6 Most Terrifying Enemies in No Man's Sky | Abyssal Horrors and More!

It's time to face our fears and take a look at 6 of the scariest, most terrifying enemies in the No Man's Sky universe. Whether you're scavenging aboard a derelict freighter or exploring the ocean depths, you're never safe from danger in NMS.
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On this Episode:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:55 - #6 Asteroid Larvae
00:01:42 - #5 The Swarm (Terrifying Nest, Minifiend)
00:02:54 - #4 Abyssal Horror (Jellyfish, Anglerfish)
00:05:46 - #3 Biological Horrors
00:07:24 - #2 Hungering Tendrils (Titan Worm Larvae)
00:09:05 - #1 Procedural Predators
00:10:02 - Outro
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[@cannabinerd9665]

I recently landed on a planet and jumped out of my ship in the middle of a herd of predators and had to run for my life. It was glorious.

[@tankervr2479]

IT WAS GLORIOUS🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Social_Chameleon]

Why did I read that last bit in Gru's voice?

[@codelotus6500]

@@Social_Chameleon 🤣

[@jamiehughes5573]

Predators don't gather in herds, they travel in packs

[@tankervr2479]

@@jamiehughes5573 they definitely did for me

[@norad1]

The scariest thing I've seen on NMS was the Titans worms, but the planet was monochrome which made the experience so much worse.

[@jaykejohnston6608]

The titan worms started freaking out when I got close to something

[@patrickdanforth6074]

Caustic Nightmare planet 😮

[@neolegend65]

I’ve had the same damn experience and it changed me. If I get out of my ship, I’m using the visor to check for those damn red beacons.

[@aceofspades5226]

Brroo, did we land on the same planet?

[@womedrah1415]

not sure if I'm lucky or unlucky, but there is a solar system one jump from my starting one that has those worms on every planet. It's a dope solar system though and the planets are great for farming cooking ingredients... except for one that I've named oblivion x2

[@UnkleSanik]

I see the larva all the time, but I was genuinely terrified on my first encounter, I tend to fly on first person so imagine my surprise when I get pulled out of hyper and see this gigantic eye of Sauron staring right into my soul, taking up most of the screen

[@redman7775]

Ah yes, the only time I've jumped out of my seat playing this game

[@garymcgaryson5039]

First time was pretty scary and was not expecting it - something about the primeval animal in me made me open fire immediately but it turns out if you don't he leaves you be which is nice

[@dailyvibes260]

I just encountered one today and I was like "oh what would this give me?" So I shot it like I do with most things and I just got Laser beamed out of existence because my shield was broken from a prior attack

[@AoGamesk]

Yeah man I feel you, for me I was playing it on VR. I can tell that I shit myself.

[@NoxVerna]

first time i saw it was a couple days ago in VR, it was an experience for sure.

[@gromet9994]

The worse one for me is the predator that you don't see, when exploring a cave and the beastie is on the surface but still seems to be able to reach through solid rock and do damage or kill you.

[@Kanaju]

Spooky indeed!

[@codelotus6500]

Happy BUG-thday to youu 🎶

[@professorhazard]

Or the Venus flytrap that can bite you from like thirty feet away

[@Super_Thunder958]

You think that's bad one time I landed on a aggressive planet now I have experience I have 400 hours into the gamel. you would think tunneling away from the Sentinels would be a safe option well one day it was not the case for me, I was just digging my tunnel then restoring back the terrain where it was and all of a sudden a Sentinel just poped right through the terrain where I was tunneling and what exact reaction was " WTH HOW DE FUK DID YOUR GAS GET IN HERE" And I dug straight up and just Halled gas

[@toch19]

Hazardous Flora flytraps when they see the last member of an ancient species 15,980us away:

[@AndreVandal]

I recently encountered my first Abyssal Horror while underwater, and was not expecting it and was quite shocked to to see an eye open and start watching me.

