No Mans Sky update 5.050 (version 1.050.000) is available to download on PS5 and Xbox Series X players. According to the official No Mans Sky 5.050 patch notes, the latest Worlds Part 2 update introduces new stars, ancient ruins, gas giants, and water worlds with improved lighting and water rendering. Apart from this, No Mans Sky version 5.050.000 also introduces new creatures and underwater gameplay.
No Mans Sky 5.050 Patch Notes (Version 5.050.000) – January 29, 2025
New Star Systems
Purple-Class Star Systems
- Introduced a new class of purple-class star systems, adding more variety without regenerating existing planets or affecting prior exploration.
- These systems feature unique planetary compositions and resource distributions.
Terrain Generation Overhaul
Enhanced Planetary Formation
- More diverse landscapes, including towering mountains, deep valleys, and vast plains.
- Reduced repeating terrain patterns on planets, increasing uniqueness.
- Deeper oceans introduced, affecting both gameplay and visuals.
Resource Placement & Underwater Deposits
- Large resource deposits now appear underwater across all planetary systems.
New Worlds & Planetary Features
Purple-System Planets
- Gas Giants: Massive planets with extreme storms and gravitational effects.
- Waterworlds: Planets with seas larger than mountains, requiring aquatic landing tech.
- Colossal Non-Gas Giants: Planets on an unprecedented scale.
- Moons now feature water in purple-class systems.
New Planetary Resources
- Quartzite, a new stellar mineral, is exclusive to purple-class systems.
- Gas Giants & Waterworlds contain unique atmospheric gases and rare terrain deposits.
- New refining recipes added for crafting with these materials.
Water Rendering & Gameplay Enhancements
Improved Water Visuals
- Reflections now include clouds, nebulae, and planetary backdrops.
- Subsurface scattering enhances glow effects at wave crests.
- Wave foam effects improved, with new alien pulsating variations.
- Underwater lighting reworked, featuring realistic scattering and caustics.
Water Variety & Environmental Effects
- New sea effects, including algae blooms, bioluminescent organisms, and floating flora.
- Deep-sea environments feature additional levels of visual diversity.
Deep Water Gameplay
- Oxygen depletion & hazard increases in deeper waters.
- Pressure Membrane technology introduced to mitigate deep-sea dangers.
- Seaglass, a new rare material, can be found in ultra-deep waters.
- High-yield terrain deposits are now present at extreme ocean depths.
Swimming & Buoyancy Overhaul
- Players now react to waves, bobbing gently or being tossed by storms.
- Camera improvements for smoother and more responsive swimming experiences.
- HUD now displays ocean depth below the player.
- Jetpack mechanics adjusted: ascending uses less fuel, and vertical ascent speed is increased.
- Underwater torch improvements, behaving as a volumetric light.
Lighting System Overhaul
Improved Light & Shadows
- More realistic reflections and ambient lighting across all environments.
- Dramatic specular highlights, especially on metallic objects and distant terrain.
- More accurate cave lighting and atmospheric occlusion.
- Enhanced shadows and microshadow detail, increasing contrast and depth.
New Missions & Multiplayer Content
In Stellar Multitudes Storyline
- A new Autophage-driven storyline exploring Atlas, Atlantid, and lost histories.
New Multiplayer & Procedural Missions
- Nexus-based multiplayer fishing mission added.
- Space Station mission board now features a procedurally generated fishing mission.
Planetary Variety & Hazardous Environments
- Dense jungles, barren deserts, and ruined relic worlds added to existing and new systems.
- More hazardous flora for increased exploration challenges.
- Expanded planetary hazards, including:
- Localized toxic spores
- Radioactive fallout zones
- Electromagnetic anomalies
- Volcanic eruptions
- Geothermal geysers
- Gravity inversion zones
Quality of Life Enhancements
- Inventory Sorting Options: Sort items by name, value, type, and color.
- New “Favorites” Tab in Teleporter for easier destination management.
- Crafting Tree UI added for visualizing tech progression.
- Improved third-person camera in tight interior spaces.
- Brood Mothers drop guild tokens, usable with the Mercenaries Guild.
- Piloting in first-person mode now includes accurate throttle and stick movements.
UI & Interaction Improvements
- More intuitive inventory UI, with better slot highlighting and cursor placement.
- Refiner UI now includes missing audio cues.
- New language UI enhancements when choosing alien words.
