I am wanting to rebuild my first base I built. The majority of everything I have when it comes to crafting is in this base. How do you normally handle something like this?
Just bite the bullet and reclaim it all and just access things you need via reclaim? Place things in chests prior to reclaim?
Just curious, as I am probably just going to reclaim it and rebuild.
Well if you have it reclaimed just open the reclaim on location and pull what you need from it…
If you need to take from storage it’s up to you what you do 
make a reclaim beacon with a ton of stuff in chests and “beam me up Scotty” .
If you don’t have a reclaim and it is possible with a cheap portal or easy portal route (off world) i would suggest to take what you need and return if you need more (leave a few dump chests on location like i had under the tree ). Thing is with reclaim if you need something from an other on your character you will have to empty that one first. May “THE OORT LORD” know how much junk you got in the reclaim in the first place.
As it is junk at that point when you need to empty that f***** reclaim
I did this recently. Moved my entire everything from one world to another.
I reclaimed on Dec 31st.
But first I decided what was hardest to get for me and stuffed it into unused alt’s inventories. I then made sure to harvest everything I wanted to keep seeds/plants for. I was told by 2 people that seeds/crops either don’t get picked up through reclaim or can be lost in the transition.
So I harvested my entire goo farm.
I then crossed my fingers and hit the reclaim button.
Thankfully for me, I have yet to notice anything missing. I’ve read in forums how some have lost a ton in huge reclaims.
So my advice would be … if it’s a build that’s hundreds/thousands of plots. Take the time to break it up into smaller sections. THEN reclaim each one.
That might make it a little annoying to sort … but might save materials in the end
Personally, i have to sort my reclaimed items before I can build things, mostly origination reasons, so i can get a better idea on numbers of things i need before I start building.
Speaking of which, i might be getting close to everything I own going into reclaim…
If you’re reclaiming your main base or a large build, you may want to set up a new beacon at the new location 1st. Then place some storage containers with shelves and/or more containers for sorting your most-needed items into.
If your main build is just one beacon, then you can pick through the single reclaim as you need it. If it’s more than one beacon, be careful as to which one you open 1st. Once you open one reclaim, you won’t have access to the others until it’s empty. It can take quite awhile to empty large reclaims - I’ve had some that took several days. For example, if an EXO spawns that you really want to visit, you may be out of luck if your tools/food/etc are locked in a different reclaim. You can toss a bunch of storage chests in a side beacon to quickly empty a large reclaim into, & reclaim/sort it later. It can still take a long time to complete though, depending on the # of items.
Quick tip… If you want To do it your main base and you have multiple reclaims.
Dont start with the one that has over 5million items cause you have to clear it before you can reclaim 2nd one.
Another tip …
Don’t build a HUGE kindling farm underneath the base you want to reclaim. Sigh the things I wish I knew when I first started.
The most important thing when I rebuild was to have the following ready:
When you only have 1 reclaim it is unproblematic. Either directly reclaim and pull storage items from there or prepare a small storage first.
When having multiple reclaims make sure to open one with enough storage items first.
Also keep in mind that pulling thousands of different items with a total count in the millions gets tiring and needs time.
Personally reclaim is like blessing To me.
I can use it as storage that takes Only 1 block space
As i like small builds.
I accessed as needs arised without one big move to chests. That seems to be unnecessary work.
I started with building the machine set up and placing some chests for each machine type. So anything crafted new could temporarily go there before all storages are built again.
Also placed one plot beacons with each character to dump whatever they amass through mining gathering and hunting. Chests there for that and all easy to reclaim or move when all storage spaces eventually ready.
If you build big then pulling materials from reclaim is cool. I built quite a lot that way and when eventually started moving other stuff to storages I already had less of it as it was used in building projects.
After a year and a have after a big reclaim and move to new home, I still have quite a lot in reclaim and not in storages. I prefer moving in bits when I have a mood for it and using reclaim a lot makes you remember the order of things there and you get used to pulling your stuff from there.
Still, I would love to have a filter and cycling around pages ability to make it easier. It’s annoying to go back 100 pages, when you know it’s a few pages ahead if you could cycle to the first page from the last one.
You have the option of making several beacons and sorting things into them. Knowing you run several sovereigns, and having discussed this with you recently here, I’m sure you’ll see what i mean with the following:
Just reclaim your base. IT will make a big chunk of a reclaim, and sort everything for you.
You can then open and close this, as long as you keep it on a sovereign world. If you open this reclaim on a home world or someone else’s sovereign you are stuck with it until you empty it completely.
Go to one of your worlds. At this point you can create several 1 plot beacons, and name them as you wish. You can then open the main reclaim, and break it down into more functional units, and reclaim each one separately without having to do the entire job at once, if you wish.
You can then unpack those smaller reclaims as you are ready for them, on a permanent world without the burden of having to prepare for and handle several million items at once.
If you’re moving entirely to a sovereign, since you can open and close them at your leisure, there’s no rush at all. I’m still juggling 12 reclaims rather than building proper functional areas.
Sorry I just typed that up quick but if it needs clarification I’ll be around.
The problem I just ran into is that my kindling farm is directly under my base and since I cannot stack beacons to separate the two, I’ll have to reclaim a part of my kindling farm sadly. Lesson learned…
It would be really cool to access a small GUI in a beacon that showed a 3D representation of your plots within said beacon. Something “kind-of” like:
You could select a block and delete it or something. I know currently leaving a block hanging outside the beacon wouldn’t allow this, but be kind of cool.
My suggestion: bite the bullet, build your chests first, then unload everything. It’s a major chore but it lets you use the reclaim for other things. Just be sure about where you place the chests as it is incredibly annoying to have to move around after unloading everything.
I once reclaimed then placed a small beacon next to the new base and slowly pulled out materials. I did have to lean on a friend and use their workshop though.
This last time I kept both bases and slowly took the first apart (when needed like machines and coils, expensive marble, etc) then built the new one (both connected with a portal since both are on the same planet).
I lean more towards keeping both if possible. This makes it easier to visualize space (especially in my case where the newer base was smaller - shouldnt be a problem if moving to a way bigger base), compare/copy designs, reuse farm layout without having to plan it again, and not being stranded without a workshop as you need blocks/tools.
I did find myself going back to my old base to take another glance at desired lighting levels, roof altitude, paths width, etc. It was easier knowing your preferences (and how to improve them in the new base if needed) while seeing them rather than trying to remember what the base was like after reclaiming.
Also, I heard some (unproven to me) concerns about the reclaim system. I didn’t bother to verify or ask so I thought I might as well manually move what matters then reclaim the rest (unneeded masses of exo rocks/flowers/etc). Might be a bonus to keeping both bases if the reclaim system indeed swallows some things 
