First thing's first, you're going to need the mod itself.

Step One: Go to the Elithian Races Workshop Page, and click the green button labeled Subscribe. This will automatically install the mod. If you are already in-game, restart your game for the mod to apply.

Step Two: Install a Character Menu Extender, such as XBawk's Character Extender, This is required if you want to play as one of the races added by the mod.

Step Three (Optional): Create a character using the mod.


Now, assuming you chose to play as an Avikan (or Droden), you're going to want to craft an Avikan Workman's Table. You might be wondering, "How do I get these new materials?" Assuming you are wondering that, the answer is...

In the next section of this guide.

So, these new materials, how do you get them? Well it's simple, you - violently slaughter every animal you come across - Carefully hunt the wildlife of a planet with specific weapons.

These weapons being...

Hunting spears, hunting knives, hunting bows and a harpoon gun.


You start off with a hunting knife, located in your ship's locker. This is a quick, low-damage weapon, best used for finishing off wounded enemies, rather than as a main weapon.

Killing creatures with weapons in the Hunting category will greatly increase the chance of them dropping bones or hide.

Creatures on planets with a higher Fauna threat level will drop higher grade bones.
Rarely, any creature can drop a Legendary Monster Bone. These are used for some crafting bench upgrades, and for a quest.

I haven't confirmed if this is from the Elithian Races Mod, but I have obtained several wearable skulls from hunting. These skulls provide no armor, but instead provide the Feral buff, which boosts melee damage.

So, you've got the materials now, it's time to get to work.

First bench you'll need is the Avikan's Workman Table, this can be crafted in the same menu as the Inventor's Table.

The Avikan Workman's table is essential for crafting the rest of the benches the mod provides, and is the Avikan equivalent of the Inventor's Table. It also contains EPPs and Beacons for guards, these are a decorative item that will increase the quality of a Guard, if one would spawn in that room, when a Colony Deed is placed.
(For example, the Tier 6 beacon will generate a guard with Clanguard gear.)

The following list will provide a brief description of all Tier One benches.

1. The Avikan Bonecarver's Table
This bench allows you to craft a variety of items made of bone, including furniture, weapons and armor. It also has a few leather items such as leather bandages.

2. The Avikan Cooking Plate
This station allows you to craft prepared foods, like the Kadavan Meal. Not much else to say.

3. The Avikan Stone Furnace
This one lets you craft Kavanite and Dranite, aswell as Avikan glass, dyes, circuitry, and other things.
You cannot craft normal metal bars or glass or paper here.

4. The Avikan Tanning Rack
This lets you craft Monster Leather, Tough String, and leather furniture or blocks.

5. The Droden Frame Workshop
You can craft Droden armor here.

(Wow I said the word This alot there.)

Lastly, you can craft a Starfarer's Teleporter here. It is one-way, and cannot be picked back up after being placed.

It will take you to...

The Starfarer's Refuge acts as the Avikan equivalent of the Outpost. It can be reached in two ways.

You can craft a Starfarer's Teleporter, which is a one-way teleporter that will take you straight there.

Or you can find an Avikan ship or settlement. Avikan ships and settlements will often contain a Starfarer's Teleporter.

The Starfarer's Refuge has many traders and services. If you're an Avikan or Droden character, you can bring your Watcher's Offices Pass to the terminal up the platforms to the right of the teleporter to begin the Avikan main questline. We'll talk more about that later.

Below is a list of traders and services that can be found on the Refuge.

The Nomada Translocator Store
This store sells various teleporters, like the Two-Stop-Teleshop on the Outpost. There is also a teleporter next to it that is free to use.

The Nomada Token Exchange
Here you can trade Avikan Gifts, or materials like Monster Bones, for tokens of merit.
You can also use tokens of merit to purchase materials here.

Lost & Found
This lad will sell you any unique cosmetics, weapons or other items that you've found for a high price.
Useful if you, say, misplaced the Watcher's Offices Key.

Produce Merchant, Clothing Merchant, Bone Weapons Merchant, Water Merchant
This lot will sell you a variety of items, including water storage and typical Avikan clothing.

Droden Equipment Merchant
This one'll sell you Droden-themed cosmetics, such as the Heavy War Frame. He also sells Inactive Droden, which are required for Droden Tenants.