[@digishade7583]

Luckily the creature that spawn from horrifying nests can be taken out very easily with the neutron cannon and you can also make sure that you don’t end up facing a whole swarm of them by bursting the nests yourself one at a time and dealing with the smaller swarms Edit: it’s extremely bizarre that the sentinels consider killing an invasive species a crime

[@professorhazard]

Whenever the Sentinels do unhelpful shit, remember: ACAB (all cyberpolice are buttholes)

[@redman7775]

Splash damage go brrrr

[@Super_Thunder958]

​@@cideltacommand7169 yea and they try to punish you for destroying your own darn freighters cargo things

[@sledgehog1]

I actually like destroying several eggs at once and spawning multiple creatures. It gives me a strong Doom/Quake vibe and I like it, because I grew up playing those games.

[@scottbot2105]

The worst predator I’ve faced so far was a sentient ball that looked like the meaty chunk texture blown up to be massive. Their charge attack bartered me as a young traveler and my only way to explore the planet was but seeing them first and starting to lower their health before they started rolling. Still killed me multiple times

[@DromiDraws]

I'd love to see that lmaoo

[@AA-tz2bm]

whats its name?

[@littlecreeper8543]

hey ive also seen those things on my starting planet but luckily they were not aggressive, giant meatballs 3x your size are scary beings though

[@seansimoneau3740]

The scorpion-like vines in the ceilings of abandoned buildings have jump-scared me more than I'd like to admit. Not a ton of damage, but the fact that they hiss and I forget they are there ALL THE TIME gets me.

[@Super_Thunder958]

Same

[@mitchelljulius5875]

The Asteroid Larvae... man, it's gonna be pretty dope to do Raid Bosses with it's hatched form.

[@publicenemy210]

Reminds me of this one time I landed on a webbed planet and shot one of those ball creatures (it was very far away). That thing launched towards me at mach 10. It was actually insane.

[@dylanmonstrum1538]

Man a few months ago I asked if you'd do a spooky video, and you replied "Halloween is just around the corner" and now look what you've blessed us with! It absolutely hit the spot! An absolute man of your word, and I respect that!

[@jalomount]

My biggest jumpscare was yesterday when one of those enormous worms you can see to the right at 7:43 decided to come up through the ground just where I stood. Didn't take damage but jeez it scared me

[@johnnierowe9866]

One time one of those massive worm’s jumped out of the ground right next to my base

[@MTEditz]

@@johnnierowe9866 I have a base on a paradise planet. Green grass that glows in pattern, bubbles coming out the ground, purple sky, blue water. The dream. Then 2 hours into base building, a 70 foot long sand worm comes flying out the ground and flies about 100 meters before plummeting straight back into the ground. Funny thing is, he only spawns and flies around where my base is. Never seen him anywhere else on the planet lmfao. Now whenever I decide to travel in an exocraft I ALWAYS end up falling in a massive hole that I didn't know he made and now I'm on an unexpected excursion underground. Its like having a giant untrained dog that won't stop digging in the yard 😭

[@Steamaroon]

On god I was walking and one flew out of the ground like 10 feet in front of me and my whole screen became brown and gray in a second

[@DracoPadilla]

@@MTEditz This is hilarious. Giant untrained dog lmao.

[@knuckleheadwestwind3585]

I agree, people who don't use turn signals are terrifying

[@Social_Chameleon]

I still remember the first time I not only encountered an abyssal horror, but it was an angler fish. I was out exploring on the beach when I saw *Alluring Specimen* pop up on my visor, and so I went to go check it out. I had to dig inside a tunnel to find the giant plant thing and took one of the Hadal cores and all seemed well, so I dropped my guard and took another one only to be met by a knockback, missing half my health and that God awful screech. I panicked because I couldn't find the exit, my oxygen was running low and I couldn't see what attacked me, only a green light (which was probably because it was stuck in a wall). I pulled myself together and found the exit, swam to shore and walked away from the game for a solid 3 minutes after that. I get PTSD everytime I hear one of those things.

