¶ Overview
The Expanse Server cluster is split into different server instances, all connected by the Nexus server plugin. This allows us to create a much more perfomant and larger world, with a much greater capacity for players than would otherwise be possible.
Those of you unfamiliar with the plugin, it simply means that when you reach the edge of a server, you get transferred into another server instance, you can see your current server instance anytime by pressing F3 ingame and looking at the description at the top. Every instance (often containing multiple sectors) has a unique identifier (DxSomething) and is represented by its own color on the map below.
It is highly recommended that you use the "Nexus Seamless Switcher" client plugin, that allows you to transfer server borders with greatly reduced load times.
While the main part of SDX - Sol system - is all connected, there are additional instances you can reach through the Sol Gate near Uranus.
List of all SDX server instances
¶ Sol System
Hangar is shared across all instances
¶ Dx1 - Outer Fast Zone
The big, empty space encompassing all other instances. Probably infinite in size.
¶ Dx2 - The Belt
The "public" part of the Asteroid Belt.
- Main trade hubs Pallas Station, Vesta Station and Tycho Hub
- Small (P1, T1) and large (Trojan, Greek) asteroid fields.
¶ Dx3 - Mars
MCR nation space containing the nation home world and the M1 and M2 asteroid fields.
The nation home world is protected against non-members by NPCs and Radar coverage!
¶ Dx4 - Earth
UN nation space containing nation home world and the E1 and E2 asteroid fields.
The nation home world is protected against non-members by NPCs and Radar coverage!
¶ Dx5 - Inner Fast Zone
Embedded into Dx1, with Pallas at its center, also big and empty but certainly not infinite.
¶ Dx6 - Outer Planets
- Jupiter is the TIH NPC hunting area (Belter tier tech)
- Uranus space, the place where PvP fleet battles over the Ariel KOTH are fought every few days
- The tiny slow zone around the Sol Gate - right next to Uranus - that leads to ring space (DxMedina)
Sol gate has radar pings for the nation that controls the Ariel KOTH
¶ Dx7 - Ceres
OPA nation space containing nation home world and the C1 and C2 asteroid fields.
The nation home world is protected against non-members by NPCs and Radar coverage!
¶ Dx8 - Saturn
Saturn marks the FNVY NPC hunting grounds (Inner tier tech)
¶ Ring space and -worlds
Each instance has a seperate hangar
¶ DxMedina - The ring space
Not to be confused with DxLobby, this is the real deal. Ring space contains Medina Station, the Lithium Refinery Barge and the ring gates leading to other systems. Sol gate leads here.
¶ DxIlus - Ring World
Ilus is a peaceful, single planet accompanied by one moon - perfectly suited for building industrial and recreational surface stations in relative safety.
Accessed through a ring gate in DxMedina
¶ DxAdro - Ring World
Hunting grounds for Boss Raids - very hard end game group content. Adro is a large planetary body - maybe even a former sun - which was artificially altered by ancient aliens.
¶ DxJannah - Ring World
The starter system. Can only be reached by spawning in from the Lobby. The (one-way) Jannah ring gate will spit you out somewhere in a fast zone in Sol.
¶ DxLobby
One instance to rule them all - the Lobby is the place you should connect to. Spawn pads lead to (almost) all other instances, and you should be redirected to your last visited instance on join.
¶ Testing grounds
¶ CATTUS
Cattus is a wholly seperated instance to test upcoming changes. SDX staff and supporters/donators of SDG have permanent access and sometimes Cattus is opened to everyone for large scale testing. It can be accessed by direct connect only.
¶ Sol System
All maps are available in the LCD blocks on the server.
¶ Ring Space Transit
You can travel to other systems using the Ring Gates in each system and traveling to the Ring Space/Medina Hub Station, then transiting the ring gates to a new system.
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