Research Items

Research Chests (also known as Research Items) are a collection of Medium objects. They come in a wide variety -- differing in shape, color, and locations where they can be found. They are used in Research to unlock several new schematics.

Learn more about the Research Mechanic.

Artificial Research Items
All crashed pods resemble fabricated modules. They are white and/or blue with a darker finish on the lining of the container.

This type of is commonly found near crashed parts of a satellite.

Rocky Research Items
Most of these s have a cuboid shape or have decorations of gems around a bumpy rock, and are commonly found on surfaces of a rocky patch. Barren provides most of this type of research items.

Organic Research Items
Appear mostly ovoid or spherical, and most have plant-like protrusions on their surfaces which react to the wind like Flora. Found on or underneath most surface Flora. Terran and Exotic provide most of these type of research item.

Hostile Organic Research Items
Unlike most organic items, these two can only be found under Hazardous Flora

Removed Research Items
These are Research Items that are no longer collectible in the most recent version.

Trivia
NOTE: Any artifacts that have been held/moved but not actually removed completely from a cave system will despawn if you leave the planet entirely via a shuttle. Take care to take your artifacts to the surface BEFORE leaving on your shuttle or they will be lost. Artifacts on the surface will remain unmoved (assuming that a storm has not moved them).

Research Items have had many different names, changing often between stages and patches throughout the development. This causes a lot of confusion to many players, which is further exacerbated when each developer refers to them with distinctly different names.

List of alternate names for research item
 * Artifacts
 * Nuts
 * Chests
 * Discoveries
 * Researchable
 * Treasure Pods
 * Seeds
 * Fruits
 * Boxes
 * Bulbs
 * Research Cubes
 * Avocados
 * Lemon Pals

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