When No Man’s Sky launched, it had a poor reception and had no business or motive to make money. Since then, Hello Games has invested time and effort into No Man’s Sky to make the game the way everyone expected it to be. This is one of the best space exploration games to date. Let’s see how you can experience everything No Man’s Sky has to offer while making money fast.
Best Ways to Make Money in No Man’s Sky 2023
No Man’s Sky is a very open game that lets you decide how you want to make money. There are several ways to make money, almost as if you have different career options to choose from. Here are some of the best earning options right now:
- Scanning unexplored flora and fauna
- Grow and sell Whispering Eggs
- Be a space pirate
- Collect and sell ancient bones
Scanning unexplored flora and fauna at NMS
By far the most peaceful and relaxing way to make a lot of money in No Man’s Sky. In this method, you will need to find the best possible upgrades for your Analysis Visor on your multitool. The more upgrades you have, the more money you get for discovering new flora and fauna with your visor. All you have to do is find unknown species and scan them. This method is good for explorers who just enjoy exploring new planets.
Grow and sell Whispering Eggs
You can earn a lot of money in No Man’s Sky by selling alien eggs known as Whispering Eggs. They can be found around abandoned buildings. To find these buildings, approach the cartographer at the space station with Navigation data. You need to buy a planetary map with “Emergency Map Data”. Go down to the planet and use this diagram and it will point you to the nearest abandoned building.
You will find these Whispering Eggs throughout the building in nests. Keep in mind that as soon as you take one of them, you will be attacked by hostile alien monsters. Once you’re full or your inventory is full, just walk up to the space station and sell it for big money.
Be a space pirate
One of my favorite ways to make money in No Man’s Sky is to be a space pirate. In this method, you must raid large merchant ships that spawn randomly in any system. They have tons of valuable resources in their storage containers that can be destroyed from the outside using your weapons on your spaceship. You can even find illegal items that are even more valuable, but you should be prepared for the Guardians to attack you if they scan this item in your cargo.
Collect and sell ancient bones
Another great way to earn money for explorers in No Man’s Sky. There are certain planets where ancient bones can be buried under the surface. You can tell this when you scan a planet from space, it will have the “Ancient Bones”affix on it. Descend to this planet and find hidden treasures using the scanner. Once you’re full of them, just go back and sell them at the space station.
These are all the best ways to make money in No Man’s Sky.