Ships

Cargo Ships

If "Cargo Ships" is enabled in the advanced options of World Settings, the game will from time to time spawn random hostile ships from a predefined list (that can be extended with mods). These ships will fly near random players after they spawn in, and will despawn after a time if left alone. They will travel at their predefined speed, but in a random direction. Those ships are usually equipped with a Beacon or Antenna that shows where they are if they spawn. These ships are worth capturing because they hold loot like ores, ingots, and components including the blocks the ship is made of, which can be grinded for more parts. But, they are well-defended with turrets of all kinds.

Ships

Cargo Ship	Category	Mass (Kg)	Speed (M/s)	Booby Trapped	Exterior Defences	Interior Defences	Game Version
Private Sail	Private	72 447	25	No	2x	-	01.045.000
Business Shipment		184 972	17	No	2x	-	01.045.000
Commercial Freighter		463 395	10	No	3x	1x	01.045.000
Mining Carriage	Mining	266 084	25	No	1x	-	01.030.000
Mining Transport		401 953	17	No	2x	1x	01.031.000
Mining Hauler		1 540 908	10	Yes	4x 2x	2x	01.030.000
Military Escort	Military	350 048	25	No	2x 2x	-	01.030.000
Military Minelayer		1 637 990	17	Yes	5x 2x	-	01.030.000
Military Transporter		5 578 454	10	Yes	5x 3x	5x	01.030.000

Drones

While its behavior differs slightly from that of cargo ships, the recently-added Argentavis pirate carrier is another possible encounter. It is rather heavily armed and spawns drones but carries a substantial reward for any players who successfully defeat it.

Auto-piloted cargo ships

Cargo Ships

Patch 01.023.000 added cargo ships that carry wares from "sector to sector" (no sector present in game). Those ships spawns between 10 to 15 km from the center of the map each 10-15 minutes at random location. They are not piloted and fly straight forward with initial speed ranged from 10 to 25 m/s with inertial dampener turned off. Some of the ships have turrets outside and inside which will fire upon moving objects in their vicinity.

Those vessels can be captured for personal use, loot or salvage. Most of the ships have puzzles that player have to solve before successful ship operation:

• Finding the cockpit
• No fuel problem
• Thrusters with warheads after them, so with reverse applied ship explodes (not working if thruster damage is off)

Ship types

Cargo ship list

	Civil	Mining	Military
Small	Private Sail	Mining Carriage	Military Escort
Medium	Business Shipment	Mining Transport	Military Minelayer
Large	Commercial Freighter	Mining Hauler	Military Transporter

Civil ships

Blue and white paint, contain solar panels.

Carry constructions components, metals.

Miner ships

Yellow and black paint, have frontal landing gears.

Carry ores.

Military ships

Black and grey paint, heavy armored hull.

Carry weapons, explosives, warheads and ammunitions.

Ship block compatibillity

Please refer to the Components and Tools page