Expedition menu: milestone timeline and Phase 5 rewards

About this game

Developer: Hello Games · Publisher: Hello Games · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Stylized 3D · Screen type: Encyclopedia / Codex

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What to study

The Expedition screen is a progress ledger dressed as a timeline: the left half draws the game's own history as dated nodes joined by dotted lines, while the right half shows the current milestone as a detail card with its completion count (0/9) and its cosmetic rewards spelled out in plain words. The tab bar across the top (Discoveries, Catalogue & Guide, Log, Expedition, Options) and the currency strip underneath it keep the whole pause menu one tap away, and the bottom stats (distance travelled, systems mapped) tie the expedition back to the player's own journey. Frame at about 117.8s in the COSMOS Deep Dive (Steam). No trailer burn-in or caption on this frame.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

tabbed-panel detail-panel stat-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

Tabs Timeline Resource bar Card

Screen inventory

• top tab bar: DISCOVERIES, CATALOGUE & GUIDE, LOG, EXPEDITION (highlighted yellow), OPTIONS
• currency bar at top left: Units, Nanites, Quicksilver, all at 0
• milestone timeline on the left: dated nodes from 2016-2018 through 2024-????, connected by dotted lines
• MILESTONE (PHASE 5) detail panel: 2024-????, Complete all milestones in Phase 5: 0/9, reward text for Time Traveller title and Our Journey Continues decal and banner
• row of past-expedition cards below: LAUNCH, FOUNDATION, PATHFINDER, ATLAS RISES, NEXT
• bottom stats: DISTANCE TRAVELLED 0ly, 0 SYSTEMS MAPPED, RETURN button at bottom right

Top 3 colors

#010009 32%#0b0614 17%#361c36 14%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Hello Games, No Man's Sky screenshot: COSMOS Deep Dive (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Hello Games.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-30. verified 2026-10-30: frame inspected visually at full resolution; tab bar, currency strip, timeline nodes, milestone detail, expedition cards, and bottom stats all legible; frame from the official COSMOS Deep Dive on Steam

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