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No Man's Sky/Glitched Planets
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Note: Glitched planets are not bugs, but features
A "glitched" planet is a rare occurrence. The planet's fauna is all turned into a strange form, while all flora and minerals take a specific shape. Possible forms include:
Dark pillars with orange-ish lines running up them. Fauna are transferred into flying yellow crystals.
Small, dark hexagonal pillars, with creatures being quite similar to everything else.
Round spherical objects with hexagonal shapes all over it. Fauna share the same shape as everything else and roll around.
Large pillars with orange stripes running up them. Fauna are in the shape of flying blue circles, a lot like plasma.
If you continue to explore the planet, you will eventually find a collectible decoration for your base that closely matches the planet's flora and minerals.
You may also come across a boundary failure, a large ring structure, with a terminal at the base of it, allowing you to unlock some game lore on the downfall of other universes.