No Man’s Sky continues to impress with its regular updates, and the most recent one was surely one of the most eventful. That’s because it allows players to build massive ships of their own design, with fully explorable interiors, resulting in some epic ships their creators are sharing across the internet.
If you frequent NMS spaces online, you’ve likely seen some of these. But whether you’re a regular spacefarer or it’s been some time since you’ve taken a look at Hello Games’ vast and ever-improving galaxy, I invite you to have a gander at some of the most impressive ship builds out there.
Give folks the ability to make stuff in a video game and you’ll quickly see recreations of beloved people, places, or things from TV shows, film, and other games. In No Man’s Sky, that mostly means ships, and there are tons of excellent recreations of famous ships out there in the NMS galaxy. Here are five standouts.
It was hard to not just fill this list up with Star Wars recreations. Though it required a bit of glitching to make happen, this Falcon is one of the most accurate I’ve seen.
Maybe this one technically belongs in the collection of sillier ships you’ll find below, but given how ships can now land on water, there’s a satisfying fusion of form and function in this Duck Tales recreation.
No, this is not a screenshot from Destiny 2, though it sure as hell looks like one.
Having spent countless weeks traveling and living out of a van myself, I’ve often dreamed of having my own Eagle 5 to just cruise space with.
While the exterior design of this recreation of Morpheus’ ship from The Matrix looks sick, it’s the faithfully recreated interior, complete with screens and cables running everywhere, that really sold this build for me.
It’s wild how flexible NMS’ shipbuilding system is. I’ve particularly enjoyed seeing builds that deliver on aesthetics not normally found in Hello Games’ otherwise kinda cartoony presentation.
Maybe I just have a thing for living out of vehicles? I’d call this place home.
This one caught my eye immediately. And it’s a fantastic example of the wacky and weird shit you can kitbash together in NMS.
There are plenty of OG ship creations that look fit for the cover of some space opera novel. And this “Trash Ship” looks like it has a story all to itself.
I love the simplicity and originality of this two-part build. It uses some fancier build techniques to pull off, but it looks so worth it.
A sick-looking spacecraft with outdoor seating for some scenic views? The sandworms won’t catch you here (I hope).
Folks will always recreate cool things and come up with wild designs of their own…but then, well, then there’s everything else. Enjoy the silliness.
He’s probably just as annoying in space as he is in a word processor.
Slayer is far from my favorite metal band (I saw them live with Primus a few years ago and Primus was so much better), but I appreciate the creativity.
Maybe this belongs in the recreation category as it looks like a more capable version of the driveable forklift from Halo Reach.
I can’t tell if this is an SNL or a Spongebob reference. Either way, it’s a sick build.
Whether you opt to rely on straightforward shipcrafting or you mix in a little bit of glitching, NMS’ ship- and corvette-building tools offer some really wild options for the impassioned virtual space mechanic. I’m sure this won’t be the only time I’ll be compelled to round up some highlights.