[@I_enjoy_some_things]

This is almost exactly what happened to me. Had dug a tunnel and got attacked by the anglerfish horror. I just don’t go in the ocean anymore lol

[@cashpresley1]

While disturbing the worm lairs. bad storms worms attacking, burrowing companions and sentinels is such a challenge… but it’s worth it for those nanites hahaha

[@InTheWillows]

I remember my first encounter with the angler fish, the single scariest moment I’ve had while playing nms! Now that I know where they can come from, I’m going to tell my friends to go to the pretty lights in the sea lol

[@billypaxton9295]

The only jump scare I got was my first time encountering the big fish. I didn't know about it when I first encoutered it either, but I was pretty strong and took it out pretty quick.

[@jaylegoninjago5615]

"what are the most terrifying enemies in NMS?" Yes

[@vrabo3026]

Except the standard sentinels. They're fun to bully around, shoving them with your own body and they just take it. Or mine stuff in front of them and they don't attack you because they weren't staring at you in the exact moment when you destroyed something next to them.

[@MrBaverbo]

What about the sentinels? The sentinel walker can be absolutely panic-inducing at first!

[@KamikaziiKidd]

Really? I found the Sentinels to be pretty underwhelming. Most of them just hover or stand there either doing nothing or try doing their best impersonation of a Stormtrooper. Even on Permadeath, they are pretty lackluster.

[@agamerdude7596]

@@KamikaziiKidd If your a beginner player and knoe nothing about them and not prepared, They are easily a threat, Plus sentinel walker mk2 sentinel quads and frieghters are threats even if you're decked out.

[@KamikaziiKidd]

@@agamerdude7596 That's your opinion that I 100% disagree with. I've only been playing for 3 months and I have 600 hours already. I found the enemies of NMS, even on Permadeath to be really weak. Honestly, they might as well remove them since they aren't really doing much. Half the time they just sit there doing nothing but looking at you and on the off chance they do fire at you, they miss way more than they hit. You pretty much have to want to die to them. The Walkers are the worst as they just walk around not doing damage and when they attack, they just stand still and do a lame beam attack that can't hit you if you are moving...Same with the Quads. Not the most mechanically demanding enemies. If that's difficult to you... Oh boy. Also, I haven't found a derelict freighter that I can't just run through...If they were that much of a threat, I wouldn't be able to do that.

[@cideltacommand7169]

@@KamikaziiKidd tbh they need to revamp all the enemies and make them tougher with better rewards, all the sentinels are is just free nanite farms as you extract the salvaged glass and sell the modules.

[@eternaldarkness3139]

I was lying in bed this morning rememberin' all the things that have killed me... and it got me thinkin'... I literally ran into #6 while watching #3 Scariest NMS moments for me: (All on PD) First time on a derelict... triggered 4 brood sacs First time encountering the giant worms (missed the Expedition) everything but the storm... #1: I was amongst the first at the Space Anomaly when players figured out how to get Minotaur's and Starships inside and murdered anyone with PvP enabled. By pure chance, I'd turned it off just hours earlier. If not for that, my 250hour PD save would have been victim #4. Hats off to Professor Cynical & the volunteers who spent 2 days defending the Anomaly, until HG fixed.

[@viriatrix9874]

I remember being a newbie setting up an active indium farm in this reddish trippy planet, the whole place was red, with swaying huge plants and some dinosaur like predator, but the scariest ones were this small leech fast af creature that could ambush you, I was like "nope, nope, nope" and dodged our of there lol. NMS can really catch you off guard hah.

[@JerryDavis]

Not the scariest or most deadly enemy, but one that surprised me: if you accidentally hit a passing NPC ship with your mining beam, it pisses off the pilot and they will relentlessly pursue and strafe you non-stop until you get into your own ship -- after which they run like hell. I had one follow me for hours, even while I was in caves or underwater -- and they can hit you underwater. It's actually quite fun, and so now I piss off NPC's on purpose just to have some action while I explore.

[@nightlydrugs6927]

Lol yep I missed an asteroid and ended up in a space battle

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

Do not stare back into the eye. Do not stare back. Do not stare back.

[@kalia7190]

u have the best no man's sky content on all of KZbin right now keep it up!!

[@Kanaju]

Thanks for the kind words. I'll do my best!

