''Reach center of the galaxy'' quest gone

[ToxicDutch]

What causes that quest to be gone? I assume it's part of the Atlas storyline but somehow i skipped that part because of the Artemis quest line? I'm a bit confused here since my main quests are both done now and was looking forward to just fly towards the centre.

Did it go away when I made my choice at the end of the Atlas quest? I just wanted to do all the story content but now I feel like i missed out on some stuff because apparently I missed a big part of the game.

[Kosevich]

No you don't miss anything.
As far as I understand when you meet Atlas you technically already was in the centre of the galaxy.

[yaerav]

It still is fun to reach the center of the galaxy, but there is no difference between doing it with the quest active or without it (it's been a while though. I do vaguely recall that there was a but of a hassle with globes of all kinds of colours, ending with getting "Rememberance". I don't think that I have ever found any use for that thing though..

[Pike1263]

You might not have missed a thing. Just within the past few days, my progress came to a screeching halt close to the same point you're at. I literally tried everything including double checking that I didn't miss anything. Progress still would not advance.

So, I ran out of patience and deleted the save. Yesterday I decided to start again. I'm currently a couple hours in and guess what...I can not get progress to continue on the Explore the Anomaly mission. I've already gone past that point once so I know damned well I didn't miss a thing.

Both times my progress stopped in relation to Anomaly missions. I got this game because my friend had it, but hadn't played in a while, and because of all the obviously overzealous reviews.

Based on my experience so far, NMS is a buggy pile of crap that I'm considering deleting from my library. Along with the progression stopping twice, I've been running into a nest of bugs and lost count how many times I've verified file integrity. This game is not what it's cracked up to be.

[Sauriel]

I could choose a universe to create from several choices at end of atlas main story, not sure if you can do that again. Thought you could if you crafted those orbs but seems so far that you just choose a planet you've visited or something

[Dirak2012]

The part about reaching the center of the galaxy is just part of the narrative, after jumping 16 times you will be snatched by the Atlas and you make your decision. Going to the center is no longer needed.

[AmberAnvil]

If you've completed "The Purge", the last mission in the Artemis questline, then you are finished with the tutorial. The Artemis quest is replaced in your log with the quest "New Beginnings". You can go to and through the Galactic Core any time you want. I do it a couple times a week. : )

[ToxicDutch]

Alright thanks, guess that is the difference between now and my old playthrough (8 years old), back then reaching the centre was still a core quest that took you like 350 jumps to complete without any shortcuts.

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

The part about reaching the center of the galaxy is just part of the narrative, after jumping 16 times you will be snatched by the Atlas and you make your decision. Going to the center is no longer needed.

Originally posted by AmberAnvil:

If you've completed "The Purge", the last mission in the Artemis questline, then you are finished with the tutorial. The Artemis quest is replaced in your log with the quest "New Beginnings". You can go to and through the Galactic Core any time you want. I do it a couple times a week. : )

Yes that explains it all, I wondered if I even had the galactic centre quest at all at one point or was just delusional. Guess I can focus on the chill stuff now. Thanks!

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Open up the G map and one of the objectives is always to go to the center. That is what you use after you complete the purge if you want to travel to the center of a galaxy.