1. Solo Mindset: Information Is Your Weapon

A solo player has fewer eyes, fewer guns and less repair coverage. The tradeoff is that you can decide faster. Your strongest advantage is leaving before a squad finishes setting up.

Do not measure a solo run by kills. Measure it by whether you learned a route, extracted resources and kept enough gear to launch the next run without rebuilding from zero.

2. The Three-Stop Solo Route

  1. Stop 1: Nearby edge loot

    Start with containers, wreckage or edge buildings near your spawn. This gives value without committing deep into a POI.

  2. Stop 2: One focused objective

    Pick one reason to go deeper: a safe, a resource cluster, a turret part or coral farming. Do not stack every possible objective into one run.

  3. Stop 3: Extraction setup

    Move toward a radio tower while your ship is still healthy. If you wait until fuel, ammo or repairs are low, extraction becomes a fight you did not choose.

3. Solo Loadout Priorities

Cheap Trampler

Use a ship you can afford to lose. Expensive modules make you hesitate, and hesitation is bad when alone.

Repair access

Keep repair supplies easy to reach. Solo repairs need to happen early, before one broken part becomes a forced fight.

Simple weapons

Carry enough ammo to defend or disengage, not enough to convince yourself every contact is worth chasing.

4. What to Do When You See Another Ship

SituationSolo callWhy
You spot first and have light lootObserveYou can decide whether the route is still safe without revealing yourself.
You are full and they are moving toward youLeaveThe run already has value. A fight only adds downside.
Your hull is damagedBreak contactSolo repair under pressure is slow and risky.
Enemy is parked and distractedOnly engage with a retreat lineA third party or returning crew can turn an easy hit into a lost ship.

5. Solo Extraction Rule

Extract when two of these are true: your backpack is mostly full, the Trampler has taken meaningful damage, you have found your target resource, nearby sound cues are increasing, or your route back to the ship is no longer clean.

Do not wait for perfect value:Solo value comes from repeatable medium hauls, not one heroic full haul.

Park for escape:At the radio tower, park so you can drive away. A slightly longer walk is better than a stuck Trampler.

Board when the ship arrives:Do not take one last peek or one last crate after the rope drops.

6. Review Every Solo Loss

QuestionIf yesIf noNext adjustment
Did you spot the enemy first?Your route worked; decision timing failedImprove scouting and parkingSlow down before POIs
Was the ship movable?You had a chance to leaveParking or damage control failedPractice extraction parking
Was the loot goal already met?You stayed too longThe route may be too low valueSet a clearer stop point
Did repair supplies matter?Bring more or place them betterThe issue was route or fight choiceRead Trampler diagnosis

Next Reads

Loadout Checklist: solo prep, repair tools and exit rules Extraction hold timeline and final boarding checklist Early Trampler upgrade path and fight diagnosis Search items, repair tools, ammo and turret stats