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No Man's Sky: All the curiosities and how to get them

 We show you the complete catalog of curiosities available in No Man's Sky and how to get each of these valuable and strange objects.


Curiosities are a type of product present in the enormous catalog of No Man's Sky. This group of objects are usually the strangest, most peculiar, and most valuable in the entire game, and they are obtained in multiple ways. Some can be purchased at terminals or from NPCs, and others can be made using blueprints and/or found in nature either in containers, ruins, monoliths, etc...


Below on this page of our guide we list all the curiosities that can be obtained in No Man's Sky and we show you how to obtain each of them. See the following list for more details:


dream antenna

dream antenna

The Dream Antenna is a signal receiver and amplifier, tuned to the wavelength of the unconscious mind. This is a resource that can be manufactured.

  • How to obtain it?: You can obtain its manufacturing blueprint as a reward in frigate expeditions. Can be created with Living Glass x3 + Solar Mirror x1.

Station Override

Station Override

The Station Override is a portable data unit that contains the AI ​​override codes for a space station core.

  • How to get it: Can be obtained as a Milestone 5 reward during Expedition 3 or as loot from the Master of Forbidden Stations bounty hunter missions in pirate systems.

Mind Ark

Mind Ark

The Mind Ark is a strange piece of technology, a gift from beyond the stars. Its brightness suggests that it does not entirely belong to this world.

  • How to achieve it?: It is part of Artemis's main mission thread, it must be built from its blueprint with the following resources; Mood Engine x1 + Wiring Panel x3 + Glass x3.

sentinel flare

sentinel flare

The Sentinel Flare is a specialized device, whose main function is to call the rebuilt sentry drone.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained from the Iteration character: Tethys, in the Space Anomaly.

Radiant brain

Radiant brain

The Radiant Brain are clusters of mobile nanocytes sewn together with a pungent filament, with a circuitry painfully hot to the touch.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained from the Iteration character: Tethys, in the Space Anomaly, by bringing him a Walker Brain extracted from Bipedal Walking Sentinels.

heart of the sun

heart of the sun

The Heart of the Sun is considered the tenth and final Atlas Seed of the Atlas Path missions, which contains a time-trapped quantum cilium suspended in a photonic casing.

  • How to get it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the tenth time in the Atlas path quest thread, Gold x100 + Modified Quanta x1 is required to build this seed.

phasure status

phasure status

The phasure state is considered the seventh of the 10 Atlas seeds of the Atlas path missions, which has been gradually removed from convergence with this quantum reality.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the seventh time in the Atlas path quest thread, Cadmium x100 + Photic Jade x1 is required to build this seed.

Crystal fragment

Crystal fragment

The crystal fragment is a crystalline shard of concentrated element, with an unusually dense structure and potentially high value. Can be opened from inventory to receive Dihydrogen or a Storm Crystal (rarely).

  • How to get it?: Randomly by harvesting Dihydrogen in nature.

Memory Fragment

Memory Fragment

The Memory Shard is the shattered remains of a deceased traveler. They whisper an unknowable name deep within his fibers.

  • How to obtain it: It can be obtained as a reward for completing milestones during Expedition 7 or it can be collected from the grave of a deceased voyage.

Geode

Geode

Geode is a type of valuable mineral deposit, an unusually vibrant piece of rock. It can be opened from inventory to receive Cobalt, Ionized Cobalt, or Tetracobalt.

  • How to obtain it?: Randomly by harvesting Cobalt, Ionized Cobalt or Tetracobalt in nature.

Hexite

Hexite

Hexite (X) is a special resource, an odorless, mineral-rich substance with a hexagonal crystalline structure, which is collected from a creature's fecal matter.

  • How to obtain it: It can be obtained on a crashed freighter during the mission Born of a Star. It is also possible to receive it as a gift from the Merchants or Explorers guild. You can buy it from some vendors in banned pirate system stations. It can also sometimes be obtained as a reward in Nexus missions.

Tritium hypercluster

Tritium hypercluster

The tritium hypercluster is a fragment of pure tritium crystallized. Can be opened from inventory to receive Tritium or Antimatter (rarely).

  • How to get it?: Randomly when mining asteroids in space.

Void Egg

Void Egg

The Void Egg is an anomalous egg that has a hard, leathery shell. It contracts when touched and a slight tapping can be heard inside it.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be created in the Mercury Synthesis Unit of the Space Anomaly, in exchange for 3200 Mercury. Once you have the egg in your inventory, you can receive a transmission on the ship to begin the Starbirth mission.

psycho egg

psycho egg

The Psycho Egg is a twisted sac of genetic fluid, designed to foster the creation of new bioinfused technology for an intelligent spacecraft, i.e. a living ship.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained as a reward in some frigate expeditions that include at least one organic frigate.

Photic Jade

Photic Jade

Photic jade is considered the sixth of the 10 Atlas seeds of the Atlas Path missions, a form of matter-adapted photons fused into a physical solidification by unknown means.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the sixth time in the Atlas Path quest thread, Copper x100 + The Ends of Dusk x1 is required to build this seed.

old key

old key

The Ancient Key is a heavy, aged wrought iron key used to open ancient locks on large artifact boxes found in ruins.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained by opening fragments of artifacts that appear around an ancient ruin.

trident key

trident key

The Trident Key is a strange forked key that glows with ultraviolet light and is used to open sealed sea chests found in submerged ruins.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained in submerged ruins.

