Increase Space Encounter Chance
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 11 Creatures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
As of version 4. 07, This is now a collaborative mod between Gumsk and myself. He took the original mod idea and enhanced it greatly, adding in the capability to modify the chances of each individual pulse spawn event. By default, the mod will leave these as vanilla, but you can modify in the included LUA and run through AMUMSS to make a custom version of the mod.
While travelling through solar systems, when you engage the Pulse drive there is a very small chance that you will have a Space Encounter (Space Encounter - No Man's Sky Wiki (gamepedia.com)). In a few years of playing, I've only seen a couple. With this MOD, the chances of doing so have been increased. An LUA file is available, so that those using AMUMSS (AMUMSS (auto modbuilder-updater with MOD script definition system) at No Man's Sky Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)) can increase or decrease the chances further as they so choose. If you bump up the values enough, you'll get one every time you engage the pulse engine. If you do make changes, please take the time to leave a post saying what you changed the settings to and the frequency effect it had in game, thanks.
Install: Extract to GAMEDATA\MODS
This MOD makes changes to:
GCGAMEPLAYGLOBALS. GLOBAL. MBIN
METADATA\SIMULATION\SCENE\EXPERIENCESPAWNTABLE. MBIN.
If you use other MODs that makes changes to these files, use AMUMSS to combine them.
BOBs (of the) Noctua for the idea
Gumsk for the first clue that led me to finding these settings
Mjjstral & Wberto for AMUMSS and LUA scripting guidance
Makto for LUA scripting guidance
This mod increases the chance of space encounters while using the Pulse drive in No Man's Sky. It includes an LUA file for AMUMSS users to customize encounter rates per event. Collaborative effort by Babscoole and Gumsk, with 295 endorsements and recent updates.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-trusted with 295 endorsements and nearly 10k downloads
- Actively maintained (last updated May 2026) and now a collaborative effort with Gumsk
- Flexible customization via LUA for players who want to fine-tune encounter rates
⚠️ Cons
- Requires AMUMSS to customize, which adds complexity for non-technical users
- Conflicts with other mods that edit the same game files unless merged via AMUMSS
- No explicit compatibility notes for current game version beyond update date
For No Man's Sky explorers who rarely see space encounters and want more action during Pulse drive. Also for modders who enjoy tweaking LUA scripts to fine-tune gameplay. Skip if you prefer vanilla encounter rates or don't want to deal with file conflicts.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Extract the mod files directly into your No Man's Sky GAMEDATA/MODS folder—no mod manager needed.
- If you use other mods that change the same files, use AMUMSS to merge them to avoid conflicts.
- To customize encounter rates, edit the included LUA file and run it through AMUMSS before installing.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- No Mans Sky Mods
- Author
- Babscoole and Gumsk
- Version
- 6.42
- Downloads
- 9,851
- Endorsements
- 295
- Category
- Creatures
- Created
- 3/7/2021
- Updated
- 5/29/2026
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