Question about anomaly detectors and whale songs.

[Salem Graves]

Does this still work? I read online in a few different places that you can use an anomaly detector and pulse until you get a whale song, ignoring the other anomaly notifications and continuing to pulse, in order to get living frigates, but these posts were years old and I'm currently trying this, so far I've only gotten "Deep space object detected" several times in a row.

[Jaggid Edje]

Yes, it still works, but only after you have found your first one using the Dream Aerial. If you haven't learned the recipe for that and used it to get one living frigate, then the anomaly detectors will not find whalesongs.

Edit: In case you don't have the recipe for the Dream Aerial yet, you get it randomly as a frigate expedition reward, so just keep sending out frigate expeditions every day until you get it.

Also, regarding your several times in a row, it can take a bit of time before you get a whalesong. When I did it to get a fleet of all living frigates, in some systems I'd pulse for over 2 minutes without seeing a single whalesong. Of course, other times it would be super fast. Just stock up on Tritium (or Pyrite) and turn on Netflix if you are going to be hunting many of them.

[Salem Graves]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Yes, it still works, but only after you have found your first one using the Dream Aerial. If you haven't learned the recipe for that and used it to get one living frigate, then the anomaly detectors will not find whalesongs.

Edit: In case you don't have the recipe for the Dream Aerial yet, you get it randomly as a frigate expedition reward, so just keep sending out frigate expeditions every day until you get it.

I have a living frigate from the Dream Aerial yes. Can whale songs not occur in some systems maybe? Because I've been pulsing for awhile.

[Jaggid Edje]

You can get one (and only one) from each system, but yes, sometimes it takes a while.

I added this as an edit above, but I'll repeat it:
When I did it to get a fleet of all living frigates, in some systems I'd pulse for over 2 minutes without seeing a single whalesong. Other times it would be super fast. Just stock up on Tritium (or Pyrite) and turn on Netflix if you are going to be hunting many of them.

I think the longest I ever pulsed in one system before getting one was something like 6 minutes. Most people would probably suggest if it takes longer than a minute or two...just give up and try another system, but I was watching a good series on Netflix so I didn't mind.

[Salem Graves]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

You can get one (and only one) from each system, but yes, sometimes it takes a while.

I added this as an edit above, but I'll repeat it:
When I did it to get a fleet of all living frigates, in some systems I'd pulse for over 2 minutes without seeing a single whalesong. Other times it would be super fast. Just stock up on Tritium (or Pyrite) and turn on Netflix if you are going to be hunting many of them.

I think the longest I ever pulsed in one system before getting one was something like 6 minutes. Most people would probably suggest if it takes longer than a minute or two...just give up and try another system, but I was watching a good series on Netflix so I didn't mind.

Oookay, guess I'm just impatient. Thanks!

[ICountFrom0]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

When I did it to get a fleet of all living frigates

Have you figured out the favorite food of all of them and keep a food processor around stuffed with them, or just figured anything they'll eat is good enough in bulk?

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by ICountFrom0:

Have you figured out the favorite food of all of them and keep a food processor around stuffed with them, or just figured anything they'll eat is good enough in bulk?

You only need to feed them if they are damaged or if you want to change their stats.

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Veytoran:

Can whale songs not occur in some systems maybe? Because I've been pulsing for awhile.

yes... abandoned systems won't have them IIRC...
edit: wrong info... sorry...

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

Originally posted by Veytoran:

Can whale songs not occur in some systems maybe? Because I've been pulsing for awhile.

yes... abandoned systems won't have them IIRC...

Yes, they do. Uncharted systems may be what you're thinking of. Though you can get the whalesongs there, you can't interact with them once you do.

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by wkitty42:

yes... abandoned systems won't have them IIRC...

Yes, they do. Uncharted systems may be what you're thinking of. Though you can get the whalesongs there, you can't interact with them once you do.

I've gotten all of my living frigates from uncharted systems. They do not have the merchant event so the odds of a whale song event are slightly better.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:

I've gotten all of my living frigates from uncharted systems. They do not have the merchant event so the odds of a whale song event are slightly better.

Are you sure it was uncharted and not abandoned? Last time I tried in an uncharted system they could not be interacted with and when I experienced that twice in a row, I checked the wiki and it says as much as well.

[wkitty42]

yeah... it is uncharted or abandoned systems... i forget which... i mainly wanted to answer the one poster's question about if some systems may not have whale song... that answer being "yes" with a restriction on the type of system...
edit: still wrong info... need new brain... sorry...

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

yeah... it is uncharted or abandoned systems... i forget which... i mainly wanted to answer the one poster's question about if some systems may not have whale song... that answer being "yes" with a restriction on the type of system...

But it's not "yes". They still have whalesongs, you can still drop out and see the living frigate. You just cannot interact with them.

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by wkitty42:

yeah... it is uncharted or abandoned systems... i forget which... i mainly wanted to answer the one poster's question about if some systems may not have whale song... that answer being "yes" with a restriction on the type of system...

But it's not "yes". They still have whalesongs, you can still drop out and see the living frigate. You just cannot interact with them.

oh... well, damnit... what is it i'm remembering that cannot be found when pulsing in abandoned or uncharted systems? old brain and lack of c0ffee are hampering me today :(

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

oh... well, damnit... what is it i'm remembering that cannot be found when pulsing in abandoned or uncharted systems? old brain and lack of c0ffee are hampering me today :(

Been a while since I bothered to get a Living Ship, could it be the Harmonic Melody (or whatever it's called) for Living Ship upgrades?

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:

I've gotten all of my living frigates from uncharted systems. They do not have the merchant event so the odds of a whale song event are slightly better.

Are you sure it was uncharted and not abandoned? Last time I tried in an uncharted system they could not be interacted with and when I experienced that twice in a row, I checked the wiki and it says as much as well.

Yes, I specifically look for uncharted systems and never had a problem interacting with them. I think there might have been a bug to that effect when they were first added, but that was resolved.