. The dose of humor just makes it go down even easier. For when someone wants chit chat, there´s live streams.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

I was investigating a Data Vault right off of the major Highway when one of these assholes flew in and blew the hell out of my ship while my ass was floating in space like sci-fi Indiana Jones. It literally appeared, trolled me and left. It was like playing with another human being in literally any other space game. Totally immersive other than how hilariously annoying it was.

[@harvbegal6868]

Selecting that wierd purple tenticle thing in the distance in X2: "Kha'ak destroyer" *immature laughter*

[@ch_r0me_one]

Ah, now it's in X4 as Obliberator. Enjoy. 🤣

[@jrherita]

Lol - the “like Paranid” theory was interesting for a minute. That was good!

[@subarashiiashi3894]

Instructions unclear. Showed to my girl and she still doesn't know how to handle my kha'ak.

[@soleilcrona1390]

Nice kha'ak, bro

[@tanvaras9961]

Was rolling through my KZbin feeds the other day and one of your X4 Videos came up. I must say, you clear, concise and to the point without any fluff. With another X4 content creator on KZbin and you, your both got everything covered. Hope more people find your channel. I now have a second channel to link to friends who need help with X4. Keep up the great content!

[@RScamble]

Scrap workers seem to attract to the Kha'ak installation. They always find the remains of the installation victim and become a scrap themself.

[@defrax5999]

Instant like for that nvidia card :D Exactly what I was thinking when I saw nividium ore :D

[@gufbrindleback]

My first combat fleet is always the Kha'ak Knockers.

[@JKNinja]

I love that fleet name 🤣, mind if I use it in my future campaigns?

[@gufbrindleback]

@@JKNinja The Kha'ak Knockers' mission spans all galaxies and universes. Go for it!

[@Baleur]

HAHAHHA the nividium at 3:45 Subbed

[@MiroslavPavkovic]

Thanks for this video! I didn't know that Hives and Bases have specific locations they can spawn in.

[@JKNinja]

Glad I could help!

[@simonchoi817]

The way how you present and deliver this video tutorial is not only excellent or amazing, it’s a fashion of romance! Good job mate!

[@MolanoZwolle]

Hey man, I just watched all of your videos. They are a huge help, and I love your style. Thanks for making them!

[@tomwithuhn9472]

Superb as all your vids are. I appreciate the work you put into these.

[@Reoh0z]

We must protect these Kha'ak, for the sake of the economy!

[@Cetegus79]

Your Videaos are sooo helpful - clear and to the point and never patronizing in terms of choice and keeping up the spirit of a sandbox game. Thank you!

[@sargen4040]

I'm always click all te good buttons at the bottom, your videos are good however the main reason is your voice. YOu convey such a calmness it's amazing.

[@daimonos418]

best X4 video in ages - thank you so much this was perfect

[@James-i9q5m]

I vaguely remember seeing a khaak station as a child and I always like thought I was just imagining things. I didn’t actually think that they existed in the game. Now I have a fun pass time whenever I’m waiting for my carriers to finish finish.

[@harryhoudini714]

I like your pronunciation of the Khaak so much that I consider it now "official". By the way, I did not even realize how it was "demonetizingly" problematic to pronounce Khaak. In my mind, I was always pronouncing them "Kaa Ahk" so basically as two words so I did not notice :).

[@JKNinja]

I also pronounce it with two syllables but added the extra "y" just in case. I honestly have no idea if its demonizated but didn't want to risk it

[@RMMinc]

@@JKNinja funny enough there was a guy on a forums who said he was an author of x-universe books. And he said that he named the species that way because it sounded like something you expect KZbin to hear. Who knows \o/

[@trlavalley9909]

Very Helpful, TY. I'm just starting out on my first play through; and I have like 8 ships and a few million credits; nothing huge and the Kha'ak have already made an appearance. It's been oddly helpful as I've learned a lot about fleet and combat command hunting for them.

[@keyboardwarrior2]

This is tutorial. Short, understandable. Bravo

[@Kneejair]

They killed my favorite miners. They need to be eradicated

[@byecameron]

Great content man, after going through a bunch of X4 vids to beat the learning curve, yours are by far the most enjoyable. Thanks for your work!