Ayurin's Weapon Workshop
Here you can purchase various Avikan weapon blueprints. He also provides a quest for an Avikan Crafting Guide, which will unlock all Avikan craftables regardless of your race. This guide also grants Droden characters access to Avikan armor.

Droden Legion Terminal
You can purchase Droden crewmembers here for 75 tokens of merit each. They come in four flavors. Soldier, Mechanic, Medic and Engineer.

Valyan's Vehicle Workshop
Vehicles can be repaired here at the cost of Auto Chips.

Starsight Inn Bar
They sell food here. Not sure what else you'd expect.

Mysterious Merchant
This one... I can't say much about him for legal reasons, but he'll sell you some of the fancier gadgets the galaxy's got to offer.

The Drifter's Emporium
The Drifter's Emporium offers a variety of rare items, from Centensian scrap to important quest-items. To access it, go to the highest level of the Starfarer's Refuge and look for a pile of crates under a hatch. Using a Sphere tech, navigate through the pipes to reach the Emporium.

Jahkar's Licensed Vehicles
Vehicles, both decorative and functional, can be purchased here. You will need a License first though for the drivable ones. Auto chips, Jumpgate Cores and Transmitters can be found here too.

So, how do you get a license then?

Well, You're gonna need to do a quest, obviously.

Below is a list of all Avikan and Starfarer's Refuge quests.
Only significant rewards will be listed.

Keffrider
Speak to Vethuri. He's just to the right of the hangar, near the Refuge's shooting range.

Stage 1. Obtain five Avikan Gifts and bring them to Vethuri. Avikan tenants will frequently give you these.
Reward: Keffrider's Spear

Stage 2. Obtain a Grand Monster Bone and bring it to Vethuri.
Reward: Avikan Keff (Decorative version)

(I am still in the process of writing the above quest's stages.)

The Starfarer's Refuge
Speak to Azana, the hologram at the entrance of the Refuge.

Stage 1. Scan every store on the Refuge.
Stage 2. Return to Azana.

Report Back To Commander Zaheed

Stage 1. Find and speak to Commander Zaheed on the Starfarer's Refuge.

Reward: Watcher cosmetic set.

Droden of the Watchers
Speak to the Droden Watcher in the Watcher's Offices.

Stage 1. Bring the Watcher cosmetic set to the Droden Watcher.
Note: This will destroy the Watcher cosmetic set, but you can purchase another set from Lost & Found.

Reward: Droden Watcher cosmetic set.

Personalized Manipulation
Speak to Commander Zaheed.

Stage 1. Bring 20 Manipulator Modules to Zaheed.

Reward: Sealed Avikan Cache, Avikan Manipulator. (Reskins the Matter Manipulator)

Stopping The Corruption
Speak to Rokhan, above the entrance to the Refuge.

Stage 1. Defeat the Violated Elite Drahl unit.
Stage 2. Return to the Starfarer's Refuge and speak to Rokhan again.

Note
This mission is much more difficult than the Dreadwing or Shockhopper Mech missions from the base-game, bring strong equipment and plenty of healing items.

Reward: 250 Tokens of Merit, Refuge Gunrange Pass, Sealed Avikan Cache.

Harnessing The Corruption
Bring the Violated Elite Drahl unit's core to Ayurin on the Refuge.

Stage 1. Give the core to Ayurin
Stage 2. Obtain 12 Superb Kavanite Plates and 5 Dranite plates, then bring them to Ayurin.

(I am currently doing this quest and cannot provide other steps at the moment as a result)

The Vanguard's Vehicles
Speak to Rokhan after completing the quest "Stopping the Corruption."

Stage 1. Complete the Vehicle Test Course
Stage 2. Speak to Rokhan again for your reward.

Reward: 250 Tokens of Merit, Sealed Avikan Cache.

Note
Completing this quest will allow Jahkar to sell functional Vanguard vehicles, and remote controlled Vanguard drones. These include the Krahl, Drehk, Skoff, Drahl Drone, and Drahlid Drone.

Lost In The Pipeline
Speak to one of the two Avikan questgivers in the Refuge's hangar.

Stage 1. Find the Arm Ring. If you can't find it, head left from the questgiver. It will be in a pipe on the side of the ship below the repair bay the questgiver is in.
Stage 2. Bring the Arm Ring back to the questgiver.

Reward: Welder's Helmet, Sealed Avikan Cache.

Vanguard Mech Parts
Speak to one of the two Avikan questgivers in the Refuge's hangar.

