No Man's Sky: 16 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do
14. Turn On Your Flashlight
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Another simple one the game completely forgets to tell you - but come the turn of day to dusk, tapping up on the D-pad will toggle a flashlight on or off.
Perfect for caves and any low-lit areas, you can't use it to scare creatures away or blind the incessantly-annoying Sentinels, but it does offer an extra layer of immersion.
Throw on a pair of headphones, bust out the flashlight and get ready for a bout of intergalactic spelunkery - it doesn't get much better than that.
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