No Man's Sky Patch Notes

September 18, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Echoes update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.45, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a very rare issue that caused the A Leap in the Dark mission to fail to advance after opening the portal.
• Fixed a rare issue that could prevent the Artemis path from correctly starting up after converting a save from Expedition mode.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the concluding chapter of the Under a Rebel Start mission from appearing in the story catalogue.
• Fixed a rare issue where the story catalogue for Under a Rebel Star would not display the final entry.
• The rewards given by the Autophage when practising language skills have been improved.
• Fixed an issue with rewards when practicing language with Autophage.
• Fixed an issue that caused some Autophage text to fail to display correctly in the story catalogue.
• Expanded the list of completed objectives shown in the mission log.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Autophage-related missions from appearing in the story catalogue.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some missions to direct players to the Station Core while in an abandoned system, where no station core is present.
• Fixed an issue in They Who Returned where, after resetting the mission, the Autophage at the initial harmonic camp could give the wrong dialogue, blocking mission process. Players already affected by this issue may need to reset the mission again in order to proceed.
• Fixed an issue that could cause missions to send players to crash sites that do not have a ship.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to destroy cargo pods and turrets on their own freighters.
• The Outlaw faction milestone for killing traders has been replaced with a milestone for raiding freighters.
• The behaviour of small AI fighters around large vessels has been improved.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to destroy salvageable scrap while their inventory was full, and thus not receive the scrap.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause players to slowly run out of oxygen and die despite being on a planet surface.
• Fixed an issue which caused the ship inventory to be out of range.
• Fixed an issue that was preventing all creatures from pooping.
• Fixed an issue which caused incorrect multitools to be available at Sentinel Pillars.
• Fixed an issue that could cause player capes to behave erratically while placing base parts.
• Fixed a rare issue that could allow the player to fall through the floor upon loading.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to fall through the floor when using a very specific freighter base part.
• Fixed an issue that could cause all players in the system to lose standing when another player destroyed civilian freighters.
• Fixed an issue that prevented usage of the gyro options page on the Switch under specific circumstances.
• Fixed an issue that caused the wrong icons to be used for the Returner’s Drape and Wanderer’s Cloak.
• Added new Dreadnaught warp effect.
• Introduced a performance optimisation for instance rendering.
• Introduced a slight optimisation to light rendering.
• Fixed a rendering issue that could cause a brief visual glitch.
• Fixed an issue that could cause visual glitches in some particle effects.
• Fixed a visual issue with particles when using HDR.
• Introduced an optimisation to sky and star rendering.
• Improved the visual quality of star rendering.
• Fixed a Xbox-only rendering corruption issue.
• FSR2 visuals on Nintendo Switch have been further refined and improved.
• Introduced a number of rendering optimisations for Nintendo Switch.
• Introduced a number of texture optimisations and improvements for Nintendo Switch.
• Introduced a significant memory optimisation for Switch.
• Fixed a crash related to procedural texture generation.
• Fixed a memory-related crash that could occur when returning to the mode or save select screen during a storm.
• Fixed a number of crashes related to memory management.
• Fixed a graphics memory-related crash on PC.
• Fixed a crash that could affect PC users with specific AMD video cards.
• Fixed a PC-only crash that could occur when playing No Man’s Sky at the same time as other applications are using video memory.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

September 7, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Echoes update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.44, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Sentinel capital ships are now equipped with shield generators that must be destroyed before their hull can be damaged.

• Improved the VFX for Sentinel capital ship weapons.

• Fixed a number of multiplayer syncing issues with Sentinel capital ships.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the warp-out effects from correctly playing on the Pirate Dreadnought.

• Added new pirate freighter warp effects.

• Fixed some minor collision issues on the pirate freighter.

• Fixed an issue causing some low priority missions to appear on the galaxy map.

• Fixed an issue causing pirate titles to not unlock.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the the organic frigate quests not to work as expected in multiplayer.

• Salvaging the Atlantid Multitool now awards Void Motes.

• Fixed an issue that prevented barrel rolling during warp.

• Fixed some untranslated pirate name in empty systems.

• Fixed an issue that caused Vy’keen pirates to act as if they were Gek in very specific circumstances.

• Fixed an issue that caused Autophage missions to repair lost heads to become blocked if the head in question had already been repaired.

• Fixed an issue that could cause floating drone heads to be loaded as freighter workers in place of Korvax entities when warping your freighter to an empty system.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent progress in the Voyager’s Expedition milestone to find a creature with corrosive blood.

• When crafting items, players are now alerted if they have the right ingredients but those items are in an inaccessible inventory.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Autophage staff assembly to choose an incorrect seed for subsequent creations after cancelling out of the preview of the assembled staff.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the players to do damage to themselves when using the multitool.

• Fixed a performance regression related to mesh rendering.

• Fixed a hang related to loading missions.

• Fixed a rare hang that could occur when loading a save on Xbox.

• Fixed a crashed related to the HUD.

• Fixed a crash related to procedural textures.

• Fixed a crash related to loading player bases.

• Fixed a crash related to the shop interface.

• Fixed a crash related to the aerial scan camera.

• Fixed a number of crashes related to memory management.

• Fixed an Xbox-specific hang.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

August 30, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Echoes update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.43, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Dream Arial from functioning correctly.

• Removed a pink cube attached to some dropship variants.

• Fixed a VR camera issue with Autophage customisations.

• Fixed an issue which could result in multitools changing colour.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Sentinel Interceptor generated at each crash site to have changed appearance.

• Fixed a crash when salvaging certain Multitools.

• Fixed a Vulkan crash on PC.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

August 29, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Echoes update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.42, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that incorrectly stopped the Autophage from awarding Void Motes if players had unlocked every piece of Autophage armour.
• Fixed an issue that blocked most Autophage presets from appearing in the Appearance Modifier UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Autophage heads earned during the Singularity expedition to incorrectly appear as locked in the Appearance Modifier UI.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Autophage from navigating correctly around their camps.
• Fixed a text issue with some hover tips in the Appearance Modifier UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused some Autophage-related entries in the Catalogue to appear too early.
• Fixed an issue that caused the custom staff assembly UI to be inaccessible at Harmonic Camps.
• Improved the visuals when previewing custom-assembled staffs.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with some custom-assembled staffs.
• The preview image show when assembling a custom staff can now be rotated.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with holding Multi-Tools.
• Fixed a number of animation issues with the Voltaic Staff.
• Fixed an issue with the position of the player torch when using a staff.
• Fixed a number of networking issues when syncing elements of the Dreadnought battle in multiplayer.
• Salvaged freighter technology upgrades earned by destroying the pirate Dreadnought are now always S-Class.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the anti-freighter torpedo from playing the correct effect when it impacted on shield rather than the hull.
• Fixed an issue that caused some player freighters to have changed appearance.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to destroy their own freighter.
• Pirate frigates now have a teleporter aboard, allowing quick return to your freighter after boarding.
• Fixed an issue that could cause errors in mission text at the moment torpedoes are launched at the civilian fleet in multiplayer Dreadnought battles.
• During the first phase of the battle against a pirate capital ship, the Dreadnought will now more aggressively target smaller ships in the civilian fleet.
• The destruction effects for the pirate Dreadnought have been improved.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some players to lose the marker for the Portal during The Purge mission.
• Fixed an issue that prevented access to the quick menu in the ship if swap build/quick menu was enabled.
• Fixed a number of audio issues.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some camera shake effects from working correctly.
• Fixed a number of issues that prevented Twitch drops from being successfully redeemed.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to read the Analysis Visor data when using a staff in VR.
• Fixed an issue that could trap players in a loop in the UI where pressing back would cycle between the same three pages.
• Fixed a hang that could occur when players were targeted by security systems on derelict freighters.
• Fixed a rare issue that could allow players to have their last ship weapon destroyed during combat.
• Fixed a crash related to the mission system.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when reloading the game shortly after the initial load.
• Fixed a crash related to networking.
• Fixed a hang on Xbox consoles.
• Fixed a crash on PS5.
• Fixed a crash related to frigates in multiplayer.
• Fixed a UI crash.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

August 25, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Echoes update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.41, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with Twitch Rewards.

• Fixed an issue with the Personal Refiner.

• Fixed a crash related to networking.

• Fixed a crash related to the Automated Feeder.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when joining a multiplayer game.

• Fixed a crash related to buildings.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

July 20, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.38, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a memory issue in the renderer.

• Fixed a number of memory issues which could lead to crashes in rare circumstances.

• Fixed an issue which could cause players textures to appear metallic.

• Improved shader usage on PC.

• Improved load times on PC.

• Introduced a significant optimisation for Nintendo Switch to reduce hitching.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

July 17, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.37.1, which is now live on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an Xbox crash that could occur when landing on an Abandoned Freighter.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

July 13, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.37, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause markers to flicker.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when ships land at an outpost.

• Fixed a rare crash related to the projectile system.

• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when downloading invalid discovery data from other players.

• Fixed an issue that caused a crash when attempting to load invalid discovery data.

• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash on Xbox One when visiting the final planet of the Singularity expedition.

• Optimised memory used by creature navigation.

• Optimised memory used to fade objects.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

July 4, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.36.2, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when editing bases.

• Fixed a rare crash related to the mission system.

• Fixed a rare crashed related to repairing planetary objects.

• Fixed a rare crash in the Expedition overview UI.

• Fixed a rare crashed related to interaction labels.

• Introduced a number of optimisations for infested planet types.

• Fixed an issue that caused some gameplay objects, such as the Interceptor starship, to use an unnecessarily large amount of memory.

• Introduced a number of memory-usage optimisations for PS4.

• Fixed a memory leak on PlayStation 4 and 5.

• Fixed a memory leak that could occur on all Xbox platforms.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 27, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.36.1, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Improved screen placement for VR interaction UI when playing the Singularity expedition.

