Do Not Use Black Holes
During No Man’s Sky you’ll occasionally run into an Anomaly that is a sort of Space Station with one Korvax and one Gek inside. It’s the same station that you’re introduced to after your first run-in with Atlas. Everytime you come across this place you’ll have a set of options, one of which is to obtain a shortcut to the center. This shortcut comes in the form of a black hole.
Black holes cut down on the distance between you and the center of the universe by a significant amount (about 2000 light years). There is one drawback though – a random piece of your equipment will be critically damaged. There’s no telling what that piece of equipment will be, especially since it’s not limited to the upgrades to your Starship. It can be one of your Exosuit add-ons, or even one of the components of your Multi-tool.
While having something happen to your Scanner or something easily fixed isn’t a big deal, you can have a huge wrench thrown in your plans if something were to happen to your Warp Drive, one of your Hyperdrive upgrades, or even your weapons systems (pirates will attack occasionally, and you’re going to want to be able to defend yourself). If you have enough Hyperdrive upgrades, the 2000 light year boost won’t be that special anymore anyway, it’s not like it’s saving you a Warp Cell since you need to use one of those anyway to make it to the Black Hole. You’re better off just relying on your trusty path.
