any method to farm the freighter modules? I'm feed up with them :(

[doru]

    
• Sent numerous expeditions, they show up with money, countless gek statues and random materials. No freighter module
      
• Searched 10 crashed freighter. 1 module. (before getting my freighter on 5 crashed location I've got 4 modules, now I've given up, searching 60 buried crates for one miserable module)
      
• Missions, they always show the freighter as reward on the locked mission that you don't have the level yet. Thing is that on a different save I have high raking and I can get all these missions, but by the time you get the standings to access high level missions, they DON'T give the modules as a reward anymore. Or they place them on impossible missions (the bugged search artifact mission)

what to do then?

[Xyngrr]

If you want upgrade modules, spam derelicts and choose modules instead of cargo expansions at the end engineer terminal. The module class is based on the system, so if you find a system that gives you an S class from the derelict it will always give an S class.

If you want salvaged freighter modules, piracy in a pirate system is a relatively quick way though crashed and sunken ones can also work depending on the system. Some systems will have more of them than others in general. Use you exocraft and nautilon radars to locate them easily.

[Here]

Sounds like really bad luck to me.

[Nichronos]

Attacking freighter convoys in pirate controlled systems is the best way I've found.
You can hover over any given container pod to see if it has what you want and there's usually a pirate mission at the local station that'll reward you with a forged passport to reset your reputation with whichever faction you stole from.
I've had exceedingly low returns with the other methods people have mentioned.
Missions that reward salvaged frigate modules are rare. And, regardless of the derelict freighter type (crashed, or spaced) the modules seem even more rare than the missions.
I don't know why these these components are so hard to get compared to pretty much anything else in the game. It makes no sense to me either.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Unless you are a purist, get one and use the portable refiner dup trick to get as many as you need. Honestly, the drop rate and methods to obtain them are irritating to me so I just make it a habit to dup what I need. Over 4,000 hours playing so not really interested in some goofy integrity arguments. Do as you please but move along.

[Scaramouche]

Turn your setting for free building, add enough slots for comfortable gameplay, turn back to standard and finish it in the flow of your gaming.

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by doru:

what to do then?

This makes zero logical sense but I'm going to post it anyways, but please let's keep it a secret since it's the method I use to 100% Fauna.. um, 100% of the time.

Just play the game and stop focusing on Frigate modules.

PS There were two Expeditions that rewarded 11 and 15 (total 26) Salvaged Frigate modules and given how easy it is to run old expeditions thru the new Nexus terminal. You don't even have to complete the expedition, just the milestone(s) that reward the modules.

Note: To exit the expedition early, just switch back to ONLINE mode and the game will update and know that the expedition you were just on has completed.

#8 Polestar - 11 modules
#11 Voyagers - 15 modules
In my mega save project file I've completed half the expeditions and my freighter has 16 modules in its cargo hold
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3193461469

[DrBonifarz]

For salvaged frigate modules, the most convenient way is indeed to just look at the cargo pods of system freighters you pass on your way. if you see a salvaged module, just take it, the lost faction points are super easy to compensate. Be sure to spend your first SFM on the tech that really matters - yes, pun intended :)

If you are talking about upgrade modules and cargo upgrades for your freighter, imo the Dreadnaught encounters are by far the easiest way to farm them. Note that you can find pirate systems that have such an encounter each time you warp to them, with no timer or warp count restrictions. If you happen to find two such systems within warp range from each other, you can fully upgrade your freighter very rapidly.

Re: Frigate expeditions - you get a steady inflow of SFM over time with industrial (and some balanced) expeditions. For myself, that was a reason to prioretize industrial frigates initially, but it does not matter all that much.

Re: Crashed frighters - many players only check the first two containers and miss the burried ones. Drop rates for SFM are not great, but every roll helps a little.

[DennisM the Diligent]

In my experience, the salvaged frigate modules (SFM) are a bit more of a long-term play. I received most of mine, in multiple saves, by regularly running the frigate fleet missions, daily, for several weeks. I also obtained quite a few SFMs by running multiple derelict freighter missions regularly over a period of a few weeks. There are some other methods described in previous posts to this thread.

Think in terms of a few weeks of playing, rather than trying to obtain them in a few minutes or hours. At this point, I have a surplus of SFMs in most of my saves. I’m also prepping for the next expedition, and I plan to include 30 SFMs in that supply package so that I can nicely equip any freighter that I get during the expedition.

[nurtzbutton]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

Unless you are a purist, get one and use the portable refiner dup trick to get as many as you need. Honestly, the drop rate and methods to obtain them are irritating to me so I just make it a habit to dup what I need. Over 4,000 hours playing so not really interested in some goofy integrity arguments. Do as you please but move along.

I can't get the refiner dup trick to work, using the small portable refiner. Big one on my freighter will not dupe either.

[vic]

I've got about 20 in my main save that I have no use for, they turn up fairly slowly but regularly in frigate missions and I now have all the freighter upgrades. If anyone asks at the Anomaly they can have them.

[vic]

I suppose they could be useful at future expeditions now we can transfer items to expeditions.