One talented No Man's Sky player has shown off an incredible space station build that they were able to perfect thanks to several "glitch building" techniques. Building remains one of the most popular activities among No Man's Sky fans, even among those who have sunk thousands of hours into the game, with players able to set up bases on any planet - whether on land, deep underwater, or even on the surface of a gas giant.
Base building has been a part of No Man's Sky since one of its earliest updates, but Hello Games has never stopped adding to the feature by opening up more possibilities. The game seems to gain even more new parts and placeable decorations with every update, and since the game features electrical components and mechanics, players can build just about anything they can think of - from colorful dance floors and fast food restaurants to elaborate pixel art displays and even functional racetracks. Over the years, players have discovered no end of glitch building methods to create even more complicated structures.
No Man’s Sky Player Shows Off Incredible Base Built Into Natural Land Formation
One No Man’s Sky player shows off an incredible base built into a natural land formation, and shares tips on how they pulled it off.
Using some popular glitch building techniques in No Man's Sky and their own creative talent, one player known online as No-Bet8702 has even constructed a fantastic space station that sits in orbit of a planet. This creation garnered a lot of interest from fellow fans, with many in the No Man's Sky community hoping for player-owned space stations to be added as an official feature in the future. Despite the game featuring a maximum build height, it is possible for players to exceed it using certain exploits. As a result, this space station build rests far above the nearest planet and is largely composed of biodomes to afford the best possible view of the stars when inside.
No Man's Sky's Glitch Building Techniques Can Be Useful Tools
A particularly huge biodome is used to make up the center of the structure - a piece that ordinarily can't be resized but has been made far larger in this instance thanks to glitch techniques. The structure also features several exterior landing pads so that No Man's Sky's many starships can dock with the facility in space. Quite a few electromagnetic generators are also used decoratively underneath the main structure and have been placed upside-down thanks to a glitch that allows players to exploit snapping mechanics.
While glitch building has allowed for some of the grandest and most creative builds ever made in No Man's Sky, players should also take care when trying out these techniques for themselves. Players sometimes encounter strange issues with bases created using glitches, with the most common problem being certain parts randomly disappearing from the structure over time.
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
- PC Release Date
- August 12, 2016
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- November 10, 2020
- PS5 Release Date
- November 19, 2020
- Nintendo Switch Release Date
- October 7, 2022
- Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
- June 5, 2025
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Nintendo Switch 2
- OpenCritic Rating
- Fair
- How Long To Beat
- 30.5 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20.36 GB (September 2024)
- 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
