How to Change Settlement Features

Learn how to change settlement features in no mans sky, focusing on increasing citizen happiness and population with positive traits.

In no mans sky, you can customize your settlement's features over time. While you may start with more negative traits, each settlement decision offers a chance to improve your settlement, aiming to eventually make all 6 features positive. Always prioritize increases in citizen happiness over increased production.

Settlement Features:

Population Features: These affect the number of new citizens your settlement gains.

• Positive: Cosy berths (+4 New Citizens), Cosy habitats (+3 New Citizens), Cosy quarters (+2 New Citizens), Cosy sleep pods (+3 New Citizens), Multi-use living capsules (+3 New Citizens), Multi-person space compressor (+4 New Citizens), Well-packed quarters (+2 New Citizens), Well ventilated sleep-husk (+3 New Citizens).
• Negative: Full of parasitic eggs (Occasional population loss), Gravitational anomalies (Occasional population loss), Localised quicksand (Occasional population loss), Undrinkable water (Occasional population loss).

Happiness Features: These affect citizen happiness.

• Positive: Atmospheric scent generator (Increases citizen happiness), Automated chef (Increases citizen happiness), Automated drink pumps (Increases citizen happiness), Automated jukebox (Increases citizen happiness), Automated music drones (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the Aerons (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the Atlas (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the deep (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the earth (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the Lost Ones (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the Mists (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the Moon (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the Old Ones (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the stars (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the titan worm (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the Tides (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the wind (Increases citizen happiness), Blessed by the writhing heart (Increases citizen happiness), Celebrated galas (Increases citizen happiness), Educated citizens (Increases citizen happiness), Free de-toxifiers (Increases citizen happiness), Free Laughing Gas (Increases citizen happiness), Frequent festivals (Increases citizen happiness), Gentle de-toxifiers (Increases citizen happiness), Gentle hormone injections (Increases citizen happiness), Gentle Laughing Gas (Increases citizen happiness), Gentle medical supplements (Increases citizen happiness), Gentle scent generators (Increases citizen happiness), High-speed chef (Increases citizen happiness), High-speed food service (Increases citizen happiness), High-speed jukebox (Increases citizen happiness), Professional Relic Hunter (Increases citizen happiness), Public air purifiers (Increases citizen happiness), Public chef (Increases citizen happiness), Public drinks machine (Increases citizen happiness), Public drinks pumps (Increases citizen happiness), Public jukebox (Increases citizen happiness), Resident Flagbearer (Increases citizen happiness), Resident Town Crier (Increases citizen happiness), Robot butlers (Increases citizen happiness), Sentinel radar (Increases citizen happiness), Soothing air purifiers (Increases citizen happiness), Soothing leisure bots (Increases citizen happiness), Soothing scent generators (Increases citizen happiness), Specialist Milliner (Increases citizen happiness), Synchronised drinks pumps (Increases citizen happiness), Synchronised music drones (Increases citizen happiness).
• Negative: Atmosphere of suspicion (Reduces citizen happiness), Built on cursed ground (Reduces citizen happiness), Choking air (Reduces citizen happiness), Cursed by the Aerons (Reduces citizen happiness), Cursed by the Lost Ones (Reduces citizen happiness), Cursed by the Old Ones (Reduces citizen happiness), Dancing is banned (Reduces citizen happiness), Haunted (Reduces citizen happiness), Localised gas outbreaks (Reduces citizen happiness), Many spiders (Reduces citizen happiness), Network of thought police (Reduces citizen happiness), No pets allowed (Reduces citizen happiness), Poorly decorated (Reduces citizen happiness), Pungent food cannery (Reduces citizen happiness), Repressive atmosphere (Reduces citizen happiness), Rude citizens (Reduces citizen happiness), Sinister AI overlord (Reduces citizen happiness).