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STORY MISSIONS

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Join minds with Priest Entity Nada to investigate, meet, and perhaps befriend the mysterious robotic Autophage. A guided mission chain brings many hours of narrative and adventure, exploring the origin of these secretive constructs and what it means for the universe as a whole.

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INSTRUCTIONS

TITLE

REWARD

  • Complete 'The Purge'.

  • Complete 'A Trace of Metal'.

  • Complete 'Harmonic Seal' (Unlock the tool cabinet at a Harmonic Camp).

Prerequisites

Incoming Message

  • Reach the remote location to investigate the hijack source.

  • Interact with Autophage Head.

  • Scan the head.

  • Say you don't understand.

  • Offer Atlantideum.

Investigate the hijack source

Unknown coordinates extracted from Autophage head.

  • Go to the marked Monolith.

  • Interact with Discordant Interface to fuse Monolith with Atlantideum.

  • Explore the Past, Present & Future at the Monolith.

Explore the extracted coordinates

Autophage Words.

  • Speak to the Autophage Head.

  • Install a Scan Harmoniser.

  • Use Harmoniser to meet & talk to cloaked Autophage.

Converse with the Autophage head.

  • Consult with Nada.

Consult with Nada

Check if catch up missions needed.

  • Consult Polo about the Autophage .

  • Locate an Echo Seed.

  • Awaken the Construct.

[Additional if Expedition 10 was not completed.]

The Construct.

  • Consult with The Construct.

  • Report back to Nada.

Consult with The Construct

  • Complete 'Prayers of the Machine'.

  • Complete 'Audience with the Autophage'.

Expand the Investigation

  • Korvax Simulation Terminal Core.

  • Factory Operations Terminal.

  • Space Station Core.

  • Personal Starship.

PRAYERS OF THE MACHINE

  • Interact with Korvax Simulation Terminal on the Space Anomaly.

  • (Atlantideum Required).

POTM - Korvax Simulation Terminal Core

  • Interact with Factory Operations Terminal.

  • (Atlantideum Required).

POTM - Factory Operations Terminal

  • Interact with Space Station Core.

  • (Atlantideum Required).

POTM - Space Station Core

  • Interact with Personal Starship.

  • (Atlantideum Required).

POTM - Personal Starship

  • Install a Polyphonic Core

  • Enter an Autophage Site

  • Complete a mission for the Autophage

  • Converse with the Autophage

  • Construct the Fibreglass Grip

  • Warp to meet more Autophage

  • Earn a core for the Voltaic Staff

  • Construct the Atlantideum Chamber

  • Earn a head for the Voltaic Staff

  • Construct the Voltaic Staff

AUDIENCE WITH THE AUTOPHAGE

Voltaic Staff

  • Install a Polyphonic Core.

  • Charge the Core with Atlantideum

  • Use Core to find & enter an Autophage Site.

AWTA - Install a Polyphonic Core & Enter an Autophage Site

Autophage Race revealed.

  • Speak with the Autophage.

  • Complete a simple procedural mission.

  • Hand in mission.

AWTA - Complete a mission for the Autophage

Fibreglass Grip BP.

Autophage Standing.

  • Converse with the Autophage.

  • Ask the Autophage about the Fibreglass Grip.

  • Construct the Fibreglass Grip.

  • Warp to meet more Autophage.

AWTA - Converse with the Autophage

  • Go to another Autophage Camp.

  • Show the completed Fibreglass Grip to an Autophage.

  • Complete a simple procedural mission.

  • Hand in mission to earn the Atlantideum Chamber blueprint.

  • Ask the Autophage about the Atlantideum Chamber.

  • Construct the Atlantideum Chamber.

  • Warp to meet more Autophage.

AWTA - Earn a Core for the Voltaic Staff

Atlantideum Chamber BP.

Autophage Standing.

  • Go to another Autophage Camp.

  • Show the completed Atlantideum Chamber to the marked Autophage.

  • Earn a head for the Voltaic Staff by completing a simple procedural mission.

  • Hand in mission to earn the Concentric Transducer blueprint.

  • Ask the Autophage about the Concentric Transducer.

  • Construct the Concentric Transducer.

AWTA - Earn a Head for the Voltaic Staff

Concentric Transducer BP.

Autophage Standing.

  • Interact with the Autophage Synthesis Terminal / Harmonic Interface.

  • Assemble the Voltaic Staff.

  • Show the completed Voltaic Staff to the marked Autophage.

AWTA - Construct the Voltaic Staff

Voltaic Staff.

  • Speak to the lifeboat.

  • [Note that progress will be temporarily blocked here if you have a Void Egg in your inventories, as it will override this Space Encounter].

Seek the Fragment of a New Atlantid

Autophage Words.

  • Present Atlantideum to a portal.

  • Step through the portal.

Seek a hidden gateway

New Destination.

  • Don't Panic!

  • Speak with the Atlas.

  • Reveal Atlantideum.

  • Push Atlantideum closer [ OR ] Put Atlantideum away.

  • Watch [ OR ] Turn away.

  • Submit [ OR ] Question.

  • Choose fear [ OR ] Choose hope.

  • Submit [ OR ] Defy [ OR ] Comfort.

Speak with the Atlas

  • Tell Nada about the Atlas.

  • Reveal Atlantideum.

  • Give Atlantideum [ OR ] Refuse.

Consult with Nada

Autophage missions.

Autophage Standing page.

EVERY MISSION STEP - SCREENSHOTS (Currently Building)

They Who Returned

MISSION STEPS (Currently Building. For now just use the picture guides).

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