How to Get Antimatter in No Man's Sky

1. Follow the Main Quests (Zero Grind Required 🧭)

After crafting your first Hyperdrive, head to space and activate the red planetary signal.
Land at the abandoned building, enter the Forgotten Terminal, and it grants:
- One free Antimatter
- The blueprint to craft Antimatter yourself (No Man’s Sky Wiki, GamesRadar+, Gfinity Esports)

This gives you everything needed to progress—no farming required.

Once you’ve unlocked the blueprint, crafting is a breeze:

25 Chromatic Metal (refine Copper, Cadmium, Emeril)
20 Condensed Carbon (via refined Carbon)
Use this anytime to make more Antimatter with minimal effort (GamesRadar+, No Man’s Sky Wiki)

Visit a Galactic Trade Terminal at a Space Station or Outpost.
You can usually buy Antimatter directly—about 50,000 units each (GosuNoob.com Video Game News & Guides, Gfinity Esports)

Easy if you have cash and don’t feel like collecting materials.

Space battles or freighter rescues can drop Antimatter directly. Save just before warp—if no drop, reload and try again (Steam Community)
Explore planets for Cargo Pods—especially crashed freighters or Atlas L1/green crates—you may find Antimatter or full Warp Cells in those containers (Steam Community, No Man’s Sky Wiki)

Method	Laziness Level	Effort Required	Yield
Main quest terminal	🛋️ Ultra lazy	Just play story, no grinding	1 Antimatter + blueprint
Crafting from materials	🧺 Very lazy	Gather basic Carbon & Metal, then craft	Unlimited thereafter
Buying from merchant	🪙 Lazy	Pop into space station, spend units	Instant, no gathering needed
Salvage / Combat drops	Semi-lazy	Warp or loot areas with minimal engagement	Random, sometimes full Warp Cells

Keep a stack of Condensed Carbon & Chromatic Metal at your base or ship—craft any Antimatter on demand.
After claiming the blueprint once, you won’t need to revisit abandoned buildings again.
Use saved credits to top-up when loot is slow.
No need to bother with electron vapors or other convoluted processes from old versions—modern builds simplified the recipe to cheap materials only.

Play the Awakenings quest → get free Antimatter + blueprint.
Craft using Chromatic Metal (×25) + Condensed Carbon (×20) whenever you need more.
Optionally buy in space station if you have units.
Occasionally loot cargo pods or battle events, but only if you’re near them already.

Let me know if you want a snail‑path AFK farm setup for passive crafting or trade fallback strategies across systems!