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Stranded: Alien Dawn’slatest expansion,“Dunes And Moons,“significantly evolves the extraterrestrial survival experience by adding many new features. As the expansion’s name suggests, one new feature is a desert-like biome. The other is a handful ofplanetary moons.
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So, how do moons work in Stranded: Alien Dawn? You won’t see drastic changes in tides or sudden eclipses. However, each moon will change how the ecosystem around you operates, whether it’s wildlife behavior, availability of local flora, or even more random occurrences. Here are the basics you should know.
Note: Stranded: Alien Dawn is an Early Access title still in development. Therefore, its current version does not represent the contents of the finished game. As a result, parts of this guide may become obsolete/inaccurate as the title grows and evolves. Additionally, bugs and glitches may inhibit gameplay.
What Purpose Do Moons Serve In Stranded?
Moons aren’t a purely cosmetic feature in Stranded: Alien Dawn. On the contrary, moons create distinct gameplay conditions that affect your playthrough. Moons can add challenges or make your daily life less complicated. Often, they’ll do both.
What Kinds Of Moons Are In Stranded?
There are four moons in Stranded: Alien Dawn:
Furthermore, you can also choose for the game torandomly assignyou one of the four moons, which you must decipher yourself.
What Strategies Work Best For Each Moon?
Learning to operate within the rulesets of each moon takes plenty of trial and error. However, we learned some wisdom kernels while playing through each one.
Concordiais thebest moon for new players. Playing under Concordia’s ruleset will help you understand the fundamentals of survival, which you’ll need to handle the more challenging moons.
Jasonwill require more effort on your behalf. We immediately noticed thatresources were scarcerwhen playing with this moon. Focus onobserving as much flora and fauna as possiblefrom the get-go. This way, you can farm crops instead of trekking for miles for the closest harvest.
We discovered thatNyxisn’t too difficult as long as you know what you’re doing. One helpful strategy wasscheduling half our crew to a night shift. This way, when aggressive wildlife approached our camp, someone was always awake and ready to fight.
Fortification is another vital priority while playing with the Nyx moon. Invest in that research early to construct a barrier around your camp. When wildlife attacks, the barrier will buy your crew time to approach and target the predators. We also recommendlaying trapsaround your camp to inhibit attacks.
Chaosis hard to peg. In our first few seconds of playing, a piece of space debris hit directly next to our fallen spacecraft and injured a survivor. You can’t anticipate what will happen. So, try tostay malleable with how you schedule and assign tasksto your crew so you can adjust to any sudden changes.
One modifier that helped us learn the ropes of each moon significantly faster was theOverqualifiedmodifier. This setting grants each survivor maximum skills across the board except for indifferent skills (these are set to six) and incapable skills (these remain zero).
With theOverqualifiedmod on, you’ll accomplish tasks faster and can schedule tasks without worrying about skill restrictions. Consider this mod like engaging in a practice run.
