So I FINALLY found one...

After Five Characters, 1 of them to Tier 4, 1 to Tier 3, 2 to Tier 2 and the other only Tier 1, though various wipes, I FINALLY found one.

A Shotgun.

My very first gun.

And I'd have to say, it is quite the game-changer. I'd have to ask, why they are so dang hard to find, if the game is so obviously designed and balanced around their presence, why do they only seem to be available on certain planets?

Are we supposed to have to look up coordinates to find these things (since at least two, maybe three of the bosses are so annoying to fight without one)?

And also, if I can make a Portable Pixel Printer, a Wiring Station, and other high-tech stuff... why can I not craft guns?

I wouldn't mind it if they were only Tier2+ and are of slightly lower quality than what you can buy off of avians or find in various chests, but it'd be better than having to resort to a bow for bosses (or trying to whack em with a sword).

 

It's probably safe to say that there will be guns that aren't randomly generated, and that they just haven't been made and implemented yet. Technically speaking the Brain Extractor is a gun, so the player isn't just horribly incompetent at creating them. At this point, guns aren't completely required for anything really, but rather give other options for combat. That's why the Brain Extractor can be crafted, yet nothing else can at this moment. Give it time and it'll come about.

As for the other high-tech stuff, if I'm not getting my progression mixed up, those are with the help of a robotic crafting table which I'm sure would do most of the work, and mostly just need a supply of materials.

 

" Uuuhhh . . . You gonna eat that?"

Sorry, I just had to caption Matrix's avatar. Carry on.

 

They're fairly common in the later tiers as opposed to fairly rare in the earlier ones. Sorry.

 

Well today I found a shotgun with piercing, bouncing bullets. It's fun to use in caves.

 

"You missed your hyper-exit."

 

Well since guns are mid-high tier weapons, if you only play on low tiers, then yes you won't find any guns.

As for me, I had more guns than I knew what to do with, before the wipe.

 

guns become more commen after teir 3

 

From my experience guns start to sporadically drop from chests at tier 3 and get somewhat common at tier 4.

If you explore a lot though you're bound to run into the airship and its gun vendor, on one of my characters I found several airships in alpha sector, once I got to beta sector the first 'special location' I ran into was an airship, and again same thing happened in gamma sector.

Also, once you're in gamma sector I think you can make the survival equipment which allows breathing in asteroid belts, the asteroid bases have a weapons locker that more often than not drops guns. You'll sometimes get melee weapons and every once in a while a shield, but mainly guns.

If you're dead set on craftable guns I'm sure there are mods for that, or you could probably make some yourself by poking at the gamefiles.