So I finally got to the end of the “galaxy reset” mission. I chose “Eissentam” and was transported to the new galaxy… and then I immediately repaired my ship, summoned the Space Anomaly, and used their Teleportation Terminal to get home… I left no base computer or anything behind. How screwed am I?

  • zarmanto@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m glad you found your way back – but here’s a few little nuggets for the future: there are several different well-trodden shortcuts that can help you reduce the time it takes to get from one galaxy to the next. I have one save with base computers in every (ahem) accessible galaxy; once I got my stride, I think I was speeding through galaxies in as little as twenty minutes each or so. (Click on the spoiler below, if you’d like to read more about how to do that – but be warned, those spoiler tags are there for a reason!)

    The shortcut

    (Note that you may need to do some initial prep in order to fully take advantage of this shortcut, such as upgrading your freighter hyperdrive, collecting various elemental resources to fuel portals, and collecting a bunch of Vy’keen Daggers and such.)

    • From any planet, use your exocraft scanner to scan for an alien monolith,
    • Answer the monolith’s question.
    • If it liked your answer, you can ask it for the location of that planet’s portal in exchange for an artifact,
      • If it didn’t like your answer, go look for another monolith and repeat the process,
    • Once you’ve found the portal, fuel it and use it to travel to the “all zeros” address – that is to say, repeatedly click on the first glyph.

    If the hyperdrive in your freighter is fully upgraded, that will put you only one or two jumps away from the center.

    There are also strategies you can use to reduce the repair costs of each jump. (Care for another spoiler?)

    The "junker" method

    This strategy involves using your freighter, a “junker” ship, a “junker” multi-tool and at least one other ship:

    • Board your freighter once you’ve reached the exit solar system,
    • Switch to your “junker” ship, (which is nothing more than a ship which you have no intention of repairing),
    • Switch to your “junker” multi-tool, (same premise as the ship)
    • Make the jump to the center using your freighter’s warp controls instead of your ship,
    • Finally, once you’ve reached the next galaxy, switch to your non-damaged alternate ship and multi-tool to start exploring again – no repairs necessary.

    (Note that the “junker” method doesn’t help with the tech in your suit… but you can instead just store all of your suit tech to avoid damage there.)