As of the Aquarius update, fishing has come toNo Man’s Sky. Now you can take off your spacesuit to bask in the cool waters of your favorite river, lake, or sea, take out your fishing rod, and try to catch the big one. Or, if you’re feeling more industrious than in need of a meditative way to spend the afternoon, you can just automate the whole process with an Automated Fish Trap.

Setting up several Automated Traps will give you a space-age fish farm to fuel your adventures or to just sell to the local aliens. Here’s how you can use these traps to begin your fishy business empire.

Image of A No Man’s Sky player swimming next to an Automated Trap.

How To Get The Automated Trap

The Automated Trap can beacquired on the Anomaly. Summon the Anomaly and head to theConstruction Research terminalbehind Iterations Polo and Nada.You’ll need to spend one Salvaged Datato acquire the blueprints for the Automated Trap.

Once you have the blueprints, you canmake as many Automated Traps as you want—provided you’ve got the materials, of course. Here’s what you need to create an Automated Fish Trap.

Image of the Automated Trap recipe in the Construction Research Terminal.

Automated Trap Recipe

How To Use The Automated Trap

Using the Automated Trap is simple. Justhead to the nearest body of waterandconstruct the Automated Trap from the construction menu. You’ll need to place the trap over water deep enough for it to function.

Not all planets have water.Volcanic, Barren, and Scorched worlds often have little to no water, while Dead worlds are just lifeless rocks.Look for Lush, Paradise, Marshy, Tropical, or Frozen worlds for water.

Image of a No Man’s Sky player sitting on an Exo-Skiff next to the Automated Trap.

Once the Automated Trap is placed, it willautomatically catch up to four fish. The amount of time required to catch fish is random, but usually a few minutes per fish.

Using The Exo-Skiff

Although not strictly necessary to use the Automated Trap,the Exo-Skiff can be a helpful piece of technologyto make harvesting fish a bit easier.

To acquire the Exo-Skiff,head to the Anomaly and speak with Iteration Seleneat the Exosuit Research terminal. You’ll be able topurchase the blueprints for the Exo-Skiff from her for 90 Nanites.

Image of the Exo-Skiff recipe in the Exosuit Upgrades Research Terminal.

The Exo-Skiff is a deployable technology that’sinstalled in your Exosuit’s technology inventory. To do so, you’ll need the following ingredients.

Exo-Skiff Recipe

Crystal Sulphidecan beobtained from hydrothermal ventstypically found underwater.

To deploy the Exo-Skiff, go into your deployable Exocraft menu to select the Exo-Skiff. The Exo-Skiff can only be deployed on water. Make sure to place the Exo-Skiff near your Automated Traps to make harvesting your fish easier.

Image of the Automated Trap location symbol as seen from orbit in No Man’s Sky.