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No Man’s Sky Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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No Man’s Sky Trophy Roadmap

  • Estimated trophy difficulty: 2/10 [Version 1.00, trophy requirements are harder in patched version]
  • Approximate amount of time to platinum: 20-30 hours [Version 1.00 of the game. Takes longer with patched version]
  • Offline trophies: 23 (6no-mans-sky-trophy-guide-roadmap, 8no-mans-sky-trophy-guide-roadmap, 8no-mans-sky-trophy-guide-roadmap, 1no-mans-sky-trophy-guide-roadmap)
  • Number of missable trophies: 0 (“The Sentinel” and “The Diamond Age” are semi-missable)
  • Glitched trophies: 0
  • Does difficulty affect trophies?: No difficulty settings available.

IMPORTANT PATCH INFO: The No Man’s Sky platinum is easiest and quickest with version 1.00 of the game. The trophy requirements have changed with patch 1.03 (more specifically: you need to survive under extreme conditions instead of any conditions. And you must scan ALL creatures on planets rather than 60 random creatures of any kind). In this guide patch 1.00 specific trophies are highlighted in green, patch 1.03+ blue. Everything else applies to all versions of the game. To play without the patch you must disable the internet connection (works only with physical copies, digital copies download the patch automatically). Go to the PS4 Settings > Network > Uncheck “Connect to the Internet”. You’re gonna have to stay offline, otherwise it downloads the patch automatically. A good alternative is to do everything except for “Galapagos” and “The Sentinel” on the patched version. Then uninstall the game, delete your save game and disconnect from the internet. Reinstall the game and it will be version 1.00. Now you can quickly mop up these two trophies.

Note #2: There are two semi-missable trophies: Having 2,000,000 money at the same time (The Diamond Age) and surviving 32 Sols (The Sentinel). You have to save up all your money, don’t spend it. And when you die your progress towards the 32 sols will reset.

Step 1: Warp a lot + talk to Aliens in Space Stations + Collect Money (without spending any) + Learn 150 words + Survive 32 Sols

I worked on these 5 things first because they can easily be combined. Simply warp from Atlas Station to Atlas Station. Always pick up the Atlas Stone, then sell it. You must have 2 million money at the same time, don’t spend it! In addition to the Atlas Stones you also find “word bubbles” in the Atlas Stations. You will get 10 new words or so per Atlas Station (must learn 150 words total). Check the space station of every solar system for aliens (you need to complete a conversation with 40 aliens). During your space travels you will automatically warp a lot. Build new warp cells by collecting the resources from the left wing of space stations. You will learn how to build warp cells very early in the game. Atlas Stations are locked at first, but will automatically unlock as you progress through the galaxy. Do your best ot stay alive for the gold trophy “The Sentinel”.

For infinite money and warp cells see this guide: https://www.powerpyx.com/no-mans-sky-duplication-exploit-glitch-unlimited-money-infinite-warp-cells-patch-1-03/

Step 2: Destroy 80 Starships

I did this by attacking cargo ships in space to raise my wanted level. Then 4 starships will spawn that are very easy to defeat. Attacking merchants at space stations doesn’t count. You can, however, attack a space station or atlas station directly and you will get swarmed by enemies. This is a more dangerous method and will almost always get you killed, so only do it after getting the “The Sentinel” trophy!

Step 3: Scan Creatures with Analysis Visor + Walk 100,000 Steps.

Use the Analysis Visor to discover animals / creatures on planets for the “Galapagos” trophy. When you land on a planet it tells you how much life there is on it (bottom left corner). On some planets life is very rare. Walking 100,000 Steps is something you will do automatically over the course of the game. But you might be missing a couple thousand at this point. If you still need to survive for a few sols you can run around a planet and combine the two.

No Man’s Sky Trophy Guide

Total Perspective Vortex
Platinum
Unlock all other trophies to earn platinum (DLC trophies not needed).
A Scanner Darkly
Attain ‘Naturalist’ status in Uploaded Discoveries
Patch 1.00: Discovered 1 Creature.

Patch 1.03+: Discovered all creatures on one planet.

