VU 24.4 | Elder Instances

[DarkMoonEnigma]

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VU 24.4 | Elder Instances​

Galactica Elder Mission​

• Unlocks when Disciple of the Elder Gods is completed
• Repeatable Mission
• Kill Thawr (Marauder, Slayer and Queen) on Planet Toulan
• Kill Otis (All Levels) on DSEC9
• Reward: Mission Galactica Coin (Elder) – Tradeable
• This coin can be used to upgrade the Modified Restoration Chip to the Augmented Restoration Chip as part of the new stage of the Galactica Mission Chain.
• The mission will show up as Toulan Galactica Elder Mission in your Mission Tracker

Additional Information:

• to unlock the Galactica Elder Mission, you first have to engage in the Church of the Elder Gods Elder Robes Mission Chain
• there is a mission thread for both DSEC9/MoM and Toulan since hunting missions are different, mining missions are the same
• you have to collect 150 Elder Tributes to first get the Initiate Elder Robe
• then collect 420 Elder Tributes to get the Disciple Elder Robe - (Elder Tributes roll over to next level)
• once you have the Disciple Elder Robe, this unlocks the Galactica Elder Mission to get the Galactica Elder Coin
• upon entering the Elder Church at either DSEC9/MoM or Toulan, this mission will be listed on the pop-up mission list
• if you do not have your Disciple Elder Robe yet it will not appear
• this mission is listed above and is not a quick run, it's more like an epic run and will take you a while to accomplish it
• once you have achieved getting your Galactica Mission Elder Coin, the hand-in is part of the Howling Mines Space Mining release, but MA announced today that this release was moved to the 1st Qtr 2025
• this coin is tradeable

ALERT ... trying to borrow someone's High Priest/Priestess Elder Robe to unlock missions will not work ... it's the 5th and final Elder Robe and the only tradeable Elder Robe, but it won't work if loaned to anyone else. You will only benefit from the increased carry weight of 30kg, but other than that, this final Elder Robe won't be useful to anyone else.

Weekly Elder Missions​

• Unlocks when Worship the Elder Gods is completed - (beginning of mission chain to achieve the Initiate Elder Robe)
• Reward: 50 Elder Tributes
• Kill Thawr (Slayer, Marauder and Queen) on Planet Toulan
• Kill Otis (All Levels) on DSEC9
• Find enough Aqeeq Stone or Nawa Drops (DSEC9/Toulan)
• Mining Around DSEC9
• Mining Around Toulan

MINING NOTE ... the new mining missions are set to unlock at High Priest/Priestess level right now, but they will be lowered to the Worshiper level in a future patch.

Elder Solo Instances​

• Free to Enter Instance with creature spawns to support the new Weekly Elder Missions and Galactica Elder Mission
• Accessible via the ‘Symbol’ on the outside at the back of the Church
• Elder Thawr Instance (Marauder, Slayer & Queen maturities) accessible from Planet Toulan Church
• /wp [Planet Toulan, 137269, 92209, 119, Waypoint]
• Elder Otis Instance (Level 01-09) accessible from DSEC9/MoM Church
• /wp [DSEC9, 38080, 23954, 105, Waypoint]
• Note ... the Otis Solo Instance is not available at present and will be fixed in a future patch.

Elder Dynamic Wave Instances​

• Free to Enter Instance with creature spawns to support the Elder Missions
• Accessible via the ‘Symbol’ on the outside at the back of the Church
• The instance is initiated once the first person enters
• The instance will continue until the last player leaves
• Featuring some of the creatures at different maturities needed for the Elder Missions
• Planet Toulan (TabTab, Dahhar, Mokhat, Qaffaz, Duhol)
• DSEC9 (Shogghols, DSEC Bot CB, DSEC Talus DHR, Zokaraneus, Cult of Shut’thend)

Festive Gifts​

• Receive 5 x Green Buff Cracker | Speak to Valeria on DSEC9 at the main TP to receive your gift
• Receive 5 x Red Buff Cracker | Speak to Thana on Planet Toulan at the Info Desk at the Citadel to receive your gift

Harvesting on DSEC9​

• Altered the Locations of Trees, added more to Larches Green
• Added I'm Just a Simple Wood Cutter mission to Larches Green
• Collect 1000 Wood Shavings and receive 1.5 PED Universal Ammo
• Find ‘A Stranger in the Clearing’ for more information -- /wp [DSEC9, 38575, 23408, 122, Waypoint]
• Harvestable trees do not respawn in the same place, so hard to know how long they take to respawn
• Make sure to have your Outline feature active because it makes it easier to spot them
• If you go out into the field where all the mushroom-like trees are and just run around where they are grouped, then the harvestable ones will just pop up in front of you, and sometimes 2-3 at a time

