No Man's Sky: Upgrade spaceships - how it works

In No Man's Sky, spaceships are essential to discover new planets and solar systems. Learn how to upgrade your ship and get the most out of it here.

Tips for spaceships in No Man's Sky

Before you start upgrading your spaceship, make sure you have a ship that you want to invest in over the long term.
You can get to new ships by trading aliens or you can find them on planets. Save enough units just when trading / buying with extraterrestrials, because such spaceships are extremely expensive.
Pay close attention to the ship's inventory arrangement. It is important that as many slots as possible are available and that they are arranged flexibly so that you receive margin bonuses when installing upgrades.
If you improve your photon cannon sufficiently, you can even do without the phase emitter entirely and thus free up some inventory space. The cannon in its improved version also copes very well with asteroids.

There are a total of four different types of technology that you can use to upgrade your spacecraft: weapons, hyperdrive, scan and health.
Adapt the upgrades to your playing style. If you want to explore as much as possible and store materials, focus on inventory capacity, scanners and defensive technologies.
Good armament and long range, on the other hand, are more useful in combat if you want to be a space pirate.
Keep an eye out for new building plans. You can find them all over the world of No Man's Sky, especially after talking to aliens. You increase the chances of this by learning the language of the species and improving your reputation.