You can build a base with edited parts on your local save. But if you Upload the base to the Discovery Servers , and that base contains excessive terrain edits or impossible part combinations, the server will reject the upload. Your base becomes "invisible" to other players.

Below is a structured overview of the current landscape regarding NMS save editors and account safety. 1. Lack of Anti-Cheat Infrastructure

: Many players find that giving themselves infinite resources removes the "gameplay loop," leading to boredom.

: Developers have even enabled in-game custom difficulty settings that mimic many common save editor functions, such as making resources free or hazards negligible. When Can You Be Banned?

: Some players mistake a corrupted or bugged save file for a ban. When a game file is improperly edited, it can cause crashes or break certain in-game functions, like the Quicksilver Merchant on the Space Anomaly. This is a technical issue, not a punishment from Hello Games. As one community member wisely notes, "Save editing is never without risk... you should never make any edits without being aware of exactly what you are changing and why".

Only use save editors that have been explicitly updated for the current patch of No Man's Sky. Using an outdated editor on a new update guarantees file corruption.

Jax was terrified. "Will I be banned from the Anomaly? Will Hello Games exile me to a single-player purgatory?" The Reality of the "Ban" As it turns out, Hello Games

Jax had spent 400 hours charting the Euclid Galaxy. But after a particularly glitchy update, Jax's favorite S-Class starship vanished into the digital void of a corrupted save. Heartbroken and facing a massive grind to reclaim what was lost, Jax turned to a Save Editor

: The only confirmed permanent bans in No Man's Sky history have been for extreme toxic behavior and griefing. For example, a player was permanently banned for terrorizing bases in the "Galactic Hub" with abusive and hateful conduct. These bans are for harassment, not for using a save editor.

: While editing for personal use is fine, using modified stats to harass others (griefing) can lead to being reported by the community, which may result in being blocked from online features. goatfungus/NMSSaveEditor: No Man's Sky - Save Editor