Noob question

Craemer

C
IT’s probably a noob question but i am setting of for my first discovery trip with a diamondback explorer equipped with a vehicle hangar. So I scan the systems and the planets to earn money. But is there any financial gain in landing on the discovered planets?
 

Smykes

Smykes
No financial gain for landing..
only need to land if you are looking for FSD boost synthesis materials from rocks.
Financial gain only from scanning the whole systems with an Advanced Discovery Scanner and
scanning each individual planet/moon/sun with a Detailed Surface Scanner.
o7
 

Flimley

Flimley
Hello, the only gain to landing on planets (apart from the views) is to search for materials. Which can be used by engineers to upgrade your ships and synthesise ammunition, fuel and other consumables while your out on your journey.

Flimley.
 

Aura Lorell

Aura Lorell
Craemer said:
IT’s probably a noob question but i am setting of for my first discovery trip with a diamondback explorer equipped with a vehicle hangar. So I scan the systems and the planets to earn money. But is there any financial gain in landing on the discovered planets?
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There are no noob questions, only questions. No judging here, the people on the exploration subforum are kind and laid back.

There is no monetary gain from landing. However, please note that landing will allow you to:

- Discover materials which, for the first time only, immediately count towards your exploration rank.
- Collect materials that will allow you to refill your AFMU.
- Collect materials that can refuel, rearm, repair your SRV.
- Collect materials for synthesizing limpets if you carry a repair limpet controller.
- Collect materials for FSD boosts if you want to dabble in sparse areas high above and below the galactic plane and at the galaxy rim.
- Have fun driving in alien worlds and uncovering lovely vistas.

Using a DSS (Detailed Surface Scanner) will show you the materials you can prospect from a landable planet.

Feel free to ask more questions; the only bad question is the one that was never asked. :)

Edit: Forgot to say that landing on high G planets (over 2G) needs to be done with care or you risk ship destruction. There are excellent guides around for showing the technique. And always carry shields, because if you bump lightly on the ground while landing they absorb the damage up to a point (not on high G planets).
 
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Craemer

C
Thanks for the quick and kind replies.

It’s a practical questions but how do I harvest materials with the vehicle? I only seem to be able to shoot.
 

varonica

varonica
Craemer said:
Thanks for the quick and kind replies.

It’s a practical questions but how do I harvest materials with the vehicle? I only seem to be able to shoot.
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Shoot, target desired fragment, scoop.

I spent a long time trying to scoop fragments, I didn't realise you could only scoop targeted fragments, I thought it would just pick up any fragments you ran over :rolleyes:
 

Markzeero

Markzeero
I'm fairly new to ED too and have discovered a few crashed ships on planets where the cargo can be picked up.

Cheers,
Mark
 

iain666

iain666
Aura Lorell said:
Using a DSS (Detailed Surface Scanner) will show you the materials you can prospect from a landable planet.
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This is, of course, best checked by using EDD to give you the scan output in a handy overlay to the game and/or somewhere you can alt-tab to quicker than the system map will load. Link to download in my sig...

(Unless you're on XBox or PS4)
 
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