WHY WON'T THE LAST ANIMAL SPAWN ?!?!

[windblade]

I got this game last week, gone to about 7 systems and keep getting side track off main mission to make money and nantes . but then i saw you can make a lot of nantes from discovering all of the animals on a planet so i started to do so. at first it only took about 30 min to 1 hour to find them but then 1 planet there are 2 uncommon/underground/always active. it been 1 1/2 weeks and i cant find 1 of them, it always the same one i i already found in caves. now this starting to annoy me.
i look up on line on how to finish this. i seen 7-9 videos all showing tricks- find all the minerals and plants first -duck in and out of water to reset spawn pool- kill the one that spawn it a place holder. none of that works. i done other planets with 12 animals to find and found all of them and only half of the rocks and plants ,so no you don't half to find all that stuff first and they had rares spawns on them planets. so i'm asking for ideas on this. all this time i put it (1 week about) and no pay off going to suck. i'm hoping its not bugged.

[SumGumption]

Most of us have decided that sometimes that last animal just will not spawn. You still get the nanites from those you found but obviously not the bonus without all being found. We just move on to other planets and count our losses. There are plenty of other planets out there.

They did manage to make it better with their fix for it but still, some just don't seem to show up. It certainly isn't as common as it was. I think part of the problem is the terrain movement, cave types, time of day/night, storms or no storms and just pure timing. Using your scanner does seem to spawn them in faster, though.

[Barmy Nimrod]

For me, the last one to find is usually a rare, underground critter. But there always seems to be one elusive one you need to hunt down. I have found that setting a save beacon, saving and reloading in the right place a few times helps it spawn.

1) Underground - Find a site with a POI, and some of the underground minerals coming out to the above ground area. They seam to spawn most there. set a save beacon, save and reload a few times.

2) Underwater - Find a the largest deepest body of water you can. Save/reload a few times While I wait, I collect Underwater Relics.

3) Flying - Find a trading post, save/reload few times.

4) Ground - location doesn't seem to matter too much, but the save/reload thing works here also.

[Krash Megiddo]

Do you get the same amount of nanites if there's only 1 species of Fauna on a planet?

[SumGumption]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Do you get the same amount of nanites if there's only 1 species of Fauna on a planet?

No. The bonus is much smaller with just one. The more the fauna the bigger the bonus.

[Krash Megiddo]

Originally posted by sumgumption:

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Do you get the same amount of nanites if there's only 1 species of Fauna on a planet?

No. The bonus is much smaller with just one. The more the fauna the bigger the bonus.

Makes sense. I've heard too many horror stories to even attempt this mission.
There are more efficient ways of farming nanites

[SumGumption]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Originally posted by sumgumption:

No. The bonus is much smaller with just one. The more the fauna the bigger the bonus.

Makes sense. I've heard too many horror stories to even attempt this mission.
There are more efficient ways of farming nanites

There are. But sometimes it's a breeze too. Not all planets have cave fauna. Those are the breezes.

[Barmy Nimrod]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Originally posted by sumgumption:

No. The bonus is much smaller with just one. The more the fauna the bigger the bonus.

Makes sense. I've heard too many horror stories to even attempt this mission.
There are more efficient ways of farming nanites

I do complete some planets for the fun of it. When I land, I will scan everything in the landing spot and if water is nearby I'll scan there. If I get all the water creatures in that first underwater scanning, I'll complete the planet. But if that one elusive doesn't show in about 15 minutes of looking, I'll leave.

I just completed a 16 species planet, quite easily. I was lucky, I had all but 2 in the first few minutes of landing. Only one rare flying and underground to find. Took about 15 minutes and 25 reloads to get them. If I remember correctly I got 4500 nanites for it.

[Zeria]

Some animals only spawn in the north so you need to move to the proper location first. In your menu under discoveries there are hints if you scroll to the bottom of the animal list...

[Mr. Bufferlow]

It is often best to just move on to a new planet if you are struggling with the current planet fauna. You can spend hours (even days) on that planet where you could get 100% fauna on four or more others in the same time.

I usually go at least one day and night cycle before I give up. Some critters only spawn at specific times of the day/night cycle. With birds, it is commonly morning. Some of the underground critters only at dusk. The big predator fish are more likely in deep areas of water (50+m).

There is some evidence that planets may have borked stats from prior incarnations of the galaxy. My home world in Eissentam still shows 9 fauna, even though only six now exist on the planet. When I first discovered it five years ago, there were 9 and I found them all.

I know it can be hard letting go, but it will be okay....there are countless planets.

[Guyver8]

Originally posted by Uranium235:

For me, the last one to find is usually a rare, underground critter. But there always seems to be one elusive one you need to hunt down. I have found that setting a save beacon, saving and reloading in the right place a few times helps it spawn.

1) Underground - Find a site with a POI, and some of the underground minerals coming out to the above ground area. They seam to spawn most there. set a save beacon, save and reload a few times.

2) Underwater - Find a the largest deepest body of water you can. Save/reload a few times While I wait, I collect Underwater Relics.

3) Flying - Find a trading post, save/reload few times.

4) Ground - location doesn't seem to matter too much, but the save/reload thing works here also.

Hey are you peeking at my playbook ? Lol
Almost the same, i'd add that for flying/ground/water if they're not spawning sometimes just moving forward until you hit a new region will work.

But I won't spend more than about 30mins looking for the stubborn ones (keep the time short because even though the bonuses are sweet it's not worth the stress n' frustration if they don't wanna show)

OP: One of the milestones is for discovering all fauna on planets...the Anomaly Planets (1 fauna) are best for this.