Hazards?

[Alpha Female <3]

What do the icons in the Hazard section mean? Some of them I can't actually tell what they are. I got the radiation symbol, but there's a black circle I can't see clearly and a pentagon? Is there a way to prevent certain hazards? I'm not 100% clear on some aspects of the exploration. Any help would be great. Thanks.

[Fringehunter7719]

My best guesses from a few hours of play:

• Rough grass symbol - rocky terrain - health damage, possibly item carried damage - countered by armor
  
• Radiation symbol - chemical hazard - serious health damage - countered by gas mask
  
• Black circle symbol - darkness - health damage - countered by lighter
  
• Tentacles symbol - aliens - health/item damage - countered by gun
  
• Pentagon symbol - not sure, but it would figure if the idol does something

A few other observations and questions: Not sure whether level 2 items are less likely to be damaged when countering a hazard. Taking the survival manual will get you chemicals in addition to the normal rewards. Taking the shovel will get you minerals in addition to the normal rewards.

The robot planet seems to be easier than the others as it opens up a number of locations that give good items, like additional copies of the survival manual, allowing you to recycle your old one if it gets damaged and get a new one there.

[Alpha Female <3]

Okay, thoes make sense. I'm still having a rough time due to the food situation, but now I've got a better idea about exploration. I just wish some of the rewards were food. I haven't even seen an encounter that gives food. My guys literally starve by around day 25-35. :(

[Fringehunter7719]

Lots of threads about it. Honestly, with more than captain + 1 crew member it seems almost impossible to generate enough food to me. Each crew member is using about 0.25 food per day even if you get rationing right, there seem to be virtually no food events once you land on a planet, which means that even with 3 crew and one out on expedition almost constantly the crafting station needs to be making food most days, because you need to produce about 0.65 to 0.7 food per day or slowly starve. With captain + 1 crew that's coming down to about 0.4 to 0.45, which allows you at least some space for medikits and replacing broken items/upgrades.

If you have Emmett + 1 crew that becomes way more manageable. Deedee + 1 crew works too if you get to land on the robot planet where you can actually access enough energy to get some upgrades and additional recipes that allow you to have an expedition with the shovel and book most of the time. Even then it's a pinch on resources that really relies on expeditions with the book, and shovel to a lesser extent.

I have to say I'm wondering if the food requirement is bugged, as well as the location discovery on the other planets that locks you out of energy if you aren't Emmett.

[Xelaranger]

Just an observation taking the battery on survival events will give you some battery resource with a small chance of breaking it.

As far as the food shortage goes I see a lot of people going for the bad advice of starving their crew 😣

I have run 4 crew a few times my advice would be make them well fed early and keep them above hungry. Usually I feed everyone first day and then stagger feed them to keep them from going hungry. I have lived to 60+ days a few times and usually end up consuming about 55 soup. I don't really see starving until like day 28+

Would only really try this strat with 6or more starting good. Remember when not playing emmit to stock up on resources , as you will constantly be crafting then recycling to make more soup after you run out of stuff to make soup with hope that helps

[BigHeyov]

The pentagon symbol can be countered by Artifact

[Spicy pineapple]

Artifact but it's supposed to break after use. I have the upgraded one and even though it says it shatters it still isn't even damaged afterwards so may be a bug in the current release with either the text or the artifact.

Upgrading should make things last longer but certain events will destroy them regardless. Like with using the armour for protecting against the contamination in the ship. Even if it's upgraded.

[KocLobster]

I've been looking for an explanation on some of the not-so-obvious hazard icons in the expeditions. Thank you very much Fringehunter7719!

[ilichmtz]

The pentagon u saying can be prevented with the artifact

[LegendStarGhost]

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