FAQ List
Colony
Do you have to chart a planet to reveal ground structures
How do I increase settlement population?
How does a colonies population increase or decrease?
How often do colony requests appear?
What does the technology Colonial Government do?
What is Ship Trading Advanced For?
Combat
Do cheaper ports fatigue faster? And do weapons that fire more frequently wear out faster?
Does all gear of a certain type use the same number of slots?
How do I declare war on another faction?
How do I hunt wildlife and where do I get weapons?
How do I play a card in combat?
How do I start a combat simulation against a ship?
How does the brunt missile special (flak) work?
I seem to need some combat capability for my Mammoth.
Is there a weapon perk that has the chance of destroying an enemy weapon?
What are the chances of the extraction card being successful in combat?
What types of equipment and weapons can be fitted to companions?
When system loses all power structures do they divert power to the only structure in combat
Command
Is there an ability to command ships remotely?
Computer
Crafting
How Do I create a macro-organism?
How do I release a macro-organism?
How do I stop an invasive macro-organism?
How do you make structure components?
How does researching weapon lines work?
How many equipment levels are there?
To craft weapons using the Weaponsmith skill, do I need exotic weapon parts or exotic weapons?
What does it mean when a factory says retooling?
What is refining and fabrication?
When do I see results of a macro-organism?
Crew
Does combat increase the level of pilots?
How can I collect generational colonists?
How do I assign a commander to one of my parked ships?
How do I get companions to help me with activities?
How do I improve the level of my companions?
How do I settle colonists in a colony with my generational ship?
What do I do once I've captured a creature to make them my companion?
What does crew requirement mean for ships
What does the patrol order do?
What is the max level that crew can reach?
When I hire crew where do they go? Do I need to move them every time I change ships?
Engineering
Does the Solar Collector structure need to be built around a star?
How do I build a macrostructure
How does researching equipment lines work?
What Effect Does Upgrading Structures Have?
What is the maximum structure level a member of The Union guild can upgrade to or build?
Exploration
After you find the unstable wormhole and are orbiting it, how do you go through again?
Does the Replenish region perk affect consumables too, or only commodities?
How can I improve gathering yields?
How do I find a specific consumable?
How do I set a waypoint when I have found an unclaimed system?
How do you stabilise a wormhole?
How do you travel through a stable wormhole?
How to I find a specific commodity?
I ran out of fuel, does that mean I am stranded?
Why does my charting start at 90%?
Faction
Can I join more than one guild?
How are faction dividends accrued?
How are research points generated?
How can I end a war with an NPC faction?
How do I gift credits to a faction treasury?
What are the anger levels of war reparations?
What are the perks of all of the Guilds?
What do some navigation items say barred?
What happens when I start a transfer ownership request?
What happens when I switch faction?
What is the Fleet Movement Rule?
What is the full list of faction power rankings?
When is an NPC faction likely to declare war on my faction?
When is upkeep for a faction deducted
Game
Can I interact with other players?
How can I get a friend to join my faction?
How do I set my faction Discord link?
How do I use the communication channels
Is this game single player or multi-player?
So everyone is singular or can you form groups?
Why does the video pause when I switch to a different window?
Helm
How can I improve sublight speed of my ship?
How do I find a specific body type?
How do I know my position number?
How long does it take to explore?
Hold
Are the store all/transfer all options in cargo meant to respect any filters applied?
How can I increase the hold capacity of my ship?
How do I check the periodic group of a commodity?
How do I recover adrift cargo?
How do I salvage a ship wreck?
How do I store my cargo in a structure?
How do I transfer cargo from a structure to my ship?
Is there a way for commodities to be transported between storage on one planet to another?
Items
About how many books are currently in the game?
How can I find a specific consumable for a mission?
I just got 2 legendary consumables from exotic capsule.
The bar for an objective is at 100%. Does it mean that I need to do more of the related objective?
What does the number mean in objectives?
Lore
Me
Mining
Can I help another player with mining and other activities?
How can I increase mining yield?
How do I find and mine for pure commodities?
How do I improve my mining speed
How do you distinguish exotic commodities from normal ones?
Is it normal to have a body with zero commodities?
What does component chance mean in statistics?
What does it mean when a commodity is marked as exotic or coloured gold?
What is the minimum required level for mining beams to mine exotic commodities?
Missions
Are missions tied to the person that takes them, or the ship the person is in?
Does mission success rate affect anything?
Does the mission level increase with the structure generating the mission or the outpost nearby?
How do I (or any android) know if I've got the E1 virus?
How do I complete a Long Haul mission?
How do I find Pure Iron in the simulation to complete the test?
How do I join or create a squad?
How do you complete a Safari mission?
How do you complete the Decrypt Message mission?
How do you find Outlanders for the Barbarian mission?
How to complete a distress signal mission?
How to complete a Lost Trinket mission?
How to complete the Thief mission?
What happens if you fail a mission or can't complete it?
What is a Load of Scrap Mission?
Will the event progress % change as androids are infected/cured?
Ship
How can you find where a specific ship is sold?
How do I remove a fitted room?
How do I toggle ships for sale that my faction has discovered?
How do I transport passengers for credits?
How do I unload or use a stowed ship?
I'm having trouble equipping afterburners to my ship from my cargo hold what is the cause?
Is there supposed to be a chance of ports blowing up when they have less than 100% fatigue?
Transfer cargo from a parked ship
What does the Starfarers ship perk of coasting provide?
What happens when your ship is destroyed?
Where can I buy a generation two (G2) ship
Where can I find a master list for ship rooms and what they do?
Who can commission Legendary versions of ships and which are already claimed?
Skills
Are there other requirements to unlock skill than factor, level, and skill points?
Can you do room training and SR training at the same time?
How do I change my EIDOS statistics
How do I use a book? I have a few of them
How much does Reality Composer decrease the chance of failure with SR Training per level?
How often does the macro-botanist skill create the construct consumable?
How quick is training in a room?
I have the Hunter skill but how do I capture wildlife?
Is there a maximum amount of unused skill point you can have in a factor?
What does a higher colonisation skill do?
What does a higher Tweaker skill do?
Structures
How do I use rooms in a structure to train?
What does the Scavenge Technology do?
Which Structure Do I Require to Sell Specific Cargo Types?
Which structure provides training?
Suggestions
Trading
How do I consume food and drink items?
How do I find a system that offers a specific services?
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