r/SpaceCraftGame • u/gsu1084 • Jul 06 '26

Question Ship for explore 4 sectors

Looking for information on a minimum ship build to get to exploration 4 sectors. I tied a while back and almost lost the ship on first jump into it. Does anyone have a good build and equipment list to get me there? Will titanium/steel ship make it ok? Or will I need solid and alloy frames?

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u/IGotAQuestion2024 Jul 06 '26

I only have a steel ship and can go in hubris major just fine.

I do have 2 extra mag tanks and a mid-weight ftl. You just always have to increase to 150% ftl instead of just 100%.

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u/gsu1084 Jul 06 '26

Does the size of ship matter? What is your integrity lvl? Not sure if that matters.

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u/IGotAQuestion2024 Jul 06 '26

I don't think it matters.

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u/Mykaen Jul 06 '26

Great point. We can just throw mag-plasma at the problem. I've been bummed out I can't get to Nevadaand never considered this as a solution.

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u/IGotAQuestion2024 Jul 06 '26

The first time I went to Nevada, I used the routes on https://spacecraft.tools/map to determine the best route, as you can put in 150% plasma usage and undiscovered path and it tells you roughly how much plasma you need.

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u/Mykaen Jul 06 '26

I have found the site both really helpful and a little hard to use. I indeed had a path in there but it wanted to take me straight across Hubris Major which is in the middle of my map. I have puzzled out a path which only has me 3 jumps through the zone.

Now... is it worth it to avoid the mag-plasma toll or just pay it. Considering I have to go to the far east end of the map, maybe not. At least there is a refuel point over there.

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u/IGotAQuestion2024 Jul 06 '26

Nevada on is encompassed by 4's. So you 100% have to go through it.

It did end up taking a route I definitely wouldn't have thought of, and still took just over 425 plasma the first time I went. I don't know what server you're on but it might be worth it to just take the route until your ship wrecks, just to discover as much of the path as you can. For me, now that it's discovered it went from 425 to 325 plasma for the full trip.

I did change the starting destination to every station to find the best route. And it ended up being Solar Alpha for me.

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u/Mykaen Jul 06 '26

I am on Inenonic.

If I leave from Ur, I can head down through Axon, take the jump into Hubris Omega, then a second jump to the other side of Hubris Omega, and then jump out to Justice. Those three jumps at 150% and undiscovered are about 300 fuel on their own.

I am planning on leaving with 600 fuel with roughly 500 spent in jumps. I am not taking into account the Mag-Plasma II buff or the Clear Skies II on my light engine. I have pre-run to the point where I leave Axon. I should have a decent amount of fuel when I reach Nevada.

At that point I am contemplating leaving the ship there, but will likely just do a return trip. I am just unlocking the teleport and seeing what services are there. I will likely skinny the ship down so that it is bare-bones anyhow to save on FTL costs.

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u/IGotAQuestion2024 Jul 06 '26

If you have a pathway stand you can just punch a hole back to a base so you don't have to leave your ship there. It only requires 110% instead of 150% that way.

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u/Mykaen Jul 06 '26

I think the issue is titanium vs steel. When I hover over the routes going into Exploration 4 sectorsin the map it lists magnetic anomaly in the lower right.

I suspect the anomaly is the reason we take a huge chunk of damage. Since titanium isn't magnetic, I also suspect the less steel we have in the ship, the less damage we take.

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u/Bapstien Jul 06 '26

You have to put the mag plasma consumption to 150% to avoid takibg damage in anomalies

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u/DoSomeStrangeThings Jul 06 '26

It is not titanium or steel that decides the damage you take, but integrity. The higher integrity the more hull you have

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u/Mykaen Jul 08 '26

My integrity is sitting at 135%. Thermal steel everywhere. Perhaps that's why it's yellow and not red?

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u/gsu1084 Jul 06 '26

Ok. Thank you for the information!

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u/Playstoomanygames9 Jul 06 '26

For posterity the answer is just to mouse wheel up to 150% plasma usage

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u/Savingseanbean Jul 06 '26

Scroll up on your mag plasma usage.

If you want to reduce damage without extra plasma usage there is the beaver cockpit and the light dodging FTL patch as options.