looks like noon UTC from the start screen
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Expedition ends 2026-07-22T13:00:00Z
There is also the usual countdown timer linked in the top post if you prefer
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In case anyone is crashing when loading their Expedition save (not finished yet).
- Try disconnecting internet to then load your save.
- Report the issue to Hello Games: About the NMS Voyagers - Bugs & Issues category
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It looks like the Nexus missions are now also based on team efforts too. I have just done some and it now is showing a tiny sliver of green, but Royals and Weavers are way over almost neck and neck at 68%. Not sure what this means or if the team effort displayed for each of us for out team is based on our own individual completion.
I have not been doing Nexus missions much lately, as I have been doing the main missions in a new save and faffing with my Main Fam base in the more established save (trying to get the Atlas Decal to sit on top on the the other, mostly)
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Hmm. General expedition question: Do expeditions used the same game server as the main game or a different one? I’m trying to list possible issues that might make Hello Games not allow access to all prior expeditions.
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I do not know, but given some of the restrictions we have had in some expeditions they almost certainly do.
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I think you may have to be more specific. Expeditions is a Game Mode, it uses the same Universe as other Game Modes, except for Perma Death. When actively playing within the Expedition, you are in a different context. There are also all kinds of overrides possible, which includes adjusting the difficulty to even mimic Permadeath (Leviathan).
Current values for 6.45.1 (PC)
Mode │Value│Version│Save
───────────┼─────┼───────┼────
Normal │1 │4724 │4212
Creative │1 │4724 │4212
Survival │1 │4724 │4212
Relaxed │1 │4724 │4212
Permadeath │5 │6772 │4212
Expeditions│6 │4724 │4212
Not quite sure what you mean with this:
I’m trying to list possible issues that might make Hello Games not allow access to all prior expeditions.
If you are asking why you can’t just change the Expedition data to that of an older Expedition, then this is due to updates that have since happened. There are quite a few specific changes required to update these properly.
There’s a mod for it though: No Man's Sky Expedition Generator
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I’m interested in whether expeditions (mode) uses a different physical or virtual game server.
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I honestly doubt it uses a separate instance, as the various overwrites and ease of switching appear to confirm that.
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I don’t know about different servers, but I can say for sure planets are skinned differently for expeditions. I’ve used my old Polestar save for every expedition since Omega, and I always have my expedition branch seed base computers in rendezvous systems so Polestar can come back and establish a commemorative base somewhere. I seeded every system in Corvette because I couldn’t decide which of the beautiful dissonant planets I wanted to settle on. But when Polestar returned, the many of the planets were neither dissonant nor beautiful; I ended up settling on a mechanical world.
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