Stage 1. Bring the questgiver a Salvaged Nanoreceptacle.

Reward: Vanguard Mech Legs + Boosters, Mech Operator's Helmet.

Tools of The Ancients
Discover a broken tool in Vhos Avha'las

Stage 1. Bring the broken tool to Adako, near the Rhaiod shrine. (All the way to the right in the Refuge).
Stage 2. Bring Adako 12 pieces of Centensian Technology and 12 pieces of Centensian Metal.
Stage 3. ?
Stage 4. ?

Explosive Firepower
Speak with Ayurin on the Refuge after obtaining a Broken Missile Pod from a Vanguard Drahl.

Stage 1. Supply Ayurin with the necessary supplies to repair the weapon. (8 Superb Kavanite, 1 Dranite Plate, an Avikan Magazine, and a unit of Volatile Fluid.)

Reward: Vanguard Missile Pod, Vanguard Missile Pod Blueprint, Sealed Avikan Cache.

Aswell as offering Pixels, Avikan & Droden tenants offer unique rewards that other races do not.

List of Known Tenant Gifts

Various Avikan materials
Tokens of Merit
Sealed Avikan Caches
Avikan Gifts (-)
Various Avikan food items (-)

All of these rewards will scale based on the planet's tier.* This includes the contents of the Sealed Avikan Caches.

*Likely excluding items marked with the (-) symbol.

The following is a list of known possible Avikan & Droden crew roles.

Avikan
Engineer
Mechanic
Soldier*
Hunter
Warrior

Droden
Mechanic
Engineer
Soldier
Medic

*Note, I haven't encountered any soldiers who were Avikan, yet.

Avikan

The Avikan are sturdy and resilient. Having survived for thousands of years in harsh, scorching climates they have evolved into the ideal desert species. They are adept in both body and mind, and have earned the respect of the galactic community.

Diet: Omnivore. Prefers grains and vegetables.

Advantages: +25% Knockback Resistance

Favored Playstyle: Tank

Immunities: Sandstorms, Quicksand, Burning, Tar

Health bonus: 15
Energy bonus: 15
Defense bonus: 5
Fire Resistance: 40%
Cold Weakness: 40%
Radiation Weakness: 10%

Racial Perks / Flaws
In searing-hot conditions you gain 4% regeneration.

Environmental Bonus
When on desert-like worlds, an Avikan gains +5% Defense and +15% Health.
When on icy worlds, an Avikan suffers energy regen reduction (-50%)

Combat Perks
+2% Crit Chance and +5% damage with Daggers and Spears.
+15% Damage with Energy Weapons.
One-handed combos increase defense by (Health/50) per hit.
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Droden

Created as cheap war robots, the Droden have since made a name for themselves in the cosmos. They are swift and dangerous, but not incredibly tough. They are, however, extremely resilient against many environments lethal to other species.

Diet: Robo food, but almost never needs it.

Advantages: +10% Speed

Favored Playstyle: Damage

Immunities: Poison, Breathing, Hunger

Energy bonus: 15
Attack bonus: 10
Physical Weakness: 25%
Electrical Weakness: 40%
Radiation Resistance: 40%
Poison Resistance: 40%

Combat Perks
+2% Crit Chance with Swords.
+25% Crit Damage with Assault Rifles.
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Trink

The Trink were built by a species native to a frozen planet, and their systems run more efficiently in cold climates. Highly efficient energy consumption gives them more energy to spend, and they require less organic fuel to keep functioning. Their metal hull grants an immunity to radiation and poison, but makes them extremely vulnerable to electric attacks.

Diet: Does not require food. Ever.

Advantages: None

Favored Playstyle: Exploration

Immunities: Poison, Breathing, Hunger, Radiation

Energy bonus: 30
Electrical Weakness: 100%
Cold Resistance: 30%
Poison Resistance: 40%
Radiation Resistance: 40%


Racial Perks / Flaws
When Electrified you lose 50% of your damage output.

Environmental Bonus
Your circuits perform best on cold biomes, and you gain +25% energy regeneration on icy worlds. On hot biomes, you suffer a -50% reduction in energy regen speed.

Combat Perks
Perfect blocks restore energy.
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Aegi

The descendants of Humans who fled Earth in the face of a natural disaster. Diplomatic, peaceful and technologically advanced, the Aegi have established themselves as the founders of an interstellar, inter-species alliance called the Elithian Alliance.

