Can you skip this pointless base construction thing?

[Gabbynaru]

I just wanna explore space, I don't wanna settle on a single planet and play another generic survival game, y'know? Can I skip this Awakening base building thing? It's really running my patience thin.

Why would a game touting an infinite universe even want you to settle as soon as you start the game? Sounds really counter-productive.

[Anndy578]

just build a small shack to get through it. you don't have to keep the base

[Ghostrider]

There is nothing stopping you from exploring the galaxy, but you have to remember that there are others playing this game that find other aspects of the game appealing..

[Roland]

Originally posted by Gabbynaru:

I just wanna explore space, I don't wanna settle on a single planet and play another generic survival game, y'know? Can I skip this Awakening base building thing? It's really running my patience thin.

Why would a game touting an infinite universe even want you to settle as soon as you start the game? Sounds really counter-productive.

Some things to address here:
First off having a base isn't useless as through the base expansion missions you get VERY useful blueprints.
Secondly, setting up a base does not equate to "settling" since the game is very much intended for you to have multiple bases. (Hence why the game has a PORTABLE Base beacon)

[Suzaku]

Originally posted by Anndy578:

just build a small shack to get through it. you don't have to keep the base

Pretty much this. If you do want to do it, just make a simple 3x3x2 wooden box, and you can fit pretty much everything needed into it.

[Metalton]

Don't need to build a full fledged base.. just walks you through building a basic shelter, which is useful for exploring any new planet..

[Gabbynaru]

Originally posted by Ghostrider:

There is nothing stopping you from exploring the galaxy

Except for the lack of a hyperdive...

Originally posted by Roland:

Some things to address here:
First off having a base isn't useless as through the base expansion missions you get VERY useful blueprints.
Secondly, setting up a base does not equate to "settling" since the game is very much intended for you to have multiple bases. (Hence why the game has a PORTABLE Base beacon)

So what you're telling me is that there are no alternative ways to get those blueprints, just engage in this insanely boring base building charade? Oh brother... I'm starting to regret this purchase...

[Suzaku]

Originally posted by Gabbynaru:

Originally posted by Ghostrider:

There is nothing stopping you from exploring the galaxy

Except for the lack of a hyperdive...

This literally takes like 5 minutes to acquire. If you didn't spend time making this thread, you'd already have a hyperdrive by now.

[Gabbynaru]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Originally posted by Gabbynaru:

Except for the lack of a hyperdive...

This literally takes like 5 minutes to acquire. If you didn't spend time making this thread, you'd already have a hyperdrive by now.

Not when everything is trying to kill you, it doesn't. There's plants shooting acid bombs at me, at least 3 different animal species trying to murder me, the weather is very not friendly, and there's sentinels stalking my every step.

[Anndy578]

Originally posted by Gabbynaru:

So what you're telling me is that there are no alternative ways to get those blueprints, just engage in this insanely boring base building charade? Oh brother... I'm starting to regret this purchase...

you don't seem to understand how little effort is required. just build a tiny shack to complete the quest and get your hyper drive then go do whatever the hell you want

[Hanson185]

No one said it was gonna be easy, if you wanna explore and nothing but that go for creative mode.

[Maj.Faux-Pas]

It is annoying. I remember when base quests weren't in the game, it was more fun.
I've spent 16 hours on base and tutorial quests and now I have to visit n+1 systems to upgrade my backpack so that i can continue doing base and tutorial quests....

What's worse is that I'm completing them but they don't complete or progress until i leave the system, then it tells me to go back to base.....

[Mr. Bufferlow]

If you want to explore, you must follow the Awakening mission. The base building mission could be ignored if you don't care about getting those BPs, the exocraft, and other stuff.

You may be able to buy those BPs in the Nexus in any case.

The only way to get the antimatter BP and actually play the main story line is to follow the Awakening mission. This may have changed in Beyond...but doubt it.

[Atomicbean]

To get past the required base building this is literally all that's required.

Floor x1
wall x1
roof x1
base computer x1
blueprint machine thing x1
portable refiner that can be put literally anywhere x1
and...
I'm pretty sure that's literally it.
Takes ~100 carbon/ferrite + the blueprint machine and you're practically entirely done.
You don't actually even need a "functional" base. The tutorial doesn't actually ask for one.

[JasonHunter]

I know what OP means. It is annoying that you cannot simply deactivate those quests, instead you keep getting messages that urge you to follow through or else.

[Defektiv]

You can choose not to build in a galaxy because you're going to jump through the center anyway, but why? The game is designed to let you build however much you want in a galaxy. Then when you move on, it recycles everything into a salvage module for you to access in the next galaxy. Building is not settling, it's just a part of the experience. You don't need to do it, but doing it offers you benefits you couldn't get otherwise, like quick travel access across your own networks, renewable sources of resources, additional optional mechanics or just outposts to exist at while you explore a planet you find interesting.