[@kuhndj67]

Until you can field L's/XL's they're challenging (easiest to run and keep S/M ships out of hive sectors). Once you have heavies you can search for their base (they tend to only be a big problem in sectors where they have a hive) and take it out to eliminate regular attacks for quite a while. Never thought of the idea of just letting them attack... once you hit midgame all your miners/traders tend to be L's and XL's so it's definitely a viable mid-game/end-game strategy.

[@Prof.Pwnalot]

Outstanding video. Thank you very much sir. I'm learning the game, starting with Large mining ships. Just have one currently. Nice to know I'm in the clear and regarding the shielding info, made the right call in fully equipping my one with the "best of everything". Using a crane. Also appreciate that last bit of extra "advanced info" - Kha'ak will destroy the friendlies / other fractions leaving more supplies and demand for the player Hopefully they don't destroy too much of the other factions stations, I want to explore a lot of the game and truly understand it.

[@Humanoidable]

Let me guess, you realized that khaaks are a dumb mechanic and gave up

[@boraonline7036]

I like how you pronounce their names. IDK if KZbin would react if you would pronounce the name correctly (if there is even a correct way to do so) But asuming I know the correct pronounciation, it would sound like one of the the german words for poop... yes there is more than 1 word for that in german. I also like the stile in which you did the video, you also explain the whole topic very well and also how the player can deal with the problem. In my case I did not know about the respawn time and also that their "Outposts" just respawn in Sectors that contain ore and minerals. So great job and thank you!

[@JoelMckay69]

Steve Buchimi narrates X4 awesome .... no really your voice and way you speak reminds me of Steve, take that as a complement.

[@warhammerknight1500]

Thanks for the great information and now I know how to eliminate my competition.

[@Horkruxx]

Thanks again!

[@Davonskevort]

this is a good presentation. entertaining and informative.

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

For 90% of my game, I leave the Kha'ak alone to do their _thing_ while I'm doing mine. But then something will trigger me (It's normally me looking for some gems and getting jumped on by these pesky critters!) and then it's time to get rid of that pesky Hive or outpost. So... In go the battleship(s), and maybe a couple M class gunboats armed with torpedoes and... Out goes the Kha'ak. However. If I have enough ships, I'll tend to leave a one to _"guard"_ that area to prevent the Kha'ak from respawning and getting a foothold. As for the Xenon...? Well... That's a totally different story... 🤔😲😬

[@ivanm71]

Love your channel

[@charlesduckworth592]

I’ve found that they are a great way to train your pilots since their weapons are sorta weak. Load up your destroyers with S fighters, ( your choice of type ) kite a swarm away from the base with your destroyer(s) and then have your squadron engage around the cover of your destroyers 😁

[@Wayne-fe1ed]

Awesome, love the GPU for nividium lol

[@o0pinkdino0o]

A fleet on Behemoth Vanguards with turrets disarmed are perfect for taking down platforms and bases. The Behemoth main gun has 10km range, and their range is 8km.

[@joeziahbabb]

The graphics card for Nvidium made me smile :)

[@TotalyRandomUsername]

Dealing with the Kha'ak is really just pest control. You build a few captial ships and when you find the nest you send them in and forget about them for a while until the bugs are dead.

[@StavrosDrakos-c3z]

If you have medium and small escorts with your destroyer don't bring them with u. They will die either because they are too dumb to avoid parts of the station when exploding or they will die to the station lazers. I lost 1 gunboat and 9 fighters in the final explosion 💀

[@TheAubuc]

Destroing Kha'ak base is the most tedious activity in gaming! 12 capital ships - at least 40 min.

[@JKNinja]

A lot of shots miss because of the irregular design of the Kha'ak base, but during recording the turrets stayed on target so they might have improved it during the 4.20 patch

[@TheAubuc]

@@JKNinja I hope so. AMAZING game tho. Love it.

[@whiskizyo2067]

@@JKNinja so you can now 4.20 blaze it

[@colderplasma]

The thing about letting them destroy your competition is yes you get to corner the market more, but you might also be letting them destroy your customers so you won't get as many sales. Probably not a big deal when money isn't a problem anymore and your whole production line is free, but if that's a concern it's better to just let your fleets clean them up periodically.

[@lishiping84]

Wow a new and good channel....

[@JKNinja]

Thanks and welcome!

[@Yama_1291]

Thanks for another fun upload. Hey, I mean the way you pronounce Kha'ak at least makes for a good laugh :)

[@kodiak_qp614]

Found out something new. Keep it up.

