{"id":957560,"date":"2026-01-02T09:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=447270"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:13:38","slug":"the-newest-update-to-no-mans-sky-finally-adds-a-fishing-minigame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-newest-update-to-no-mans-sky-finally-adds-a-fishing-minigame\/","title":{"rendered":"The newest update to No Man&#8217;s Sky finally adds a fishing minigame"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Hello Games\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-newest-update-to-no-mans-sky-finally-adds-a-fishing-minigame.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Hello Games have been tirelessly updating <em>No Man\u2019s Sky<\/em> over the years, adding all sorts of odds and ends to the space exploration game: expeditions, sandworms, thunderstorms, piracy, and more. But there\u2019s still one thing sorely lacking in <em>No Man\u2019s Sky<\/em>, and it\u2019s the humble fishing minigame. Luckily, on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomanssky.com\/2024\/09\/aquarius-update\/\">Hello Games announced a new update, Aquarius<\/a>, and it finally lets you hunker down and fish to your heart\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24200456\/no-mans-sky-worlds-part-1-tech-overhaul-weather\">The previous <em>No Man\u2019s Sky<\/em> patch<\/a> introduced the first Worlds update, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24216128\/no-mans-sky-worlds-update-planet-changed-exploration\">which changed a lot about previously familiar planets<\/a>. Hello Games paid particular attention to water, adding dynamic wave generation and sparkling surface reflections. Sean Murray, managing director of Hello Games, notes in this announcement that Worlds was very successful, leading to the highest player count in five years. One piece of fan art, depicting a traveller fishing from the wing of their boat, inspired the team to create the Aquarius update.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Man&#039;s Sky Aquarius Update Trailer\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zu-OxnMETY0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Now, players are incentivized to find a lovely lake or vast ocean, settle down, and catch some fish. It looks like there are some normal looking fish that aren\u2019t too far off from our own specimens on Earth, and some much weirder alien creatures that are more befitting of the wild and weird planets of <em>No Man\u2019s Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Players can equip bait to lure in rare fish, find hidden messages left behind in a bottle, earn trophies, and unlock new equipment, like a personal fishing platform that can be easily set up in deep water and alien environments, or fishing pots that can be left to trap rare catches. It\u2019s also possible to cook these fishes up, and there are new recipes and combinations to be discovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Aquarius update is free, and available now on PC and consoles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/447270\/no-mans-sky-aquarius-update-fishing\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Games have been tirelessly updating No Man\u2019s Sky over the years, adding all sorts of odds and ends to the space exploration game: expeditions, sandworms, thunderstorms, piracy, and more. But there\u2019s still one thing sorely lacking in No Man\u2019s Sky, and it\u2019s the humble fishing minigame. Luckily, on Wednesday, Hello Games announced a new update, Aquarius, and it finally lets you hunker down and fish to your heart\u2019s content. The previous No Man\u2019s Sky patch introduced the first Worlds update, which changed a lot about previously familiar planets. Hello Games paid particular attention to water, adding dynamic wave generation and sparkling surface reflections. Sean Murray, managing director of Hello Games, notes in this announcement that Worlds was very successful, leading to the highest player&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-newest-update-to-no-mans-sky-finally-adds-a-fishing-minigame\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The newest update to No Man&#8217;s Sky finally adds a fishing minigame | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello Games have been tirelessly updating No 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