Summary
X3: Farnham's Legacy allows you to chose from different pre-defined gamestarts enabling you to decide how fast or slow paced your start in the universe will be and what challenges you will have to overcome. Thereby, the gamestart you choose affects: Your initial pilot name (you can change this in-game), your character's race, your initial starting location, your initial cash, your initial ship(s), and what equipment and upgrades are installed, the initial assets you own and your initial reputation with the different races.
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Note: Apart from the above, the game start has no effect on combat difficulty, rewards, or anything else in the game.
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Detailed Information
Tutorials (unlocked from the start)
Tutorials let you start in a Simulation sector allowing you to try out basic features of the game. Playing the tutorial gamestarts is recommended for those players who have never played an X-game before. The following tutorial starts are available:
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Please note that once the Tutorial is over, you will have to restart the game and chose one of the other gamestarts in order to actually play X3: Farnham's Legacy.
Farnham's Legacy (unlocked from the start)
Stranded in unknown space and cut off from all your assets, you endeavour to cooperate with strangers in an attempt to get back to familiar territory.
Start | Name | Race | Age | Start Money | Start Ship | Difficulty | Description | |
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Argon Official | Branda Brano | Argon | 37 | 20,000 | Advanced Discoverer | Average (Recomended) | While wars are raging in the universe, it is level-headed people like you who bring all parties involved to the peaceful table of diplomacy. | |
Teladi Courier | Joranas Dasinos Rusiris I | Teladi | 18 | 20,000 | Advanced Kestrel | Faster (Recomended) | Making your first million is the hardest, they say. But with a well-equipped ship and the profit-hunger of a real Teladi, nothing can stop you. | |
Boron Scientist | Lar Iaso | Boro | 20 | 20,000 | Enhanced Mako | Somewhat Slower | The Xenon, a supernova, enemy forces from outside the galaxy, or even Ancient intervention - your research into the gate shutdown revealed many possible explanations. Giving up is not an option, for you or the universe. | |
Split Veteran | Cho t'Hnt | Split | 40 | 10,000 | Mamba Raider | Should be a breeze | Years on the battlefield have taught you this: not every battle is won by shooting indiscriminately. Showing a little restraint can go a long way. Sometimes it is enough to just prepare for the perfect shot. | |
Paranid Outcast | Elmanckelttak | Paranid | 80 | 22,222 | Pericles Raider | Safe | You chose the ways of the two-eyed and were punished with the supreme contempt of your whole race. Yet, you cannot deny your heritage when new challenges present themselves. | |
Peace Seeker | Terrel Poler | Goner | 50 | 17,000 | Goner Ranger | Could be challenging | After decades preaching the story of Earth, the events of recent years have left a mark on you. But all is not lost. Even in these dark days, there is hope for peace in the universe. | |
Moo-Kye's Enforcer | Toki Silarn | Yaki | 29 | 15,000 | Susanowa Prototype | Intriguing | A target and a gun; no questions asked. That's your maxim. However, with the universe falling apart, you become curious as to whether other ways may be more satisfying. |
Expanded Sandbox (needs to be unlocked)
Note: To enable these game starts, you first need to complete the initial section of a plot start.
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These starts allow you to jump straight into the game without having to follow the plot. They will have the Headquarters and other plot-related items already unlocked and available.
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Challenging Sandbox (needs to be unlocked)
Note: To enable these game starts, you first need to complete the initial section of a plot start.
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These starts allow you to jump straight into the game without having to follow the plot. They require you to find and activate the Headquarters to access other plot-related items.
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Custom/Modified
Note: All custom game options are modified from the start, and won't let you play the main plot. Steam achievements for modified games are disabled. However, ingame achievements are still enabled.
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Once selecting the Custom game you will start the game in an empty sector in your spacesuit. Using the Custom Start Configuration menu shown below you will then be able to select the starting parameters to your liking. Once you're finished, click on the "Confirm and Start Game" option at the bottom of the screen.
Custom Galaxy (unlocked from the start)
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