Affordable Language Mastery...
	Change ship skin for free...
	Easy Credits From Bypass Chips...
	How to learn unlimited words...
	Prioritize Exosuit Upgrades...
	Upgrade Your Scanner...
	Various Trophies...

You can affordably master languages if you follow this technique. First, acquire around 200 Carbon. Next, find a space station. Enter the regular door and chat with the alien you find waiting there. Each brief conversation costs 20 Carbon, but every second chat will offer the chance to learn a new word. Continue talking with the alien. Once you know enough words, other available options will appear and you can receive either an Isotope or Fuel for using them. Typically, these can be turned into 56 Carbon, a nice return on the 40 you had to spend. After a certain point, you're essentially gaining resources instead of spending them as you master the local language.

In a space station hop in then out of your ship twice to create two identical save points. Purchase desired ship, press Options > reload previous . You will get your money back, have the same exact inventory slots and upgrades as your previous ship, but it'll look like the one you bought.

Through at least Patch 1.0.3, you can earn easy money. To do so, first farm Iron and Plutonium, which form in stacks of 250. Next, combine those stacks to form Bypass Chips. For each such combination, you will receive 25 Bypass Chips (each individual chip is comprised of 10 Iron and 10 Plutonium). You can sell your Bypass Chips for around 3100 credits apiece at a Galactic Terminal. The market price varies from terminal to terminal, but you should expect to receive around 775,000 credits in exchange for a stack of 250 Bypass Chips.

To learn unlimited words from a specific faction, Gek, Korvax or Vy'keen follow these steps. 1. Ensure you have Carbon on you, at least 20 in order to initiate a conversation with any NPC you come across. 2. After talking to them they will give you 3 options. It's usually fuel, shield recharge/health recharge or a learning a new word. 3. If learning a new word pops up first, select it, the next time you talk to them select the Fuel option, which will give you carbon back. 4. Talk to them again and the option to select a new word should show up. Basically every other time you talk to the NPC you will have the ability to learn a new word, and if you get lucky with Fuel in between you will never run out of carbon to keep the conversations going. This also works best if you are trying for "The Sentinel" Trophy on an extreme planet as you now can gain the full vocabulary while waiting.

As you wander the various planets throughout the galaxy, you'll quickly find that you need more inventory slots in order to make better use of your time. You can upgrade your storage capacity by raiding Shelter locations. You can upgrade your inventory for free the first time around, but after that, each subsequent upgrade will increase in price by 10,000 credits.

Throughout the game, you'll rely on your scanner to find Elements, as well as relays that point the way to Colony Bases, Manufacturing Facilities, and other such destinations. Therefore, it makes sense to start looking for ways to upgrade your scanning capabilities immediately. Typically, you can find scanner Blueprints in Colony Bases and Manufacturing Facilities, secreted in wall terminals. Obtain the blueprint and then the required components and get to upgrading. It will make everything that comes after that moment go more smoothly.

Complete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation 4 trophy rewards.

Trophy	How to unlock
A Scanner Darkly (Bronze)	Attain 'Naturalist' status in Uploaded Discoveries.
A Space Odyssey (Gold)	Attain 'Discoverer' status in Space Exploration.
Babel-17 (Bronze)	Attain 'Confused' status in Words Collected.
Citizen of the Galaxy (Gold)	Attain 'Babelfish' status in Words Collected.
Contact (Bronze)	Attain 'Known' status in Alien Colonist Encounters.
Foundation (Bronze)	Attain 'Entrepreneur' status in Most Units Accrued.
Galapagos (Gold)	Attain 'Encyclopedia' status in Uploaded Discoveries.
Have Spacesuit - Will Travel (Gold)	Attain 'Adventurer' status in On-foot Exploration.
Pattern for Conquest (Silver)	Attain 'Notorious' status in Ships Destroyed.
Stranger in a Strange Land (Silver)	Attain 'Robust' status in Longest Lifespan.
Symphony For A Lost Traveler (Silver)	Attain 'Nomad' status in On-foot Exploration.
The Diamond Age (Gold)	Attain 'Magnate' status in Most Units Accrued.
The Forever War (Gold)	Attain 'Legend' status in Ships Destroyed.
The Languages of Pao (Silver)	Attain 'Interpreter' status in Words Collected.
The Longest Voyage (Silver)	Attain 'Pioneer' status in Space Exploration.
The Sentinel (Gold)	Attain 'Everlasting' status in Longest Lifespan.
The Space Merchants (Silver)	Attain 'Trader' status in Most Units Accrued.
The Star Beast (Silver)	Attain 'Archivist' status in Uploaded Discoveries.
The Stars, Like Dust (Bronze)	Attain 'Trailblazer' status in Space Exploration.
Total Perspective Vortex (Platinum)	Platinum.
Use of Weapons (Bronze)	Attain 'Novice' status in Ships Destroyed.
What Mad Universe (Gold)	Attain 'Ambassador' status in Alien Colonist Encounters.
Who Goes There? (Silver)	Attain 'Diplomat' status in Alien Colonist Encounters.