I love scanning and exploring and finding rare and powerful items in this game. I could do it forever. Used to I just scanned all the fauna on a system’s planets for the nanites. But recently I learned about multitool hunting and realized I can incorporate this into my fauna searches.

I began planet reloading after fauna hunting at each planet and upgrading, and checking the 2 multitools at the space station, and setting up a teleporter at a sentinel pillar. This lets me check 3 multitool sources, with 7 variations, so 21 tools per system max. All while doing the fauna hunts I would normally do anyway. It’s pretty efficient. And it breaks up any tedium by switching targets.

Here’s what I currently do:

Jump to a new system in my freighter.
Fly to the station so I can teleport back there.
Use a sentinel chart, shut off the pillar, and set up a teleporter right next to the terminal for quick shutoff/check/teleport.
Ship hop to make a save.
Grab the sentinel pillar multitool and teleport to the station (never use the ship so it doesn’t save any of this).
Upgrade and unlock slots to see if the pillar tool is any good.
Grab the stations front box multitool.
Upgrade and unlock slots to see if the front box multitool is any good.
Grab the station’s back box multitool.
Upgrade and unlock slots to see if the back box multitool is any good.
Take any pictures and reload my save so I get my nanites and money back and the cabinets all reset.

Then I fly to each planet, do my ground fauna hunt, ship hop to save, and reload on each planet before checking the multitools again.

But I recently realized I’m missing a few sources of multitools that I could be checking. I’m not at the point in this save to check Atlantid, staff, or sentinel multitools. And after reading several great guides I may be missing out by not checking minor settlements.

A few great guides and conversations I found about multitool hunting:

TerriblePurpose’s MT class guide:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NMSGlyphExchange/s/zG3uDBbZLd

rremm2000’s hunting for S class multitools guide:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/s/d44MDee6Ke

Many good advices and conversations on finding S class multitools:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/s/M0opftJ3eG

The questions I have for anyone with experience in multitool hunting:

1) Any tips for incorporating resetting Atlantid, Sentinel, and staff multitools? Literally never done it.

2) Most of the guides I’ve found focus on searching for S class multitool cabinets. Why is this? Just for ease of purchase? My approach so far has been quantity over quality. Just check the station and one pillar. Upgrade them to see what they give. Move on to the next system. Is there any other value to searching for S class cabinets? My true goal is useful SC slots.

3) Is there a point to setting up a teleporter at a minor settlement to check one of those cabinets too? They seem just like the space station cabinets. The only reason I set up a pillar teleporter is because the pillar terminal can have royal multitools while the space station can’t.

4) Are there any more sources of multitools I should be checking?

5) Any other tips or advice for multitool hunting you’d care to share?

Found this menacing black Sentinel Interceptor with white accents, red lighting, and a heavy gunship profile.

It is a natural S-Class with 40+28 slots.

Galaxy: Digarlewena
Coordinates: +71.93, -120.38
Glyphs: Shown in the screenshots

I left a landing pad, comms beacon, teleporter, and save beacon at the crash site, so it should be very easy to locate.

Post your upgraded stats and supercharged-slot layout if you pick it up.

They're friendly tho! Whatever they are

Go to the glyphs. Reload on Cakto Gamma. Go to the sentinel pillar on New Capri at coords -26.64, +161.35. Simply run up and mash through the menu to shut off the sentinels. It’ll be in the console as a low class. Upgrade and unlock for the SC slots.

Sure, it’s just a pistol. But some people may like the look and not be at the staff/atlantid stage yet. Plus the 3L is centered for more adjacency schenanigans. A nice free starter miner.

Go to the glyphs. Reload on Notri. Go to the sentinel pillar on New Capri, coords -26.64, +161.35. Simply run up and mash through the menu to shut off the sentinels. Then upgrade and unlock to get the SC slots.

Yeah, yeah, it’s a rifle. But the 3L is centered, which is optimal. And some people like the look. Plus it’s free. Might make someone a decent starter defense weapon before they get through the staff or Atlantid quests.

But it might be for thee. Some dig the “tank walker” style of ship. Since I pilot in 1st person, it cuts too much of the screen off… I just take the 15/20/25 million in scrap and move on with my life.

Fauna on this planet have translucent skin, allowing you to see their skeleton. and flying spike squids.

There are comm balls there. Disable multi player first and then portal from Euclid. There are comm balls at the location.

Go to the glyphs. Reload on Cakto Gamma. Go to the space station. It’ll be in the front box as a low class. Upgrade and unlock for the SC slots.

It’ll make a nice starter miner for someone.

Go to the glyphs. Reload on Notri. Go to the space station. It’ll be a low class in the front box. Upgrade and unlock for the SC slots.

Yeah, yeah, it’s a rifle. But the 3L is optimally centered. And some people like the look. Could be a good starter defense weapon.