One other tip about the Razorleaf, the ship from the Mantis quest. The ship slot has a unique perk that can cause a pirate to run away. This perk is tied to the ship slot, not the name or any ship component. So you can completely remove all the components and build a new ship with a new name and it will still have that perk.
Ya I hate that about it I did tht exact thing with my ship but I HATE that fact because those guys who run away take away like probably 1000s of xp from me at this point. Sometimes they won’t warp away and will just turn blue and you can still kill them but you have to fly like 5000km in each direction for each one vs if they were all attacking you and were all in same area. Luckily I hve the bounty hunter perk on my character so I get to farm a couple hundred xp from that like every 5-10 or so systems I travel. And then the bounty defenders eventually show up and you can kill them and farm them too which every time I have one of those encounters in like 3 minutes I go up like a third of a level or something
Correction I believe it’s called the Wanted perk. It’s the one where your damage increases the lower your health gets although in 45 levels on hard difficulty my health has only got below 50% a handful of times but I’m still glad I chose that perk just for the insane xp farm since skill points are by far the biggest commodity in the game.
You actually can pick up the mark 1 without lockpicking it. There is a bug which lets you get it through the glass when you are in the right position. ^^
Yep, it's only 1-2 pixels wide, but if you aim just right you can activate the mannequin through the glass. Look at the gap where the door opens in the case.
Besides Nishina spacesuit, you can get even more powerful item in the same quest (Entangled). It's called Experiment A-7 and it is ridiculously powerful rare shotgun. It has higher damage than any other shotgun i was able to loot so far and it comes with Exterminator trait for even more damage against unfortunate aliens who decide to charge you in. On top of that it is fully modded with 8 (!!!) mods. At least mine has, i'm not sure if it's random or fixed amount of mods. In order to get it you need to pass persuasion check with security chief (the guy who lets you in) after you talk with director first. Ask him for help with dealing with scorpion-like creatures and he will give you A-7.
I may have just grabbed it too late in my playthrough but I was actually really disappointed in the base defensive stats it has. And to be clear I'm not talking about perks, just the straight up armor values were very... underwhelming for me. The fact it didn't have any unique perks though was also disappointing.
@@kelleren4840I mean doesn't smaller armor values mean more damage from certain weapons perks? I could be wrong sorry if I am. All I'm saying is certain playstyles it could be beneficial for it to have less armor.
There is a trader you find in space that is a starborn. you have to be in NG+ at a minimum, but if you run into them they become a shop keeper and they have Va'ruun weapons as well as some other weapons that may be of interest
@@Tripster369There's an exploit for easily generating random weapons until you get the one you want. I got tired of searching for a legendary Va'ruun Starshard, so I did the exploit and got one within a couple of minutes.
Do not forget during the part of ‘Entangled’ where you arm yourself, before going into the Distortion for the first time, you can talk to the Security guard & persuade him to give you the Experimental Prototype Shotgun (forget the name) but it is silenced, automatic & is super Op.
Its even more OP if you have weapon mods maxed out and can give it slug shots. Its then basically a sniper. If thats the gun I think I had in my 1st go around.
@@HangarStudios713 flechettes on that gun are really nice since the bleed damage is based off of max HP and isn't effect by DR. makes it more specialized against tanky aliens though and not humans though. also robots are immune to bleed.
6:40 You don't even need any lockpicking at all to get the Mk1 suit. Crouch and get as close to the glass as you can (in 1st person), and move the crosshair/cursor very slowly across the gap between the door and the side glass. If you do it correctly, you should be able to loot the mannequin without having to open the door. You can do it as soon as you get access to the interior of the Lodge, with no skill points spent.
For the Mantis breadcrumb note just go straight to the Nova Galactic Staryard orbiting the moon in the Sol system (yes our moon) For some reason the note has an extremely high drop rate there. On docking you'll see a group of Ecliptic in a battle with Spacers, basically you cannot miss them, clear out the Ecliptics on the left, usually some pretty decent loot including possible legendaries, then finish off the spacers on the right, they are quite tightly bunched so a few grenades help. I have done this quite a few times and the note has always dropped for me from the Spacers. (cannot confirm if it drops from other mobs, it's always been spacer.) I even finished one run with 2 notes. You can go to Nova as soon as possible, or wait a few quests until you get "The old neighbourhood" (I assume the note drops in that quest, but can't confirm because I've always done the mantis before that quest)
The VA’RUUN Inflictor rifle also spawns at the general store in Akila where you can access his chest in the puddle. The Inflictor is by far the best weapon in the game.
I got a lucky legendary drop from a Va'ruun in combat: an Inflictor with the radioactive trait, and I've been using it almost exclusively. It destroys everything it touches.
@@martinwhitmore **Spoiler** The Emissary has the best Inflictor in the game. **Spoiler** you can kill the emissary at the end at get his legendary one.
One thing I haven’t heard mentioned bc it’s not really a weapon or armor but in the quest for I believe it is UC where you have to hunt down the warlock ship near the den and without giving any spoilers just know you have to board his ship DO NOT DESTROY it and you’ll get one of the most useful items in the game which is tht guys custom outfit which has like a 20% chance of using no resources every time you craft a weapon mod and if you’ve crafted thousands of them like I have that saves you a TON!
The weapon you get for siding with neither of the starborn for the final story missions and fighting them both (also if you side with the hunter) is a legendary va'ruun rifle called Eternity's Gate. I'm not sure if this weapon will scale to your level or not but I think it does because if I recall it was as powerful as advanced versions of the base weapon when I got it.
You have to be Level 30 or so to spawn the Starshards. Between 20 and 30 you can randomly spawn Painblades. The chance is pretty high to spawn an Interdictor doing Andreja's Relationship quest above L40 when you fight the Va'ruun Zealots. I have yet to test the likelihood of getting Interdictors off of high level Zealots on Va'run Space Bases (Out beyond Muphrid.)
