No Man’s Sky Breach update adds Halloween-themed expansion and more ship customization

No Man’s Sky Breach update was launched as a major update to the game on Oct. 22, adding a Halloween-themed expansion alongside new gameplay adjustments. The update introduced a new gameplay loop, where corvette ships can be encountered and salvaged in deep space. A substantial number of corvette modules were added, including vertical parts for new build configurations, landing gear, shields, weapons, and more. 

Breach Expeditions begins alongside the update, a three-week expedition where players go towards the ominous purple-star solar systems, characterized by volatile gas giants and abyssal oceans. No Man’s Sky Breach features a storyline uncovering the tragic fate of the lost corvette: Fireship Arcadia. 

Here are the full patch notes in bullet point form, taken directly from the official blog post: 

Breach Expedition

• The spooky Breach Expedition embraces the darker side of the universe and will also lure the bravest Travellers towards the ominous and exotic purple-star solar systems which players first glimpsed in Worlds Part II back in January.
• The planets in these systems are particularly foreboding with their deep, abyssal oceans, unearthly entities and the notoriously imposing and volatile gas giants.
• The Breach Expedition begins today, and will run for approximately three weeks.

Space Wreckage

• In the far reaches of deep space, wrecked corvettes can now be encountered and salvaged.
• Step out into zero-gravity to explore these hollow hulks, and equip your Multi-Tool laser to dismantle their valuable modules – then repurpose this scrap to build your dream ship at a Corvette Workshop.

New Corvette Modules

• A significant number of new corvette modules are now salvageable from deep-space corvette wrecks and planetary scrapheaps.
• These include new landing gear, shields, weapons, connectors, and a number of highly-requested wedge-shaped modules that enable a huge variety of creative and complicated corvette builds.

Quality of Life

• In addition to the bundle of fixes, improvements, and new features in today’s update, the No Man’s Sky team have been hard at work on improving Voyagers since its launch in August.
• Notably, snapping is greatly improved, collision is more robust, and the Corvette Workshop now offers the option to apply a colour palette to an entire corvette.
• There has never been a better time to build a corvette!

Breach Expedition Rewards

• Event Horizon, Eternal Serpents, and Siren of the Stars Posters
  • These decorative posters commemorating the Breach expedition depict a deep-space gravitational anomaly, the tileable eternal serpent of time, and a betentacled siren, poised to begin its mucal embrace…
• Aeron Cowling & Diffuser
  • The geometry of these corvette modules is ancient and unmistakable, shaped by the crimson heartbeat of the universe itself.
  • The extruded Aeron Cowling and Aeron Diffuser hull plates add a bold, angular appearance to your corvette’s silhouette.
• Wings of Aeron
  • This Atlas-themed wing module stabilises the corvette during atmospheric flight.
• Aeron Pyramid, Aeron Pillar & Aeron Winglet
  • These decorative Atlas-themed modules can be affixed to the corvette exterior, furthering the ship’s devotion to the crimson entity.
• Aeron Powershield
  • The Aeron Powershield is linked to the corvette’s shielding system, providing a significant performance boost to the ship’s defence array.
• Aeron Starship Trail
  • This engine modification injects the Starship exhaust trail with an arterial streak of crimson.
• Aeron Drive & Aeron Blade
  • Design a hefty, heavyweight Atlas corvette with the bulky Aeron Drive, or favour a more lightweight, sleek aesthetic with the streamlined Aeron Blade wing.

No Man’s Sky initially released nine years ago, on Aug. 12, 2016, for PlayStation, PC, and Xbox. The Nintendo Switch port was released later in 2022. As of writing, the game is discounted on Steam until Nov. 3, priced at $23.99 from its original $59.99. No Man’s Sky: Voyagers is a free update.

The corvette customization feature debuted on Aug 27 as a part of the Voyagers update. The spaceships’ hull, wing, peripheral, bunk bed, and internal corridors can all be catered to the players’ liking.