As I’ve been finding my way through No Man’s Sky there are a great many things that are not well explained in the game — one of the biggest to me was the ultimate utility of following the Atlas Path in the game. Now that I’ve completed it and am still 160000 or so light years from the centre of the galaxy, I have to say that the benefits it affords are well worth the lateral jaunts you have to make at the beginning of the game to follow Atlas’ guidance.
I won’t spoil the story of the path or anything, but I’ll just give you a quick outline of its mechanics and then the reason it’s highly suggested.