• Fixed an issue that could cause debug information to appear in VR reload tutorial.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause debug information to appear in specific player chat messages.

• Fixed missing Switch Base button in Build Placement Mode.

• Fixed an issue that would prevent VR controller configurations showing as out of date in Steam.

• Fixed a missing icon in VR for change weapon.

• Fixed an issue that prevented rebinding of the Cycle Rotation Axis action.

• Fixed a crash related to bases.

• Fixed a crash related to memory management.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 19, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.36, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur while aboard The Anomaly.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 17, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We have identified an issue with the PS4 & PS5 release of Singularity Patch 4.34. This hotfix corrects the issue and patch 4.35 is now live on PS5 and coming soon to PS4.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the terrain manipulator.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 16, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.34, which is now live.

Bug fixes

• Players are now able to rebind movement to the cursor keys without that automatically resulting in them moving around while navigating the quick menu.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the cursor from rendering while re-binding controls in the Game Mode options screen.

• Fixed an issue that caused a number of options to be missing from the options menu, or some options to appear when they should not.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Terrain Manipulator menus to scroll the wrong way in VR.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause all NPCs to fall out of the Space Station.

• Fixed a rare crash that could occur in VR.

• Introduced a rendering optimisation for VR.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the depth of field effect to be applied far too strongly on some platforms.

• Fixed an issue that could cause black speckles to flicker across the screen during interactions that made use of the depth of field effect.

• Fixed a rare issue that could leave player-owned Interceptor ships without any installed technology.

• Fixed a graphical glitch that could occur in the Atlas’ particle effects when playing on Switch.

• Fixed an issue that caused eyeballs to be positioned incorrectly within a specific Traveller-style head in the Appearance Modifier.

• Introduced a memory optimisation related to planetary creatures.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the starship’s landing gear to be incorrectly raised after save/loading within a landed ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused first-person cockpit exit animations to fail to play.

• Fixed an issue that could allow too many creatures to spawn when playing in multiplayer.

• Fixed a Mac-only issue that caused large bases to be loaded very slowly.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Singularity expedition from converting into a Normal mode save after it was completed.

• Fixed a crash related to synchronising freighters in multiplayer.

• Fixed an issue that caused the ship at the start of the Singularity expedition to be missing its Vesper Sail.

• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect collision on outpost landing pads.

• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be ejected from the Multi-Tool comparison screen when attempting to pin repair instructions for a Multi-Tool they do not yet own.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause players to be erroneously told their inventory was full when claiming the reward for “Wayfarer” milestone.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the galaxy map Mission Path to point to the wrong destination system.

• Fixed an issue that prevented some freighter engines from being correctly recoloured when choosing a new engine trail.

• Fixed a crash related to the Multi-Tool.

• Fixed a graphical issue that could cause the player to briefly appear while teleporting.

• Fixed an issue that prevented starship distress beacons from animating correctly.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Multi-Tools belonging to other players to become attached to NPCs.

• Fixed an issue that could result in players becoming permanently stuck to the chair in the Guild Envoy’s area of the Space Station.

• Fixed an issue that caused Sentinel Interceptor ships to be worth 10x as much as other ships when salvaging.

• Fixed an issue that allowed too many Communication Stations to spawn on expedition planets.

• Fixed a hang related to reloading missions.

• Fixed a crash related to base part rendering.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the current expedition to end early.

• Fixed a rare crash related to the mission log.

• Fixed a PlayStation 4 crash related to reporting bases.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 13, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.33, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the “They Hear Us” milestone from completing if the player completed the puzzle before using their scanner to locate the autophage.

• Fixed a rare issue that could prevent the “Rampancy” milestone from completing when the target number of Corrupted Sentinels were destroyed.

• Fixed an issue with encrypted milestones that could cause them to fail to list the correct prerequisite for unlocking them.

• Introduced a number of text changes to make the community-focused nature of the “Sentience Echo” milestone more clear.

• Introduced a new option at Nada’s Prime Terminal to hand in 10 Echo Seeds in a single batch.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the Mission Path to be hidden in the Galaxy Map if the mission destination coincided with an Atlas Station or a black hole.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the player collision to be too large, particularly in multiplayer.

• Fixed a number of graphical glitches with the Wayfarer’s Helm.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Discordant Jetpack Trail from rendering correctly.

• Fixed an issue that could cause some customisation options to be hidden in the UI when playing at very specific resolutions.

• Fixed a Mac crash related to playing the game on a second monitor.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 9, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We have identified an issue with the release of Singularity Patch 4.30.2. This hotfix corrects the issue.

Patch 4.30.3 is now live on Steam for PC & Mac. It is also live for PlayStation 5 as v4.30 and Xbox as v4.32. 

Bug fixes

• Fixed a number of crashes related to memory management.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving a planet’s atmosphere then accessing the Galaxy Map.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 8, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We have identified an issue with the PC release of Singularity Patch 4.30.1. This hotfix corrects the issue.

Patch 4.30.2 is now live on Steam.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause the assembled Construct to offer its final choice too early in Phase 5 of the expedition, before the completion of the community goal in Sentience Echo. Note: until the community goal is completed, players who have already spoken to the Construct and made this choice early will be unable to redeem the rewards earned and their Ignition milestones will remain locked + encrypted.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

June 8, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky Singularity Expedition, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We have identified an issue with the PC release of Singularity Patch 4.30. This hotfix corrects the issue.

Patch 4.30.1 is now live on Steam. 

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause players to crash in large multiplayer sessions.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

Development Update

Today, we are releasing update 4.30, which includes the Singularity expedition, as well as a number of stability and gameplay fixes.

We look forward to seeing everyone exploring Singularity’s challenges and narrative – and we have many more surprises in store for this year!

Our journey continues.

Sean

Expedition 10, SINGULARITY, will begin shortly, and will run for approximately five weeks.

The expedition sees players work alone and as a community to solve the mystery of the damaged Autophage heads found abandoned at harmonic camps.

Rewards for uncovering the mystery and assembling your very own mechanical Construct include a set of unique posters; new jetpack and freighter engine trail customisations; buildable Atlantideum crystals for your base; an exclusive new helmet customisation; and an entire Construct visual customisation set.

A layer of more hidden clues exists for players who are willing to hunt them out…

• PC VR players can now use the virtual keyboard to name discoveries (and other nameable items).

• Fixed an issue that caused the third-person camera pitch to be reset after using the Analysis Visor – pitch will now remain consistent as players switch between modes.

• Players who enable auto-follow for the third person camera will now benefit from this setting in the Space Anomaly and aboard Space Stations, as well as on planets.

• The starship’s autopilot will now prevent players from crashing into various space points of interest while engaged on the starship communicator.

• Fixed an issue that prevented some flash-to-white screen fades from respecting the setting that disabled them.

• Upgrades to the Neutron Cannon have received an increase in their damage bonus, and a large increase to their charging time reduction.

• Fixed an issue that could allow corrupted Sentinel drones to chain heal each other in a circle.

• Corrupted Sentinel drones now have a cooldown on healing that is triggered if they are damaged mid-heal.

• Fixed a crash on PC related to memory trampling.

• Fixed a number of memory-related crashes on Xbox platforms.

• Introduced a significant load-time optimisation for PlayStation platforms.

• Fixed an issue that could cause players to appear in the wrong system after leaving a multiplayer session and then immediately rejoining it.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause missions that send players to visit an NPC specialist in their base to choose the wrong base.

• Fixed a rare issue that could prevent the completion of puzzles within harmonic camps if another player in their session had completed them first.

• Fixed an issue that caused one of the glyphs in the harmonic camp puzzles to always be 9.

• Fixed a number of issues that could cause the Target Sweep to claim there was no mission target, or that the target was too distant, when this was not the cause.

• Fixed an issue that caused the planetary section of the lightweight Creative Mode tutorial to be skipped.

• Fixed an issue that prevented dissonant worlds from being correctly labelled when using the starship scanner on more relaxed difficulty settings.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong technology name and/or icon to be used in tip text after changing ship.

• Sentinel Interceptors now require Crystalised Hearts rather than Quad Servos to repair their hyperdrive.

• A large number of improvements have been made to the clarity of tips and icons for the automatically generated technology pinning guidance.

• If a mission is currently requesting the installation of a piece of technology, that item will now appear as the first item in the list of available techs.

• Fixed an issue that could make it difficult to interact with the terminal for Nada’s simulation aboard the Space Anomaly.

• Fixed a controls issue that could cause the starship to land when scrolling through the quick menu.

• Fixed a number of graphical issues with shadows in the starship cockpit on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

• Fixed an issue that caused a number of particle effects to be missing on PC.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent screenspace reflections and other similar effects from rendering correctly.

• Fixed a number of graphical issues with capes when using FSR2.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the player’s head from casting a shadow in VR when full body was enabled.

• Fixed a minor graphical issue that could cause laser impact effects to be the wrong colour.

• Fixed an issue that could cause a red effect to appear in one eye only during the boot screen when using PSVR on PlayStation 4.

• Introduced a number of improvements to quick menu usage in VR, making it easier & more precise to use.

• Fixed a VR issue that could cause players to be treating as pointing at the quick menu, when in reality their hand was in front of the menu.

• Fixed an issue that stopped players from moving in VR if they pointed at their wrist with the point to move setting enabled.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the “Out of Bounds” VR message to remain on-screen if players reset their view while the main menu was open.

• Fixed an inconsistency in the use of upper/lower case in the friend request popup.

• Fixed an issue that caused the weapon charge/ammo percentage in the HUD to drop the % symbol.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause some customisation options to be unavailable in the Appearance Modifier UI.

• Fixed a number of issues that could cause items within the crafting tree to be highlighted when they were not available for crafting.

• Fixed an issue that caused the incorrect “Back” prompt to be used for the base building parts menu.

• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect tooltips to be displayed when using the Terrain Manipulator’s “Create” mode.

