Scanning ecology

[Nats]

How do I do this? Does this include steam vents etc that are named when in my vehicle or is it just plants that can be scanned? How do you know what can be scanned?

Loads in this game that is not explained. I enjoy finding things out myself to a point but ....

[clampp]

In your SRV, make sure you have Analysis Mode enabled and then you can scan anything that your reticule reacts to. On foot, to do Exobiology you need an Artemis suit which comes with a genetic sampler.

[Nats]

Ah right cheers

[Astro the Cat]

There are a lot of YT videos which are very helpful. For example, you need 3 samples of each biological item on the planet, however, you have to be a certain distance away to be diverse, for Stratum Techtonis (spelling is off), you have to 500 meters away from the last sample.

The color that each biologic scan matters as well. Green-sample is good to be taken, you have not scanned all 3 on that planet before, and you are far enough away for another one to be scanned. Blue-you have already gotten a sample (all 3) or you are too close to the last sample. Purple-you are already scanning a sample, if you continue (which you can) you will lose that previous sample, and will have to start over if you come across that sample again.

I use a 3rd party plugin (yea yea, whatever, lol) which helps out a lot, lets me know which biologic samples are on each planet I do a planetary scan on, when I have gone far enough away from each sample to get another one, how much the payout will be. Lots and lots of information, EDCoPilot (it's on Github)

This website has a basic rundown as well, and it has a list of planets around the bubble which have biologics on them. Good tool to get started with before you head to the black of space :)

https://cmdrs-toolbox.com/billionaires-boulevard

[Kobs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbjYQcdu0A

[1Nf@MOu$( Mr.Thorp )]

fumeroles, the steaming vents sometimes have fumerola growing on them. Scanable with the artemis suit. Scanning things in ship or with your SRV is not a bio scan, it just scans it into the codex.