Better Asteroid Explosions 3.6
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #18 of 48 Environment mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod completely changes the way asteroids explode :
- Greatly reduced blue smoke effect at impact with every asteroids
- standard asteroids : changed repartition, size, lifetime, speed and angular speed of flying asteroids debris
- Free bonus : as debris fly longer, you can see them physically collide with other asteroids
- special asteroids : reworked size, speed and angular speed of flying asteroid debris
- large asteroids : removed large red explosion
- Removed camera shake when hitting small asteroids with ship gun
I made a short video for Atlas Rises to demonstrate this mod which still illustrates this mod quite fine.
First half is vanilla, second half with mod activated (I removed special asteroids small debris back then) :
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- Increase asteroid draw distance with Asteroid Fields
- Make asteroids seriously damaging your ship with Asteroids hits
- Get Tritium only asteroids with Tritium Asteroids
This mod has been updated for Worlds Part 2 new modding scheme. v3. 6 has been rewritten to avoid conflicts.
Compatibility :
- CHECK IF THIS MOD IS COMPATIBLE WITH LATEST GAME VERSION
- CHECK IF THIS MOD NEEDS TO BE MERGED WITH ANOTHER OF MY MODS
Better Asteroid Explosions 3.6 by Lo2k reworks explosion effects for asteroids in Starfield, offering a visual overhaul with 798 endorsements and 26,355 downloads. It's a straightforward cosmetic mod for players seeking more dramatic space destruction without gameplay changes.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 798 endorsements and over 26k downloads—clearly a popular pick.
- Simple, focused mod: does one thing (explosions) and does it well.
- Recent update (March 2025) means it's likely compatible with current game patches.
⚠️ Cons
- No detailed description—you're flying blind on what exactly changes until you test it in-game.
- Purely cosmetic; if you wanted gameplay tweaks to asteroid mining or combat, this isn't it.
- No install instructions provided, so you'll need to figure out the mod manager or manual setup yourself.
For Starfield players who love space combat and want more satisfying asteroid destruction. If you're a screenshot enthusiast or just tired of vanilla explosions looking flat, this is a quick win. Skip if you're after gameplay changes—this is all about visuals.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install—it's a simple drop-in, but managers keep your load order clean.
- Since it's a visual mod, test it in a system with asteroids (like the Kryx's Legacy area) to see the effect immediately.
- Check the mod's file structure after install—if it uses a .esp or .esm, make sure it's enabled in your load order.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- No Mans Sky Mods
- Author
- Lo2k
- Version
- 3.6
- Downloads
- 26,355
- Endorsements
- 798
- Category
- Environment
- Created
- 8/22/2019
- Updated
- 3/4/2025
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