Nms How To Get Living Ship

The subject of this article is from the Prisms update.

The information from this article is up-to-date as of 31 August, 2021.

The subject of this article is from the Prisms update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 31 August, 2021.

A Living Ship is an organic starship.

1 Summary
2 Obtaining
3 Technologies
4 Upgrades
5 Stats
6 Part Names
- 6.1 Heads
- 6.2 Armor
- 6.3 Thrusters
7 References

Summary [ ]

A Living Ship is an organic starship; much like a cross between a traditional ship and a creature. The player may develop Living Ships via the Starbirth quest, or buy one with nanites after the quest has been completed.

Living Ships are only used by the player, not by NPCs. They always come in S class and a 22+21 storage configuration.

They have the ability to warp to other star systems of any color without requiring upgrades.

Obtaining [ ]

To obtain the first Living Ship, a player will need to purchase a Void Egg from the Space Anomaly for Quicksilver, then complete the Starbirth quest.

If the player wants to acquire a second one after the completion of the quest, they will need to buy and activate another void egg by pulsing with their starship. The encounter seems to trigger faster when pulsing with a living ship compared to a normal starship. The "hatch" option Living Ship Space Encounter removes the void egg from the player's inventory. Fly to the marked crash site and pay 10,000 to obtain a new Living Ship. Reload an autosave if it does not show up correctly as a Living Ship, but rather as a normal crashed ship.

To get a specific ship, activate the void egg in another system, then warp to the system with the desired ship. Fly to the coordinates on the planet with the crash site of the ship you want, then reset the quest in your log. The crashed ship should swap with a Living Ship. If not, reload an autosave.

For a list of documented Living Ships, see Starship Catalogue - Living Ship

Technologies [ ]

These biological ships have their own set of unique organic technologies, all procedurally generated for a customised, evolved loadout.

Neural Assembly - very similar to Launch Thrusters. The difference is that S class upgrades give you both guaranteed -20% launch cost plus automatic recharging per upgrade, while A class ones give you a guaranteed -20% launch cost. There are no boost values granted like in the more recent Launch Thruster Upgrades.
Pulsing Heart - equivalent of Pulse Engine
Spewing Vents - equivalent of Photon Cannon
Scream Suppressor - equivalent of Shields
Singularity Cortex - equivalent of Hyperdrive
Grafted Eyes - equivalent of Phase Beam

Upgrades [ ]

The upgrades for this type of ship may be obtained via a special Void Egg space encounter and are incompatible with normal upgrades. This means no Economy- or Conflict Scanner can be installed.

The upgrades can be developed to higher classes with Nanites.

The inventory space cannot be upgraded by normal gameplay. The only current method for increasing the capacity of a Living Ship is to increase the freighter inventory while keeping "it" as your primary ship (via an exploit).

Module Name	Stats Drawn	Module Improves	C-Class		B-Class		A-Class		S-Class
Module Name	Stats Drawn	Module Improves	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max
Neural Assembly	Always	Launch Cost	5	10	10	15	15	20	20
Neural Assembly		Automatic Recharging	No						Yes
Pulsing Heart	1-2	Fuel Efficiency	5	10	10	15	15	20	20
		Maneuverability	0	5	0	10	5	12	5	12
		Boost	0	5	5	10	5	15	10	15
	Always	Teleport Receiver	Activated (Hidden)
Singularity Cortex	Always	Hyperdrive Range	50	100	100	150	150	200	200	250
	Possible	Warp Cell Efficiency					100		100
	Always	Hyperdrive Scramble	Activated (Hidden)
Scream Suppressor	Always	Shield Strength	0.05	0.1	0.05	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2 (30)
Scream Suppressor	Always	Scan	Activated (Hidden)
Grafted Eyes ¹	1-2	Heat Dispersion	10	35	35	55	55	75	75	95
Grafted Eyes ¹	1-2	Damage	30	40	40	50	50	60	60 (24)	70 (27)
Spewing Vents ¹	1-2	Fire Rate	0	1	1	2	2		2.1 (3)
		Heat Dispersion	0	1	1	2	2	3	1900	2700 (3)
		Damage	8	16	12	20	16	24	20 (6)	28 (8)

Notes:

1. Damage Stats visually indicated on upgrade in-game do not appear to reflect actual in game results.

2. Upgrade modules should be added adjacent to the core system where possible, to a maximum of three upgrades in each type of inventory slot (eg. cargo and technology slots). This is best achieved by arrangements in a 2x2 box, or as a slightly lower cumulative gain as a line of 3 vertically or horizontally adjacent to the core system.

Stats [ ]

Base Launch Cost: 25%
Maneuverability: Average (~200)
Inventory:

Size	Storage Sacs (General)	Organ Chamber (Tech)
Medium	22	21

Type bonus (+%):

Class	Damage		Shield		Hyperdrive
Class	min	max	min	max	min	max
	35	50	10	25	50	65

Part Names [ ]

Heads [ ]

Anvil
Hammerhead
Shark
Tusked
Compact

Armor [ ]

Long Arm
Short Arm
Bigfoot
Fruitbowl Feet
Pedestal Feet

Thrusters [ ]

Triple Thruster
Single Thruster

References [ ]

Living Ship part names - Reddit post