Astroneer: How to Get a Hoverboard

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Astroneer features a number of different vehicles that players can use to get around the different planets in the game. While some of these may feel a bit clunky and can be quite large, there is one special vehicle that stands out: the Hoverboard. This personal mobility device is potentially one of the fastest modes of transportation in Astroneer.

Unfortunately, because of its usefulness, this item can be a challenging item to unlock and even requires investing in one of Astroneer's shuttles. For those looking to get their hands on a Hoverboard and learn how best to use it, this guide is here to help.

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While many items typically require players to simply invest the research currency in Astroneer, bytes, this is not the case for the Hoverboard. It is remains locked behind a group of missions that take players to Sylva's moon, Desolo. This begins with «To Parts Unknown,» which tasks players with purchasing and printing a Small Shuttle, an Oxygenator to be placed within said shuttle, and a Solid-Fuel Thruster to be placed on the bottom of the Shuttle.

With this spacecraft now built, players can launch to one of the moons and planets in Astroneer known as Desolo. This wild landscape features the next piece of this journey towards acquiring a Hoverboard: tracking down a Vehicle Data Recorder. These unique EXO Caches need to be blown up in order to be opened but appears on the compass as a blue circle with a pointed bottom instead of a green circle. With this blown up and the EXO Chip retrieved, players will be directed to a nearby Material Analysis Transmitter (MAT).

With an EXO Chip attached to the MAT, players then will be asked to retrieve two of each of the following resources: Coppe