No Man's Sky 5.20 patch notes released

No Man's Sky 5.20 patch notes were revealed earlier today (October 23, 2024) as Hello Games announced a spookier side of the in-game universe along with Expedition 16 - The Cursed. Apart from the new content, the developers introduced a variety of optimizations and error fixes with the latest update.

Read on to find the entire No Man's Sky 5.20 patch notes.

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No Man's Sky update 5.20 patch notes

The official patch notes for today's No Man's Sky update 5.20 are as follows:

New No Man's Sky patch is here (Image via Hello Games)

• Expedition Sixteen, The Cursed, will begin shortly and run for approximately two weeks.
• During the expedition, the boundary walls between universes have begun to crumble. All conventional hazards have been replaced by Local Boundary Strength, which must be maintained to avoid the intrusion of the boundary horrors…
• Rewards include new posters, decals, and titles; a new jetpack trail; a bioluminescent companion; a cursed helmet customization; and the exclusive Boundary Herald starship.
• Introduced a number of particle rendering optimizations.
• Fixed a number of graphical corruption issues on Xbox.
• Fixed an issue with depth of field rendering on Switch.
• Fixed a number of minor graphical issues on PS5.
• Introduced a shadow rendering optimization on PS5.
• Fixed a rare issue that prevented some large saves from loading correctly.
• Fixed a rare hang related to weather effects in multiplayer.
• Fixed a crash related to loading frigates.
• Fixed a number of performance issues on Switch related to use of the Analysis Visor.
• The message style for Communication Station messages has been improved.
• Fixed an issue that caused Sac Venom not to correctly display growing information in the Analysis Visor.
• Fixed an issue that caused butterfly wing audio to be too loud.
• Fixed an issue that caused the HoverDroid companion to fail to move.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to harvest hypnotic eyes from the abyssal horrors.
• Increased the amount of bait given when crafting specialist bait items.
• Fixed an issue that caused the backpack to be rendered with an incorrect offset in the inventory if the player has a cape equipped.
• Fixed an issue which could cause the player’s feet to appear reversed.
• Fixed an issue that caused specific face shapes to revert to the default when exiting the Appearance Modifier.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some generated pinning missions to skip some crafting steps.
• Fixed a number of glitches with the navigation of hostile AI starships.
• Fixed an issue that caused the fireplace flames to be purple.
• Fixed a text issue that affected the Angler’s Diary entries after the Aquarius Expedition ended.
• Fixed a minor text issue in the Previous Expeditions page.
• Fixed a minor UI issue that caused damaged equipment warnings to flash at inappropriate times.
• Fixed a number of minor animation glitches.
• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect text to appear on various fleet management pages when viewing the Normandy frigate.
• Fixed an issue that could allow system authorities to perform cargo scans while paused/in the UI.
• Fixed a VFX issue when destroying some small plants.

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