Diet: Omnivore

Advantages: +15% Charisma, +5% Speed

Favored Playstyle: Trader

Immunities: None

Fire Weakness: 10%
Radiation Weakness: 10%
Shadow Resistance: 20%
Cosmic Resistance: 20%

Racial Perks/Flaws
None

Environmental Bonus
On Lush, Forest and Primeval worlds you gain +25% Energy and +20% Health.

Combat Perks
+10% Damage with Pistols.
+15% Protection with Machine Pistols.
+12% Power with Assault Rifles.
+18% Protection and +15% Damage with Grenade Launchers.

This section will contain a list of equipment (such as Breaching Charges) and items (such as keycards). It is currently under construction, and will lack a majority of the available Avikan items at this time.

Equipment

Items

Watcher's Pass

• While in your inventory, the Watcher's Pass will allow you to interact with Watcher Terminals, such as those on the Starfarer's Refuge.
  
• Obtained from the Ship Locker as an Avikan or Droden character.

Keffrider's License

• While in your inventory, the Keffrider's License will allow you to interact with Keffrider Terminals, such as those seen outside of Avikan Bunkers. It also allows you to drive Avikan Keffs in such colonies without being accused of theft.
  
• Obtained from the quest "Keffrider."

Vanguard Gunrange Pass

• While in your inventory, the Vanguard Gunrange Pass will allow you to interact with the terminal outside of the Gunrange, allowing access to a merchant who sells caches that are guaranteed to contain unique weapons. There are also target dummies in the room, for weapons testing.
  
• Obtained from the quest "Stopping The Corruption."

Avikan Weapons

Keffrider's Spear

• Level: 3
  
• Element: Physical
  
• Damage Per Swing: 19
  
• Rate of Fire: 1
  
• Special Attack: Spear Throw
  
• Notes: Counts as an Avikan hunting weapon.
  
• Obtained during quest "Keffrider." Cannot be obtained any other way.

Lightstalker

• Level: 2
  
• Element: Line Energy
  
• Base Max Damage: 16.5
  
• Draw Time: 1 Second
  
• Energy Per Shot: 40
  
• Energy To Hold: 0
  
• Special Attack: Switch Form
  
• Notes: Special Attack switches Lightstalker into a Spear, allowing it to be used as a melee weapon. This can be reverted by switching weapons or using the Special Attack again. Like other Line weapons, this weapon's projectiles will follow targets.
  
• Obtained from Avikan Caches, Avikan Unique Caches and from the Mysterious Merchant.

Centensian Weapons

Void Eater

• Level: 6
  
• Element: Gravity Distortion
  
• Damage Per Shot: 9.7
  
• Rate of Fire: 4.2
  
• Energy Per Shot: 9.6
  
• Special Attack: Gravity Well
  
• Notes: Special Attack fires a projectile which stays where it hits, and pulls any nearby entities (including yourself) into itself. While this deals no damage, it will prevent most enemies from being able to move. Gravity Distortion projectiles home in on targets, and inflicts the Gravity Distortion effect. When an enemy suffering from this effect dies, they create a Gravity Well where they died.
  
• Obtained from Centensian Caches, and from the Mysterious Merchant.

CAUTION - THIS SECTION MAY BE OUT OF DATE / REDUNDANT, AND WILL BE REBUILT WHEN POSSIBLE.

This is a listing of the prices for every upgrade for every bench.

Avikan Artisan's Station
This is the upgrade for the Workman's Table.

Crafting requirements: 6 monster plates, 1 great monster bone, 10 kavanite plates, 5 dranite plates, 1 Avikan macrochip
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Leatherworking Station
This is the upgrade for the Avikan Tanning Rack

Crafting requirements: 10 monster leather, 10 kavanite plates, 5 dranite plates, 1 Avikan circuitry
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Nomada Furnace
This is the upgrade for the Avikan Stone Furnace

Crafting requirements: 6 monster claws, 10 kavanite plates, 5 dranite plates, 1 Avikan circuitry
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Droden Frame Foundry
This is the upgrade for the... seriously just read the title you should be able to guess what it's an upgrade for.

Crafting requirements: 12 titanium ore, 10 kavanite plates, 5 dranite plates, 1 Avikan circuitry
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Droden Frame Factory
This is the upgrade for the previous entry.