Implicator spawns in both the Ryujin and UC Terramorph quests. Ryujin it will be on the office wall in Ularu's office and Terramorph, after the Aceles reveal there are weapon boxes around the corner from the special gear vendor just laying on a desk. I have found it in both places. Also, if you are in NG+, a random spawn vendor called "The Trader" will sell amazing versions of both and lots of other god rolled good stuff.
(6:40) I haven't tried it personally, but reportedly you can get the Mk1 space suit from the display without picking the lock. You can apparently get it through a tiny gap near the door handle.
the problem with siding with the fleet is it completely fucks any kind of exploration as ALL crimson fleet will be friendly. so there's that 0/10 do not recommend
I have found, at least in the first play through, there is no better weapon than the Big Bang IF you are a weapon modder. An Advanced Big Bang with the right weapon mods as a respectable range of 30, and with full skill in shotguns and particle beams does 800+ damage per shot. All the other legendary weapons pale in comparison to a fully modded Big Bang. Also yeah, high fire rate weapons are best for the companions since they don't worry about ammo.
Advanced Va'ruun Inflicter Particle Beam Rifle is like 90% of the damage of the big bang but comes with longer range and a magazine capacity of 20 vs. 8. Fully modded it keeps up with a fully modded big bang as well, ditto on skills. Bas accuracy is 70% vs. 54%.
The weapons vendor on The Key in Kryx can also spawn va'ruun weapons. I got mine there. And you're absolutely right, screw sysdef, crimson fleet rules. The Key is my favorite hub. Lots of vendors close together with no load screens, everyone can buy stolen/contraband loot, and their ship tech is really good. Also, I don't remember the exact point I got it but I also received a legendary magshot called the Keelhauler from a crimson fleet quest. It's a VERY strong pistol.
Keelhauler is definitely a strong pistol. One of the highest dps outputs i know of, it's hair trigger and only 6 mag size is it's worst features to me... But I'm sure i could modify that and make it a little nicer for me
@@fiffer13 I don't think you can increase the mag size for the type of gun the keelhauler is, but I recommend taking one point in the reload perk in the combat tree. Rank 1 is 30% quicker reloads, which is a lot for just a single point. Probably stronger skills to max out but it's a nice addition to any build that isn't melee.
A good tip is to have any healing item on you with a + persuade chance, it's a skill you should be putting points into but it's a pain in the butt to level up so any bonus is welcome
About the Entangled mission weapon, Rafaels body seems to have more than one spawn as I found him on the bottom floor below the location you've shown here.
You can actually disable the turrets (and?) or jump over the buttons in the Mantis section. Every place I go, I always look for terminals to disable / make friendly things like turrets / bots.
The mark 1 armour, you can get at level 1. Walk up to the case and move your courser around the gap between the edge of the case and the door and the description changes from the case to the mannequin. You then can take the armour without having to pick a master lock.
I bought this game and play it more often then most to be honest. I knew everything you had mentioned, except for the last quest or mission through the Constellation questline of saving everyone, which I SO want to try, I also did not know that IF I complete the whole game, however very time consuming, I would get an armor that is unique being starborn. TY for that... I also wanted to add when talking about the Razerleaf, I completely rebuild the ship to something that is not too big, and practical for me, with the weapons offered at Akila city using the ship builder there, or the red mile, or Neon. With using the ship builder at the Red Mile, when using the shielded cargo the equipment one must use either the single or dual signal blocker also, that will strengthen the blocking ability to the shielded cargo capability by allot... I also believe the game creators should make the independent hab's customizable just like an apartment or a new home bought on planet, or an option to where after the Vanguard questline, the option to give the penthouse to Mom and Dad since I use that when starting the Vanguard with the "kid stuff" perk .... ALSO IF a character adds skills in armor or suit perks you can change the boost pack polarity from basic to balanced, or power... for those who don't know... Just to say this, I don't know of the other people's version of the game, but IF you look at the clear case of the "Mark 1" armor of Constellation armor put the view dot on the border of the door and the case, and you don't have to lock pick the opening. you are allowed to bypass that part and get the armor for free
I ran with that Marksman AA-99 for AGES. I'm currently working on a Breach build with an Advanced Breach as the base. With slug shot, high-powered, semi-auto and a few more mods (that don't particularly affect damage) and 3 of the 4 shotgun perks, it does 704 base damage and in a sneak attack, I get a 2.5X bonus. I'm one shotting robots right and left as a shotgun sniper. My white whale is an Instigating Advanced Breach (double damage if target is at full health).
I've been able to buy Varuun weapons from the General Store in Akila city with a level in the low to mid 50s. I even started getting calibrated versions in mid 50s.
For the Va'run weapons, you can't get them from drops at the sulfur mine, or if you're on a NG+ the "mysterious captian" seems to sell them pretty regularly
The Trickshot, a rare mag pistol, is on a mek right outside of One of a kind Salvage in the system you start in when you do a new game plus. Also there are three ways to start the crimson fleet, 1) Get caught doing a crime and accept the secdef offer. 2) Refuse secdef offer and go to Cydonia (Skips all secdef parts) 3) Finish the Vanguard mission line and be assigned to secdef by the vanguard
Great video. Straight forward style. Love it. Learned a bunch. Even on things I'm already past was great to see in your video. Looking for a video on how to organize and sell the right weapons collected and how not to sell a weapon you should have kept... so many choices. 😢
I get mad legendary gear and guns playing on very hard and running through abandoned buildings and taking out ecliptics. Each building i get atleast 2 legendary suits, helmets, and boost packs with perks and weapons with physical damage above 200. The highest damage weapon ive found so far is the magsniper with 611phy. dmg. worth 58,000 credits.
I picked up that Va'ruun Starshard when I was fighting on a Starstation or something. I'm pretty sure it was Starstation RE-939 (but don't quote me on that). After going back and forth to that place a few times, the Zealots dropped a Starshard and now my character's so OP haha There were actually some other pretty cool drops there too though
The armor set in basement of the lodge can be had free without having pick the lock due to a bug. If you crouch next to the case & look at edge of the glass door the display of what you are viewing will change to "mannequin" which you can open and loot the Mark1 gear.