The confines of the evening

The confines of the evening

The Ends of Dusk is considered the fifth of the 10 Atlas seeds of the Atlas Path missions, a Tau neutrino boson array.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the fifth time in the Atlas path quest thread, Chromatic Metal x25 + Dark Matter x1 is required to build this seed.

twisted manuscript

twisted manuscript

The Twisted Manuscript is a translucent sheet of worm vellum, inscribed with fanatical text.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained as a reward during Expedition 4.

Dark matter

Dark matter

Dark matter is considered the fourth of the 10 Atlas seeds of the Atlas Path missions encompassing a void element harvested from the collapse of the last universe.

  • How to get it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the fourth time in the Atlas Path quest thread, Magnetized Ferrite x5 + Noospheric Orb x1 is required to build this seed.

emotional engine

emotional engine

The soul engine is a powerful organic computing unit. This miraculous circuit works on a glitch basis and creates cycle after cycle in an endless loop.

  • How to get it?: It is part of Artemis' main quest thread, -Nulo- gives you its blueprint to build it with Metal Panel x3 + Living Pearl x1 + Cadmium x120.

Captured Nanode

Captured Nanode

The captured nanode is considered the first of the 10 Atlas seeds from the Atlas Path missions. It contains quasi-sterol substrate displaced by zones.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the first time in the Atlas Path quest thread, Chromatic Metal x100 is required to build this seed.

noospheric orb

noospheric orb

The noospheric orb is considered the third of the 10 Atlas seeds of the Atlas path missions, which is capable of resonating at humanoid telepathic frequencies.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the third time in the Atlas path quest thread, Ionized Cobalt x100 + Englobed Shadow x1 is required to build this seed.

PassAtlas v1

PassAtlas v1

The AtlasPass v1 is the low-level version of the security pass and permissions granted to specific travelers by many primary galactic species.

  • How to obtain it: You can purchase its creation blueprint from manufacturing facilities or production centers throughout the galaxy, or purchase it from the Space Anomaly Synthesis Laboratory. Once you have it, you can create it with Copper x200 + Microprocessor x1.

PassAtlas v2

PassAtlas v2

The AtlasPass v2 is the mid-level version of the security pass and permits granted to specific travelers by many primary galactic species.

  • How to obtain it: You can purchase its creation blueprint from manufacturing facilities or production centers throughout the galaxy, or purchase it from the Space Anomaly Synthesis Laboratory. Once you have it, you can create it with Cadmium x200 + Microprocessor x1.

PassAtlas v3

PassAtlas v3

AtlasPass v3 is the high-level version of the security pass and permissions granted to specific travelers by many primary galactic species.

  • How to obtain it: You can purchase its creation blueprint from manufacturing facilities or production centers throughout the galaxy, or purchase it from the Space Anomaly Synthesis Laboratory. Once you have it, you can create it with Emerilio x200 + Microprocessor x1.

gold nugget

gold nugget

The Gold Nugget is a piece of highly valuable mineral, ready to be processed into gold. It can be opened from inventory to receive various amounts of Gold.

  • How to get it?: Randomly when mining gold deposits or asteroids in space.

fragmented qualia

fragmented qualia

Fragmented Qualia are a wave-shaped pattern, etched into the surface of a tiny metallic fragment. This piece of data represents a record of electrical impulses passing through a neural network.

  • How to get it?: It can be extracted from animal fauna with the Multi-Tool's Bore Ray, during the living ship mission.

Modified Quanta

Modified Quanta

The modified quanta is considered the ninth of the 10 Atlas seeds of the Atlas path missions that displays a mathematically pleasing aesthetic construction, rescued from a simulated alternative reality.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the ninth time in the Atlas path quest thread, Indian x100 + Novae Claim x1 is required to build this seed.

New claim

New claim

The novae claim is considered the eighth of the 10 Atlas Seeds of the Atlas Path quests. It contains neutronium elements from a catastrophic supernova that wiped out an intelligent civilization in a previous era.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the eighth time in the Atlas path quest thread, Emerilius x100 + Phasure State x1 is required to build this seed.

Spawning bag

Spawning bag

The Spawn Sack is an additional storage module for living spaceships.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained as a reward in some frigate expeditions that include at least one organic frigate.

star seed

star seed

The starseed is a strange orb of energy that vibrates constantly and emits a low-frequency drone. The seed rages with life, desperate to escape and fulfill its potential. With it it is possible to see all the black holes on the galactic map.

  • How to obtain it?: It is obtained as a reward for completing the Atlas path and having created the 10 Atlas seeds. This starseed must be created with the following resources; Platinum x16 + Tritium x16 + Gold x16.

liquid sun

liquid sun

The liquid Sun is a conventional planetary metal, superheated and then maintained in stabilized plasma form.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be extracted from certain metal deposits with the Solar Beam of the Multitool, during the living ship mission.

encompassed shadow

encompassed shadow

The Enclosed Shadow is considered the second of the 10 Atlas Seeds of the Atlas Path quests. It contains the remains of a parasitic space life form.

  • How to obtain it?: The blueprint for its manufacture is obtained by interacting with an Atlas interface for the second time in the Atlas path quest thread, Pure Ferrite x100 + Captured Nanode x1 is required to build this seed.

meaty casings

meaty casings

Fleshy Guts are the coiled remains of a hungry tendril's digestive tract. Although its fleshy walls are still convulsing, there is surely no way for a new tendril to grow again from these meager remains...

  • How to obtain it?: They can be obtained very rarely by killing giant titan worms. It can be considered an event resource, since it is almost impossible to get it unless an event occurs where worms are more common to see (such as the Halloween event or during Expedition 4).

Vile progeny

Vile progeny

The Vile Progeny is the fragile embryo of a hungry tendril, still dripping mucal butter.

  • How to obtain it?: It can be obtained as a reward during Expedition 4.

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