How to identify planets?

[Empyreo]

Is there a way to tell without landing what kind of planet its going to be when on the surface, without having to fly to it? You can usually tell if its going to be a water world by all the blue and few lines of brown where islands are, similarly snow planets are white. But what about planets that arent meant to murder you?

[4evernomad]

You can figure out certain attributes based on the resources it contains and the star it belongs to.

This may help

[Empyreo]

Originally posted by 4evernomad:

You can figure out certain attributes based on the resources it contains and the star it belongs to.

This may help

So the higher the warp drive the higher chance of finding lots of flora and fauna. G/f, K/M, E, and B/O, cool, but what about the number and second letter. I followed the link in the bottom and it said that the lower the number the hotter the planet, 8 being cold, 1 being hella hot. So 4 would be like the golden place to be with highest chance of beautiful planets?

and then what about the other letter?

[4evernomad]

As far as the warp drives go, yes they give you access to the better systems (whether that be better resources or more life friendly planets), but for more info on the letters/numbers see this[nomanssky.gamepedia.com]

[Empyreo]

Originally posted by 4evernomad:

As far as the warp drives go, yes they give you access to the better systems (whether that be better resources or more life friendly planets), but for more info on the letters/numbers see this[nomanssky.gamepedia.com]

hey, yeah, thats the link i checked, i have no idea what any of that means though, those secondary letters

[4evernomad]

Yea can't help further with that, I guess that the temp may have an impact on the abundance of life and water perhaps, but I have no idea how that range works. Can understand even less when I get to the Oddities, k = Spectra with interstellar absorption features, not a clue.

[United1k]

You can get a clue what the planet is by scanning it. The minerals listed will tell you. Some minerals exist only on radioactive, cold or hot planets. Unless you are after a specfic mineral, no need to land there if a "hostile" mineral is listed during a planetary scan.

[Empyreo]

Originally posted by LkSkWkr:

You can get a clue what the planet is by scanning it. The minerals listed will tell you. Some minerals exist only on radioactive, cold or hot planets. Unless you are after a specfic mineral, no need to land there if a "hostile" mineral is listed during a planetary scan.

I suppose ill have to google minerals.

I thought i was being smart when i went to check on my home planet. No weather hazards, beautiful landscape, lots of plants and animals. Uk what the system analysis is? Atlas Interface. FFS lmao.

[Empyreo]

Alright guys here it is

Fervium - Scorched
Spadonium - desert, snow
Temerium - Toxic
Coryzagen - Snow
Candensium - Radioactive

These show up from initial scans, so planets that do not have one of these minerals is a candidate for a safe planet, and a good planet for archives. Correct?

Edit: There have been 2 planets i've visited that are safe during the day and a little cold at night which were Spadonium planets.