Guild donations

[Masque]

Has anyone EVER had the exact rare treasure the Explorer's Guild wants, at the bottom of the list?

I can't imagine just saving every single treasure just in case.
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Also -- it sure is easy money buying the stack of (5) 1M unit items at 50% discount from the Merchant's Guild and selling them for 7-8M units at every space station with a Merchant's Guild.
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Any other guild tips, oddities, stories, or anecdotes?

[Ryvucz]

Just donate what you find commonly enough. Going from station to station allows you to donate more once you hit a limit of any previous guild donation. While also allowing you to claim more.

[Masque]

What about the specific rare treasure the Explorer's Guild wants?

Who has a "Shiny Metal Plates" just randomly? Are you saying I can just donate any rare treasure, and it doesn't have to be that specific one?

[Kosevich]

Originally posted by Masque:

What about the specific rare treasure the Explorer's Guild wants?

Who has a "Shiny Metal Plates" just randomly? Are you saying I can just donate any rare treasure, and it doesn't have to be that specific one?

As far as i know Explorers guild accept any treasure.
Also guilds are not random on space stations. I presume in your region you can find only Explorers guild.
Want to find merchant or mercenary guild? Travel to another region of the space.
https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Region

[Ryvucz]

You don't have to donate everything that they want. I have not found many of the items they request, I just give them what is most common.

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Masque:

What about the specific rare treasure the Explorer's Guild wants?

Who has a "Shiny Metal Plates" just randomly? Are you saying I can just donate any rare treasure, and it doesn't have to be that specific one?

I've definitely had random treasures in my inventory that will appear at the bottom of the list even when not displayed otherwise...
Not sure if I've ever had the specific rare item listed though...
But either way, you can get the discount up to the max of 50% just by donating the common items...

Originally posted by Masque:

Also -- it sure is easy money buying the stack of (5) 1M unit items at 50% discount from the Merchant's Guild and selling them for 7-8M units at every space station with a Merchant's Guild.
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Any other guild tips, oddities, stories, or anecdotes?

Unless this was fixed in a recent patch, if you have a decent discount, you can also buy all the tech from the traders and sell it straight back to them for a profit. Earns about 5-10k nanites a station with a 50% discount (depending on the quality of the random tech they have for sale)

[Fury Fairy]

Originally posted by Masque:

What about the specific rare treasure the Explorer's Guild wants?

Who has a "Shiny Metal Plates" just randomly? Are you saying I can just donate any rare treasure, and it doesn't have to be that specific one?

It MUST be specific item this particular SS has in demanding (= Donate) list. You can see more or less full list of options here: https://www.nomansskyresources.com/guilds
BUT, as pointed out above - there's NO reason to bother with rares ever, I was able to max out Explorers within 20 minutes using storm crystals, glowing minerals and exosuit maps, latter you can buy sometimes at trading outposts en masse + every time you reload / port back and forth between stations - list resets = you can donate again.
The most valuable rewards from all guilds are augmentations: as soon as guilds are maxed and rewards are marked in spreadsheet - it's a question of porting around grabbing stuff. May be not as exciting as trashing derelicts, but time wise and reliability wise - this IS THE most efficient and fastest way to expand your inventories and stuff up freighter. Cheers!

[smurfy]

Originally posted by Fury Fairy:

Originally posted by Masque:

What about the specific rare treasure the Explorer's Guild wants?

Who has a "Shiny Metal Plates" just randomly? Are you saying I can just donate any rare treasure, and it doesn't have to be that specific one?

It MUST be specific item this particular SS has in demanding (= Donate) list.

Very, very, wrong.
You can donate anything you have on hand.
Guild asking for some random item:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3305067271
Donate a different item
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3305067328
And another
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3305067404

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by smurfy:

Originally posted by Fury Fairy:

It MUST be specific item this particular SS has in demanding (= Donate) list.

Very, very, wrong.
You can donate anything you have on hand.

Cheers, I was 100% certain that it was possible, but I didn't have screenshots for proof... You've saved me some time mucking about to prove it ;)

[GenSec39]

If you bother to excavate different relics, exchange them for rare ones at the vault, and have at least small collection - you will have plenty of stuff to offer. I kinda like collecting rare stuff. That's why having more storage capacity, showcases or garages would be great.

But hey, such idea is unpopular here. 'This game is not about this... this game is not about that...'

