No Man's Sky How To Save - Save Points And Saving Explained

How to save the game in No Man's Sky

There are now three ways to save your progress in No Man's Sky:

Exit your starship - Every time you exit your starship, be that in a space station or on a planetary surface, the game will save. Even if you've literally just hopped out of your ship and back in again, you'll get another save added right away when you exit once more.

Activate a Beacon at any planetary structure - Just about every planetary structure - aside from ancient ruins, monoliths, and other ancient alien oddities - will have a Beacon just to the side of it. Head over to that and activate it to save your game on the spot, even if your ship's nowhere nearby.

Use a portable Save Point - Construct one of these and then pick it up after using, and you can then just place it from your inventory and use it again whenever you need to save - handy if you're on a planet but away from your ship!

Cycle back to our main hub for what's new in what's new in No Man's Sky Beyond and more basic info on the big update, otherwise take a look at our deep dive on No Man's Sky multiplayer explained for more on teaming up, our guide to base building, an introduction into electrical wiring and powering your base, to how to expand your Exosuit, Ship and Multi-tool inventory space, and Freighters and Frigates explained. Plus other handy stuff like how to repair your ship and get the Hermetic Seal, Pure Ferrite, Metal Plating and Di-Hydrogen Jelly, locations of theAtlas Pass v1, v2 and v3, a guide to No Man's Sky money and how to earn Units fast, plushow to get Antimatter and the Antimatter recipe, and even how to save the game in No Man's Sky, too. Finally, we have pages on how to reach the centre of the galaxy, how to get Chromatic Metal, and a Journey Milestones list, too.