

Starship names are procedurally generated, but a ship can be renamed in the same way as planets or stars.įor a catalogue of discovered Starships to scroll through, compare, find locations to buy, and to collect detailed information about, refer to the Starship Catalogue page. These aspects can also have modifiers based on a ship's type and class (see below). Maneuverability (depends on a ship type and class).Īll of these can be upgraded with technology blueprints.Hyperdrive range (base: 101 light-years).Fuel efficiency (launch costs are doubled in Survival and Permadeath Game modes).Damage potential (base: 33.8 - 56.7) Damage potential calculation with Photon Cannon and no upgrades equipped (basedamage + classbonus% + (120 x classbonus x 2.3142)).Once a ship has been upgraded to S rank, all ship inventories can be increased to 60 technology slots, with varying cargo slots depending on ship type.Īll ships are defined by the following main aspects: NOTE: The listed Cargo and Tech Inventory sizes below are their starting values. If a particular ship has piqued your interest, the best grinding spot is a station it lands on as part of the first group. The same is true for wait timers on stations for ship types. exotic) in its first wave landing on a space station will always do so on revisit / reload. In addition to acting as a primary source of new starships, NPC starships carry valuable resources and products for sale, and they can be followed to locate certain inhabited points of interest.ĭue to the static nature of seeds in No Man's Sky, a well-documented ship will always be findable. NPC-controlled starships, including pirates and Sentinel Interceptors, populate the skies on planets as well as the interplanetary space within star systems. Players are not the only entities that use starships. The other ships can be swapped out using the quick menu. A maximum of twelve starships may be part of a player's fleet, although no more than six will be located in the freighter hangar at any time. The player begins the game with one starship and may acquire additional starships later. Starships allow players to travel between planets and solar systems, fight in space battles, engage in space encounters, reach the centre of the galaxy, store resources, and trade. They are necessary for gameplay progression unless a player wishes to stay on one planet the whole game. Starships, or ships, play a major role in No Man's Sky. 4.8 Salvaged - Sentinel Technology & Low Launch Cost.4.3 Explorer - High Hyperdrive Bonus & Low Launch Cost.