[gNg]

I think they might take bones too, even if they're not on the list? 🦴🦴🦴

[Masque]

Thanks, Smurfy! That answers my question.

GenSec39 -- what a great idea. Being able to display the ancient bones just as they looked when you found them, but on a pedestal in your base -- would be awesome.

The other treasures would need to have 3D models and textures made for them, and that would also be awesome.

Fury Fairy, I agree. I usually just donate the top item. stacks of 3, to the guilds and whatever else I have on me that they're looking for. It's almost too easy, IMO, and makes doing quests almost pointless, especially given that even high-level quests only award 1 point toward rank. I believe a rebalance wouldn't be a bad thing.

Also, GenSec: In the number of years since they added the Artifact Vault, I still haven't figured out what the hell it is the dang thing wants. I even bought a map at the Archive called "ARTIFACT MAP", went and dug up an "ARTIFACT" and nope. Everything was greyed out. I've brought things to it before that it took, but 9 times out of ten it won't take any of the obvious artifacts and speciments and dino bones and salvaged rarities I've got on me.

Screw it. I don't care because I can fill up my inventory with bones -- leaving the blue ones in the ground, taking the purple and gold, and make serious bank -- without needing to play that inscrutible guessing game, always ending with my toon virtually screaming "What do you want from me!!!???"

[dreamrider]

Originally posted by gNg:

I think they might take bones too, even if they're not on the list? 🦴🦴🦴

They DO, for certain.

[gNg]

Originally posted by dreamrider:

Originally posted by gNg:

I think they might take bones too, even if they're not on the list? 🦴🦴🦴

They DO, for certain.

Thanks! Wasn't sure if my memory was playing tricks on me :)

[dreamrider]

Originally posted by Masque:

Thanks, Smurfy! That answers my question.


Also, GenSec: In the number of years since they added the Artifact Vault, I still haven't figured out what the hell it is the dang thing wants. I even bought a map at the Archive called "ARTIFACT MAP", went and dug up an "ARTIFACT" and nope. Everything was greyed out. I've brought things to it before that it took, but 9 times out of ten it won't take any of the obvious artifacts and speciments and dino bones and salvaged rarities I've got on me.

On each planet, all of the PArc Vaults will accept only 3 types of item, out of a total of 6 possible types. The type of item is indicated in the top banner of an item pop-up card. That type description must match up with the type description among the local Vault items exactly. Actually, it is possible (faulty memory) that all of the vaults in the SYSTEM want the same 3 (out of 6) types.

If you have an item of a type not listed on the local Vaults, you can take it to a PArc in another system to see if the selection of type options there is a better match.

The ranking of rarities is:
Blue background - sorta rare, probably 100,000+ unit range.
Purple background - rarer, probably 400,000 - 600,000 unit range.
Gold background - REALLY old and rare - 1.5M to 2.5M+ unit range.

The Vaults will usually exchange blue for purple, purple for gold, but there is a chance it will only exchange for same background. With the same background items, the actual value rolled is RNG.

You may exchange items in different Vaults of the same PArc, in a string fashion, trying to progress to the big bucks for gold background stuff. But remember, it does not always go up in type, and within a small range, value can actually go down a bit on a bad same color exchange. When the Vault text says "equal or greater value", what it actually means is *equal or greater rarity class/background color.

Remember that each Vault can only be used ONCE! The double Vault on the main floor of the PArc counts as ONE Vault. There are 3 Vaults at each PArc, one main floor, one each in the bottom of a couple of the massive support pillars. They DO reset, but it takes a VERY long time.

There are some rare items, most famously most if not all of the creations of the Farmer, that do not match any of the 6 Vault rare item categories. Also, I don't think any Vaults will take the commonest bones, from Ancient Bones planets - they MAY take some of the more valuable ones - I don't recall for sure. Again, check the item type as listed on the item pop-up card; the type name must match the Vaults acceptance list exactly.

Hope this helps you. Took me a bunch of searches, reading, and a LOT of Vault trial and error to figure it out.

If you get into Artifact trading big time, I recommend that you drop a BC at every PArc you find, and code into the label (use your own short-hand code) the 3 item types accepted, and the number of unused Vaults at that site. Update as you use them. So you are not flying items over to Vaults that are all full up.

[RustyNail]

I've had the exact artifacts that a guild agent was seeking several times. In each case, the artifacts were found within the very same system as the guild agent, and were located from doing a mission, or map.