No Man's Sky's last few updates have been explosive, adding tons of new features like flying pets, new multiplayer game modes, and more. However, the game's latest update, Frontiers, could potentially have a larger impact than any other. Frontiers, which players can download now, adds a settlement system to No Man's Sky, letting players build their own town that they can manage on an alien planet.
As of today's update, players can find settlements across the universe. Players won't be able to plop their own settlement down wherever they'd like, but will instead have to earn the title of Overseer at an existing one. Once they're in change, players can start taking on the duties of a space colony mayor, which don't sound too out-of-this-world.
Along with naming the settlement and deciding what's built in it, the role of a town Overseer also includes sorting out all kinds of disputes. Players will have to both resolve arguments between villagers and defend the town from attacking Sentinels.
The job of an Overseer isn't thankless either. Players who manage to keep their settlements happy and productive will earn some resources every day. Those rewards depend on a settlement's production values though, with high-class settlements providing players with more valuable goods.
Frontiers is also giving No Man's Sky players the tools they need to build a unique settlement or base easily. Base building has received multiple updates, including a new base building menu, placement modes, and over 250 new parts.
A full list of patch notes for the Frontiers update can be found below. Although it seems like a closer for the game as well, Frontiers won't be the last update for No Man's Sky, with the founder of developer Hello Games, Sean Murray, saying on Twitter, "We're excited for what it allows us to do in the future." Thankfully, the release of today's update also means people can stop modding Murray's face into the game.