Boardable Derelict Freighter

This article is about boardable derelict freighters. For the non-boardable version, see Derelict Freighter.

Boardable Derelict Freighter
System types	Any
Relative frequency	1
HUD alert	Emergency Broadcast Detected
Mission alert	Deep Space Object Detected
Interaction	Land to board
Ramifications	None
Rewards	Can be searched for various loot
Notes	Can be found in different colours.

Boardable Derelict Freighter is a space encounter in the No Man's Sky universe.

Appearance

Boardable derelict freighters appear as incapacitated ships, adrift in space and surrounded by a few small ship parts which have broken off. They always have the same shape of a blocky-looking freighter, but their color and decals vary widely, even within the same system. They are always found intact which distinguishes them from Non-boardable Derelict Freighters which are always found with their main hull broken into several distinct sections.

Behavior

Derelict freighters are static objects and are unresponsive to player hails or other actions.

Unlike normal Derelict Freighters which are found with a high random frequency while pulsing through a system, boardable derelict freighters are considered a rare space encounter. They can also be encountered after using an Emergency Broadcast Receiver or Anomaly Detector. Boardable derelict freighters can be landed upon and explored, which is another distinguishing trait setting them apart from normal derelict freighters.

MV Invincible Numato in Vestr-Stjarna.

Location

They can be found in any system but only after using an Emergency Broadcast Receiver or Anomaly Detector. Each system will have a single boardable derelict freighter, identifiable by name, which can be encountered an unlimited number of times.

While each system will only spawn a specific named boardable derelict freighter, a specific named boardable derelict freighter can be found in multiple systems. No matter which system a specific named boardable derelict freighter is found it, it appears to always have the same enemies and story elements, as well as the same technology class level for freighter components provided. A derelict freighter's descriptive class changes with each encounter.

Emergency Broadcast Receiver

Before boardable derelict freighters can be encountered, an Emergency Broadcast Receiver must be purchased from a Scrap Merchant aboard any space station. After successfully exploring a single boardable derelict freighter, a player can then receive one Emergency Broadcast Receiver per week for free on the Space Anomaly by interacting with Helios. Additional Emergency Broadcast Receivers can be purchased from a Scrap Merchant, but each successive purchase increases the price of the next. Their pricing resets back to default each day.

Entering the outer airlock of a boardable derelict freighter consumes the Emergency Broadcast Receiver that summoned it. Should a player leave before opening the outer airlock and engage their ship's pulse engine, the Emergency Broadcast Receiver will return to their inventory and can be used to summon a different derelict freighter (see Farming Derelict Freighters).

Anomaly Detector

Anomaly Detectors are occasionally found after destroying asteroids. Using one allows the player to encounter a single random Space Encounter which includes the possibility of being a boardable derelict freighter.

Enemies aboard Derelict Freighters

Boardable Derelict Freighters can have four types of enemies aboard, and each freighter can have a different combination of these types. The four types of enemies are AI Drones, AI Turrets, AI Dating Coaches, Space Jellyfish, and Crawlers.

• AI Drones are small mechanical spheres which fire laser beams at any players they encounter.
• AI Turrets sit deactivated in the ceiling and scan the room below their position. If they detect a player, they will slowly activate, indicated by them lowering into a firing position, then open fire. AI Turrets read as part of the ship when scanned. Despite being robotic, when scanned they read as a type of Abyssal Horror.
• Alien Jellyfish appear as glowing, floating jellyfish-like creatures which slowly meander around and explode when touched. When scanned, they read as a type of Abyssal Horror. They will slowly float towards any nearby player. Space jellyfish are most commonly encountered in hangars and the engineering room. Alien jellyfish come in two sizes. The normal is larger and is often found in combination with other threats. Less commonly encountered is a slightly smaller variety which moves in a faster, more erratic manner, and which is more commonly found in the absence of other threats aboard the same freighter.
• Crawlers lay dormant in large nest sacs which can burst open, releasing swarms of the little horrors which then attack the player in mass. Crawlers spit acid and are able to quickly traverse any surface, even up walls and along the ceiling, making them the greatest threat aboard derelict freighters. Occasionally these nest pods will wiggle; when doing so, they will burst open on their own if a nearby player moves, so it is best to pause when the nests are active.

