What do you do while extracting Exotics?

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Even with one electric and one workshop extractor, they still take a while to get it all out. Do you scout the next location, go fishing? Wanted to fish while I waited in the Arctic biome, but the lake was frozen.

[william_es]

Watch a movie! I am totally not kidding.

I build a small stone base around the extractors, and pause the movie if anything attacks. But otherwise, lights down, movie on!

[Rekal]

I'll break out the BEAST scanner and work on the bestiary entries if there are candidates nearby. I don't go so far as trophy making, but I do bring the taxidermy knife for the bonus it gives. Scanner +6, kill +3, taxidermy knife skinning +4 (regular knife is +2) and it adds up pretty fast. Those little bonuses you get for every animal entry really stack up.

On missions I would build extra ammo with the last of my resources and work toward the 10k gun kill achievement too. Just plink at anything that moves.

If there are no candidates nearby and I've run out of ammo I'll read a book or alt tab to troll on the forums ;) The audio is still running so I stay alert if something happens in game. Borderless Windowed mode.

I don't build as fancy as a stone base, but I do build a shelter over the drills and then a wall (not fortifications) about 3 tiles out to prevent any agro from triggering. Check out my HOW TO extraction guide to see a picture of the setup.

[The Klang Is Good]

In arctic I'll go hunting mammoths for tusks and arctic vespers for guano (best ingredient to make biofuel) while tamed wolves guard my extractor(s).

[DrLamp]

Watch videos. Sitting and watching the proverbial pot boil is incredibly dull.

A couple times I tried using the time to speedrun setting up a functional base as high tech as I could before the drills finish. I decided later to tear them down though. I didn't want them to slow the game down.

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Originally posted by william_es:

Watch a movie! I am totally not kidding.

I build a small stone base around the extractors, and pause the movie if anything attacks. But otherwise, lights down, movie on!

Maybe I'll get bit sometime for doing it this way, but I just use the powered creature deterrent, and make a 1x1 concrete hut to put my Moa in, and myself if there's going to be a storm, or if I alt+tab out. As long as the area get's cleared initially, hardly anything attacks. I don't put anything around the extractors. Haven't needed the air conditioner yet, but I bring a heavy heater for both the arctic and desert biomes. I haven't met a storm yet even in the arctic where the concrete hut and the heater aren't enough.