How to play Star Atlas guide

Intergalactic Herald has created a guide on how to play Star Atlas. This “how to play Star Atlas guide” is a step-by-step outline of everything you need to get started with Star Atlas. The guide has three main parts:

  • Star Atlas Beginner Guide – This part explains cryptocurrency, Marketplace, Faction Fleet and getting into the Showroom.
  • Play Star Atlas with $100 and $20 per month – This part demonstrates one possible way to play Star Atlas for a typical gamer with a modest budget.
  • How to play Star Atlas SAGE Labs (Starbased) Beginner Guide – This part shows how to play one of the parts of Star Atlas called SAGE Labs (Starbased) which is playable in a web browser.

The guide also includes links to other Star Atlas content creators, resources and tools. Check out the table of content below if you want to jump around.

Each individual article is below but if you are ready to get started in a step-by-step guide workflow, click the button and start with the first step on each part of the Star Atlas Beginner Guide.

Start Beginner Guide – Buy cryptocurrency
Start Play Start Atlas Guide – Overview
Start Play SAGE Labs (Starbased) Guide – Overview

Table of Contents

Here is some general Star Atlas information:

Cryptocurrency

Star Atlas is a game based on web3 technology like cryptocurrency. Assets in the game are NFTs (non-fungible token) like ships. Star Atlas has an economy and governance that uses crypto coins of ATLAS and POLIS. So, to get involved in the game, you need to purchase cryptocurrency on the Solana blockchain. Below are the steps to get started in cryptocurrency.

ATLAS and POLIS Buying Guide by Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon 2620 has created a couple of videos on how to purchase the Star Atlas coins: ATLAS and POLIS

Star Atlas Marketplace

The Star Atlas Marketplace is a place to purchase Star Atlas items. But, you can also sell them to other buyers. The main item to buy and sell are Star Atlas ships. But you can find other Star Atlas items like posters, badges and land.

Faction Fleet/SCORE

The Faction Fleet or SCORE (Ship Commissions on Remote Expeditions) is an aspect of Star Atlas where you can enroll your Star Atlas ships. By keeping your ships supplied with the necessary resources, you will earn rewards in the form of the ATLAS token.

Showroom

The Showroom is the first chance to interact in the Star Atlas metaverse using the Unreal Engine 5 environment. The Showroom is software to install on your Windows computer to then enter a 3D world where you can create a character and interact with your Star Atlas ships and explore an expanding environment.

Additional guides

Play Star Atlas with $100 and $20 per month

This guide goes through all the steps to buy tokens, ships, claim stake and resources. Then it shows other ways to interact with the Star Atlas game.

  • Overview – overview, prerequisites and caveats of playing Star Atlas with $100 and $20 per month
  • Tokens – how to swap for different Star Atlas tokens like ATLAS and POLIS
  • Buy ships and claim stake – buy two Star Atlas ships and one claim stake
  • Stake claim stake – stake a Star Atlas claim stake to claim rewards of food, fuel, ammo and toolkits
  • Buy resources – how to purchase Star Atlas resources of food, fuel, ammo and toolkits
  • Enlist in Faction Fleet – enlist a Star Atlas ship in the Faction Fleet to claim rewards of ATLAS
  • $20 per month – why to pay $20 a month to continue playing Star Atlas
  • DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) – how to interact with the Star Atlas DAO using POLIS
  • Showroom – how to start playing the 3D Unreal Engine game in the Star Atlas Showroom
  • SAGE Labs (Starbased) – how to start playing the web browser game in SAGE Labs (Starbased)
  • Marketplace – how to start playing with buying and selling in the Star Atlas Marketplace

SAGE – Star Atlas: Golden Era

SAGE is an in-browser game module of Star Atlas.

SAGE vs SCORE

Beyond the Horizon has created a video series comparing SAGE and SCORE.

SAGE Labs (Starbased)

SAGE Labs (Starbased)

SAGE Labs (Starbased) in a version of Star Atlas that is playable in a web browser. You can move around your ships to mine and scan for resources. Then you can move the cargo and craft other components.

  • Overview – overview, caveats and prerequisites
  • Starting game – how to start SAGE Labs (Starbased) by creating a profile
  • Adding resources – add ships, create a fleet and add resources to the fleet
  • Movement – how to move around Starbased using warp and subwarp
  • Scanning – how to scan for survey data units (SDUs)
  • Mining – how to mine for raw materials
  • Cargo – how to add and remove cargo along with transfer to a wallet

Beyond the Horizon created a two-part Starbased video tutorial. The two videos are a great way to see all the parts in action along with more in-depth on some of the Starbased topics like crew integration, crew crafting and Loyalty Point redemption.

SAGE Tools

Lab Assistant by Shadow Local [SLY] – This is a SAGE Labs tool to help track status and automate actions. If you find the SLY Assistant helpful, please considering making a donation. Their Solana address is at the bottom of their GitHub page.

EVEEYE – EVEEYE is a tool to access more information in SAGE. Beyond the Horizon created an overview video and a second video after some updates for SAGE Starbased.

Crew

Crew are another aspect of Star Atlas. Crew can be in ships or perform crafting tasks

Beyond the Horizon has created an introduction to Crew Packs.

Trading crew on Tensor

Crafting

Fleet Viewer – retired

The Fleet Viewer is where you can explore your fleet of Star Atlas ships in a space hanger. The hanger is built with the same technology that is powering SAGE.

SAGE Labs – retired

SAGE Labs

SAGE Labs Guide by Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon 2620 has created a video guide about how to play SAGE Labs.

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