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No Man’s Sky tips for more fun and less death

When you first boot up No Man’s Sky, you may be surprised to find that there is no tutorial that attempts to familiarize you with the game. This No Man’s Sky trick will help you get 48 Slot in your Ship without spending a single unit.

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You could muddle through but why not learn from someone who has already made many mistakes in this very big universe and use these tops tips to help you survive.

Place the items you want to dupe in your Exosuit inventory. With the day one patch the team at Hello Games actually embedded the third path in with the giant snakes, and to trigger the start you need to find a planet with one.

Now when it comes to buying a new ship, this is a far easier task than locating upgrades. Mysteries present themselves and, as you slowly decode an ancient alien language, your own mark on your trails is left with amusing system, planet and neighbourhood names, created by you for the world to see. Once the game has been saved, the gamer should fight one of the Sentinels that are in proximity. You’ll also stumble across abandoned signal scanners – beacons that, if you’ve got the elements needed to get them working, highlight points of interest like trading posts, downed ships, or transmission signals.

When you respawn in the space station, enter the menu, head to the “Options” tab and select the “Reload previous” button below the “Saved Game Data” header to reload the last save.

If you’re looking to get to the center of the galaxy as soon as possible, then you’re going to want to leave planets behind that aren’t rich with trade items (the resources with a green background).

One great novice resource is plutonium, which is used to fuel your ship and equipment. Hello Games has created a title that feels well suited for an hour before bedtime every night for a couple of months, but there are certain issues that hold it back from being the mind-blowing title that a certain sect of gamers expected it to be. To craft Electron Vapor, you’ll also need the Suspension Fluid blueprint – and that blueprint is also randomized. It’s best to just be moderate in how you mine resources or deal with the local wildlife.

You can find the Antimatter recipe by following the various markers placed on nearby planets after using the hyperdrive for the first time.

Upgrading your Hyperdrive is a good step forward, too. Unfortunately, this is left down to chance, so you won’t get a Hyperdrive upgrade each time you go hunting for one. But when you go into your inventory or talk to an alien you’re given a mouse cursor-style selection tool that seems more cumbersome than it should be on a gamepad. Warp Cells power your Hyperdrive, which you’ll fix early in your adventure if you follow the waypoints.

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