[@neilclark2245]

Peace through superior firepower

[@Veran1337]

The Nividium / Nvidia reference took me longer to get than i would care to admit ha ha.

[@theshadowofjericho4164]

I love the kha'ak, the kha'aks are fun to play with.. However I hate when the Kha'ak shoots me. The Kha'aks base isn't as big as I thought it was going to be.. You're not supposed to dock inside the Kha'ak base 😨 and Kha'ak shouldn't dock at YOUR base either.. unless you gave the Kha'ak permission 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@cookiemonsterdayz]

Another good way to deal with the hives is the PHQ and the teleport. No weapons needed. Just a buttload of stuff....

[@Waraxe83]

Thanks

[@modelosdeevaluacionpsicodi4020]

Grande

[@TroaBarton]

Im not sure which update it was that added them but these guys have destroyers with doom lasers now, these things are sector killers imho scarier than the xenon capitals. You go to poke one of their bases and three of them will pop out of the aether and nuke you. Seems very dependent on what you roll for a seed when you start a game for how many you will see if at all. If you do see them the only way to get rid of them reliably is an anti capital medium shoved up their butt. They turn on a dime so getting wedged up there without getting your ship blown out from under you can be difficult.

[@SHOTbyGUN]

I keep having to rewind because I keep laughing over the new information I should receive. :D

[@stratinvllc]

Manufacturing nuclear weapons is a hobby I enjoy in this game.

[@KenshinPhoenix]

The Khaak were a much bigger threat in earlier games, now they are just like mosquitoes. I send in 50 destroyers, the installations don't last long lol.

[@shaunwilson3059]

just auto salvage in a sector and the tug will eventually commit suicide by trying to salvage something right beside the hive

[@dbrowdy]

This annoys me to no end... The kha'ak generate tons of wrecks all over the sector and they go right up to the hive for some reason. >.

[@thirdworldrider6991]

2 beam lasers on the KAAK station are melting my syn destroyer mk3 shields. no mods installed.

[@hammerhead914]

Large ship master race

[@aliyonca1894]

Hi JK Ninja, I'm playing modded (beta 6) game and in my game, my L miners drop all the mined cargo after kha'ak attack them. Is there any opinion why? I was using almost same mods before beta 6 and there was no such problem. Is it related to beta 6.0 ?

[@bobbywhite1645]

Is sending a destroyer after the hives and outposts a good way to train up pilots because there is such a swarm of small ships that cannot really damage the large ships and they all get killed?

[@JKNinja]

If you want to do that don't give your destroyer any plasma turrets, most of the experience will come from destroying the smaller craft and not the station. Its almost impossible for the Kha'ak to take out a single destroyer unless you use SETA. It will speed up time by 6x, so 6x more damage, but the shield recharge will stay at 1x so it will be slowly whittled down

[@bobbywhite1645]

@@JKNinja Nice thanks I'm going to try it! Better than having them just sitting around

[@any1alive]

@@JKNinja ny that logic, would you sit on a ship outside of station range, and have a ai pilot the other L Ship, then turn on seta so you watch it zoom around, or 1x recharge rate also happens to other ships that you arnt piloting

[@shadowhenge7118]

I always thought the khaks always rlooked like Ridley

[@repatomonor21]

You're pronouncing Kha'ak right, actually, with Albion dialect. They were pronounced the way you say it in X Rebirth :D

[@JKNinja]

Did not know that 😯. I was going off the how the computer lady says it

[@kassross2013]

It's always good to see fellow X rebirth players around. We lived through hell trying to fix the broken economy created by broken the AI and it was worth it!

[@dbrowdy]

@@JKNinja The computer lady doesn't pronounce everything right. Ever heard her say "Helios"?

[@ZlothZloth]

@@dbrowdy "Freighter" in X3 somehow being "Frighter" ;)

[@nusferatum]

A dlc ecplaining the khaak lore would be nice. Unless ive missed it. But These species have never been fully explained. Thus far, theyre just an unknown nuisance to my trade ships.

[@TheIceThorn]

it's like Django, the D is mute. Khàk. X2 docet. BTW once the Khaak were WAAAAY more dangerous then now :| Playing X4 i've *NEVER* seen a Khaak destroyer. In X2 they were a hell of a fight unless you had good maneuvering skills to enter in the butt of a destroyer and a Perseus with 3 PSG. it would take a lot of time to kill a destroyer but this was the only real "safe" way. Destroyer Vs destroyer you'd need 3 to kill 1.