You can get the mark 1 spacesuit set right from beginning of the game without any lockpicking skills. You just have to find the gap in door and the case then loot the mannequin.
The mark 1 suit can be taken without leveling up lock picking. There is a glitch where if you find just the right spot in the door seam you can activate the mannequin and take the set
You need to look at Drop Mechanics and rates and how all that works for BES games. You have a few things that are mostly correct but not. You pointed people at a few randomly generated peices of loot that wont be the same or even similar in each persons game, some of them change every 48 hours UTC.
I got the Star born suit right off the bat when i started the game and i have yet to find a suit stronger. oh another tip. if your ship runs out of storage. just throw it on the floor. it will stay as long as you save your game.
For that Mk I set you don't even need to pick the lock if you look very closely there's a tiny gap on the door which allows you to access the mannequin and grab it and if its your first playthrough nobody is gonna put points into all lockpicking to master lock by lv5.
The star shard and inflictor can both be got by doing this cheat. First go to a high level planet. The planet my outpost is at is level 75. Go to a planet not hostile. Land in an area where it’s flat, like plains, savanahs, deserts. Create an outpost. Scroll over till you see storage chest. Lay all the chests you can. (If you get polymer and titanium you can make more chests). Do a quick save. Load that quick save. After loading, open all the chests on the ground. It’s treats these chests as if they are dungeons and you can find anything in them. Even legendaries. My outpost is Masada III, System: Masada
I've had a couple of starshards drop after lvl 45. Most recent was on a "kill the va' ruun" quest off the mission board, at lvl 52. Zoomed it up on the workbench and gave it to Andreja with her particle weapon skills. Seemed fitting. Named it Andreja's Smile. Great vid, thanks for the info. You might also pay a visit to Kore Kinetics for some very powerful weapons.
I don't know if you check comments on videos you posted 5 months ago but I do have one thing you should know. The spacesuit in the basement of the lodge You can get it without master lock picking! There is a bug in the game it's still there that I've learned from Danny AKA ESO. If you run your cursor dot along the edge of the door to that display case at one point along the seam between the door and the case itself you will find you can access the mannequin inside and get the space suit as I have done on all of my play throughs at lvl 1.
Save and max out difficult begore landing on "Forward Base 441". When you grab the awesome armor the weapons on the racks are also randomly generated. I couple great weapons that way. I can't remember if the weapons upstairs randomly generat. I have Peacemaker, but have never done the kidnapper quest.
I don't have the "Modified Advanced VA' RUUN Starshard". But I do have the "Bashing Advanced VA' RUUN Starshard", that deals more PHYS and more ENGY, and that's with no mods yet
My go to weapon is the Va'arun Inflictor, and I didn't buy. I did some basic upgrading, most importantly scope and lense. You don't have to complete any quests, just go through all inventories of people you killed and boss loot boxes, you'll eventually find one. 120 armor is cute ... you can find well above 200 ... without completing all the silly fetch quests. But what really matters is that you max the relevant skills. The skills make even mediocre weapons, like the ones you are advertising here, very useful.
You don't even need master lockpick skills to get the Mark 1 Suit. The glass display case has gaps between the door, you can just loot the mannequin by clicking between the gap.
I'm really interested in trying out some of these new spacesuits. I'm currently on NG+5 and the mark 1 armour from the lodge basement is the most powerful armour I've found (lvl112) even more powerful then the starborne suit you get in terms of armour stats. Not so much with the environment resistance stats.
What if you just simply said no to SysDef and now they’re permanently mad at you? Are you stuck doing the crimson fleet side or can you still go the SysDef route?
If you say no you serve your time, and then the Crimson Fleet contacts you. So you can go through the quest line without checking in and playing double agent.
So when killing boss enemies, does the difficulty need to be set to (very hard) for the legendary drop rate before you KILL them or before you LOOT them?
On the 'Entangled' you don't have to destroy the turrets or robots you can just sneak to the portal on the right-hand side walk way enter the portal to access the control room and make the robots friendly. The bugs have to die though. Then follow the instructions on the body and everybody will survive and your get all the rewards.
I went to a level 70 system Archimedes pretty early found a superior mercenary suit tanky AF hard to get rid of unless i get a god tier legendary combo.. usually only get one useful perk
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but the bounty hunter armor/doom armor that you find in the mantis quest has ALWAYS been way better than the mantis set
Most of what you covered on stats will change with level and if you did NG+ or not. If you do the lines later in the game when you're level 50 or higher the weapons will be much better. On par with Advanced weapons.
🤔 I was thinking the same thing having watched the video and then reading thru the comments to see if anyone else thought the same thing and with some confirmation. A lot of these guides are catered to new players who just want to accelerate thru the first few levels vs playing the game normally picking up stuff as they go. I’m at lvl 55 and have been playing the game like a sandbox just doing whatever I want away from the main story after picking up first temple power. I’m at the point where most weapons I pick up exploring facilities killing pirates and at vendors are either Refined or Advance level and at or getting close to the upper level in stats. So I’ve never done a single quest of any talked about in video. Thus I wondered if I went back and did a few of them, I wonder if the gear will scale up in stats to my level. So coming across your comment seems to likely confirm this.
Fyi If you come across armor in a glass mannequin case just look at the slits in the corners and you can just scoop it up mind you you need to move slow and get the right angle but super easy way to bypass locked glass cases
You don't even need to hack the lock to the Mark I suit, if you stand infront of the case and go third person and aim for the seam on the door you can interact with the mannequin easy XD
Both of the Varuun weapons I got from crimson raider pirates on a generated structure. I've gotten a rare version of the knife and the pistol is stupid good. But they drop from crimson pirates.
