Credits

"A direct monetary reward for your endeavors."

- HIVE

Credits are the currency in the Everspace universe. While in the hangar and the in-game equipment menu, the current amount of credits can be seen in the bottom left corner of the screen. While in third-person, the current amount of credits is shown below the fuel at the top right of the screen. In the first-person view, it is shown in the center section of the cockpit's hud, on the right.

Obtaining credits
Credits can be obtained by:
 * Looting dropped credits from destroyed ships
 * Looting from various wrecks and derelicts, and sometimes credits can be randomly adrift in space.
 * Looting containers
 * Completing missions for certain Characters
 * Completing random G&B missions
 * Selling resources to traders and service stations
 * Scanning Wrecks
 * Completing Challenges
 * Scanning Extraplanetary Lifeforms
 * At the end of a run, a credit bonus is awarded based on the sector reached:
 * $500 per sector on easy, $800 per on normal, and $1000 per on hard.

Using credits
During a run, credits can be used to: At the end of a run, regardless of how it ended, credits can be spent on unlocking or buying Perks, or unlocking the other ships in the hangar. Unspent credits are lost upon beginning a new run.
 * Purchase Resources and Equipment from Traders and Service Stations
 * Repair hull hp and buy fuel from Service Stations
 * Buy ship upgrades from G&B Factories