deep in space no man's skyYou may encounter many things on your adventure, including ships that may not be as lucky as you. The Abandoned Freighter is an abandoned capital ship that can be explored through replayable missions to collect valuable loot and hear the story of what exactly happened to the ship in question.
This guide will teach you how to find abandoned cargo ships. no man's sky — and what to expect when you explore.

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How to find an abandoned cargo ship in a deserted sky
while we can meet abandoned cargo ship As you travel through space, there are random events, no rides, and only a few cargo pods to loot. To find abandoned cargo ships that you can board and explore. emergency signal scanner.
You can purchase emergency signal scanners from the following suppliers:
- Repeat: Helios of the Anomalous Phenomenon – We provide one free emergency signal scanner every week.
- Scrap dealer on the space station – Emergency signal scanners are sold for 5 million units. The price becomes more expensive when purchased consecutively.
If you have the Emergency Signal Scanner, go to the open area and use it in your inventory. Pulse drive activation We began searching the space for the abandoned cargo ship. Once the scanner finds the cargo ship, exit Pulse Drive to check and start the ship. lost in space mission.
Equipping your exosuit with a cold resistance upgrade can make a big difference while piloting an abandoned cargo ship. It's not required, but it's very helpful.
How to clean an abandoned cargo ship in a deserted sky
To clear abandoned cargo ships no man's skyYou'll want to fully explore the randomly arranged rooms, collect ship logs, and loot everything you can find! But first we need a landing.
Cargo ships can vary in size and type, but they all have landing pads available. Find the landing pad near the bridge. Like other landing pads in the game, they are marked with a blue circle indicating the landing site. Exit the ship and find the cargo ship entrance.
Your game will not save if you are on an abandoned cargo ship. If you decide to quit the game while exploring, the cargo ship and emergency beacon scanner will disappear.
Inside the abandoned cargo ship, you must clear rooms and defeat enemies (if any). As you pass through the rooms, Use the scanner to find loot and the analysis visor to find interactable objects.Like explosive containers and doors.
Collect shipping logs
As you explore, you will discover the ship's log, which tells the story of the ship's crew. Missions have the secondary objectives of recovering crew lists and captain records and retrieving engineering units.
Here are all the objectives and how to complete them:
- Crew Manifest: Find the record terminal (green terminal) and interact with it.
- Captain's notes: Drops from the secure mainframe (orange terminal). Interact with it, choose your captain's fate, then use your security credentials to collect the logs. Security credentials drop randomly from logs around the cargo ship.
- Engineering units: Find the engineering control (red terminal). Interact with it and select the reward you want. Rewards include salvaged fleet units (technology upgrades), cargo bulkheads (cargo bulkheads) or Nanites.
Normally the terminals will appear in that order when you clear a room, but you can do them in any order you like. All terminals also have teleporters It can be used to teleport to previous terminals and emergency airlocks on ships.

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You can receive a reward for completing the Abandoned Freighter in No Man's Sky.
Derelict Freighters have a lot of valuables, but the mission's main rewards are Tainted Metal, the Crew's Manifest, the Captain's Log, and whatever you pick from Engineering Control. After getting off the cargo ship, go to the nearest space station. Crew manifests and captain records are available for sale. Earn reputation by sending contaminated metal to a scrap metal merchant or donating it to a guild emissary.
Tainted Metal is the currency available at Scrap Dealer.. The Scrap Dealer offers cosmetic rewards, basic cosmetics, and three types of Suspicious Packets. Suspicious Packet (Technology) and Suspicious Packet (Weapon) have black market upgrades for the exosuit and multitool respectively. However, these upgrades often come with terrible statistics that aren't worth the price.
If you want more illegal upgrades, you'll have to wait for a pilot to land on the planet and sell them to the Nanites, or find the pirate-controlled systems yourself.