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Choose Start Run and read Training Field. The briefing gives 75 seconds and a target of 50 Scrap. Launch starts separate time, score and scrap counters.
How to play Space Salvage
Read the controls, follow the real example and compare the result before trying your own run.
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Example of a first run that ends early — and what to learn from it
The rules you need
- Steer with the desktop movement keys or touch controls. Moving toward the top can take the skiff into incoming hazards.
- Magnet, Shield and Dash are separate module buttons. Read their readiness and cooldown rather than assuming a press is always available.
- A defensive module is not collection credit. The SCRAP objective, remaining time and survival state must all be checked.
Training Field: distinguish collecting scrap from surviving pirate fire
The run began at SCRAP 0/50. An upward movement followed by Magnet reached an observed 5/50 while the skiff's health bar was already low. Trying to retreat and activate protection came too late to save the run.
Make collection visible in the objective counter
After moving upward and using Magnet, the live HUD showed TIME 62, SCORE 5 and SCRAP 5/50. Mag Pulse had an approximately 12-second cooldown. Five scrap is progress, but only one tenth of the mission target.
Read the terminal result
The following protection and retreat inputs did not produce a completed mission. The game ended at Skiff Destroyed — Destroyed by pirate fire — Score: 5. The result identifies the failure; Shield does not make the skiff invulnerable, and the 50-Scrap goal was not reached in this run.
Read the terminal result — actual result
What this example teaches
Rushing into the upper field traded survivability for a small amount of salvage. Module feedback and a higher score were insufficient to complete Training Field. A better attempt needs shorter, readable movements around threats and a ready defensive option before the health bar is almost empty.
Mistakes to avoid
- Do not equate a cooldown appearing with successful collection or full protection.
- Do not use the score as a substitute for SCRAP 50/50. They happened to show five in this capture; that is not a rule that every point is mission scrap.
Questions about this board
Was Training Field completed?
No. This ended run demonstrates five observed scrap and a destruction screen. Completing it needs 50 Scrap before the skiff is destroyed.
Why does the title say Space Salvage Runner?
Space Salvage is the catalog name. Space Salvage Runner is the title displayed in this browser game.
Other modes and further play
The menu offers Level Select and Upgrades. Mining Laser and Mag Pulse were visible in the opening HUD, alongside Shield and Dash controls. The briefing defines the first mission; other missions and upgrades need their own checks.
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Plan the next attempt around the mission, not only the score
Training Field gives a concrete objective: collect 50 Scrap within the 75-second run while keeping the skiff alive. The example run ended in destruction after five scrap. Its useful lesson is how to read a failed attempt without mistaking activity for mission completion.
Keep time, score and scrap separate
The launch screen and HUD present several numbers because they answer different questions. Time tells you how much of the attempt remains. SCRAP shows progress towards the mission target. Score is a separate display; it should not replace the objective counter when deciding whether the mission is finished.
In the recorded frame, TIME was 62, SCORE was 5 and SCRAP was 5/50. Those score and scrap values happened to match at that moment. That single observation does not establish that every score point always counts as one piece of mission scrap. Five out of fifty represents one tenth of this objective, so this run collected a tenth of the goal.
Read a module press in context
Magnet, Shield and Dash have separate controls. A button and its readiness state need to be read before you rely on it. After Magnet was used in the checked attempt, Mag Pulse showed an approximately 12-second cooldown. That is an observation from the capture, not a promise that every upgrade or later mission has the same cooldown.
A cooldown appearing shows that a module has changed state. It does not prove that the intended pickup was collected or that the skiff is protected against every source of damage. Compare the module feedback with SCRAP and the health bar. This is especially useful when several visual effects occur close together.
Choose a smaller, observable correction
The checked sequence moved into the upper field, collected a small amount of scrap and left the skiff with little health. The later retreat and protection inputs did not save it. The terminal message named pirate fire as the cause of destruction.
For another attempt, make a smaller movement and inspect the space ahead before continuing upward. Check a defensive module while health still gives you time to respond. These are proposed changes to test, not a verified winning route. The aim of a shorter experiment is to identify which decision changes the outcome rather than repeating a long sequence with several uncertain inputs.
Use the debrief to choose the next question
A destruction screen is an outcome, even though it is not the outcome you wanted. Here it distinguishes pirate fire from an assumed collision or a completed salvage objective. Preserve that distinction when deciding what to change next.
The menu exposes Level Select and Upgrades, but their presence does not mean this guide has verified every mission or upgrade effect. The page documents one ended Training Field attempt. A successful 50-Scrap run still needs its own objective counter and success result; it cannot be inferred from a higher score, an activated module or an animated pickup.
Explanation checked 2026-10-28.