Monolith Type 12 - Inverted triangular pyramid with potential circular indentations near the top.

Long end of diamond points toward the ground.

Monolith Type 11 - Elongated octahedron with circular indentation near top.

Monolith Type 10 - Floating elongated diamond with potential diamond or circular holes through the depth of the structure.

Monolith Type 09 - Cuboid monolith with circular features running front-to-back, potential rotating cylinders inside circular features.

Monolith Type 08 - Flat triangular base with rounded cutout and suspended sphere.

Monolith Type 07 - Spherical monolith with indented circular 'eye'.

Monolith Type 06 - Thin rectangular column with rounded top and circular designs near the top.

Monolith Type 05 - Half-circle column with one flat front and rounded back, circular centre-piece either hollow or filled, inclined top.

Monolith Type 04 - Square column with circular hole near top.

Monolith Type 03 - Square column with dividing slot and circular design on multiple sides.

Monolith Type 02 - Tapered column with circular 'eye' near the top and cylinders in a groove at the very top.

Monolith Type 01 - Tapered square column with engraved obelisk and various circular designs on sides and back.

There are many styles and varieties of monoliths, including the following: Once given, the monolith will provide the location of a Portal on the planet. After successfully completing a first interaction, it will be possible to have a second interaction, during which the monolith will provide an option to supply one of these above items, depending on the faction that is in the system. This can occur at a monolith in the second interaction with a monolith. It is possible to locate portals by giving a monolith a specific curiosity that matches the faction of the system. Monoliths can be located by using an Exocraft Signal Booster Upgrade Tau, Signal Booster, or found by random searching. If the wrong solution was selected, the player may be punished by receiving damage or decreased standing with the faction.

Faction-specific rare items (Korvax Casing, Gek Relic, Vy'keen Effigy).

Increased alien vocabulary (of the dominant alien entity within the Star System or the Atlas language).

The player can have a better understanding of the problem if they have enough language vocabulary to understand some of the prefacing translated alien dialogue. Selecting the correct response, based on the advice of the monolith, will result in one or multiple rewards. Interacting with the monolith at the platform will bring up a problem with a list of solutions.

They are large alien structures appearing in multiple forms, usually with two to three Knowledge Stones around a platform. Monoliths are a Point of Interest in No Man's Sky.

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