• The clarity of expedition milestone objectives displayed in their popup has been improved.

• Fixed an issue that caused the guidance for Quad Servos to be displayed when requesting guidance on locating Crystalised Hearts.

• Fixed an issue that caused some starship communicator messages to linger incorrectly after a save/load.

• Fixed an issue that caused the tip related to derelict freighter emergency signal scanners to become stuck on screen if the player deleted the signal scanner.

June 2, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the No Man’s Sky on Mac Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.26, which is now live on Steam.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a controller input issue when using the terrain manipulator.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a save.

• Fixed a crash when playing on Steam Deck.

• Fixed an input bug that incorrectly allowed the visor action when using the Quick Menu.

• Fixed an input bug that incorrectly allowed the targeting action when using the Quick Menu in a Ship.

• Fixed an input bug that incorrectly allowed the shoot action when using the Quick Menu in a Vehicle.

• Fixed an input bug that blocked the forward and backward actions when using the Quick Menu in a vehicle.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

April 17, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Interceptor Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.23, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a threading crash.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

April 14, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Interceptor Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.22, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Minotaur from correctly targeted corrupted Sentinels while under AI control.

• Fixed an issues that caused certain wall-mounted base decorations to rotate without engaging the rotate part option.

• Fixed an issue that prevented some technologies from being installed in freighter inventories.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Teleport Receiver from being installed inside a Sentinel interceptor.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Sentinel Multi-Tool from being cleared out of its case after being claimed by the player.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause a blocker after restarting a mission.

• Fixed a number of issues in the Nexus mission to collect Hadal Cores.

• Fixed an issue that could cause an internal text ID to appear during the Sentinel interceptor repair mission, instead of correct instructions.

• Fixed a number of minor text issues.

• Fixed an issue that could cause corrupted Sentinels to appear on non-corrupted worlds when playing on higher difficulty settings.

• Fixed an issue that caused the planet popup to be filled with placeholder data in certain views in the Discovery page.

• Fixed a rare issue that could disable input while viewing a confirmation popup in the UI.

• Fixed an issue that caused some companions to be rendered facing the wrong way inside the UI.

• The error message displayed when using an Echo Locator in a system without any Harmonic Camps has been improved.

• Fixed an issue that caused the message intended to warn players that their pulse drive had been disabled to incorrectly report that the pulse drive was available to use.

• Fixed an issue that caused the DPS readout on some starship weapons to be hidden from the UI.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Galaxy Map to fail to display information about Dissonant systems when playing on lower difficulty settings.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Analysis Visor to report Sentinel ships as buildings.

• Fixed an issue that caused refiners and other related technologies to fail to show their charging status correctly.

• The eye textures for corrupted Sentinels have been improved.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the explosion when destroying small freighters / cargo pods to be too small.

• Fixed an issue that caused the weapons on corrupted Sentinels to be invisible.

• Fixed a number of minor visual glitches affecting the exterior and interior of the Sentinel interceptor.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause overly dense/dark fog on some corrupted planets.

• Fixed an issue that caused starship communicator holograms and craftable bobbleheads to intersect with cockpit elements in the Sentinel interceptor.

• The audio balance for Atlantideum crystals has been adjusted.

• Fixed a number of collision issues with oxygen and sodium plants.

• Fixed an issue that could cause NPC ships to move in a jerky fashion in multiplayer.

• Fixed a number of visual issues with VR wrist menu projectors.

• Improved the visual feedback when repositioning VR wrist menus.

• Fixed an issue that cause the Trade Rocket UI to be misplaced in VR.

• An option has been added for VR players to enable a third “twist” axis on the virtual joystick, allowing them to roll or yaw the ship.

• Fixed an input issue affecting a number of UI screens in VR.

• Fixed an issue that could cause a severe performance drop when joining another player’s game directly from the frontend, if that other player was aboard the Space Anomaly.

• Fixed a crash related to memory allocation.

• Fixed a networking-related crash.

• Fixed a memory leak related to texture rendering.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Base Complexity option from appearing on Xbox One and Xbox One S.

• Fixed a crash specific to older Xbox consoles.

• Fixed a memory leak that could occur on all Xbox platforms.

• Introduced a significant memory optimisation for PSVR2.

• Introduced a minor improvement to visual quality on PSVR2.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

April 6, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Interceptor Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.21, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare crash related to multiplayer starship combat.

• Fixed a crash related to ground combat in multiplayer.

• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect controller configuration on Steam.

• Fixed a crash related to NPC starship navigation.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

SENTINEL INTERCEPTORS

• Hostile Sentinel interceptor starships are now procedurally generated from a wide variety of parts.

• Players are now able to track down and repair a crashed Sentinel interceptor in order to repair it and claim it for their own fleet.

• A unique repair mission has been added to guide players through the salvage process.

• There are a variety of ways to locate a downed interceptor, including destroying a Sentinel capital ship; completing a bespoke story encounter; defeating new corrupted Sentinel planetary forces; and via mysterious new abandoned encampments.

• Player-owned interceptors use their own unique array of core technologies, though they still benefit from the installation of general starship upgrades.

• Player-owned interceptors have a unique cockpit.

• Player-owned interceptors have a unique planetary flight model, with the ability to hover.

COMBAT

• A number of improvements have been made to the locomotion system for Sentinel Quadrupeds, reducing visual glitches and jittering.

• Sentinel Quadrupeds are now more mobile in combat, moving frequently and making better use of their pounce and jump attacks.

• Sentinel Quadrupeds now have a wider range of targeting, allowing them to track players without having to reposition.

• Sentinel Quadrupeds can now use active camouflage to cloak themselves while evading player attacks.

• Corrupted Sentinel drones have been reworked visually.

• Corrupted Sentinel drones can now heal each other.

• Corrupted drones now make better use of cover.

• Corrupted drones now choose from a range of weaponry, including rapid fire projectiles; a close-range blaster; long-distance grenades; and a flamethrower.

• A large, ground-based corrupted Sentinel unit has been added.

• This heavily-armoured semi-arachnid machine benefits from its own stealth mode and long-distance pounce attack, as well as a flamethrower and grenade based weapons.

• Their highly mobile body and leg setup allows rapid sideways movement and continual player tracking.

• These enemies come in both large single varieties, and a smaller, swarming variety. The swarm variant is more aggressive in melee range, and will self-destruct at low health levels…

• A new unique resource has been added as collectable loot from these corrupted quadrupeds.

CORRUPTED WORLDS

• Some planets that previously generated extreme sentinels have now become corrupted worlds.

• Corrupted worlds have their own unique array of planetary Sentinel forces.

• Corrupted worlds are also home to dissonance resonators, strange extraction machines guarded by corrupted Sentinels.

• Corrupted Sentinel planets have their own unique resources and objects.

• New refiner recipes have been added for corrupted Sentinel resources.

• Corrupted worlds have a new unique lighting/visual effect.

• Newly corrupted worlds that previously had superheated rainstorms have new and stranger storms.

• A new building type, the Harmonic Camp, has been added exclusively to corrupted worlds. These mysterious abandoned encampments are home to many secrets…

• A new mission is available at the Nexus, requiring players to work together to destroy the new machinery found on corrupted worlds.

• New player titles have been added for those brave enough to battle corrupted Sentinels.

RENDERING AND OPTIMISATION

• Dynamic Resolution Scaling has been added for all Xbox platforms. This technology allows the game to maintain a consistent framerate across all scenarios, and results in a significantly improved image quality in some situations, such as during spaceflight.

• All Xbox platforms now support AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 technology, providing high image quality and improved framerates.

• Introduced a significant improvement to image quality in PSVR2.

• Fixed an issue that caused visual glitches in particle rendering in VR.

• Fixed an issue that caused a drop in image quality when rendering distant stars.

• Introduced a loading/warp time optimisation for PlayStation 5, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

• Introduced a number of rendering and memory optimisations for PC and PlayStation VR.

• Introduced a number of rendering and memory optimisations for PlayStation 5.

• Introduced a significant memory optimisation for PlayStation 4.

• Introduced a memory optimisation for Xbox Series S and X that reduces hitching.

• Introduced a number of significant memory and rendering optimisations for all Xbox platforms.

VR

• VR players can now customise the position of their wrist and Multi-Tool projector menus. Simply grab the menu while it is being projected and drag it to a new position.

• An option has been added to allow VR players to choose between base building holograms being shown based on where they are looking or where they are pointing.

• An option has been added for VR players to change the behaviour of the flight stick, so that the yaw/roll axes are switched, and moving the virtual stick to the left/right will roll the ship rather than turn it.

• The wrist projector menus now instantly disappear so that players can use their Multi-Tool immediately after changing weapon mode.

• Fixed a rare issue that could occasionally block interactions when they should be available.

• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause player hands to immediately disconnect from Exocraft controls.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the customiser tooltip to use the wrong text in VR.

• Fixed an issue that caused the option to allow the switching of the sprint and scan buttons to fail to work in PSVR2.

CUSTOM WONDERS

• A new section has been added to the Wonders catalogue, “Personal Records”.

• This section allows players to assign any planet, creature, flora or mineral discovery to its own custom wonder category.

• Personal records are all assigned their own player-chosen name.

• Personal records can be assigned from within the catalogue, or directly from any of the discovery pages.

• Personal records can be overwritten with other discoveries, or discarded entirely to create space for new categories.

SENTINEL MULTI-TOOLS

• A new class of salvaged Multi-Tool has been added.

• These hybrid Sentinel/salvaged tools are found at mysterious harmonic encampments on corrupted Sentinel worlds.

• These Multi-Tools come in a range of classes, C to S, and are unlocked by defeating the harmonic lockdown at the encampment.

• Salvaged Multi-Tools are acquired for free but will require custom repairs to fully unlock all available inventory slots.

CUSTOMISATION OPTIONS

• A new style of jetpack customisation has been added, the Aeron Turbojet.

