Each new update to space sim No Man’s Sky adds more new content, and Update 4.20, Interceptor, was no exception. The 169th official update included a few exciting additions, including Salvaged Sentinel Interceptors you can add to your fleet. But the most intriguing addition for many was the addition of Corrupted Planets; here’s a guide to what we know about Corrupted Planets in No Man’s Sky so far.
How to find Corrupted Planets in No Man’s Sky
As withall planet types in No Man’s Sky, you’re going to have to scan for them in the usual way. On theGalaxy Map, you’re looking for a system that has the wordDissonant in the description. While this is still luck of the draw in many respects, as far as we can tell, if you find a Dissonant system, you’re going to find a Corrupted Planet.
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Once you arrive at a system,scan the planetsin it in the usual way. What you’re looking for is a planet that hasCorrupted Sentinelsin the list of attributes. Now you can head down to the planet as usual.
What are Corrupted Planets?
There are two key things you’ll immediately notice on a Corrupted Planet. The first is pink crystals, calledRadiant Shards. The second is what look like parts of destroyed Sentinels calledLiving Fragments. Both of these items can be mined in the usual way and will give you Radiant Shards andAtlantidiumrespectively. There are a few relatively mundane uses for these resources at the moment, but we fully expect a later update to continue the story of these Corrupted Sentinels and planets soon.
You can findworking Corrupted Sentinelson Corrupted Planets which, when defeated, will also give you Atlantidium. You can use the usual maps to find other curiosities such asCrashed Sentinel ShipsandAbandoned Bases, where new tech can be found.
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