No Man's Sky Cheats & Custom Difficulty Guide (PC Cheats)

Specification	Technical Parameter
Game Title	No Man's Sky (PC Edition)
Game Version	v5.0+ Worlds Part I (Live Steam Build)
Installation Size	~20 GB Storage (Windows 64-bit)
Developer / Publisher	Hello Games Official Steam Hub
Platform & Engine	Windows PC (Steam / GOG / Game Pass) | Custom Procedural Engine
Activation Method	In-Game Pause Menu > Options > Difficulty Settings > Custom
Anti-Cheat Status	Zero Anti-Cheat Penalties (Native Sandbox Supported by Developer)

How to Use and Enable Custom Difficulty Cheats

You can turn any standard or survival playthrough into an unrestricted sandbox at any moment without restarting your game or losing save milestones.

1. Press Escape while exploring planetside or piloting your starship to open the pause menu.
2. Navigate to the Options tab at the top of the interface.
3. Select Difficulty Settings to open the full parameters matrix.
4. Under the Preset dropdown, switch from Normal or Survival to Custom.
5. Toggle individual sliders and switches to your preferred configuration (such as setting Crafting to Free and Purchases to Free).
6. Press Escape to save and return to gameplay. All benefits activate instantaneously.

Step-by-Step Free Crafting Activation

Step 1: In the Custom Difficulty menu, navigate to Crafting Costs and select Free. You can now build high-tier Hyperdrives, Atlas Passes, and base structures without harvesting resources.

God Mode and Space Combat Invulnerability

To eliminate environmental damage, set Survival Elements to None. Your Hazard Protection gauge will remain permanently charged during extreme radiation and toxic storms.

Master No Man's Sky Sandbox Cheats & Toggles

The following table outlines the most impactful developer difficulty toggles and their precise in-game effects.

Setting Toggle	Gameplay Effect	Recommended Value
Crafting Costs	Craft technology, starships, and base parts with zero materials	Set to Free
Purchases	All vendors, starships, multi-tools, and freighters cost 0 Units / Nanites	Set to Free
Fuel Usage	Launch thrusters, hyperdrives, and pulse engines never consume fuel	Set to Free
Survival Elements	Disables life support oxygen drain and hazard protection depletion	Set to None
Sprint / Jetpack	Removes jetpack fuel limits and eliminates stamina cooldowns	Set to Infinite
On-Foot Combat	Sentinels and hostile biological fauna will never attack your character	Set to None
Space Combat	Disables pirate interceptions and Sentinel capital dreadnought battles	Set to None
Inventory Stack Size	Expands maximum item stack sizes across exosuit and starship cargo	Set to Maximum
All Technology	Unlocks every base building piece, weapon mod, and warp engine	Set to Unlocked

How to Get Infinite Units, Nanites and Free Starships

In older versions of No Man's Sky, players relied on mineral duplicate glitches or cobalt crashing economies. With the modern Custom Difficulty suite, acquiring unlimited wealth requires zero glitching:

• Zero-Cost Starships: Set Purchases to Free, visit any space station or trading post, speak to an alien pilot landing an exotic or Solar starship, and claim the ship for 0 Units.
• Free Capital Freighters: Defeat pirate dreadnoughts in space battles, board the rescued civilian capital ship, and accept the captain's transfer without spending a single credit.
• Free Exosuit Upgrades: Visit the exosuit upgrade station in every system space station and claim cargo slots for 0 Units each time.
• Free Multi-Tool Technology: Visit the Space Anomaly and unlock every single technology blueprint from iteration vendors for 0 Nanites.

Pros and Cons of Using Sandbox Cheats in No Man's Sky

Evaluating how custom difficulty alters the exploration pacing helps you decide when to enable these cheats.

Advantages & Creative Freedom	Considerations & Survival Impact
Zero repetitive mineral mining for carbon, ferrite dust, or warp fuel. Instant base construction without electrical wiring or power generator limits. Full freedom to explore hostile radioactive and toxic worlds peacefully. Steam achievements and Journey milestones remain completely active.	Eliminates economic satisfaction of trading and crafting trade commodities. Removes survival tension when exploring derelict freighters or sentinel hives. Locked out during timed Community Expeditions until the expedition ends. Accidentally locking settings locks you into custom rules permanently.

PC Save Editors and Advanced Quicksilver Unlocks

For PC enthusiasts wanting deeper control over cosmetic rewards, companion creature genetics, or starship seed appearances, verified third-party tools provide clean hexadecimal and JSON editing:

• Goatfungus NMS Save Editor: The benchmark Java-based save editor for Windows PC. Allows modifying inventory items, unlocking legacy Quicksilver expedition rewards, and customizing starship seeds.
• NomNom Save Editor: A modern C# open-source tool supporting Steam, GOG, and Microsoft Game Pass PC editions with automatic save backup protection.
• Safe Backup Rule: Always copy your `%APPDATA%\HelloGames\NMS\` save folder to a separate desktop directory before performing external JSON or save editor modifications.