Fuel Sources - sorted by importance for speedrunning

#Introduction

There are a few ways to collect Fuel during your run. Some are faster, some are slower. This means every time you try to find Fuel you have to gauge if the time loss is worth the amount of Fuel you will collect, especially if it could be 0.

Whenever you don't immediately jump to the next system but collect Fuel instead you essentially waste precious time, so this means an important trick is to collect Fuel while your jump is still charging up. Everything you do in the few seconds between the point you entered the system and the point you can leave it again doesn't use additional time, so use those seconds to fly to Service Stations, shoot down any ships closeby etc.

There are 8 ways to gain Fuel in this game.

#Service Stations

These are your main source of Fuel. Even if you only have like 300 credits, you can buy some Fuel there. On top of that, you can shoot the yellow-glowing containers around the station for some additional Fuel! Make sure to check the hidden Fuel tanks that are sandwhiched between other parts of the station as well. Only shoot glowing tanks though to not make G&B hostile too soon, and don't forget that shooting G&B tanks will make G&B hostile immediately.

#Enemy ships

These will often drop Fuel - sometimes it's 2 Fuel, sometimes it's 16 Fuel. If you see some Okkar, G&B or Outlaws immediately after you enter a system, try to kill them and see if they have Fuel. Sometimes you can do that before your next jump is even ready, which means you used your downtime in the best possible way - to collect Fuel.

#G&B Fuel tanks

Even regular stations sometimes have 1-3 Fuel tanks. They glow yellow as well, but there are rarely more than a few per station. Fly in, shoot them from close to collect the Fuel faster, get out.

#Outlaw Fuel tanks

Sometimes Outlaw stations have Fuel containers on them. Just like all the other containers they don't give much Fuel, but combined with enemy ships closeby you can sometimes get some nice amounts of Fuel there. Make sure to check Outlaw stations with jump suppressors for Fuel tanks while you're there. Don't forget the loot containers either, but more on that later.

#G&B Fuel freighters

Sadly they usually only contain like 5-20 Fuel, but because they move so slow and are so easy to plunder with the AW, you will get some Fuel for almost zero effort here.

#Freighter Wrecks

Often accompanied by mine fields, the glowing freighter boxes sometimes contain Fuel. If a wreck is close, it may be worth the trip. Don't take any long detours to them though.

#Loot Containers

These small little boxes that drift around the system can contain Fuel as well, but that's rare. Stay away from single containers as they're hard to hit from a mile away and are generally not worth the effort. But if you happen to run into a container near a jump suppressor or on a service station, make sure to check them for Fuel. Shooting G&B containers will make it impossible to buy Fuel anymore though, so make sure to do that first.

#Abandoned Fuel tanks

Some bigger asteroids have metallic frames in and around them - if you get lucky, you might find a Fuel tank here and there. As these are pretty rare and usually in dark places that are hard to spot, you don't want to spend too much time hunting them down.

#Final thoughts

The most important rule in collecting Fuel is simple.

**Don't be shy to shoot G&B stuff.**

Fuel up, Adams & Evas!

Savefile Location

All save files are saved here: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\RSG\Saved\SaveGames

Subroutines & Glyphs - Tier List for speedrunning

#Introduction

As you only have 3 slots but 11 Glyphs and 17 subroutines exist in the game, it may be hard to select which 3 to use for your speedrun. This guide aims at sorting the 28 devices you can select and the 4060 different combinations possible into tier 1 (strong), tier 2 (fine) or tier 3 (useless).

#Glyphs

- Ancient Weapon: Tier 0. This weapon is so broken it deserves it's own category.

- Ancient Structures: Tier 1. Ancient Structures allow you to skip whole sectors, but it's still random if you stumble upon 0, 1, or even 2 ancient temples. This Glyph removes a huge chunk of RNG from an already RNG-heavy game.
- Headstart: Tier 1. It allows you to skip 4 systems (Sector 1) and therefore saves 100 fuel, so it adds consistency to your run by saving like 2-3 minutes, but it's a wasted slot after Sector 2.
- Equalizer: Tier 1. Negates the damage you might take from jumping without fuel. Is kinda broken with the Ancient Weapon.

- Leech: Tier 2. It's op with the Ancient Weapon, but you will rarely fight enemies during your run.

- Berserker: Tier 3. You need all your HP for jumps without fuel. Berserker eats away your HP. Cool.
- Splitter: Tier 3. Awesome with the ARC-9000, but how often will you use that?
- Predetermination: Tier 3. You want to carefully select your route, this Glyph negates that.
- Low Profile: Tier 3. You want as few jump suppressors as possible.
- Ancient Friends: Tier 3. Random allies spawning in? Who cares?

