Have you ever wondered why your space suit and freighter have a cargo inventory but your spaceship never has? Upon logging in you’ll now find yourself blessed with all new starship cargo inventory space as part of the new Outlaws Update for No Man’s Sky. The best part? They’re double capacity slots just like you would expect. Your first question is probably about how many total slots you can have, where you can upgrade them, and how much they cost? If you asked any of those, you’re in the right place! This No Man’s Sky starship cargo upgrade guide explains all of that and more!
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Starship Cargo Slot Maximum
Just like regular inventory slots, each Starship has its own maximum number of cargo slots determined by its class. Haulers will naturally start with more slots, but they share the same cap with Fighters and all other types. The maximum number of high-capacity cargo slots a Starship can have is 21. These are treated just like the cargo slots in your exosuit, holding double what regular inventory slots can handle.
Keep in mind that there are still inventory limits. While these can hold almost 10,000 of any general resource, like Chlorine, it won’t hold nearly as many complicated objects. Things like Iridesite, Navigation Data, Salvaged Frigate Data, and the like all have much lower limits.
Regular storage slot limits depend on class:
- S-Class: 48
- A-Class: 40
- B-Class: 35
- C-Class: 25
There is no D-Class or F-Class. That’s everything (for now)!
As of a 2022 update, Haulers now get the maximum of 48 basic inventory slots regardless of class. Class still determines your maximum cargo slot space, however.
How to Upgrade Your Cargo Slots
Again, you’re likely familiar with this system. If you’re not, your ship will likely have some cargo slots already. There will usually be room for more, however, as you can see the bounds of the solid gray line around the inventory.
To unlock these, head to the nearest space station and interact with the Starship Outfitting station. This is a large, orange table located near the technology merchants (up the ramp to the right-hand side of the docking bay if you face outside). Click into Upgrade Starship and, if you have enough Units, Purchase Storage. Each of these will set you back at least one million Units — increasing up to numbers as high as 300 million. That’s quite a hefty sum.
Hopefully you’re not purchasing all your slots this way, as you’d easily pay more than a few billion credits. You can instead use an item called a Starship Storage Augmentation to increase your inventory by one slot, for free, per item. These are very rare but can be found in a variety of ways.
Sources of Starship Storage Augmentation include:
- Scrapping a ship at the Starship Outfitting table (if you have more than one) may award this item
- Fleet Expeditions
- Derelict Freighters
- Crashed Freighters
- Observatories
Don’t be afraid to click in and poke around at the upgrade station, either. There is another “buffer” screen after the Purchase Storage button. You will not immediately spend Units.
As the game continues to grow in size and scope, inventory has legitimately become a problem for many. At this point, bases full of storage are almost required if you’re planning on keeping a significant amount of stock. Thankfully, the Endurance Update has made this significantly easier by letting players take their storage with them in the form of freighter bases built on their capital ships.
