

In addition to adapting items, you can also increase their rarity or level, to make them stronger, or craft entirely new modules. Don't ignore craftingĮverspace 2's crafting system isn't well explained and is easy to ignore, but that'd be a big mistake. This shouldn't be an issue if you just found the item, though. The only other stipulation is that the item you want to adapt cannot be already modified by other crafting options (like increasing its level or rarity). You'll see the option to adapt that item and the required crafting materials (you can get these by dismantling ship gear like weapons and modules). To do this, find the item you want to adapt in your inventory and hold R to bring up the crafting interface. In Everspace 2, though, you can "adapt" items which, in exchange for some crafting resources, will let you use high-level gear right away. In any other RPG that item would have to sit in your inventory waiting until you've gathered enough experience points. So, you just found a cool piece of gear for your ship but its required level is too high. (Image credit: Rockfish Games) Adapt high level items so you can use them right away The tradeoff is worth it, and I'm a little baffled Everspace 2 doesn't start you in first person by default. That's okay, though, because playing in first person mode is a way more intense experience. If anything, it'll make fights harder since you won't have as clear of a view of enemy ships as they strafe around you. Playing Everspace 2 in first person mode will not give you a tactical advantage in combat. As you slip into the cockpit of your ship and take flight, here are some helpful Everspace 2 tips that'll make your journey a little easier. It can feel a bit overwhelming-especially because Everspace 2 doesn't always do the best job explaining its different systems. Though it just released in Early Access, it's a surprisingly complex space game where you can buy and trade commodities for profit, mine asteroids and craft ship upgrades, and solve fun environmental puzzles to find hidden loot.

Hire Reapers, Poultrymen, and Stone Miners early on to make it easier to acquire food and building blocks.Everspace 2 isn't just about combat, either. Late game, the frequency of dirt and grass plummetts (as the board is being populated with more valuable tiles instead), causing Peasants and Diggers to be much more valuable. Haystacks, Woodpiles, and Dirt are rarely in short supply and there is no need for help acquiring them until late game. Save tools for when the board is in a bad configuration.ĭon't bother hiring the Lumberjacks, Peasants, or Diggers early. However, it does make sense to use an Axe to destroy an inaccessible Tree tile in order to be able to collect Pigs. Be mindful of the cost of crafting tools: it doesn't make sense to use an Axe just to collect a Woodpile when you plan to use 1 Woodpile + 1 Iron Bar to make another axe. Tools are always a great investment as it doesn't cost a move (day) to use a tool when Farming or Mining and they will help gather scattered tiles, and clean out unwanted tiles. So if six hours passes between collections, there will only be one set of taxes/resources produced, not three. If they are not collected, no more taxes or resources will be produced until they have been. Taxes, and other resources produced by various buildings, may be collected every two hours. The quickest way to level up is to build new buildings as new buildings come with a large helping of experience points.
