For the next two weeks, Aura is literally crawling with new opportunities for Hunters and OPs alike. Think you’ve got what it takes to clench a leaderboard spot?
The game’s current Mission Ready build is still 100% free and ready to play, but in order to access Premium servers with enhanced prizes and leaderboard competition, players must purchase a Premium Pass for 3 Core Chunks (LECC), which can be collected from successful extractions.
The event has now officially started, so Premium Pass purchases are open in-game. If you haven’t had a chance to collect the LECC you need, remember that you can pick them up on GalaSwap by swapping for $GALA. Get an early start on things today, the event runs through August 14!
By playing on a Premium server for the next two weeks, you might find:
New creatures to kill
Character Coin (Common to Legendary)
Additional XP Drops (Common to Legendary)
“Fire” Weapon Skins
Additional prizes (LEMIN, LEFC and more) for top 10 finishers on the Premium leaderboard
Upgrade to Premium
Node Operators (OPs) are invited to purchase an OP Premium Pass (for 3 LECC) to temporarily upgrade their server for this event. In addition to an extra 25% of LEMIN, LECC and LEFC from matches, all OPs will receive:
Attention, Hunters! As we prepare for the upcoming Last Expedition Premium leaderboard event, the dev team is ready to assemble once again in Discord for some gameplay and chatter you won’t want to miss!
Learn more about the upcoming event in THIS BLOG, then get out there and collect some Core Chunks (LECC) so you’re ready to unlock Premium access and give yourself the best possible chance at some killer prizes!
Join the team today in the Gala Games Discord community starting at 5pm PT, where you’ll get the latest inside information directly from game’s creators. If you’re lucky, they may even let you know when the Premium Event will begin!
Unlike Youtube live streams where you can watch a replay, you’ll have to be there in Discord to catch the action and get in the game with the devs.
Play Last Expedition
If you haven’t yet, download Last Expedition today and start playing absolutely free. This game is the future of Extraction-style FPS games, a brilliant combo of PvP and PvE elements, enhanced with the empowerment and ownership potential of web3. Plus, Last Expedition was created by some of the most experienced and skilled developers in the history of gaming. Check it out and happy hunting!
This game is an action-packed and visually stunning PvPvE extraction FPS adventure, set on a hostile alien planet called Aura. After picking a Hunter (one of four with unique abilities and specialties), players team up and prepare to take on Aura.
Your mission is to collect a priceless alien artifact with untold technological power: The Notari Core. While fighting off countless vicious predator aliens and other extraction teams, your team must locate and extract core fragments, leading ultimately to the Core, the main focus of the mission. Once you have extracted the Core, it’s a no-limits dash to the dropship, where only one team can escape with the Core (and their lives).
From the moment you drop onto Aura’s surface, you’re in for a high-powered adrenaline rush that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Stay close to your team and you just might be able to protect yourselves long enough to mine and extract the Notari Core.
The Premium Event
Starting very soon and running for two weeks, Last Expedition will hold a Mission Ready Premium Event. Watch closely for updates and announcements.
To participate, players must purchase an event pass in-game for 3 Core Chunks LECC. The ability purchase this item will become available when the Premium Event begins.
LECC can either be acquired by swapping for $GALA on GalaSwap, or by successfully extracting with a Core in-game.
Purchasing an event a pass will unlock the ability to play on Premium Servers and experience Aura like never before. Seven new creature variations will challenge players from the moment they land. We’ve even included a secret feature designed to push player skills to the limit!
Premium Servers give 3 types of premium rewards! There will be XP rewards, Character Coin Rewards and Fire Skins, all exclusive to this event. But wait there’s more! Players who place on the Premium Leaderboards in the top 10 will receive Alice Fire skins, LEMIN, and LEFC. The top 3 Finishers will also receive a bonus “Darkness Sniper Rifle Skin.”
The Last Expedition Leaderboard is the ultimate measure of your skills as a hunter. Wins, PVP Kills and Creature Kills all contribute to your score so don’t delay. Get your pass and start hunting!