Screw the puzzle... just lob a few grenades in there and be done with it. The Mantis armor is good early game but I eventually passed beyond the armor. The suit in the bottom of the Lodge can be gotten without picking the lock. If you crouch next it the case and look in the crack along the seem you can activate the mannequin. One I have NEVER seen talked about that I picked up (and I don't know where) is labelled as Space Adept Commander's Refined Hard Target, Rare Rifle. Now I do not care for the legendary effect, but after upgrading it with mods it is still a beast. I do 281 physical and I have no weapon skill improvements. It only holds 5 rounds, but it makes a great sniper rifle. I also have one called Brute Force (a rare shotgun). Again the rare ability sucks (double bashing damage), but with slugs and high powered it does 286 damage. It has 15 round magazine too. These are my two main guns. I got them around level 40. I have a few other really nasty guns like a high level Old Earth Shotgun (not legendary) that I maxed out the mods on and renamed Thumper. It does 385 damage. Without mods I think it did 301 or something like that. That sniper rifle with Sneak level 4 and a recon scope is OP. You can one shot almost everything. Remember I have no weapon skills either and I don't even have Concealment yet. These are so good that I do not use the Starborn ones you get from the big fight. My armor is Incendiary, Refined Experimental Nashina Spacesuit, Legendary mostly upgraded with mods (Ballistic Shielding, Explosive Shielding, Exo Servos, and Pocketed). It is 131/153/137 armor. I also have a Calibrate Bounty Hunter Stalk Balanced Pack (not Legendary) with mods (Oxygen Reserves and Medic) and 76/68/72 armor. The helmet is Reactive Refined Experimental Nishina Helmet (Legendary) modded (Ballistic Shielding, Sensor Array, Heavy Shielding, and Gravitic Composites) at 73/76/72. This is WAY better than the Mantic set and the Legendary effects on the two are pretty nice.
In the main quest, side with either the hunter, or neither of the starborn. When you finally meet up inside the burrowed temple, do not persuade. Just fight and defeat them. Emissary will drop Eternity's Gate, the legendary Va'Run implicator. Arguably the absolute strongest weapon in the game.
There's actually a secret vendor that you can only encounter randomly in the orbit of planets that won't sell to you until you've entered the unity at least once, but this vendor has unique variants of both varuun weapons. Don't forget your wallet though. Happy hunting.
You don't need lock picking just look between the the door line and it will flip to mannequin then just take armor. Better to be in first person then run the pointer were the two panels meet at the handle to be more specific.
Hey Dom. Been a while! But I thought I'd drop in and say that mine has bugged out on the Crimson Fleet quest where I have to collect some scanner. A little less buggy than Fallout 4 and Skyrim at launch but still a bit buggy. Hope you and yours are well. Cheers Mukka.
Factories and outposts is forgivable since you expect these middle. Of nowhere outposts to be prefab. Bu caves with skeletons and glowing fungus on worlds that have never supported life is annoying
I was able to find the Varuun star shard pistol in the warehouse at hopetech wen I killed Ron Hope. It was just chillin in a weapon case. On the main floor in a corner
Serpentis star system , every planet is a guaranteed va’ruun fight , your looking for , the “revolation”” star ships , isolate and board them on very hard , each one has an armoury on boarding , quick save before boarding to re-roll content’s
i got one in ng+ from a ship chest in a side quest, it was the quest where you had to fix some satellites so the families could communicate. but mine was randomly generated :)
One other tip about the Razorleaf, the ship from the Mantis quest. The ship slot has a unique perk that can cause a pirate to run away. This perk is tied to the ship slot, not the name or any ship component. So you can completely remove all the components and build a new ship with a new name and it will still have that perk.
Perfect thanks!
Ya I hate that about it I did tht exact thing with my ship but I HATE that fact because those guys who run away take away like probably 1000s of xp from me at this point.
Sometimes they won’t warp away and will just turn blue and you can still kill them but you have to fly like 5000km in each direction for each one vs if they were all attacking you and were all in same area. Luckily I hve the bounty hunter perk on my character so I get to farm a couple hundred xp from that like every 5-10 or so systems I travel. And then the bounty defenders eventually show up and you can kill them and farm them too which every time I have one of those encounters in like 3 minutes I go up like a third of a level or something
Correction I believe it’s called the Wanted perk.
It’s the one where your damage increases the lower your health gets although in 45 levels on hard difficulty my health has only got below 50% a handful of times but I’m still glad I chose that perk just for the insane xp farm since skill points are by far the biggest commodity in the game.
does that with spacers too, they act terrified of it. Only reason i even use it to be honest
Thanks
You actually can pick up the mark 1 without lockpicking it. There is a bug which lets you get it through the glass when you are in the right position. ^^
Yep, it's only 1-2 pixels wide, but if you aim just right you can activate the mannequin through the glass. Look at the gap where the door opens in the case.
Was just about to say 😂
Don't forget this works on every mannequin case in the game^^
Yeah and thanks to that I try it for everything else in a case 😂😂
@@skaekm.a.p.5933 Get out of here really? It's only worked for me on this one and I definitely have tried any and everything lol
Besides Nishina spacesuit, you can get even more powerful item in the same quest (Entangled). It's called Experiment A-7 and it is ridiculously powerful rare shotgun. It has higher damage than any other shotgun i was able to loot so far and it comes with Exterminator trait for even more damage against unfortunate aliens who decide to charge you in. On top of that it is fully modded with 8 (!!!) mods. At least mine has, i'm not sure if it's random or fixed amount of mods.
In order to get it you need to pass persuasion check with security chief (the guy who lets you in) after you talk with director first. Ask him for help with dealing with scorpion-like creatures and he will give you A-7.
I picked up the A7 which turned out to be a pain in the final mission
Got it in my first playthrough but since then he never gives it to me
@@anthsarin070497 Why was it a pain?
@samhain183 without trying to spoil I'll just say its a powerful gun and used against me
My favorite shotgun. Desimates aliens.
Not your fault but I’m so sick of hearing about the mantis 😭
Its literally the only unique cool looking attire in the entire game.. because Bethesda expects you to create everything else for them with mods..
@@hankskorpio5857i want a mod that changes the Dancer outfit into Bunny girl and bunny boy outfits
I may have just grabbed it too late in my playthrough but I was actually really disappointed in the base defensive stats it has.
