InJourney To The Savage Planet, there are many things to do, places to explore, and items to collect. You can set yourself a mission to collect alien tablets or check out what’s around Meteor Crater. Additionally, there are impressive side quests alongside the main missions.

One of these is the rather lengthy Science Experiment quest. To fully complete this quest, you need to finish a total of 15 missions, some of which can be challenging. If you want to complete them easily and achieve the Senior Executive Explorer rank, this guide is for you!

The player is checking his progress for the Science Experiment quest in Journey To The Savage Planet.

What Are The Science Experiments?

You initially receive this mission while still in the Landing Site area. The purpose of this rather lengthy mission series is to reach the other explorer ranks. To reach the other ranks, you need tocomplete the five missions for your current rank.The highest rank you can achieve is the fourth level, Senior Executive Explorer.

Additionally, the most important benefit of ranking up isunlocking certain upgrades.If you want to produce new upgrades with your 3D printer, you must complete the Science Experiment missions.

The player scans some Pufferbirds in ice caves in Journey To The Savage Planet.

How To Get The Field Explorer Rank In Science Experiment

To reach the Field Explorer rank, you need to complete five tasks. You can complete these tasksin the Landing Site area.

How To Complete

Live Samples

To complete this Experiment, you need tounlock the Live Sampler.After that, you need to use the Live Sampler to take samples from three different live creatures. Here are the locations of these creatures:

Pufferbirds are among the most common creatures you’ll encounter and see frequently in the game. you may easily take samples from them bygoing inside the ice caves outside Javelin.

The player is carrying a live sampler in his left hand in Journey To The Savage Planet.

Baboushkas are fast-moving lizards that make strange noises. To find them,teleport to Towering Crystals.After traveling southwest for a sufficient amount of time, you’llpass under a rocky arch.When you turn east, you’llsee a puddle with steam coming from it.If you wander around this area, you’ll spot the Baboushkas.

Pikemanders are large, rolling lizards. To find them,teleport to the Meteor Crater and head northwest.Use a double jump from the edge of the cliff to reach the opposite cliff. You’llsee two of them around the watery area.

A big-eyed and tusked Pufferbird is standing in the ice cave in Journey To The Savage Planet.

Nuke It

For this experiment, you need tokill four creatures with an Alpha Pufferbird explosion.First, teleport to the Cliffs of Mt. Gzarfyn.

You willsee Alpha Pufferbirds to the southwest.These are the red, exploding versions of them. Go near them andthrow a bait to gather four stone-armored Pufferbirdsinto one spot. Then,quickly shoot the Alpha Pufferbird to make it explodeand kill the four armored Pufferbirds with the explosion.

A two-headed, lizard-like creature, the Baboushka, is standing among the grass in Journey To The Savage Planet.

Flight Risk

This experiment is extremely simple. You need tokill five ground creatures while they are airborne.To do this, you cango to an area with a lot of Pufferbirds, such as the ice cave outside Javelin or the west side of Meteor Crater. Approach the Pufferbirds andkick them into the air, then quickly shoot themwhile they are still in the air before they fall to the ground.

Safety First

For this experiment, you need tojump from a height of about 50 metersand use Jump Thrusters tosave yourself just before hitting the groundor falling into the void.Start at Cliffs of Mt. Gzarfyn, head south, andfollow the water path.

Once you have advanced enough, take the lava-flowing section of the mountain on your left and continue south. When yousee the second lava-flowing section, turn your back to it andjump down from the flow point of the waterfallto the southwest.

A purple and blue marbled Pikemander is looking to the left in Journey To The Savage Planet.

Jump down from here and use the Jump Thrusters when you are very close to hitting the ground.

Scanning

Use your scanner todocument at least 25% of the planet’s ecosystem.

How To Get The Explorer Rank In Science Experiment

To reach the Explorer rank, you need to complete five tasks. For some of these tasks,you will need to go to The Itching Fields area.

Live Samples 2

Infected Pufferbirds are the exploding and poisonous versions of Pufferbirds. To find them,start at Festering Chasm.Head south andclimb up the mushrooms on the left side of the cliff.

Once you reach the top mushroom,look south and enter through the cave entrance.You will see Infected Pufferbirds on the floor of the cave.

