Warp Cells are quite possibly the most important item in No Man’s Sky. They are needed to fuel your FTL drive in order to jump from one solar system to the next. Here’s how you can get them:
- Crafting
- Alien Monoliths
- Atlas Interfaces (formerly Atlas Stations)
- Locked Boxes that require Atlaspass
Crafting
Resources for Warp Cell:
- 100 x Thamium (obtained from destroying asteroids)
- 1 x Antimatter
The very first antimatter will be gifted to you by an Alien in the first solar system where you start. The next one you need to craft by yourself. The crafting recipe will be given to you by an Alien in the second solar system you enter. Just follow the objectives in the bottom right of the screen to retrieve it.
Resources for Antimatter:
- 1 x Electron Vapour
- 50 x Heridium (Mine large rocks or buy it in space station)
- 20 x Zinc (Found on planets, e.g. from plants and can be bought in space station)
Resources for Electron Vapour:
- 1 x Suspension Fluid (buy it from space station, costs ~18,000 units, prices vary)
- 100 x Plutonium (mined from crystals on planets, or bought at space station)
Alien Monoliths
Aliens Monoliths are marked with this symbol on planets: 
Interacting with them has a chance to give you 1 x Fuel Cell. To reveal their locations you can either fly around in your spaceship and scan the area, or visit beacons. The beacons are usually near Alien buildings and can be hacked with a Bypass Chip. The first Alien Monolith will automatically be marked for you in the third solar system you enter.
Atlas Interfaces (formerly Atlas Stations)
After interacting with the first marked Monolith you will unlock Atlas Interfaces. On your star map they look different from normal stars. They have three blue arrows around them. The game should send you to one of them automatically relatively early. Just keep playing until one is marked and warp to it.
Each Atlas Interface contains 2 Warp Cells! They are completely free. Additionally, you also get an Atlas Stone that can be sold for 75k+ units. This makes Atlas Stations a very worthy target for your space travels. By far one of the best sources for free warp cells.
Locked Boxes that require Atlaspass
You find these boxes in two locations:
1) Randomly across planets (in large alien facilities and near beacons or other points of interest)
2) In the backroom on the left wing of space stations (requires Atlaspass v3). They will spawn in every new space station you visit and they will always be filled with fuel-related items.
These boxes don’t always give you a Warp Cell. Sometimes you get Antimatter, Electron Vapour or Suspension Fluid. All of which are fuel-related resources you need to craft a Warp Cell. Opening these boxes is always a good idea. Ideally, you will get get Atlaspass v3 as you progress and then you can get infinite fuel at space stations. There are 2-3 boxes in the backroom and each one has fuel items. So you can craft 3 warp cells per space station you visit. This is only for endgame players. In the early game you only have the Atlaspass V1.
Read more about the Atlasspass here: https://www.powerpyx.com/no-mans-sky-how-to-get-atlas-pass/
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