No Man’s Sky – Unlock Missed Rewards Guide

How to Unlock Missed Rewards (Basic Guide)

The earlier instructions might not have been clear enough. They’re mostly for people who have already read the guide. I understand your confusion. Let me give you a complete guide that goes through each step.

Requirements

• I only have tested this guide on Windows 10. This probably will work on Linux with proton, but your paths might differ. This guide will also outright NOT work on the console versions; don’t bother asking, we can’t even mod these systems to begin with; it’s beyond the scope of this guide and the Steam TOS (I’m pretty sure) to do it on consoles. PC release only kids!
• Some sort of text editor. I highly recommend installing a better text editor. Notepad++ is a decent free one.
• If you plan on doing further programming, editing, game modding or any other sort of thing that may see you editing tons of text files, consider Visual Studio Code instead.

The Method

Open your Steam Library. Find No Man’s Sky. Right click it and select Manage, then Browse Local Files. Go to the Binaries folder. Find the file called GCUSERSETTINGSDATA.mxml. Right click it and choose “Open With”. Pick your text editor.

You’ll see an XML file. This is how the game stores settings. Look for these lines in the file:

<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards"/>

And…

<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards"/>

If you’ve unlocked rewards before, the “/” at the end might be missing. Don’t worry about this. It just means you’ll do things a bit differently. Choose what you want to unlock. Twitch rewards are mostly ships or things you can get with Quicksilver. Expedition rewards are unique items. If you’ve never unlocked anything before, remove the “/” at the end of the line. Then, add a new line below it with this:

</Property>

When you start No Man’s Sky, it tries to update your expedition and Twitch rewards from its servers. There are two ways to stop this from happening:

• Save the game file, then start the game using Steam’s offline mode. Make sure you’ve played the game recently before doing this, or launch it once before making changes.
• Save the file, then right-click on it and go to Properties. Check the box that says “read-only”. This stops the game from changing the file when it tries to update. Remember to uncheck this box later, because this file also has other game settings in it.

After doing one of these, you can claim your rewards in the game. Keep in mind that when you play online again or make the file writable, you might lose the ability to get certain items. You’ll have to do this process again to get them back. The best way to keep items for good is to earn them by playing the game normally.

The Expeditions in No Man’s Sky are really fun, so it’s worth trying them out. This trick is mainly for getting special rewards you really want but can’t get any other way, like the golden starting ship.

You could also use a Save Editor to get these items, but the method described here is more natural and has less chance of causing problems with your game.

Expedition Rewards

Expedition rewards are applied at the following property tag:

<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards">

Expedition 1: Pioneers

<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_FIREPACK01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="BLD_EXPD_BASE01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_DECAL01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_HELMET01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BACKPACK01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_SHIP01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BANNER01" />

Expedition 2: Beachhead

<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_DECAL02" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BANNER02" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_SPEC02" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE02A" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE02B" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="MYSTERY_TRACKER" />

Note: For those looking for the Andromeda crossover content, that is here, in the Beachhead expedition rewards.

Twitch Rewards

Twitch rewards are applied at the following property tag:

<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards">

All of these are bundled together. They have their own menu at the companion:

<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_001" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_002" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_003" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_004" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_005" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_006" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_007" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_008" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_009" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_010" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_011" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_012" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_013" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_014" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_015" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_016" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_017" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_018" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_019" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_020" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_021" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_022" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_023" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_024" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_025" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_026" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_027" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_028" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_029" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_030" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_031" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_032" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_033" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_034" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_035" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_036" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_037" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_038" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_039" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_040" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_041" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_042" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_043" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_044" />
<Property name="UnlockedTwitchRewards" value="TWITCH_045" />

Am I Going to Be Banned?

No one has been banned for doing this.

No Man’s Sky is mostly a single-player game. You can play without meeting other people. Your actions only affect your own game.

Some players have been editing their save files for years. This method is similar to using a save editor, but it works for all your saves at once. There’s a small downside, which I mentioned before.

Your progress in the game is personal. You explore and unlock things for yourself. Whether you do this normally or with edits, the result is the same for you.

TLDR

If the game isn’t working, try launching it offline. Don’t complain before trying this.

Steps:

1. Find the No Man’s Sky folder. Go to Binaries, then SETTINGS.
2. Open the file GCUSERSETTINGSDATA.MXML with a program that can edit XML (Notepad++).
3. Change the XML data using the information given.
4. Make the file read-only or start the game offline.
5. Get your rewards.

Thank you for your time and I hope this little tutorial was helpful to you.