An Alpha Pufferbird is looking at the camera in Journey To The Savage Planet.

Jellywafts are green, squid-like entities that float through the air. They are found in many places throughout the game. One of the places where you can find them is thesouth of Towering Crystals.

Kapyenas are two-tailed, armored, dog-like entities that can teleport. To find them,teleport to Fungi of Si’ned VII, and thenfollow the path northwest.

The player kicks a Pufferbird, sending it into the air in Journey To The Savage Planet.

After passing under a rock arch,go through a passage that resembles a mouth with sharp teethto the south. You’ll see them on the other side of the passage.

Corrosive Rain

For this experiment, you need tokill a Prime Jellywaft and have it hit two creatures with its acid burstas it dies. To find a Prime Jellywaft,teleport to Planetary Flotsam.Head southwest towards the Alien Tablet, then proceed southeast towards a large purple plant.Continue towards the second purple plantyou see to the southeast.

Once you reach it, you’llsee an area filled with a lot of creatures to the southwest.Among these creatures, there will be a Prime Jellywaft.Bring plenty of bait and gather the Pufferbirdsinto one spot. While they are gathered, fire at the Prime Jellywaft to try and have its acid bursts hit the creatures.

The player is looking at the view from the flow point of the waterfall in Journey To The Savage Planet.

If you fail, return to the main menu and then come back here to try again.

Easy Target

For this experiment, you need tokill four creatures within three seconds while they are stuck with Binding Bile.You can find Binding Biles in the Metallic Seed Bagson the mushrooms around Festering Chasm.

After obtaining them, lure Pufferbirds from the ice caves outside The Javelinto a single spot using bait,and then throw Binding Bile at them. Once they are stuck, quickly kill them with your weapon or a Bombegranate.

The player scans some Pufferbirds in ice caverns in Journey To The Savage Planet.

Bomb Drop

For this experiment, you need tokill three amber-armored Pufferbirds with a single Bombegranate.To do this,teleport to the Fungi of Si’ned VIIteleporter.Follow the path northand pass under the rock arch.Before passing under the second rock arch, you will see them to the north.

Gather them into a single spot using bait, anduse Binding Bileto prevent them from escaping.Destroy their armor with a Blight Bomb, then use a Bombegranate to kill all of them.

Use your scanner todocument at least 50% of the planet’s ecosystem.

How To Get The Senior Executive Explorer Rank In Science Experiment

To reach the Senior Executive Explorer rank, you need to complete five tasks. For some of these tasks,you will need to go to The Elevared Realm area.

Live Samples 3

Schnozos are creaturesthat hide inside chimney-shaped rock pillarsand shoot at you from within.Teleport to Repaired Teleporter, leave the cave you’re in, andhead south.There, you will find plenty of chimney-shaped rock pillars where they are hiding.

Imperial Scarabs are large, beetle-like creatures that create an electric field. To find them,teleport to Xerophilous Landing and head southwest.There, you will find two of them.

Slamphibians are large, muscular, frog-like creatures. You canfind two of them near the Slamphibian Pit teleporter.

Let’s Bounce

For this experiment, you need tokill five creatures with a single Charged Shot.To do this,unlock the Supercharged Shot upgrade, then charge your weapon andgo to an area with many Pufferbirds.

For example, head to the area west of the Meteor Crater.Use bait to gather them in one spot, then kill all five with a single charged shot.

Shocking

For this experiment, you need tokill four creatures within three seconds while they are shockedwith lightning. The best way to shock them is by using Shock Fruit, soyou must have unlocked the Shock Fruit Stabilizer upgrade.

After unlocking it and obtaining Shock Fruit, go to the ice caves outside the Javelin.Use bait to gather Pufferbirds in one spot, then use Shock Fruit and quickly kill them.

I Know Karate

For this experiment, you need tokill 10 creatures in a row using melee attacks without taking any damage.Start outside the Javelin andgo to the ice caves, killing them with slaps. Then, as youmove towards the Meteor Crater,you will find enough Pufferbirds. Be careful not to let the Alpha Pufferbirds damage you.

Use your scanner todocument at least 75% of the planet’s ecosystem.