Resources

Resources are the raw materials collected by Astroneers in order to create and fuel items, objects, and vehicles. Resources vary in rarity, with some occurring naturally in great quantity on a planet's surface; some appearing only on specific kinds of planets or deep below the surface; and yet others that don't occur naturally at all and must be either found as part of a discovery or traded for using a Trade Platform.

Harvesting
Naturally occurring resources, found in deposits on or below a planet's surface, can be excavated with tools like the Terrain Tool or Drill Head. This will break the deposits apart and collect the resource into portable items, often called "stacks." Some of these resources are harvested in an unrefined form and need to be smelted using the Smelting Furnace before they can be used, such as Laterite (which smelts into Aluminum) and Malachite (which smelts into Copper). Oxygen, Power, Resin, and Compound used to be found in spires, which were removed in 0.4.10221.0. Oxygen and Power were also found in small deposits across cave walls, before they were removed entirely in version 0.10.1.0.

Extracting
While using the Terrain Tool to dig out Terrain, any Canisters will be used to store the excess. By using the, it is possible to extract certain resources directly from canisters filled with soil. These resources include: Resin, Compound, Organic, Clay, Quartz, Graphite, and Ammonium.

Trading
Once researched and built, the is an excellent way to procure specific resources by trading  for what you need. The rarer the resource, the more scrap it costs at the Trade Platform. Scrap is a good way to obtain resources due to the abundance of salvageable items that can be put into the Medium or Large Shredders.

Discoveries
Discoveries such as space debris and supply drops will often yield resources and consumables, as well as lots of valuable salvageable parts.

Research
Most resources are able to be researched in the Research Chamber for bytes. They can provide an early stream of bytes before the player finds research items that provide more bytes per second.

= Resource Lists =

Natural Resource
The following resources are found on all planets:

The following resources are found on specific planets:
 * Atrox is not listed as it only contains resources found on all planets.

Refined Resource
The items listed in the table below are refined using the Smelting Furnace.

Atmospheric Resource
This table lists the part per unit (PPU) the player may get on a planet of each atmospheric resource. A higher PPU will result in a shorter harvesting time.


 * Desolo is not listed as it contains no gases to condense.

Composite Resources
The items in the table below are composite resources created in the Chemistry Lab, with some requiring an Atmospheric Resource.

Other


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