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Sentinel Ships have started falling from the sky as of the Interceptor update inNo Man’s Sky. While you’d think this would make the universe safer for intrepid explorers, it’s actually made it even more dangerous for Travelers and Sentinels alike! Corruption has taken over certain planets, warping Sentinel drones into twisted abominations and causing Sentinel Interceptors to crash.
The Sentinel’s loss is your gain! You can salvage those crashed Sentinel Interceptors and make them your own. Sentinel Interceptors offer increased firepower, unique technologies, and more value when salvaged than other crashed ships. You’re going to want to grab as many of these crashed Interceptors as you can, so here’s how you do it.
Updated July 13, 2025, by Sean Murray:Sentinel Ships are the most powerful vessels a Traveler can obtain, so we’ve refreshed this guide with a few formatting tweaks for clarity and conciseness.
How To Find A Crashed Sentinel Ship
There arethree ways to find a crashed Sentinel Interceptor. you may kill a Sentinel Dreadnought and use a Dreadnought AI Fragment, you can locate a Harmonic Camp and use its terminal, or you can just get the coordinates for crash sites from other Travelers.
Dreadnought AI Fragment
Getting a Dreadnought AI Fragment is simple:all you gotta do is destroy a Sentinel Dreadnought. The Sentinel Freighters that warp in after reaching the maximum wanted level are now destructible, although it takes an awful lot of firepower to take one out.
The surest and easiest way to get a Sentinel Dreadnought to warp in is topick a fight with some Sentinels on a planet, hop into your ship, and thenkeep fighting the Sentinel Interceptors that warp in.
Destroy each wave of Sentinel Interceptorsuntil reaching the fifth wanted level, at which point the Sentinel Dreadnought will spawn.
This is going to be a tough fight!The Dreadnought will come with its own wing of Interceptors and will periodically launch more.
Be sure tohavea fully-upgraded S-class shipwithpowerful shields and weapons, and maybe evena full squadron of alliesto help out.
Destroying the Dreadnoughtwill always reward you with a Dreadnought AI Fragment.Use the AI Fragment on a Corrupted Planet, and it will direct you to the nearest crashed Sentinel Interceptor.
Alternatively, you canuse the Dreadnought AI Fragmentin a system without a Corrupted Planet, andit will direct you to the nearest system with a Corrupted Planetand the approximate location of a crashed Sentinel Interceptor.
Harmonic Camp
Every Corrupted Planethas several Harmonic Camps scattered across its surface. These camps offer resources, lore, and the new Sentinel Multi-Tool. They can also provide you withthe exact location of a crashed Sentinel Interceptor.
First, you’ll need to find the Harmonic Camp, which can be done by either flying around until you spot one or bydestroying Corrupted Sentinels until one drops an Echo Locator. Use the Echo Locator, and it will direct you to the nearest Harmonic Camp.
Next,locate the camp’s terminal and unlock it. To unlock the terminal, you’ll need to solve a simple puzzle. Hit “Scan memory registers” for a hint at the three glyphs you’ll need to unlock the puzzle.
Each hint is a simple equationthat providesa one or two-digit number between one and 16. Each of those numbers corresponds with a glyph.
When you go back to “Input override glyphs,“input the glyphs from left to right that correspond with each number from the clue.
Once you’ve unlocked the terminal, you can both unseal the Sentinel Multitool that’s nearby and claim it for your own, andask it for the location of a nearby crashed Sentinel Interceptor. It’ll be marked on your HUD.
Get Coordinates Somewhere Else
Crashed Sentinel Ships areessentially the same as any other crashed ship in No Man’s Sky. Once you have the system, planet, and coordinates of the crashed ship,you can just fly straight to itwithout having to muck about with Dreadnought AI Fragments or Harmonic Camps.
People post coordinates for crashed ships on theNo Man’s Sky Coordinate Exchange subredditall the time, so head there for great intel on where to find a crashed Sentinel Interceptor.
How To Repair A Sentinel Interceptor
Once you find your crashed Sentinel Interceptor, your next task is to repair it. Lucky for you, fixing a crashed Interceptor is a lot easier thanfixing other crashed ships.To fix a crashed Interceptor, you will need:
How To Find Radiant Shards
Getting Radiant Shardsis the easiest part. There will probably be a dozen or so around the crashed Sentinel Interceptor—just use your visor to track them down.
You’ll need the Advanced Mining Laserto harvest Radiant Shards.
How To Find Inverted Mirrors
Inverted Mirrors are a little trickier. They can beobtained by destroying Dissonance Resonators, which are the tall insectoid Sentinels that seem to be drilling into the planet’s surface.Use the visor to locate oneand then destroy it.
Dissonance Resonators are guardedby Corrupted Sentinel Drones and Quadrupeds, so expect a fight.
How To Get A Harmonic Brain
Getting a Harmonic Brain won’t require a fight. The crashed Sentinel Interceptor will have several resources that can be harvested andone of them is called a Hyaline Brain. This is what you will turn into a Harmonic Brain.
After you first interact with the crashed Sentinel ship,a new quest will pop up in your logthat will direct you to the nearestMonolith. Head there with the Hyaline Brain in your inventory andinteract with the Monolith to convert it into a Harmonic Brain.
Now,return to the crashed Sentinel Interceptorwith your three Radiant Shards, Inverted Mirror, and Harmonic Brainto craft a Pilot Interface. Congratulations! The Sentinel Interceptor is now yours.
Best of all,you won’t have to repair a bunch of broken technologylike other crashed ships. The Sentinel Interceptor will come withample technology and cargo spaceas well as unique tech that will put the Golden Vector to shame. And if you ever get bored with it, you can use these same steps to find a replacement. Happy hunting!