• Unlock this new Sentinel-themed jetpack by following clues found at mysterious encampments on corrupted Sentinel worlds.

• A number of new customisation options have been added to the forthcoming items for the Quicksilver shop, including cloth-based hoods for Geks and a new cape design. These items will appear for unlock via community research in the near future.

UI

• The various maintenance and repair UI screens now use a more informative error message when unable to repair the selected item.

• Technologies that are ready to repair are now highlighted with an inventory slot animation on the various maintenance and repair UI screens.

• Extreme or corrupted Sentinels are now highlighted when looking at planetary information through the Analysis Visor.

• The mission notification now has a darker backing when piloting a starship in first person, to make mission text more readable when displayed over cockpit details.

• The “Switch Multi-Tool” option has been repositioned in the Quick Menu for easier access.

• The “Change Secondary Weapon Mode” icon in the Quick Menu has been redesigned for clarity.

SENTINEL CAPITAL SHIP BATTLES

• The Sentinel capital ship deployed at a 5-star wanted level in space is now destructible.

• Defeating the capital ship will clear the wanted level back to 0, and will award players a unique item to help them track down their own crashed Sentinel interceptor.

• Fixed an issue that caused Sentinel capital ships to use an incorrect warp-in effect.

• Fixed an issue that prevented Sentinel capital ships from launching additional interceptors when their current complement was defeated.

• The starship’s final usable weapon will no longer be damaged by enemy fire.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a significant number of memory-related crashes on consoles.

• Fixed a rare hang during loading.

• Fixed a Nintendo-Switch specific hang during combat with Sentinel drones.

• Fixed an issue that caused first-person Exocraft cameras to be pointed at the ceiling.

• Fixed an issue that caused randomised options (such as player customisations or Multi-Tool appearance) to remain fixed for some players when starting a new expedition.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the third-person starship camera from wandering during pulse-engine driven flight.

• Fixed an issue that could cause errors in creature navigation after the terrain was damaged by the manipulator or by grenade fire.

• Fixed a Nintendo Switch-specific issue that could result in players getting stuck in a loop of visiting graves in the A Trace of Metal mission.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the living ship from contacting the player at the appropriate mission stage if key mission items were stored in the inventory of a starship that was not your current primary ship.

• Fixed a mission flow error in the hand-in stage of the Nexus mission to cleanse an infested planet.

• Improved the name of the current objective used in the UI when using the Analysis Visor’s target sweep mode to hunt specific resources that are currently too distant for a signal lock.

• Fixed an issue that caused the wrong building name to be used when looking at buildings through the Analysis Visor.

• Fixed an issue that could cause some core Exosuit technologies to be duplicated within the inventory.

• Fixed a number of visual glitches with the jumping animation of the Exotic Wingpack.

• Significantly improved the quality of the active/inactive particle and lighting effects for Gravitino Balls.

• Fixed a number of networking issues with the player cloaking device.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Sentinel drones to attack the player while they were using an interaction or otherwise in a situation where they did not have camera control.

• Fixed a number of issues that could result in the wrong controller button icon being used in various pieces of in-game text.

• Fixed an issue that caused an empty “Button Preferences” section to appear within the options menu in certain configurations.

• The message displayed when unable to interact with something because of its cost has been improved.

• Fixed an issue that would cause the number of free slots required when the inventory is full to be overestimated by 1.

• Fixed a number of issues where in-game text would not use the correct names for various starship technologies when using a living ship.

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from engaging the pulse engine within 5 seconds of loading a save in space.

March 16, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Fractal Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.15, which is now live on Steam and will be coming to other platforms as soon as possible.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused some flat-mode settings to be incorrectly applied to PSVR2, causing performance issues.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent rumble from working correctly on PlayStation 5.

• Fixed an issue that caused water reflections to be missing on some graphics settings.

• Fixed an issue that could cause blurriness and other visual glitches during warp.

• Fixed a rare issue that could prevent players from accessing their refiners.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the “Unhide System” button from working in the Hidden Systems list.

• Fixed a rare issue that could incorrectly allow players to access the Space Anomaly from the quick menu after a reload.

• Fixed a number of base building control issues for PSVR with Move controllers.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the Space Anomaly missions to become stuck in the log after completing an expedition.

• Fixed a crash related to networking.

• Fixed a crash related to the options menu.

• Fixed a crash related to rendering.

• Fixed a Steam Deck-specific crash.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

March 10, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Fractal Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.14, which is live on all platforms.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause some players to lose discoveries.

Please note this fix is also present in the Nintendo Switch patch 4.1.3.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

March 8, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Fractal Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.13, which is live on Steam.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect options settings to be saved out for currently non-applicable options.

• Fixed an issue that caused the “speech to text” options text being very slightly smaller than the other Network options.

• Fixed a rare issue that caused some menu options not to re-translate when changing languages.

• Fixed an issue that caused a number of options to appear in non-relevant configurations, where they have no functional effect.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Base Complexity option to be incorrectly hidden on some platforms.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Gamma option from being visible on some platforms.

• Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect “Go Back” text prompt to appear on the save select screen after adjusting options.

• An extra level of control has been added to the Hold-to-Confirm option setting, allowing players to disable hold-to-confirm for most interactions but keeping this for destructive actions.

• Fixed an issue that caused pending options setting changes to be discarded when entering an options submenu.

• Fixed an issue that caused inventory slot highlights to render on top of popups.

• Fixed an issue that caused text on the starship’s main screen to be cropped incorrectly.

• Fixed an issue that caused text to crop incorrectly in the journey milestones UI.

• Fixed an issue that caused the swap build/quick menu option from working in ships or exocraft.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Sprint/Scan option to have the wrong description after applying a change.

• Fixed an issue that caused refiner contents to be lost when warping out of a freighter.

• Fixed a number of rendering issues with planetary objects.

• Fixed an issue that caused some Twitch reward ships to be missing their Vesper Sail.

• Fixed an issue that could cause volcanoes to appear in the middle of previously constructed bases during the Utopia expedition.

• Fixed a number of issues that could case exocraft first-person cameras to break.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause a debug button to appear on the frontend.

• Fixed an issue that could cause base screenshots to fail to render correctly.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the swap sprint/scan option from working when using VR controls.

• Fixed an issue that incorrectly attached the personal forcefield to the hands when using a DualShock4 to control PSVR.

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to see the VR pointer helper for other players while they were base building.

• Fixed an issue that caused the VR wrist menu projector to be too loud.

• Fixed an issue that prevented some PC VR users from being able to adjust the size of terrain edits.

• Fixed an issue that caused a small amount of lag when using the Analysis Visor in VR.

• Fixed an issue that caused galaxy map UI messages to be displayed in an incorrect position in VR.

• Fixed an issue that affected particle rendering in VR.

• Fixed a number of issues that could cause the in-world UI screens to clip through world geometry or otherwise draw in the wrong position when playing in high-resolution VR.

• Fixed an issue that prevented smooth swapping between mouse/keyboard control and PlayStation pads on PC.

• Fixed an issue that caused a controller bindings conflict when rotating base parts with Xbox and PlayStation pad controls.

• Fixed an issue that caused flashes/incorrect brightness during warp on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

• Fixed an issue that caused the patch notes to use too small a font on Switch.

• Fixed a mission blocker that could affect Switch players in the Trace of Metal mission.

• Fixed a mission log issue that affected Switch players when completing Nexus missions that require a Quad Servo.

• Fixed an untranslated text ID that was visible on the teleport screen when playing Trace of Metal on Switch.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent freighter bases from syncing correctly in multiplayer.

• Multiplayer group and friend invites now track if the receiving player is currently busy, and give better feedback to the sending player.

• Fixed a performance issue with damaged technology popups.

• Fixed an issue that stripped some metadata important to mod authors.

• Fixed a memory leak related to changing language settings repeatedly.

• Fixed an issue that could cause a hang when loading saves with complex bases.

• Fixed a rare crashed related to discovering plants or minerals while aboard the Space Station.

• Fixed a crash related to syncing bases in multiplayer.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when saving with a very large number of discoveries.

• Fixed a crash related to particle rendering.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

March 3, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Fractal Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.12.1, which is live on Steam.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a number of network-related crashes.

• Fixed an issue that could cause controllers to disconnect when playing via Steam.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

March 1, 2023.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Fractal Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.12, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused bases built next to some building types to become buried in the ground.

• Fixed an issue that prevented recolouring of portable base building objects constructed outside of a base.

• Fixed an issue that caused ship cockpit screens to flicker.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Galactic Trade Room on freighters to be non-interactable.

• Fixed an issue that allowed cursor or stick sensitivity to be set to 0, preventing cursor use.

• Fixed a bug that caused farmable plants to appear in the wrong visual state.

• Fixed an issue that caused ByteBeat recordings to fail to save correctly.

• Fixed an issue that prevented Featured Bases from being available to PSVR2 players.

• The volume of the VR wrist projector’s opening sound effect has been reduced.

• Fixed a hang that could occur when exiting an Exocraft in VR.

• Fixed an issue that prevented terrain tessellation detail from being rendered on PlayStation 5.

• Fixed an issue that prevented controller vibration from functioning correctly on PlayStation 5.

• Fixed a PlayStation 5 issue that could cause graphical corruption during warp.

• Fixed an issue with sky rendering on Xbox One.

• Fixed an issue that prevented system language selection from working correctly.

• Fixed a number of issues that could cause stuttering.

• Fixed an issue that caused some metadata used by mods to be stripped.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent discoveries from showing.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent expedition data from being successfully downloaded.

• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect discovery counts to be reported for discovery-based expedition milestones.

• Fixed a number of network connectivity issues.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when playing with a controller on Linux OS.

• Fixed a crash on boot that could affect PC players with integrated/multiple GPUs.

• Fixed a crash related to derelict freighter procedural generation.

