Some planets do NOT spawn zinc (even in caves)

[Zephkiel]

I'm currently stranded on a toxic, barren planet that does not spawn zinc anywhere (hours of cave hunting, etc.). This normally wouldn't be a problem, however I just adopted a new ship that requires zinc to fix the engines. I can go back to my old ship if necessary (if I can find it again), but my plan so far is this:

I've been combing landmarks in search of a trade network or docking ships. So far no luck.
However, I hacked a transmission signal and opted to search for outposts, which highlighted a command centre (20 minutes away!).

So far I've traversed some incredible terrain (jetpacking over large chasms to avoid falling into massive caves that would send me in the wrong direction), and I'm in visual range of the command centre. I've also tagged a few "call starship" beacons in case I need to return to the ship after it's repaired. But the main point I'm making is that there are planets that don't spawn zinc, and grabbing ships from those planets can be an absolute nightmare.

Be warned.

P.S. on my way to the command centre, I found another crashed ship transmission (4 hours away). If that's not rubbing salt in the wound, I don't know what is!

[Mr. Death]

You can find an outpost with market access and look on the market, Or find a base with a landing pad, wait for a ship to land then see if they maybe have zinc for sale.

[Zephkiel]

That's the plan. So far zero landing pads, zero trading posts and zero trade terminals. The outpost was abandoned...

The quest continues!

[xXLaokinXx]

Messaggio originale di Zephkiel:

That's the plan. So far zero landing pads, zero trading posts and zero trade terminals. The outpost was abandoned...

The quest continues!

I thought this happened to me too, I upgraded to a ship I found crashed from a distress beacon. Turns out, Zinc can be a plant, and you only need to find 1 to fix the engine. Still took me about an hour to find a zinc plant, but yeah, I assume it's there. My planet was a desert one too.

[Zephkiel]

I found a remote trading terminal! He was just chilling at an empty waypoint.

God I love this game

[Mr. Death]

Messaggio originale di Zephkiel:

That's the plan. So far zero landing pads, zero trading posts and zero trade terminals. The outpost was abandoned...

The quest continues!

Look for beacons as well... use a bypass chip and have it scan the area for a base, you can use them more than once if you have the bypass chips

[Martin]

Find a remote pad, land away from it, then buy zinc off traders as they land.. or fly to one that does.. I've just found a planet (moon actually) that has almost no plutonium.. and traders dont sell that..