Frigate Traits

The subject of this article is from the NextGen update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 16 February, 2021.

Frigate types clockwise from top left: Support, Exploration, Combat, Trade, and Industrial.

Frigate Traits are randomly-generated characteristics of the frigates.

Summary

Frigate Traits are one of the fundamental characteristics that determine the effectiveness of frigates during expeditions. Traits are randomly generated characteristics that can provide both positive and negative effects, serving to benefit or hinder frigates when they are sent on missions. The Manage Fleet screen in the player's central control room of their freighter can be used to review the traits of each frigate in the fleet.

Trait types

There are 5 exclusive, 72 beneficial and 25 negative frigate traits in total.

Frigates can be generated with up to 5 traits depending on their level, but each type of frigate has a limited number of traits to be chosen from:

• The first trait is always an exclusive trait tied to the frigate type.
• The other four traits are randomly chosen from 42 beneficial and 20 negative traits available to their respective type.

The following coding used in the tables below: Combat - Exploration - Industrial - Trade - Support

Exclusive traits

Name	Effect
Combat Specialist	+15 Combat	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Exploration Specialist	+15 Exploration	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Industrial Specialist	+15 Industry	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Support Specialist	-15 Fuel Cost	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Trade Specialist	+15 Trading	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗

Benefical traits

Name	Effect
Ablative Armour	+4 Combat	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Advanced Maintenance Drones	Damage Reduction	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Advanced Power Distributor	-6 Fuel Cost	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Aggressive Probes	+1 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Alcubierre Drive	-2% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ammo Fabricators	+2 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Angry Captain	+2 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Anomaly Scanner	+2 Exploration	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Antimatter Cycler	-3 Fuel Cost	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Asteroid Scanner	+3 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Asteriod Vaporizer	+6 Industry	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Automatic Investment Engine	+4 Trading	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
AutoTranslator	+1 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Cartography Drones	+6 Exploration	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Cloaking Device	+6 Combat	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Dynamic Ballast	-2% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Economy Scanner	+1 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Efficient Warp Drive	-4 Fuel Cost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Experimental Impulse Drive	-3% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Experimental Weaponry	+4 Combat	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Expert Navigator	-2% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Extendable Drills	+2 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Fauna Analysis Device	+1 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Gravitational Visualiser	+4 Exploration	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Generator Grid	-9 Fuel Cost	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Harvester Drones	+1 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Hidden Weaponry	+1 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Holographic Components	Damage Reduction	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Holographic Displays	+2 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
HypnoDrones	+2 Trading	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
Interstellar Signal Array	+4 Exploration	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Large Tanks	-3 Fuel Cost	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Laser Drill Array	+2 Industry	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Local Time Dilator	-1% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Long-Distance Sensors	+3 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Mass Driver	-1% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Massive Guns	+2 Combat	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Metal Detector	+2 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Mind Control Device	+6 Trading	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
Mineral Extractors	+1 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Motivated Crew	-2% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Negotiation Module	+2 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Ore Processing Unit	+2 Industry	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Overclocked Power Distributor	-4 Fuel Cost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Oversized Fuel Scoop	-6 Fuel Cost	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Oxygen Recycler	-2 Fuel Cost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Photon Sails	-2 Fuel Cost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Planetary Data Scoop	+1 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Propaganda Device	+4 Trading	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
Portable Fusion Ignitor	-9 Fuel Cost	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Radio Telescopes	+3 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Realtime Archival Device	+2 Exploration	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Reinforced Hull	+3 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Remote Market Analyser	+2 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Remote Mining Unit	+3 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Retrofitted Turrets	+3 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Robot Butlers	+3 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Robot Crew	-6 Fuel Cost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Self-Repairing Hull	Damage Reduction	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Solar Panels	-6 Fuel Cost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Spacetime Anomaly Shielding	+6 Exploration	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Stowaway Botanist	+2 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Teleportation Device	+6 Trading	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
Terraforming Beams	+4 Industry	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Tractor Beam	+4 Industry	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Trade Analysis Computer	+2 Trading	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
Tremendous Cannons	+6 Combat	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Tuned Engines	-4 Fuel Cost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Ultrasonic Weapons	+2 Combat	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Ultrasonic Welders	+6 Industry	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Well-Groomed Crew	+3 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Wormhole Generator	-3% Expedition Time	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Negative traits

Name	Effect
Badly Painted	-2 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Clumsy Drill Operator	-6 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Cowardly Gunners	-2 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Faulty Torpedoes	-6 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fragile Hull	-2 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Haunted Radar	-2 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Inefficient Engine	+2 Cost Per Warp	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Lazy Crew	-2 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Leaky Fuel Tubes	+4 Cost Per Warp	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Low-Energy Shields	-4 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Malfunctioning Drones	-2 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Misaligned Sensors	-4 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Oil Burner	+1 Cost Per Warp	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Outdated Maps	-4 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Poorly-Aligned Ballast	+2 Cost Per Warp	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Roach Infestation	-6 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Rude Captain	-2 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Second-Hand Rockets	-4 Combat	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Small Hold	-4 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Small Hoppers	-4 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Thief On Board	-4 Trading	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
Thirsty Crew	+1 Cost Per Warp	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Uncalibrated Warp Drive	-6 Exploration	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Underpowered Lasers	-4 Industry	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
Wandering Compass	-4 Industry	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓

Release history

• NEXT - Frigates traits were added.