Yes, Whispering Eggs Respawn on Planets in No Man‘s Sky

As a passionate No Man‘s Sky player and gaming guide creator myself, one of the most common questions I see is "will whispering eggs respawn?" And the good news is, yes, whispering egg nests do respawn over time so you can farm them indefinitely!

In my experience, I‘ve found whispering egg sacs tend to respawn about every 3-5 days on a given planet or abandoned building in No Man‘s Sky. However, there are some tricks for speeding up the respawn timer which I‘ll cover in this article, along with spawn locations, uses for the eggs, and respawn rates across other games like Subnautica and Genshin Impact.

Forcing Whispering Eggs to Respawn Faster in No Man‘s Sky

While the natural respawn rate is around 3-5 days, there are two methods you can use to force whispering nests to regenerate faster:

1. Leave and Return to the Planet

The easiest approach is to simply leave the planet atmosphere after collecting eggs, warp to a different system or space station, then return. This essentially resets the respawn timer.

I‘ve found warping to 2-3 systems before returning to the egg planet cuts the respawn rate nearly in half. Just be sure to restock on hazard protection capsules!

2. Build Walls Around Nests

You can build basic wall structures surrounding whispering egg clusters while leaving them intact. Return later and the eggs should have respawned inside your walls for easy grabbing.

This keeps you safe from biological horrors when the eggs burst! Just be sure to leave room in your walled structure to jetpack up and grab the regenerated eggs.

Where to Find Whispering Egg Nests in No Man‘s Sky

Now that you know the eggs will keep respawning for unlimited farming, where are the best locations to build your whispering egg harvesting operation?

Here are the top 2 places to locate whispering egg sacs:

• Abandoned Buildings: Check the exterior nest-like structures of the abandoned buildings found on planets across NMS galaxies. These often contain 4-6 whispering eggs each.
• Airless Planets: While more rare, keep an eye out for clusters of whispering eggs on the surface of airless planets and moons as you explore.

You can also use maps purchased from the cartographer on Space Stations to specifically locate abandoned buildings on a planet which saves time hunting.

My personal go-to strategy is to find planets with 2-3 abandoned buildings close together, build a small base with teleporter access nearby, then farm those buildings clean of whispering eggs. Whenever I teleport back to harvest more, I just have to wait a few minutes for the 3-5 day cycle to have passed!

What to Refine Whispering Eggs Into

So why go through all this effort of collecting whispering eggs? What do you actually use them for in NMS? There are two great options:

• Refine Into Nanites: Take the larval cores yielded from hatched whispering eggs to a refiner and break down into 50 nanites each!
• Sell for Units: Or simply sell your harvested larval cores to vendors for a quick unit profit.

It comes down to if you need more nanites or units at the moment on which to choose. Personally, I prefer converting my whispering egg hauls into nanites for upgrading ship, suit, weapon, and companion inventories. But selling works fine too when in need of fast cash!

Whispering Egg Respawns Across Other Games

No Man‘s Sky isn‘t the only game that features whispering eggs and rare nests. Let‘s examine egg respawn rates across some other top titles:

As you can see, egg respawning is common across many survival and exploration titles. And the respawn timer can vary wildly, from just 5 hours in ARK to upwards of 10+ in-game days in Subnautica and Horizon Zero Dawn.

The consistency and relatively fast renewal rate of whispering eggs in No Man‘s Sky hits a nice sweet spot amongst its genre peers. And remember – you can always force them to regenerate even faster with the teleport trick!

My Top Tips for Farming Whispering Eggs

As an experienced NMS player with over 500 hours exploring exotic planets, here are my pro-tips for efficiently harvesting whispering eggs:

• Always have hazard protection refilled before grabbing eggs. The biological goo from burst eggs damages shields quickly!
• Jetpack to roof of abandoned buildings to grab eggs safely away from horrors below.
• Build minimal wood or concrete walls around egg clusters to block creature attacks as you gather.
• Use maps from Space Station cartographer to scan for buildings with eggs on planet.
• Teleport to completely different systems between harvesting runs to force quicker respawns.

Hopefully this deep dive helps explain exactly how whispering egg respawning works, plus strategies to farm them infinitely. I‘m happy to answer any other questions from my fellow survival game fans! Just let me know.