Guides

Master every multi-tool type and class in No Man's Sky. Learn how to find S-class tools, upgrade efficiently, and unlock Sentinel and Atlantid weapons.

Every No Man's Sky multi-tool type and class compared — damage, mining, scanning bonuses, and how to find each one.

Build the Nutrient Processor, source raw ingredients, cook high-value dishes, and trade meals to Cronus on the Anomaly for Nanites and Quicksilver.

Master No Man's Sky crafting and refining with this beginner's guide to the Portable Refiner, key recipes, and all three refiner tiers.

Refiner recipe tables for No Man's Sky: purification ratios, Oxygen multiplier chains, Chromatic Metal, nanite conversions, and refiner fuel costs.

Master gathering, refining, and crafting in No Man's Sky. Learn where to find core resources and turn raw materials into Units, fuel, and gear.

An A-Z style index of No Man's Sky resources and items: where each element is found, what it is used for, and which ones are worth farming.

Balance productivity, happiness, and maintenance as a settlement Overseer in No Man's Sky with this daily management guide.

Learn what every No Man's Sky settlement building does, which upgrades to prioritize, and how to raise your settlement class efficiently.

Make the right choices for your No Man's Sky settlement. Learn how policy, citizen, and construction decisions affect productivity and happiness.

Become a settlement Overseer in No Man's Sky. Learn how to claim, manage, and upgrade a Planetary Settlement for daily resources and rewards.

Which starter ship to keep in No Man's Sky and the exact upgrades to prioritize first — a beginner-friendly guide for 2026.

How to unlock the Colossus in No Man's Sky, why its inventory makes it the mining vehicle, and when the extra capacity is worth the slower handling.

How Corvettes work in No Man's Sky: building a modular starship from parts, how components affect stats, paint options, and how it compares to S-class hunting.

Unlock, summon, and upgrade every Exocraft in No Man's Sky: Nomad, Roamer, Colossus, Minotaur, Pilgrim, and the Nautilon submarine.

Build a Race Initiator, lay out checkpoints, and find out which Exocraft and upgrades set the fastest lap times in No Man's Sky.

Learn every method to expand your ship's inventory in No Man's Sky, from buying slots with units to farming Storage Augmentations for free upgrades.

Learn how to find exotic S-class ships in No Man's Sky, including rare squid ships, using trading posts, pirate systems, and community coordinates.

Complete guide to the Starbirth questline in No Man's Sky — get your Living Ship in about 5 days using 3,200 Quicksilver and a Void Egg.

Find, claim, and repair crashed ships for free in No Man's Sky — or scrap them for Nanites and Units. Complete guide to every discovery method.

Find or upgrade an S-Class ship in No Man's Sky using space stations, exotic spawns, crashed ships, and the Outfitting Terminal.

Learn how to scrap ships at space stations in No Man's Sky to earn units, nanites, and valuable upgrade modules with this step-by-step guide.

How Living Ship upgrades work in No Man's Sky: organic technology, why standard modules don't fit, and whether an S-class Living Ship is worth flying.

How to unlock the Minotaur mech in No Man's Sky, why its hazard immunity beats any Exosuit upgrade, and how to set up the AI Pilot to fight for you.