No Man's Sky Brings 'Most Surprising Update Yet' To Xbox Game Pass

Yes, we've got yet another No Man's Sky update landing on Xbox Game Pass today! This update is called No Man's Sky: Relics, and it's described by the team as "possibly our most surprising update yet". Colour us intrigued!

No Man's Sky: Relics brings archaeology to the game, allowing you to unearth a massive variety of prehistoric bones - some of which are very rare to find and will net you a pretty penny at the Space Station.

Here's a bit more about the No Man's Sky: Relics update, as described over at Xbox Wire:

Since launch, because of the way that No Man’s Sky’s planetary terrain works, players have enjoyed being able to dig down through the earth to find buried technologies or other valuable items hidden beneath their feet. From today, players will start to find a whole new category of palaeontological finds – the skeletal remains of alien creatures which used to inhabit these worlds. So, terrain manipulators at the ready!

Just as the living creatures which continue to populate the star systems, there is a huge variety of prehistoric bones, in all shapes and sizes, to excavate and collect. It’s up to you how you reassemble them and there’s a lot of fun to be had building ever-more outrageous skeletons to put on display in your bases-turned-museums or share with your fellow Travellers.

It's also mentioned that some of the greatest treasures won't be easy to come by, as they're guarded by "dangerous artefact creatures" that can be "easily awoken from their eon-long slumber".

If you're interested, the new No Man's Sky update is available now on Xbox Game Pass and beyond, and the developer says it can't to reveal what else is planned for this nine-year-old game in 2025. It's the gift that keeps on giving!

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