Here is a walkthrough for the new update: Expedition 6 The Blighted.
Starting expedition
All expeditions are small stories, with it’s own start and end. All achievements from expeditions will be available in all saves on account. So you can play main game, then step aside to play expedition, then return to main game with new achievements.
Please remember to save game after each achievement by using Save Beacon.
To start an expedition you need click “Play game” – select empty save slot “New game” – Select “Community expedition”
1) Please remember to save game after each achievement by using Save Beacon.
2) This expedition has limited functionality – you will not be able to build bases or claim Settlement until you finish all Phases of Expedition.
Phase 1
Mine some Carbon, open you inventory (TAB – EXOSUIT) click on free slot and create 1 Carbon Nanotubes. Switch to MULTI-TOOL and click on broken Analysis Visor, click on red slot to fix it.
Return to normal view, press ESC and open EXPEDITION tab. Select Phase 1 and click on first mission “THE COMPASS”. It will sitch you to LOG tab and pin first mission as active. It will also show you your ship on your compass. Run to it.Mission 2 – Clipped Wings
Repair all components of your ship. Obtain missed materials by mining lower materials and processing them in “Personal Refiner”.
Mission 3 – Liberation
Collect rewards from previous mission (Warp cell), charge your hyperdrive and fly away from the planet. In next system defeat oirates and speak with the captain. You will get 1/3 of pirate’s map and finish mission.
Mission 4 – Red Skies
You need to repair freighter
Warp Hypercore – can be obtained from the mission agent on nearest station, or replaced by Repair Kit gained as salvage from pirates.
Quantum Computers – can be purchased from traders on Trading Stations on the planet.
After repairing Freighter’s drive you can use it’s map to warp to red star and finish the mission.
I selected Madyge as a closest to next rendezvous point. Here you can mine some Cadmium for future upgrades and Gravitino balls for Phase 2 Mission 4
Mission 5 – Rendezvous 1
Reach Rendezvous 1 point. Land to a planet and use scaner to find exact place.
Phase 2
Reach Rendezvous 2 point on Zydnoyer X system. On the way to it, you can visit Umanta system, controlled by pirates, and finish mission 3Mission 2 – A Freighter Blighted
Follow the marker, then search direction with visor. You will find crashed freighter on the ground. Read the story from main computer and search cargos, until you found second Pirate Map fragment.
Mission 3 – Lawless Sky
Visit any system, controlled by pirates. For example Umanta system on the way to Redezvous 2 point
Mission 4 – Coveted Suns
Collect 16 Gravitino balls. You can get Gravitino balls on a planet with Aggressive Sentinels in Madyge system – closest red star to Yukotyli – Rendezvous pont #1.
Mission 5 – Emerald Dreams
Visit a green star system. You need to summon The Space Anomaly and purchase Emeril drive or Indium Drive blueprints, and craft them to be able to visit green star. Elements can be obtained from Suspicious Packet (Technology) on pirate stations.
Phase 3
Reach Rendezvous 3 point. Ancient Ruins on planet Mida 88/G4 System Oweslie-Wagos XIV
Easy and simple.Mission 2 – Submerged
Deploy a Submarine.
Build a Nautilon Chamber underwater (you will get blueprint on previous stage as a reward). You can do it even on Rendezvous 2 system, Planet Xahili
You will need:
5 x Metal Plating
4 x Crystal Sulphide (open scaning mode underwater to find it in big rocks)
100 x Salt
All this components can be obtained underwater.
Mission 3 – The Last Piece
Locate the final map fragment of Pirate Map.
Board your ship, select mission, press “C” to scan – you will get the route to a lost ship with last fragment.
Mission 4 – Leagues Under The Sea
Reach ocean depth: 80u below sea level
Just dive deep enough. You will do it during digging for treasures on next mission.
You can do it even on Rendezvous 2 system, Planet Xahili
Mission 5 – Sunken Antiquities
Acquire an aquaric treasure from underwater ruin
Easy and simple – select mission, enter Nautilon, press “X”, use Nautilon High-Power Sonar and “scan for submerged ruins”, follow to ruins, get treasure.
To build Nautilon’s High Power Sonar you will need:
1x Solar Mirror (you can get blueprint on
3x Crystal Sulphide
50x Ferrite Dust
You can do it even on Rendezvous 2 system, Planet Xahili
Phase 4
Reach Rendezvous 4 – just follow the pathMission 2 – Boundary Failure
Eliminate 25 sentinels – You will obviously do it to the end of expedition. If not – just land to planet with aggressive sentinels and start mining – you will get a lot of them.
Mission 3 – Counterfire
Steal a Sentine Pillar Multi-Tool
Destroy 3 nodes around pillar and access it’s console. You can find the pillar by defeating all 5 waves of sentinels and obtaining sentinel map, or by finding a teleport to someone’s base near pillar.
Mission 4 – Blue Expanse
Visit a Blue star – you will neeed Indium Drive to reach any Blue star. You can get blueprints on the Space Anomaly and Emeril – on any green star.
Mission 5 – Treasure Hunt
You need to reach Rendezvous 4 to activate it.
After you get all 3 Parate Map fragments, you can create full Pirate Map in your inventory, and activate it to plot a route to “pirate’s treasure”. This will leads you to some portal. After you enter it, follow to next route point. There you will need to dig 3 crates with keys and open primary chest.
You will recieve a ot of rare activated minerals, and Portal Glyph set as a reward.
Phase 5
Reach rendezvous 5 point – Easiest. You will do this automatically by following the Pirate Map mission in Phase 4
Mission 2 – Enlistment
After you get your Freighter, you can manage squadrons on it’s control panel. First you need to unlock slot for wingman (with nanites). Next you need to find any NPC pilot on space station or planet trade center, talk with him and recruit him.
Mission 3 – Galactic Defender
Shot down 32 pirates. Pirates are often encounter, so it’s easy to hit this number early, or take “hunt pirates” missions.
Next missions are closed until you rech Rendezvous 5:
Mission 4 – Intergalactic
Leave The Galaxy
After you get Pirates Treasure, recharge your hyperdrive, fly to the space, press X and select Galaxy Map – in opened map you will see route to galaxy core. Select it and warp to a new galaxy. You will recieve Base Computer blueprint as a reward.
Mission 5 – Breadcrumbs
Establish a foothold in a new galaxy
Select a free place in a new galaxy, buld Base Computer, build a base, upload it.
That’s it, now just collect all bounties from all completed missions and phases!
Thanks to windessy for his great guide, all credit to his effort. you can also read the original guide from Steam Community. enjoy the game.
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Thanks for the good guide, but after building a base, the game wants me to expand it, a normal base is to small to upload it, so i have to find a way now to expand it.