How to find S-class freighter upgrades?

[theicewind]

I've been through like 40 direlict freighters in around 40 different star systems, I always get from C class to A class at best(rarely), how do you actually find S-class system?
I'me extremely tired of looking for a system with an S-class upgrade and I don't want to cheat by googling addresses of systems with S-class freighter upgrades.

Is there a certain pattern to this? I've been going through empty systems, pirate systems, 3-star wealthy systems, seems like it freighter upgrade class you get from one doesn't depend on any of these things.

[Ptah]

RNG

[The Cog (O.T.H.G.)]

They drop from Outlaw Dreadnought battles frequently. Alternatively if you like piracy, you can also get some from destroying freighters in Gek, Vy'keen and Korvax (don't kill Korvax!!!) systems as well.

[Lindy Bomber]

You got some really bad RND. I have done 30-something and found 3 that drop class S. Oddly enough I only found one A.

You can search coord exchange sites and Reddit post for glyph coordinates of S class derelicts.

[Tirandys]

You could try in the Euclid galaxy. Glyph 2,2,16,16,15,11,19,9,9,8,4,10. Used to drop all S class upgrades.

[theicewind]

Originally posted by OTH.Incognito:

They drop from Outlaw Dreadnought battles frequently. Alternatively if you like piracy, you can also get some from destroying freighters in Gek, Vy'keen and Korvax (don't kill Korvax!!!) systems as well.

yeah, I'm aware of the dreadnought drops, unfortunately it's also random, not every system you jump to will even have a dreadnought, even if it's a pirate one or has highest conflict level.

[theicewind]

Originally posted by Ptah:

RNG

what?

[theicewind]

Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:

You got some really bad RND. I have done 30-something and found 3 that drop class S. Oddly enough I only found one A.

You can search coord exchange sites and Reddit post for glyph coordinates of S class derelicts.

Originally posted by Tirandys:

You could try in the Euclid galaxy. Glyph 2,2,16,16,15,11,19,9,9,8,4,10. Used to drop all S class upgrades.

please read my post. I consider it cheating using other people's discoveries. Same with visiting other people's nanite farms instead of building your own. It's basically other people do all the work for you.

[DennisM the Diligent]

You are correct in that the occurrence of S-class derelict freighters does not depend on the dominant race, economy type, conflict level, etc. of a star system. As you are discovering, S-class derelict freighters are rare. I compiled a guide on this topic.

SPOILER ALERT: this guide does give the locations of some S-class derelict freighters, but you will find useful information here even if you want to discover your own.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2897201809

[theicewind]

Originally posted by DennisM the Diligent:

You are correct in that the occurrence of S-class derelict freighters does not depend on the dominant race, economy type, conflict level, etc. of a star system. As you are discovering, S-class derelict freighters are rare. I compiled a guide on this topic.

SPOILER ALERT: this guide does give the locations of some S-class derelict freighters, but you will find useful information here even if you want to discover your own.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2897201809

thank you.

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by theicewind:

Originally posted by Ptah:

RNG

what?

Random. A lot of things in this game are purely random.

If you don't want to use other players discoveries then you will just need to keep going until you find one. It could be the next system or the 20th system. But once you find one you can run it as many times as you want.

Having not found one in 40 systems is unusual, but within the probability curve.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

First you need all 16 glyphes.
Check youtube (or some forums) for the coordinates of an S-rank derelict freighter.
Find an alien portal and use it to reach those coordinates.
If you see tons of bases and comm stations around after once out of the portal... you're at the right place.
Go into space and go find a derelict freighter.
Beat it.
Rince and repeat untill you get all the modules you needed.

Another advice, in case you run out of detector for derelict freighters, make a small base with a portal on any planet of that system... so you can come back to farm once you get more derelict freighter detectors.

[theicewind]

Originally posted by Guh~hey~hey~♫:

First you need all 16 glyphes.
Check youtube (or some forums) for the coordinates of an S-rank derelict freighter.
Find an alien portal and use it to reach those coordinates.
If you see tons of bases and comm stations around after once out of the portal... you're at the right place.
Go into space and go find a derelict freighter.
Beat it.
Rince and repeat untill you get all the modules you needed.

Another advice, in case you run out of detector for derelict freighters, make a small base with a portal on any planet of that system... so you can come back to farm once you get more derelict freighter detectors.

from the original post above on this page:
"and I don't want to cheat by googling addresses of systems with S-class freighter upgrades."
why do half the comments don't read what the OP says before replying?

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by theicewind:

Originally posted by Guh~hey~hey~♫:

First you need all 16 glyphes.
Check youtube (or some forums) for the coordinates of an S-rank derelict freighter.
Find an alien portal and use it to reach those coordinates.
If you see tons of bases and comm stations around after once out of the portal... you're at the right place.
Go into space and go find a derelict freighter.
Beat it.
Rince and repeat untill you get all the modules you needed.

Another advice, in case you run out of detector for derelict freighters, make a small base with a portal on any planet of that system... so you can come back to farm once you get more derelict freighter detectors.

from the original post above on this page:
"and I don't want to cheat by googling addresses of systems with S-class freighter upgrades."
why do half the comments don't read what the OP says before replying?

Using shared data isn't cheating. The developers actually encourage players to share data and use shared data. You can choose to not do that, but there is nothing wrong with using shared data.

[theicewind]

Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:

Originally posted by theicewind:

from the original post above on this page:
"and I don't want to cheat by googling addresses of systems with S-class freighter upgrades."
why do half the comments don't read what the OP says before replying?

Using shared data isn't cheating. The developers actually encourage players to share data and use shared data. You can choose to not do that, but there is nothing wrong with using shared data.

yeah, for visiting a unique planet, seeing unique animals that you may never see during decades of playing. But looking for somethign as basic as upgades is a different matter, it's basically making the game easier for yourself by using other people's work.
I wish they just made the chance of S-class dropping a little higher, by like 5%. Because in the state it is now it's extremely hard to find.

Or make the game require some special tool you buy in the Space Anomaly(which is expensive to assemble) that would allow you finding those easier.

Most other upgrades have other ways of obtaining them. Freighter upgrades do not. So I wish they made it a little easier to obtain s-class ones.

[The Cog (O.T.H.G.)]

Originally posted by theicewind:

Originally posted by OTH.Incognito:

They drop from Outlaw Dreadnought battles frequently. Alternatively if you like piracy, you can also get some from destroying freighters in Gek, Vy'keen and Korvax (don't kill Korvax!!!) systems as well.

yeah, I'm aware of the dreadnought drops, unfortunately it's also random, not every system you jump to will even have a dreadnought, even if it's a pirate one or has highest conflict level.

Well, then you can always do the alternative, and farm civilian freighters for drops. My advice, take a fleet out before you fight the interceptors. One interceptor doesn't do much to you while you kill 5 freighters. Then you can take out the sentinel attack force and get a frigate beacon. In my experience, you could fully stock your freighter's tech slots in one system, as long as you are willing to engage in piracy, take the reputation hit, and deal with sentinel interceptors.

PLEASE NOTE: Outlaw system freighters do not drop "S" class upgrades, they will only drop in systems with a normal economy and dominant race.