Archaeological Digs

[AdaRynin]

@sheralmyst

So it seems Recovered Items are basically junk.

For new players, processing slime etc. is one way to get nanites, but for a fully decked out character, these are peanuts.

[Crimsontine]

Archaeology — Junk vs Value

@sheralmyst @DevilinPixy

Click ‘SUMMARY’ for a full breakdown…

Summary

BEYOND vs ORIGINS - 2 very different eras!

I can see that the opening post has now been edited to reflect the following…

@sheralmyst

So it seems Recovered Items are basically junk.

Perhaps we should start a junk topic, @Starmza and @temp, thanks for checking out the new buried items.

For the purposes of the archaeology topic, let’s stick to the type of items that are found at the ancient ruins. Refer to the Doc in the top post. Ancient Ruins can be found by finding monoliths and Seeking Knowledge of the Past.

In the meantime, I turned in the Biological Sample of Invisible Weeds and received!

Summery of the above…

@sheralmyst

So it seems Recovered Items are basically junk.

Perhaps we should start a junk topic ?

Thanks for checking out the new buried items.

However…

‘Recovered Items’ and ‘Valuable Rock Samples’ do not always ‘PROCESS’ into or result in “JUNK.”

For instance…

Valuable Rock Sample:

Dig up the rock, and then mine the rock…

Result? - Receive ‘Valuable Rock Sample’

Next, analyze the ‘Valuable Rock Sample’

Result? - Receive ‘Enriched Alloy Metal’

This is valuable - not “JUNK” !

Next…

There are - (at least 2) - different kinds of ‘Recovered Items’

And it varies what you get back from these…

For instance…

@Starmza

These are the scrapes I found…

At 1st glance, “LOST SUMBLIMATION PUMP” may sound like ‘JUNK’… but if you ‘DISMANTLE’ it, although it says, “Process damaged technology into parts”… you actually get back from it…

• Cadmium, Tritium, Indium, Gold, Platinum, etc.

These are ‘VALUABLE’ substances! - No?

@Starmza

Here are some more new finds for the list…

At 1st glance, “MINERAL RECORD” or “SPECIES RECORD” (or otherwise “Discovery Data”) or something similar… may sound like fragmented pieces of ‘JUNK’… but if you ‘ANALYZE’ it, you’ll “Process data into Nanites”…

This is ‘VALUABLE’ currency! - No?

However…

‘Recovered Items’ that result in “JUNK”…

@Starmza

I Found both these digging.

@Starmza

From this organic matter…

@Starmza

Choosing ‘PROCESS PROTEIN’ gave this…

Thus resulting in ‘JUNK’…

And in this case ‘RUNAWAY MOULD’, with a total value of $1,120 UNITS…

Not nearly as valuable as certain ‘FOSSILS’ and ‘HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS’…

However…

This is ‘VALUABLE’ currency! - No?

Conclusion…

“One man’s junk is another man’s treasure”

@Starmza

You dig these plants and rocks out of the ground, and then you have to use your multi-tool’s mining beam on them. And no, they do not count in your discoveries when you scan them or analyze them.

@Argh

From the diggable blobs @Starmza showed, I’ve gotten a bunch of variations of those “scraps of organic matter” (sorry, didn’t screenshot). All of mine just processed into small amounts of junk like living slime.

The crystals were much better, all giving "glowing mineral"s which processed to valuable mineral products.

@DevilinPixy

I updated and made some changes to the spreadsheet, including the following new categories:

• Recovered Item
• Valuable Rock Sample

Keep digging for treasure everyone, you’ll never know what you’ll find

@sheralmyst

Due to the ORIGINS update greatly expanding the list of what can be unearthed, the thread title and concept of “Archaeological Digs” (which hearkens back to the BEYOND era) is facing the dilemma of a drastically changed, enriched and even weirder universe, where the process of ‘DIGGING’ for ‘BURIED TREASURE’ is no longer so easily defined as “ARCHAEOLOGY” for the purpose of unearthing ‘FOSSILS’ and ‘HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS’.

Why? — Because, in ORIGINS, we unearth anything, everything and then some.

Therefore, I see 2 options…

1. Let everyone keep posting ALL their findings here in this one thread;
2. Or — Create multiple threads, breaking down every possible finding.

So far, the exception is The Black Market thread, but do note that these can be unearthed, as well. And also note, that there is a fine line between ‘VALUE’ and ‘JUNK’, because even junk has value.

@Starmza

Share your banned and underground, if not illegal, discoveries here.

Disclaimer: Only from within the sci-fi universe of No Man’s Sky.

And therefore, perhaps…

With the exception of The Black Market…

I’d suggest allowing all unearthed items in this ONE thread.

[Crimsontine]

@temp

With all the digging lately, I finally decided to start Restoring the Excavated holes

Fortunately, and you can test this theory, I believe the holes refill after sometime.

They only seem to remain, when dug around the base, or unless in that case restored.

