#Astroneer rtg update

When I needed extra power I would search the surrounding area for compound to create small generators and then organics for fuel. Once you reach a gateway plug the convoy in from the back end of the rover. Have the medium batteries unpacked on the medium rover so they charge while in transit. Place a small solar panel and small wind turbine on the front of your tractor as it should keep the vehicle powered all the time. Land, unpack all the gear and set out to travel w/ the convoy setup. Various planets will increasingly require more power generators or batteries to reach required power input. Note: Be aware of your rocket fuel levels during all this. You can pack more for the trip to help out if you package everything into its smallest forms. This setup allows for a user to fly above the planet and monitor for landing spots near gateways that have yet to be opened. I built a large shuttle and stocked it with: My approach to solve this achievement was to create a mobile power convoy setup. Here is a video of the use of drill/paver and gateway chamber activation : Once you reach a gateway chamber, remove the two tools at the front of the rover and plug it to the chamber (move it just next to the plug or use extenders), it will deliver enough power.

When you see one, go into that direction. You can see them from far away thanks to the blue light beam above each one. On moons, you only have to find 2 chambers, the second being at the opposing side of the first one. 2 more gateway chambers are located at the north and south poles, so are easy to find using the compass. On planets, once you found one of the equator gateway chamber, use the compass to go straight to the east or west and you will easily find the 3 others. Just ensure that you keep enought soil in the canister when you create roads above craters (the circle visible on the screen is useful to know how much you have).

The combination of drill, paver and canister can make the travel around a planet a lot easier since it will create large roads to go. Up to 8 RTG (8 required for Atrox, other planets needs less)

#Astroneer rtg update

Since the Groundwork update (october 2019), this achievement becomes a lot faster to get thanks to the paver tool. Now understand that you don’t need 32 amps of power (aka 32 batteries) to unlock the gateway nodes on each planet, but you will need 32 by the time you get to Atrox so it’s best to get them all ready and prepped before you begin this journey. There is always a gateway node at the north and south poles, and4 gateway nodes around the equators of each main planet. There are 6 gateway nodes on each planet and 2 gateway nodes on each moon. Have fun getting this achievement, it’s definitely a process. This will work for 32 of the gateway nodes as 2 on Atrox are semi burried (you will need at least a tier 2 drill head to dig it out) the process is the same to unlock the gateway nodes. By the time you get to the next gateway node your battery bank will be recharged. If you have the rtg in the little side compartment it will charge the battery bank. Then look for the next closest landing zone and repeat. Once the gateway is activated you pack up your large platform B and put it back on the shuttle, put your large storage battery bank back on the shuttle and Take off. After that I bring over the large storage (which has 4 medium storages on it, and 8 small batteries on each medium storage) to unlock the gateway node. Once I am there I unpack the large platform B and connect it to the gateway node. I find/remember which direction I need to go and I pick up and drop the entire shuttle as I head for the gateway node. I find a close landing spot to one of the gateway nodes. How you do this the easy way is to orbit around each planet landing at the closest zone nearest to each of the gateway nodes. To get this achievement you need to unlock all the gateway nodes (does not include the gateway engines at the center of the planet)Ī lot of packagers (at least 34, but probs more because you will mess something up at some point)