I wouldn't build a base until you have progressed to maybe level 10. First build a very basic HV with a constructor gather materials until you can build a starter SV and upgrade it until you can defend against drones and dropships. There is a damaged former Zirax base forget the name which is not to hard to capture some spiders and zombies with 3 underground levels that have lots of storage boxes and constructors, its a good place to start a first base which you can defend with your sv until you get some miniguns installed. Once you progress until you have enough armor and maybe some epic weapons from taking on the weaker enemy bases and you can take out the drone base to eliminate all attacks you can build whatever you want with maybe a few sentry guns to take out predators.

thanks but i'm playing offline and i already proceed to 25 lvl and had so much travel around systems with my low shield and very lightly armed (a few turrets for drones) CV. i hate mass and volume system so i turned off that in settings. thats why i carry all my stuff with my relatively small CV and i also disable auto miner depletion and auto mined tons of rare resources so i dont need any ores (palladium platinum tungsten etc mined a lot). i wanna build a base and put a furnace on it for smelting some platinum palladium etc and start to explore RE2 new contents (quests pois weapons etc), i just collect resources in safest way and avoid fighting all time for now but i think i'm ready to start enjoying RE2 contents. so i just wanna ask where is chillest location i dont want to be attacked by annoying drones its boring at the moment, if there is any way or any location to build a base thats not been attacked, i want to know.

While you are already past this point, if you want to build a base that will never be attacked I would suggest using the Pandora planet as a starting location. There are no other technically advanced races on that planet, also plenty of ores and resources. At least the basic ones. There are a few wild creatures that you will need to watch your back on, but none will every attack you base. If you are already at (and thus above) level 25, you might consider finding Pandora in the starting systems. Other wise, planet side building, find a nice looking planet that appeals to your since of beauty usually outside any faction territories (likely around a K,A,G, or M class star system) where few or any other factions have setup shop. If you are friendly with all, or most, other factions, you shouldn't have to worry about getting attacked most anywhere you decide to build. Some factions will never get friendly to you, like the legacy or drone space factions so just don't build any bases in their territories :-).

Originally posted by bobblehead:

While you are already past this point, if you want to build a base that will never be attacked I would suggest using the Pandora planet as a starting location. There are no other technically advanced races on that planet, also plenty of ores and resources. At least the basic ones. There are a few wild creatures that you will need to watch your back on, but none will every attack you base. If you are already at (and thus above) level 25, you might consider finding Pandora in the starting systems. Other wise, planet side building, find a nice looking planet that appeals to your since of beauty usually outside any faction territories (likely around a K,A,G, or M class star system) where few or any other factions have setup shop. If you are friendly with all, or most, other factions, you shouldn't have to worry about getting attacked most anywhere you decide to build. Some factions will never get friendly to you, like the legacy or drone space factions so just don't build any bases in their territories :-).

sry but my english a bit weak so i cant properly understand you, is Pandora a planet or a sector? also if i build a base for example on a planet in colonists territory and if there is no zirax and pirates (my rep is hostile against those) factions claimed zones, there will be no attack to my base?

Pandora is a Planet. It is one of the options in starting a new save, but you should be able to find it even after you've played awhile if you didn't start there. Just look at the starter systems, I think there are four of five star systems listed as starter systems, Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, Delta. I think Pandora is in the Epsilon star system, it's a jungle planet and in the starter list it's listed as a Hard start, but honestly it's not really that bad. Just watch out for raptors and spiders mostly, other then that it's quite safe and a beautiful planet in my opinion.

Personally I try to find a UCH, trade station or asteroid field less than 2 AU from the local star and build there. At that distance from the sun you will get the maximum yield from solar panels (make sure they are facing the primary sun if a binary+ system)

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If the system has a planet(s) with water, promethium and pentaxid deposits for O2 and hydrogen extractors, and autominers, all the better.

