When you begin your No Man’s Sky journey, you’re left with only an exosuit, a Multi-Tool and a starship. However, while these are your default gadgets, you can install some awesome upgrades for all three. As you progress, you’ll want to find and install these upgrades to make you run longer, jetpack higher and have a more powerful arsenal overall.
There are plenty of recipes in No Man’s Sky and we have the basics of finding and building them, along with a list of the recipes in the game so far.
BASICS
To find recipes and blueprints, you’ll need to do a lot of exploring on planets. You can find them two ways, either by finding crashed pods that house these recipes, or receiving one as a gift from an alien.
If you find the same recipe more than once, the game will inform you.
The recipes will appear in your inventory menu, where you can build and install by clicking on an empty inventory slot. This makes finding inventory upgrades and better ships/multi-tools with more slots especially important, but we digress.
Each recipe will tell you what materials/elements you’ll need. The more powerful the upgrade, the rarer elements/materials you’ll need. You can mine for elements as you explore but certain materials will only be available through trading, initially. You can find recipes for those rarer materials later on, like antimatter for your Warp Drive.
You’ll also notice that most upgrades have four tiers. The first version of an upgrade is classified as Sigma and goes up to Omega. So the ranking of upgrades goes as such: Sigma to Tau to Theta to Omega.
You also don’t need “lesser” versions installed first to install the higher leveled ones, so if you’re fortunate to find a Theta or Omega level upgrade go right ahead and build/install them.
EXOSUIT
Your exosuit upgrades will include ways to boost your armor, jetpack and even your stamina. There are also specified shielding upgrades for your exosuit to combat any weather hazard, so be sure to find them.
The recipes are broken up into Health, Protection, Stamina and Utilities, and can be found below.
Health:
ShieldBoost Sigma
Shield durating and charge capacity is improved.
Zinc (15)
Platinum (15)
Thamium9 (15)
Health Module Sigma
Increases user’s health once primary systems have failed
Iron (50)
Plutonium (50)
Zinc (10)
Health Module Theta
Aluminium (200)
Plutonium (250)
Thamium9 (300)
Protection:
Thermic Layer Tau
Shielding against cold damage on frozen worlds.
Microdensity Fabric (1)
Stamina:
Stamina Enhancement Sigma
Increases stamina for longer periods of running.
Utilities:
Jetpack Booster
Lets you use Jetpack for longer, lets you go higher.
Iron (50)
Platinum (15)
Zinc (10)
STARSHIP
Your starship recipes in No Man’s Sky allow for stronger cannons and upgraded shielding for space combat. Not to mention the various drives for flying.
Starship recipes are broken down into Weapons, Health, Scan and Hyperdrive.
Weapons:
Phase Beam
Beam weapon and asteroid mining tool.
Iron (30)
Heridium (30)
Thamium9 (30)
Cannon Damage Sigma
Photon Cannon fires at an increased rate.
Iron (50)
Thamium9 (50)
Cannon Damage Tau
Iridium (100)
Copper (50)
Zinc (50)
Advanced Cooling Sigma
Photon cannon cool-down reduced.
Thamium9 (30)
Chrysonite (30)
Iron (50)
Advanced Cooling Tau Tau
Thamium9 (80)
Chrysonite (70)
Iridium (120)
Advanced Cooling Theta
Thamium9 (200)
Chrysonite (250)
Gravitno Ball (10)
Beam Impact Sigma
Phase beam laser destroys at an increased rate.
Thamium9 (50)
Chrysonite (50)
Beam Impact Tau
Thamium9 (200)
Copper (50)
Carbon (50)
Accelerated Fire Sigma
Increases Photon Cannon fire.
Accelerated Fire Tau
Nickel (100)
Platinum (100)
Accelerated Fire Theta
Thamium9 (300)
Iron (300)
Dimensional Matrix (3)
Phase Coolant Sigma
Phase beam cool-down reduced.
Microdensity Fabric (2)
Thamium9 (200)
Platinum (25)
Health:
Deflection Enhancement Sigma
Shartship energy shield is strengthened.
Carite Sheet (6)
Heridium (500)
Scan:
Hyperdrive:
Pulse Jet Sigma
Provides increased maneuverability and longer boosts during spaceflight. Also improves user’s Thamium9 consumption.
Pulse Jet Tau
Nickel (100)
Thamium9 (50)
Neutrino Module (2)
Hyperdrive
FTL propulsion drive that allows starship to attain warp speed and jump between neighboring systems.
Dynamic Resonator (1)
Heridium (200)
MULTI-TOOL
The Multi-Tool is the gadget you’ll use most often in No Man’s Sky and, as the name suggests, it gives players multiple actions and uses.
Multi-Tool recipes are broken down into Laser, Projectiles, Grenades and Scan.
Laser:
Beam Intensifier Sigma
Mining Beam is strengthened to speed up terrain destruction.