These enemies are possible any combination as the presence or absence of a particular enemy type seems to be determined independently. It is rare but possible for some derelict freighters to devoid of any types of enemy. All derelict freighters within the same region of space will have the same mix of these enemies aboard.

Terminals

Multiple terminals are encountered on every boardable derelict freighter.

• Records Terminal allows the player to access the Crew Manifest.
• Secure Mainframe allows the player to access the Captain's Log. Requires a crew member's Security Credentials.
• Engineering Control allows the player one of three choices.
  • Fabricate Technology Upgrade provides one Freighter Component Module.
  • Fabricate Freighter Bulkhead provides a module to expand storage space on the player's freighter.
  • Extract Nanites provides a modest sum of additional nanites.
• Reactivating and stepping upon a Teleport Terminal allows the player to return to the outer airlock. Once reactivated, they allow transport back and forth between the two locations. This can be useful to allow the player to return to their ship to heal. A Teleport Terminal can be located to the right of each of the other terminals.

SV Bulk of Hinagos in Sihezen.

Farming Derelict Freighters

Multiple boardable derelict freighters can be farmed for resources using only a single Emergency Broadcast Receiver. This can be done by following these steps.

• Use an Emergency Broadcast Receiver. It will turn into an Active Emergency Broadcast Receiver.
• Pulse until a boardable derelict freighter is encountered and land upon it.
• Enter the first door.
• Approach the next door. It cannot be entered without using the Docking Bay Door Control left to its left. To its right is a lootable box.
  • Interact with the lootable box to receive 3 Repair Kits, Ferrite Dust, Carbon, and Sodium.
  • Interact with the Docking Bay Door Control interface and select the Collect Emergency Supplies option to receive a large amount of Projectile Ammunition, 3 Life Support Gel, and 3 Ion Batteries.
• Do not select the Unseal Door option of the Docking Bay Door Control.
• Board your starship and enter pulse. Eventually the Active Emergency Broadcast Receiver will return to your inventory as a normal inactive one.

This process can be repeated without limit and is mostly useful for farming the Repair Kits. Note that should one wish to enter a derelict freighter, the Collect Emergency Supplies option can only be selected before using the Unseal Door option. Once the door has been unsealed, the emergency supplies can no longer be acquired. When exploring the interior of a derelict freighter, using a Teleport Terminal when enemies are near will cause them to despawn.

Owner Descriptors

The following sequence is taken from the game data.

Sequence	Trader	Explorer	Warrior	Mystery
1.	Geks for Peace	Korvax Prime	Vy'keen High Command	Gravitino Hunters
2.	Gek Trade Federation	The Disconnected Souls	Battalion of Hirk	The Auditors
3.	NipNip Corp	Entity a7752	Brethren of Grah	The Sigma Hospital
4.	Friends of the ToilGek	Entity a13489	Adherents of Nal	Friends of Atlas
5.	Friendly Nuclear Corp	Entity a8625	Dagger of the Vy'keen	The Crimson Eye
6.	Friends of Opportunity	Entity a5542	The Relic Seekers	The Righteous Flood
7.	The Golden Beaks	Entity a12248	The Interrogators	The Light in the Shell
8.	The Red Hoods	Entity a91826	Siblings of the Black Blood	Unknown Thamium Addict
9.	The Jolly Geo-Conglomerate	Rogue Casing Collective	Vy'keen Second Company	CLIENT DELETED
10.	Pheromone Association	Korvax Replicators	Shield of the Cubs	CLIENT REDACTED
11.	First Spawn Society	The Home of Echoes	Grah Factory Collective	CLIENT UNRECORDED
12.	Gek Welfare Committee	Korvax Cube 99	Consorts for Victory	**//772653//**
13.	Merchants of Balaron	Korvax Cube 42	Regiment of Spears	CLIENT *^3//3--
14.	Balarian Opportunists	Korvax Cube 11	Acolytes of Nal	01100110 01101100 01101111
15.	Geks Against Tarriffs	Convergence 8831	The Nal-Finders	The Second Cycle
16.	The WorkGek Commission	Convergence 3084	Covenant of Hirk	The Interloper
17.	NipTrust	Convergence 99	Brigade of the Ancients	CLIENT UNRECOGNISED
18.	Bank of Gek	Convergence 5631	Conscripts of Grahgrah	LOST CLIENT SIGNAL
19.	Preachers of Wealth	Convergence 1264	Sentinel Hunters	CLIENT UNTRACEABLE
20.	Geks for Enlightenment	Convergence 8753	Vy'keen Artillery	CLIENT 001-- / / - 0
21.	Underlings Union	Divergence 436	Calvalry of Nal	Exiles of the Outer Edge
22.	Balaron Mutual Fund	Divergence 63	Spawn of the Enlisted	The Ever-Beating Drum
23.	Scent Federation	Divergence 239	Dryn'dargh Specialists	A private citizen
24.	GekHaul Corp	Divergence 601	Vy'keen First Regiment	CLIENT UNKNOWN
25.	ToilCharm Incorporated	Divergence 827	Battlegroup Dargh V	Followers of the Glorious Blob

