salvaged frigate modules?

[Martenite]

I noticed on the anomaly that you need salvaged frigate modules for the starship/freighter upgrade blueprints. Anyone know how you aquire those? Some of the higher level upgrades require 100's of them.

[Dmformom]

Escrito originalmente por Maeglin73:

Escrito originalmente por Der Kreuzritter:

Destroy freighter cargo pods, you wont lose reputation unless you attack the support ships. I was able to get around 15 from a freighter just from destroying the cargo pods and not losing any reputation.

That's not the case anymore. Attack a freighter cargo pod now, your reputation goes down, and sentinels start arriving (ironic, considering it's a Vy'keen system when I tried it, and they hate those things).

For those of us who'd rather get them through peaceful means, the drop rate does indeed seem far too low. Half a dozen crashed freighters and more than a dozen frigate missions so far, and only 1 frigate module to show for it.

They fixed it then? Shame.

[TooTall1]

Escrito originalmente por Maeglin73:

Escrito originalmente por Der Kreuzritter:

Destroy freighter cargo pods, you wont lose reputation unless you attack the support ships. I was able to get around 15 from a freighter just from destroying the cargo pods and not losing any reputation.

That's not the case anymore. Attack a freighter cargo pod now, your reputation goes down, and sentinels start arriving (ironic, considering it's a Vy'keen system when I tried it, and they hate those things).

For those of us who'd rather get them through peaceful means, the drop rate does indeed seem far too low. Half a dozen crashed freighters and more than a dozen frigate missions so far, and only 1 frigate module to show for it.

Wow, glad I got my six that I needed before that happened. Didn't even take a rep hit when I did.

"Do it today 'cause tomorrow it may be taxed or illegal"

[cercata]

Escrito originalmente por japp_02:

Escrito originalmente por Thane_Ragnar:

You can also find them in the Cargo of crashed Capital Freighters, just got one from there.

I have been on several crashed freighters but didn't find any module, I found buried containers with all sort of things but no modules. Is the 'cargo' on a special location of the freighter that doesn't appear in your visor?

I found them long time ago, when I didn't know what it was, and I sold them.

Now I don't get any, I guess with the last update they added some new bug, and no more salvaged frigate modules anymore ...

[Maeglin73]

I found 3 in crashed freighters over the weekend, but some of those were on extreme worlds. I don't know if that actually increases the chances of finding them that way, or if it was just good RNG... should have kept better track of that.

[Martenite]

Just need 12 more to get the last hyperdrive upgrade. I'll still be attacking cargo freighters, rep can be damned.

[dear_gunny]

Even though you lose standing for attacking freighters, among my expedition rewards I usually get enough of each race's gift item to give out at stations or trading posts, raise standing, and more than offset the loss.

[SolOmen]

I've only got the freighter salvage from anomaly quests... never found them in wrecks.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

Escrito originalmente por SolOmen:

I've only got the freighter salvage from anomaly quests... never found them in wrecks.

i get 3 from every freighter i loot.
3+ freighters in every system.
do the math. :D

[Nebula]

Escrito originalmente por dhydalitl:

You have to pick a race you don't like, go to a system of theirs, and destroy cargo pods/ freighters in space. I just did this and got about 30 in 10 minutes.

I heard the same thing and watched video on this and honestly I think this has been patched because i spent hours yesterday traveling to different systems and shot all cargo pods on over 18 freighters in space and got ZERO salvaged frigate modules. I don't think this works anymore, it must of recently been patched. All i got was Magnetised Ferrite, Chromatic Metal and Gold.

[Nebula]

Escrito originalmente por Der Kreuzritter:

Escrito originalmente por Maeglin73:

That's not the case anymore. Attack a freighter cargo pod now, your reputation goes down, and sentinels start arriving (ironic, considering it's a Vy'keen system when I tried it, and they hate those things).

