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The Spacesuit

When the player steps out into the vast reaches of space in only a Spacesuit they are comparatively slow and vulnerable but are able to perform actions that no ship could. Use the Spacesuit to patch up damage from combat, sabotage competitors or gain intelligence. To help you get around, you will be sitting in an EVA chair equipped with thrusters.

Tools and Weapons

The Spacesuit may be equipped with a variety of tools. They are sold by Item Traders on each station, and they are selected between like ship weapons (Hotkeys 1-4).

  • Repair Laser (available on all spacesuits):
    • A tool used for repairing hull damage for free at up to 25m range.
  • Hand Laser:
    • A weak beam weapon used for shooting locks and surface components.
  • Bomb Launcher:
    • Launches magnetic explosive and surface element-disrupting EMP bombs. Projectiles are consumable and need to be crafted. Spacesuit Bombs are remotely detonated by selecting the attached bomb and selecting the Detonate order by right clicking to deal heavy damage in an area around the bomb which can harm the player if used at close range. The impact point of the Spacesuit EMP also creates several small data leaks which can be scanned  


  • Spacesuit Scanner:
    • The Spacesuit scanner is capable of performing the deepest scans of ships and station modules to gain full information of the scanned object. Scanning a Data Leak with the Spacesuit Scanner also has a higher chance to obtain Blueprints, and level 2 Data Leaks can only be scanned this way.

Getting Back To The Ship

  • You can pilot your Spacesuit back into your ships by requesting docking permission, which opens the hatch you can manoeuver into. Entering the hatch will move the player to the Transporter Room of the ship.

Oxygen levels

The Spacesuit has a finite amount of oxygen supply. After 25 minutes, it will become harder to breath as indicated by changing breathing sounds. If the player has not returned to a ship, or teleported to a station, within 30 minutes of going for an EVA they will die.


  1. Anonymous

    What is a "level 2 data leak"?

    1. Anonymous

      There are leaks that can't be scanned by ship, I've only seen that kind in data vaults so far.

      1. Anonymous

        How do you differentiate them? Do they have a label? Are they different shape?

        1. If you try to scan a level 2 leak like those at data vaults you get a message saying to use the Space Suit Scanner. In general using the space suit to scan all data leaks gives better rewards.

  2. Anonymous

    How do you switch between Spacesuit tools?

    1. Anonymous

      The same way you switch between weapon groups in ships, using the 1, 2, or 3 keys

      1. Thanks for helping.

        Page updated with this info too.

      2. Anonymous

        I tried the 1234 keys and it did not work.

        I bought a repair laser but I do not see it.  Maybe I need to equip it ?

        I also looked for the 1234 keys in controls and could not find them.    

        what is the default control maybe I messed it up changing my controls.

        if there is a helpful place for setting controls I think that would be very helpful.




  3. Anonymous

    Got gameover while in a spacesuit floating around within a dock.

    If you're going to have the player die from "running out of air" or whatever just happened, please add indicators of how much space walk time is remaining, the ability to remove the helmet if within an air filled zone, and please also tell us how this all works in this wiki page.

    1. Added info on the existing oxygen mechanics.

      Please share feedback on how you may prefer things to change via the Egosoft forum where Developer are likely to see it.

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