Redditor Daymeeuhn spent $1,300 to buy an early copy of No Man's Sky on eBay last week, and since then, he's been flooding the web with all kinds of new details (and spoilers) about the game. However, one spoiler he's not willing to reveal is what exactly lies at the center of No Man's Sky's near-infinite universe — at least not yet.
It's the core mission of the game, and it has long been talked up by Hello Games founder Sean Murray as the game's ultimate secret. It's for that reason Daymeeuhn hasn't revealed what exactly he found.
"So, I've reached the center," he writes on Reddit. "For now, I'll just keep it a secret. I realize it is "the secret" of the game and I'm sure other people will spill the beans for clickbait sooner than later, so fear not fellow spoiler hounds — someone out there will feed your appetite I'm sure."
That being said, he seems to be considering releasing some details about what's at the center of the universe without spoiling the entire surprise.
"Basically, I want to explain what it is mechanically speaking, but I want to leave the spoiler of what lies for you in wait at the center in tact [sic] to keep the mystery," he writes. "I think this would be a fair compromise, people would still have a mystery waiting for them unspoiled, and all the people wanting to better understand the fundamental framework of how the game works would have a better idea."
He does, however, reveal that he reached the universe's center in a mere 30 hours, far faster than many players assumed was possible. He did it by repeatedly acquiring, and then selling, an item that fetches a steep price on the game's galactic market, which allowed him to quickly upgrade his ship's space-traveling capabilities. He says even though he reached the game's "end" in 30 hours, he wasn't speedrunning.
"Contrary to what a lot of people think, I have done A LOT of what the game has to offer," he writes. "I actually intentionally took time out of my warp jumping over the course of going to the middle to explore planets to break up the monotony of it. This does not mean I have done all of the major events, however."
How long it takes to travel to the center of the universe isn't the only thing that Daymeeuhn has learned in his time with the game. He says No Man's Sky on PlayStation 4 crashes frequently (according to Daymeeuhn, more than 20 times) and that there are a number of bugs. It's possible a day one patch for the game may fix some of the issues Daymeeuhn is describing, but so far, Hello Games has yet to confirm this.
The news is sending shockwaves through the No Man's Sky community, which has been patiently waiting for the game's release for years. News of a short delay earlier this year caused Murray to receive death threats from upset fans. These new details about the game haven't caused that kind of outrage (yet), which is certainly a good sign, but things could definitely get out of hand in the weeks ahead as more and more players get their hands on the game. Murray on Twitter, for what it's worth, has urged fans not to spoil No Man's Sky's surprises for themselves ahead of the game's official release.
No Man's Sky arrives on Aug. 9.
