Larval Core - need an assist

[Kerry]

I hate dealing with swarms of Biological Horrors, they kill me in no time. And there's no Larval Cores available for purchase anywhere in system.

I need a workaround, please. I'm getting desperate.

EDIT: Since many of you are suggesting the sensible solution of "shoot the eggs, grab the cores, jetpack to top of building and wait" let me share my attempts at those.

I tried three times to do that.

Attempted this the first time. Did not work - got killed on my way up to the top of the building.
Attempted a second time. Got killed with core apparently in suit inventory. Core did not appear in inventory when I went back for my body.
Attempted a third time. Got core. Got to ship. Opened suit inventory. Core not present.

My inventory was not full in any of the three attempts. I should have gotten at least two of the three larval cores necessary from this method. They were not present.

Either I didn't pick them up when it said I had them, or they disappeared from my inventory leaving me with a whole lot of work for no gain.

I am forced to conclude that it is a bug. I cannot complete Expedition 3 without the larval cores.

EDIT: Since some of you are confused, this is on Expedition 3, Frontiers update. If I wasn't forced to grab Larval Cores for the "bespoke" starship in the expedition, I would just avoid the swarms and whispering eggs like I do normally.

[Galadhlinn]

☥ Docdra ☥님이 먼저 게시:

I haven't found one abandoned building yet... Used every dang chart I've had, puttered around every planet - not one... Don't even want to get started on the other issues with this particular expedition.

I had the same experience.
Can you leave the planet yet? I ended up flying to a neighboring planet with no storms and easy to spot stations. I found the trading outpost after about 15 minutes of flying around, and the abandoned station with larval cores was literally within sight of the trading outpost.

[Kerry]

Nekura0ne님이 먼저 게시:

I jumped onto the roof of the building after grabbing the first core, then moved around the roof popping eggs and dropping down to collect the cores in spots where the Horrors hadn't reached yet. Then just made a B-line to my ship one I had what I needed.

frazzled님이 먼저 게시:

Shoot an egg, grab a core, jump to the roof, wait for the swarm to subside. Repeat.
If you want to be more active, shoot, grab, jump to the other side of the building to shoot and grab another. Repeat as you dare.
I'm not good at that. So I generally just grab one and wait.
The challenge I had was just FINDING an abandoned building in Expedition 3. Might have just been my spawn point.

Tried that, core disappeared before I could reach it.

Cerberus Shepard님이 먼저 게시:

My Method
Break an egg
Die
Respawn
Collect gear

repeat as often as needed!

its not pretty
its certainly not elegant
but it does work....

Tried that, core not in inventory when I collected my stuff.

[der_wahre_Nils]

☥ Docdra ☥님이 먼저 게시:

I haven't found one abandoned building yet... Used every dang chart I've had, puttered around every planet - not one... Don't even want to get started on the other issues with this particular expedition.

You can scan for them using the exocraft scanner (at least with the minotaur).

If you can fly to other planets:

Coords: -57.37; -115.71

Planet: Imiane XVI

[der_wahre_Nils]

Kerry Freeman님이 먼저 게시:

frazzled님이 먼저 게시:

Shoot an egg, grab a core, jump to the roof, wait for the swarm to subside. Repeat.
If you want to be more active, shoot, grab, jump to the other side of the building to shoot and grab another. Repeat as you dare.
I'm not good at that. So I generally just grab one and wait.
The challenge I had was just FINDING an abandoned building in Expedition 3. Might have just been my spawn point.

Tried that, core disappeared before I could reach it.

You need to stand right next to the egg so that you can pick up the core as soon as it appears (and then run).

[Arctic Ice Fox]

Best method i have found. Break an egg grab the core and jet to the building roof and lob gernades at critters

[☥ Docdra ☥]

galadhlinn님이 먼저 게시:

☥ Docdra ☥님이 먼저 게시:

I haven't found one abandoned building yet... Used every dang chart I've had, puttered around every planet - not one... Don't even want to get started on the other issues with this particular expedition.

I had the same experience.
Can you leave the planet yet? I ended up flying to a neighboring planet with no storms and easy to spot stations. I found the trading outpost after about 15 minutes of flying around, and the abandoned station with larval cores was literally within sight of the trading outpost.

I've already flown to the other three planets in the system and same story.

[Arch]

Do the hole-digging thing and pick up the cores as they roll to the bottom.
Use a save beacon to make a manual save at the bottom of the hole (the portable one you can pick up) when you get all the cores from one location.
Immediately load that manual save -- all the monstrosities will have de-spawned and you can easily go to the next hole (don't forget to pick up the save beacon).

