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The subject of this article is from the Expeditions update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 1 June, 2021. |
The subject of this article is from the Expeditions update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 1 June, 2021.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 1 June, 2021.
Distance is a measurements page.
Summary[ | ]
Distance measurements in No Man's Sky uses several different units.
Unit u[ | ]
- u is the most common unit.
- It is given in integer values and generally used on planets for distances smaller than 1,250u.
- On planets, distances greater than 1,250u are converted to representation by estimated travel time in real-time, with about 5 minutes (walking on foot) to every 1,250u, or about 250u to 1 real-time minute (about 1 in-game hour).
- On spaceship panels, planetary distances between 2,000u and 1 million u are given in u; planetary distances smaller than 2,000 are not displayed, with the planet's coordinates shown instead.
- Players may directly access starship inventory when within 50u of their starships; this is increased to 150u if the Teleport Receiver is installed.
- Distance travelled by the player on foot are tracked by the On-foot Exploration milestone, with one trophy awarded each at 40,000u and 100,000'u'.
- It is not known how this unit is related to the real-life metric system.
- Considering that in-game time is approximately 1 minute to every 1 second of real-time, and human walking speed is approximately 250u per in-game hour (where it is about 9km/hr in real time), this gives an estimate of about 36 metres to every u.
- On the other hand, rovers travel up to about 20u per 1 second of real-time, giving a speed of 20u/min or 1200u/hour. Taking an gauge of about 150-200 km/h from maximum car speeds yield an estimated range of about 125 to 170 metres per u.
- However, the player's height is 2.1u (as any non Gek race), so it may also be 1 metre, as space faring civilization would have grown taller due to low gravity.
Unit ks[ | ]
- ks is used during intra-system space travel.
- It is approximately equal to 1,000u, but only used for distances greater than 1 million u (or 1,000 ks).
Unit LY[ | ]
- LY (light years) is used in interstellar travel (i.e. between Star systems) and all Frigate expeditions.