Exploration Guide

The subject of this article is from the Endurance update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 6 October, 2022.

Exploration Guide is a Location Information Register from the in-game guide.

Summary[]

This screen appears on the in-game guide, under the LOG tab. It will appear when the user selects the Exploration Guide under Secondary Missions on the left hand side of the display.

This page comes in two different format, depending on the location of a traveller when it is accessed - a star system information guide, or a planet/moon information guide.

Exploration Guide - Star System[]

This screen will display when the Exploration Guide is accessed while

In a starship in the upper atmosphere of a planet
In a Space Station
on the Space Anomaly
On a Frigate
On a Freighter
In an Atlas Interface space station
Free floating in space if ejected from your starship, freighter or a space station due to an in-game glitch

The guide displayed will contain the following information:

Stellar class useful for knowing the star colour
Age of the star system. Note: All star systems in a given region are the same age
Stellar Region name. Note: Phantom stars in a glitched region will display as ???????.
Planets Discovered: A count of planets AND moons discovered out of the total in the system
Dominant lifeform
Conflict Level
Economy: the Economy Type and the economic wealth level
A note to remind travellers that the wealth of a system influences how many goods they have available to sell. High-wealth systems are also more likely to have high-quality starships. High-conflict systems carry a risk of greater pirate interference.

Exploration Guide - Planet/Moon[]

This screen will display when the Exploration Guide is accessed while

In a starship in the lower atmosphere of a planet/moon
On the surface or in a building on the surface of a planet/moon
Under the surface of a planet/moon
Underwater on a planet/moon

The guide displayed will contain the following information:

Name of planet and the planet's description label related to its biome
Creatures discovered progress indicator: X out of total number of creatures on the planet/moon
Flora documented progress indicator: X out of total number of flora on the planet/moon
Minerals documented progress indicator: X out of total number of minerals on the planet/moon
Weather
Atmosphere: Composition of atmosphere in terms of % for a primary and secondary gas, followed by the phrase Trace Others (See list below)
Primary Core Element: (See list below)
Geology: (See list below)
Other Notes: (See list below)

Atmospheric Gas Types[]

The following atmospheric gas descriptions have been recorded from in-game data collection:

Argon
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
Chlorine
Chrysonite
Di-hydrogen
Dioxite
Fluorine
Helium
Hyglese
Methane
Neon
Nitrogen
Not present
Oxygen
Pxygen
Radnox
Radon
Sulphurine
Thamium
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Primary Core Element Types[]

The following core element descriptions have been recorded from in-game data collection:

Geology Types[]

The following geology descriptions have been recorded from in-game data collection:

Aberrant
Abhorrent
Alarming Symmetric
Algebraic
Ancient tunnels
Animated
Anomalous
Anti-Gravitational
Artificially structured
Basalt Plumes
Bisected
Blistered
Bombarded
Bored-Out Internals
Buried Rifts
Carved by ancient rivers
Cavernous
Computative
Craggy
Cratered
Creeping Fissures
Crystalline
Curiously Regular
Deep Chasm
Deep Clefts
Deep hollows
Deep Magma Chambers
Deep salt layers
Dense
Divergent
Dynamic
Electro-dynamic
Electro-magnetic
Eroded Valleys
Exotic
Extensive Underground Caverns
Extensive Meteor impacts
Fabricated
Foliated
Frequent Calderas
Geometric
Gorged
Heavily Metallic
Heteroclite
Hilly
Igneous
Impermeable
Irregular
Kinematic
Limestone
Latticed
Lurking Capstones
Lurking Voids
Mathematic
Meandering Faults
Metallic
Metamorphic
Mineral Rich
Monolithic
Montane
Mountainous
Multi-Dimensional
Non-porous
Oxidised
Partially Organic
Pillared
Polygonal
Porous
Post-Glacial
Recycled
Rift Valleys
Riven
Rocky
Rocky Spires
Rolling Downs
Rugged
Sedimentary
Shaped by Comets
Shaped by Giants
Sloping
Snaking Protusions
Sponge-like
Stone Monoliths
Structural Valleys
Sunked Colossi
Sunken Fissures
Superconductive
Synthetic
Tectonic collisions
Tectonic Skeletons
Towering Uplands
Ultra-Magnetic
Uncanny
Underground Caverns
Undulating
Uneven mineral distribution
Unnatural
Unnatural Crevasses
Unorthodox
Unstable
Upland Valleys
Vaulted
Very thin mantle
Volcanic
Volcanic Stacks

