Summary
- No Man's Sky released a small update, version 5.56, on February 13, focusing on fixing crashes and ongoing issues.
- The 5.56 patch benefits PlayStation players, addressing game-ending crashes on PS5, plus issues related to Titan Expeditions.
No Man's Sky has released another hotfix update to address a few bugs that seemingly slipped through the last round of fixes. While it's not an incredibly large update by any means, the recently released No Man's Sky version 5.56 patch released on February 13, 2025, takes care of some crashes and other issues that have been persisting in the outer space exploration game.
No Man's Sky released its first February update just a day ago, fixing 25 different bugs that affected large tools like the teleporter and Nautilon platform not functioning properly. It also resolved some more interesting bugs, like trader starships plummeting from the sky unexpectedly just after takeoff from gas giants, starships sounding like they were landing on water despite touching down on dry land, and holograms, underwater bases, and entire star systems in the galaxy map going completely invisible for some players.
No Man's Sky's Latest Expedition is Kicking Off on a Wild Note for Some Players
No Man's Sky's new Titan expedition is live, but many players may be in for a rude awakening once they load it up for the first time.
This second February update isn't nearly as large, but it will be particularly important for No Man's Sky players on PlayStation consoles. According to the patch notes, some players who have been playing the PlayStation 4 version of the game on PlayStation 5 have been running into game-ending crashes, and the bug causing this issue is one of the five items that the version 5.56 patch fixes.
The patch also addresses some issues with features that were added in the big No Man's Sky Worlds Part 2 update that was released at the end of January. One of the new features in Worlds Part 2 is the Titan Expedition, a gameplay mode that sees players starting out on one of the game's new gas giant planets and exploring all of the new features included in the expansion. Although they weren't addressed in the previous patch, three of the five new bug fixes are related to these Titan Expeditions. According to the patch notes, previously existing bugs had been causing Titan Expeditions to incorrectly identify and locate water worlds, had been incorrectly telling some players who hadn't completed the mode that they had already received its Pillar of Titan reward, and sometimes halted players' mission progression after they built a floating Nautilon Chamber as instructed.
Hello Games has been regularly updating its space adventure game since its launch more than eight years ago. No Man's Sky was the second-biggest PS4 launch at the time of its release in terms of sales figures. While many fans turned away quickly due to the original version's bare-bones procedurally generated planets, the development team has worked consistently to continue piling on additional content through free updates.
No Man's Sky Version 5.56 Patch Notes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could caused the Pillar of Titan reward to appear as already claimed after transferring back to the main save after completing the Titan Expedition.
- Fixed an issue that prevented packaged technology from being deployed into the Colossus.
- Fixed an issue in the Titan Expedition where building the floating variant of the Nautilon Chamber would not allow missions to progress.
- Fixed an issue that could cause missions in the Titan Expedition to fail to detect waterworlds correctly.
- Fixed a crash affecting players playing the PlayStation4 version of No Man's Sky on PlayStation 5.
No Man's Sky
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 71 /100 Critics Rec: 36%
- Released
- August 9, 2016
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood
- Developer(s)
- Hello Games
- Publisher(s)
- Hello Games
WHERE TO PLAY
Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man's Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe's mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
- Engine
- Proprietary
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Verified
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Nintendo Switch 2
- How Long To Beat
- 30.5 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- Supported VR Headsets
- Sony PlayStation VR, Sony PlayStation VR2, Valve Index, HP Reverb G2, HTC Vive Pro 2, HTC VIVE Cosmos, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20.36 GB (September 2024)
- OpenCritic Rating
- Fair
