Settlements and Random Encounters

As of version 2.3.11, there are four generated settlements for you to find, plus 6 random encounters/microdungeons to populate the galaxy. The large settlements are the Aegi settlement, Avikan Camp, the Avikan Colony and the Trinkian Colony. The random encounters are ancient ruins, akkimari scrap towers, akkimari scavengers, small Avikan campsite, modern Avikan structures and Trinkian pyramids out in the wild.

The Avikan camp is a full-fledged Avikan settlement, with gates on the sides, a large central tent, a number of smaller homes and a marketplace where you can buy food, clothes, weapons and more. You’ll also find a lot of racial crafting items here, which you can use to craft your own Avikan objects and tools. You can find Avikan camps on both desert and savannah/arid planets.

The Avikan Colony is a modern Avikan settlement, built largely underground. In addition to a marketplace, armoury and a hangar, these will often also feature a teleporter which takes you straight to the new Outpost – the Starfarer’s Refuge. You’ll find these planets on desert and savannah planets, but also sometimes on the more dangerous, warmer planets of the galaxy.

The Trinkian Colony is a settlement inhabited by the Trink. It features modular pyramids of various sizes, and offers merchants and quest givers for you to find. The colony is also littered with crates containing racial crafting materials and more, so you can get to building your own Trinkian settlements as well. Trinkian Colonies are found on snowy or frozen planets, but also sometimes in forests.

The ancient ruins belong to a race of ancient beings, the Centens (also known as the Old Ones). These beings were indirectly responsible for the uplifting of the Avikan – the ruins and technology they left behind allowed the Avikan to develop far quicker than most races. Finding one of these ruins now nets you the chance to find unique crafting materials or powerful guns.

The aegi settlement is an Aeginian Federal Union settlement underway into becoming a colony. it features large watch tower entrances at both ends of the settlement with a singular pod home converted into a reception area for newcomers. the majority of the structures are Enerth engineering pod homes built in a multitude of configurations with one shop pod, and a ASA office tower in the center to allow ASA-26 ranger shuttles to land and take off, as well as providing leadership over the settlement and soldiers in the settlement. but it also has the option to spawn in with a large metal canopy with benches during rain, a Union hospital tower to take care of injured settlers or soldiers, and a large green house containing loftgrain, boratos, vahl berries, and selvas herbs. the shops in aegi colonies sell allosteel, Aeginian Citizen Clothing, AAE flashlights, plushies, and Aegi Racial foodstuffs. the containers within Union settlements offer Aegi crafting materials, Alliance caches, and sugar cane seeds if your in a greenhouse building. Union settlements are often found on forest planets and rainforest worlds, but prior to the images on the elithian alliance mod page they currently do not spawn on lush worlds.

Additionally, you’ll be able to find two new types of crops on both desert and savannah/arid planets, which you can use to craft unique Avikan food items.