[@XxiouGames]

Dude! I loved this "One of the scariest games in the world" 🤣

[@wray2real]

The worst one for me was when I fealt strong enough in my permadeath save to visit bases in the anomaly. I got there and tried to finish a creature contract. I got one shot killed by this by a slew footed triceratops the height of a giraffe. This thing just ran me over and it all went black. I had the coolest starship and an S class Capital ship man.

[@cideltacommand7169]

"The greatest fear is the unseen" And yes I don't play permadeath mode since you are asking to get murdered by a glitched animal or some other random bs

[@ShadowAraun]

@@cideltacommand7169 meanwhile i'm tempted to try permadeath cause i have yet to die or ever feel threatened by anything other than my own plasma canon. as atmospheric as this game can be few things feel truly lethal, especially with max shields and hp.

[@KittyThaliaX23]

I was showing my brother and dad how weird blue star systems can be and witnessed my first immortal worm. I was headed up a hill, then a rumble, and bam! It freaked me out so bad lol. Super cool, I love running into cool and terrifying stuff in this game. Reminds me of being 8 and getting scared cos I zoomed too far out on google earth lmao

[@Converged_Entity]

Thank you so much for that underwater warning. I legit have no idea what it could be I'm so excited to log my first one. Enjoy your travels, starwalker.

[@elliottwilliams9221]

New subscriber! Great info here, I’ve encountered most of these and l had to learn and adapt

[@TheRealYounavers]

I remember seeing those huge worms fly from the sky into the floor far from my base. It looked amazing since there was a sunrise right behind it.

[@cyberdriver7595]

The first time I encountered those titan worms. that was a real jump scare for me! Loved it!

[@mysmilie]

I love roaming Derelict Freighters, but the most scary thing about the swarm are the pulsating sacks when it knows your there. Hate that. The scariest thing for me are actually black holes, the sound they give off when you're near them, and just the blackest of black centers.. no *shivers*

[@myotahapeaofbabylon6510]

Hey, just found your channel after my friend started playing no mans sky and urged me to play. As of right now I'm downloading it and loving all your videos. Wish I had shown up before October 21st to help nominate you . *And now to watch the vid*

[@TheHogfatherInvades]

Wow you put the thumbnail thing first, you're the man!

[@Aaron_GKV]

I have thalassophobia so you can imagine how i felt with the anglerfish... it took me quite a bit of time to gather courage enough just to jump into the water... i alt+f4 the sh*t out of there, and didn't return to ANY mass of water in a veeeery loong time.... I know i'm late to the video, just returned recently to NMS and found your channel. Good work my man!!

[@VAEXYL]

(Warning this may not be entirely accurate to what happened- it’s just what I remember) I just got the game recently and at instead of starting a survival game I started a creative one just to fly around and get a feel for the game. I got off the planet and started warping to a planet and I got stopped from warping because an asteroid larvae appeared and I was very surprised, and I can confirm that these are quite terrifying. (I ended up escaping eventually)

[@chefmarcg]

i got attacked by a swarm of t-rex looking aliens once.

[@donaldwatson7698]

It's probably the asteriod larva and the ocean abyssal horror for me. I encountered my first ones each at a very awkward moment defensively and it left an impression. The biological horrors, if I know they're going to rise up, can be dealt with by calling down my freighter and standing on it's roof. I sometimes carve trenches as well to slow some down. There's still the acid to dodge, but otherwise it is a turkey shoot. I've not encountered the combined level of insanity that's #2 on the list, but it looks like one of those things that's exhilarating if you survive.

[@UnsungPhoenix]

when they added the swarm, i would sit there and play it over and over again, coming up with a different story everytime, i genuinely love that i can play it sneaky or just release mayhem and wake them all up

[@NuramonX_]

I just started recently and the anglerfish really made me jump. The game itself is really relaxing and i normally dont get caught off guard that easily but i really wasnt expecting something like that from a game which feels quite harmless most of the time.

[@Aesculathehyena]

I've encountered the asteroid larva! When using up my collection of Anomaly Detectors, of course. Was still really cool. I don't find the Biological Horrors terrifying, they look pretty goofy. Especially since their back legs are always up in the air for me. Well, that and I always cheese them by standing on the abandoned building roofs. I do think my best jumpscare was when finding a calcified planet, I got the one with the ossified stars as its reality glitch, and indeed the wandering ones were aggressive. I didn't expect one to suddenly roll into me!