[@jeanpagette5019]

Never seen the Kayak actually use defense platforms? Is this an update or I got sad kah ai?

[@JKNinja]

All their stations have them. They are very small compared to the base so you might have missed them

[@ossiedunstan4419]

i have drones and fighters dissapear 4 fighters and 6 drones never been returned , did not get shot.

[@johannusb4615]

Can you just destroy the hive and put a defense platform on top of it and let it sit ?

[@fatbasementdweller]

No, because they don't respawn in the same spot. Can't cheese it like that.

[@lorenzonuzzaci2430]

I had a massive ka'ak invasion in the sector of my main hq and I moved every miner away from there to mine silicium in another sector. Will they spawn in every sector that contains silicium?

[@JKNinja]

They have a chance to spawn in every sector that contains silicon and ore, but they are hard capped at 6 hives at any one time so they can't be everywhere at once

[@lorenzonuzzaci2430]

@@JKNinja thank you, actually they spawned everywhere, even in the asteroid belt. My miners mined asteroids and ka'ak were in there. Those things were so much unstoppable that I had to deactivate them completely with a mod

[@dbrowdy]

In your opinion, how many Medium miners will one Large miner replace?

[@JKNinja]

one to one ratio. The large miner is slightly faster at mining but its big advantage is how much harder it is to destroy

[@dbrowdy]

@@JKNinja Okay well, at least capping L miners is easier than capping M ones, even if it does take longer. Thanks!

[@irkallaepsilon1454]

Whats the inappropiate language joke with Kha'ak pronounciations? I heard that multiple times now and no matter how hard I try I dont see something inappropiate except maybe one german word that would fit it.

[@JKNinja]

KZbin's speech to text translate Kha'ak to cock, which is American slang for penis

[@irkallaepsilon1454]

@@JKNinja Ahhh okay yeah I can see that, thanks

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

For some reason my destroyers just refuse to attack the station... I tell them to attack and their guns just do not fire on the station They attack the fighters just fine, but ignore the station I ordered them to attack... Their turrets will not fire on the station, despite being well within range and told to "target all enemies" or "Target capitals"

[@JKNinja]

Try to have at least 2 star captains, seminars are available from stations so easy to get them there. Under that those captains act extra derpy commanding destroyers

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

@@JKNinja ah, okay that would explain some other derpy behavior I've been having with my Syn

[@BC-dn6oq]

What ship are you using at 40 seconds?

[@JKNinja]

Argon Discoverer

[@sjet133]

Can you expand on why not to use travel drives? Are they not faster to escape?

[@Yama_1291]

The long spin-up time of travel engines tends to get miners killed.

[@michaelbennett7561]

They go faster once you get them going, but it takes too long to get them going. If they get hit at all while charging up the travel drive, they cannot enter travel drive for some time afterwards. Combat drives shorten that window of time necessary to spool up, giving a better chance to enter travel drive and escape.

[@thelambdacore2260]

Why I heard the sound of antlions? Khaak is triangle + Antlion has a triangle head -> Khaak is antlion Q.E.D.😆

[@TheCephalus]

this needs updating for 7.0,

[@moonraven8394]

How to deal with Kha'ak? That's the neat part. You don't. Unless they pay you to play pest-controll.

[@LuisEdGm]

Are you sure they only spawn if there is a base nearby? I'm pretty sure they can spawn without one, it's so annoying

[@JKNinja]

Kha'ak can at the edges of a sector, same as any ship, but they really need an outpost or hive to become a threat

[@LuisEdGm]

@@JKNinja I remember using a mod to make Nopileus Fortune a better spot and made a base there, I had kha'ak attacks all the time and scouted the edges of the map for hours without spotting an outpost nor any kha'ak ship moving, meanwhile my miners were in constant attack, I am pretty sure they simply spawn on top of miners

[@kajarslibrary5404]

@@LuisEdGm Nopileus is a bit of a special case since the sector is gigantic. That means that the outposts spawn even further out, making it a real pain to find them there. If piles of khaak spawn on your miners, then there is an outpost there. It is just really far out in that sector.

[@billymicchicbobymiclocky39]

Great video but does the hive and outpost respawn affect Xeno to or can you completely genocide then☠️?