• Fixed a number of rendering-related crashes.

• Fixed a number of crashes related to multiplayer.

• Fixed a rare crashed related to planet rendering.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

November 8, 2022.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Waypoint Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.06, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Story summaries for the various NPC base specialists have been added to the Collected Knowledge page of the information portal.
• Plaque interactions will no longer loop back to the first piece of history for that planet’s race after completing every interaction.
• Abandoned building interactions will no longer loop back to the beginning of the first story after completing every interaction.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some journey milestone guidance missions to become stuck in a loop.

• Players joining a friend’s game directly from the frontend but without a valid save slot will now have the option to customise their difficulty settings.
• Fixed an issue that could cause all planetary Drop Pod missions in the same system to complete when loading a save where one had been recently completed.
• Fixed a number of issues that could cause the shortcut button to take players directly to a newly unlocked guide entry to fail to work correctly.
• Fixed an issue that clamped the craftable amount for an item at the size of its current stack – crafting amounts can now be adjusted up to the current free inventory space.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the shortcut button to take players directly to a newly discovered mineral/plant/creature to fail to work correctly.
• The shield strength, hull strength, and combat manoeuvrability of hostile starships now scales correctly with the space combat difficulty setting.
• The non-functional companion summoning options have been removed from the starship Quick Menu.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Stasis Device and the Fusion Ignitor crafting steps to spill beyond the edges of the screen.
• Fixed a collision issue affecting some Alloy door parts.
• Fixed an issue that caused the living frigate “Feed” options to appear when talking to standard frigate captains aboard your freighter.
• Fixed an issue that caused the non-functional technology warning to be displayed twice for blocked slots.
• Fixed an issue that could appear to present the freighter inventory as valid when no freighter was owned.
• Fixed an issue that caused invalid text to appear in some journey milestone guidance missions.
• Fixed an issue that caused unpurchaseable slots to flash as selected despite the ship or multi-tool in question having reached the max inventory size for its class.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause invalid items to be awarded from derelict freighter containers.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong inventory to be increased when unlocking new slots.
• Fixed a number of issues that could cause inventories to be scaled or scroll incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that could allow players to interact with hidden inventory items while using the expanded inventory.
• Fixed a rare issue that could leave some Multi-Tools with unremovable broken technology after that technology was repaired.

• The Living Ship now uses the correct inventory labels.
• Fixed an issue that could cause invalid text to appear in various mission information fields when several Planetary Drop Pod missions were active at the same time.
• Fixed an issue that caused some UI elements to overlap the bottom of the inventory screen.
• Fixed a number of issues that could cause inventory numbers to spill outside of their icon in particular languages.

• Fixed inventory readability issues caused the background to be too transparent in VR.
• Fixed a number of particle flickering issues in VR.
• Fixed a number of visual glitches that could occur while using the Appearance Modifier.
• Fixed a number of rendering issues affecting Oculus/Meta VR headsets.
• Fixed a PC-only issue that could cause network settings to be unavailable without explanation.
• Fixed a number of memory issues related to FSR 2.
• The visual quality of FSR 2’s Ultra Performance mode has been increased.
• Fixed a number of multiplayer game invite issues that affected Xbox platforms.
• Fixed an issue that could scramble information important to modders.

• Fixed a crash related to playing custom ByteBeat tracks.
• Fixed a rare hang that could occur when summoning the Space Anomaly using a hotkey.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

October 21, 2022.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Waypoint Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.05, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Added an “Unread” icon to new entries in the Collected Knowledge catalogue of the information portal.
• Technology inventories now have a chance to contain supercharged slots that offer substantial boosts to the stats of technologies deployed to those slots. The number of supercharged slots is tied to the class of the starship, freighter or Multi-Tool in question, with 1 slots available for C-Class and 4 for S-Class.
• An icon reflecting the player’s current mode is now visible alongside the icon representing their current platform.
• Players who elect to permanently lock their difficulty settings will have this reflected in their mode icon.
• Bases now show the difficulty settings with which they were created.
• Added an option on the inventory page to temporarily expand large inventories and view them without the need to scroll.
• Clicking an inventory filter a second time will now disable that filter.
• New visuals have been added when reloading a save from within the game menus.
• The chance of technology being broken by incoming damage now scales with the current strength of your shields.
• The Save Point blueprint is now available for research aboard the Space Anomaly.
• The value and quality of items found in crashed freighter storage containers has been increased.

• Fixed a number of visual issues related to purchasing new inventory slots.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the save summary text from appearing correctly on the final save slot in the list.
• Fixed an issue that could cause technology items to fail to install correctly in some weapons or ships acquired from the Quicksilver Synthesis Companion.
• The technology research trees now stay open when purchasing multiple parts with the difficulty set to zero costs.
• Fixed an issue that caused the cursor to reset to the centre of the screen upon certain button inputs on the storage container transfer screen.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Exosuit Upgrade Chart hints to continue displaying after the chart had been used or sold.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Paralysis Mortar not to be known by default when opting to start with all technologies known.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the technology slot purchase screen from offering more than 30 slots in some rare circumstances.
• Fixed an issue that could cause entries to disappear from the Plaque, Monolith or Abandoned Building pages of the Collected Knowledge catalogue.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to fall through the floor of their freighter when loading in very specific locations.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the base building tutorial to fail to progress past the “Powering the Base” section.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause mission events involving base NPCs to point to the wrong system. This recovery will take place upon visiting the incorrectly marked system.
• Launch Fuel canisters now always fully recharge the Launch Thrusters, even on harder difficulty settings.
• Added additional fuel information to the “Summon Ship” error messages.
• Fixed an issue that caused some players to have inaccessible slots when viewing storage container inventories on their freighter.
• Increased the amount of time the information portal displays the preview of unread guide entries before cycling to the next entry.
• Fixed an issue that caused the collision box for the Industrial Pallet to be too big.
• Warp Hypercores will now always fully charge the ship hyperdrive, even on the hardest fuel settings.
• Fixed an issue that caused some Journey Milestone guidance missions to incorrectly report the milestone as complete.
• Fixed an issue that allowed inventories to be expanded beyond the intended limit for their C/B/A/S class rating.

• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause asteroids to appear the wrong colour.
• Fixed a visual issue that caused some customisation banner options to appear in the wrong place in the UI.
• Fixed a minor visual issue with mission icons during Journey Milestone guidance missions.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with inventory slot purchasing.
• Fixed a number of instances of untranslated text in Journey Milestone guidance missions.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the “Missions Done” stat from being displayed correctly in the Korvax section of the Journey Milestone page.

• Fixed a memory issue affecting time-based missions.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a softlock on load after triggering a Journey Milestone guidance mission involving the mission board whilst within a pirate-controlled system.
• Fixed a memory issue affecting the save process.
• Fixed an issue that could cause framerate loss while browsing large freighter inventories.
• Fixed a number of networking issues.
• Fixed a rare issue related to saving the game while the disc was busy.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

October 15, 2022.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Waypoint Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.04, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Players upgrading their save to Waypoint are now awarded additional free technology slots (this fix will also apply to players who have already upgraded their save to Waypoint).
• A new difficulty setting has been added which allows players to lock themselves out of any further difficulty settings changes. Once enabled, this action is permanent.
• The photon cannon can now be deleted from the ship inventory, providing at least one other weapon is installed.
• The strength of starship specialisation bonuses have been increased, so that higher-grade ships receive greater inherent bonuses to their stats. This scales steeply with both class and ship specialisation, so that eg the Explorer class ships will have significantly further warp ranges.
• As well as damage, shield and warp bonuses, starships now also have an inherent agility-based stat, which benefits all maneuverability upgrades in the same way as the other specialisation stats affect their relevant upgrades.
• Stat bonuses on procedural jetpack upgrades have been increased.
• Stat bonuses on procedural hazard protection upgrades have been increased.
• Stat bonuses on procedural pulse engine upgrades have been increased.
• Stat bonuses on procedural hyperdrive upgrades have been increased.
• Fixed an issue that could cause broken tech to permanently block some inventory slots.
• Significantly reduced the likelihood of incoming damage to break a piece of technology while the Exosuit shields are charged.
• The drop rate of Spawning Sacs retrieved by the living frigate from fleet expeditions has been increased.
• The “Starting Slots” difficulty setting now adds additional inventory slots as well as additional companion and squadron slots.
• Added a confirm button to the “Delete Base” option when interacting with the Base Computer.
• Hazard Protection now notes on the HUD when it is critically damaged.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from loading their manual save in Permadeath.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Neutron Cannon to deal nearly no damage.
• Fixed an issue that could leave some players floating in space when reloading their save.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the correct charging of Exocraft technology.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players with very large inventories from seeing all their items when transferring to another inventory, such as a storage container.
• Fixed an issue that could cause improbably large numbers of Sentinels to spawn at player settlements in particular multiplayer scenarios.
• Fixed an issue that caused missions to fail to recognise when Exocraft technology was correctly charged.
• Fixed an issue that caused some items (such as projectile ammunition) to build the wrong amount when first crafted.
• Fixed an issue that could cause freighters to be missing their hyperdrive after purchase.
• Fixed a number of clashes between changing inventory tabs and changing stack sizes.
• Fixed a number of issues where different popups would take the same scrolling input.
• Fixed an issue that prevented changing tabs in the freighter inventory while hovering over an empty slot.
• Fixed an issue that could strand players on the space station if they managed to dock with a broken pulse engine.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to salvage their only operational starship.
• Fixed an issue that prevented technology attachments from appearing on Exocraft.
• When reporting a base, the owner’s name is now more clearly displayed in the UI.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some newly acquired inventory items to be visually missing from the main inventory.
• Fixed a number of issues where old Cargo slots were visible in the UI, such as when viewing ships through the Analysis Visor.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent large inventories from being fully displayed in some circumstances (such as when using storage containers).
• Fixed an issue that could cause duplicate hyperdrives to be found in crashed and NPC ships during the tutorial.
• Fixed an issue that caused Livestock Unit to display too few inventory slots in the UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused critically damaged Hazard Protection to appear to become recharged and functional when sitting in the starship.
• Fixed an issue that could cause starship salvage to return an invalid price for the ship.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with inventory slot unlocking.
• Fixed a number of issues that caused Journey Milestone guidance missions to end too early.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent bases from correctly uploading.
• The visual quality of stars has been improved when using TAA and FSR 2.0.
• Fixed an issue that prevented FSR 2.0 from being enabled while using HDR.
• Fixed a number of rendering issues with particle effects.
• Optimised the rendering of a number of particle effects.
• Optimised star and sky rendering.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with freighter engines.
• Improved the Trade Rocket engine effects.
• Fixed an issue that could cause volcanoes to pop out of existence.
• The visual effects for the final Atlas Station of the Artemis path have been improved.
• Improved the text displayed when viewing cooking items in the catalogue.
• Fixed an issue that caused predatory fish to move too slowly.
• Fixed a number of text scrolling issues in the info portal.
• Fixed a PlayStation 5 crash.
• Fixed an Xbox Series S/X crash related to the file system.
• Fixed an inventory-related crash that could occur when loading the game.
• Fixed a memory-related crash on PlayStation 5.
• Fixed a number of networking issues.
• Fixed a memory issue related to squadron icon rendering.
• Fixed a crash related to Multi-Tool rendering.
• Fixed a crashed related to the recipe page within the information portal.
• Fixed a memory-related crash on all platforms.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

