This week’s “Binge Game of the Week” is PlayStation version of No Man’s Sky. With the Next Generation update, coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC. Each week we will be binge playing a game until things open up.
For me No Man’s Sky, is the space version of Minecraft with better graphics. When you play Normal mode or Survive mode, the game starts off with you being placed on a planet that usually has a hazardous planetary condition. Usually heat, poison, radiation or freezing is the circumstance of the planet.
No Man’s Sky Guide (Immediate Survival Tips)
No Man’s Sky Multi Tool Needed
Analysis Vision and Scanner tools are needed to identify materials and locate areas under the analysis. Get these as soon as possible to get find resources below.
Oxygen Needed
Before you no it, you will find yourself without it and your suit will start to drain your health. You can find oxygen in a plant and sometime in plants.
Sodium Needed
Sodium is needed to restore your protection of the planet hazards of heat, poison, radiation or freezing. Another way to restore your protection is by entering your ship, base building you create and some caves. Building a hole in the ground use to restore your shielding but in updates only stops its decrease.
Carbon Needed
Carbon is immediately needed to restore your mining beam. Mine a tree, plants, creatures or small carbon crystals to get carbon.
How to Save (when game begins)
When the game starts there is only one way to save and that is by finding a location building and walking up the save port there. It is usually need the light pole at that location.
Saving later on can be done by creating a save port.
Other Advice Offered
Before venturing out into the universe, stay within the first 3 solar systems and build up your gear, supplies, ships, and storage. This way you can get experience fighting hard space battles, make the most of upgrades on the Space Anomaly Station and bank on the many planets in the 3 systems. Here is a list of other things to do:
- Upgrade your Ship
- Upgrade you Exosuit
- Upgrade your Base
- Learn language
- Find ancient chest and keys
Building a Base on No Man’s Sky
Create a Base Port
It is a simply creation that comes after a little bit of travel along the gameplay.
Base Station Structure (Preferred a large Base Station)
I prefer large base structure because they comes with electricity built into the ground wall for anything requiring it. Building a large base structure requires finding salvage data. Salvage data looks like a Wi-Fi icon on the Analysis Vision.
Power for Large Base Station (Preferred from Solar Panel)
Solar panel power is the easiest way to power the station from sunlight because it doesn’t require using resources like the power converter to generate. It clear fact its unstainable. In construct of the power system, remember to connect a battery to the station, solar panel to battery and solar panel to station.
Finding the Space Anomaly Station
After your first warp, and following the signal of 16 / 16 / 16 / 16, you will come across the anomaly station. Check out the No Man’s Sky Next Generation Update gameplay video below to see an example of the station in the purple icon.
Major Upgrades at the Space Anomaly Station
At the station, besides the options of getting tons of nanites from completing uploads on 16, you can upgrade all things from construction for base upgrades, exosuit upgrades, special tools, and ship upgrades.
Finding Other Players to play with and visiting their bases in different solar systems
One of the other benefits of the Space Anomaly Station is that you get to visit solar systems from players you are paired with on the station as well as be able to connect with and potentially play with others.
Finding Atlas and Getting an Atlas Pass
Following the 16 / 16 / 16 / 16 to the Space Anomaly Station, will set your path on a course to find Atlas. Once there you will be able to get the Atlas Pass level 1.
No Man’s Sky Next Generation Update Announcement
It was announced on October 28, 2020 that No Man’s Sky Next Generation update is coming to coming to PlayStation 5, XBox Series X and PC. Some of updates mentioned includes and free upgrade on existing console players, graphics upgrades on next generation game consoles and on PC, Save game transfers and upgrading on launch day.