ADDITIONAL CHANGES/FIXES​

• Added Sunjoq Young to Sweat Island
• Added option to skip finding TabTab teeth in Learning To Craft mission (Part of New Player Mission Chain).
• Lowered the reload speed for Elder Seeker Finders. The Elder Tribute Trader will now be stocked with Seekers
• Leveled Terrain by Pit North

 

[Hally]

Im happy

 

[Littlestar b-k]

Love the elder instance. All mobs in one place sorted by size. Will certainly speed up my progress.
Have not tryed yet but i hope a team wil get a solo instance going. I'll try that out later.
Gotto get back to work.

Wave up to Mokhat works fine. Didn't have time to test furder.

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

I updated the first post with additional information regarding the Galactica Elder Mission to help give clarity and steps that need to be taken in order to unlock that mission.

 

[Soloman @Black Mesa]

Looks like some new weapons and Arson chip at Elder Trader

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

Looks like some new weapons and Arson chip at Elder Trader

Those have been there for a while now ... 2 VUs ago we added the high-end weapons, and the last VU we added the mid-level weapons and Elder Finders.

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

I also updated the first post with an ALERT that trying to borrow someone's High Priest/Priestess Elder Robe won't work to unlock missions ... you have to go through the process of achieving each Elder Robe yourself. The High Priest/Priestess Elder Robe is the 5th and final Elder Robe and the only one that's tradeable, but would have no value to anyone else other than the increased carry weight.

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

I updated the first post regarding the new mining missions ... they are current set to unlock at the High Priest/Priestess level, but they will be lowered to the Worshiper level in a future patch.

Also, the Solo Otis Instance at DSEC9/MoM is not available right now, and that too will be fixed in a future patch.

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

Updated the first post again to indicate that the Galactica Elder Mission shows up as Toulan Galactica Elder Mission in your Mission Tracker ... a few had difficulty finding it.

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

Added more helpful info in the Harvesting section of the first post.

 

[NevadaJake]

This coin can be used to upgrade the Modified Restoration Chip as part of the new stage of the Galactica Mission Chain.

Hey this is interesting, have they let us know what the resulting upgraded chip is?

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

Hey this is interesting, have they let us know what the resulting upgraded chip is?

From Modified to Augmented ... I'll add that in the release notes.

 

[DarkMoonEnigma]

Added to the release notes in the first post that the Galactica Elder Mission Coin will upgrade the Modified Restoration Chip to the Augmented Restoration Chip.

 

[Hally]

A little feedback, on the new instances

First off, theyre bloody amazing, and i love that theyre in !

The wave, the system where they are ffa isnt ideal because given that people have different dps its quite possible that one player out dps another and thus cause them not to finnish their tribute on that round (this can be manualy fixed by making a team of you and enter, this way others cant enter your event, just remember to close the team before shooting)
I would also wish there was a way to include the caboria maybe the waters outside, thers no good dense spot on toulan to hunt them, so this would be ideal.
When it comes to the last leg of the wave with the duhol, theyre a bit aggro, a bit many and they swarm quite fast, so in the end when the 60 sec warning comes up you often have 30+ on you and then when the instance ends you get closed out and they "dissapear" this leaves you with decay on the mobs and "lost peds"
Lastly thers a big deep hole with no apparent function other then to maybe catch people not paying attention, its kinda fun, but you cant get out and have to press t to escape.

Thawr instance

Thawr are quite the challange and the mission is a good challenge, i love it, even if i havnt sorted a good armor option for it yet (lets get that upgrade chain for baraka and plates !)

Thers a few small things id love to have set up different thou:
The queens are quite a bit more difficult than the other 2, could we maybe have spawns that are more focused, so that each type is more grouped ?
Thawr has maybe the most interresting movement pattern of any mob in game, the way the prance around looks cool, but with the relative high density and high aggro range, all of a sudden you are charged by multiple, making it hard to get into the grind, being hard is ok, dying to rng often is less fun. Also im not advocating for the fish in a barrel approach we see with some other instances on other planets, but maybe a tweak ?

All in all solid additions, and the above is just my take on it as a player

 

[Bambideath]

made a small intro video for the elder wave ,

 

[Hally]

having now done the dsec wave i can say that the math is definetly off on wave 5, i reckon less then 1% of players in the game has enought dps to deal that much dammage in the alloted time, i myself got just over 50% and even with the best pills and my most tight setup couldnt get anywhere near the 100% so it failed, also thers lvl 4 and 5 cultists in the spawn with the lvl 24 ones, they seem oddly out of place.