And to be clear I'm not talking about perks, just the straight up armor values were very... underwhelming for me.
The fact it didn't have any unique perks though was also disappointing.
@@kelleren4840the vanguard armor was issued to me as refined, does mantis armor not level up on quality for your level?
@@kelleren4840I mean doesn't smaller armor values mean more damage from certain weapons perks? I could be wrong sorry if I am. All I'm saying is certain playstyles it could be beneficial for it to have less armor.
There is a trader you find in space that is a starborn. you have to be in NG+ at a minimum, but if you run into them they become a shop keeper and they have Va'ruun weapons as well as some other weapons that may be of interest
If you want plenty of Va'ruun stuff, there are loads of them you can kill and loot in the Serpentis system.
Thanks I need me a particle rifle
@@Tripster369There's an exploit for easily generating random weapons until you get the one you want.
I got tired of searching for a legendary Va'ruun Starshard, so I did the exploit and got one within a couple of minutes.
Just travel from planet to planet kill VA runn ships and board them to get higher tier rifles and sale the ships for loads of easy money
Do not forget during the part of ‘Entangled’ where you arm yourself, before going into the Distortion for the first time, you can talk to the Security guard & persuade him to give you the Experimental Prototype Shotgun (forget the name) but it is silenced, automatic & is super Op.
Its even more OP if you have weapon mods maxed out and can give it slug shots. Its then basically a sniper. If thats the gun I think I had in my 1st go around.
@@HangarStudios713it is I use it
@@HangarStudios713 flechettes on that gun are really nice since the bleed damage is based off of max HP and isn't effect by DR. makes it more specialized against tanky aliens though and not humans though. also robots are immune to bleed.
6:40 You don't even need any lockpicking at all to get the Mk1 suit. Crouch and get as close to the glass as you can (in 1st person), and move the crosshair/cursor very slowly across the gap between the door and the side glass. If you do it correctly, you should be able to loot the mannequin without having to open the door. You can do it as soon as you get access to the interior of the Lodge, with no skill points spent.
For the Mantis breadcrumb note just go straight to the Nova Galactic Staryard orbiting the moon in the Sol system (yes our moon)
For some reason the note has an extremely high drop rate there.
On docking you'll see a group of Ecliptic in a battle with Spacers, basically you cannot miss them, clear out the Ecliptics on the left, usually some pretty decent loot including possible legendaries, then finish off the spacers on the right, they are quite tightly bunched so a few grenades help. I have done this quite a few times and the note has always dropped for me from the Spacers. (cannot confirm if it drops from other mobs, it's always been spacer.) I even finished one run with 2 notes.
You can go to Nova as soon as possible, or wait a few quests until you get "The old neighbourhood"
(I assume the note drops in that quest, but can't confirm because I've always done the mantis before that quest)
That's where I got mine early in the game
The VA’RUUN Inflictor rifle also spawns at the general store in Akila where you can access his chest in the puddle. The Inflictor is by far the best weapon in the game.
I got a lucky legendary drop from a Va'ruun in combat: an Inflictor with the radioactive trait, and I've been using it almost exclusively. It destroys everything it touches.
@@martinwhitmore **Spoiler** The Emissary has the best Inflictor in the game. **Spoiler** you can kill the emissary at the end at get his legendary one.
One thing I haven’t heard mentioned bc it’s not really a weapon or armor but in the quest for I believe it is UC where you have to hunt down the warlock ship near the den and without giving any spoilers just know you have to board his ship DO NOT DESTROY it and you’ll get one of the most useful items in the game which is tht guys custom outfit which has like a 20% chance of using no resources every time you craft a weapon mod and if you’ve crafted thousands of them like I have that saves you a TON!
The weapon you get for siding with neither of the starborn for the final story missions and fighting them both (also if you side with the hunter) is a legendary va'ruun rifle called Eternity's Gate. I'm not sure if this weapon will scale to your level or not but I think it does because if I recall it was as powerful as advanced versions of the base weapon when I got it.
Mine dod a few hundred damage per hit. Was valued at 124k
you can also get Eternitys Gate siding with Hunter and killing Emissary and looting him
You can't take it with you thru unity tho BUT the starborn trader sells it so it's better to just wait and get it at the start of a ng
i was lvl 100 at that point and it was pretty useless as for most armor and weapons starborn armor and ship r junk as well
You have to be Level 30 or so to spawn the Starshards. Between 20 and 30 you can randomly spawn Painblades. The chance is pretty high to spawn an Interdictor doing Andreja's Relationship quest above L40 when you fight the Va'ruun Zealots. I have yet to test the likelihood of getting Interdictors off of high level Zealots on Va'run Space Bases (Out beyond Muphrid.)
Implicator spawns in both the Ryujin and UC Terramorph quests. Ryujin it will be on the office wall in Ularu's office and Terramorph, after the Aceles reveal there are weapon boxes around the corner from the special gear vendor just laying on a desk. I have found it in both places. Also, if you are in NG+, a random spawn vendor called "The Trader" will sell amazing versions of both and lots of other god rolled good stuff.
(6:40) I haven't tried it personally, but reportedly you can get the Mk1 space suit from the display without picking the lock. You can apparently get it through a tiny gap near the door handle.
You are correct. I did it in two different runs.
the problem with siding with the fleet is it completely fucks any kind of exploration as ALL crimson fleet will be friendly. so there's that 0/10 do not recommend
I’m glad they didn’t have a booming voice saying “You’ve Touched My Slate ,Go Forth Free Free My Gear From Those That Would Defile It”
I watched all your Elden Ring content. Glad we moved onto the same game. Keep up the good work.
Me also, loved Elden Ring, Loving Starfield.
I have found, at least in the first play through, there is no better weapon than the Big Bang IF you are a weapon modder. An Advanced Big Bang with the right weapon mods as a respectable range of 30, and with full skill in shotguns and particle beams does 800+ damage per shot. All the other legendary weapons pale in comparison to a fully modded Big Bang. Also yeah, high fire rate weapons are best for the companions since they don't worry about ammo.
