One of the many new things added by No Man’s Sky in the Atlas Rising update is the Economy Scanner, a gadget that more trade minded players can use to plan routes. The economy scanner lets you basically know what kind of resources and industry you will find in a system, so that you can plot your course accordingly.
You have to build one for yourself- so first, let’s go through how to build one:
- Buy the Blueprint for the scanner from a vendor; it should cost around 400 Nanite clusters
- Collect 200 Thamium and 200 Heridium to build the scanner
Using a Scanner is simple:
- Open your map and change the filter to economy. Star systems will be colored, with each color corresponding to a different kind of industry:
- Orange – Mining
- Red – Fuel and Isotopes
- Blue/Cyan – Science and Nano Construction
- Green – Trade Goods and Commodities
- Purple –Processing Goods, Fusing Materials, Raw and Crafted Products
- Yellow – Ores