Crafting requirements: 24 durasteel ore, 10 kavanite plates, 5 dranite plates, 1 Avikan macrochip, 4 Avikan batteries.

This section will be removed after the information has been added to up-to-date sections, such as current weapon stats.

This section will be rebuilt, including proper descriptions of weapons,* a full list of Avikan/Droden weapons, and re-written stats. It is currently outdated.

*Excluding any weapons I don't currently have.

Vanguard Burst Rifle
Fires 3 shots per click.
2-handed
DPS: 36.8
Damage Per Shot: 7.4
Energy Per Shot: 7
Rate of Fire: 5
Special: Laser sight
Value: 1137
Acquired through crafting [metalworking bench]

Clanguard Sword
One-handed
DPS: 26.4
Damage per swing: 16.4
Attack Speed: 1.6
Value: 1925
Note: Generates golden light when attacking, useful for dark areas.
Acquired through crafting [metalworking bench]

Nomada Bow
Two-handed
Base max damage: 24.4
Energy Cost: 30
Value: 1800
Acquired through crafting [metalworking bench]

Nomada Hunting Spear
Two-handed
DPS: 31.5
Damage per swing: 37.8
Rate of Fire: 0.8
Special: Spear Throw
Value: 3150
Acquired through crafting [metalworking bench]

Violated Droden Rifle
Two-Handed
DPS: 21
Damage per shot: 2.3
Damage per energy: 0.67
Rate of fire: 9.1
Energy per shot: 3.5
Value: Unknown, assumed to be 1500
Acquired by killing Violated Droden

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Uniques
Unless otherwise stated, all weapons on this list are obtained through Sealed Avikan Caches, or a special Cache variant that can be purchased in the Vanguard Shooting Range, which is guaranteed to contain a Unique item.

Violation Protocol
Two-handed
Damage Per Shot: 52.5
Charge Time: 1.5 seconds
Energy Per Shot: 100
Chance to cause 15 damage DOT for 3 seconds [totaling at 45 extra damage]
Special: Ion Laser
Value: 5250
Acquired by completing the quest "Harnessing the Corruption."

Keffrider's Spear
Two-handed
Damage per swing: 19
Rate of Fire: 1
Special: Spear Throw
Value: 2000
Acquired during the quest "Becoming a Keffrider."

Rhakori Longbow
Two-handed
Base max damage: 39.4
Energy per shot: 40
Special: Explosive Arrow
Value: 5250

Vanguard OTS.M-12
Calls down an orbital bombardment of missiles from your ship, very useful for taking out large enemies on the surface.
Value: 5250

Terveleader's Bow
Two-handed
Damage per shot: 33.3
Charge time: 0.6
Energy per shot: 30
Special: Seeking Shot [Projectile will curve towards enemies, useful for the extermination of all birds.]
Value: 5250
Note: Despite being called a bow, it is a Linerifle.

Linebreaker
Two-handed
Damage Per Shot: 42 damage divided over five shots.
Charge time: 0.8
Energy Per Shot: 35

Broken Longsword
Two-handed
DPS: 11.5
Damage per swing: 9.2
Attack speed: 1.3
Special: Spin Slash
Value: Unknown, believed to be 1000?
Acquired on your ship, it's in the locker. [Droden only]

Broken Spear
Two-handed
Damage per swing: 6.3
Damage per second: 7.0
Swing speed: 1.1
Special: Flurry
Value: 750
Acquired on your ship, it's in the locker [Avikan only]

Elithian Races
Aegonian [THEA]

Frackin' Races / Frackin' Universe
Sayter

Frackin' Races Descriptions
Sayter

Contributions
Maclimes: List of crew roles and suggesting addition of them to the guide.
Magenta Face: Pointing out additional information on the Keffrider's License.

Thanks for reading my first guide! I hope you found what you were looking for, I intend to update this as I find more information about the mod.

If you know something I don't, feel free to tell me so I can see to adding it to the guide.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them! I will try to get you an answer as fast as I can.

Lastly, if there's any incorrect info, or important details that were left out of the guide, please tell me. I'll see to correcting the issue when I can.


One last thing I want to say,
I'll be working on rebuilding this guide some day to correct some info, and to add stuff about the Aegi and all that.
Every section will be re-written and I will no longer be including stats/descriptions of generic weapons other than types added by the mod, such as Jumpcannons and Linerifles. And even then, only one from each type as an example of the weapon.