[@user-rv6ij4ls5t]

I remember landing on an irradiated planet and saw a pack (?) of literally flying eels (with no wings, mind you) that scared me so much that I left the planet this instant.

[@Moonbeast_1138]

First time I encountered the angler fish abyssal terror, it killed me with one bite before I even saw what had burst from the formation. It surprised the heck out of me, and I was paranoid of those underwater features for a while after.

[@datmanydocris]

I have only ever died _twice_ in No Man's Sky, both during the Leviathan expedition. One was dying to a random bug that flung me into the terrain at mach 6, and the other was a hostile predator on one of the worlds. It was fast, it hit like a truck and I had no chance against it.

[@psychwardgaming7701]

Hey bro, first off.... I really dig ur videos and been a long time watcher, and pretty long time subscriber, first time commenting tho. Ok, got that out the way... I really liked this video a lot. It's one of my favorites, along with the ones u did about the lore and the darkest endings. But, when u got to the part about the abyssal horrors, I knew it was gonna make some skin crawl. Now, bedore i go further u should know that my wife and I are both players of NMS, but not how most ppl would probably guess. She has never touched the controller. She loves ro take more of a "co-pilot" role in most things, and a "supervisory" role when it comes to building and settlement care. Ok, back to the topic.... whenever I go underwater, she gets really excited and just loves to sit and watch all the plant and animal life, she especially loves getting the living pearls from the big armored clams and she ALWAYS makes me face the "eye-stalk" horrors and laughs when they catch me in their "stare". So one day I saw the "alluring specimen" where those big boys are and went to investigate. I pulled the first core off and all was well..... when the 2nd came off and that thing charged at me with its enormous girth and huge teeth, my wife screamed and started hitting me yelling at me to kill it or run. I could barely see the screen thru the tears of laughing when the worst thing possible happened..... In trying to escape/slay the beast, and with her screams and commands to stay alive, I unwittingly ran into the "home" of another one, and very soon another. So now there were 3 of them chasing me. Now, with her screams, arm punches, and commands growing to a fevered pitch.... I, as calmly as I could, stopped, put the controller down, and let their "feast of me" begin. Since then, she has refused to go into the depths with me and our game-time together has been..... a little strained, but still fun. But, now, if I'm feeling like some time to myself (which, let's face it, is a big reason ppl play video games) I just find a watery planet and before she can protest, dive as deep as I can go till she leaves the room. So while I agree that they r scary and one of the best scares in game..... I personally look at then as one of my best in-game companions. Thanks for all ur hard work with the vids, keep them coming, and sorry this was so long. It kinda got away with me cuz I live that story almost as much as I love my wife. (Ok, so some parts r exaggerated for laughs but it is a mostly true story. We still play together without any issues about diving and it is anything but strained. We have actually made it into a family thing now that our son has found an interest in playing the game as well. The funniest part is, shes the one that likes to get me INTO situations like that in the first place)

[@TeyTey428]

the angler fish abyssal horror i first experienced while playing in vr. didnt go back to that game for a long time

[@lonewulfmo9128]

One of my fav videos. Great channel. Question. Would it spoil nms if hello included a few missions with enemies who shoot back at you? IMHO no. I think nms almost perfect n that d make it perfect (alon w returning 1st person warp view) luv the channel

[@rezonxthepiggert9647]

I have played many horror games from dead space, almost every resident evil game etc. But none have literally made me sweat from anxiety/fear compared to exploring the universe of no man's sky lol. I remember warping into that same eye and said NOPE!!

