Glyph

The subject of this article is from the Orbital update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 28 May, 2024.

Glyphs are used when operating a portal.

Summary[]

Glyphs are symbols on a portal's wheel. A series of glyphs forms a Portal address that specifies the destination that you want the portal to transport you to. Glyphs are also referenced in-game in the Menu → "Catalogue & Guide" → "Collected Knowledge" → "The Atlas" → "Portal Glyphs" tab. Note that to capture the glyphs in a screenshot, it must be taken using your PC or console's screen-capture function. If you take a photo using the in-game camera trigger, that photo doesn't include the glyphs.

An Atlas Rises portal has 16 inscribed symbols on the outer ring. When dialing, this outer ring rotates until the dialed symbol is aligned with the top position, at which point the ring pauses and the same glyph displays on the game HUD.

Possible addresses[]

With 16 symbols to choose from and a 12-symbol address, the Portal network since Atlas Rises has 16¹² = 281,474,976,710,656 possible addresses (281.4 trillion)

However, not all points in space represented by these addresses have Portals; indeed, there are sufficiently few valid coordinate sets that randomly dialing the portal results in a roughly 1 in 10 chance of working.

All Portals since Atlas Rises use a Portal Terminal to enter addresses.

Finding glyphs[]

You can mainly find them by asking travellers where they came from. This will lead you to a Traveller Grave in the system that then can be searched to get a new glyph. It is possible to find a grave without asking, but they are rare and easily missed.

Using Analysis Visor shows them as Unknown Grave indicated with icon.

Players will also learn all 16 glyphs during the Artemis Path mission, The Purge, without discovering Unknown Graves. After beginning the mission, a player will receive one glyph for every time they warp to a new system, accompanied by a strange message.

Table of correspondence for Glyphs:[]

Blue	Glyph	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Legacy name ^[1]	Void Egg name^[2]
00	1 / 16	1	0	sunset	Star Over Water
11	2 / 16	2	1	bird	Hunter
22	3 / 16	3	2	face	Reflection
33	4 / 16	4	3	diplo	Ancient Giant
44	5 / 16	5	4	eclipse	Obscured Companion
55	6 / 16	6	5	balloon	Ascending Orb
66	7 / 16	7	6	boat	Sailor
77	8 / 16	8	7	bug	Lowly Insect
88	9 / 16	9	8	dragonfly
99	10 / 16	10	9	galaxy	Spiral of Reality
AA	11 / 16	11	A	voxel	Anomaly
BB	12 / 16	12	B	fish	Ocean King
CC	13 / 16	13	C	tent
DD	14 / 16	14	D	rocket	Vessel To Beyond
EE	15 / 16	15	E	tree
FF	16 / 16	16	F	atlas

Wiki use[]

To display a 12-symbol portal address on the wiki, this sample format can be used. Simply use the glyph IDs in the proper order.

Use this phrase:

{{Gl|109A039BAE4B}}

To produce this visual (Pilgrim Star):

109A039BAE4B109A039BAE4B

To determine the hex value for a specific set of glyphs, use the translator at nmsportals.

Glyph X[]

Glyph X

Among the resources of the game an image was found with "Glyph X"^[3]. This texture is not used anywhere in the game, and the purpose of this asset is unknown.