Confused about getting Atlantid drive to my main save

[Kicks]

I completed the Titan expedition and was hoping the ship with the Atlantid drive would be available in my normal game save through the Quicksilver station. Turns out the ship was available, but without the Atlantid drive, or even any enhancements I added during the game. I decided to do the Titan expedition again, only this time start it from the Anomaly. I finished it, then reverted back to my normal save, and again I don't have the Atlantid drive. After searching the discussions, it seems like I need to do an additional quest. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get this quest to appear. I finished all of the original quests two years ago, got to another galaxy, etc. I'm seeing mention of a Purge quest that needs to run before the next one (Stellar Multitudes??) will start, but I don't know how to start that. I see mention of looking for Harmonic Settlements, but I have no clue how to find one. I went back to the Atlas, but all it did was ask for Wonders. What am I missing here? How do I initiate the proper quest so i can get the Atlantid drive to my main save?

[Kirgan]

You can get the blueprint on the anomaly

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I uninstalled and moved the Atlantid Drive manually from the expedition to the main save and installed it on my ship.
But had to realize it was useless as it has no function without doing "a special quest line" to make violet star systems actually appear in the universe.
Without doing that quest line there won't be any systems to travel to with the Atlantid Drive anyway.

Well, once I finished that quest line and made violet star systems appear, I didn't had to build one myself as I already got it form the expedition. But thats pretty much the only thing you are able to accomplish by bringing the atlantid drive from the expedition.

Oh, and just so you know, the special quest line only appears if you have pretty much all of the other main quest lines finished. Galaxy Reset, Atlas Quest Line and "Those who returned" or whatever it is called in english.

[Kicks]

The Atlantid drive is not available on the Anomaly. At least, it's not available to me. Probably because I didn't complete all of the quests. The problem is, I can't see any way of getting to these quests. When I talk to Artemis or Polo, they basically tell me to go and explore the galaxy and have fun. No quests are offered.

[Alex Rogan]

Atlas and Artemis have to be done (shows Atlas eternal and new Beginnings) You have to have finished They Who Returned (the autophage) and then when pulsing in a system you should be able to start 'in stellar multitudes' which completes the autophage arc and introduces Purple systems.

Which bit have you yet to do?

[Alex Rogan]

If you don't have the Autophage staff, or the blueprints to build one (in three parts) that's your missing quest.

Find a dissonant system, land on the planet - dissonance detected - shoot up the dissonant drills until one drops an echo locator, (fly into space, summon the anomaly and enter, if you don't want to fight the sentinels) use the echo locator to find a harmonic camp, interact with the terminal (more than once) should get you a new jetpack, a sentinel multitool and locate sentinel interceptors for you to claim and repair, or scrap

After doing that, warp to a new system, which should trigger 'they who returned' when you complete that pulsing should trigger the In Stellar Multitudes

Both quests introduce end game lore and several customisation options, they're good fun too.

[Kicks]

Thanks Alex. I'll give this a try. BTW, any special way to find a dissonant drill? I've never seen one, though I haven't spent much time on dissonant planets. Only to get Atlantium for the Titan expedition.

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by Kicks:

Thanks Alex. I'll give this a try. BTW, any special way to find a dissonant drill? I've never seen one, though I haven't spent much time on dissonant planets. Only to get Atlantium for the Titan expedition.

Using your visor is the easiest way, they have a distinct icon
https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Dissonance_Resonator
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Originally posted by Kirgan:

You can get the blueprint on the anomaly

AFTER you unlock it by completing the Stellar Multitudes mission.
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OR you are playing on a Titan expedition save

[Tirandys]

I do not remember the exact name, but sometimes the anomally has missions about corrupted sentinels. That mission will send you to a dissonent planet with the mirrors.

The drills drop either inverted mirrors or echo locators.

[Alex Rogan]

Originally posted by Kicks:

Thanks Alex. I'll give this a try. BTW, any special way to find a dissonant drill? I've never seen one, though I haven't spent much time on dissonant planets. Only to get Atlantium for the Titan expedition.

If you fly low and slow they show up, accompanied by a few sentinel guards, they look like purple flag wavy things on a tripod, up close you can see them drilling into the ground.

if you use your mining tool from a distance you can usually destroy them and get either an inverted mirror (needed to repair interceptors) or an echo locator.

If you are too close the sentinel guards will attack.

The little quadrupeds put up more of a fight.

if you're close enough as soon as you hit the drill it will show you what it will drop, so you can run if it's not an echo locator.

[Kicks]

I'm in the middle of gathering the echo seeds, so thanks for the help!. I found I can take out the drills using my ship guns. I can hover with the Starborn Runner and just fire away. No sentinels attack.

[Spocks Toupee]

If you want the Purple Planets available right after you finish the Expedition. START A NEW SAVE straight into the Expedition.

Pick NEW---->EXPEDITION.

That way, when you finish, you'll keep the ships you found during the expedition, the Freighter you got, and will also have access to ALL the new systems without having to almost finish the game.

I just did that with a new Expedition save, and I prefer it that way.

[Kicks]

I just spent the afternoon going through the quests. It dragged out, but I managed to get through it. I now have the Atlantid drive in my main save. Thanks for all the help!

[korn_dawg]

learn all glyphs from the atlas during its quests. have a settlement and defend it from sentinels. repair a sentinel ship and warp to a new system so it gets hacked. meet who hacked it and help them. then you'll be ready for the atlantid drive questline. this is the endgame quest. you'll experience the whole main narrative to get there. Titan is a sneak peek of the endgame. don't rush there too quickly.

[mjvoice]

Originally posted by Spocks Toupee:

If you want the Purple Planets available right after you finish the Expedition. START A NEW SAVE straight into the Expedition.

That way, when you finish, you'll keep the ships you found during the expedition, the Freighter you got, and will also have access to ALL the new systems without having to almost finish the game.

I did this a few times for past expeditions - starting a new game for each expedition and then deciding whether to claim expedition awards on my existing save or keep playing on the post-expedition save.

I'm just hesitant to try running on a post-Titan save in case the Devs aren't finished adding content for which they require the 'main' quest(s) to be completed - like they did for the Autophage quest and the Multitudes quest.