No Man's Sky resources guide (2024)

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Oxide Elements

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You will use Oxide elements in the creation of almost everything. Defensive technologies like your Exosuit and Starship shields use Oxides as fuel.

Iron and Zinc are the first Oxides — and among the first elements — you'll encounter in No Man's Sky. Iron is in just about every rock you find on every planet and the occasional giant, potato-shaped asteroid. You'll find Zinc in yellow flowers.

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Isotope Elements

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The universe runs on Isotope elements. They fuel everything from your ship's engines to your Mining Beam. Carbon, Plutonium and Thamium9 are all Isotope elements. Harvest Carbon from most plants and animals you see on planets. You'll find Thamium9 in red flowers on plants or in nearly every asteroid you see in space. You'll be able to harvest more powerful isotopes like Platinum from red crystals on planets' surfaces.

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Silicate Elements

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Silicate elements are a basic building block of advanced technologies. Early in the game, you'll be harvesting the common Silicate element Heridium constantly from large, angular, rust-red deposits on planets' surfaces. As your technology becomes increasingly complex, you'll move on to rarer silicates like Platinum and Chrysonite. You can harvest blue flowers for Platinum and both Platinum and Chrysonite occur in blue crystals on planets.

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Neutral Elements

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Neutral elements serve several functions. Neutral elements are bought and sold on their own or are used in the construction of Companion Units. Later, you'll be able to find Recipes to craft Neutral elements into Alloys.

Early in the game, Neutral elements like Emeril (BAM!) and Nickel are good ways to earn easy units. Both Emeril and Nickel occur in large deposits on planets. Emeril is amber-colored and tends to be spherical, while Nickel occurs in silver-white arches, or black cylindrical towers.

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Precious Elements

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Collecting precious elements is a great way to make money in the Galactic Trading market. These elements have a purple icon in your inventory and, if you are lucky enough to find them, a purple diamond icon on your HUD. If you befriend animals by feeding them, they will occasionally bring you gifts of Precious elements.

The most common way you'll come into possession of Precious elements like Calium and Radnox is by buying them through the Galactic Trade terminals.

Technology Component

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Technology Components are secondary goods crafted from raw elements or other Technology Components. You start making them almost immediately in the gam by crafting Carite Sheets to repair your ship.

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These components go into repairing abandoned ships, building Companion Units or crafting your own Warp Cells from scratch. You start the game knowing Recipes for Technology Components like Microdensity Fabric and Bypass Chips and will learn more Recipes throughout your adventures.

Companion Units aren't as complicated as they might sound. Check out our guide to Multi-Tools and Companion Units to learn all about them.

Alloy

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Alloys are valuable metals that you can craft from raw, Neutral elements. During your travels, you'll learn Alloy Recipes that will help you earn money in the Galactic Trade and give you access to better and more powerful Component Units.

Energy Source

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Energy Sources are dedicated batteries for your technology.Shield Shards and Plates, for example, can be used to recharge the Shield in your suit or ship.

They'll turn up in chests, and you can craft them from Recipes.

Trade Commodity

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Trade Commodities are alien artifacts and products that you can sell for a substantial price in the Galactic Trade market. Trade Commodity icons are green and their descriptions usually mention something about the race that created or uses them.

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You can find them in neutral chests, like the long green box pictured below, that are typically found near waypoints. Early in the game, you'll find Trade Commodities like Gek Charms, Korvax Convergence Cubes and Vy'keen Daggers. A little later, you'll start to find the very valuable Atlas Stones.

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You'll also receive them as a reward reward for successful interactions with alien races and Monoliths.

A list of resources in No Man's Sky

Now that you understand No Man's Sky's resources and how to use them, the table below can serve as a quick reference as you explore the galaxy.

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No Man's Sky is a largely solitary experience, but that doesn't mean you have to travel the universe alone. This is but one small section of Polygon's No Man's Sky guide.

Be sure to check out the rest, where you can learn all about your ship, your Multi-Tool and Companion Units and even get answers to some of the biggest questions about No Man's Sky. We also have a guide to No Man's Sky's resources that'll teach you the difference between Oxides and Silicates and No Man's Sky's various elements.

If you're just looking for a quick reference guide to locations, like where you can save and trade — we've got you covered — too.

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FAQs

What is the hardest achievement in no man's sky? ›

Regardless of how good you are at the game, To Live Forever is one of the hardest achievements to unlock in the game. Permadeath mode is a challenging game setting that combines Survival mode with the knowledge that all of your progress will be deleted if you die.