October 8, 2022.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Waypoint Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 4.03, which will be live on all platforms soon.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented the “Change Craft Amount” option from working when crafting products.
• Fixed a number of issues affecting base power when enabled or disable the Auto-Power difficulty setting.
• Fixed an issue that prevented ship and Multi-Tool trade-in prices from being calculated correctly.
• Fixed an icon inconsistency in the Journey Records page.
• Fixed an issue that caused audio corruption when upgrading inventory slots.
• Fixed a number of issues related to selecting the next inventory slot to be upgraded.
• Fixed a UI issue that could make it difficult to expand inventories up to their intended maximum dimensions (of 60 for technology and 120 for items).
• Fixed an issue that caused some doorways in freighter bases to become blocked.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult for the living ship to land on planets.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when pinning a completed journey milestone.
• Fixed a crash related to upgrading Multi-Tool inventories.
• Fixed a crash related to rendering.
• Fixd a number of memory-related crashes.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games

July 27, 2022.

Hello Everyone!

Last week, we released our 20th major free update for No Man’s Sky, ENDURANCE. When we first added freighters to the game back in the FOUNDATION update, we could never have imagined we’d be here, reimagining them, six years later – we had no idea what was ahead of us!

We’ve loved watching folks assembling their fleets of organic frigates, and it has been tremendous to see the base building community’s imaginings coming to life with the new freighter building capabilities – constructing huge botanical chambers, medical bays, engine rooms, and even expansive cities on their freighter’s exterior!

Polestar Expedition

Today, we are launching the game’s eighth community expedition: Polestar. Embark on an interstellar cruise as the captain of a heavy shipping freighter, warping your metal fortress across the galaxy.

During the voyage, Travellers will repair the freighter’s bespoke technology, and uncover the mysterious circumstances that led to its current predicament…

After completing all the required expedition milestones, you may now end the expedition early and convert your progress to a Normal Mode save. As with previous expeditions, when Polestar concludes, this save conversion will happen automatically.

Polestar’s limited edition rewards can be redeemed across all save games from the Space Anomaly’s Quicksilver Synthesis Companion.

The Polestar expedition begins today, and will run for approximately six weeks.

Polestar Expedition Rewards

Pilgrim, Polestar, and Heavy Shipping Posters

Decorate freighter and planetary bases alike with these three commemorative posters – dedicated to all spacefarers, navigators, explorers and freighter crew.

High-Gravity Freighter Trail

Customise your capital ship with this limited edition freighter trail. High-energy exhaust gases rapid condense as they exit the freighter’s colossal engines, collapsing into micro-singularities.

Outlaw Building Decorations

Add a case of navigation charts, an arrangement of technical data, or a rustic light source to your bases with the Navigation Archive, Data Display Unit, and Flaming Barrel.

Fleet Commander’s Cape

Assume the role of captain and voyager of the stars with this imposing cloak.

Child of Helios Companion

Claim the Child of Helios egg, and invite this beautiful, spectral creature to haunt your journey through the universe.

Community Research

The Quicksilver Synthesis Companion continues to tirelessly craft new exotic collectables, unlocked by Travellers completing Nexus missions – including the new Sentinel Pillar and Infestation combat challenges.

Most recently, the Cosmic Flight, Orbital, and Ship Catalogue Posters have become available.

The next set of items to be synthesised, starting today, is this exciting set of freighter exhaust customisations: the Antimatter, Golden, and Hadal Freighter Trails.

Exchange Quicksilver for exotic collectables aboard the Space Anomaly. Complete multiplayer the missions at The Nexus to contribute towards unlocking collectables, and earn Quicksilver from the specially-marked daily or weekend missions.

Development Update

Patch 3.97, which contains a number of gameplay and stability fixes, is being released today and will be coming to all platforms as soon as possible. The team are currently taking some time to address issues reported by the community, but we have so much more packed in for 2022! The release of No Man’s Sky on Nintendo Switch, PSVR2, and MacOS are all just around the corner, and we have already started on new content and surprises for later in the year.

Thank you, travellers, for staying on this journey with us.
Sean

3.97 Patch Notes

• Fixed a number of memory-related crashes, particularly on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
• Fixed a crash related to base building.
• Fixed a crash related to freighter loading.
• Fixed a PSVR-exclusive crash.
• Fixed a crash related to the Fleet Command room.
• Fixed a crash related to ByteBeat.
• Fixed an issue that prevented teleporters from working correctly on derelict freighters.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from claiming earned frigates from the list of past expedition rewards.
• Fixed an issue that prevented people from acquiring a living frigate if they changed their system clock.
• Fixed a number of mission and dialog issues that could prevent mission progress.
• Fixed an issue that caused ByteBeat music to play over the top of the intended settlement bar music.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent newly-purchased frigates from joining up with the fleet.
• Introduced a number of rendering optimisations for freighter bases.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent building within very tall freighter bases.
• Fixed an issue that allowed bases from blocked players to still be synced in some circumstances.
• Fixed an issue that caused too many wires to be removed when deleting a connected base part (such as a switch).
• Fixed an issue that left ladders behind when deleting their attached room on a freighter.
• Fixed an issue that caused multiplayer freighter bases to be missing on PlayStation 4.
• Fixed an issue that caused some posters to use the wrong texture.
• Players now always know the freighter bulkhead door, to prevent them from being trapped if they delete all exits to a room.
• Supporting scaffolds have been added to the underside of some elevated freighter base parts.
• Fixed a number of cases where base parts (and planters) were not being powered correctly in some freighter base configurations.
• Players may now harvest carbon from the plants growing on the walls of their agricultural freighter rooms.
• Fixed a number of visual glitches in freighter room parts.
• Fixed an issue that made it impossible to place objects on some shelves.
• Players can now place specific variants (straight/T-Junction/X-Junction) of freighter glass corridors.
• Fixed an issue that made the Galactic Trade Terminal UI appear in the wrong position while in VR and using the freighter trade room.
• Fixed an issue that prevented freighter doors and windows from being automatically deleted if the room they are attached to is deleted.
• The UI now displays additional feedback after feeding a living frigate and evolving new traits.
• Fixed a rare visual glitch caused by the Exosuit backpack being incorrectly scaled.
• The visual effects for harvest plants within freighter bio rooms have been improved.
• The Wormhole Brain and the Neural Shielding now have the correct Quick Menu icons.
• Fixed an issue that made Flight Assist Override less effective than intended during space combat.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Wormhole Brain from being used to detect trade outposts.
• Infestation Nexus missions now correctly lead players to the target planet.
• Fixed a rare blocking issue that could prevent portals from working correctly when triggered on the Artemis path while very close to the centre of the galaxy.
• Fixed an issue that awarded players the resources gathered by NPC asteroid miners.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from skipping cinematic black bars while in an Exocraft.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent fleet expeditions from displaying living frigate related story content.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the correct effects from playing as the starship exits warp.
• Fixed a visual issue that caused space colouring to leak into the freighter warp tunnel.
• Fixed an issue that could allow some Leviathan-exclusive missions to persist indefinitely after the end of the expedition.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent ship previews from appearing correctly in the Quick Menu.
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect icons to appear in the top-left notification after unlocking a new section of the guide.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to interact with their ship while it was being salvaged for scrap.
• Fixed an issue that caused the freighter to appear in the warp tunnel while playing in VR.

July 22, 2022.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Endurance Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 3.96, which will be live on all platforms soon.

On PC:

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause NPCs to repeat ’16’ forever on your first visit to a Space Station.

And on consoles the following fixes from patch 3.95.

Thank you,
Hello Games

July 22, 2022.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone playing the Endurance Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting.

We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 3.95.

