Finding that last species

[Reb Militia]

I'm having a hard time finding the last species on pretty much every planet. Is there a specific type of area to go to find them that I'm not looking? I know about sea creatures on planets with bodies of water. Most planets I go to I find 5 of 6 species and can't find the last. And when I search at night, no animals spawn at all, so I'm not missing nocturnal species it seems.

I recall a long time ago playing on a friend's copy and the last species was often some aggressive cave dweller but I haven't seen any of those now. Hints and tips appreciated.
Also, pics of weird species always appreciated

[Deputy Grimes]

im having the same issue and i personally think its either the crab things that attack you when u find an abandoned building and mine their eggs which when u open the scanner they do have red dots but i had issues scanning them or they are cave creatures and since 1.5 i havnt seen a single cave creature in the many planets ive searched i always have 1 left its so annoying as that 300 -450 nanite cluster boost would be super helpful for buying bp's and tech

[Reb Militia]

yep lol the cave creatures seem absent, only those plants that poison you as you walk by now. and even those four legged sentinels have red dots lol. gets confusing and disappointing when I think I found that last species and it turns out theyre just protecting a supply depot

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Depending on you determination- often best to just move on when it becomes tedious. Just did that myself. You probably can complete two other planets in the time it takes to find that one critter.

What sometimes works- is to leave the planet and come back down very far from your last location. It seems like I find the lion's share near buildings and checking out building is useful in any case.

Surprising to me, got my first post Next 100% on a hostile sentinal planet. I was primarily hiding out from them, but did a lot of scanning from the tops of buildings and got lucky. Sents are not very bright, so it takes them a long time to find you if you can get high up on something.

[OZFugazi]

hi rick.

i can vouch that there are cave creatures. i have found several, as in, having to go deep into caves, or being able to red dot them through the surface level.

as for whispering eggs.. the creatures that spawn from them cannot be scanned. so i don't think they are added to the overall scannable creatures for the planet. infact i know they are not, as i have cleared a couple planets without breaking those eggs open.

also, the "alpha" type, is a red dot to the normal type, but does not count to the overall scan discoveries, as it is not a "new" creature, just a sub species type.

i have cleared a couple planets.. but the ones that are the hardest for me to find and the creature that gives me the most problems to complete a scan on a planet.. are the "exotics".. and those GDAM MOTHS!!! so hard to target and scan them. anger.

HG! make the scan area for the moths larger please.

all the best.

[Miro Fox]

Land
Sky
Water
Cave

Cave should always have 1 creature, if you hav'nt checked caves, or seen no creatures, you need a bigger cave.

[terryt3535]

Originally posted by OZFugazi:

hi rick.
. and those GDAM MOTHS!!! so hard to target and scan them. anger.

HG! make the scan area for the moths larger please.

all the best.

I agree but I haven't seen yet any tiny bugs in NEXT. I still get the impression that scanning nearly ALL the plants on a planet enables the last creature to show up.

Some animals only show up at sunrise or right before sunset.

There still seem to be ratios of animals. It's not always in these numbers but some sort of simple integer ratios- 3 land : 1 sky/water/cave. If you are missing one of eight and already have 2 flying and 5 land, it will likely be a land.

If you spend over two "days" on a planet trying whatever caves/water/air/valley/plateau, just move on. It's frequently faster with the next planet.

[Reb Militia]

Well I just ran through an entire huge cave system and never saw any creatures so idk. I remember they were everywhere in caves when I played a while ago.

[X-SR71]

I spent a couple of hours trying to find the last species in one planet.

Then I landed in another and got all 7 species there in like 10min. Landed twice, in the open.

It's just luck. If the last one isn't showing, I'd recommend giving up. Next planet might be much easier.

[Dave1029]

Are there cave species or not?

[terryt3535]

There are occasionally animals in caves but they don't seem to be exclusive to caves. I haven't been on enough planets yet to be sure.

[Reb Militia]

Finally found the last one when running around doing missions, and look at its name lmao
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