See “Galapagos” trophy for more details.
The Stars, Like Dust
Attain ‘Trailblazer’ status in Space Exploration
 Warped 3 Times. See “A Space Odyssey” trophy for more details.
Foundation
Attain ‘Entrepreneur’ status in Most Units Accrued
Have 250,000 Units (money) at the same time. This is NOT cumulative. You must have 250k in your inventory at the same time. See “The Diamond Age” trophy for more details.
Babel-17
Attain ‘Confused’ status in Words Collected
Learned 10 words. See “Citizen of the Galaxy” trophy for more details.
Contact
Attain ‘Known’ status in Alien Colonist Encounters
Met 2 Aliens. See “What Mad Universe” trophy for more details.
Use of Weapons
Attain ‘Novice’ status in Ships Destroyed
Destroyed 1 Starship. See “The Forever War” for more details.
The Star Beast
Attain ‘Archivist’ status in Uploaded Discoveries
Patch 1.00: Discovered 30 Creatures.

Patch 1.03+: Discovered all creatures on 7 planets.

See “Galapagos” trophy for more details.
The Longest Voyage
Attain ‘Pioneer’ status in Space Exploration
Warped 30 times. See “A Space Odyssey” trophy for more details.
The Space Merchants
Attain ‘Trader’ status in Most Units Accrued
Have 1,000,000 Units (money) at the same time. This is NOT cumulative. You must have one million in your inventory at the same time. See “The Diamond Age” for money-making strategies.
The Languages of Pao
Attain ‘Interpreter’ status in Words Collected
Learned 50 Words. See “Citizen of the Galaxy” trophy for more details.
Who Goes There?
Attain ‘Diplomat’ status in Alien Colonist Encounters
Met 20 Aliens. See “What Mad Universe” trophy for more details.
Pattern for Conquest
Attain ‘Notorious’ status in Ships Destroyed
Destroyed 50 Starship. See “The Forever War” trophy for more details.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Attain ‘Robust’ status in Longest Lifespan
Survived 20.0 Sols without dying. See “The Sentinel” trophy for more details.
Symphony For A Lost Traveler
Attain ‘Nomad’ status in On-foot Exploration
Walked 50,000 steps (roughly 50,000 meters / 31 miles). This should come naturally during your planet exploration. Alternatively, run up and down any space station to get this quickly. This counts your total combined steps. You can check your progress at any time in the journey statistics.
Galapagos
Attain ‘Encyclopedia’ status in Uploaded Discoveries
Patch 1.00: Discovered 60 Creatures. To make it count as a “discovery” you have to scan them with the Analysis Visor upgrade of your Multi-Tool. The Analysis Visor is unlocked automatically on the first planet where your game begins. Once it has been crafted you can press L2 to scan animals/creatures on planets. Flora does not count for this, only creatures. You can check your progress at any time in the journey statistics.

Patch 1.03+: The requirements have changed. You must now discover ALL the creatures on 10 planets for this gold trophy. This is best done on small moons. They have less ground to cover and generally fewer creature type on them. Use the Analysis Visor to scan every creature you find. It would be far easier to uninstall the patch for this and start a new game with version 1.00 (beware, only works with physical disc… digital copy will download patch automatically). When you find a planet/moon where life is non-existent you can upload the discovery anyway and it counts towards this journey milestone.
A Space Odyssey
Attain ‘Discoverer’ status in Space Exploration
Warped 60 times. At the start of the game you must acquire the Hyperdrive (first solar system where you start). Once you’ve built it you can use Warp Cells to fast travel from one solar system to the next. Do this a total of 60 times. In the beginning, the game will guide you through it and teach you how to warp. Later you have to build (or find) the Warp Cells by yourself.

Here’s a guide on how to get Warp Cells quickly: Fast Hyperdrive Warp Cells

There’s also an exploit avaiable for infinite warp cells (works with patch 1.03): Unlimited Warp Cells Exploit
The Diamond Age
Attain ‘Magnate’ status in Most Units Accrued
 Have 2,000,000 Units (money) at the same time. This is NOT cumulative. You must have two million in your inventory at the same time. You can check your progress at any time in the journey statistics. Here are the best ways to make money:

  • Get Atlas Stones from Atlas Stations and sell them. Atlas Stations are highlighted in red color on the star map. When one is nearby the game may also mark them automatically as an “anomaly”.
  • Shoot the asteroids near space stations, then sell the materials at the space station. Rinse and repeat.
  • Sell valuable resources such as Warp Cells, Anti-Matter and Electron Vapour. Anything needed to fuel your hyperdrive is very expensive. Crafting these materials and then selling them gives way more money than selling the basic resources. So always craft your things into one of the fuel items if you can.

There’s also a duplication exploit that gives you millions of units in just a few minutes (works with patch 1.03). Check it out here: Fast Infinite Money Exploit
Citizen of the Galaxy
Attain ‘Babelfish’ status in Words Collected
Learned 150 Words. You can check your progress at any time in the journey statistics.