[kliktrak]

Hi on the topic of junk items unless they have changed it in Origins update,

Runaway Mould can be refined into nanites

Refining path:

Residual Goop > Viscous Fluids > Living Slime > Runaway Mold > Nanites

[Starmza]

I was warping to my planet when a Korvax hailed me and I did a trade with him and received this…

This item is very similar to what is awarded at a colossal building, if turning in a Biological Sample. The same thing happen to me with this item, but it was from being hailed by an anomalous object…

And so what I found is a lost artifact and a terrifying relic.

[DevilinPixy]

I am fine with whatever you all think fits the topic of Archaeological Digs. I just added the 2 new categories to the sheet, because from what I understood so far, they are found in more or less the same way, by digging them up, hoping for it to be treasure. I could be wrong though, as I have not really played the new update just yet, nor have I had a chance to data-mine the source files.

If the process is indeed the same, I just figured I might as well track those finds in the sheet, regardless of whether it fits this topic or requiring a new topic. I just managed to utilise the same sheet by adding a single column. If need be, I can track these in a separate sheet as well, by adding an extra tab instead, making it easier to differentiate between them.

It is obvious that the mechanic is somewhat different, even though some of the descriptions share similarities with previous categories. With these new ones, you break them down by processing or analysing, to receive nanites, items, parts, or resources instead of turning them in at your local Trade Station. The ‘static’ value of these rewards all appear to be quite a bit lower, although game value can be debated of course.

I am actually curious if all the previous categories still exist, or if some of them have been removed or changed. It does appear, from some of your finds, that already existing categories are still present and unaltered (so far).

Either way, I’ll leave it up to you all to decide what to do with the new finds. Not having played just yet, I am in no position to have a say in this. I do however wonder, if the process is truly similar, if it merits a separate topic just because the reward is not quite the same. Having a separate topic for these, may end up being confusing to some?

[sheralmyst]

There is so much to dig up now it could easily become confusing. Let’s just go with what we have and see what happens.

[DevilinPixy]

I am totally fine with that and will just roll with it. This update came with loads of changes, leaving everyone somewhat confused for now I guess. I am sure we will all figure it out eventually, with a lot of ‘new ground’ to cover

[unique]

@Starmza

They only reward nanites. They do not count as a discovery. I don’t know if they correspond with any of the planet’s discoveries.

The ones I’ve seen do correspond to discoveries on the planet.

[sheralmyst]

Traded this

for this

[Starmza]

After excavating the remains of some long forgotten plants,

I got Faecium from this organic matter after I processed it.

I got Mordite from this organic matter after I processed it.

So these “hairy remains” resulted poop and quite a lot, actually…

While the Kraken tendril resulted death and of a similar amount.

[Starmza]

[Crimsontine]

Suggestion

Cutting back on confusion…

Why not simplify the title of this thread and its description:

Archaeology

Share all your ancient relics here, regardless of how weird, or however they may be found.

Otherwise, an alternative would be…

Alienology

Why? Because what is unearthed from digging can also be unearthed from trade negotiations, reward systems and a long future of updates yet to come, with potentially even more anomalous items and likewise interactions. In other words, less emphasis on digging and more focus on the cultural exchange.

EDIT:

@Crimsontine

After spending more time with Origins…

[…] I agree with you, the only thing that changes is their title, value and result. And while I also agree that they’re not worth cataloguing, unless studying their aforementioned subtilties, it is for that very reason that I’m not even sure if they warrant their own thread. However, some of these new items may in fact be of some level of interest, but it is also hard to say, specifically the ‘Fragments of Discovery Data.’

Nonetheless, I believe your adding Metal Detector Enthusiasts in the intro, or basically just something along those lines, is probably the best bet. This way they do at least have a home, and you’re well prepared, just in case Hello Games drops a ‘mindblown’ with added stories, and more items, or idk.

[…] Originally, which was early Origins, I had suggested renaming this thread ‘Archaeology’, so as to put less emphasis on the digging and more on the cultural exchange, but I only made that suggestion in view of the new items and what appeared to be numerous means of attaining these. And while ‘Archaeological Vault’ does certainly work as well, ‘Archaeological Digs’ does put more emphasis on their primary…

‘Origins.’

[Starmza]

I found this at an ancient ruins…

Fossil Samples like the above aren’t accepted at the Colossal Building.

Previously…

@Starmza

I was warping to my planet when a Korvax hailed me and I did a trade with him and received this…

So I then traded it at a Colossal Building…

And I got this in return…

[sheralmyst]

All of the recovered broken items and blobs of matter have exactly the same descriptions. They really do not belong in this topic. They are not really worth cataloguing. However, I have added Metal Detector Enthusiasts in the intro to try and explain these new items.

[sheralmyst]

Excellent profit on that Welder’s Ax!

[sheralmyst]

[Starmza]

2 items I received at a Colossal Building by trading…

I found this at an ancient ruin…

This one by digging…

[sheralmyst]

I will leave it up to @DevilinPixy to decide if we want to catalogue these species records. I am afraid there may be so many of them…but they are interesting because I wonder if this planet and this animal actually exist in the game someplace and if we were to go there (which would only be possible if we knew what system it is in) would it show as discovered? Probably asking for way too much.

[Starmza]

At the new Celestial Archives what type of biological samples does it except?

Also, where do I find these biological samples?