Titanium (30)
Plutonium (25)
Beam Intensifier Tau
Copper (60)
Iron (200)
Beam Intensifier Theta
Copper (120)
Iron (100)
Iridium (100)
Beam Focus Sigma
Faster Mining Beam processes.
Iron (20)
Heridium (20)
Plutonium (25)
Beam Focus Tau
Plutonium (50)
Chrysonite (100)
Beam Focus Theta
Plutonium (50)
Chrysonite (200)
Platinum (200)
Beam Coolant System Sigma
Reduces cool-down periods of Mining Beam.
Iridium (50)
Heridium (20)
Beam Coolant System Tau
Iridium (200)
Heridium (100)
Beam Coolant System Theta
Attains longest span of uninterrupted element extraction possible.
Aluminium (20)
Heridium (100)
Combat Amplifier Sigma
Mining Beam laser damage increased during combat.
Titanium (30)
Carbon (30)
Combat Amplifier Tau
Platinum (100)
Titanium (50)
Chrysonite (50)
Combat Amplifier Theta
Heridium (400)
Iron (200)
Radnox (20)
Projectile:
Boltcaster
Combat-focused used for killing targets.
Press R2 to activate
Iron (25)
Plutonium (25)
Reload Accelerant Sigma
Boltcaster’s ammunition reload time decreased.
Iron (20)
Heridium (15)
Zinc (10)
Reload Accelerant Tau
Chrysonite (50)
Zinc (100)
Plutonium (50)
Reload Accelerant Theta
Calium (50)
Zinc (100)
Plutonium (50)
Boltcaster Clip Sigma
Boltcaster’s ammo clip increased.
Plutonium (50)
Titanium (20)
Iron (20)
Boltcaster Clip Tau
Plutonium (50)
Zinc (20)
Nickel (10)
Boltcaster Clip Theta
Plutonium (50)
Zinc (50)
Nickel (150)
Wideshot Adaptor
Boltcaster shots are granted a wide cone of destruction. Reduces devices range and rate of fire, which encourages close proximity fighting.
Copper (40)
Heridium (100)
Iron (50)
Rapidfire Sigma
Boltcaster rate-of-fire system upgrade.Takes repeated shots in fast succession.
Nickel (50)
Iron (20)
Rapidfire Tau
Titanium (200)
Platinum (100)
Aluminium (100)
Rapidfire Theta
Aluminium (100)
Platinum (200)
Impact Damage Sigma
Boltcaster shots deliver added physical damage upon impact. Grants additional kinetic energy to the user’s ionised plasma distribution systems.
Iridium (50)
Iron (50)
Platinum (100)
Impact Damage Tau
Iridium (50)
Iron (50)
Platinum (100)
Impact Damage Theta
Iridium (200)
Radnox (80)
Platinum (200)
Impact Damage Omega
Copper (200)
Aluminium (200)
Heridium (400)
Recoil Stabilizer Sigma
Boltcaster experiences reduced kick-back upon firing. Internal dampening field increases Boltcaster stability, and decreases muscular strain in upper body if user is of a conventionally structured species.
Thamium9 (100)
Titanium (50)
Chrysonite (50)
Recoil Stabilizer Tau
Thamium9 (200)
Titanium (100)
Chrysonite (150)
Recoil Stabilizer Theta
Heridium (250)
Zinc (100)
Platinum (150)
Shortburst Adaptor
Bolcaster releases short, rapid sequences of fire.
Copper (60)
Heridium (100)
Zinc (20)
Ricochet Sigma
Boltcaster shots are granted deflective properties.
Platinum (100)
Iron (200)
Heridium (200)
Ricochet Theta
Gold (100)
Plutonium (100)
Platinum (100)
Grenade:
Plasma Launcher
Land disruption technology and excavation tool. Launched shells explode on impact.
Plutonium (30)
Heridium (20)
Carbon (15)
Rebound Grenades
Plasma launch shells rebound off planetary structures.
Zinc (10)
Platinum (20)
Chrysonite (15)
Rebound Grenades Tau
Heridium (200)
Titanium (200)
Chrysonite (250)
Grenade Propulsion
Plasma Launcher grenades travel at high velocity.
Zinc (10)
Platinum (20)
Chrysonite (15)
Grenade Propulsion Tau
Thamium9 (150)
Zinc (20)
Chrysonite (150)
Grenade Propulsion Theta
Grenade Intensity Sigma
Plasma Launcher grenades cause heightened damage.
Thamium9 (150)
Zinc (20)
Heridum (200)
Damage Radius
Plasma Launcher grenades have widened impact craters.
Zinc (100)
Iron (50)
Chrysonite (150)
Damage Radius Tau
Plutonium (200)
Emeril (50)
Homing Grenades
Plasma Launcher grenades trace and target nearby life forms, regardless of species or sentience.
Aluminium (100)
Iron (50)
Gold (100)
Scan:
RangeBoost Sigma
Increases scanner’s detection range
Thamium9 (30)
Platinum (15)
Carbon (30)
Rangeboost Tau
Thamium9 (120)
Chrysonite (120)
Plutonium (200)