Advanced Va'ruun Inflicter Particle Beam Rifle is like 90% of the damage of the big bang but comes with longer range and a magazine capacity of 20 vs. 8. Fully modded it keeps up with a fully modded big bang as well, ditto on skills. Bas accuracy is 70% vs. 54%.
Nishina's quest... world 1-2 ... The Philadelphia Experiment!!"!! there's a lot of scyfi referencies. Love it
I did not know about the Nishima Armor set or the alternative ending for that story, I’m definitely going to try it.
The weapons vendor on The Key in Kryx can also spawn va'ruun weapons. I got mine there.
And you're absolutely right, screw sysdef, crimson fleet rules. The Key is my favorite hub. Lots of vendors close together with no load screens, everyone can buy stolen/contraband loot, and their ship tech is really good. Also, I don't remember the exact point I got it but I also received a legendary magshot called the Keelhauler from a crimson fleet quest. It's a VERY strong pistol.
Keelhauler is definitely a strong pistol. One of the highest dps outputs i know of, it's hair trigger and only 6 mag size is it's worst features to me... But I'm sure i could modify that and make it a little nicer for me
@@fiffer13 I don't think you can increase the mag size for the type of gun the keelhauler is, but I recommend taking one point in the reload perk in the combat tree. Rank 1 is 30% quicker reloads, which is a lot for just a single point. Probably stronger skills to max out but it's a nice addition to any build that isn't melee.
A good tip is to have any healing item on you with a + persuade chance, it's a skill you should be putting points into but it's a pain in the butt to level up so any bonus is welcome
About the Entangled mission weapon, Rafaels body seems to have more than one spawn as I found him on the bottom floor below the location you've shown here.
You can actually disable the turrets (and?) or jump over the buttons in the Mantis section. Every place I go, I always look for terminals to disable / make friendly things like turrets / bots.
The mark 1 armour, you can get at level 1. Walk up to the case and move your courser around the gap between the edge of the case and the door and the description changes from the case to the mannequin. You then can take the armour without having to pick a master lock.
You don't need to spell anything on Mantis. Take an Amp and run across, then all you have to do is hit the button to open the door.
I bought this game and play it more often then most to be honest. I knew everything you had mentioned, except for the last quest or mission through the Constellation questline of saving everyone, which I SO want to try, I also did not know that IF I complete the whole game, however very time consuming, I would get an armor that is unique being starborn. TY for that... I also wanted to add when talking about the Razerleaf, I completely rebuild the ship to something that is not too big, and practical for me, with the weapons offered at Akila city using the ship builder there, or the red mile, or Neon. With using the ship builder at the Red Mile, when using the shielded cargo the equipment one must use either the single or dual signal blocker also, that will strengthen the blocking ability to the shielded cargo capability by allot... I also believe the game creators should make the independent hab's customizable just like an apartment or a new home bought on planet, or an option to where after the Vanguard questline, the option to give the penthouse to Mom and Dad since I use that when starting the Vanguard with the "kid stuff" perk .... ALSO IF a character adds skills in armor or suit perks you can change the boost pack polarity from basic to balanced, or power... for those who don't know... Just to say this, I don't know of the other people's version of the game, but IF you look at the clear case of the "Mark 1" armor of Constellation armor put the view dot on the border of the door and the case, and you don't have to lock pick the opening. you are allowed to bypass that part and get the armor for free
I ran with that Marksman AA-99 for AGES. I'm currently working on a Breach build with an Advanced Breach as the base. With slug shot, high-powered, semi-auto and a few more mods (that don't particularly affect damage) and 3 of the 4 shotgun perks, it does 704 base damage and in a sneak attack, I get a 2.5X bonus. I'm one shotting robots right and left as a shotgun sniper. My white whale is an Instigating Advanced Breach (double damage if target is at full health).
Got hundreds of hours played and didnt know about the secret ending for the legendary gear. Thank you
Tip for the mark 1 suit. You can move till your crosshair is in between the crack of the glass and you can grab everything without picking the lock.
I missed the Revenant. Kryx's legendary weapon that you obtain from the Crimson Fleet questline. That gun is brutal.
You didn't encounter a bug, Rafael's body is not in the control room, it's underneath it in a corner of the larger chamber.
I've been able to buy Varuun weapons from the General Store in Akila city with a level in the low to mid 50s. I even started getting calibrated versions in mid 50s.
For the Va'run weapons, you can't get them from drops at the sulfur mine, or if you're on a NG+ the "mysterious captian" seems to sell them pretty regularly
The Trickshot, a rare mag pistol, is on a mek right outside of One of a kind Salvage in the system you start in when you do a new game plus.
Also there are three ways to start the crimson fleet,
1) Get caught doing a crime and accept the secdef offer.
2) Refuse secdef offer and go to Cydonia (Skips all secdef parts)
3) Finish the Vanguard mission line and be assigned to secdef by the vanguard
You should include the trader. She sells VA’RUUN guns and a bunch of overpowered gear. Probably the best shop in the game.
Great video. Straight forward style. Love it. Learned a bunch. Even on things I'm already past was great to see in your video.
Looking for a video on how to organize and sell the right weapons collected and how not to sell a weapon you should have kept... so many choices. 😢
I get mad legendary gear and guns playing on very hard and running through abandoned buildings and taking out ecliptics. Each building i get atleast 2 legendary suits, helmets, and boost packs with perks and weapons with physical damage above 200. The highest damage weapon ive found so far is the magsniper with 611phy. dmg. worth 58,000 credits.
I picked up that Va'ruun Starshard when I was fighting on a Starstation or something. I'm pretty sure it was Starstation RE-939 (but don't quote me on that). After going back and forth to that place a few times, the Zealots dropped a Starshard and now my character's so OP haha There were actually some other pretty cool drops there too though
6:35 ...They fixed that bug on the Mark I Spacesuit...You use to be able to steal this ...but it doesn't work anymore.
