Unlocking Megatech

We're less than 1 week away from the release of ASTRONEER: Megatech! And if you’re the kind of player who likes to do their research before diving in, then this guide will help give you the prep you need to get started right away when all the new content releases.

Odds are that if you’ve already been playing the game for some time then you won't need to worry about any of these requirements, but if you’re new to the game or starting a new save then this guide will show you the steps to beelining straight toward unlocking Megatech.

Megatech Missions

In order to receive the first Megatech Mission, you will first need to complete a few of the base game Missions:

• Unearthed: Print an Extractor and Extract a Resource Nugget.

  • Unlocked after completing the “Arm Yourself!” and “Stuffed Storage” Missions.

• Forward Progress: Place a Shelter on Another Planet and Place a Landing Pad on Another Planet.

  • Unlocked after completing the “Smelteringly Hot” and “To Parts Unknown” Missions.

Additionally, there are a few more Missions you will need to complete before you can start the Intermodal Terminal and Museum Mission lines. To clarify, you will be able to build these Megastructures without completing these Missions, but there are unique rewards tied to completing them, so we recommend playing through them. But, if you do things out of order, the Missions should still complete retroactively.

For the Museum Missions you must first complete:

• Take a Byte: Gain 2000 More Bytes.

  • Unlocked after completing the “For Science!” Mission.

• Here We Go Sampling: Find and Use 10 Research Samples.

  • Unlocked after completing the “For Science!” Mission.

For the Intermodal Terminal Missions you must first complete:

• Rubberstamp: Use Data Log on Logistics Depot: Glacio to confirm shipment completed.

  • Unlocked after completing the “Better Freight Than Never” and “Cooler Runnings” Missions.

• Materials Matters: Print a Chemistry Lab and Create Rubber or Plastic.

  • Unlocked after completing the “Talking Tungsten” Mission.

And in case you want to dash straight toward making your own Orbital Platform, bear in mind that the DLS won’t have that Construction Anchor available until you first finish building at least one other Megastructure and fully upgrade it.

Intro Missions

Once you have completed the “Forward Progress” and “Unearthed Missions”, you will find the new “Large Scale Learning” Mission in your Log. This is where you’ll meet Beepy, your EXO Training Assistant who’ll welcome you to the Interplanetary Megastructure Initiative!

These Missions will start you out with your first Megastructure, the Distribution Launcher System (or DLS for short). You will receive a Construction Anchor which you can deploy into a Mega-Printer Platform to set up the construction site of the DLS with a holographic preview of what it will look like. Once you’re happy with its placement and you’re sure this is where you want it, deploy the Platform.

The Mega-Printer will require a large number of resources to print the DLS, a total of 49 Compound, 29 Zinc, 23 Copper, and 7 Steel. The Mega-Printer Drone will start the printing process after you have provided all the resources it needs along with enough power but will stop in its tracks if anything is missing. Over time you’ll see it completed.

With the DLS, you will gain the ability to launch Construction Anchors to any planet, just place a Construction Anchor Landing Pad where you want to receive it (printable at the DLS). Place the Construction Anchor where you want it so you can initiate the