[@JKNinja]

Xenon can we wiped out by destroying all their stations, but the Kha'ak will always teleport installations whenever the triggers are met. You will never be able to fully remove the Kha'ak

[@billymicchicbobymiclocky39]

@@JKNinja okay good had to make sure. I've been waging war with them on my heavily moded play through, and they are far more aggressive now. so many life's lost, just wanted to make sure it wasn't in vain☠️

[@ZlothZloth]

@@billymicchicbobymiclocky39 Did they ever think to attack unshielded mining drones instead of heavily shielded (and sometimes shooty) large mining ships?

[@ActionBob]

the invulnerable Kha'ak stations is what made me stop playing, I had a idendical experience in my play through. Small miner, More, Defensive fighter screen for my miners, make a few big miner ships getting harassed by Kha'ak constantly. Decide to eradicate the threat and follow their ships back to the source, build big mean fleet, have homeworld level fleet battle against Kha'ak and Xenon destroyers. Destroy defense platforms and every mobile unit in the sector. approch station... invulnerable, lower HP to 0 and no destruction occurs, cant blow it up at all 4 destroyers and a carrier hammering on the station to no affect. fighters keep spawning forever and station cant die. quit playinig since game is broken.

[@xezqeznunya6671]

4th order of the paranid assuming they were, which we both know they aren't U forgot about dukes

[@any1alive]

lol i can just imagine soemone leaving a infection out to pester, like what is the black death? doesnt bother me, and uses it to kill off competition as thier immune syustem just swats it away like flys XD and it is wierd, like i wonder if itd be worth havign a ai controlled fleet in that sector jsut harvesting the ships buut, for long term wouod it be a wise idea having a M or L defence ship in there set for ( ive forgotten the word for it.... exploring/killing pirates, bounty hunter and sector patrol) since the L ship can destroy outposts when it respawns the L ship ill pretty much go there and destroy it after it spawned,, Or a L ship as abvoe and 1 scrapper for any ships that it kills

[@i420xGaming]

That clip 😂 😂 yeah im bad 😂😂

[@malvokaquila6768]

You can't win. They have the triforce.

[@dandyphan8511]

I fought with that triangle this morning. I earn a lot of loot from it. Ouw they have a name an M.😂😂😂

[@dontblink9445]

See this exactly why they shouldn't be in the game to begin with. They can only kill medium/small miners of yours. Forces you to make an outlandish combat force to baby sit literally everything to fight them if you do or eat lose after lose. So you get all large miners, why bother with mediums. It forces you to play a single way and ignore massive portions of what the game as to offer because well it has no real place. It's a shame really. The khaak only punish new/early players and then force the players to leave the first half of the game behind for a considerable amount of time until they literally can yeet unless money into oblivion to fill that s/m ship void (literally for the sake of just wanting them, bc they are useless). Star wars mod does a great job of making ships actually worth a damn imo. cheers

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

"The faster this will take" No.

[@abdoobaset6100]

And this is a just to comment

[@jakesnake5090]

First, Ka'ahk is pronounced: Ka Ahk. not Kaiack. the ' is important for the pronounciation. Makes it 2 words, on the same breath. They showed up in X2. Second, not bugs. Crystaline Entities. Like the XENON (Xenophobic Entity, Non Organic Nature), they hate anything not them, though unlike the XENON, not a programming glitch. Nividium is remnants of their planet it seems. And yes, I have played ALL the X games, even Rebirth (what a waste). Helped a bit with X3TC with graphics issues, nothing much.

[@sim.frischh9781]

Nividium is Platinum, but the other races did not use the term we humans use for it and it stuck, at least that´s the background story i know.

[@ZlothZloth]

He explained why he was pronouncing it kayak in the video. Basically, he doesn't want to freak out the KZbin algorithms.

[@jaffarebellion292]

So, if I play evil runs of both X4 and BG3, does that mean I'm into Kha'ak and Bhaal torture?

[@Rupertchingameing]

KACK

[@TheKetsa]

They sure know how to design annoying features in their games...

[@justintime5021]

I hate the angry d4s

[@KiteoHatto]

Lmao, glad to see someone else thinks of nvidium as nvidia lol

[@HelminthCombos]

Its kock

[@iborgiwc7899]

Umm... Its not pronounced as "Kyak as in Cannoe", Its pronounced "K'Hak as in Cock", but with a "A"