Expedition 7 Redux: Leviathan

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Expedition 7: Leviathan describes the 7th expedition in No Man's Sky.

Summary

This page documents the RE-RUN of the 7th community expedition of No Man's Sky, called Leviathan Redux. It began on 22 December 2022, and is set to end on 5 January 2023.

Expedition Background

Leviathan traps players inside a time loop, and offers a taste of roguelike gameplay. Difficulty is tuned to survival-mode settings, and every death means a reset of the loop (where players restart at the beginning of the expedition with all inventory reset). As players explore the loop, they will recover Memory Fragments: lost remnants of previous loops manifested as procedurally generated technology.

To ease the progress, players may collaborate with each other, as well as provide help to Specialist Polo as they research the loop’s peculiar manifestations. The more Travellers that participate in the research, the stronger the Memory Fragments become, manifesting in better upgrades, more inventory space, and stronger Multi-Tools and starships.

Shattered memories all point towards an encounter with an ancient space creature: The Leviathan.

Gameplay

Each player will start on the Scorched planet Christole Oich, approximately 300–600u away from their crashed starship, located at a random POI. The starting starship is a random solar with 11+9+3 slots.

The starting Multi-tool is a random 9-slot rifle with installed Scanner, Analysis Visor, and a broken Terrain Manipulator.

Both Starship and Multi-tool class reflects the global progress of searching Universal Loop. After Memory Fragments are upgraded to X-class, Starship and Multi-tool remain S-class.

The Exosuit has 18+8+0 slots loaded with a Save Point, a Portable Refiner, 5x Ion Battery, and a Memory Fragment (Exosuit). The initial avatar appearance is randomly-generated.

The player also owns a C-class Freighter with 16+8 slots which does not have installed Hyperdrive, and it does not seem it is possible to install one.

The player begins the game with the following blueprints already known:

• Crafted Products
  • Antimatter
  • Antimatter Housing
  • Warp Cell
• Equipment
  • Boltcaster
  • Hyperdrive
• Constructed Technology
  • Construction Research Unit
  • Portable Refiner
  • Save Beacon
  • Signal Booster
• Construction Parts
  • Several timber construction components

All Blueprints and Upgrade Modules in this expedition are prohibitively expensive, and many blueprints are "lost", so players will have to rely on awarded Memory Fragments and X-Class upgrade modules purchased in pirate-controlled systems as Suspicious Packet (Technology) and Suspicious Packet (Weaponry). All X-Class upgrade modules in this expedition will have stats higher than equivalent S-class modules. Crashed Ships are also a good source of blueprints.

Tasks & Rewards

Iteration 1

No	Badge	Task	Requirement	Rewards	Remarks
1		Remembrance Received a gift from the past	Absorb your first memory fragment	Memory Fragment (Personal Weapon)
2		A New Beginning?	Locate your starship	5x Life Support Gel 8x Ion Batteries 2x Starship Launch Fuel 3x Memory Fragment (Exosuit)
3		Observing the Cycle Begin to understand	Talk to Specialist Polo about your past memories	Memory Fragment (Inventory) 225x Sodium Solar Ray plans
4		Iterate / Repeat Rise from the ashes	Die	2x Memory Fragment Hermetic Seal plans Base Computer plans	This should be attempted as early in the expedition as possible, as death permanently resets progress and inventory (though it grants this milestone), and the Base Computer is needed to complete Iteration 2 milestone (The Anchor).
5		Bounds Testing	Provide Polo with raw materials to assist in loop research	Pre-packaged Hyperdrive technology Memory Fragment (Starship Weapon) Emergency Broadcast Receiver	Acceptable items are either 250 Liquid Sun, 200 Ancestral Memories, or 100 Somnal Dust, each stack considered a set; just one set will suffice. Five sets are needed in the Iteration 5 milestone Partners in Time.
6		Anchor Point 1	Reach the first anchor point	Memory Resonator plans 3x Memory Fragment (Inventory) 2x Memory Fragment (Exosuit)
7		Wake the past Faced the future	Reach the first loop via the Memory Resonator	Memory Imprint I 3x Memory Fragment 250x Chromatic Metal
8		(Optional) Loop 1: Cycle Observed	Complete the first universal loop	All Memory Fragments upgraded to B-class 3x Memory Fragments (Inventory) 8x Ion Batteries	Optional milestone; completion is based on global progression of this expedition.
9		Iteration 1	Complete all 7 mandatory Iteration 1 tasks	Leviathan Poster plans The Loop Poster plans Timesplice Poster plans

Iteration 2

No	Badge	Task	Requirement	Rewards	Remarks
10		Anchor Point 2	Reach the second anchor point	2x Memory Fragment (Inventory) 3x Repair Kit	Requires Emeril Drive
11		To Crave the Stars	Reach the second loop via the Memory Resonator	Portal glyph set 2x Memory Fragments Memory Imprint II	can be found by activating the Memory Resonator in (Anchor 2 star system)
12		The Anchor	Establish a base on an infested planet	5x Memory Fragments (Exocraft) Minotaur Geobay Nomad Geobay plans Nautilon Chamber plans
13		Universal Language	Learn 3 words of each alien language	Pre-Packaged Advanced Translator Memory Fragment 5x Ion Battery
14		Atonement Befriend an aggressive creature	Adopt a Predatory creature as a companion	150x Ancestral Memories 250x Faecium 5x Wild Milk
15		Fallen Giants	Explore a freighter crash site	2x Memory Fragment (Armament)
16		(Optional) Loop 2: Perpetuity	Complete the second universal loop	All Memory Fragments upgraded to A-class 3x Memory Fragments (Inventory)	Optional milestone; completion is based on global progression of this expedition.
17		Iteration 2	Complete all 6 mandatory Iteration 2 tasks	Temporal Starship Trail customisation