The armor set in basement of the lodge can be had free without having pick the lock due to a bug. If you crouch next to the case & look at edge of the glass door the display of what you are viewing will change to "mannequin" which you can open and loot the Mark1 gear.
You can get the mark 1 spacesuit set right from beginning of the game without any lockpicking skills. You just have to find the gap in door and the case then loot the mannequin.
The mark 1 suit can be taken without leveling up lock picking. There is a glitch where if you find just the right spot in the door seam you can activate the mannequin and take the set
You need to look at Drop Mechanics and rates and how all that works for BES games. You have a few things that are mostly correct but not. You pointed people at a few randomly generated peices of loot that wont be the same or even similar in each persons game, some of them change every 48 hours UTC.
I got the Star born suit right off the bat when i started the game and i have yet to find a suit stronger. oh another tip. if your ship runs out of storage. just throw it on the floor. it will stay as long as you save your game.
I got "Assisted Carry" on my Mantis Jetpack, which gives me: Drain 75% less O2 when running encumbered.
For that Mk I set you don't even need to pick the lock if you look very closely there's a tiny gap on the door which allows you to access the mannequin and grab it and if its your first playthrough nobody is gonna put points into all lockpicking to master lock by lv5.
10:04 - You forgot to mention that the buffs on the armor are random.
So, you can reroll them like with the Mantis armor.
The star shard and inflictor can both be got by doing this cheat.
First go to a high level planet. The planet my outpost is at is level 75. Go to a planet not hostile. Land in an area where it’s flat, like plains, savanahs, deserts. Create an outpost. Scroll over till you see storage chest. Lay all the chests you can. (If you get polymer and titanium you can make more chests). Do a quick save. Load that quick save. After loading, open all the chests on the ground. It’s treats these chests as if they are dungeons and you can find anything in them. Even legendaries. My outpost is Masada III, System: Masada
I've had a couple of starshards drop after lvl 45. Most recent was on a "kill the va' ruun" quest off the mission board, at lvl 52. Zoomed it up on the workbench and gave it to Andreja with her particle weapon skills. Seemed fitting. Named it Andreja's Smile. Great vid, thanks for the info. You might also pay a visit to Kore Kinetics for some very powerful weapons.
I’m pretty sure I got the nishina legendary armor and I didn’t merge both worlds.
I don't know if you check comments on videos you posted 5 months ago but I do have one thing you should know. The spacesuit in the basement of the lodge You can get it without master lock picking! There is a bug in the game it's still there that I've learned from Danny AKA ESO. If you run your cursor dot along the edge of the door to that display case at one point along the seam between the door and the case itself you will find you can access the mannequin inside and get the space suit as I have done on all of my play throughs at lvl 1.
The Va'Ruun Starshard can be drops from Va'Ruun Zealot NPC's. I managed to snaffled one, as well as the melee weapon they have.
Save and max out difficult begore landing on "Forward Base 441".
When you grab the awesome armor the weapons on the racks are also randomly generated. I couple great weapons that way. I can't remember if the weapons upstairs randomly generat.
I have Peacemaker, but have never done the kidnapper quest.
I don't have the "Modified Advanced VA' RUUN Starshard".
But I do have the "Bashing Advanced VA' RUUN Starshard", that deals more PHYS and more ENGY, and that's with no mods yet
My go to weapon is the Va'arun Inflictor, and I didn't buy. I did some basic upgrading, most importantly scope and lense. You don't have to complete any quests, just go through all inventories of people you killed and boss loot boxes, you'll eventually find one. 120 armor is cute ... you can find well above 200 ... without completing all the silly fetch quests. But what really matters is that you max the relevant skills. The skills make even mediocre weapons, like the ones you are advertising here, very useful.
You don't even need master lockpick skills to get the Mark 1 Suit. The glass display case has gaps between the door, you can just loot the mannequin by clicking between the gap.
I'm really interested in trying out some of these new spacesuits. I'm currently on NG+5 and the mark 1 armour from the lodge basement is the most powerful armour I've found (lvl112) even more powerful then the starborne suit you get in terms of armour stats. Not so much with the environment resistance stats.
What if you just simply said no to SysDef and now they’re permanently mad at you? Are you stuck doing the crimson fleet side or can you still go the SysDef route?
I’m wondering if you get bounties or if you can still do us vanguard stuff afterwards 😂
@@sherrydowns4052 I’ve already completed the vanguard quest line, but SysDef will shoot me on sight 😂
If you say no you serve your time, and then the Crimson Fleet contacts you. So you can go through the quest line without checking in and playing double agent.
I got the va'ruun guns exploring high level planets, but on Neon I found their guns in the syndicate headquarters
Great video! I love the time stamps / chapters. The red rifle from the crimson missions is my current go to. I gave the starshard to Andreja
So when killing boss enemies, does the difficulty need to be set to (very hard) for the legendary drop rate before you KILL them or before you LOOT them?
Of 10 videos talking about the Mantis quest, only maybe 1 mentions that you can simply turn off the turrets in the tyrannis puzzle at the console 😅
On the 'Entangled' you don't have to destroy the turrets or robots you can just sneak to the portal on the right-hand side walk way enter the portal to access the control room and make the robots friendly. The bugs have to die though. Then follow the instructions on the body and everybody will survive and your get all the rewards.
I went to a level 70 system Archimedes pretty early found a superior mercenary suit tanky AF hard to get rid of unless i get a god tier legendary combo.. usually only get one useful perk
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but the bounty hunter armor/doom armor that you find in the mantis quest has ALWAYS been way better than the mantis set
Most of what you covered on stats will change with level and if you did NG+ or not.
If you do the lines later in the game when you're level 50 or higher the weapons will be much better. On par with Advanced weapons.
