Expeditions are fresh adventures where players can get rare rewards. You’ll create a new save file when starting an Expedition with a new, random character, but there is a way for you to use an existing save file to start an Expedition in No Man’s Sky.
How to start an Expedition from an existing save file in No Man’s Sky
You won’t get a head start, however. Screenshot by Dot Esports.
You can’t use an existing save file to start an Expedition from the No Man’s Sky menu, but you can from the Expedition Terminus in the Anomaly. Load the save file you want to use for the Expedition and head to the Anomaly. After you exit your ship and go to the entrance, you’ll see a terminal full of location icons to the right of the entrance ramp near the Nexus.