[@tim3tRav3l3RR60]

There is a planet that is rocky (haven't played in a while) with giant striped, purple and blue elephant like creatures with mouth tentacles and it's head is a crest that it's eyes sit on that overlap into 3 rows and stand angled, like moose horns. They look exactly like the elephant alien things from the avatar movie and they are hostile as hell. Giant short tailed rats with human hands too, very creepy place imo. More creatures there too There is another planet made up of only islands with like..no color, it's black and white. Except small hints of red and green in the atmosphere, and prehistoric looking palm trees that create thick forest, cratered also. Herds of whale headed striders litter the landscape and there are jet black tiger like beast with the heads of flies and long thick tails that travel alone, and sneak up on you. The worst thing there however are the packs of six eyed green, alien headed things that are the size of a t rex and have a body like one except they have human hands that curl downward. They hunt you endlessly and are extremely vicious and kos. On a lighter note, I've been too an erupting planet that had these huge 4 legged scaled beast with spined fins on it's fore limbs and it's back. Its head looked like a hadrosaur and it was gentle as could be. I killed it lol.

[@SynapticBoomstick]

The neutron cannon combined with a paralysis mortar has quickly become my go-to choice for dealing with the swarm. Freeze 'em all and let the splash damage fly while quickly collecting all Living Slime in the zone.

[@7thsealord888]

Used to be terrified of Abyssal Horrors. But I assembled a seriously jacked-up Pulse Spitter on one of my Multitools, for Derelict Freighter missions. I found that it also works beautifully for hosing down AHs at range. Now, I hunt them. :)

[@professorhazard]

When that thing came out of that Hadal Cores cluster I was just thinking "this looks a lot like an anglerfish lure" and then I pooped and peed and swam screaming

[@Ironzoka]

The most scariest thing i vr seen in no man sky was a giant worm that i encounter in a planet, its huge, but i guess they dont attack, but can kill you with a hearth attack. Its just like the "normal" worms in the video but it s 200% bigger

[@leothebugnerd]

i'm a new player (got the game at christmas and became obsessed) so i had my first encounter with a derelict freighter recently. it was that moment when i realized NMS was a horror game in disguise.

[@ViggaTron]

Nice vid mate

[@Hedghog2234]

I was doing a hardcore permadeath run just yesterday, was doing a mission involving feeding creatures on a planet when i had apparently hit a large herbivore when melee boosting, one of its friends was nearby and swiftly attacked, my sheild popped and i was at 1 health left with just one attack. That was the most i ever panicked. It's not even the predators you have to worry about because they let you know they're hostile, the real ones you gotta watch out for is pissing off the herbivores that will fight back.

[@abenezertena6441]

I have encountered the one on 10:09, it can jump, and it will not let you go until you leave that area, I love it, I think they should add more of them

[@DarthBludgeon]

Had my first encounter with an Abyssal Horror last night... the glowing white field grabbed me, and the directions for release (being in white letters) was inside the glow and unreadable! Luckily I guessed it would be the default action key (E) and managed to get away.

[@KaiyaK198]

God, those hadal cores scared the life out of me when I first harvested them. Mostly combined with the screaming lack of background music when underwater. To this day, whenever I see one, I immediately turn my volume completely off, as I’m a very jumpy and stressed person lol

[@will6162]

Was expecting actually challenging enemies. At least I learned the hungering tendrils can actually attack, been harvesting them for weeks now

[@moshpiler123]

Those hadal core ones, first gave me a proper fright. I've found for swarms just pumping a couple plasmas once the pack bursts gets rid of most of them

[@Fenyxclips]

When I started playing, I was curious about Whispering Eggs. Knew nothing at the time so the event lead to instant death. Few years later and I've grown to engage in combat. Though the Alluring enemy I had zero clue about. Never interacted with it. But the Tendrils, Monstrosities, Sentinels and harsh weather? Bring it on!

[@coal.sparks]

The anglerfish freaked me the heck out. I just swam away super quickly, and left it to do its thing. But I think the thing that jump scared me the most was getting attacked by a dinosaur while harvesting di-hydrogen on a planet that I'd been to several times and hadn't encountered anything aggressive. I was so startled, I wound up frying the raptor. Oops, sorry buddy! The swarms on the derelict also freak me out, just because that whole environment is creepy, imho. The squelchy nature of their nests made me avoid derelicts for a long time after the first one. (Doesn't help that I'm a bad shot, and more of an explorer than a fighter.)