- Starship HUD now displays ship names and pirate ships now have procedurally generated names.
Cooking System Overhaul
- Cronus now operates a daily food market aboard the Space Anomaly.
- Exo-Skiff & Anomaly include functional grills for cooking.
- New Nutrient Ingestor technology, allowing auto-consumption of stored food for sustained buffs.
- Recipe catalog improvements, including sorting and a crafting tree visualization.
Titan Expedition
- Expedition Seventeen: Titan runs for six weeks, showcasing new planets and star systems.
- Exclusive rewards, including:
- New starship customization material
- Explorer’s cape
- Pillar of Titan staff
- Wraith starship (unique living fighter)
Optimizations & Performance Enhancements
- New file compression technology reduces patch sizes while allowing larger content updates.
- Load times up to 4x faster with improved caching.
- Optimizations in terrain generation, wind effects, and UI rendering.
- VRR and 120Hz support for PlayStation 5, enabling smoother visuals and higher framerates.
Exocraft & Starship Improvements
- New Colossus features, including a Mineral Processing Rig and a Mounted Flamethrower.
- Exocraft cockpit controls now respond more accurately in first-person mode.
- Nautilon submarine updates:
- Increased base speed and maneuverability.
- Added boost ability.
- New Floating Nautilon Platform for surface docking.
Fishing System Expansion
- New fish species, including squid, hermit crabs, manta rays, seahorses, and prawns.
- Fishing now available in underwater bases.
- “Child of Aquarius” rare fish may summon Deepwater Guardians.
- New fishing-related customization options, including floating bait, line colors, and titles.
Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements
- Fixed a crash related to NPC networking.
- Fixed a rare crash related to texture rendering.
- Fixed a number of rare crashes related to core maths functions.
- Fixed a number of rare crashes related to starship and exocraft piloting.
- Fixed a number of rare crashes related to creatures.
- Fixed a number of rare crashes related to memory management.
- Fixed a number of rare crashes related to marker rendering.
- Fixed a rare crash related to homing projectiles.
- Fixed a Nintendo Switch crash that could occur when playing in docked mode.
- Fixed a rare infinite load on PlayStation 4.
- Fixed an issue that could prevent recipes from being pinned while a mission to locate a salvaged interceptor was in progress.
- Fixed an issue that made it difficult for Sentinel forces to target player Exocraft.
- Fixed an issue that caused other player’s companions to move erratically while aboard the Space Anomaly.
- Fixed an issue that caused the camera to get the wrong side of the player in combat while using left-handed mode.
- Fixed a number of rare issues that could occur when finishing an expedition and converting the data back into the main save.
- Fixed an issue that caused ships being redeemed from an expedition to fail to set up their inventory as expected.
- Fixed an issue that could cause various quicksilver unlocks and other related items from correctly transferring when using cross-save.
- Fixed a number of rare issues that could cause starships to reset themselves to an incorrect state.
- Fixed a number of visual glitches when using the Ironclad ship material option on dropships.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Mod Warning screen to flicker.
- Fixed a number of visual glitches related to creature networking.
- Fixed a number of visual issues related to NPC networking.
- Fixed a visual issue with some leaves found on trees on lush worlds.
- Fixed a rare issue that could allow the player starship to become stuck within a floating island.
- Fixed an issue that could cause item highlighting to fail to detect living ship technology.
- Fixed a rare issue that could cause settlement charts to be consumed despite not finding a settlement.
- Fixed a number of issues that prevented discoveries with custom names from using that name in mission or dialogue text.
- Fixed a rare issue that caused incorrect introduction voiceover to be used if starting an expedition aboard a freighter, then returning to the main menu to start a new game.
- Fixed a number of animation glitches affecting the various gestures that involved posing with a hologram.
- Fixed a number of visual issues affecting starship trails when viewed underwater.
- Fixed a number of cases where storm warnings / storm passing alerts were displayed when not appropriate.
- Fixed a number of cases where planetary hazard HUD would flash red when not appropriate.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the “item is in a different inventory” message to be displayed when inappropriate.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the audio of passing stars from working correctly in the starfield load.
Previously, a major free No Man’s Sky update 4.40 added a relaxed mode, overhauled inventories, revamped UI, and improved missions. Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues. NMS update 5.050 will fix a few of these issues.
Download free No Mans Sky update 5.050.000 on Sony PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox One.
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