No Man's Sky: 7 beginner tips for starting the game

In No Man's Sky you land with your spaceship on an alien planet. We have summarized the best beginners tips for starting the game in this article.

1. The start in No Man's Sky

In the beginning you will find yourself on an unknown planet again first you need to repair your spaceship.

This mission consists of three subtasks: repair starting thrust nozzles, refueling starting thrust nozzles and repairing impulse drive.
The best way to do this is to collect as much material as you can and use a free space in the inventory to craft the required resources.

Use your multi-tool, with which you can dismantle materials.

The tool must be charged after long use. To do this, use either carbon, plutonium or energy canisters.
However, if you mine too many resources, you can spot guards who will then attack you. If they are nearby, it is best to pause for a while.

You need Heridium, among other things, to repair the impulse drive. The best way to find this material is with the scanner.

Once you've activated analysis sights and scanners, you can analyze plants, animals, rocks and other things.
The locations of nearby resources are displayed and thus make the search easier.

On every planet you will find other alien life forms that you can catalog.

The scanner gives you information about living things, plants and rocks. You can upload these to the Atlas in the menu and collect units for them.
You can also name your findings including entire planets and star systems yourself.

Before you venture into the vastness and discover new solar systems, you should first visit the space station of your system.

A space station is often displayed as a green question mark. There you will usually meet aliens with whom you should engage in a conversation.
You will often receive a gift or a new word in the language of the alien, which will also help you to gain a better reputation and trade advantages.

The fastest way to get to units is to trade aliens.

Either you go to galactic terminals or you find a trading station where aliens willing to trade are romping.
When buying / selling, make sure that your profit is always above average. This can be recognized by a green percentage. A lot of profit can be made here with rare raw materials.

Always make sure you get the best upgrades for your exo suit and multi tool. You can get the blueprints for it anywhere in the world of No Man's Sky.

Inventory spaces that you can add at specific stations on planets are particularly important for the Exo suit.
In the multi tool you will find new technologies for mining raw materials in the technology tree under "Laser". If you place similar upgrades next to each other, you will receive additional bonuses.

We will tell you in the next practical tip how you can learn the languages of the aliens in No Man's Sky.