[@Rabbit-vv8ng]

Luckily I haven't really encountered any horror creatures YET. Only been playing for about a week, had a run in with some big cat things on a frozen extreme planet while farming Storm Crystals, but apart from them I have been lucky. Not been underwater yet.

[@SonicGamer2000YunoGasai13YT]

No Man's Sky is a game that i really loved to play, because i love everything about space and universe, unfortunately sounds stupid that im also terrified of it, so playing this game for me is a rollercoaster of emotions 😊

[@AVBRIZE]

THE WHIRLING BONE THINGIES omg... I almost soiled my pants when i first saw them... they were red and white... whirled like razors moving underground.... dude those zergling lookalikes were like walk in the park next to them

[@tetiitet]

Everygame even irl, scariest things is when u meet other players. U have no idea what their intentions is.

[@absolutezero6423]

The planets that are filled with those giant mechanical globe heads has the creepiest bgm. I often glance around while mining half expecting one of them to turn and thunder roll at me for looting their resources. If they ever patched that in without warning I would probably throw my controller in terror lol.

[@34stevo]

The hungering tendrils literally made me jump outta my seat 😂😂

[@LucifersAngel-mu4mw]

The first time I encountered the Screaming Abyssal Horror I literally screamed out loud. I'm audio sensitive and was wearing headphones, I've never once been scared like that in a video game before. They still terrify me lol.

[@hoovysimulator2518]

About the Anglerfish, on my first encounter, I knew it was gonna be a trap as it looked like what the Anglerfish irl has. Still got scared by it, especially since I encountered it early on the game that I couldn't swim fast enough to get away from it. I also noticed that if you swim to a shore, it just disappears, leaving nothing behind. Which is a little dull imo. They could have made it jump at you when this happens

[@SamuTheFrog]

I've played this game since pre-order release date, I have never seen the very first thing on the list, asteroid larvae or whatever it was. That's crazy.

[@themarsbar7777]

haven’t played the game in years and i recently downloaded it and was following the beginning “missions” and it had me build my house up on this once nice mountain and i look behind me and this giant worm comes through the ground

[@goku546686]

Sauron reaches across all planes of existence according to the thumbnail lol

[@lazyshadow5027]

Those massive worms scared the crap out of me when I first encountered them. I'm surprised they aren't number one.

[@johnnierowe9866]

They are very terrifying

[@Exploding_Cacti]

So far the only thing that has made me jump multiple times are the tentacles inside of abandoned buildings. Though that fish dude is pretty terrifying sounding lol.

[@Nitroband]

The angler horror I first experienced recently and it got stuck in the ground and was quite entertaining.

[@madarchmage1151]

I like this. Thank you

[@Kanaju]

Thanks, and thank you for watching!

[@AdamMerlin]

This is not the No Man's sky that I played... weren't any enemies yet. But it was my ex's copy sooo.. but holy CRAP the cape physics! Has to be the best I've ever seen!

[@aemulari3837]

One tip for dealing with the biological horrors/burrowing monstrosities, is to move in circles. All their attacks are linear so moving in circles prevents any attack, from any direction, from ever making contact. Just gotta make sure the the circles are large enough to actually dodge the attacks, say 3X the width of the bio-horror's head?

[@an8thdimensionalbeing142]

i'd say at least for new players the sentinel walker is one of the most formidable enemies in the game, seeing as they can take a lot of damage and basically control entire areas when hostile. the hardframe minotaur sentinel is also pretty difficult to fight if you arent prepared although lesser than the walker.

[@anditippie5923]

I completely agree! I’m a long time player and I still can’t stand them! Although I don’t really enjoy combat, though so that would make sense

[@cideltacommand7169]

Sentinel walkers are just big towers with a beam turret, just fire at their protection and spam the brain with plasma splitters

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

I followed a reddit thread about a predator spawn on a green planet located next to a portal too. This planet has two predator species, a harmless feline type and a burrowing mouse which attacks relentlessly. It's hard to hit but even if it seems to take no damage either. If not next to the ship or not equipped with good jetpack you're done for.

