Expedition 21, called Remnant, is now live in No Man’s Sky, and players can complete a set of tasks to get some amazing rewards.
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The latest community expedition is the first fresh one we have had this year. The expedition has several tasks broken into different phases. Let’s look at all the tasks and their conditions.
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How to start the Remnant expedition in No Man’s Sky
To begin the expedition, you’ll have to visit the Anomaly.
- Summon the Anomaly when you’re in the space, and head inside with your ship.
- Go to the Expeditions terminal located at the main entrance.
- Accept the Remnant expedition to begin the latest community event.
- Make sure to create an alternate save before beginning the expedition.
All Expedition 21 (Remnant) tasks in No Man’s Sky
There are five separate phases to complete. Each phase has separate tasks with its own individual requirements.
Phase 1
| Task | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Wasteland | Investigate the processing facility |
| Magnetic Personality | Install the Gravitino Coil |
| Flux Calibration | Test the field equipment |
| Utility Vehicle | Outfit a Colossus for hauling |
| Tipper | Transport and process industrial waste |
| Checkpoint I | Reach the 1st waste heap |
| Road Trip I | Transport and process five special industrial waste |
Here’s how you can complete the tasks.
- Reach the nearest Waste Processing Plant and interact with the control panel.
- Learn how to craft the Gravitino Coil.
- At this point, you’ll find the first beacon. Keep interacting with every beacon you find until you have registered six of them.
- Craft a Colossus Geobay with five Metal Platings. Change the default chassis to Flatbed Module.
- Put three waste pieces on the Flatbed of your Colossus. Park the vehicle in the red zone in the plant and unload the waste. Interact with the panel to process the waste.
- Reach Checkpoint I (marked on your map), and bring back five industrial waste (this task is the same for all five phases. The checkpoints will always be marked on the map, and you need to bring back five waste and process them).
Phase 2
| Task | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Auto Mechanics | Design Colossus configurations: 0/1 |
| Big Dig Rig | Install and Excavation Blade |
| Lay Waste | Excavate obstacles in the Colossus (500) |
| Roadkill | Collide with fauna in an Exocraft (8) |
| Weeds in the Tyres | Eliminate hazardous flora (20) |
| Checkpoint II | Reach the second waste heap |
| Road Trip II | Transport and process five special industrial waste |
Here’s how you can complete the steps.
- Open the Colossus customization menu and save your current config.
- Enter the building mode and deconstruct the Geobay. Craft three Carbon Nanotubes, and install the Excavation blade.
- Destroy objects worth 500 resources by driving over them with the Colossus.
- Hit any eight creatures using the Colossus.
- Destroy 20 hazardous plants by running over them with the vehicle.
Phase 3
| Task | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Motor Optics | Install a Cyclops Scope |
| Safari | Scan a creature from an Exocraft (6) |
| Minecraft | Harvest resources from an Exocraft (500) |
| Sandstone | Visit a Monolith |
| Roadsigns | Chart Waypoints |
| Checkpoint III | Reach the third waste heap |
| Road Trip III | Transport and process five special industrial waste |
Here’s how you can complete all the steps.
- By now, you should have unlocked the Cyclops Scope blueprint. Craft it with two Microprocessors and one Hermetic Seal and install it on the Colossus.
- Use the Colossus’ scan feature to document at least six creatures.
- Use the Colossus’ mining laser to mine at least 500 resources.
- Scan once again and look for a Monolith. Reach the Monolith to finish Sandstone.
- If you’ve interacted with six beacons, you’ll finish Roadsigns.
Phase 4
| Task | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Petrology | Discover Minerals (8) |
| Streetlights | Collect Gravitino Balls (32) |
| Drone Disposal | Eliminate Sentinels (8) |
| Reorientation Program | Re-orientate Sentinels (32) |
| Defying Gravity | Launch 64 pieces of industrial waste |
| Checkpoint IV | Reach the 4th waste heap |
| Road Trip IV | Transport and process five special industrial waste |
- Use the scan feature of your Colossus to discover at least eight minerals.
- Collect 32 Gravitino Balls that can be found on the planet.
- Destroy at least eight Sentinels with the Gravity Gun to finish Drone Disposal.
- Use the Gravity Gun to capture and release 32 Sentinels to finish the fourth task of Phase 4.
- Dispose of normal waste 64 times to complete Defying Gravity.
Phase 5
| Task | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Field Guide | Find all creatures on a planet (6) |
| Toxicity | Process toxic waste (16) |
| Irradiated Cargo | Purge radioactive waste (16) |
| Volatile Payload | Dispose of explosive waste (16) |
| Mileage | Travel by Exocraft (50000) |
| Checkpoint V | Reach the 5th waste heap |
| Road Trip V | Transport and process five industrial waste |
Here’s how you can complete the tasks.
- Open the Discoveries tab to register at least six creatures you scanned and found on the planet.
- Dispose of 16 toxic waste.
- Dispose of 16 radioactive waste.
- Dispose of 16 explosive waste.
- Keep driving on the exocraft for 50,000 units to complete the fifth task.
The final phase will be complete once you finish Phase 1-5.