Other Notes List[]

The following descriptions have been recorded from in-game data collection for other notes:

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Accelerated erosion due to historical mining
Active georeactor in core
Alchemical based economy
Amphibious flora
Anomalous gravitational tilt
Arid land due to deforestation
Anti-Gravitational
Atmosphere depleted of ozone
Atmosphere was destroyed
Atmosphere was harvested
Atmosphere was stolen
Bacterial life detected
Bioengineered soil microbes
Biological life regrown after natural disaster
Buried weaponry all over surface
Bombarded by cosmic rays
Brittle planetary crust
Captured planet
Chemically inert soil
Chthonian planet
Commercial based economy
Constant fine dust in air
Construction based economy
Contaminated groundwater
Core density xx g u3
Core is almost solid
Core temperature: xxxx °K
Cursed
Dense atmosphere
Destroyed another planet in collision
Diameter: xx
Eccentric Orbit
Engineering based economy
ERROR
Evidence of ancient mass graves
Expanded light spectrum
Extremely diverse flora
Fast-moving cold fronts
Flora has pollinated other planets
Flora sweats ethanol
Formally rogue
Former exomoon
From another reality
Fungal roots extend for miles
High atmospheric pressure
High nanite cluster content in soil
High salt content in soil
High Tech based economy
Highly liquid core
Highly nutritious ash
Historical site of inter-clan conflict
Home to unique fungal prions
Industrial Based Economy
Infrequently Visited
Intense atmospheric pressure
Intense geomagnetic field
Interstellar gamma source
Localised vacuum events
Low atmospheric pressure
Manufacturing based economy
Mass Production based economy
Material Fusion based economy
Mathematical based economy
Medicinal properties in grass
Mercantile based economy
Metal processing based economy
Minerals formed from petrified wood
Mining based economy
Mummified remains discovered
Mutagens in soil
Nanite foam core
Nano-construction based economy
Naturally occurring GrahGrah in mantle
Never inhabited
No rainfall ever recorded
Nutrient-rich soil around traditional spawning sites
Occassional methane explosions
Once a commercial hub for NipNp exports
Only flying fauna
Ore Extracting based economy
Ore Processing based economy
Partially molten mantle
Pilgrimage site for followers of Nal
Planet's existence deemed highly improbable
Planet surface hotter than atmosphere
Pockets of quicksand
Population: xxxx
Power Generation based economy
Previously inhabited
Previously inhabited by Korvax
Prospecting based economy
Radioactivity is natually occuring
Reclaimed after First Spawn colonisation
Recovering from nuclear war
Reflective soil can caused retinal damage
Remarkably hairy vegetation
Research based economy
Rumoured hideout of divergent entities
Rumoured to house First Spawn relics
Said to contain a crimson core
Scientific based economy
Sentient airborne spores
Settled xx years ago
Shipping based economy
Slow rotation
Soil edible by fauna
Soil melts at midday
Strong magnetic field
Succulents have antibacterial properties
Sulphurous smell
Supersonic ice winds
Surface was once all cryosphere
Swarms of disease-bearing insects
Symbiosis between vegetation and mildew
Technology based economy
Thin atmosphere
Thin Ionosphere
Tilted axis of rotation
Toxic pollens in atmosphere
Trade levels: high
Trade levels: low
Trade levels: moderate
Trade levels: moderate
Trading based economy
Trees communicate via complex root network
Undergoing climate change
Unicellular organisms hidden in snow
Unstable orbit
Vegetation rapidly evolving
Vegetation frozen internally
Water stolen by cosmic siphoning
Waxy residue in soil
Weak magnetic field
Weak radio source
Winds heated by radiation
Xeno-colonisation in progress

Additional Information[]

Gallery[]

System Guide
Glitched Region
System Guide
Normal System