While traversing individual planets, star systems, galaxies, and the entire universe of No Man's Sky, players will find and require hundreds of different resources and items. One important resource is the earth element, Uranium. If players are struggling to find Uranium in No Man's Sky, this guide will set them on the right path.
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What Does Uranium Do In No Man's Sky
Uranium For Crafting
Uranium is used to craft objects such as:
- Autonomous Mining Units
- Exocraft Summoning Stations
- Gamma Weed
- Health Stations
- Lemmium
- Megawatt Heaters
- Positron Ejectors
- Radiation Deflectors
Uranium For Refining New Resources
Uranium can also be used in a Refiner alongside another resource to refine new elements:
- Condensed Carbon
- Ferrite Dust
- Gamma Root
- Lemmium
- Pyrite
Where To Find Uranium In No Man's Sky
Find A Planet With Uranium
Uranium is not found on all planets. Therefore, upon arriving in a new star system, players will want to fly around and scan different planets. If present, Uranium will be listed as one of the planet's resources.
Uranium is typically present on planets with a radioactive environment, with some of these being gamma-intensive. One tip can be to look for green/yellow planets in the system first, as these are often radioactive. However, planets of any color can contain Uranium.
Finding Uranium Deposits
After flying down to the surface of a planet that is confirmed to contain Uranium, players will want to use their Analysis Visor and look around for Uranium Deposit nodes.
If players have built a Corvette in No Man's Sky, they can open the hatch while hovering above the surface and use their visor while looking out from the back of the ship. This makes the process much faster, rather than landing and having to take off, especially with the ability to beam down and up.
With one tagged, head off in that direction either by foot or ship. At the Uranium Deposit, which will be yellow/gold, use the Terrain Manipulator multi-tool to dig up the Uranium, which will go directly into the inventory as long as there's enough space.
On these radioactive planets, some normal mineral rocks may also contain small amounts of Uranium.
Purchasing Uranium
Uranium can also be bought at some Galactic Trade Terminals, which are found on Space Stations and in some buildings on planets.
However, the cost of purchase will typically be vastly more than the Units (No Man's Sky's currency) it can be sold for. Thus, only buy Uranium if you're in a rush, can't find any, or are exceedingly wealthy.
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How To Refine Uranium In No Man's Sky
As well as being found or bought, players can also refine Uranium from other resources. To do so, they will need a Refiner or Portable Refiner.
Technically, blueprint recipes aren't required for refining, so players can just throw the following resources into the Refiner to create Uranium.
All Recipes For Refining Uranium In No Man's Sky
|
Ingredient 1 |
Ingredient 2 |
Uranium Yield |
|---|---|---|
|
x2 Phosphorus |
x1 Ferrite Dust |
1 |
|
x2 Phosphorus |
x1 Pure Ferrite |
1 |
|
x1 Crystallized Helium |
x1 Ferrite Dust |
1 |
|
x2 Gamma Root |
x1 Salt |
1 |
|
x1 Radon |
x1 Di-hyrdrogen |
1 |
|
x1 Radon |
x1 Ferrite Dust |
1 |
|
x1 Crystallized Helium |
x1 Pure Ferrite |
2 |
|
x1 Radon |
x1 Pure Ferrite |
2 |
|
x1 Crystallized Helium |
x1 Magnetized Ferrite |
3 |
|
x1 Radon |
x1 Magnetized Ferrite |
3 |
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
