Summary
- No Man’s Sky’s new update is called Relics.
- This update adds procedurally generated fossils to the game, which players can dig around for.
- Fossils come I varying rarity and can be pieced together to see what these aliens would look like – or what you think they would look like.
No Man’s Sky‘s next update has been unveiled: Relics. This will let you live out your space palaeontologist dreams, as the update will let you collect the skeletal remains of alien species that used to roam the galaxy.
Alongside the reveal trailer for the latest update, Hello Games has given us a breakdown of how Relics will work. Here, the devs say that they want players to feel like “true palaeontologists”, piecing together their finds so they can try to figure out what these extinct aliens used to look like.
No Man’s Sky’s Latest Update Lets You Dig Around For Alien Bones
“Nothing is more exciting than the idea of digging down and unearthing some hidden treasure, which is where the idea for our latest update started,” the announcement reads. “With our newest update, RELICS, players can become palaeontologists, digging up the skeletal remains of alien creatures which used to inhabit these worlds.
“There is a truly huge variety of procedural prehistoric bones, in all shapes and sizes, to excavate and collect. It’s up to you how you reassemble them and there’s a lot of fun to be had building ever-more outrageous skeletons to put on display in your bases-turned-museums or share with your fellow Travellers.”
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We’re also told that a community expedition will take place soon to get players used to this new feature. With fossils having varying levels of rarity, there’s a competitive element to digging around for remains. You can check out the full Relics patch notes here.
The update goes live across all platforms today. As with all of updates of its kind, it will be free for anyone who owns No Man’s Sky.
Adventure
Action
Survival
- Released
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August 9, 2016
- ESRB
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T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood