by Last Expedition | May 15, 2024 | Last Expedition
The hunt has been lucrative for everyone here on the platform. Aura is remote… you know though, word spreads quick about treasure like this.
You haven’t noticed? It’s on everybody’s mind – no one has to say anything. With the riches we’re finding on this planet, a hunter could do a year’s worth of business in a few days. That kind of opportunity doesn’t stay undiscovered for long.
Everybody’s gearing up to get as much as they can as fast as they can. Never mind the parasites and the ravagers… more dangerous things will be here soon.
Prepare for some big updates coming to the planet Aura! This hunt just got serious.
Last Expedition: Mission Ready is a massive update to existing gameplay. Get ready for tons of new content, systems, fixes and much more danger.
The Mission
The hunter grind isn’t the easiest, we get it. That’s why Platform management has graciously agreed to recognize the sacrifices of intrepid hunters with a new performance-based advancement system! Thank you for your continued excavation of Aura in the face of workplace risks such as abandonment, disembowelment or alien ingestion!
Hunters will now gain XP from each play session, which will gradually let them unlock new ranks in Last Expedition.
As you achieve each new rank, you’ll receive rewards in Last Expedition’s new Character Token – LECHAR.
As new hunters rush to the Platform to hunt invaluable resources on Aura, LECHAR can be used to unlock new playable characters, each with a new assortment of abilities and strategic importance for a team of hunters. There may be a new one to unlock very soon… 👀
Modern Style
The Platform is exceedingly remote, so they don’t often get much exposure to the latest fashion trends across the galaxy. With the escalating influx of new hunters eager to plunder aura for big time loot, however, many new styles and trends have inundated the Platform.
Care to freshen up your style and sport some new fashion? Mission Ready will bring 16 new character skins along with nine new weapon skins.
Have you been stocking up on Minerals Core Chunks and Fragment Chunks? With this update, these hoarded resources are how you’ll gain access to these new character skins. Each of the 16 new Character skins has four different rarities – Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary.
Remember though, only one team can keep the resources that they find to spend on new threads. There’s not enough room on this extraction platform for all of us!
More Danger = More Rewards
Higher threat level creatures and servers will have increased loot drops for the Mission Ready release. In tougher matches, you’ll get more XP, more resources and maybe even exclusive loot drops for escaping with the core.
The nine new Mission Ready weapon skins will be dropping from some of the most vicious aliens out there. Get ready to fight for it, because they’re not letting go of it easily!
Be Ready for the Mission
Expect to hear more soon from us about all the new content coming up in the Last Expedition: Mission Ready release. Until then, good luck out there… and good hunting!
by Last Expedition | Mar 8, 2024 | Last Expedition
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.
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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)
- And more
Play Now
by Chris Roberts | Feb 9, 2024 | Last Expedition
Attention Hunters! Strap in and prep your best loadouts, because we’re about to embark on a thrilling journey towards rewards.
It’s almost time to move forward with a major update. In preparation for an array of exciting future endeavors, we’re wiping the current leaderboards. While some of you more accomplished Hunters may feel daunted by this, we’re confident that you’ll regain all that clout and more in no time. On top of that, we’ve got some exciting rewards for your bold efforts in Aura extractions past.
Fear not, for this is just the beginning of something extraordinary!
We’re archiving all the previous leaderboard data, and to show our appreciation for your outstanding victories, you’ll get rewards to remind you of your triumphs and help you on the road ahead!
These rewards will manifest as LE Minerals, LE Fragment Chunks, and LE Mineral Chunks, with fixed amounts of each awarded per win on your account.
Very soon these rewards will play crucial roles in the Last Expedition meta crafting system!
Start accumulating these rewards now, Hunters, as they’ll serve you well in the adventures that lie ahead. Get ready to forge your path to greatness!
Anyone can download and play on PC now through the link below. No Early Access token is required, so get out there!
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by Last Expedition | Feb 8, 2024 | Last Expedition
Open Season
Early Access token holders have been digging into Aura for a couple months now, crafting weapons and ammo, harvesting cores, and occasionally spending time in Ravagers’ bellies (we’ve all been there). They may have set themselves up for an early head start, but now it’s your turn…
That’s right. Anyone can download and play the latest pre-Alpha release now on PC through LastExpedition.game.
There are Notari cores to extract and pressure alien ore to harvest. Get out there and flex your extraction muscles!
