No Man’s Sky Base Naming Cheatsheet A practical naming system for bases so you can instantly identify:
What the base does
Which resources it has
What biome/planet type it is
Whether it has utilities like portals or EM power
[Purpose] Resource1 + Resource2 | Biome/System
Mine Copper + Paraffinium | Desert
Gas Radon + Nitrogen | Toxic
Farm Frostwort + Gamma Root | Ice
Portal Hub | Euclid
Sentinel Salvage | Dead Moon
Prefix
Meaning
Mine
Mineral extraction
Gas
Gas extraction
Farm
Plant farming
Portal
Portal access base
Trade
Trade terminal/economy hub
Salvage
Sentinel/scrap farming
EM
Electromagnetic power base
Main
Main home base
Shipyard
Ship storage/customization
Outpost
Small utility base
Resource
Abbreviation
Copper
Cu
Activated Copper
ACu
Cadmium
Cd
Emeril
Em
Indium
In
Activated Indium
AI
Gold
Au
Silver
Ag
Paraffinium
Pa
Pyrite
Py
Magnetised Ferrite
MF
Uranium
Ur
Sodium
Na
Rusted Metal
RM
Resource
Abbreviation
Radon
Ra
Nitrogen
N2
Sulphurine
SO
Oxygen
O2
Resource
Abbreviation
Frostwort
Fr
Gamma Root
GR
Solanium
Sol
Star Bulb
SB
Cactus Flesh
CF
Fungal Mould
FM
NipNip
NN
Tag
Biome
HOT
Hot/Burning
ICE
Frozen
TOX
Toxic
RAD
Radioactive
LUSH
Paradise/Lush
DEAD
Airless/Dead
DES
Desert
OCE
Oceanic
EXO
Exotic
[Type]-[Resources]-[Biome]
M-CuPy-DES
G-RaN2-TOX
F-FrGR-ICE
P-EUCLID
M-AI+EM-EXO
Emoji
Meaning
⛏️
Mining
💨
Gas extraction
🌿
Farming
⚡
EM power
🚪
Portal
🤖
Sentinel farming
💰
Trade hub
🏠
Main base
🚀
Shipyard
⛏️ Cu + Py
💨 Radon
🌿 Frostwort
⚡ EM Grid
🚪 Portal Hub
🤖 Sentinel Farm
Large-Scale Industrial Format Useful when you own many bases.
[Galaxy]-[Purpose]-[Resource]-[Tier]
EU-MINE-COPPER-T1
EU-GAS-RADON-T2
ESS-FARM-FROST-T3
For most players, this is the best balance between readability and organization:
[Purpose] MainResource + Secondary | Biome
Mine Gold + Silver | Desert
Gas Radon | Toxic
Farm Frostwort | Ice
Portal Hub | Euclid
Easy to read.
Easy to scale.
Still understandable after 100+ hours.
