No Man's Skyoffers tons of different ships. On this page of the guide, you will learn what types and classes of ships are available in the game, how and where to buy or exchange a ship, and whether there is an option to sell and scrap the ship.
Basic information
Types of starships
Ship classes
How to buy a new starship?
How to sell a starship?
Basic information
Spaceships allow players to travel between planets and star systems, participate in outer space encounters, fight space battles, store resources and trade.
You will start the game with one spaceship, but you will have many opportunities to buy new ships or find shipwrecks that you can repair.
A player can have a maximum of 9 ships (except for frigates, the number of which can be up to 30). It is worth noting that the freighter's hangar can only accommodate 6 ships.
All ships are defined by the following elements:
number of slots in the inventory,
number of slots to install the technology,
damage potential,
shield absorption,
hyperdrive range,
maneuverability,
fuel efficiency.
The elements listed above can be improved with technologies, but some of these aspects have modifiers depending on the type and class of the ship.
Types of starships
There are 9 types of ships in No Man's Sky:
Shuttle - has balanced stats. These ships are ideal for novice players due to their low cost and increased storage space;
Fighter - has a bonus to attack. This type of ship is common among pirates;
Hauler - has a bonus to a protective shield and has the most inventory space;
Explorer - has an increased range of the hyperdrive. Ships of this type have the strangest shapes;
Exotic - ships of this type are always of the highest S class. There is only 1 exotic ship in the entire star system and it can cost from 10 to 15 million Nanite;
Solar - ships of this type have their own set of unique procedurally generated technologies. They have retractable solar panels and a more efficient Pulse Engine;
Living Ship - ships of this type have their own sets of unique organic technologies that are procedurally generated. They have 2 types of equipment, the Organ Chamber with 21 slots and the Storage Sacs with 22 slots. The first ship of this type can be obtained during the Starbirth mission;
Freighter - these ships can be used as a mobile base, they contain a large number of inventory slots, and their price can reach almost 180 million Nanite. Unlike other ships, freighters cannot land on planets, they can be moved to other star systems or to a planet's orbit. A player cannot own more than 1 freighter;
Frigate - a ship much larger than the other types, but smaller than a freighter. These ships are divided into 5 types specializing in combat, exploration, trade, industry, and support. A player can own up to 30 frigates when commanding a freighter. Frigates can be sent on expeditions to other star systems. Ships of this type can most often be found near NPC freighter ships.
Ship classes
Each ship has a class rating, represented by a letter. Information about the ship's class can be found under its name.
Class C ships have the fewest inventory slots, and their class bonus will not be more than 20%.
Class B ships have more inventory slots than Class C ships, with a class bonus of 20% or more.
Class A ships have the maximum number of inventory slots or one slot less than the maximum. Their class bonus is 35% or more.
Class S ships can have the maximum amount of inventory slots (but not always!) and have a class bonus of 50% or more.
How to buy a new starship?
You can buy new ships in No Man's Skyat space stations, trading outlets or in freighter hangars. When you approach a ship and talk to its owner, you will be given the option to buy or exchange the vehicle for one of your ships.
Since the ships in the game are procedurally generated, you may never encounter the same ship twice with the same set of technologies and components.
How to sell a starship?
There is no option to sell the ship in NoMan's Sky. You can only exchange it when you buy a new vehicle and get a discount, or scrap and sell the parts obtained from it.
You can find the scrap option at every space station or at a trading point. Approach the orange-colored hologram of the ship and interact with it. In addition to exchanging the ship with parts, you will be able to upgrade your vehicles there.
The easy way is to summon the anomaly facing the station exit.Fly to Anomaly, select ship (Which CAN be a broken one).Use the Anomaly TP to get to the station, scrap ship. You either get a ship you want to scrap appearing at the station, or one that can fly, back to the Anomaly, repeat.
How To Earn Nanites By Flipping Ships In A Space Station. Scrapping ships for Nanites, or flipping, is a mechanic players have been using to make Nanites for a while now. The method is pretty simple: you buy a ship, scrap it, and then sell the various Upgrade Modules for Nanites. Rinse and repeat.
What's the most expensive material in the game? Activated Indium is the most expensive element at over 900 units each. The most valuable items you can find are rare artifacts or bones that can be worth somewhere between 1-2 million units.
High End Crafting items (Stasis Device / Fusion Ignitor) can sell for around 16 million units each. You can create these using a variety of items that you can create or win from missions at the Space Station and the Nexus on the Space Anomaly.
By far the most difficult ship to acquire, living ships are hatched over multiple days from Void Eggs -- rare items purchasable with quicksilver aboard The Space Anomaly.
Multi-Tool Decommissioning Terminal is a computer terminal found on the Space Anomaly next to Iteration: Tethys. It can be used to scrap multi-tools for units and Upgrade Modules.
Players that don't own a freighter can still own more than one ship, it will just stay on the ground where they were found until they leave the system (eg.
The vast majority, 325 ships in total, were taken apart on a beach in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan. Most vessels scrapped originally belonged to shipping companies in East Asia and Europe. "There is no possibility to take apart a ship on a beach in a way that is environmentally sustainable and safe for workers.
A 2018 Government Accountability Report found the cost to dismantle Enterprise will likely be between $750 million and $1.55 billion. Completing the job in Puget Sound would also take longer and cost more money, Navy officials acknowledged.
A decent way of converting units to Nanite Clusters is to purchase Starships at Space stations and scrapping them. It is recommended to be in a high-wealth system for better class ships and to have at least 200m units before starting.
The quickest way to get Nanites is to upload all discoveries found on planets. Players can scan plants, minerals, and animals when they contact a new planet. Scanning only takes a few moments, but be wary of any hostile animals. The scanner is one of the visor settings, and players can access it easily.
Only Explorers, Fighters and Haulers can be broken into module parts, and you can't mix-and-match between ship types. Fighter parts can only be used to build a new fighter, Hauler parts for Haulers, etc.
Some do get repurposed as a floating hotel or a floating casino. All ships, whether cruise ships or aircraft carriers, after decommissioning are cut up into pieces and the parts sold for recycling. This is called ship breaking. Sold to other operators or sold for scrap.
You don't sell them, you scrap them and sell the scrapped parts. At the terminal you already mentioned. Edit: Just make sure you use the correct scrap option if you are interested in 'selling for units', rather than just recovering a part for building your own ship.
and maximum number of slots you might find in different ship types vary. Haulers minimum and maximum inventory slots are 10 more than the other ship types, making them generally the most valuable.
Similar to fauna, there are also some types of flora that are very difficult to find. The rarest type of plant that you can stumble across during your adventures in No Man's Sky is the floating variant of the Mutant Plant. These literally float in the middle of the air and may even look like an animal from afar.
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