Getting Started Guide

New Player Intro Video

Rather than read a whole bunch of writing, you might want to check out the New Player Intro Video, which takes you from the start of a new game and shows the basics, then touches on many other parts of this guide.

Basics

• 1 Launching the game
• 2 Game HUD
• 3 Resources
• 4 Controlling the ship
• 5 Equipment Overview
  • 5.1 Weapons
  • 5.2 Other equipment
  • 5.3 Tiers
  • 5.4 Visual indicators
• 6 Equipment Management
  • 6.1 How to equip
  • 6.2 Artefacts
  • 6.3 Binding keys
  • 6.4 Collecting Loot
  • 6.5 Getting rid of excess equipment
• 7.0 Options Menu

Navigation

• 1 How to fly to different sectors and systems
• 2 Minimap
• 3 System Map
• 4 Galaxy Map

Missions, Events, Stations

• 1 Missions
• 2 Events
• 3 Recovering Stations
• 4 Docking at Stations
• 5 Destroying Pirate Outposts

Upgrading

• 1 Collecting Scrap
• 2 XP & Levels
• 3 Abilities
• 4 Upgrading ship
• 5 Repairing ship
• 6 Upgrading equipment
• 7 Trading ship for a better model
• 8 Hiring companion

Other tidbits

• 1 Saving & loading
• 2 Villains
• 3 Environmental hazards
• 4 Missile auto-targetting
• 5 Status effects
• 6 Using consumables

Reference

• 1 Graphics settings
• 2 Default key bindings
• 3 Console Commands