No Man's Sky Expedition 16 The Cursed: All Phase 1 milestones and rewards

No Man's Sky Expedition 16 The Cursed Phase 1 has seven milestones for you to complete and claim rewards for. The tasks for each milestone are mostly easy to accomplish, with rewards including event-specific items like Elixir of Glass, Elixir of Blood, and more.

This article gathers information on all the milestones and rewards that you can expect in Expedition 16 Phase 1 in No Man's Sky.

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All Phase 1 milestones and rewards in No Man's Sky Expedition 16 - The Cursed

Milestone 1 - Out of time: Find a place of rest

Phase 1 Milestone 1 (Image via Hello Games)

The milestone is completed once you go to the abandoned building from where the voice is coming and finish interacting with the terminal. The abandoned building location becomes evident once you step into your starship after starting Expedition 16.

Rewards: Elixir of Glass

Milestone 2 - Elixir of Glass: Create your own Elixir

Phase 1 Milestone 2 (Image via Hello Games)

Elixir of Glass requires Di-hydrogen (blue crystals jutting out of the ground) and Shattered Qualia (dropped by boundary horrors/spectral creatures that appear when your reality boundary falls below 80%).

Rewards: Pre-packaged Advanced Mining Laser Unit, Pre-packaged Teleport Receiver unit

Milestone 3 - Nowhere to Run: Leave the Planet

Phase 1 Milestone 3 (Image via Hello Games)

Fix the issues with your starship and set out towards space.

Rewards: Pre-packaged Cloaking Device Unit, Powerful Scanning System Upgrade, Supreme Movement System Upgrade

Milestone 4 - Ink-stained Skies: Banish 16 Boundary Horrors

Phase 1 Milestone 4 (Image via Hello Games)

As mentioned earlier, these boundary horrors spawn as soon as the reality boundary falls below 80%. Use the boltcaster or the mining beam to dispatch them.

Rewards: Elixir of Blood recipe

Milestone 5 - Written in Blood: Receive a mysterious message

Phase 1 Milestone 5 (Image via Hello Games)

Given the planets in the system have high sentinel activity, you will not have a tough time getting Mordite (killing the fauna) and Pugneum (killing Sentinels). The final requirement for making Elixir of Blood is Gold. Get into your spaceship, go into space, and mine asteroids to get the required amount.

Rewards: Elixir of Quicksilver recipe

Milestone 6 - Dislocation: Prepare the Elixir of Quicksilver

Phase 1 Milestone 6 (Image via Hello Games)

For the Elixir of Quicksilver, you require Silver, Pure Ferrite, and Chromatic Metal. You obtain the first from mining asteroids and the second from refining Ferrite Dust in Portable Refiner. For the third, get to the planet with Cadmium deposit, mine with the help of Terrain Manipulator, and refine it to get Chromatic Metal.

Rewards: Pre-packaged Pulse Spitter Unit, Pre-packaged Combat Scope Unit, 3x Inventory Slot

Milestone 7 - Beyond the Boundary: Breach the Portal Network

Phase 1 Milestone 7 (Image via Hello Games)

The Elixir of Quicksilver will reveal a portal. Go to it, offer the Elixir of Blood, and interact with the portal. Once you have teleported, the milestone will be completed.

Rewards: Portal Glyph Set, Advanced Habitation Module plans, Base Computer plans

Phase 1 rewards (Image via Hello Games)

Upon completing all the milestones and collecting their rewards, you can pick up Expedition 16 Phase 1 rewards. They are Boundary Anomaly Poster plans, Portal Breach Poster plans, and Gylph Poster plans.