Upgrade your Node
Last Expedition Node Operators (OPs) will play an integral part in this premium event. Upgrade your node with a special Operator’s Premium Pass for only 3 LECC to unlock the ability to host premium matches on your server. This pass will last for the duration of the 2 week event, setting up your Node with a preselected bundle of creatures. This will give all participating nodes a consistent threat level, providing the competition with a level playing field. When the event is over, your node will return to its original configuration and threat level.
For every match hosted during the event, Node owners will be rewarded an extra 25 percent of LEMIN, LECC and LEFC. In addition, Operators will receive the following participation rewards:
10 LEFC
Legendary Alice Fire Skin
Splat Grenade Launcher Fire Skin
In-Game Loot Drops
Here’s an in depth look at all the loot items players can find by killing creatures on Premium Event Servers during this event:
XP drops
Common – 250 XP
Uncommon – 500 XP
Rare – 750 XP
Epic – 1000 XP
Legendary – 2000 XP
Character Coin Drops
Common – 110 CC
Uncommon – 220 CC
Rare – 440 CC
Epic – 880 CC
Legendary – 1000 CC
Fire Skin Weapon Drops
Stalker Assault Rifle
Cease and Desist Shotgun
Hornet SMG
Hagelsturm LMG
Jackal Pistol
Lynx DMR
Splat Grenade Launcher
Tempest Rocket Launcher
Character Coin and Fire Skins are shared so the person on the team that is carrying them has to extract for it to be rewarded to the team. The CC rewards are not split. Each member receives the amount specified above. Finally XP rewards are granted to the individual that picks them up, awarded at the time of pickup.
Hunters Prepare
The bottom line is that it’s time to get some skin in the game and extract some Cores. Download and play Last Expedition now on PC, completely free through the link below.
We’ve got the perfect way to wrap up a hot summer hump day, enjoying some explosive extraction PvPvE action with Last Expedition, the future of FPS powered by GalaChain.
These live “Play with the Devs” events in Discord are always a community hit, and not only because the game is so awesome. These folks are some of the most experienced FPS game developers in the world, having contributed to renowned franchises such as Halo and Call of Duty. Basically, they live and breathe gaming. Think you have what it takes to literally beat them at their own game?
It’s all happening at 5pm PT in the LE-Lobby channel of the Gala Games Discord community.
If you’re prepared to take on the nightmare predators of Aura, suit up and get ready for action. If you haven’t played before, make sure you get the game downloaded and installed, then get some practice runs under your belt.
All you need to get in the game is a free Gala account and a free Epic Games account. Get started at LastExpedition.game. Discord voice chat will be used for in-game communication during the event, so be prepared to voice collaborate with your team.
Spectator Mode
Even if you don’t feel like playing, Last Expedition has a killer spectator mode that allows you to control camera angles and toggle between remaining players to get you as up close and personal with the FPS action as possible.
Get Unique Insights
While the team is playing, there’s a good chance they’ll let some awesome info nuggets slip about the future of Last Expedition. Remember, this game is still in Early Access and there is a ton of excitement still to unfold. Spend some time with the ones who know and you’ll probably learn something valuable.
Offer Feedback
These developers are great down-to-earth people who love connecting with the community over games. They’re happy to hear your feedback and they’ll always take it to heart, working out ways to deliver the most cutting edge empowering gaming experience you’ve seen.
So come join us in Discord for “Play with the Devs,’ tomorrow (Wednesday, July 17th) at 5pm PT and let them know that you can’t wait to make this a weekly tradition. Invite your friends and let’s make this event one to remember!
Gala’s extraction FPS will employ a complex meta-economic system to ensure a truly unique player experience, no matter how you choose to enjoy the game.
The mysteries of Aura run deep. Hunters risk life and limb there to extract priceless resources and bits of tech. But under the terrifying surface, they can tell that nothing on Aura is as simple as it seems. There is more to this story than meets the eye.
Similarly, players of the cutting edge extraction FPS are tempted to get lost in the fight for survival as frightening predatory creatures threaten to rip them to pieces at every turn. They must cooperate with their team on each expedition, knowing that only a single team can escape alive from the hellish yet ore rich alien wasteland. To the survivors go the spoils. If players get the idea that the planet itself is conspiring against them, they may be onto something.
In-Game Currencies
Thanks to the power of GalaChain, many minted in-game currencies with a variety of purposes will be used to ensure a gripping player experience with virtually endless combinations and strategic choices.
