Lightyear Frontierlargely revolves around the exploration of a mysterious planet, restoration of the lands across this space, and the foraging of resources available to establish and maintain your campsite and farm.
However, the default mech that players will begin the game with can only get you so far in terms of exploration capability. For this reason, knowing how to unlock and obtainupgrades for this mechwill be key to success, enabling you to navigate the world with much more efficiency.
How to Get Upgrade Depot in Lightyear Frontier
To unlock Mech Upgrades inLightyear Frontier, you will first need to unlock the recipe and build the Upgrade Depot. To unlock the crafting recipe for the Upgrade Depot, you will need to harvest someStone and Aluminum. Both of these materials can commonly be found in the Pine Heights area of the map, so this will make resource gathering fairly easy.Once you have unlocked the recipe, you will need to spend the following resources to build the Upgrade Depot:
Upgrade Depot Crafting Recipe
All Mech Tool Upgrades in Lightyear Frontier
Once you have built the Upgrade Depot, you will now be able toupgrade your Mech Tools, which are separated into the categories of Gathering, Traversal, and Farming. To complete upgrades to your tools, you will need to gather the required resources, and then expend them to finalize an upgrade of your choice.All available Mech Tool Upgrades, what they do, and the resources needed to acquire them, are as follows:
Cost
Seed Shooter Lock-on
The Seed Shooter can Lock On to and automatically hit up to 9 Mounds.
Water Tank Capacity I
Increase Water Tank Capacity. The Mech can store more water in its Water Tank.
18 Polyberry Oil
Spike Saw Power I
Increase the Power of the Spike Saw, allowing it to break strong materials.
5 Aluminum Parts
Irrigation Hose Power I
Increase the Power of the Irrigation Hose, allowing it to wash away strong Slime.
Irrigation Hose Hydro Splash
The Irrigation Hose can fire big blogs of liquid that can splash on multiple Mounds at the same time.
Inventory Capacity I
Increase Inventory Capacity. The Mech can store more items before becoming Overencumbered.
5 Aluminum Electronics
Vacuum Harvester Power I
Increase the Power of the Vacuum Harvester, allowing it to suck up strong Weeds.
Thruster Boost I
Increase Thruster Boost, allowing the Mech to jump higher and stay in the air for longer.
Pathmaker
Pathmaker Mode allows the Mech to freely create Paths on the ground.
Hydro Spash Size I
The Irrigation Hose’s Hydro Splash splashes Liquids in a larger area.
Lock-on Targets I
The Seed Shooter can LOck On to up to 18 Mounds.
Irrigation Hose Range I
Increase the range of the Irrigation Hose. Liquids can be sprayed farther.
Spike Saw Damage I
Increase the Damage of the Spike Saw, allowing it to break materials in fewer hits.
Vacuum Harvester Range I
Increase the range of the Vacuum Harvester, allowing it to reach resources from farther away.
Thruster Boost II
The Mech can jump even higher and stay in the air for even longer.
Field Plow
Field Plow Mode allows the Mech to freely create fields of Mounds on the ground.
Lock on Targets II
The Seed Shooter can Lock On to up to 32 Mounds.
Hydro Spash Size II
The Irrigation Hose’s Hydro Splash splashes Liquids in an even larger area.
Vacuum Harvester Width I
Increase the width of the Vacuum Harvester, allowing it to gather resources in a wide area.
5 Battery
Lock On Targets III
The Seed Shooter can Lock On to up to 64 Mounds.
Water Tank Capacity III
The Mech can store even more water in its Water Tank.