Bug fixes

• Items gathered by fleet expeditions can now be stored in any inventory, not just the main freighter inventory.
• Cargo collected from idle fleet frigates can now be stored in any inventory, not just the main freighter inventory.
• Player markers now display more detailed information if that player is aboard their freighter.
• Players are now given notification hints to explain how to summon or dismiss their freighter in multiplayer.
• The player’s current ship is now always marked while in the freighter hangar, even if very close by.
• Living frigates that are damaged can be fed from the fleet management screen to restore them to health.
• Fixed an issue that could leave players in space if they were aboard a freighter that was warping to another galaxy.
• Fixed an issue that caused the captain’s hologram on the Fleet Command Terminal to appear in the wrong place.
• Fixed an issue that could allow frigates to warp out while the player was viewing their purchase details.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Overseer’s terminal to be missing from their freighter room.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Cycle Part option working properly after using the Swap Part function.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to activate energy shields while aboard a freighter.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from teleporting to their freighter after manually dismissing it.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Scientist NPC specialist to become lodged inside their terminal.
• Fixed a collision issue with technology room windows.
• Fixed a collision issue with the Overseer’s freighter room.
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect inputs to be registered while browsing the base parts list.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the ‘View Variants’ button from working correctly while browsing the base parts list.
• Fixed an issue that prevented starship automatic recharge from functioning.
• Fixed a number of collision issues with the Archaic Habitation Heater.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the freighter location from being correctly updated when teleporting to the freighter from another teleporter terminus.
• Fixed an issue that could cause freighters to load incorrectly and players to fall through the floor when loading a save made at a save point or beacon placed aboard a freighter.
• Fixed a number of issues that could stall mission progress when speaking to mission-critical NPCs or interactions, such as Nada on the Space Anomaly or Artemis’ simulation terminal.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the infestation Nexus missions from completing.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the freighter from being listed as a teleport destination when in visiting another galaxy.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Nada to repeat ’16’ forever.
• Fixed an issue that allowed living frigates to become damaged when they should not have been.
• Fixed a number of collision issues with freighter corridors and ladders.
• Fixed a number of visual glitches with industrial-themed rooms.
• Fixed a minor visual glitch with particle effects.
• Fixed an issue that caused a non-functional “Windowed Mode” option to appear in the menu on consoles.
• Fixed a visual glitch with asteroid creatures.
• Fixed a lighting issue with the freighter Exocraft terminal.
• Fixed a number of visual glitches that could occur when snapping differently-themed freighter parts side-by-side.
• Improved the appearance of the icon that displays when frigate fleets are deployed to assist in space combat.
• Fixed an issue that caused some large freighters not to fit correctly within the warp tunnel.
• The readability of the mission notification text has been improved while using the starship in first person.
• Fixed a number of visual glitches that could occur when snapping other technology-themed freighter rooms to a customiser room.
• Fixed a visual glitch that could occur when warping in the freighter.
• Fixed an issue that caused a small pink dot to appear on the building info popup.
• Fixed a crash related to Sentinel networking syncing.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when charging a piece of technology while using the Storage Container UI.
• Fixed a crash related to asteroids.
• Fixed a crash related to NPC navigation.
• Fixed a crash related to loading specialist NPC workers.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when interacting with a Fleet Command Terminal.
• Fixed a crash related to freighter networking.

We will continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved. If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,
Hello Games

June 20, 2022.

ENDURANCE: INTRODUCING UPDATE 3.94

Dramatically expand your capital ship in update 3.94, ENDURANCE! Introducing deeper and more varied freighter base building, including exterior platforms and catwalks; enhanced nebulae and deep space storms; fleets of organic frigates; and so much more!

FREIGHTER OVERHAUL
Freighter bases have been completely reinvented, with a huge array of new parts and themed rooms allowing players to quickly assemble a visually varied and distinctive home in the stars. These pre-decorated rooms can be further customised, or players can use empty room variants and take total control over decoration.
Existing freighter bases have been preserved and legacy parts are fully compatible with the new set.

DYNAMIC CREW
Freighters now bustle with specialist crew members walking around your base. Engineers, biologists and technicians display their thoughts as they patrol the base, and your hired frigate captains and squadron pilots visit your capital ship between their deep-space excursions.

AGRICULTURAL MODULES
Construct expansive freighter farms with specialised cultivation chambers. Plant and grow rows of crops, then harvest all nearby crops with a single interaction.

BLACK HOLES
Traversing space via black hole is more cinematic than ever, with stunning new visual effects.

EXTERIOR FREIGHTER BUILDING
Freighter bases can now be extended beyond the hull, with observation decks and catwalks providing a direct view of the vastness of space.

BASE BUILDING QUALITY OF LIFE
Visual variants of base parts can now be placed manually, overriding their automatic contextual placement.
Existing base parts may now be directly replaced without deleting, conveniently preserving their existing position and snapping.
While building on a freighter, preview holograms can now be seen through walls, making it easier to see exactly where a part will be placed. In addition, freighter bases now have access to free placement, disabling snapping and collision checks and opening up the possibilities for more creative builds.

FREIGHTER VARIETY
Freighter exteriors have been visually upgraded, with enhanced textures, improved colours, and high-detail surface decoration.
Civilian freighters encountered across the galaxy are now pre-fitted with a variety of bases, which may be modified and expanded after purchase.

ORGANIC FRIGATES
Players may now encounter organic frigates as they explore deep space. Build your own fleet of these majestic beings, but be prepared for anomalous results when deploying them on fleet missions…
These living vessels are procedurally generated and come in a diverse variety of colour, shape and tentacle configurations.
Evolve the traits and stats of your organic vessels by feeding them from the Fleet Management screen.

DOORS AND WINDOWS
Players may now construct external doors and windows in their capital ship, allowing spectacular views to the stars.
Alternatively, place internal doors, windows and walls to create aesthetically pleasing interior sections.

POLESTAR EXPEDITION
Embark on an interstellar cruise in the Polestar expedition. Repair the freighter’s unique technology, uncover its mysterious past, and journey across the galaxy at its helm.
Players who have entirely completed the voyage may now end the expedition early and convert the save to normal mode ahead of the expedition deadline.

ENHANCED NEBULAE
Encounter stunning interstellar gas clouds up close, for an even more dramatic experience of the beauty of space.

INHABITED HANGAR
Freighter hangars have been redecorated, introducing windows, new machinery and alien crew into this vast space.

LIVING SHIP UPGRADES
Send organic frigates out on expeditions to retrieve upgrades for their starship cousins. Hatch psychonic eggs into sentient technology, or graft parasites onto your living vessel to create additional storage capacity.
As well as inventory space and general procedural upgrades, the living ship can now evolve a number of specific improvements. Its grafted eyes can leech energy from enemy starships; neural shielding grants the ability to resist hostile cargo probes; a chloroplast membrane will automatically recharge its neural assembly; and the Wormhole Brain allows the ship sight into the economy and conflict levels of unvisited systems on the Galaxy Map.

EXPEDITION REWARDS
Each phase of the Polestar Expedition will reward a generous array of account-wide collectables. Complete the cruise to earn exclusive base parts, posters, the Fleet Commander’s Cape, the High-Gravity Freighter Trail, a Child of Helios companion, and more!

HANGAR TELEPORTATION
Travel directly between the freighter hangar and bridge by way of a short-range teleport network.

DERELICT FREIGHTER ATMOSPHERICS
Combat and ambient visual effects on derelicts have been reworked, making these capital ship carcasses spookier than ever.

STELLAR EXTRACTORS
The stellar extractor is a new piece of integrated freighter technology. It automatically harvests resources from deep space, based on the system star classification.

NEW ASTEROIDS
Asteroid fields are less uniformly spread, now appearing in dense clusters, and feature a wider variety of asteroid shapes, sizes and colours.
The Starship Scanner can now locate asteroids which are rich in fuel resources, in the event of an adverse fuel situation while outside of an asteroid field.

FREIGHTER TECHNOLOGY MODULES
Existing technology for the freighter – including the Teleporter, Fleet Command, and Appearance Modifier – has been tastefully integrated into sleek, extendable glass-floored rooms.
In addition, technology-themed expansion rooms allow players to further customise and create their own base layouts.

THIRD-PERSON FREIGHTER WARP
Engaging the freighter warp drive to travel between systems now shows the freighter in the warp tunnel.

TWITCH CAMPAIGN
Earn an exciting and varied set of in-game rewards by watching streams of No Man’s Sky on Twitch. Full details of how to sign up are available on the Twitch Drops page here.
This latest campaign offers viewers an assortment of exclusive Starships, Companions, Multi-Tools, appearance customisations, exotic fireworks, and more!

SENTINEL PILLAR MULTIPLAYER MISSION
A new class of multiplayer mission is now available from the Nexus. The Space Anomaly has issued a request for crews of intrepid Travellers: investigate the heavily-guarded Sentinel Pillars, and steal the data within!

A COSMIC VOYAGE
Assemble the potent Dream Aerial and embark on a new mission alongside the organic frigates swimming through the ocean of deep space. The creature’s song will transport you along a strange and surreal journey, forever bonding Traveller and beast…

FREIGHTER ENGINE CUSTOMISATION
Personalise your capital ship’s exhaust trail with a range of engine modifications.

PLANETARY SCANNER MODULE
Streamline exploration with the Planetary Probe, a new piece of advanced freighter technology which can remotely discover all celestial bodies in a solar system.

TELEPORT TO FRIGATES
Repairing damaged frigates has been simplified by the ability to teleport directly between your fleet and capital ship.

ASTEROID HARVESTING ENCOUNTERS
Civilian pilots can now be seen mining asteroid belts for resources.

GLASS FREIGHTER CORRIDOORS
Construct glass corridors aboard your freighter to enjoy spectacular space vistas from a safe vantage point.

FREIGHTER TECH ICON REFRESH
Installable Freighter upgrade modules now have a brand new set of distinct, detailed icons.

LONG-DISTANCE OBJECT FIDELITY
The planetary decoration system has been significantly optimised and improved with octahedral impostor technology, allowing props, plantlife, rocks and other objects to be drawn at both far greater distances and at a higher quality.
The visual quality of objects in the far distance has been significantly improved – especially improving the visibility of planetary flora when flying into the atmosphere.

ASTEROID INHABITANTS
Destroying asteroids may sometimes expose the nesting places of otherworldly creatures.

FREIGHTER BRIDGE UPDATE
The captain’s bridge has been visually refreshed, with new visual effects and improved lighting, and now connects to the hangar via multiple sets of stairs and teleporters.

