It’s likely that by now you’re probably playing No Man’s Sky after it made its global debut on PS4 yesterday. Just like every other game on the market today, No Man’s Sky comes with is own set of pre-order bonuses, the largest of which is a shiny new ship that immediately replaces the limited jalopy you get at the start otherwise. It’s enticing to hop in and get a head start on your space-faring journey, but you might end up breaking the game for yourself.
The pre-order ship, which obnoxiously blinks on your HUD until you’ve claimed it, comes fully stocked for interstellar travel. That means it comes equipped with a Hyperdrive – a component that otherwise needs to be crafted for the ship you find at the start of the game. Without it hopping between galaxies is impossible, and every time you change your ship you have to craft a new one. Which presents a problem for players who let the pre-order bonus get ahead of themselves.
Reddit is full of players stuck in the game, having traded their pre-order bonus for a new ship (because inventory space is like gold). Only at this point the game requires them to craft a new Hyperdrive, which is impossible without the blueprint other players would’ve acquired through tutorials at the beginning of the game. It is possible to find one in the wild, but the odds are incredibly small (or just non-existent), given the random nature of each galaxy. And since you can’t jump to other galaxies without it, you’re essentially stuck.
It’s a tragic oversight on the part of Hello Games, who have yet to respond to the bug. It’s likely that this will be one of the first issues mended in the game’s next patch (remember how big that first one was?), among a host of other smaller tweaks that need to be made to the massive game. No Man’s Sky is daunting as it is, so just make sure you don’t make it even more difficult by trapping yourself in one comparatively small galaxy just a few minutes in.
Last Updated: August 11, 2016
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 08:33
Thank you for this! I would’ve just taken the ship as I loaded up tomorrow. I’ll do the tutorials and stuff first then.
You rock!
Dutch Matrix
August 11, 2016 at 08:54
You REALLY must change that Avatar of yours. Every time I see it, I get turned on. And the idea of you turning me on, even indirectly creeps me out man… XD
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 08:55
hahahahaha.
I’m so sorry man. I’ll see what I can do 🙂
Dutch Matrix
August 11, 2016 at 09:11
THank you… 🙂
Matthew Holliday
August 11, 2016 at 12:41
Im waiting for you to end every sentence with “-desu” and for you to call Dutch “oni-san”
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 12:53
To tell you the truth, I just like the colour and overall composition of this as an avatar. 🙂
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 09:10
Is this better?
Dutch Matrix
August 11, 2016 at 09:12
Nope. Kinda going through an Anime fetish phase…
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 09:13
This is jailbait dude…
Dutch Matrix
August 11, 2016 at 12:10
Sorry. I did not see. It is just so tiny. And right now, if you showed me a photo of… nevermind
Admiral Chief - Check
August 11, 2016 at 08:41
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 08:46
You seem to delight in the misery of others.
Admiral Chief - Check
August 11, 2016 at 08:48
The irony in this is so funny
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 08:52
Irony? I’m not sure you know what that means. But yes. Irony. Enjoy pissing people off man. You’re so oblivious to the damage you cause it’s not funny. Not even a little. But carry on.
*thumbs up* *Trump stamp of approval*
HairyEwok
August 11, 2016 at 08:55
Literally no man’s sky…. he’ll be stuck on the ground.
Mark Treloar
August 11, 2016 at 09:08
Actually saw a video yesterday of a guy who landed his ship on a floating rock too high for him to get back to,
RinceThis
August 11, 2016 at 09:57
HAHAHAH
Admiral Chief - Check
August 11, 2016 at 08:57
Oh yeah, I forgot who I responded to, nm, carry on then.
The point I was trying to make (and for some unforseeable reason I need to explain this) is that pre-order bonusses are something I’m not a fan of (in general), and now, this ‘bonus’ is breaking the game.
If it happens to someone, it really is terrible for that person, but the amount of drama this game is causing is just worthy of a chuckle
Pariah
August 11, 2016 at 08:58
I think you need to Google “context” if you think that explanation was unnecessary.
Admiral Chief - Check
August 11, 2016 at 08:58
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/theeverythingeverything/images/7/72/LOL_MEME.png/revision/latest?cb=20120706094047
HvR
August 11, 2016 at 08:45
Achievement unlock “You just f… yourself”
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 11, 2016 at 08:47
Damn, that’s a crappy one.
Although also kinda amusing – because flying out to into uncharted space & having your hyperdrive break is a risk, and not knowing how to fix it just makes it worse. Just like imaginary real life!
Admiral Chief - Check
August 11, 2016 at 08:48
To the Google mobile!
HairyEwok
August 11, 2016 at 08:54
Can’t you remove components from your ship? If so you can just remove the hyper drive and place it into your new shinier ship.
Admiral Chief - Check
August 11, 2016 at 08:58
ARE YOU MAD MAN? YOU WILL DIVIDE BY ZERO IF YOU DO THIS!
HairyEwok
August 11, 2016 at 09:04
Madness? THIS IS BUGFEST!
Deceased
August 11, 2016 at 11:45
So the laws of sanity has no power here?
b1nd3r
August 11, 2016 at 13:46
Game has its own periodic table normal laws dont apply here
Matthew Holliday
August 11, 2016 at 12:46
This is interstellar travel, not Lego.
konfab
August 11, 2016 at 08:59
I suspected as much when I was going through the early game. Besides which, I wanted to learn how to do the trading and ship crafting.
Took the miniscule sum of credits though.
Riaan Van Wyk
August 11, 2016 at 09:00
Well I had to start over after about 6 hours in. Landed on a floating rock thingy above a planet, gathered some resources and when I wanted to take off, no plutonium for the launch drive. Also no plutonium on the damn rock to harvest. I dismantled everything that had some, but still not enough to launch off the rock. Jumped off the rock and wandered around hoping to find a ship to fix, but after a few hours had to give up as I had no way to get up on the rock again where my ship was. So yeah, moral of the story make sure you are on a place where you can harvest enough plutonium for launch.
Admiral Chief - Check
August 11, 2016 at 09:02
Damn, that sucks. Hope you find a way out of this conundrum
Riaan Van Wyk
August 11, 2016 at 09:06
I think I might have been able to find another broken ship to fix, but the chances of me stumbling across one was so small I decided to start over. Went to system settings and deleted my save file.
HairyEwok
August 11, 2016 at 09:07
He did… New Game+
HairyEwok
August 11, 2016 at 09:06
I was wondering if you can land on those floating comets in space.
Riaan Van Wyk
August 11, 2016 at 09:09
It wasn’t one in space but on a planet. Huge dead planet with no animals and high temp and only rocks. Some of the rocks just floated above the surface.
HairyEwok
August 11, 2016 at 09:12
If only you had terraforming grenades, you could’ve destroyed the floating rock and checked what would happen to your ship when it plummet to the actual world.
RinceThis
August 11, 2016 at 09:56
Oh the lol
Sageville
August 11, 2016 at 09:57
Ok, so I’ve got my pre-order bonus ship already, I’m still on my starting planet, how do I get Hyperdrive blue-prints?
It feels like I missed the tutorial peeps talk about…
RinceThis
August 11, 2016 at 09:58
Read Sandy’s piece from the other day. He tells you in it.
RinceThis
August 11, 2016 at 10:06
Sounds like a crappy situation.
The Order of the Banana
August 11, 2016 at 11:18
Hahaha! Ok that is funny though.