Why is 16 important in no man's sky? ›

Sixteen. The number "sixteen" is a recurring element in the game and all things surrounding it. In Atlas Rises lore content, multiple sources stated that the Atlas had 16 minutes of operational time remaining.

What is the rarest thing in no man's sky? ›

You will see many ships in the entire galaxy, but there are certain types that are difficult to find, and none is more rare than the Squid-shaped ship. In fact, you can play the game for hours upon hours and still not come across one of these exotic spacecrafts.

How long does it take to 100 percent no man's sky? ›

When focusing on the main objectives, No Man's Sky is about 30½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 150 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

Who is the most powerful enemy in no man's sky? ›

Bipedal sentinel

Bipedal sentinels also known as sentinel walkers are the last and most powerful type of planet based sentinels. They appear when the player reaches wanted level 4. When a bipedal sentinel is killed it can drop: 70-120 titanium, blueprints, dimensional matrix.

Is No Man's Sky Endless? ›

Not actually infinite (although everything within the universe is due to infinite amount of possible outcomes of each lifeforms). So it is a set size universe with an infinite possible to see...

Is there a limit to how much you can build in no man's sky? ›

Each save has a limit of 402 bases including one's freighter base and planetary settlement, so 400 planetary bases. The game displays a generic "unsuitable location" error message once the limit has been reached. There is also a limit of 16,000 base objects per save and a 3,000 components upload limit per base.

Should I wipe Atlas or initiate personality interface? ›

As with the previous Atlas encounter, the player will have a choice of initiating the personality interface or wiping the system, with both options leading to the same outcome; unlike the previous Atlas encounter, the personality interface option no longer requires confirmation.

Can you be a pirate in no man's sky? ›

Playing as a Pirate

Players can choose to engage in piracy themselves by attacking a freighter or other ships in a space fleet. Doing this will alert Sentinel Drone Starships, who will engage in combat with the player. Selected ships display their cargo in the same way as resources do.

What is the rarest pet in No Man's Sky? ›

Rangifae are considered one of the rarest land fauna in the game, with only a 0.25% chance to be found on a planet.

What is the most valuable craftable item in no man's sky? ›

High End Crafting items (Stasis Device / Fusion Ignitor) can sell for around 16 million units each. You can create these using a variety of items that you can create or win from missions at the Space Station and the Nexus on the Space Anomaly.

Are there any NPCS in no man's sky? ›

Many of the missions and quests in No Man's sky require the assistance of an NPC to complete. These characters can be hired to assist by providing new missions, blueprints, and other helpful information. Each NPC requires a specific terminal to be built in separate Cylindrical Rooms, Square Rooms, or Cuboid Rooms.

Has anyone visited every planet in No Man's Sky? ›

No, this game is simply very large. About 1% of the first or starter galaxy, Euclid, has been explored. Far less of any of the rest of the . Looking on the EVE Online forums, someone has mined the data of the game and discovered that there are a total of 66,856 planets, so that's only .

What is the fastest way to make money in no man's sky? ›

Scanning rocks, plants, and animals with an upgraded scanner is the easiest way to make money in No Man's Sky. Buy Planetary Charts to find crashed ships you can sell as salvage to make money quickly. With the new patch update, more experienced fighters can find and sell Sentinel Interceptors.

How long is 1 sol in no man's sky? ›

A sol is an in-game unit of time equal to one half of a starcycle, about 15 minutes real-time. It is used by the game primarily to measure how long the player has survived extreme conditions, so that it can award Extreme Survival milestones.

What is the most valuable in no man's sky? ›

What's the most expensive material in the game? Activated Indium is the most expensive element at over 900 units each. The most valuable items you can find are rare artifacts or bones that can be worth somewhere between 1-2 million units.

What is the extreme survival achievement in NMS? ›

Summary. In order to achieve any of the Extreme Survival milestones, the player must be on a planet with extreme conditions. Any planet where the weather status is displayed in red font counts as an extreme planet. They are also distinguished by the word "Extreme" appearing above the Hazard Protection bar.

How to get everlasting achievement no man's sky? ›

The best known method to achieve this milestone to the maximum tier (32 Sols) with the least amount of effort is to sit in any land exocraft except for the minotaur to achieve the maximum tier. If the exocraft hazard protection upgrades are installed, you don't even need to recharge your hazard protection.

How hard is no man's sky platinum? ›

The Platinum difficulty is 2/10 if you use Custom Settings but 3/10 if you don't. Depending on whether you use custom settings or not, the Platinum will take 25+ hours to get.

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