Example Derelict Freighters

Image	Name	Freighter parts class	System	Region	Galaxy
	MS Akyush Hammer	S	Kadmon	Daclivun Spur	Euclid
	MS Danonjia XV	C	Zushima-Pau XI	Lietanyi Conflux	Euclid
	MS Egaur V	C	Despar	Rorskyanh	Euclid
	MS Emperor Ebetsu	C	Esnour	Hijainn Anomaly	Euclid
	MS Glory of Baras	B	Isflokin	Ruijse Mass	Euclid
	MS Mogat II	C	Nucoglic X	Ujilama	Logovoloin
	MS Negotsuk VIII	B	Betsur-Ratwa I	Lietanyi Conflux	Euclid
	MS Nejuku II	B	Iowshe	Rungka Mass	Euclid
	MS Ochinom VIII	C	Onmatsu-Hujer	Lietanyi Conflux	Euclid
	MS Odait Spirit	C	Avyuch	Sizaanah Expanse	Euclid

Adding new derelict freighter discoveries

New boardable derelict freighter discoveries can be added using the Derelict Freighter Form.

Systems with Reoccurring Derelict Freighters

The following systems have regularly encountered Boardable Derelict Freighter. These will be found merely by pulsing in the system for the listed amount of time. Emergency Broadcast Receivers or Anomaly Detectors do not need to be used to find them.

• 9 min. 55 sec., Sudhr-Stjarna ei'Blar (new saves)

Additional information

• The owner sequences were extracted from the 3.22 version of NMS_UPDATE3_ENGLISH.MBIN game file by pc player Ertosi.
• Each specific derelict freighter can be found in multiple systems within a single region. Each region will have multiple potential derelict freighters which can be found within that region, with each system within that region being assigned one of them. Which specific derelict freighter each system has seems to be tied to their System ID. Each specific derelict freighter provides the same class of Freighter Technology Module no matter which system they are encountered in. Each galaxy has identical derelict freighters found at their equivalent galactic coordinates.
• Derelict Freighters are currently bugged were those said to have Korvax owners always have a Vy'keen crew and vice versa. Those with Gek owners and crew are unaffected by this bug and always properly match up.
• A system's dominant race has no relation to what faction crewmembers of its derelict freighter belong to. Instead, crew faction is randomly determined for each specific derelict freighter, and that same derelict freighter will keep its same crew in all of the systems it can be found in.
• It is not uncommon for AI Drones and Alien Jellyfish to spawn trapped inside of walls.
• All derelict freighters have a Cargo listing of Classified.
• Different encounters with the same derelict freighter in the same system will always show the same stats of Owner and Class, but a specific derelict freighter's class can vary in encounters in other systems.