With the recently released GalaSwap platform, it will be possible for users to swap various currencies for one another, and even for $GALA. This allows the in-game currencies to act as a system of rewards for the game. Dedicated players will be driven to increase their skills and extraction prowess by sinking their in-game rewards back into upgrades and items like new characters, new weapons and ammo, skills, skins, emotes, and more.
Some currencies are rewarded as seasonal or daily missions are completed and used to make crucial upgrades that will enhance your ability to survive and extract cores in increasingly difficult servers. Others are more important on a meta level, gradually revealing the secrets of Aura in a thrilling Last Expedition narrative that will unfold.
Notarium
In today’s overview we’re focusing on Notarium, the most desirable resource that can be found on Aura. Notarium is named for the Notari, a cryptic race whose unimaginably advanced tech has invaded this previously harmless colony planet, changing the landscape into a fiendish death zone inhabited only by bloodthirsty killers.
The amount of Notarium that can be extracted from any instance of Aura is dependent on the threat level of that server. A threat level is assigned to each server based on the number of Creature Mods used by the server’s OP–Essentially, as the PvE element in a mission grows stronger, more Notarium is available for harvesting.
Using Notarium
Other than trade within GalaChain, the primary use for Notarium is purchasing minted items (NFTs). Its secondary use is for crafting higher level Meta game recipes.
For OPs, this means purchasing new OP Mod NFTs for their server, increasing the threat level and, as a result, increasing the amount of Notarium that can be harvested by players in that server. Types of OP Mods include:
Creature NFTs
PvE Mods
Server Mods
For Hunters, Notarium is used for high level meta game crafting. Look for more information about crafting in an upcoming blog. In the current Early Access build, players enjoy access to a plethora of killer items and supplies, many of which will require crafting when the final live version of the game is released.
Only One Team can Make it Out
When 4 teams take on Aura in an attempt to extract with the Notari Core, only one can make it off the planet alive. This means that while every player can harvest Notarium and other resources during the expedition, only one team gets to keep what was harvested – the team that successfully extracts.
On top of that, if the server’s predators are victorious, no one escapes alive with the precious alien tech gathered. In these cases, the server OP gets to keep the Nortarium, along with the other resources sought by hunters of Aura.
Different Perspectives
Last Expedition looks very different to average players than it does to OPs who manage their own servers. Everyone is equally interested in gathering Notarium, and how you do it depends on your role.
The Player Experience: Grinding for Glory
Remember, the hunter characters looking to get rich on Aura have nothing to lose. They have traveled to a remote mining platform at the furthest reaches of known space in hopes of getting their hands on some of the most valuable tech resources in the known universe. With Aura so full of such precious resources, these brave (or foolish) hunters have looked past the danger to the rewards at the mission’s end.
Players are looking to enhance their ability to emerge from Aura with more resources. Therefore, they will continually enhance their arsenals and collections in order to win more matches.
Many aspects of the player experience will require strategic resource hunts. Weapons, ammo, and even characters will require resource expenditure to unlock as you make your way on Aura.
The OP Experience: Controllers of Aura
A huge focus of the Last Expedition experience is for those who operate Nodes (OPs) and run their own servers in the game. In many ways, operating a server is a game of its own, requiring strategic attention and rewarding those who are most effective.
“Victory” for an OP means that every team was destroyed by Aura’s predators and no one escaped with the Notarium that was harvested. Node operators work for the Notari AI construct that is programmed to terraform the planet of Aura. Therefore, OP’s are direct beneficiaries of failed extraction missions, taking the harvested Notarium for the Notari in their continued mysterious efforts.
When you create an Aura with your server that is enticing but also punishing, you’ll draw the bravest hunters into your trap and clean up everything they manage to harvest. As you collect the Notarium that came from the spilled blood of hunters, you can use it to increase the threat level and difficulty of your Aura.
Next to Come
Over the coming weeks, we will release a series of articles with more information about Last Expedition’s economic nuances, including details on things like crafting, storage and rewards. Look for more details about:
Meta Game recipes (crafting)
Blueprints
The backstory of Aura
StashCoin, CharacterCoin & XP
Minerals (LEMIN), Fragment Chunks (LEFC) & Core Chunks (LECC)
