No Man's Sky Trophy Guide
Author: Adonis1172.
Genres: Action-adventure, FPS, Open World, Third Person Shooter.
Welcome to the No Man’s Sky trophy guide which will help you through this massive exploration game which needs to be played to believe just how big it is, this game has come a long, long way since launch so what better time to jump in with our guide.
- Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC, Switch, MacOS (iPadOS).
- Trophies: 23: Platinum: 1, Gold: 8, Silver: 8, Bronze: 6.
- Achievements: 22: 1,000 G.
- Release Date: 12/8/2016.
- Developer: Hello Games.
- Publisher: Hello Games.
- Missable: None.
- Glitched: None.
- Online: Yes.
- Difficulty Rating: 4/10.
- Approx. time to 100%: 20-30 hours.
Total Perspective Vortex
Platinum
You will need to unlock the other 22 trophies throughout No Man’s Sky which will then unlock Total Perspective Vortex.
16 G
A Scanner Darkly
Attain ‘Naturalist’ status in Planet Zoology Scanned
As a quick rundown of what’s needed here, Red systems have a high chance of having planets with just one alien species on. Using an Economy Scanner will help identify those systems, they will display no information. Refer to Galapagos for more information. Remember to upload the finds, to do the press options and find the discovery page, in there find the planet you are on. Select this to see a three groups, flora, fauna, minerals. Within the fauna page will be the animal you scanned, click and hold on the arrow to upload it.
16 G
The Stars, Like Dust
Attain ‘Trailblazer’ status in Space Exploration
Craft Warp Cells and warp around to the different systems using the Galaxy Map. Refer to A Space Odyssey for more information.
16 G
Foundation
Attain ‘Entrepreneur’ status in Most Units Accrued
Selling materials, scrapping crashed ships, crafting higher grade materials will help towards this. See The Diamond Age for more information.
16 G
Babel-17
Attain ‘Confused’ status in Words Collected
Space stations would be the go to for this. They have multiple aliens in who will happily exchange things for words. Refer to Citizen of the Galaxy for more information.
16 G
Contact
Attain ‘Known’ status in Alien Colonist Encounters
This will pop naturally as you collect the words needed to unlock Babel-17. See What Mad Universe for more information.
16 G
Use of Weapons
Attain ‘Novice’ status in Ships Destroyed
Be sure to get Photon Cannon upgrades and shield upgrades for this. Pulse engine upgrades help to track targets easier. I do hold L2 so I’m moving very slowly helps to keep track of them. Refer to The Forever War for more information.
32 G
The Star Beast
Attain ‘Archivist’ status in Planet Zoology Scanned
Refer to Galapagos for more information. Red systems that have no information with the Economy Scanner are where you should go.
32 G
The Longest Voyage
Attain ‘Pioneer’ status in Space Exploration
Warping system to system will unlock this. Refer to A Space Odyssey for more information.
32 G
The Space Merchants
Attain ‘Trader’ status in Most Units Accrued
Mining and building items to sell will help to unlock this one. Refer to, The Diamond Age for more information.
32 G
The Languages of Pao
Attain ‘Interpreter’ status in Words Collected
Space stations will have Aliens on that can teach you words. Refer to Citizen of the Galaxy for more information.
32 G
Who Goes There?
Attain ‘Diplomat’ status in Alien Colonist Encounters
Most space stations will have 6+ aliens in. They will always be up for a chat!. Refer to What Mad Universe for more information.
32 G
Pattern for Conquest
Attain ‘Notorious’ status in Ships Destroyed
Be sure you have put your settings to “Normal Mode” so the kills count for the trophy then keep destroying ships until you attain the Notorious status which will unlock Pattern for Conquest. Refer to The Forever War for more information.
32 G
Stranger in a Strange Land
Attain ‘Robust’ status in Extreme Survival
Find an Extreme Planet and dig a hole, AFK for a few hours to unlock this easily. Refer to The Sentinel for more information.
32 G
Symphony For A Lost Traveler
Attain ‘Nomad’ status in On-foot Exploration
See Have Spacesuit – Will Travel below (Gold Trophy). Running around a planets surface will unlock this.
