Summary
Planets inNo Man’s Skyare auto-named, and one lucky player has discovered a planet named Reddit while exploring a new system. Planets can have their names changed after being found. The first scan, however, does show what name the planet was randomly labeled byNo Man’s Sky.
Planets areprocedurally generated inNo Man’s Skyand can be explored by those who find them when jumping to different systems or warping to the location using a set of coordinates. Exploring these landmasses is one of the main focuses of the title. There are hundreds of planets to find in a variety of systems, all with different names and designations.
Redditor Negativ_Monarch posted a screenshot with a scan of Reddit, a newly discovered planet found whileexploring inNo Man’s Sky. The thread states they didn’t change the name but found it already named after the popular website. It’s completely unmapped, with no progress or discoveries made. This means another player hadn’t found and renamed the planet Reddit and then uploaded it, but rather, it was auto-assigned by the game.
Auto Named Planet Reddit Discovered by Player in No Man’s Sky
Planet Reddit is one ofNo Man’s Sky’s airless planetswith the resources Rusted Metal, Copper, and Salt. Thread commenters noted Salt makes it similar to the Reddit website, along with the presence of Aggressive Sentinels. Others noted the airless environment is similar to different subreddits, with only bots posting on threads and keeping the subreddit going. One player said the planet would’ve been more aptly designed if it had a Toxic environment to better reflect some of the site’s harsher posters. All comments were made in jest, with a lighthearted air to the thread.
New planets were recently added toNo Man’s Skyin the Worlds Part 1 update. Finding a pop culture nod among these new planets is a fun feat, even if it is random. Whether other planets could end up named after websites is unknown. Hello Games confirming what data is fed intoNo Man’s Skythat it uses to pull names from would shed light on the possibility.
The upcomingNo Man’s SkyWorlds Part 2 update is expected to further change how players can interact with planets. No details have been revealed, but it’s being theorized that a new type of star system could be added to the game. Depending on what new features are included, more pop culture nods could appear in-game.
No Man’s Sky
WHERE TO PLAY
Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man’s Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe’s mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
