Within the context of the No Man’s Sky universe, a ‘hint of steel’ refers to a small amount of metallic components or compounds discovered inside a selected useful resource, deposit, or planetary atmosphere. An instance can be discovering a minute quantity of copper embedded inside a rock formation or current within the composition of a plant.
The presence, or absence, and kind of those minute metallic indicators is vital as a result of they’re typically a preliminary step to find and refine extra worthwhile and concentrated assets. It aids in environment friendly useful resource administration, decreasing the time spent on blind looking and permitting gamers to deal with areas with the next likelihood of yielding worthwhile supplies. Traditionally, this idea has been tailored from real-world geological prospecting and useful resource extraction strategies.