There are several ways to learn new Alien words:

  • Pick up the glowing Orbs in Atlas Stations (you can get 5+ new words per Atlas Station).
  • Interact with the big stone pillars on planets. They will be marked with a purple symbol: alien-monolith
    Use your Scanner to locate them quickly. Some planets are filled with them. On others they are relatively rare. When you see a lot of them popping up on your scanner there’s usually more nearby.
  • Talk to Aliens (e.g. in space stations). Sometimes during multiple-choice dialogues an Alien will teach you new words when giving the the correct answer. This is very random and usually they give you upgrade recipes instead.

The first two methods are by far the quickest.
What Mad Universe
Attain ‘Ambassador’ status in Alien Colonist Encounters
Met 40 Aliens. You can check your progress at any time in the journey statistics. Aliens are usually found on the right wing of space stations. Not every space station has an Alien in it. I found them much more frequently the closer I got to the center of the galaxy. You must interact with them and complete their multiple-choice dialogue to make it count.

You can also find them on planets (usually at outposts / facilities). This is very random, though. The most efficient method is to warp from one space station to the next, check if there’s an Alien in it, talk to them, then travel to the next station.

(Note: Traders that arrive in space stations do not count).

There’s an exploit avaiable for infinite warp cells (works with patch 1.03): Unlimited Warp Cells Exploit
The Forever War
Attain ‘Legend’ status in Ships Destroyed
Destroyed 80 Starship. You can check your progress at any time in the journey statistics.

There are several methods to engage combat with starships:

  1. Attack a space station / atlas station. Spaceships will spawn infinitely and attack you. But they usually rip you to pieces within seconds. If you do it this way be sure to bring many stacks of oxides (iron, titanium, zinc…) to refill your shields. If you have an upgraded ship and can last long enough this is a decent farming method. But with a low level ship you can probably get only 1-2 kills before they kill you.
  2. Get a wanted level (e.g. by attacking cargo ships) to make 2-4 spaceships spawn. “Cargo Ships” are the big blue space freigthers you occassionally see warp in. They often show up near space stations and spawn in clusters of 3 or more ships. Do not confuse with the small merchant ships that fly in- and out of space stations (those don’t count).
  3. Assist cargo ships that sent out a distress signal. This is very random. Sometimes cargo ships are being attacked by space pirates and call you for help. There are usually 12 space pirates or so. This is a perfect method to get some quick and easy kills. They don’t pose that big of a risk and can be killed quickly. Such events will also be highlighted with a red space pirate icon when they are nearby.
  4. Fly around or shoot merchant ships until space pirates attack you. The better the items in your ship’s inventory, the higher the chance you will get attacked by space pirates. Keep lots of warp cells and other valuables in your ship. There’s usually 1-2 space pirates spawning in the early game. When you have better items they will get more aggressive. Always shoot them when they spawn. Since this is randomized it’s not a good farming method.

The best ways to farm are methods #1 & #2. If you have a lower level ship go attack cargo ships. If you have a fully upgraded ship you can try your luck attacking space stations.

(Note: attacking traders arriving / leaving space stations does not count).
The Sentinel
Attain ‘Everlasting’ status in Longest Lifespan
Patch 1.00: Survived 32.0 Sols without dying. When you die your progress towards this trophy will reset. 1 sol is 15 minutes real time. 32 sols is 8 hours real time. Time only counts when you are on the surface of a planet. When you are in space it will not count!  The best method is to land your spaceship in a safe place and stay in it. You will have to recharge the life support from time to time. I recommend the “Life Support Module” upgrades that extend the time of your life support. An upgraded life support can last well over an hour without a recharge. The default one lasts only a few minutes.

Patch 1.03+: Survived 32.0 Sols under EXTREME conditions. Patch 1.03 introduced new planet types with extreme weather conditions (burning hot, acid rain, freezing cold, life threatening storms etc.). You must survive on these types of planets. The time a sol lasts has also been adjusted with the patch. It now varies between planets. A sol equals an in-game day (roughly 15 minutes). On some planets time goes by quicker. This is much harder than the 1.00 requirements because you need to recharge your hazard protection all the time. Standing inside a building does no longer count, you have to be outside for it to count as “Extreme”. Run around one of these planets for hours and you’ll unlock the trophy. It’s best to upgrade your hazard protection first so it will last longer.
Update: a few players have reported that the time did count for them inside small trailers (tiny one-room buildings) on planets with extreme sentinels. While I was unable to get it to work it may be worth trying your luck with it. If you have the physical copy I highly recommend you downgrade to version 1.00 for this and just stand around the starting planet for a few hours, occassionally refilling your life support.

