No Man's Sky 2022: How to leave first planet?
No Man's Sky begins by repairing the ship. Here you can read how to leave the first planet. We describe the Analysis Visor, Pulse Engine and Launch Thruster.
Last update: 19 October 2022
It may take around 30 minutes to leave the first planet in No Man's Sky. On this page, you will learn step by step how to repair the scanner, Analysis Visor, Pulse Engine and Launch Thruster. We explain where to find the basic elements such as carbon, oxygen, sodium and ferrite dust.
Scanner repair
After the game starts, your first task will be to rebuild the scanner. You need to get the raw material called Ferrite Dust obtained from stones or larger rocks. Use the mining beam to break the stones and collect 75 units of this element.
Open your inventory and click on the scanner. Put the collected materials in the right place and exit the inventory.
Scanning the terrain will allow you to discover nearby elements necessary to power the suit and other basic ingredients.
Use the scanner and press the appropriate button to collect sodium from the yellow glowing flower. When you have at least 10 units of the element, charge the suit's protective shield with it.
Then follow the marker on the screen to the shipwreck.
Pulse Engine
First, examine the round machine and then enter the ship. The next task will be to repair the pulse engine. To rebuild it, you will need a Hermetic Seal and Metal Plating.
Collect 50 units of Ferrit Dust and open your inventory. Click on an empty slot and create a plating. Go to the ship, open the ship's inventory tab and put the crafted item into the Pulse Engine.
Then, re-examine the rounded crashed machine near the ship and take the planetary map out of it. Use the map to locate an abandoned building with a hermetic seal inside.
Analysis Visor
Once you get the hermetic seal, a new mission objective will appear - craft an Analysis Visor. Collect 50 pieces of Carbon from nearby plants by using the mining beam and craft Carbon Nanotubes. Then use them to build an analysis visor.
Use the analysis visor by pressing the appropriate button and scan a few nearby objects. When using the device, icons will also appear on the screen that represent interesting objects, e.g. wrecks of machines or ships, or even ancient relics and monoliths.
Thanks to the analysis visor, the icon of your ship and base will always be visible on the screen, so you can easily return to them.
When you get back to the ship, repair the pulse engine by replacing the hermetic seal.
Launch Thruster
The next task will be to collect 40 units of Di-hydrogen, which is obtained from the blue crystals. Use the scanner to find the di-hydrogen in your area. Then make Di-hydrogen Jelly out of it and replace it in the ship's Launch Thruster.
Finally, build a Portable Refiner. You will need a metal plating and 50 units of oxygen to craft it. Gather the materials you need and press the appropriate button to open the crafting window.
Fill the refiner with fuel (coal or condensed coal) and process 50 pieces of ferrite dust into 50 pieces of pure ferrite. Don't forget to remove the processed resource from the refiner and place it in your inventory.
Fix the last part of the launch thruster with pure ferrite, get in the ship and leave the first planet.