No Man's Sky Glitch Teases Significant New Feature in Worlds Part 2 Update

No Man's Sky's Worlds Part 1 update has completely refreshed the game's universe, hinting at exciting new features in Part 2, including the introduction of new creatures, plants, and environments, along with updated water and atmospheric graphics, and a UI glitch that reveals a new "purple" stellar metal, suggesting the addition of new star systems and worlds in the near future.

No Man's Sky's Worlds Part 1 Update Paves the Way for Expansive Changes

The new Worlds Part 1 update for No Man's Sky has totally overhauled the game's nearly infinite universe, and a UI bug has given fans a major hint at one of the new features that's likely to arrive with the second part of the game's latest update. This is the first time a content drop for No Man's Sky has been split into multiple parts, and while it's mostly a mystery what the other half of the Worlds update will bring to the table, the popularity of the features introduced so far has set hopes high throughout the community.

Though the game's 5.0 update is so fresh out of the oven it isn't even available on Xbox or Nintendo Switch yet, there's no doubt that Worlds is one of the biggest updates the game has ever received. No Man's Sky Worlds focuses on refreshing the entire universe, completely overhauling planetary environments by introducing new types of creatures, plants, and environments for players to discover. The game's countless worlds are complete with updated water and atmospheric graphics, as well as new technologies that bring enhanced weather to planets along with waves and tides to oceans.

A deep dive video featuring No Man's Sky developer and Hello Games founder Sean Murray gives players a complete insight into everything the update brings and confirms that even more is coming soon. Little is known about the second part of the Worlds update other than that it's due to launch later this summer, but a UI glitch documented and shared online by a fan known as gaviaotrovao serves as a huge hint at what fans can expect to see soon. When going to charge up a portal, the player noticed that a new, fifth stellar metal was available to select in the menu - a purple stellar metal labeled only as "UI_Purple." Each of No Man's Sky four star system types features its own distinct stellar metals - and so the addition of a new stellar metal would certainly suggest that a new star system category is coming soon.

The Potential Impact of Unused Stellar Metal on No Man's Sky's Future

The inclusion of this mysterious "purple stellar metal" in the UI of No Man's Sky suggests far-reaching implications for the game's future. The addition of new stars to the game's vast universe could potentially mean the introduction of entirely new types of worlds for players to explore. This could allow the development team to expand the game's offerings without significantly disrupting the existing planets and player-built bases that fans have already discovered and established. The precedent set by previous updates, such as Origins, which added new planets to existing star systems, lends credibility to the theory that No Man's Sky may be poised to introduce brand-new star systems as well.

While the specifics of what these "purple" star systems might entail remain unclear, the mere presence of this new stellar metal in the game's code has sparked considerable excitement and speculation within the No Man's Sky community. Even if the second part of the Worlds update does not immediately introduce these new star systems, the potential for future content developments has fans eagerly anticipating what the game's developers have in store for the game's ever-evolving universe.