No Man's Sky announces Pirate-themed expansion Outlaws: Release date, new content, and more
The redemption arc of Hello Games and No Man's Sky is the stuff of legends now. Their recent win at BAFTA Games in the category of Best Evolving Game was well-deserved and, to the fans of the game, a long time overdue. Sean Murray and the developers behind the game have not wasted any time as the next major update to the game is already here.
Launching today, Update 3.85 has been ominously titled Outlaws, which will allow players to become interstellar rebels in-game. The new content will include outlaw systems, the ability to recruit squadrons of pilots, Solar Sail Starship, and much more.
Outlaws, like the twentieth major release since the game's launch, follow the success of Sentinel expansion. Similar to previous updates, Outlaws is bringing a bunch of new content to the game, new missions, tweaks, and quality of life updates, and it is free.
Players can now become swashbuckling outlaws in No Man's Sky and engage in acts of piracy. Star systems across the galaxy have fallen to outlaw control and there are no authorities left to police space there. These outlaw systems have "their own technology merchants, their own marketplace for contraband items, their own unique mission agents, and much more."
Players can get a hold of such contraband items from black market traders and make a hefty profit by smuggling them into regulated systems. They must be careful in regulated systems because space station authorities will periodically scan ships for illegal goods, and "sentinel interceptors may be deployed to deal with non-compliant pilots." Players will have the option to install the Cargo Probe Deflector to rebuff such scans.
Players will also earn Forged Passports while working for pirate factions, which they can use to
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