Originally posted by bobblehead:

While you are already past this point, if you want to build a base that will never be attacked I would suggest using the Pandora planet as a starting location. There are no other technically advanced races on that planet, also plenty of ores and resources. At least the basic ones. There are a few wild creatures that you will need to watch your back on, but none will every attack you base. If you are already at (and thus above) level 25, you might consider finding Pandora in the starting systems. Other wise, planet side building, find a nice looking planet that appeals to your since of beauty usually outside any faction territories (likely around a K,A,G, or M class star system) where few or any other factions have setup shop. If you are friendly with all, or most, other factions, you shouldn't have to worry about getting attacked most anywhere you decide to build. Some factions will never get friendly to you, like the legacy or drone space factions so just don't build any bases in their territories :-).

I build on Pandora and youre right its safe from enemies my one suggestion for a Pandora build is build near the water. It will be full of either plant protein or eggs and you need the water to cool off until you get a shelter up as it gets very hot there. Even running way north the temp is still hot. Once you have a powered shelter though youll be fine.

Originally posted by Dyspayr:

Personally I try to find a UCH, trade station or asteroid field less than 2 AU from the local star and build there. At that distance from the sun you will get the maximum yield from solar panels (make sure they are facing the primary sun if a binary+ system)

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If the system has a planet(s) with water, promethium and pentaxid deposits for O2 and hydrogen extractors, and autominers, all the better.

I'll second that. Twice now I've built right next to a polaris trade station ("walkable" distance), which surprisingly doesn't irritate the faction. But it means I can borrow their teleporter and have access to some merchants to sell some junk. Plus the station repair feature is very helpful, especially when the left third of your plastic starter SV is missing because you veered to close to a Zirax base. Water / hydrogen tends to be too heavy to easily carry through a teleporter, so you'll want to be close enough to take a ship there, and as Dyspayr says, promethium / pentax nearby (or at least in system) is a strong want.

I'll add that I tend to build the frame for a huge base with lots of room and grow plots (many 9x9 grids) and what I think is alot of cargo space, but leave most of the grow plots empty and only enclose a small portion initially. Then I fill in the grow plots / constructors / expand the airtight enclosure etc as I bring back stuff from raiding POIs. But having the large frame already placed is helpful, IMHO.

Originally posted by bobblehead:

Pandora is a Planet. It is one of the options in starting a new save, but you should be able to find it even after you've played awhile if you didn't start there. Just look at the starter systems, I think there are four of five star systems listed as starter systems, Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, Delta. I think Pandora is in the Epsilon star system, it's a jungle planet and in the starter list it's listed as a Hard start, but honestly it's not really that bad. Just watch out for raptors and spiders mostly, other then that it's quite safe and a beautiful planet in my opinion.

Its Delta.

also if i build a base for example on a planet in colonists territory and if there is no zirax and pirates (my rep is hostile against those) factions claimed zones, there will be no attack to my base?

Sorry I missed that last bit, yes, if you are friendly with colonists and there are no zirax or pirates on the planet you are safe to build near them or anywhere on the same planet.

Thanks everyone, it was a really informative discussion.

By the way, once you get out of the starter system, many star systems have a place that looks like an asteroid belt but is just called Empty Space. I have not been attacked at one of those. And they usually get a lot more solar power than a planet base.

P.S., the sun locations where you warp in are hard to get to again. There are like five of them and you warp in at random. Best not to build there.

the way you are playing you don't need a base just get a large carrier and use it as a base. When you jump to another system just leave your carrier parked at the sun and use your specialty ships usually a CV battleship and a CV miner on the deck and your SV's inside the hanger to explore the system. You can build a tiny space base whenever you need a furnace and save the blueprint then reclaim the blocks back into the factory when you want to move on, just build it inside the system near the sun, can't build at the sun, away from zirax patrol routes they are fixed and easy to avoid also don't build near any resource asteroids.

I never think that but you're right, in that logic i dont need a base but i still want to build a good looking base and go out adventure and turn back to my home, its feels more realistic and mybe i can turn on mass and volume settings in late-mid game, i think i'm on early game right now, so mybe when i play more i can turn on that setting, so i'll need a base then.

Once you take out the drone base you can build safely anywhere outside of faction territory. Or build on a planet without a drone base or in space where there are no zirax patrols but you need to be at the closet planet to the sun space so you can maximise solar power. For planets best to build near equator for solar power and should have a breathable atmosphere for wind turbines