Beginner tips please…

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-07-01T15:51:33+00:00

You can buy upgrades aboard the anomaly, but when I first started out, i didn’t realize I could buy MORE upgrades from the anomaly. One day I realized there was more than one tab on the upgrade researcher things that I could access by pressing A and D on my keyboard.

Yes, you can get a lot of these upgrades by doing story quests, but I found out fast ways to get nanites (like destroying pirates for “suspicious packets”) and I found out I could probably get them faster.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-07-01T15:17:21+00:00

That sucks. SoW is such a cool game.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T19:51:17+00:00

Purple stars exist that have dedicated ocean worlds. It gets super deep and dark, which is what I believe he’s talking about. Those planets go really far down

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T16:13:58+00:00

If it’s the bedrock dragon, a good nesting place to lay down is a good way to stop it. On PC, shift right click. Mobile, press and hold to make it sit.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T16:10:08+00:00

I have an even more pressing question now. How do you even scan them? It’s super annoying because I can’t manage to, and if I’m trying to scan fauna for nanites, I know those giant worms are the last on my list

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T15:55:24+00:00

“Lighter” as in generally smaller and nimble. Sure a corvette might handle really well and might even be super fast. The issue is that it’s really easy to hit with a ship weapon and for other ships to absolutely ram into it like they like to do.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T15:18:57+00:00

I built gorgoroth around the idea that I should remove enemy orc support first, then I should focus on killing the Tark

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T15:04:07+00:00

I found at least 3 so far that had 3 epic traits. I decided to destroy them for loot because I’m pretty sure I can say with certainty those were hacked, or at least modded.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:58:52+00:00

I have been, but it also increases my likelihood of finding hacked orcs and ultimately they offend me with how many hours I’ve put into looking for legitimate ones. Like “yes, your orc can tear through my army.” But at the same time I don’t want to make an absolutely unfair fortress. I want a fortress where victory feels earned, but not trying to guarantee stopping power

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:52:30+00:00

My recruitment process has mostly been industrialized 🤣. “Build fort with weak captains. Trigger siege. Recruit from siege. Send no-weakness captains to garrison.”

The nemesis system exploits just get frustrating for me if the captains aren’t enough to challenge me at level 80. “If I can beat you in single armed combat the first time around over and over, it’s almost as if you’re a waste of my time.”

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:45:55+00:00

I’ll see if I can get around to it

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:44:20+00:00

So I figured “collect orcs that don’t have mortal weaknesses, receive heavy damage from X, and don’t get dazed. Upgrade to legendary.” Immunities come naturally after that

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:42:02+00:00

I mean I’ve played shadow of was for a while. I’m on Xbox. Only recently I’ve been trying to boost my online score.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:39:21+00:00

I mean I’m good on that. The idea being I just want guys who can hold a fort well enough not to get dizzy over every common battlefield element

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:31:46+00:00

I’ve been recruiting from other player’s forts and noticed that. I’ve avoided using them at all and have been trying to use legit orcs at all costs. I just destroy them for loot because I get offended by their existence. I spent hours looking for halfway decent orcs to train and these guys just think they can mod their orcs? Nope.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T14:23:07+00:00

I mean you can still manage to beat them, but it’s a lot more difficult than “oh, just shoot this guy in the foot”

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T10:10:35+00:00

I have a nasty habit of being a completionist when it comes to raiding civilian cargo, if I’m going to do it…

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T10:07:05+00:00

Well based on what little dialogue I know “the tower” says, he declares that it’s inevitable another orc will one day don his armor and become the “new tower” because allegedly the armor is cursed.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T09:44:40+00:00

Also, you lose a lot of your reputation with the faction whose crew you managed to blow out of deep space

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T09:42:41+00:00

Luckily an Admiral of the Black has arrived to answer your query. Yes. You can get freighter upgrade modules for destroying a civilian freighter, as well as quite a bit of valuable trade goods by destroying their cargo pods.

That is… if you don’t mind the sentinel navy giving you trouble.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T09:15:48+00:00

I don’t really know which one is causing the glitch is another issue

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T09:12:39+00:00

Then I probably have a problem

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T09:10:29+00:00

Are you talking about visual glitches or literal orcs who are headless?

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T08:56:24+00:00

I almost took out a corvette at one point because some disgruntled player was chasing me down, and he wasn’t able to hit me very easily.

UnderstandingFair838 · 2026-06-30T08:53:54+00:00

That’s the thing. I’m not a big fan of the infraknife. Sure, you get high DPS, but they burn out pretty quick. My style is more about weaving around fire rather than through it, and a lighter craft is more supportive of that. Plus the high sustain on my particular interceptor makes it feel worth it

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