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LEGO Universe: The Beginners Guide to the Universe

Part One: Exploring the Venture Explorer

Written by LegoFan101~




When you first enter the Universe, you find yourself on a spaceship that is falling apart, with an ever-nearing doom approaching every minute! 

Okay, first, let's acquire the ability to store imagination! 

Follow the instructions that appear over your minifig's head to get through the tutorials, then walk forward from where you originally started. Be sure to smash any crates you find, collecting any rocket modules you can gather - you'll need these later! If you keep going straight, and jump up the ledges, you should see an NPC (Non Playing Character, a minifig that is controlled by a script and not a person) named Bob. Walk up to him, and interact by pressing the Shift key on your keyboard, as soon as you see the Shift icon over Bob's head. He'll give you a simple task - acquire six imagination orbs before returning to complete the missions. (A picture of an imagination orb can be found below.)

Try right-clicking with your mouse. Hold the right-click and drag the mouse around to get a good look around the spaceship. You should see some moving platforms on either side of your current location. Head to one and maneuver around to collect three orbs. Then, head to the other side to collect the remaining three before returning to Bob once again. 

Once you return to Bob, he should enable you to store imagination. Now, whenever you collect orbs, the orbs will be stored within your minifigure, ready to be used later on. 

Bob should then ask you to visit Sky Lane. You will find her by traveling forward a bit, and by quickbuilding the jump pad on your right. 

You should be launched to a platform with Sky Lane and a few crates to be found. Talk to Sky Lane. She will ask you to collect at least three rocket modules - the nose cone, the cockpit, and the engine. 

If you already have the three required modules, Sky Lane will ask you to go to the Modular Building Zone (which will be pointed out to you in a cutscene) to build your first rocket.

There is one more thing you'll want to do before building your first rocket. 

Once you leave the Venture Explorer, there's no going back - so you'll want to make sure you acquire all of the rocket parts before you build a rocket and head to Avant Gardens.

If you've already smashed the crates everywhere at "ground level", go back to the middle section of the spaceship. There should be two sides to the pathway, with one quickbuild at each side. Go to each side and quickbuild the jump pads to reach the two ledges. Once you smash the crates on both ledges, you should have all rocket parts you'll need - one way to tell for sure is if you receive an achievement with a golden astronaut helmet.

Once you've acquired ALL rocket parts, return to the Modular Building Zone you spotted earlier. 

Walk up to the Modular Building Zone and press Shift to interact and initiate the building instance. Once the building instance has initiated, take out whatever pieces you wish to use and drag them into the outline in the modular building zone. Once you've built your rocket, you should hear a bell sound, and you should see a checkmark button. Click this to finish your rocket and add it to your inventory. A cutscene will direct you to go to the rocket launchpads. 

Once you go up to a launchpad, just drag your rocket onto it and you'll be out of the Venture Explorer, ready to head off to the next world - Avant Gardens!