FREIGHTER CARGO HOLD
Freighters now benefit from a dedicated Cargo Hold Inventory, allowing the storage of even more items. Like other freighter inventories, this hold can be upgraded with Expandable Bulkheads.

FREIGHTER TELEPORTATION
The teleportation network has been extended to allow Travellers to teleport directly to their freighter from any space station or planetary base terminus.

FREIGHTER INDUSTRIAL MODULES
Existing industrial technology for the freighter – including the Refiner, Storage Containers, and Orbital Exocraft Materialiser – has been seamlessly welded into expandable engineering bay themed rooms.
In addition, industrial-themed expansion rooms allow players to hand-craft their own vision for their engineering bay – or even their entire freighter.

INFESTATION MULTIPLAYER MISSION
On worlds across the universe, just below the planetary crust, something dreadful lurks. All infested worlds now suffer from visitations from the vessel of the many-mouths…
Brave groups of Travellers can team up at the Nexus and descend to planets exhibiting signs of infestation, to cleanse the abhorrent worms found beneath the soil.

SPACE STORMS
Experience extraterrestrial weather phenomena in deep space, piloting your starship through dramatic clouds and storms.

3.94 PATCH NOTES

CAPITAL SHIPS

• Capital ship hangars have been visually updated, with additional details, features, NPCs and VFX.
• The freighter bridge has been visually refreshed with new lighting, VFX and detailing.
• A teleporter has been added for instant access between the freighter hangar and the bridge.
• The mandatory corridor in freighter bases has been removed, allowing players to fully customise their freighter base layout.
• Freighter exteriors have been updated with enhanced textures and detailing.
• Your freighter is now displayed within the warp tunnel when making a jump between systems.
• Lighting and shadow quality throughout freighter bases has been significantly improved.
• Players may now warp directly from their fleet management terminal to any individual frigate. New terminals have been added to frigates to allow quick return to the freighter bridge.
• Markers are now placed on Fleet Command Terminals in need of debriefing.
• Players may now teleport to their freighter base from any other base or space station teleport terminus.
• Capital ship engines can now be customised from the existing freighter recolouring UI, accessed on the bridge.
• Capital ships can be now reset to their default colours.
• The customisation camera for freighters has been improved with better lighting and a wider viewing angle for large ships.
• Player-constructed freighter bases are now populated dynamically by specialised crew members, as well as hired squadron pilots and frigate captains.
• Freighter crew can now move around the base.
• Freighter crew periodically display thoughts related to their current task.
• Non-player freighters now come with a variety of pre-existing bases.
• Freighters now have a Cargo Hold inventory, allowing the storage of even more items.
• A new technology, the Singularity Engine, has been added for freighters. This powerful warp augmentation is activated by speaking to the freighter’s captain, and will slingshot the freighter through a wormhole.
• The visual quality of salvaged freighter technology icons has been significantly improved.
• Players may now summon their freighter while the Pulse Engine is active.
• Freighter landing and takeoff trajectories have been improved to prevent accidental docking.
• Players are no longer blocked from summoning their freighter if another player has their freighter active.
• Players can now dismiss their own freighter in order to visit the freighter base of another group member.

FREIGHTER BASE COMPONENTS

• Freighter base building has been totally overhauled. Players now have access to a variety of pre-built room modules (which they can further customise).
• Rooms come in a variety of pre-decorated themes, allowing players to quickly assemble a visually varied and distinctive base.
• Empty room variants are available for players who wish to more manually customise their freighter base.
• Existing freighter bases have been preserved, and legacy freighter parts are fully compatible with the new pieces.
• New freighter rooms include:
• The Scanner Room, which pings all nearby planets and automatically discovers them.
• Single and Double Cultivation Chambers, which allow players to plant directly into the room itself. Cultivation Chambers come with the ability to mass-harvest nearby plants.
• A Nutrition Room, allowing players access to cooking facilities while on board.
• The Stellar Extractor, a specialist manufacturing unit that extracts a variety of resources from the interstellar medium.
• Additional rooms have been added to replicate existing base functionality, but in room-sized modules:
• A dedicated Galactic Trade Terminal room, allowing quick access to trade facilities.
• A Teleport Room, allowing players to teleport from their freighter, as well as return via any other teleportation terminus.
• The Appearance Modifier Room, for player customisation.
• The Fleet Command Room, for managing frigate fleet expeditions.
• All the terminals for Base Specialists, such as the Overseer.
• The Orbital Exocraft Materialiser, which allows players to summon any of their Exocraft while their freighter is in the system.
• A specialist large industrial refiner room.
• Storage Rooms, with access to stowed materials.
• Players can now place exterior windows in their freighter bases, allowing a view through into the stars.
• Players can place internal windowed walls to divide up their base into aesthetically pleasing sections.
• Players can now place doors in their freighter bases, both between rooms and out to the exterior of their freighter.
• A variety of catwalks and exterior viewing platforms are now available to build within and around the freighter base.
• Freighter corridors now come in both plain and glass versions.
• Freighter corridors now come as one dedicated part that will automatically bend or add additional doors in order to connect to nearby rooms.

ORGANIC SHIPS AND FRIGATES

• Players with a frigate fleet may now receive plans for a Dream Aerial from a successful fleet expedition.
• Constructing the Dream Aerial will grant players access to a new mission to unite with an organic frigate. This living vessel will be customised according to the player’s choices while on this mission.
• Players can continue to discover additional organic frigates to fill out their fleet.
• Organic frigates come in a variety of procedurally generated colours and tentacle configurations.
• Players can feed their organic frigates various cooked foodstuffs. Feeding the frigate will adjust its mood and may cause it to generate new abilities or traits.
• Sending a living frigate on a fleet expedition has a chance of generating a special anomalous event result.
• Anomalous fleet expedition results result in various organic implants for living starships.
• Living ship upgrades have been adjusted. Procedurally generated weapon modules now do more damage, and the Grafted Eyes can now leech energy from enemy starships.
• Living ships can now evolve Neural Shielding, granting them the ability to resist hostile cargo probes.
• Living ships can now evolve a Chloroplast Membrane, which will automatically recharge its Neural Assembly using sunlight.
• Living ships can now evolve a Wormhole Brain, which allows them sight into the economy and conflict levels of unvisited systems on the Galaxy Map.
• Players may now acquire and use a Spawning Sac to add additional inventory slots to their living ships.
• Fixed an issue that could cause living ship upgrades to choose a lower quality band than intended.
• Fixed an issue that prevented procedurally generated living ship upgrades from automatically selecting the starship inventory page when deployed.

BASE BUILDING

• Base parts which automatically switch between hidden variants (such as visually distinct parts for the top/middle/bottom of walls, or the freighter corridor that automatically bends and adds doorways to form connections) can now be placed manually. Relevant parts are marked within the base building menu and can be expanded to view all variants.
• While in editing mode, pre-existing parts can be now swapped out for any other part that matches its placement conditions, allowing bases to be quickly altered without having to delete and replace parts.
• Players may now quickly toggle between placement and selection mode even when no part was previously selected from the list of parts.
• Quick cycling parts within placement mode now displays the name of the newly selected part.
• A number of base building error messages have been edited for clarity.
• Many decorative parts that were not previously available to build on a freighter are now accessible in the build menu.
• ByteBeat modules can now be built on board freighters.
• Short-Range Teleporters can now be built within a freighter base.
• Lights now automatically receive power on board freighters.
• Freighter base part deletion now more strictly checks player navigation, fixing a number of cases where players could find themselves accidentally falling into space when deleting parts.
• The freighter base now has a walkable bottom level, allowing players who intentionally jetpack out of their base an opportunity to recover to safety.
• Players may now toggle snapping and collision checks when placing decoration on their freighter base, allowing more freedom and flexibility in construction.
• While on a freighter, the preview hologram is now visible behind other objects, allowing players to more easily preview the location of new rooms and corridors.
• Fixed a number of visual glitches with the preview hologram.
• Fixed a number of visual issues and glitches with wiring.
• Objects that are moved or deleted now clean up their attached wires.
• Storage Containers now display their custom name (if applicable) in the Build Menu.
• Biofuel Generators now provide power for a significantly longer amount of time.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Ceiling Light part from being powered correctly.
• The Archaic Habitation Heater now actually provides protection against extreme cold.

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS & SPACE ATMOSPHERICS

• The planetary decoration system has been significantly optimised and improved, allowing props, plantlife, rocks and other objects to be drawn at both far greater distances and at a higher quality.
• Planetary objects such as trees and rocks are now visible from low orbit.
• Players may now encounter storms and other space atmospherics while in asteroids fields, in open space, or when encountering derelict freighters in deep space.
• Players may now encounter brightly coloured nebulae while exploring deep space.
• Black hole visuals have been overhauled and significantly improved.
• Derelict freighters VFXs have been significantly improved. Existing environmental and combat effects have been enhanced, and additional atmospheric details have been added.
• Atmospheric effects have been added and enhanced within the space station.
• Starship landing and takeoff effects have been improved.

ASTEROIDS

• Asteroid draw distance has been significantly increased.
• Asteroid field density has been significantly increased.
• Individual steroid visual detail and variety has been greatly increased.
• Asteroid destruction effects have been improved.
• Players may now encounter systems with a large number of rare crystalline asteroids.
• Players may now occasionally disturb the nest of strange space creatures when destroying asteroids.
• Passing starships may now enter asteroids fields alongside players and begin mining nearby asteroids.
• Asteroid density patterns have been adjusted so that there are larger areas of space with few to no asteroids.
• Players can now use the starship’s scanner to locate nearby fuel-rich asteroids, in the event of an adverse fuel situation when outside of an asteroid field.
• Fixed a number of issues that could cause asteroids to intersect with other objects, such as freighters.
• The rewards for destroying rare asteroids have been improved.