When you play safely you will get this trophy naturally as you explore new planets. You do not have to stay on the same planet for this.

(Note: if you die it will still show only your last milestone in the journey overview. This can make it a bit tricky to track your new time. If you die, make a note of your total “Sols survived” from the statistics. Otherwise there’s no way to keep track of it).
Have Spacesuit – Will Travel
Attain ‘Adventurer’ status in On-foot Exploration
Walked 100,000 steps (roughly 100,000 meters / 61 miles). This should come naturally during your planet exploration. Alternatively, run up and down any space station to get this quickly. This counts your total combined steps. You can check your progress at any time in the journey statistics.

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  3. Thanks a lot for the guide but i have a question, why would you put the money trophy as missable? does the game end or what?
    Thank you

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    • I put it as “semi-missable” because you must have 2 million at the same time. So if you always spend your money you won’t get it. Or let’s say someone thinks it’s cumulative. Then maybe they have 1 million and just spend it on ships. Later they realize they needed 2 million at the same time and have to start at zero.

      It’s just to stress that you must have it at the same time to avoid confusion later on.
      None of the trophies are really “missable”. Just the progress towards them can be halted if you spend all money or die.

  4. Hi , in germany the game will be released tomorow . Is it still on Version 1.00 or is it already patched ? (Disk)

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    • I just platinumed it myself, idk if there’s an in-game time tracker or not, but my psnprofiles says it took me 3 days, 13 hours to finish (obviously that time is since i first booted up the game). I played every day anywhere from 4-8 hours, so the 20-30 hour estimation seems pretty accurate. I didn’t know about the duplication glitch mentioned in the guide, however, I got credit for being in a building on a hostile planet, so the Sentinel trophy was more or less an AFK trophy for me. I know Powerpyx mentioned that being in a building didn’t work anymore towards the Milestone, but it worked for me early this morning when I finished it up, so I’m not sure if it’s just inconsistent or if Powerpyx was misinformed.

    • In the patched version standing in a building doesn’t work for me. When inside a building the “extreme” condition goes away on your screen and so the timer stops counting. That’s how it was for me at least.
      In version 1.00 it counts inside of a building. What extreme condition did you get?

    • I was on an Extreme heat planet. I don’t remember if the Extreme indicator went away or not while I was inside the building, but my Milestone progress was definitely increasing. Also, if it matters at all, I was inside one of those tiny rectangular buildings, best description would be a space trailer, I guess? Idk if they work and the larger buildings don’t, maybe.

    • I tested in one of thoes larger buildings with an alien inside. I was there for quite some time and the timer didn’t go up. Very interesting indeed. I shall look into it again.

    • Hi, first of all good job PowerPyx! Secondly, I do confirm that in the little shelters, the time goes by. I’m on extreme cold planet with agressive sentinels. It’s boring but it works.

    • I can confirm gong into the smaller building works on an Extreme radioactive planet. Need to be in the smaller one however, large ones don’t work. My counter is currently rising as I’m typing this.

    • It also works if you stay inside a drop pod(the thing where you can upgrade your exosuit)

    • I was on an extreme cold planet with aggressive sentinels and the sols are advancing for me. I’m standing in a large shelter which has an observatory inside with an alien. I’m now going on 13 sols. Every hour or so I run out to my nearby ship for a quick save & dash back in just in case game freezes up & crashes (like it has about 5 times now) so being on an extreme planet with mad sentinels & being inside any building should work on ps4 (disc) but ymmv.

  5. Hi, Pyx! Very nice guide!
    I have a question. My game are downloading now. Instantly the patch 1.03 comes? Have a metod to don’t download? Thanks a lot!

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  6. Thanks for the guide, will def. come in handy!
    But the whole internet (and the patch notes) are talking about the “Infinite warp cell” and “Rare goods trade” exploit, to get credits fast and speed up the process.
    But i can’t really find any info about those exploits anywhere?! Do you (PowerPyx) or anyone else here know how those exactly work on the 1.0 version?

    Thanks in advance!

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    • Yea. So basically in 1.00 you only needed the atlas pass v1 to access all rooms in space stations. Which you could get by talking to the first atlas interface. The backroom of the space station has materials for 3 warp cells. Also, atlas stones used to sell for 270k units (now it’s 70k). So all you did was warp from space station to space station, pick up the warp cell things every 3 stations. Super boring but quick.

    • so you don’t need atlas stones anymore after ur first pass? thats why u can just keep selling them??

  7. Planets with 0 lifeforms to scan count towards the Galapagos trophy.

    Just find a lifeless planet and then upload.

