Getting started
Your first hours in the Valley: a calm, ordered start
A calm, ordered walkthrough of your first hours in the Valley: the pod, the analyzer, food and water, your first base, and the Mystery Beacon cave.
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Field noteMystery Beacon: grab every Sour Tarax seed.The injector quest needs them, and the cave is hard to re-enter.EXPLORE · EXPERIMENT · ADAPT
Sota7 is alien.
Make it home.
You are Hennessy, a bioengineer sent to planet Sota7 to find an answer to Earth's ecological collapse. Scan strange wildlife, crossbreed new species, build a research base — this guide walks every step.
Quick brief · before you leave
Eat, drink, scan everythingSunbeam Lumus for thirst, Sweet Tarax for food — and an Immunity Pump before long trips.36
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The first expedition
A sensible starting order, with answers to the problems that interrupt it.
01
Land and get the scanner running
The landing pod, the analyzer and the first tutorial quests.
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Eat and drink without poisoning yourself
Sunbeam Lumus for thirst, Sweet Tarax for food — process anything unfamiliar.
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Craft the Drone Builder, start the base
The Building Minion quest, your first water source and the press-B moment.
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Run your first crossbreed
Two parents from the same family, one grow pod, one new species.
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Reviewed against the launch build and Hotfix #1.
Creatures
Scorchweaver and defensive play: surviving without weapons
No lethal weapons in Honeycomb: The World Beyond — handle Scorchweavers with the tranquilizer injector, survive knockouts, treat injuries.
Base building
Drone Builder and your first real base
How to craft the Drone Builder (3 Carbon Fiber, 5 Magnetite, 1 Wiring Kit), open the build menu with B, and place your first base in the right order.
Four pillars · PILLARS
Ways to play
EXPLORE · EXPERIMENT · BUILD · ADAPT
EXPLORE
Exploration
Scan flora and fauna across four zones — the Valley, the Headlands, the Pass and the unsurveyed Aquatic Zone.
Open the planet map
EXPERIMENT
Crossbreeding
Allogamy for flowers, grafting for trees, environmental change for fungi — plus same-species animal DNA work.
Enter the lab
BUILD
Base building
Planning mode, drone-assisted construction and utility coverage — from landing pod to research station.
See the blueprints
ADAPT
Survival
Immunity, hunger, thirst and stamina — cozy pressure, real consequences, no weapons.
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