Every Sean Murray Emoji Tweet & What Update It Teased (2016–2025)
For the newcomers and the old faithful alike: our benevolent chaos lord Sean Murray has made an art form out of tweeting one emoji before many major No Man's Sky updates.
It started after a bunch of updates had already been released, and wasn't consistent, but now it's tradition.
Here's a list of his trolls (masterful marketing) and what they ultimately meant.
I have tried to take the time to use the Emoji's I know he has stated for each thing. He did a back-fill. BUT if there's not a specific link to an announcement -- then I won't count it :D
Sean has put out Emoji's before and we didn't see anything come of it -- but they are rare these days.
| Emoji Date | Release Date | Emoji | Update | Days Between Emoji & Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Aug 9, 2016 | NONE | Launch | - |
| - | Nov 26, 2016 | 🏗 | Foundation | - |
| - | Mar 8, 2017 | 🚧 | Path Finder | - |
| - | Aug 11, 2017 | 💎 | Atlas Rises | - |
| - | Jul 24, 2018 | 🚀 | NEXT | - |
| - | Oct 29, 2018 | 🤿 | Abyss | - |
| Nov 21, 2018 | Nov 22, 2018 | 🌈/🧞 | Visions | 1 |
| - | Aug 14, 2019 | 🥽 | Beyond | - |
| - | Nov 28, 2019 | 📜 | Synthesis | - |
| Feb 10, 2020 | Feb 18, 2020 | 🥚 | Living Ship | 8 |
| - | Apr 7, 2020 | 🤖 | Exo Mech | - |
| - | Jun 11, 2020 | N/A | Crossplay | - |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Jul 16, 2020 | 💀 | Desolation | 2 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Sep 23, 2020 | 🍊 | Origins | 5 |
| - | Nov 10, 2020 | 🔮 | Next Generation | - |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Feb 17, 2021 | 🧶 | Companions | 1 |
| Mar 26, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | 🧭 | Expeditions | 5 |
| - | Jun 2, 2021 | 🌈 | Prisms | - |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | 👀 | Frontiers | 6 |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Feb 16, 2022 | 🔫 | Sentinel | 2 |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Apr 13, 2022 | 🏴☠️ | Outlaws | 2 |
| May 22, 2022 | Jul 5, 2022 | 🐋 | Leviathan | 12 |
| Jul 17, 2022 | Jul 20, 2022 | 💪 | Endurance | 3 |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Oct 7, 2022 | 🔭 | Waypoint | 3 |
| Feb 18, 2023 | Feb 22, 2023 | ❄️ | Fractal | 4 |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Apr 5, 2023 | 😈 | Interceptor | 2 |
| Jun 5 2023 | Jun 7, 2023 | 🧠 | Singularity | 2 |
| - | Aug 24, 2023 | 🔊 | Echoes | - |
| Feb 10, 2024 | Feb 14, 2024 | Ω | Omega | 4 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | 💫 | Orbital | 3 |
| May 28, 2024 | May 29, 2024 | ⚓️ | Adrift | 1 |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Jun 1, 2023 | 🍎🍏 | Mac Release | 0 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Jul 17, 2024 | 🌍 | Worlds Part I | 5 |
| Aug 31, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 | 🏺 | Aquarius | 5 |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Oct 23, 2024 | 🤬 | The Cursed | 6 |
| - | Nov 7, 2024 | 🕒 | Cross-Save | - |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Jan 29, 2025 | 🪐 | Worlds Part II | 6 |
| Mar 22, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | 🦴 | Relics | 4 |
| May 31, 2025 | Jun 4, 2025 | 🥓 | Beacon | 5 |
| Aug 23, 2025 | Aug 27, 2025 | 👋 | Voyagers | 4 |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Oct 22, 2025 | 🚪 | Breach | 5 |
| Feb, 07, 2026 | Feb 11, 2026 | 🦺 | Remnant | 4 |
| May 23, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | 🐝 | Swarm | 4 |
Twitter's API and Advanced Search suck -- so digging this up via that stuff is annoying. I used other resources to pull this all together.
There are probably some holes here -- comment if you'd like to see an update with more accurate data -- I can keep this going.
Thanks to everyone in the comments for helping!