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  8. Hey,
    i have a Problem :

    i tried to get to the center, now the distance is 900 years, but i can´t see any solarsystem any more… the nearest solarsystem is 169.000 years far… ist this an bug of version 1.00 ?

    Also i want to say: DONT load your previous save… It will count for dying. I loaded it 1 sol befor i got the trophy.

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  9. if I revert back to 1.00, will I lose any of my journey progress? I’m close to completing most of the other ones, but want to go back for “The Sentinel” trophy.

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    • It’s probably gonna mess up your save data because the universe is different in version 1.00. If you try it, be sure to back up your save game on a USB device. If anything goes wrong you can download 1.03 again and copy back the original save. Personally I only tried from 1.00 to 1.03 (not the other way around).

  10. Man… I was only 2.3 sols away from the Sentinel and therefore the Plat. I read a book while recharging the life support every 12 minutes or so (no upgrades on that save. Then I thought, hey, why not watch some Netflix while doing that and I completely forgot to check every 12 minutes and died. I wanna SCREAM! So now… I’ll have to do it all over again.

    There is no way to find the upgrade for the life support outside of ramdom chances, right?

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  11. I just want to make a comment on the trophy: “The Sentinel.”

    You can go on an extreme planet whether it’s sentinels or weather, you CAN be inside a building and it was still counting for me.

    Left my PS4 on for a couple hours and I got the trophy.

    and great guide as always PowerPyx

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  12. I didn’t undersrand one thing, if I die during ‘sentinel’ trophy, do i miss my chance to gain the trophy? Or i have to do survive 32 sols all over again?

    Thanks!

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  13. One question, when doing the duplication glitch, will that reset The Sentinel trophy?

    Great guide too btw!

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    • Yep it will… as you have to get killed for it (and getting killed resets all progress towards The Sentinel). You could exploit it at the very start of the game before ever going to an extreme planet.

    • ah okay, I’m already on ten sols, so i’ll wait until I’ve finished all 32.

      thanks!

  14. is there a proper way to revert back to 1.0?
    I tried it, and have finished all other trophies aside from “The Sentinel” but when I delete the game and re-install without my network on it loads me in and the challenge is already complete, my journeys are all at level 10, but no trophy :((

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    • In that case you must delete your save game, too. You can do this in the PS4 Settings > Application Saved Data Management. Make a backup of your save game before deleting it (PS+ Cloud or USB device).
      You can get the trophy without ever leaving the starting planet 🙂

  16. Hey,

    Is there anyway to check what version of the game we are running? I have uninstalled and followed instructions but wanted to know if there was a way we can double check for peace of mind…

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  17. By the way. I can confirm it will not allow you to play your save file from 1.03 on 1.00

    I’ve tried loading it up 5 times and it crashes at the end of the loading/cruising through multicoloured galaxy screen each time I’ve done it.

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    • You must delete your save game. It will automatically create a new one for 1.00.
      Save games from patched versions are not compatible with unpatched version.

  18. Another cool tip for The Sentinel trophy –

    You can park up at a space station and your Sol count will still increase.

    This means you dont have to worry about your life support depleting while you leave your game unattended. I didnt think it would work as everywhere I’ve read states you need to be on a planet but my total Sol count is still increasing with a new character I created to test.

    This only works with the 1.00 patch of course..

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  19. I am working on the survival trophies. I’m already at 23.7 SOLS, and the first survival trophy did not pop. I am using my 1.05 file but with the patch uninstalled. Why won’t the trophy pop, and am I wasting my time now and going to have to restart the 8 hours all over again?

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  20. I know this might be a little late to write but I’ll give it a shot.

    So I uninstalled the game to get the base game (1.00). And my game crashed, so now its stuck on 11,5 SOL Did the gamecrash count as a death or is this a bug?

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  21. I’m so close to getting platinum all I have left is symphony for a lost traveler, I’ve got the gold trophy for 100,000 but for whatever reason it hasn’t popped for this one 🙁

    Any suggestions?

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  22. Just as an FYI to the extreme conditions trophy, you can just burrow a hole in the ground until the weather doesn’t affect you and the time still counts while you’re AFK in a hole, thats how I got mine on PS5 digital copy.

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  23. I feel like they updated the Stranger in a strange land and The Sentinel Trophies to be longer cause the milestone for Stranger in a strange land i got it when the notification for 30 Sols appeared instead of 20 Sols

    Just gotta wait for the sentinel trophy now

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    • exactly what happened to me. thought it was a bug. Have you got the last one yet? How many suns were there?

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