64 G
Galapagos
Attain ‘Encyclopedia’ status in Planet Zoology Scanned
This is quite simple, you need two items for this depending upon your difficulty settings. the first is a must, its called “Economy Scanner”, this is available within the Nexus, at the far back within the upgrade station that’s the first on the left. Next will be a “Cadmium Drive”, its available in the same area. Then to find planets that have one species is quite simple. Red star systems have this. Look for ones not displaying any information and warp to those, the economy scanner will identify these systems very easily. You do need the correct drives to visit each system but this can be turned off in the accessibility menu without blocking any of your trophies. Once you have warped to these systems look for planets that have descriptions like:
- Bladed.
- Breached.
- Bubbling.
- Cabled.
- Calcified.
- Capped.
- Columned.
- Contoured.
- Finned.
- Fissured.
- Foaming.
- Fractured.
- Fragmented.
- Frothing.
- Fungal.
- Hexagonal.
- Mechanical.
- Metallic.
- Metallurgic.
- Ossified.
- Petrified.
- Pillared.
- Plated.
- Rattling.
- Scaly.
- Sharded.
- Shattered.
- Shell-Strewn.
- Skeletal.
- Spined.
- Sporal.
These planets will have one species on and should be quite easy to find. some systems have 1 planet, the most I’ve come across is three in one system.
64 G
A Space Odyssey
Attain ‘Discoverer’ status in Space Exploration
This is quite simple. Use the hyperdrive and warp around. Very simple. You can use standard Warp cells or Warp Hypercores. The standard ones are very cheap to make and can be crafted on every planet.
- Antimatter Housing: 30 Oxygen, 50 Ferrite dust.
- Antimatter: 25 Chromatic Metal, 20 Condensed Carbon
- Then finally: 1 Antimatter, 1 Antimatter Housing = 1 Warp Cell.
64 G
The Diamond Age
Attain ‘Magnate’ status in Most Units Accrued
There’s quite a few ways to get money in the game, from farming Gek-Nip, Piracy and Bounty hunting to selling crashed ships and looting materials. In the accessibility area you can turn off costs with out affecting trophies here. Money is very easy to come across, even waiting around on the Nexus might get a kind player to drop some AI Valves on you.
64 G
Citizen of the Galaxy
Attain ‘Babelfish’ status in Words Collected
This can be done a few ways. First by going to space stations and talking to the aliens there, they will trade you words for materials or relics. You can also buy cartographic charts to find alien monoliths that have 3 word stones at each.
64 G
What Mad Universe
Attain ‘Ambassador’ status in Alien Colonist Encounters
Attain ‘Ambassador’ status in Alien Colonist Encounters. Space stations are the best place for this. It will also tick the box for warps too. Just land in a space station. Talk to NPCs and then warp to a new system and repeat.
64 G
The Forever War
Attain ‘Legend’ status in Ships Destroyed
For this you will need shield and photon cannon upgrades. Nothing too fancy. It helps to have a fighter class ship and some pulse engine upgrades too. I will also suggest to have starship shield batteries to charge up. If you are fighting the sentinels then doing this near a space station will allow you to get rid of them quite easily by landing inside it, alternatively the Nexus will serve the same purpose too!
64 G
The Sentinel
Attain ‘Everlasting’ status in Extreme Survival
Most guides are incorrect with this. It says you need upgrades and all this fancy stuff. In actual fact remove all your upgrades and use the terrain manipulator to dig a tunnel. Look to the bottom left of your screen. The hazard protection and o2 should be going down fast. Wait until about 75% of that remains and walk into the tunnel until that neither gains or loses anything and afk it there. Turn off enemy attacks in the accessibility menu and just plug in your controller overnight a couple of times. This does require you to be on an extreme Planet. It says it in red on the bottom left when you land. Look for the weather stuff, it should be quite obvious.
- Scorched.
- Frozen.
- Toxic.
Are just some example names and here will be a Portal code for you to convert into glyphs using the No Man’s Sky Decoder: 0940:0082:01A2:00C4
64 G
Have Spacesuit – Will Travel
Attain ‘Adventurer’ status in On-foot Exploration
Attain ‘Adventurer’ status in On-foot exploration. Run forest run. This should pop naturally if not grab some batteries and o2 and just run around. Low atmosphere or Paradise Planets will make this easier.
That’s the No Man’s Sky trophy guide complete, I hope it helped you through the game.