Question about the first quest(Awakening)

[Frostbite]

It wants me to build a base, but im just 1 hour into the game and i have read that base moving is kind of a bother, so i want to choose a great place that will also be final. Can i find such a location this early, if so what are the things i should be looking out for while choosing a good base location? And if not, why? Thanks in advance.

[Lindy Bomber]

Base moving is not a bother.

You can have many bases, you can delete bases you no longer want.

For the first base being near a trade terminal would be useful, but not required. Near or in a large cave with lots of ferrite dust, and plants that give oxygen and sodium would be a good place. Or anywhere with a nice view.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

You can have multiple bases. If you want to play the main mission, best to do as it asks. You can always build a new base somewhere else later.

TIP: also wise not to delete your first base. It is okay to downsize it but I always leave at least a teleporter and a small shack, just in case.

[Dirak2012]

The first base only needs to be literally 4 walls and a ceiling, don't worry about it.

[jonnin]

check the dates on things you read online. long, long ago, you could only have 1 base and it was painful to relocate it because you had to tear it down one panel at a time or lose a lot of your materials.

[Bullwinkle]

Finding a perfect spot for building your forever home can take a long time. A. Really. Long. Time.

[Merlin69]

I've never found a perfect place for my main base in 500 plus hours of playing!

[Frostbite]

Originally posted by 76561198083624043:

Finding a perfect spot for building your forever home can take a long time. A. Really. Long. Time.

why

[Mickk]

Originally posted by Frostbite:

Originally posted by 76561198083624043:

Finding a perfect spot for building your forever home can take a long time. A. Really. Long. Time.

why

Finding that perfect spot can take a long time due to OCD, or as I prefer to call it CDO because i can be so obsessive i even need to have those letters in alphabetical order.

Don't stress too much about your first base, you wont have all the base parts unlocked to design it as best as you can.
I would just build something useful for the moment, like said above. Something to keep the weather off you and complete the quest.
The "construction Research Unit" is something you can build and place in your base. It will help you unlock some of the first items and allow you to build them.

As you progress you will find many other planets and various reasons to build more bases. I would consider your first base as simply the one you created as part of this quest.

[Kitet]

For a new game I try to find a Minor Settlement (visually) because it has a free landing pad, tech vendor and a trade terminal. And a lot of flat terrain to build my base on.

[rdouglass1]

Originally posted by Frostbite:

It wants me to build a base, but im just 1 hour into the game and i have read that base moving is kind of a bother, so i want to choose a great place that will also be final. Can i find such a location this early, if so what are the things i should be looking out for while choosing a good base location? And if not, why? Thanks in advance.

Base Moving is not a serious problem... Just Build a Terminal at the New Location you want, and click "E" to bring Staff to that Base...

I even put them on my Freighter once.

[japp_02]

Your first base will be important for these 'Base archive' missions that pop in your log, you must always use the device you have placed here from the tutorial, else this first base is just not important, you can delete it if you want and rebuild a new one wherever you like.

[rdouglass1]

Originally posted by japp_02:

Your first base will be important for these 'Base archive' missions that pop in your log, you must always use the device you have placed here from the tutorial, else this first base is just not important, you can delete it if you want and rebuild a new one wherever you like.

I have found that the Base Archive Moves as you build other bases... That has always annoyed me.

BTW, OP; if you Delete a Base, you loose the building Materials, but if you Deconstruct it one piece at a time, you Recoup most of your Building Materials...

[Kitet]

Originally posted by rdouglass1:

BTW, OP; if you Delete a Base, you loose the building Materials, but if you Deconstruct it one piece at a time, you Recoup most of your Building Materials...

You lose HALF of the materials if you delete a base. You can redeem the other half from base salvage capsule device that you build in your base. I don't know if the freighter version of the works already, but the ground one does store materials properly.

[jonnin]

Originally posted by Frostbite:

Originally posted by 76561198083624043:

Finding a perfect spot for building your forever home can take a long time. A. Really. Long. Time.

why

the stronger your requirements, the longer it will take, is all.
if you must have a paradise planet that never has bad weather, offers some rare thing (say, ancient bones), is colored in a way that you find attractive, has interesting creatures, and offers a scenic location with flat, easy to build on terrain, it can take weeks, or even months to find such a thing.

if you just want a half decent looking planet with tolerable weather, you can be done in 1/2 an hour or less: most of the anomaly planets offer perfect weather, so all you need is colors you can stand and a flat spot, or if you don't mind occasional storms, any paradise world with colors you like. All trash worlds are decent too: they have no weather or plants** or animals, but you will be left in peace and the only hassle is they burn a little life support.

** all planets have specific plants: sodium, oxygen, cave marrow, jet pack, etc.

-- there are also a lot of merits to your 'forever' home being on your freighter, and working the ground-side bases as little more than teleport hubs. But you will need 1 larger base (npc stations and a roof*, maybe a little more), if you want to do the NPC base quest line (everyone should do it one time, it enhances your understanding of the world / backstory and is well written (if buggy at times).

* the roof is needed to get the annoying base computer archives to start up.

[Frostbite]

Originally posted by jonnin:

is well written

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