This is surely old news to most of you, but hey, maybe it will help a few people.

When I first started playing, I didn’t bother to name systems because I figured it would be too much trouble. THEN I realized it’s really helpful for remembering places you might want to return to.

Problem is, my custom names weren’t showing up in the list of terminus stations in the teleporter. It still showed the original system name. So if I wanted to go back to “Eden Prime” or whatever, I had to remember which it was, making naming pointless.

THEN I realized that if you named the system BEFORE visiting a space station, the station would have your custom name when you visited, and in turn the custom name would show up in your list of terminus destinations.

Okay, cool. So name systems right away so the name attaches to the space station.

I like to name a system with something that reflects its character, though, so that still presented a problem, since I like to get some missions before going to the planets. A small problem, but a problem all the same.

THEN I realized that a station will rename itself after your name if you revisit it. This works even for systems you left behind.

In other words, you arrive in Ozikark VI and go to the station, it will be the Ozikark VI terminus and that’s how it will show up in your list of teleport destinations. If you leave the station, rename the system “Meshedsabre’s Discovery,” and return to the station, the station will rename itself and the new name will show up in the teleport destinations.

You can teleport back to old systems with incoherent names, fly out real quick, turn around, go right back in, and your new name will then replace the old one in the list of ‘port destinations.

Again, I’m sure this is very obvious to most of you and I’m way way behind, but I only JUST discovered it after 80 hours of play. D’oh!!

TL;DNR – Your list of terminus destinations in the teleporter uses whatever the system was named the last time you flew into the system’s space station. If your custom name isn’t showing up in your list of destinations, go back to the station, fly out, then fly back in. It should change the station name to your custom name.

Below are a few popular questions that we’ve received from our past FAQ thread. As always we ask that everyone be respectful and we welcome everyone’s contribution so have fun!

Q- I’m keen to start a new passive money making pursuit. What are some good ideas or guides post-Waypoint?

A#1-Gold farm, then take that stack and sell it at a terminal (not traders) in systems that sell gold. Sell all your gold to the terminal and crash the economy. Then buy it all back at 80% off discount. You just got free money and keep all the gold. All this takes is an initial investment on a gold farm, then you carry all that gold with you and just sell/buy back when you get to another system that sells gold. With 50 stacks in my ship’s cargo hold, I can make somewhere around 150 million units in each system I do this in.

A#2-Start a Farm, Fusion Igniters or Statis Devices Farm which will increase your profits to 100- 200 mil fairly quickly and you can even send out multiple freighter missions which will help you get aronium, magno-gold, Enriched carbon and more which will increase the profits even more.

A#3-Quickest way I’ve found to make a TON of units: Harvesting Storm Crystals. Find a VERY hot planet that has frequent fire storms. DURING STORMS ONLY – you can see the bright white light from Storm Crystals if you fly around low enough. Fly to them, land, quickly harvest them, get back in your ship and fly to the next before you burn up.

Q-How do I get the Advanced Mining Laser? I don’t have the option to craft one, and the multi-tool upgrade vendor at the space station doesn’t have the blueprint for sale.

A-In order to get it, you have to look for the blueprints in crashed ships or abandoned facilities. You get it from the main story (awakenings) or you can buy it on the anomaly.

Q-What do I actually do in the game? I finished the tutorial, is there anything else beside gathering stuff, building a base and repeat?

A#1-It’s really whatever you want, there’s a base story, (assuming you haven’t completed it already), follow the quest log and you’ll figure it out, but things You’d want to do for end game? You can collect multiple multitools, ships, built a fleet for your freighter, etc.

Q-Is there a planet that is populated by many players, and they built their base close to each others like a city?

A- Yeah its the Galactic Hub Project, Its a place where many people have bases and each day the numbers grow. Please help yourself. There are many factions in NMS that do this, even NMS Pirates Hub.

Q-I’m still pretty early into the game, just making my way to the center of the galaxy, what should I be spending my credits on?

A-Go hang around a outlaw/pirate trading post. Cheapest S-class start at around 8-8.5 million without a trade-in. I recommend Vikeen pirate, as then you have two good and 1 remote chances at high-maneuverability S-class: fighter, solar, exotic.