#Subroutines

- Fuel Conservation: Tier 1. Jumping takes a bit longer but it adds consistency and is almost mandatory on non-AW runs on higher difficulties. You waste time every jump but save so much more time overall because you don't have to collect that much fuel. It essentially cuts down on RNG to get consistently good times on Normal & Hard. On Easy you'd be better off using something else.
- Sensory Overload: Tier 1. It helps a lot with finding jump suppressors & Fuel faster, but is not as helpful on lower difficulties as Service Stations are more common there.
- Survival Instinct: Tier 1. Pair it with Equalizer, jump until 3+ of your ship's systems are damaged, use that damage buff from SI to kill the ancients at the temples faster.

- Daredevil: Tier 2. Pretty strong with the Ancient Weapon and Leech or Equalizer, but you will rarely fight enemies.
- Hull Bonus: Tier 2. Fine on Gunship, pretty useless on the other ships.
- Jump Repairs: Tier 2. Fine if you don't have Equalizer available yet.

- Devastator: Tier 3. Makes your boosters harder to use. Avoid this.
- Artisan: Tier 3. You won't collect many ressources in your run, and you certainly won't craft any weapons. Avoid this.
- Thrust Diversion: Tier 3. Usually, you jump in, boost around, jump out. This makes boosting worse. Avoid this.
- Infinite Drift: Tier 3. Only makes controlling your ship harder. Avoid this.
- Armor Bonus: Tier 3. Meh on Gunship, useless on the other ships.
- Energy Bonus: Tier 3. You don't boost & shoot that much.
- Damage Bonus: Tier 3. Let me make it clear again: You will rarely fight enemies.
- Beeline: Tier 3. You will rarely use secondary weapons and you don't have time to aim.
- Shadow Strike: Tier 3. You will rarely fight enemies. It only wastes a slot.

- Sensor Jamming: Banned on speedrun.com, as it's a Kickstarter Backer exclusive.

#Combinations

So out of the 4060 combinations there are like maybe 10 that are fine for speedrunning.

##"Ancient Weapon" Category

-  Ancient Weapon, Equalizer, Headstart OR Ancient Weapon, Equalizer, Ancient Structures
The golden standard of Everspace speedrunning. It's your decision if you go for consistency first and RNG later (Headstart) or reduced RNG overall (Ancient Structures). I personally dislike Headstart as the first sector is only 4 systems (75 fuel) anyway and Ancient Structures can help you to skip more than that. Sadly AW + Equalizer is completely absurd, leaving you with a choice to make.

- Ancient Weapon, Headstart, Ancient Structures
This setup relies on Nanobots to maintain your "ammo" instead of Equalizer, but that risk is negated by consistency through skipping multiple sectors.

- Ancient Weapon, Equalizer, Fuel Conservation
Jump in, kill an enemy, collect it's fuel, jump out. Sure, this combination requires you to kill enemies to maintain your hull, but it's unlikely that you will ever run out of fuel.

##"Regular weapons" Category

- Fuel Conservation, Headstart, Ancient Structures
You're not able to jump that often without using fuel, but with some extra fuel you should get to Sector 7 if the game gives you access to 1-2 temples.

-  Fuel Conservation, Equalizer, Headstart
Full consistency. Get the maximum distance with the fuel you have while being able to do multiple jumps in a row without fuel.

- Sensory Overload, Ancient Structures, Fuel Conservation
You're in full control of the risk you take. It's an extremely consistent setup that does not rely on RNG, but it's slow af.

- Equalizer, Headstart, Ancient Structures
Needs testing, but it seems good in theory. This combination essentially uses the 3 most broken Glyphs that are not named "Ancient Weapon". Equalizer allows you to jump even with low Fuel, over and over again.

- Equalizer, Headstart, Survival Instinct
Needs testing, seems good in theory too. You jump a few times without fuel and you'll have enough damaged ship systems to really benefit from the damage bonus, for example against the ancients at the temples. Sadly, you will have to rely on RNG to find these temples with this combination.

#Final Thoughts

So, that's it. Most of the Glyphs and Subroutines make no sense whatsoever in speedruns, others are extremely bonkers. Test around, try out different combinations and see how far you get.

Fuel up, Adams & Evas!

Tips and Tricks for Best Possible Times

Link below!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DX8DVpwTYW8LAuy0AtWyYq6g3CBsux5qRRpTMucGqmo/edit?usp=sharing

Name	Author
Fuel Sources - sorted by importance for speedrunning	NeZCheese 6 years ago
Savefile Location	NeZCheese 4 years ago
Subroutines & Glyphs - Tier List for speedrunning	NeZCheese 5 years ago
Tips and Tricks for Best Possible Times	Grendal 3 years ago