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Expedition 3: Cartographers describes the third expedition in No Man's Sky.
Summary[ | ]
This page documents the third expedition of No Man's Sky, called Cartographers. It began on 8 September 2021, three months after the end of the second expedition.
Gameplay[ | ]
Cartographers is focused primarily on deep exploration of a single planet. This season places all expeditioners on the toxic world of Gisto Major ( 405C0A958F08405C0A958F08 ), where their bespoke starship will require specialist attention to repair and launch into space.
All players start on a Toxic planet next to their broken starship which will require advanced materials to repair its advanced custom subsystems. Collecting and learning crafting of these materials can take several hours. The starting starship is a random exotic with 15+4 slots, equipped with a random weapon.
In addition to the blueprints known at the beginning of normal mode, the player also knows the following blueprints:
- Crafted Products
- Equipment
- Constructed Technology
- Construction Parts
- Several alloy construction components
The starting Multi-tool in Expedition 3 is a random C-class rifle with 19 slots and Analysis Visor pre-installed.
The Exosuit is initially equipped with two toxic protection upgrades and an X-Class upgrade to a Hazard Protection system; has a Save Point, Portable Refiner, and some Ammonia in the inventory; and has 45+8+16 slots. The initial avatar appearance is randomly-generated.
Milestones & Rewards[ | ]
Achieving each milestone results in substantial rewards in the form of Expedition Patches, Items, Blueprints, Exosuit, Starship Upgrades, Units, and Nanites.
Phase 1[ | ]
| No | Badge | Milestone | Requirement | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Autodiagnostics: 1 | Locate and board your starship |
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| 2 |  |
Earth Mover | Install a Terrain Manipulator |
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| 3 |  |
Foxhole | Find a natural shelter |
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| 4 |  |
Homecoming | Establish a base |
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| 5 |  |
Technosignature | Deploy and use a signal booster | |
| 6 |  |
Any Port in a Storm | Shelter inside a planetary building | |
| 7 |  |
The Pilgrim | Explore on foot: 5000u |
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| 8 |  |
Phase 1 | (Complete all 7 Phase 1 milestones) |
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Phase 2[ | ]
| No | Badge | Milestone | Requirement | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  |
Autodiagnostics: 2 | Repair the Advanced Launch System |
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| 10 |  |
Power Surplus | Generate 150 power |
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| 11 |  |
Matter Transport | Constructed a Teleporter |
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| 12 |  |
Fear the Sun | Excavate soil from underground: 1000u3 |
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| 13 |  |
Master of Elements | Navigate during storms: 1500u |
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| 14 |  |
Companionship | Adopt companions: 1 |
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| 15 |  |
Mechanical Man | Deploy the Minotaur |
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| 16 |  |
Phase 2 | (Complete all 7 Phase 2 milestones) |
Phase 3[ | ]
| No | Badge | Milestone | Requirement | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 |  |
Autodiagnostics: 3 | Repair the Waveform Engine |
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| 18 |  |
Geologist | Discover Minerals: 18 |
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| 19 |  |
Botanist | Discover Plants: 12 |
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| 20 |  |
The Complete Fauna | Find all creatures on the planet: 10 (It is not enough to "find" and scan all creatures, one needs to upload them through the Discovery page) |
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| 21 |  |
The Navigator | Chart waypoints: 4 | |
| 22 |  |
Herbicide | Eliminate Hazardous Flora: 20 |
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| 23 |  |
Industrialist | Extract Minerals: 1000 |
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| 24 |  |
Phase 3 | (Complete all 7 Phase 3 milestones) |
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Phase 4[ | ]
| No | Badge | Milestone | Requirement | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 |  |
Autodiagnostics: 4 | Repair the Pressurisation Capsule |
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| 26 |  |
Spaceport Alpha | Visit a planetary outpost |
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| 27 |  |
Network Online | Construct an additional Teleporter |
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| 28 |  |
Cross Country | Travel by Exocraft: 15000u |
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| 29 |  |
Detectorist | Dig up buried items: 5 (Find and unearth 5 Subterranean Organic Structures / Buried Cache.) |
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| 30 |  |
The Hills Are Alive | Summit a mountain of at least 625u |
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| 31 |  |
Rocketman | Spend 30 seconds airborne (May be achieved by sticking close to the edge in the Space Anomaly and jumping, or jumping from a Frigate.) |
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| 32 |  |
The Archaeologist | Excavate ancient bones: 10 | |
| 33 |  |
Phase 4 | (Complete all 8 Phase 4 milestones) |
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Phase 5[ | ]
| No | Badge | Milestone | Requirement | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 |  |
Lift Off | Leave the planet | |
| 35 | |
The Acrobat | Perform low-flight maneuvers |
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| 36 |  |
Welcome Aboard | Dock with the Space Station |
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| 37 |  |
Rendezvous 1 | Reach the 1st rendezvous (Reach the Colossal Archive at latitude/longitude +7.53, -46.80 on Cime VII) |
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| 38 |  |
Autodiagnostics: 5 | Repair the Frameshift Catapult |
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| 39 |  |
Interstellar | Warp to a new system |
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| 40 |  |
Rendezvous 2 | Reach the 2nd rendezvous (Reach the Portal at latitude/longitude -39.41, -151.32 on Teadlint Tau) |
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| 41 |  |
Phase 5 | (Complete all 7 Phase 5 milestones) |
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| 42 | |
Cartographers | Complete all 5 expedition phases |
Additional information[ | ]
Gallery[ | ]
Starship repair screen
Starship repair screen
Starship repair screen
Starship repair screen
Initial Multi-tool
Initial Exosuit inventory
Initial Exosuit inventory
Initial Exosuit inventory
Initial Starship inventory
Initial Starship inventory
Stage 1 complete
Stage 2 complete
Stage 3 complete
Stage 4 complete
Stage 5 complete
Expedition 3 complete
