ASTRONEER
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The First Discovery
Use the Probe Scanner to find one of the mysterious Vintage Probes.
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How to unlock the The First Discovery achievement in ASTRONEER - Definitive Guide
GammaltKonto
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This new update adds two new achievements, in order to get this one you will need to purchase the "Probe Scanner" for 4000 bytes. You can craft said scanner with 1x Steel off your backpack.
You will need to purchase the "Probe Scanner" for 4000 bytes. You can craft said scanner with 1x Steel off your backpack.
After building the scanner place it on one of your aux slots (the backpack "shoulders") and press the corresponding aux button LB/RB to activate the scanner. Once the scanner is on it will start spinning and playing some sort of music like a broken fax machine. When the scanner is spinning it will occasionally slowdown and ping in a direction (it can ping multiple times per revolution), these indicate the direction of a Vintage Probe.
On your way to the Probes the Scanner will occasionally chime at you and the little dots on it will begin to light up, blink, then stay on the closer you get lighting up more of the dots. I didn't realize this until the last few planets as I was chatting with someone during the travels.
After traveling to the Probe you can place the Scanner onto its slot and it will consume the Scanner and give you the Achievement along with a cosmetic. There are at least 4 or 5 in any given area.
Fair bit of warning, these Scanners are consumed per Probe
EDIT: These CAN be used on vehicle aux slots, at least the spin up, I am not sure that they would work well because they are set at a 90 degree angle so they might not work correctly
Here is a picture of one of the Probes on Novus, note that all of the ones that I found on every planet looked different and varied in size (yours will look similar to this, but with a holographic Scanner coming out of a tier-1 spot somewhere on the chassis, I had already gotten this one so there is no hologram)
Here is the Probe on Calidor (for me), as you can see I had to bury into the mountain and make a cave to find the Scanner Node and place the Scanner onto
You will need to purchase the "Probe Scanner" for 4000 bytes. You can craft said scanner with 1x Steel off your backpack.
After building the scanner place it on one of your aux slots (the backpack "shoulders") and press the corresponding aux button LB/RB to activate the scanner. Once the scanner is on it will start spinning and playing some sort of music like a broken fax machine. When the scanner is spinning it will occasionally slowdown and ping in a direction (it can ping multiple times per revolution), these indicate the direction of a Vintage Probe.
On your way to the Probes the Scanner will occasionally chime at you and the little dots on it will begin to light up, blink, then stay on the closer you get lighting up more of the dots. I didn't realize this until the last few planets as I was chatting with someone during the travels.
After traveling to the Probe you can place the Scanner onto its slot and it will consume the Scanner and give you the Achievement along with a cosmetic. There are at least 4 or 5 in any given area.
Fair bit of warning, these Scanners are consumed per Probe
EDIT: These CAN be used on vehicle aux slots, at least the spin up, I am not sure that they would work well because they are set at a 90 degree angle so they might not work correctly
Here is a picture of one of the Probes on Novus, note that all of the ones that I found on every planet looked different and varied in size (yours will look similar to this, but with a holographic Scanner coming out of a tier-1 spot somewhere on the chassis, I had already gotten this one so there is no hologram)
Here is the Probe on Calidor (for me), as you can see I had to bury into the mountain and make a cave to find the Scanner Node and place the Scanner onto
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Achievement Steps for: The First Discovery
Create Steel in the Chemistry Lab using Iron + Argon + Carbon
Use the Steel in the backpack printer to print a Probe Scanner
Place the Probe Scanner in one of your auxiliary slots (Top left or right of backpack)
Use the LB or RB to activate the Probe Scanner. It will ping when facing the direction of the Vintage Probe.
The closer you get the faster in pings and the more the lights stay lit.
When directly beside the target it changes the pattern and no longer pings but beeps quickly pointing at the target.
Insert your Probe scanner into the image on the Vintage Probe and the achievement will pop. Note: it will consume your Probe Scanner.
Video: https://youtu.be/BO53m4fQjgk
History
I first played Astroneer back in 2020 and completed up to .... And Beyond and then stopped. My brother decided to start playing so I decided this was a good time to go complete The Wanderer Update achievements as well as the last original achievementand perhaps with some dedication finally 100% this game. Overachiever Complete 8.6.2023
Create Steel in the Chemistry Lab using Iron + Argon + Carbon
Use the Steel in the backpack printer to print a Probe Scanner
Place the Probe Scanner in one of your auxiliary slots (Top left or right of backpack)
Use the LB or RB to activate the Probe Scanner. It will ping when facing the direction of the Vintage Probe.
The closer you get the faster in pings and the more the lights stay lit.
When directly beside the target it changes the pattern and no longer pings but beeps quickly pointing at the target.
Insert your Probe scanner into the image on the Vintage Probe and the achievement will pop. Note: it will consume your Probe Scanner.
Video: https://youtu.be/BO53m4fQjgk
History
I first played Astroneer back in 2020 and completed up to .... And Beyond and then stopped. My brother decided to start playing so I decided this was a good time to go complete The Wanderer Update achievements as well as the last original achievement
By packetloss X on 04 Aug 2023 17:09
I want to add this achievement only unlocks for the person attaching the scanner. If there's multiple people, they have to each do it themselves.
By Barrenechea on 29 Aug 2020 04:58
Polar King
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Go to the astroneer wiki (https://astroneer.gamepedia.com/Probe_Scanner) and this will tell you the use of the scanner and how to activate the probe netting you the achievement.
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This guide was translated automatically.
In your inventory you need to craft a probe scanner, place it on any shoulder of the character and turn it on. The antenna will make a full circle and slow down, pointing towards the nearest probe. The sound of the scanner also changes depending on the distance to the probe. When you find a probe, attach a scanner to it and it (the scanner, not the probe) will disappear, and you will be given a new costume for your character and an achievement. The probe may be partially buried in the ground and you will not see the scanner slot, then simply dig up the probe and look for the scanner slot.
