Keep Talking Chef
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #60 of 132 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
If you dislike how long and tedious it is to turn in food to Cronus, this mod will help out a bit.
Its even better in combination with Instant Text Display - ITD.
Manual Installation :
Extract to GAMEDATA\MODS
Mod Edits :
METADATA/REALITY/TABLES/NMS_DIALOG_GCALIENPUZZLETABLE. MBIN
For install and usage of AMUMSS to self update the mod or combine with other mods using the included Lua script please see AMUMSS How To
Other Mods :
Reikokuu Mods
Keep Talking Chef is a small gameplay mod for No Man's Sky that prevents the NPC Cronus dialogue from closing when trading food for nanites. It has 148 endorsements and was last updated in May 2026. For players who frequently cook and sell to Cronus, this removes a minor annoyance.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solves a real annoyance for chefs (148 endorsements from fellow cooks).
- Tiny mod, no bloat—just does one thing and does it well.
- Actively maintained (updated May 2026).
⚠️ Cons
- Very niche—only useful if you regularly sell food to Cronus.
- May need updating after future game patches (last update May 2026).
For No Man's Sky players who enjoy the cooking system and frequently trade with Cronus. If you're tired of the dialogue closing after every trade, this mod is a must-have. Skip if you rarely cook or don't care about QoL tweaks.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to place the mod file in the correct MODS folder for No Man's Sky (usually GAMEDATA\PCBANKS\MODS).
- If you're using other mods, check for conflicts—this one is simple but always good to verify.
- Back up your save before installing any mod, just in case.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- No Mans Sky Mods
- Author
- Reikokuu and Babscoole
- Version
- 6.42
- Downloads
- 9,493
- Endorsements
- 148
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 5/17/2022
- Updated
- 5/29/2026
🧩 Commonly Used Together
Users add these mods to the same collections — a real compatibility signal, not an AI guess.
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Create /MODS/ folder in /GAMEDATA/PCBANKS/. Delete DISABLEMODS.TXT.
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