[@VertietRyper]

The predatory calcite organisms are some of the funniest enemies I've ever seen out of this game, second to predatory cow-types I saw that were 0.2 meters tall

[@The_Scriggles]

#4 almost gave me a ❤ attack first time I encountered one of them lol. Very effective jump scare.

[@yodnad]

Have played this game since release and not once has the eye of Mordor ever interrupted my travels. Extremely jealous lol

[@juandeandrade3675]

It'd be cool to see some Lovecraftian figures and encounters in No Man's Sky. Imagine a narrative or mission where you eventually discover that what you encountered is completely out of your control, and only reveals how small you are compared to the universe around you.

[@Kalebfenoir]

Ended up on a super-hot water world, and had to dive way the hell down for a mission, to a sunken base. First time encounter with the abyssal horrors there. I mean, under the water is horrible enough with the audio, and knowing you got limited air and shield and stuff. But when what you thought was a rock suddenly turns, stares at you, and SCREAMS at a high volume... Let's just say that my thalassophobia, which was already triggered, jumped into high gear. The amount of profanity that left my mouth until I managed to get back to the surface...

[@Spiketrooper]

The Asteroid Larvae is basically the Eye of Sauron. Neat.

[@anidiot5645]

I think the most terrifying predator I found was this huge lanky thing that almost looked like a person in some sort of uncanny valley way.

[@jamvously7170]

Scariest Encounter I had was when I landed on a planet and left my ship, and maybe a few seconds later some Titan Worm just jumped out of the ground in front of me and landed somewhere. Even though it was harmless, the first time seeing it I immediately went back to my ship and got the hell outta there.

[@badbill3368]

This game looks awesome unrecognisable from when I first saw it years ago

[@dylanbradshaw7445]

Those damn moving tentacle masses that pop up on desert planets scare the crap out of me

[@TabalugaDragon]

I would put the "eye" abyssal horror to number 2(I agree with predators being number 1). In my first encounter with it it was terrifying. Not only it deals damage to you - no, it completely immobilizes you and makes you scream in panic as it screams at you, sucking in with that horrifying eye.. I was being sucked in like that for a whole minute the first time I encountered it, only after figured out how to escape its grip. Monstrosities you can escape at least with a jetpack, jumping on top of a building etc.

[@bivyb6249]

Just found that fish yesterday and almost pissed myself when it popped out behind me and started screaming.

[@AlatheD]

I've never encountered the second abyssal horror, but I've only ever found one "building" underwater, and it was a crashed ship. Probably my biggest jump scare was when I shot an egg and all those critters popped out of the ground. I think that was my first hostile other than random hostile critters.

[@cordia96]

You have to face them in "The Abyss" Storyline. That is, if the RNG takes you to an actual deep ocean planet.

[@thatsoundsgood2231]

One of the scary creatures could be the big ass worms that just dig through the ground and fly in the sky. And when they’re digging they also make your screen shake and make some terrifying sounds. Every time I’m near them I get goosebumps all over my back. 😰

[@america8706]

Came across one of those fat lampreys yesterday for the first time. Swimming up to harvest the glowing things I said to myself, "wow this looks just like the light bait lampreys use." Then it jumped out and I screamed. Good times.

[@claygardiner7543]

A little late to the party, but as a practiced Larval Egg collector, I have on two occasions lost in permadeath (my first two, actually) to what can only be described as a one-two-three punch. I was not fast enough or unlucky enough to dodge INTO the blow, in reacting to the first hit, stunning me, and the next two bites connected, ending my early attempts at collection. Never on Perma without at least a couple extra pips of health to be sure. The second, not related, was to ram full speed in a Pilgrim into dissonance drillers at full health only to find this instakills. Incidentally, Pilgrim tyres are deadly to the little horrors.

[@babacush]

I remember the first time I got jumpscared by that stupid angler fish. Not only did I not know about the existence of these things (even tho I'm cautious underwater in games because of my thalassophobia), it also happened inside an underwater cave with not much space around. So you can imagine my panic when seeing something huge with a mouth full of teeth swimming at me while making that sound inside a tight space lmao

[@ajjohnson3414]

The little vine plants that are in infested buildings scare me. More than once I have been spooked by one. That was on the ceiling