Where is Face of Gozu? :)

[kschang77]

Please use SPOILER TAG if you do know the answer. :)

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

In an asteroid belt somewhere. Don't think there is a static spawn for everyone.

[killerproblem]

It's a random drop / spawn...
I've gotten them on pirate lords, mining, and in junk fields.

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

Random. You kinda have to stumble on it while exploring. It could be anywhere.

[NoSkoolHunter]

Yeah what everyone else said. I just kind of stumbled across it while mining, didn't expect it as it was the furthest thing from my mind.

[alveolate]

it's on the front hemisphere of the Head of Gozu.

[cdarklock]

Originally posted by kschang77:

Please use SPOILER TAG if you do know the answer. :)

I usually get them as drops from Virian ships, along with antimatter specks and progenitor shards. Some of the advanced missions available at stations are to retrieve one of those, which is how I got the achievements for all of them, but then you don't get to keep it because it gets delivered to the client at the end of the mission.

Of course, that's end-game stuff anyway, and you're probably interested in something more like farming them in the early game to kick-start your ship build. I have been TOLD that you can find them by mining a particular kind of very large crystalline or metallic asteroid found in a green nebula in the starting system, and that this is scripted so it's in every game, but I have had no luck finding one that way. I also think that is a ♥♥♥♥ description of the asteroid, so maybe I'm just not mining the right asteroids, and also mining frustrates the hell out of me anyway so I don't do it much.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by cdarklock:

Originally posted by kschang77:

Please use SPOILER TAG if you do know the answer. :)

I usually get them as drops from Virian ships, along with antimatter specks and progenitor shards. Some of the advanced missions available at stations are to retrieve one of those, which is how I got the achievements for all of them, but then you don't get to keep it because it gets delivered to the client at the end of the mission.

Of course, that's end-game stuff anyway, and you're probably interested in something more like farming them in the early game to kick-start your ship build. I have been TOLD that you can find them by mining a particular kind of very large crystalline or metallic asteroid found in a green nebula in the starting system, and that this is scripted so it's in every game, but I have had no luck finding one that way. I also think that is a ♥♥♥♥ description of the asteroid, so maybe I'm just not mining the right asteroids, and also mining frustrates the hell out of me anyway so I don't do it much.

By large they mean bigger than a destroyer. Also you will probably want several mining lasers for them, Two was slow...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=848017277

[cdarklock]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

By large they mean bigger than a destroyer. Also you will probably want several mining lasers for them, Two was slow...

I found a progenitor shard in a crystalline cluster about that size. That suggests there's a third very large asteroid which consistently drops antimatter specks, can anyone confirm?

EDIT: Looks like it.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=848136860

[GunsForBucks]

I went to youtube and looked up mining... then I found 3 face of Gozu fields.. one in the first system... to really jump start my second playthrough.

I've been looking for an antimatter speck to exploit but have yet to find one since I learned how, but they do seem to be in a rock like that, from the video I saw.

[kschang77]

Pretty sure I found my antimatter speck by killing Viriax ships.

[obliviondoll]

The face of gozu fields are generally hard-to-find spawns, but they DO show up in a few places in every game - I've heard claims of them being in every system, but haven't tested it myself.

Once you know what to look for, they're a good way to make a profit - BUT you do have to keep in mind that every run is generated uniquely, so you can't memorise the locations and start a new playthrough with any expectation of things being in the same place.

[askew1]

I had a delivery mission that just pointed me to a ship that had one. I just had to 'liberate' it from them. This was late game though.

[Cookie]

I can usually find a Face of Gozu asteroid field in less than 30 seconds in the starting system. Once you know what to search for and where, the right type of nebula is pretty easy to spot.

[cdarklock]

Originally posted by Sunny Milk:

Once you know what to search for and where, the right type of nebula is pretty easy to spot.

You did notice the OP is asking outright what to search for and where, right?

Because, you know, maybe you could tell him.

[Cookie]

There are youtube videos for this. I don't google things for people anymore.