Random events are initiated by jumping to another system. Every time you jump, or if you have run out of fuel, there is a chance for a battle, interaction with locals of the sector, or for nothing to happen. Quests are started in some of these events. There are also distress signals that may come from different systems. Keep your eye out for blue options which often lead to more favorable outcomes.
Quest beacons will normally be placed in the current sector. However, if you don't have many jumps left, the game will push the quest into the next sector instead. If this happens in sector 7, the quest will be "cancelled", because quests are not allowed in sector 8.
For more details about events and how they interact with a beacon map of a sector, see: Technical details of sector generation and events.
- "Auto-ship" -- notation for an automated/A.I. Rebel ship/scout.
- "[Rebel] fight" -- event with a forced fight vs [faction] ship.
- "Rebel fight [(Slug)]" -- event with a forced fight in a [(specific sector)].
- "Mantis fight [choice]" -- event with an option to avoid a fight, which is otherwise guaranteed; the success to avoid the fight is not always guaranteed.
- "Rebel fight [chance]" -- event with a possibility for a fight, which is otherwise avoidable; a blue option guarantees the fight.
- "[Mantis ship] attacking [civilian]" -- event with a double rewards fight vs a [faction ship] with an option to avoid the fight; the second reward is not always guaranteed.
- "[Mantis ship] attacking [Slug ship]" -- event with a double rewards fight vs a [faction ship] with an option to avoid the fight and an option to fight another [faction ship]; the second reward is not always guaranteed.
If you want to see all events info on a single page, look at this non-wiki page.
Events article pages may contain technical information (usually found in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page), while cultural trivia is located at Easter eggs and trivia page. (Note: some events pages have not been completely formatted, so they retain their "Trivia" section, with some trivia leftovers, instead of a proper "Notes" section)
NOTE: DO NOT ALTER the events texts! These come from the game files and must contain typos as they are seen in the actual game. Usually such typos are followed by a sic! notation, though that could not always be the case.
Events that do not appear in unmodified FTL game do not have individual article pages and are not part of any category. To see some of them, look here.
Complete Events List[]
All the random events of the game.
Sector Events[]
Events that occur in a specific sector.
Abandoned Sector Events[]
Civilian Sector Events[]
Engi Controlled Sector Events[]
Engi Homeworlds Events[]
Hidden Crystal Worlds Events[]
Mantis Controlled Sector Events[]
Mantis Homeworlds Events[]
Pirate Controlled Sector Events[]
Rebel Controlled Sector Events[]
Rebel Stronghold Events[]
Rock Controlled Sector Events[]
Rock Homeworlds Events[]
Slug Controlled Nebula Events[]
Slug Home Nebula Events[]
The Last Stand Events[]
Uncharted Nebula Events[]
Zoltan Controlled Sector Events[]
Zoltan Homeworlds Events[]
Global Events[]
Events that occur in any sector under certain circumstances.
Exit Beacon Events[]
Filler Events[]
Nebula Filler Events[]
Out of Fuel Events[]
Hazard Events[]
Events that occur with an environmental hazard present.
Asteroid Field Events[]
Nebula Events[]
Plasma Storm Events[]
Pulsar Events[]
Red Giant Events[]
- ↑ Hidden Crystal Worlds and The Last Stand sectors don't have sector-specific environment hazard events, they can only have Large asteroid field and No fuel: explore the system events.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The event can occur multiple times per sector.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The event can occur as a filler event in sectors marked by + sign.
- ↑ The event can occur as a filler or as an exit beacon event.
Distress Events[]
Events that occur at a distress beacon. (Note: some other events were meant to occur at a distress beacon, but they won't due to coding errors - these events are not included in the category)
* Event can occur multiple times per sector.
Blue Options Events[]
Events that involve blue options.
Ship Unlocking Events[]
Events that unlock a ship.
Unique and Non-Unique Events[]
Events that can occur only once per current sector (unique) or multiple times per current sector (non-unique). (Note: select unique events (Ship Unlocking Events) can occur only once per game run)
Events by Ship Presence Info[]
Events marked by Long-Ranged Scanners or map reveal as having ship presence or having no ship presence at a beacon. (Note: "no ship presence" does not guarantee absence of a hostile ship, including a potential forced fight; also, "possible ship detected" can point at the presence of a friendly or neutral ship)
Events with Ship Fights (by enemy ship type)[]
Events with Risks and Hazards[]
Events which have hazards and risks for a player's ship, crew, and resources.
Events with Rewards and Opportunities[]
Events with different rewards and opportunities, including Trading Events.
Events with Identical Rewards[]
Events which have identical rewards for crew kill and ship destruction.