Iteration 3

No	Badge	Task	Requirement	Rewards	Remarks
18		Anchor Point 3	Reach the third anchor point	2x Memory Fragments (Exocraft) 2x Memory Fragment (Inventory) 2x Repair Kit
19		Obsession Feel their thirst	Reach the third loop via the Memory Resonator	Memory Fragment plans Memory Imprint III
20		Call of the Void	Steal 3 Whispering Eggs	6x Whispering Omelette 2x Memory Fragments (Exosuit) Memory Fragment
21		Calcified Echoes	Collect 2 Storm Crystals	2x Memory Fragment (Exosuit) 2x Memory Fragment
22		Self Improvement	Summon a Memory Fragment	250x Silver 250x Gold 5x Suspicious Packet (Goods)	Create and absorb a Memory Fragment following the blueprint given in the Obsession milestone
23		Taking It With You	Earn 500,000 Units	2x Memory Fragment (Exocraft) Crafting blueprints for the following components: Hydraulic Wiring Quantum Computer Amino Chamber Magnetic Resonator Solar Mirror
24		(Optional) Loop 3: Recursion	Complete the third universal loop	All Memory Fragments upgraded to S-class 3x Memory Fragments (Inventory) 2x Memory Fragment (Exosuit)	Optional milestone; completion is based on global progression of this expedition.
25		Iteration 3	Complete all 6 mandatory Iteration 3 tasks	Whalestalker Cloak customisation

Iteration 4

No	Badge	Task	Requirement	Rewards	Remarks
26		Anchor Point 4	Reach the fourth anchor point	2x Memory Fragment 2x Memory Fragment (Exocraft)
27		Monomania Witness their folly	Reach the fourth loop via the Memory Resonator	Memory Imprint IV 2x Memory Fragment (Armament) 2x Memory Fragment (Exocraft)
28		Hot Pursuit	Smuggle 500,000 units worth of Contraband	Forged Passport 4x Unearthed Treasure 2x Memory Fragment	Units are counted upon selling of the goods. Contraband goods can be bought from black markets in Pirate-controlled systems; NipNip Buds is also considered contraband.
29		Banished Glass	Shut down a planet's sentinel forces	5x Salvaged Glass Memory Fragment (Inventory) 2x Memory Fragment (Armament)	Can be done by disabling sentinels at a Sentinel Pillar console.
30		Pugneum Dreams	Eliminate 5 Sentinels	Sentinel Boundary Map 2x Memory Fragments (Armament) 4x Memory Fragment (Exocraft)
31		Cluster Horde	Earn 1,000 Nanites	10x Wiring Loom 250x Silver 500x Pugneum
32		(Optional) Loop 4: A Way Out?	Complete the fourth universal loop	All Memory Fragments upgraded to X-class 3x Memory Fragment	Optional milestone; completion is based on global progression of this expedition.
33		Iteration 4	Complete all 6 mandatory Iteration 4 tasks	Organic Frigate Calf plans

Iteration 5

No	Badge	Task	Requirement	Rewards	Remarks
34		Anchor Point 5	Reach the fifth anchor point	2x Memory Fragment A Dreadful Wailing
35		Another Chance Confront their past	Reach the fifth loop via the Memory Resonator	Memory Imprint V 1000x Tainted Metal
36		Partners in Time	Provide Polo with raw materials to assist in loop research 5 times	2x Memory Fragment (Inventory) 500x Activated Emeril	Acceptable items are either 250 Liquid Sun, 200 Ancestral Memories, or 100 Somnal Dust, each stack considered a set; five sets are needed. The first set used to complete Iteration 1 milestone Bounds Testing is included in the count.
37		A Shattered Past Remember an old song	Fully explore the Derelict Freighter	Whalesong Flute plans Cargo Bulkhead	The milestone title and requirements are encrypted in garbled text until the completion of the Another Chance milestone.
38		The Siren	Assemble the Whalesong Flute	3x Memory Fragment 5x Gravitino Ball	Encrypted until the completion of A Shattered Past.
39		Leviathan End the loop	End the loop through an encounter with the Leviathan	10x Frigate Fuel (200 Tonnes) 5x Fuel Oxidiser 8x Green Firework	Encrypted until the completion of The Siren. The encounter with the Leviathan will kill the player (as it grants the milestone), but will respawn them near their starship and will not reset their progress or inventory. If the encounter happens in Sophis, respawn will occur on Kasmajo Alpha at latitude/longitude +14.33, +43.86.
40		(Optional) Loop 5: Unbound	Complete the final universal loop	Memory Fragment (Inventory) 4x Memory Fragment	Optional milestone; completion is based on global progression of this expedition.
41		Iteration 5	Complete all 6 mandatory Iteration 5 tasks	Title: 'Looper' customisation Leviathan Expedition Decal plans Leviathan Expedition Banner customisation
42		Expedition #7	Complete every expedition phase	The Leviathan Frigate

Gallery

Initial Set-Up Sample

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