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No Man’s Sky: Galapagos Gold Trophy guide on PS4

As we’ve detailed in our No Man’s Sky all PS4 Trophies and Milestones guide, the Galapagos Gold Trophy is awarded by turning in 10 planets’ worth of complete alien lifeform scans.

It seems like a lot, but we’ve accrued a bunch of tips to get this Trophy — and its associated Trophies, A Scanner Darkly (Bronze) and The Star Beast (Silver) — done quick.

  • When you land on a planet, you’ll get a summary of its characteristics in the bottom-left of the screen as you land. If you happen upon a planet that reads “Fauna: Not Present”, you’ve hit the jackpot. That means there are no indigenous alien lifeforms on the planet to scan. You can hit the options button immediately, head into discoveries, and upload the planet to register 1 completed planet. These scans need to be submitted straight away.

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  • In the image above, devoid of fauna, the area between Records and Discoveries is blank. On a planet with life, you’ll see a number of checkboxes labelled with question marks, indicating a lifeform that needs to be scanned. When one is found and scanned, the question marks will change to the creature’s name. That’s quite useful to see how many lifeforms you need to scan.
  • With your scanner equipped, the L2 button will obviously scan new plants and lifeforms, but it will also display unscanned lifeforms nearby with a red dot. Follow the dot if you see one on your screen to track down a new lifeform.

Any other tips, Explorers?


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