🤔 I was thinking the same thing having watched the video and then reading thru the comments to see if anyone else thought the same thing and with some confirmation. A lot of these guides are catered to new players who just want to accelerate thru the first few levels vs playing the game normally picking up stuff as they go. I’m at lvl 55 and have been playing the game like a sandbox just doing whatever I want away from the main story after picking up first temple power. I’m at the point where most weapons I pick up exploring facilities killing pirates and at vendors are either Refined or Advance level and at or getting close to the upper level in stats. So I’ve never done a single quest of any talked about in video. Thus I wondered if I went back and did a few of them, I wonder if the gear will scale up in stats to my level. So coming across your comment seems to likely confirm this.
Revenant is still my favorite brap-brap. I pull the trigger, it erases whatever I point it at.
Ive gotten numerous starshards as well as inflictors off enemies throughout my second play through.
Fyi
If you come across armor in a glass mannequin case just look at the slits in the corners and you can just scoop it up mind you you need to move slow and get the right angle but super easy way to bypass locked glass cases
You don't even need to hack the lock to the Mark I suit, if you stand infront of the case and go third person and aim for the seam on the door you can interact with the mannequin easy XD
Those Kodama rifles are amazing. Been ising one for most of my current play through 😂
12:00 Justified me being I am not no snitch 👍
As for as the turrets in the Mantis quest you can walk around the corner and deactivate them on the computer
Both of the Varuun weapons I got from crimson raider pirates on a generated structure. I've gotten a rare version of the knife and the pistol is stupid good. But they drop from crimson pirates.
Probably the best overall video i've seen for this. Thanks
Screw the puzzle... just lob a few grenades in there and be done with it. The Mantis armor is good early game but I eventually passed beyond the armor. The suit in the bottom of the Lodge can be gotten without picking the lock. If you crouch next it the case and look in the crack along the seem you can activate the mannequin.
One I have NEVER seen talked about that I picked up (and I don't know where) is labelled as Space Adept Commander's Refined Hard Target, Rare Rifle. Now I do not care for the legendary effect, but after upgrading it with mods it is still a beast. I do 281 physical and I have no weapon skill improvements. It only holds 5 rounds, but it makes a great sniper rifle. I also have one called Brute Force (a rare shotgun). Again the rare ability sucks (double bashing damage), but with slugs and high powered it does 286 damage. It has 15 round magazine too. These are my two main guns. I got them around level 40. I have a few other really nasty guns like a high level Old Earth Shotgun (not legendary) that I maxed out the mods on and renamed Thumper. It does 385 damage. Without mods I think it did 301 or something like that. That sniper rifle with Sneak level 4 and a recon scope is OP. You can one shot almost everything. Remember I have no weapon skills either and I don't even have Concealment yet. These are so good that I do not use the Starborn ones you get from the big fight.
My armor is Incendiary, Refined Experimental Nashina Spacesuit, Legendary mostly upgraded with mods (Ballistic Shielding, Explosive Shielding, Exo Servos, and Pocketed). It is 131/153/137 armor. I also have a Calibrate Bounty Hunter Stalk Balanced Pack (not Legendary) with mods (Oxygen Reserves and Medic) and 76/68/72 armor. The helmet is Reactive Refined Experimental Nishina Helmet (Legendary) modded (Ballistic Shielding, Sensor Array, Heavy Shielding, and Gravitic Composites) at 73/76/72. This is WAY better than the Mantic set and the Legendary effects on the two are pretty nice.
In the main quest, side with either the hunter, or neither of the starborn. When you finally meet up inside the burrowed temple, do not persuade. Just fight and defeat them. Emissary will drop Eternity's Gate, the legendary Va'Run implicator. Arguably the absolute strongest weapon in the game.
In regard to that Mark 1 armor set you can glitch the mannequin cases.
There's actually a secret vendor that you can only encounter randomly in the orbit of planets that won't sell to you until you've entered the unity at least once, but this vendor has unique variants of both varuun weapons. Don't forget your wallet though. Happy hunting.
You have to check both PCs and there's different switches for each universe to degauss.
The easiest way to get ahold of both of those is the doing the outpost weapon crate duplication. I've gotten some really good legendary ones.
You don't need lock picking just look between the the door line and it will flip to mannequin then just take armor. Better to be in first person then run the pointer were the two panels meet at the handle to be more specific.
16:40 So SF has a Titanfall 2 level, huh? Titanfall did the time travel trick very well
i think the unfair advantage has random affects because when i got it it was epic
Hey Dom. Been a while! But I thought I'd drop in and say that mine has bugged out on the Crimson Fleet quest where I have to collect some scanner. A little less buggy than Fallout 4 and Skyrim at launch but still a bit buggy. Hope you and yours are well. Cheers Mukka.
I'm glad your making starfield guides
I really like this game, but the only issue the biggest issue for me is the repetition of caves, factories, and outposts
Factories and outposts is forgivable since you expect these middle. Of nowhere outposts to be prefab. Bu caves with skeletons and glowing fungus on worlds that have never supported life is annoying
I was able to find the Varuun star shard pistol in the warehouse at hopetech wen I killed Ron Hope. It was just chillin in a weapon case. On the main floor in a corner
Amazing Tips! Thanks!
The ship also upgrades the more you NG+, it only upgrades to a 6th version though so you will max your ship before you max your suit and powers.
"huge staff of weapons" inside the mantis ship is really misleading...since its usually empty
Serpentis star system , every planet is a guaranteed va’ruun fight , your looking for , the “revolation”” star ships , isolate and board them on very hard , each one has an armoury on boarding , quick save before boarding to re-roll content’s
@22:15 they are level gated, they shopuld apear between level 60-75.
i got one in ng+ from a ship chest in a side quest, it was the quest where you had to fix some satellites so the families could communicate. but mine was randomly generated :)
The name of the gun store in Neon is Neon Tactical, not Terminal
Thanks for this because I'm getting really tired of mediocre weapons and armour getting only incrementally better with my missions.
Found a starshard at the trade authority on mars round level 25 on current play through.
On the nishina quest, you were looking in the wrong area for the body. He is on the floor under the control room over in the back corner
Just get the Revenant and console command 1m ammo, you don't need another weapon. It kills everything instantly. If you're into that kind of thing.