How do I upgrade the matter manipulator in the new stable Starbound?
I currently have two quests involving steel, which requires oil to create. I can't harvest oil until I upgrade my matter manipulator, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do that!
I've read that you can do so via the ship's AI, but I do not see any options either in the main 'chat' menu, nor in the tech menus. At my base I have the iron anvil, alloy furnace, and iron workbench, and can't seem to create anything at any of those that will give me an upgrade either. I've gone through the outpost to make sure that I haven't missed a quest or something there.
I'm sure I must be missing something stupid. Can anyone help?
EDIT:
The quest I'm currently on with SAIL involves providing Erchius Crystals to fix the FTL drive. These I get from the Erchius Facility, but in order to obtain the quest to get there, I need steel armor.
My SAIL commands currently include:
- Enable Teleporter
- Repair FTL Drive
That's it. I have tried talking to SAIL with 10 bars of copper to see if that would prompt the dialogue option, but it did not.
Someone mentioned in the comments below that my quest line is possibly out of sync. I'll investigate this more when I get home from work, if there's no other definitive response by then :)
Best Answer
First you need to go to your Ships AI and talk with SAIL http://starbounder.org/SAIL. He will give you Quests. At first there are Quests like build an Iron anvil and stuff. If you compleate all the "beginner / tutorail" quests than you will be given the choice to upgrade your Matter Manipulator.
http://starbounder.org/Matter_Manipulator
Upgrade 1: Copper Bars (10) Radius: 2 Power :1.8
Upgrade 2: Silver Bar (10) Radius: 2 Power :1.8 Enables liquid collection
Upgrade 3: Gold Bar (10) & Titanium Bar(10) Radius: 3 Power1.8 Radius increase
Upgrade 4 Durasteel Bar (20) Radius: 3 Power :2.6 Power increase
Upgrade 5 Refined Rubium (10) Refined Violium (10) Refined Aegisalt (10) Radius: 3 Power :3.4 Power increase
Upgrade 6 Solarium Star(10) Diamond (10) Radius:4 Power :3.4 Radius increase
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How do you upgrade your matter manipulator in Starbound?
In order to upgrade the matter manipulator you need to press on something that isn't greyed out- you can see the color on the water droplet, so if you click on it the upgrade button becomes yellow and you can update it. Having an expansion shot thats not locked doesn't mean that its an update you have.How do you upgrade the matter manipulator Frackin?
Matter Manipulator (MM) is a vanilla tool that can mine blocks. It can be upgraded with Manipulator Modules that you randomly find in chests, etc. See https://starbounder.org/Matter_Manipulator for details.How do you get the matter manipulator in Starbound?
Matter Manipulator is the first tool players obtain. It's obtained in the intro mission after the Grand Protector is pulled into the ground by a tentacle. It can be upgraded as the game progresses, and it remains the primary mining tool throughout the game.How do you get matter manipulator modules?
You can get Manipulator Modules as a reward for quests, find them in chests or in previous versions you could craft them at the Iron Crafting Table or higher crafting stations from 10 Matter Module Components and 1 Diamond.How to Upgrade your Matter Manipulator in Starbound 1.0
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Answer 2
My friend also had this problem, a quick solution was to take the Flashlight out of his Ship Locker. It's one of the first quest and as soon as he completed it he was given the option to upgrade the matter manipulator. Although he may have completed one or two other tutorial quests such as crafting a hunting bow and cooking a piece of meat. I'd say click on the exclamation mark at the top right of your screen and complete any tutorial quests you're stuck on.
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