Hello everyone!

I’m a newcomer to No Man’s Sky and I’m really excited to be part of this community. Could you lovely folks share any tips or suggestions for the game? I’m just starting out and any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much in advance.

I needed cadmium for my first hyperdrive upgrade. I looked online and saw that cadmium was found on planets that orbit red stars. I opened the galaxy map and swapped filters to get a nice black background instead of the hazy red nebula that I was in to help me spot red stars. Every time I flew to a red star, it wouldn’t be red. Time after time after time I would warp and sigh because it wasn’t what I was looking for. For 4 hours over 2 days I searched for a red star. I found every color imaginable and saw some very cool planets, but no cadmium. I thought that maybe the systems were color coded in a different way so I googled how to find red stars in No Man’s Sky. There were no helpful results. Because nobody else had been so stupid.

After 5 hours searching I realized that I had been flipping the filter to “lifeform” to get rid of the red haze which changed the colors of the stars. According to the Steam achievement I ended up warping to more systems than 84% of players ever had. When I left the filter off I found cadmium on my first try.

I don’t even know how to feel. I’m glad I got cadmium but I am reconsidering if I’m cut out for space exploration.

Today I had to have my last pet rat put to sleep. Tomorrow would have been our second anniversary.

Please help me find a pet rat in No Man’s Sky.

I’ve seen creatures with rat heads as big as bipedal dinosaur and the smallest of the size of an quadruped alligator. I’d love to have one walking on four legs and as closely shaped like a real pet rat. Please share the glyphs with me, if you’ve seen one.

I’ll see you on the other side.