For those of us who'd rather get them through peaceful means, the drop rate does indeed seem far too low. Half a dozen crashed freighters and more than a dozen frigate missions so far, and only 1 frigate module to show for it.

They fixed it then? Shame.

Not all True, i spent two hours yesterday traveling around different systems and if you attack just the capital ship and don't hit any of the small frigates or fighters you will get some resources like Magnetised Ferrite, Chromatic Metal and Gold, Your rep will only drop if you kill a frigate or fighter ship, if you hit them that's OK just don't destroy them and you can destroy the big guns on the capital ship.

From what i experienced after two hours plus of attacking capital ships yesterday and destroying their storage pods all i received was Magnetised Ferrite, Chromatic Metal and Gold, that's it. I destroyed close to 20 capital ships and got ZERO salvaged frigate modules. this must of been patched because i can't believe after destroying so many of them i got nothing.

[Nebula]

Escrito originalmente por sigh-phi-guy:

Escrito originalmente por SolOmen:

I've only got the freighter salvage from anomaly quests... never found them in wrecks.

i get 3 from every freighter i loot.
3+ freighters in every system.
do the math. :D

I have looted countless storage pods from the crashed freighters and have got none, i stopped bothering after about 8 freighter.

[Nebula]

Escrito originalmente por motty69:

Just need 12 more to get the last hyperdrive upgrade. I'll still be attacking cargo freighters, rep can be damned.

I attacked freighters yesterday and as long as you don't destroy fighters or frigates you will not lose rep. Salvaged frigate modules don't seem to drop anymore from destroying freighters storage pods, i got zero!

[_darkaura_]

Escrito originalmente por motty69:

I noticed on the anomaly that you need salvaged frigate modules for the starship/freighter upgrade blueprints. Anyone know how you aquire those? Some of the higher level upgrades require 100's of them.

That really doesn't sound right.
For starship upgrades: you need nanites, and you buy the upgrades at the anomaly. Yes, 100's is right.

For freighter upgrades: you need salvage frigate modules, and you but the upgrades on the freighter itself. The most you'll need for a single upgrade is 12. To max it out, you'll need less than 60 total.

You can get frigate modules in a few ways:

• Dig up freighter cargo pods from crashed freighters.
  
• Destroy freighter cargo pods in space (causes decreased affinity from the race in that system)
  
• Frigate missions will occasionally give them.
  
• My new personal favorite: Sentinel freighters from space battles. (see below)

If you get the space battle up to 5 stars (eg, destroy 4 waves), a sentinel freighter will warp in. In many systems, this freighter will have 4 cargo pods on its top, each of which has a chance to give salvage frigate module. Once you destroy those, you can move a distance away from the freighter and a new one will spawn in.

If you have an upgraded ship, the battle itself is fairly easy. I use infra-knife to destroy the cargo pods from a distance, so I can avoid the freighter weapons.

You don't get a module every time, but if you're ship is good enough, you can farm them basically forever.

This will also gain you a ton of pugnam, platinum, gold, silver, chromatic, ionised cobalt, mind-control devices, and explosive drones.

[Fei the SCREAMING BEAN!]

Escrito originalmente por _darkaura_:

That really doesn't sound right.
For starship upgrades: you need nanites, and you buy the upgrades at the anomaly. Yes, 100's is right.

For freighter upgrades: you need salvage frigate modules, and you but the upgrades on the freighter itself. The most you'll need for a single upgrade is 12. To max it out, you'll need less than 60 total.

To be fair, some other posts did say it was a problem that later got patched out so the current version only needs up to 12 frigate salvage instead of 200-800 for freighter upgrades. So I assume the problem in question is from an earlier version of the game and legacy saves

[Happy Monkey]

To clarify: salvaged frigate modules are in both the free-floating cargo pods, and in the cargo pods attached to freighters. If you get close enough to them, you can see what's inside them so you only have to attack the freighters that actually have them.

Attacking the free-floating cargo pods will cause reputation damage. Attacking the pods that are connected physically to the freighters will not.