Stuck on Icy Veins? I was too.

[BudMan]

I swear, every Expedition has a glitch these days. I'm currently stuck on Icy Veins. I've collected at least 15 Ice planet fish from two frozen planets and the counter will not go past 3/5. Anyone else have this glitch or an answer if you solved it? Submitted a report to HG but it was the community here that got me past the issue in the last Expedition.

Have fun, fellow Travellers. Be well.

[cogvos]

A couple of things might be causing this.

1. Youtuber captain Steve, mentioned that the count does not increment if your suit inventory is full and the fish winds up in your ship inv. You have to have spaces in your suit.
2. Someone on these forums - sorry forget who - said that its only fish that can *only* be found on Icy planets that count. Fish that can be found generally, and on others do not.
3. It must be class B or higher fish, class C don't count.

The second one had me stumped 'till I read it as I had been catching 'fish' on an ice world, but the count was not incrementing. I thought HG were just being really picky as I was catching starfish (not fish, echinoderms) and octopus (again not fish, cephalopods). It just turns out you can find these on other planets.

Hope this helps you.

[Jaggid Edje]

Not a bug, just players not carefully reading the requirement. Just because you catch a fish on a Frozen-biome planet doesn't mean it is a Frozen-biome fish.

I suggest making some mealworms (bait). They are easy to make, requiring only carbon, and increase the rarity of your catch. They won't help you catch frozen-biome fish specifically, but they will at least increase the chances that they are uncommon (or rarer) when you do catch them.

[Shadow Strider]

Yeah, you can either get a biome specific fish or a generic fish (available everywhere)...
which type you'll get is 100% rng based.
If you read their description it will say which type they are...

just keep fishing and you'll get there...

[BudMan]

I figured it out and thought I would share. I was gathering creatures that were uncommon and 'Small aquatic creature, only found on icy and frozen waters.'. I knew non unique to icy worlds and not uncommon would not count.

What was happening was I was collecting the same three uncommon frozen water creatures. After another 20 minutes of fishing and catching many fish including those same three, a new uncommon creature finally took the bait and that counted up. So it needs to be 5 UNIQUE uncommon small aquatic creatures only found in icy and frozen waters.

If you keep catching the same ones and they are all uncommon and unique to icy planets only, you may think it should add up as I did. But once you get to 5 completely different species of creature that are uncommon in icy and frozen waters, the goal will be achieved.

I'm just playing it because I like the Expeditions. I had already collected the Normandy in the original Expedition, and doubt this will be a second copy I can collect.

Be well, fellow Travellers

[Shadow Strider]

Opprinnelig skrevet av BudMan:

I figured it out and thought I would share. I was gathering creatures that were uncommon and 'Small aquatic creature, only found on icy and frozen waters.'. I knew non unique to icy worlds and not uncommon would not count.

What was happening was I was collecting the same three uncommon frozen water creatures. After another 20 minutes of fishing and catching many fish including those same three, a new uncommon creature finally took the bait and that counted up. So it needs to be 5 UNIQUE uncommon small aquatic creatures only found in icy and frozen waters.

If you keep catching the same ones and they are all uncommon and unique to icy planets only, you may think it should add up as I did. But once you get to 5 completely different species of creature that are uncommon in icy and frozen waters, the goal will be achieved.

I'm just playing it because I like the Expeditions. I had already collected the Normandy in the original Expedition, and doubt this will be a second copy I can collect.

Be well, fellow Travellers

that sounds unlikely, there are only 6 unique uncommons for each biome type...

I've not bothered with the mission yet, so I'll test it out now to confirm if your theory is accurate or not though...

[Shadow Strider]

Just completed it, it did not take 5 unique ice-biome uncommons...
I caught:
1 x Frozen Knifejaw
2 x Frostshell Clam
1 x Brineskipper
1 x Frozen isopod

So it clearly just needs 5 in total...

[Spocks Toupee]

I didn't have enough Carbon to make mealworms, so I just used Carbon as bait.

[Shadow Strider]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Spocks Toupee:

I didn't have enough Carbon to make mealworms, so I just used Carbon as bait.

you don't even need bait...

[Jaggid Edje]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Shadow Strider:

you don't even need bait...

No, you don't need bait to catch anything. But it helps to complete it faster.

[Shadow Strider]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Jaggid Edje:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Shadow Strider:

you don't even need bait...

No, you don't need bait to catch anything. But it helps to complete it faster.

Bait definitely helps when looking for rare/legendary fish... but uncommons show up pretty readily even with no bait...

[Jaggid Edje]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Shadow Strider:

Bait definitely helps when looking for rare/legendary fish... but uncommons show up pretty readily even with no bait...

Sure, but it still does increase the rate of uncommon fish. i.e. it will be faster if you use bait.

Based on how many threads exactly like this we've seen, it's pretty clear a lot of players don't have patience. Bait helps. That's just a simple fact.

[Shadow Strider]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Jaggid Edje:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Shadow Strider:

Bait definitely helps when looking for rare/legendary fish... but uncommons show up pretty readily even with no bait...

Sure, but it still does increase the rate of uncommon fish. i.e. it will be faster if you use bait.

Based on how many threads exactly like this we've seen, it's pretty clear a lot of players don't have patience. Bait helps. That's just a simple fact.

most just didn't seem to understand that there are generic fish as well as biome specific fish... and that only the biome specific ones count