Distress Beacon Lost

Sounds like that won't be an option after tonight. They are updating the first boss to be able to smash blocks.

 

I actually got to respawn like 6 times and he still was there.

When I looked at the crafting menu and things available to me, I figured I didn't have much to gear up for. Finding silver was annoying, I barely could find enough for those 2 bars alone.

So I figured it was enough to at least try. I think all my weapons did some 2-3 damage to both the penguins and the UFO. What? The penguins took like a thousand hits to kill, nevermind the UFO. My ranged weapons were abysmal and never got to make one tenth of his health drop, and thats through like 5 deaths.

Of course, I also realized that this beacon I built just permanently stole those resources that are already annoying to build because it just exploded.

Really?

I get it, its beta, but that just killed it instantly for and I'll just come back when its actually fun. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do to gear up to a sufficient level to beat him, there's barely anything and barely any silver on the planet so far.

That feeling of grinding at the moment you lose the beacon though is just insane and awful. You know those resources I waste doing that thing don't just grow back, either, uh? Its not like it just costs me money or something I can farm. I find this so absurd.

 

Just look at any of the other threads about the boss.

You are not supposed to fight him on the first planet. He's a lvl 10 boss (lvl 9 after the patch tonight) so you need to explore several planets for gear and be able to survive a lvl 10 planet before you fight him.

I know it's deceptive on the quest description but they are updating that tonight too.

http://www.reddit.com/r/starbound/comments/1s620n/some_of_the_changes_coming_tonight/

 

The real bigger quest line is not in yet and as I understand it you are supposed to summon the ship to get access to the next sector. You are currently limited to the alpha sector but there are countless planets with high difficulties just on that single sector. I believe you are expected to explore those planets and upgrade your gear to around level 10 before engaging the UFO.

 

Had the same issue, which was a little disheartening after the epic grind deep down for ore.

I can always mine out more ore, though. What's more concerning to me is that I now have no quest, no dish, and no ufo. The quest is marked as completed in my log... but I have no follow up and nothing to progress. Not really keen to start a new world, as this is a multi user one.

 

+1 to not getting rid of the beacon unless you kill the boss or make it less of a requirement for the quest. All the quests are easy and then BOOM SCARY BOSS.

 

I managed to hide using the overhang of my house and pelt it with arrows down to two bars, then it flew off leaving it's penguins behind, poor penguins.

 

come on you can't be serious i expected to get beat up but not 600 damage from a tiny rocket i think it's pretty funny sure but.... it's going to be really boring making the beacon again, having the same thing happen, again.... ooo ufo, penguins, get killed or kill it

(if sometimes it flies off when it shouldnt, doesnt come back when it should, or doesnt remove the penguins, or spawns more, yes well it's a bet i'll deal,)

but you're basically telling me to bunker down find a way to kill it... knowing full well it will be the same thing.... and knowing it is probably going to kill me a few times, and have to be repeated... no thanks i think i'm going to wait a bit before i keep going and maybe go exploring on a multiplayer server maybe 5 of us can kill 2 penguins o.o (mind you my armor and weapons are not bad at all i dont even mind getting ganked i expected to lose but... not to have to repeat the entire monotonous thing over, nope not doing it again.)

 

I hate that, for one,the ufo is way to hard,then it takes me time to get everything to fail again,btw i have a purple tire bonehammer and its still so hard.

 

i used iron bow took long time but worked fine with a tiny (1 pixel) murder hole (p.s. duplication bug can help you not run out of beacons cough cough)

 

Yeah Ray, Same way I killed it.
Layers of dirt, managed to trap it and proceed to beat upon it with my ratchet.
Still took a loooong time.

Though alot of people will do this, i doubt this was the way the Dev's intended, if so, lets see one of them do a lets play from start to finish of the tutorial quests, upto and past the UFO

 

If anyone was wondering, the UFO boss drops the molten core, which opens up higher tier crafting.
(only way I figured out how to kill it was to use a modded bow )

 

I done the boss,you need all silver armor and get loads of coal and unrefined wood and travel to other planets,eventually you'll see an anchor on the ground build upwards to the top and it's a flying ship there's a merchant on the top deck that sells loads of weapons,snipers and shotguns and stuff. There must be another way to get weapons but I saw this on youtube and done exactly the same.

 

Yea I saw some dialogue involving airship captains while perusing the game assets.

 

I just thought I'd add my 2 cents here (For anyone interested, or that finds this topic).

My friend fought this boss, and after MANY STIMPACKS, a GUN (lucky bastard found it) and a shield usage, he managed to defeat the penguin.

He told me not to fight him for a while, I got a sword that did Electricity, had about 14 penetration + 20 damage (1.50 speed), and complete snow armor (You can make it with leather), defeated him with no stress really
(2/10 bars per hit.)

I wanted to wait, but a few strategic tips (of my own on how to beat him easy).

First of all, have a good weapon (The legendaries kind of suck, find an enchanted weapon that has a bit of range like Elec, good penetration and damage.)

Place the beacon near the top of a mountain, and lure him downwards (By letting him crash into you, you can tank it with the armor), or by purely letting him fly down.

Kill the mobs asap, don't wait with it, just murder them.

Lastly, don't give up. Try and have bandages ready, and especially dirt (To stand / jump from).

I have to admit, that scared as I was, he was frankly A LOT more easier than I expected.

I know a lot of you people can do this. Just keep scouting untill you find a prison so you can school soldiers in trade for rare swords (Tier 2 swords), and you'll be fine.

 

maybe you just aren't strong enough compared to the penguin god

 

i just found a laser gun, made 3 beacons and used one and whent into a cave and just shot the ufo from the cave opening until it whas dead, used all 3 beacons and got 2 molten cores and some pixels, and i only used 4 badages in total

 

he is very easy to beat if you find molotov or bombs or even craft iron bow

1) build 2 towers about 25-30 blocks apart each tower 30 blocks+ high
2) create step up outside of one for a quick ascent
3) place beacon in centre of this area and activate with E (i forgot to activate it and was sat for ages)
4) climb up out side quick as possible
5) when UFO drops to attack build line of blocks across top (i used cobblesstone) leaving a gap in middle (you only need to build the cover big enough so the UFO cant fly out)
6) drop Bombs / Molotovs or shoot with iron or normal bow (will take ages with normal tho)
7) collect molten core from bottom when he is dead

took me less than 5 minutes to kill the ufo

 

A lot of these topics were made when it was lvl 10 and would fly off to kill birds. Look at the dates. Quit necroing old UFO threads.

 

Also, this is the exact (and I mean exact) same comment from another thread that was necro'd.