[tkwoods]

Kerry Freeman님이 먼저 게시:

I hate dealing with swarms of Biological Horrors, they kill me in no time. And there's no Larval Cores available for purchase anywhere in system.

I need a workaround, please. I'm getting desperate.

All you need to do is shoot one egg, grab the core then run inside the building until they subside. Repeat three times.

[Daemonjax]

You want to put something between you and the horrors so they don't hit you with their charge.

[Wubalub]

I do what Rexxar details here. I take eggs two or three at a time and in between I jetpack onto the building. (If you're right up against it you won't run out of jetpack either). If you are getting hit too much while trying to pick up an egg, just abandon it and go sit on top of the building until your shield recharges and/or the swarm subsides. It is much faster with shield upgrades because you can afford to take more hits while your trying to get the stupid UI to highlight the egg.

Another tip, while you're trying to pick up the eggs quick, just hold down 'E' while panning over the area where the egg dropped. After you've done this a few times, you'll find it super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[Rexxer]

Raiding an abandoned building of all its larval cores should not take more than 10 mins even at the very start of the game. That's because you don't actually do anything with the biological horrors other than avoid them by jetting up to the roof of the building every time you pick up an egg (larval core).

You shoot one egg from the roof, then jet down to pick it up, and then jet back to the roof. Do this about 20 times per building. 30 sec per egg....10 mins per abandoned building.

Some cores will roll under things, so don't waste your time with those unless you are more familiar with how to find them, esp. since they vanish after a few seconds. A few cores will vanish immediately with a puff of green smoke, and those are normal....there are always a couple duds per building. So instead of 25 larval cores, you will likely end up with 20 or 21 (for a long building). That is normal so don't waste any sweat over roll-aways and duds.

Any strategy involving building things or digging holes is a supreme waste of time and resources, esp. if you are at the start an don't have any resources to waste. The easiest way is the method that takes the least amount of time.

Just remember that even at the very start, a completely non-upgraded jet pack will still have INFINITE FUEL if you are jetting up a vertical surface. Abandoned buildings always have vertical walls.

[Kerry]

Rexxer님이 먼저 게시:

That's because you don't actually do anything with the biological horrors other than avoid them by jetting up to the roof of the building every time you pick up an egg (larval core).

You shoot one egg from the roof, then jet down to pick it up, and then jet back to the roof.

Attempted this. Did not work.
Attempted a second time. Got killed with core apparently in suit inventory. Core did not appear in inventory when I went back for my body.
Attempted a third time. Got core. Got to ship. Opened suit inventory. Core not present.

My inventory was not full in any of the three attempts. I should have gotten at least two of the three larval cores necessary from this method. They were not present.

Either I didn't pick them up when it said I had them, or they disappeared from my inventory leaving me with a whole lot of work for no gain.

I am forced to conclude that it is a bug. I cannot complete Expedition 3 without the larval cores.

[Guyver8]

@Kerry Freeman
if all the methods suggested here don't work for you, there is another method you might try...
save then go to the anomaly once you're there turn MP on with PVP off (network settings) use the chat to ask someone for lava cores...someone will give them to you

[Opticalx]

The way I normally do it is the Tunnel method.

[Rexxer]

Kerry Freeman님이 먼저 게시:

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Attempted this. Did not work.

It works great though, as anyone who has played the game awhile just uses this method. The main thing to remember is to ONLY SHOOT THE EGGS FROM THE BUILDING ROOF-TOP. The horrors already spawned won't converge until you actually touch the ground. Just be fast and accurate so that the moment your feet touch the ground you are already pressing "E" to pick up the core. And as soon as it's in, jet up. One horror by that time will already be charging toward you....but you were faster right? Jet toward a vertical wall if you are right at the start (and have no upgrades) so you don't run out of jetpack fuel mid-air.

And you can't waste time because the larval core vanishes into thin air about 5-8 seconds after you open it up. That is how long you have to pick up each egg from the moment you shoot it to when you pick it up.

The lag with horror response is just greater than it takes to pick up a core, so once you get the rhythm it becomes so easy it's almost boring and routine. Only takes 10 mins per building which means in a typical long building you will get about 20-23 cores, and a small building maybe 15-18 cores. The long buildings actually don't take more time than small buildings due to the blocking effect of the building itself, - if you spawn the horrors on one side, then jet to the other, you can usually pick up 3-5 larval cores before a horror makes it way around the building.

If you aren't good at it yet, just place a save game unit on the roof-top and save before each attempt. Once you get the rhythm, you won't need it, or maybe just use the landscape save beacon when you first land.