What changed in No Man's Sky in 2020

Planetary surfaces will feature thousands more rocks, alien grasses, and exotic flora on screen.

High end PCs will experience all-new ultra biomes with richer and more densely populated universes.

Alien vistas will have improved shadows, greater draw distances, and enhanced lighting and volumetric effects.

Introduced a memory-management optimisation and fixed a number of memory-related crashes on console.

Two new player titles can now be earned via in-game achievements.

Fixed an issue that caused the Lost in Space mission to linger after leaving a derelict freighter.

Fixed an issue that caused hostile creatures to fall through the floor of derelict freighters.

Fixed an issue that could cause weather effects to occur beyond the planetary atmosphere.

Players can now mine Tainted Metal from derelict freighters.

Added the possibility of looting Quicksilver from derelict freighters for a limited time.

Fixed an issue that could cause teleporters to display the wrong galaxy name for some early galaxies.

Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause guild envoy and scrap dealer rewards to be the wrong way around in Korvax systems.

The scrap dealer now stocks a range of base parts, decals, banners, and a Horrific Flesh-Helmet.

Derelict freighters have been rebalanced for increased challenge with tougher security systems and more aggressive aliens.

Fixed an issue that could cause frigate expeditions to reward deprecated products.

Fixed an issue that prevented the Exocraft mining laser from harvesting resources from terrain deposits.

Fixed an issue that could cause freighter base parts to be unpowered when constructed in specific locations within the freighter.

Fixed an issue that could occasionally prevent creatures from spawning where or as often they should.

The scrap dealer now trades in Repair Kits.

Fixed an issue that caused derelict freighter doors to take too long to open.

Fixed an issue that could cause derelict freighters to despawn if the player attempted to fix or install technology on their ship while at a distance.

Fixed an issue which could cause derelict freighter messages to linger after leaving the freighter.

Fixed some rare crash issues.

Improved notification icons shown when entering freighters and derelict freighters.

Fixed an issue that could cause aquatic fauna to be listed as 'extinct' when discovered.

Players will now experience lightning storms, fires, and hostile weather systems.

Buildings of an entirely new scale have been added, containing new lore.

Fauna can now land and take to flight, introducing new behaviors in the ecosystem.

New giant flora that changes appearance from day to night has been introduced.

Entirely new planets with unique vistas and environments have been added to the universe.

Improvements to weapon balance and enemy dynamics for a more engaging combat experience.

Players can now explore abandoned freighters with unique stories and hazardous interiors.

A huge list of quality of life improvements included in the update.

Retrieve upgrades for your capital ship from the interiors of abandoned freighters.

Players can now join friends on other platforms, unifying the community.

The game has moved to a new networking architecture for improved flexibility and future updates.

Players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC can now explore and play together.

The update includes various graphical enhancements to improve visual fidelity.

Several quality of life improvements for base building have been introduced.

The Minotaur Exocraft features a powerful jetpack for enhanced movement and landing capabilities.

A unique new exocraft/suit hybrid that allows players to explore planets with immunity against hazardous atmospheres.

Living Ships have unique internal organs that determine their abilities, requiring players to nurture them for desired traits.

Living Ships feature strange, organic cockpits that require players to fly by grasping vein-covered tendrils.

The update introduces the first new starship since ATLAS RISES, which are organic creatures that players can incubate and grow.

A new series of missions will guide players through the Korvax experiments leading to the creation of Living Ships.

The update adds new discoverables and space encounters, introducing strange lifeforms and mysterious objects in deep space.

Travellers can participate in a weekend mission at the Nexus to earn Quicksilver rewards.

A small patch released to introduce new items to the Space Anomaly’s Quicksilver shop.

A minor game update released to support the upcoming shop items.

Polo’s Robotic Companion will compile community research data to unlock a new category of customization: coloured jetpack trails.

Explorers are working to unlock the final exotic Traveller head through community research.