No Man's Sky Beginners Guide 2026 | Full Walkthrough Episode 1 | New Save, First Ship, Base Building & Space Station
Brand new No Man's Sky 2026 beginner walkthrough with Survival Bob. Perfect for new players, returning Travelers, and anyone starting a fresh Normal Mode save. This episode covers the opening hours from first contact to your first space station: ferrite dust, scanner repair, sodium and hazard protection, caves, analysis visor, crashed ship repairs, hermetic seal, portable refiner, launch thrusters, pulse engine, crash freighter loot, copper mining, chromatic metal, first base, terrain manipulator, buried technology, teleporter, early nanites, asteroid mining, supercharged slots, guilds, cartographer charts, and the appearance modifier.
We start a brand new Normal save with the story line so you learn the systems the right way. Learn how to survive the starting planet, fix your ship, build a temporary base, power a teleporter, and leave for the stars. Lots of 2026 quality-of-life tips, money and nanite advice, and the classic Survival Bob first-base box.
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⏰TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro & New Beginner Playthrough
0:45 First Steps: Ferrite Dust & Repair Scanner
1:18 Scan for Sodium & Hazard Protection
1:49 Distress Signal & Ship Marker
2:14 Caves Recharge Hazard Protection for Free
2:39 Cobalt, Ion Batteries & Cave Plants
3:29 Jetpack Wall Climb & Early Survival Tips
4:20 Craft Analysis Visor & Why You Should Scan Everything
5:14 Meat, Health Restore & Oxygen Plants at the Ship
5:41 First Ship Log & Atlas Connection
6:56 Repair Launch Thrusters & Pulse Engine
7:39 Ship Loot, Nanites & the Three Currencies
8:40 Metal Plating, Hermetic Seal & Beacon Chart
9:28 Planetary Chart Timer & Storm Warning
10:53 Melee Jetpack Trick & Jetpack Plant Boost
11:38 Archive: Get the Hermetic Seal
12:35 Cave Carbon, Condensed Carbon & Mining Beam Heat
14:10 Useful Hotkeys, Camera Views & Photo Mode
14:48 Portable Refiner, Dihydrogen Jelly & Pure Ferrite
16:20 Finish Ship Repairs and Take Off
17:35 Crash Freighter, Free Landing Rings & Cargo Pods
19:37 Terrain Manipulator Preview & Launch Fuel Tips
20:10 Euclid Galaxy, Orbital Flight & Pulse Drive
20:40 Incoming Transmission & Planetary Coordinates
21:22 Scan Planets from Space & System Overview
22:27 Pulse to the Signal Source
23:58 Drop Pod, Save Beacon & Extra Suit Slot
24:31 First Sentinel & How to Read Planet Info
25:19 Mission Log Switching Tip
27:20 Signal Site: Base Computer & Terrain Manipulator Plans
28:49 Install Terrain Manipulator
29:26 Find & Mine Copper Deposits
31:07 Refine Copper into Chromatic Metal
33:08 Place Base Computer & Extract Timber Plans
34:03 Build Your First Simple Base
35:30 Teleporter Plans & Salvage Data
35:53 Buried Technology / Buried Tech Modules
37:27 Minor Settlement, Landing Pad & Early Loot
38:30 Name Your Base & Construction Research Station
39:03 Unlock Teleporter, Biofuel Reactor & Wiring
40:12 Build and Power the Base Teleporter
41:17 Inventory Sort, Ion Batteries & Essential Resources
42:19 Refine Viscous Fluids / Living Slime into Nanites
43:38 Scan Fauna for Extra Nanites
45:53 Asteroid Mining: Silver, Gold & Tritium
47:24 First Space Station Arrival
47:41 Talk to NPCs to Progress Awakenings
48:48 Free Exosuit Upgrade & Supercharged Slots
49:27 Suit, Multi-Tool & Ship Upgrade Vendors
50:42 Guild Reputation, Missions & Cartographer Charts
52:51 Selling Junk, Wiring Looms & Microprocessors
54:06 Teleport Home & Decrypt Next Signal
54:33 Episode Wrap & What's Next
55:11 Appearance Modifier (Change Your Pants)
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