Tips

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''Note. "attachment slot" refers to the top of a platform, vehicle, or a backpack slot. Avoid confusing this with power cables.''

Interacting

 * [PC] Press or  while moving a small item to snap it directly into your  or Terrain Tool if you have at least one open slot.
 * [XBOX] While holding an item with, press or  to snap it directly into your  or Terrain Tool if you have an open slot.
 * In printers,, or any device with a holographic blueprint shown for crafting items, if you have the required material for crafting in your , you may (on PC) or  (on XBOX), while your cursor is over the holographic blueprint and it will automatically place the material into the slot.

Storage

 * In your, you have 14 spaces for items. 8 directly on the back, 2 on the top shoulders, 3 on your tool, and 1 in the crafting/printer slot at the bottom. Storing the one item in the personal printer requires selecting to print an item using the appropriate material. For example, using to craft tethers, while it is highlighted as the next item to be crafted you can store  in that area.
 * When you die, all the items you had in your will stay in the  and you'll have to retrieve them. If you had items in the Terrain Tool's slots, they'll be dropped alongside the backpack and you may need to dig a small hole on the ground to retrieve them. Take note that if you die a second time, your first body will despawn and drop all its items.
 * You can manually drag Platforms (such as ) to transport multiple and resource items in one trip; or, use them for space-saving storage of resources in your base. Just print a platform in its packaged state,  to carry to your destination, deploy the platform at your destination, attach any research and resource items, and click-drag the platform across the terrain from behind to in front of you, run beyond the platform and repeat the movement. It is not possible for your character to walk while carrying a deployed platform and so this method is best when you do not have space on your vehicle. Remember that attaching any power cables will anchor platforms and removing power cables will allow you to move it again.
 * It is also possible to package your by using the.

Resources

 * You can use the to obtain many common Resources needed and continue producing them from  via the.
 * Resource production can be done via the and the . Collect Debris for the . Use the produced  in the  for needed/missing resources. You can use a  with a  to collect large items.
 * Dragging back a large number of platforms to your base from underground should be done by dragging each platform up to the surface individually. Moving the platforms together is much slower because running back and forth small distances is much more time-wasting.
 * Rather than using the soil centrifuge to directly produce, , or , consider producing with it, smelting the clay into , crafting the Ceramic into , then using a shredder to produce a scrap for every two drill mods. Trading this  will yield, on average, 1.5x as much , and 3x as much  and . In addition, this method allows one to convert  into other resources such as  or.

Power

 * By using a, it is possible to recharge a vehicle along a line. Batteries in a player's inventory can be charged via a  connection and will transfer their energy into a vehicle once they are put on an open slot in the vehicle's inventory.
 * Putting small/medium solar panels/windmills in the attachment slots on your base/vehicles can provide energy instead of using the with the small/medium generator. (Small batteries can also be used on /Terrain Tool for power.) The, , and  can be crafted though your , while the larger items are crafted from the.
 * Remember to try and create lots of Solar Panels, Wind Turbines, and Batteries for your Power grid. The more power you have in your grid, the faster that modules such as the printer will work.

Organizing

 * DO NOT put single items or Tier-2 (paired slot) equipment in slots designed for Tier-3 and Tier-4 equipment. You should not have empty Tier-3 or Tier-4 connection slots. These should be filled with many or some manufacturing tool. One of these: ,, , , , , , , . Or maybe a  or . The  requires 3  so go find and smelt . The Tier-4  is not recommended.
 * Build lots of . Fill your with them. Built at  with 2 . You will need 100 to 200  for these.
 * Attachment quick reference:
 * Tier-2 requires a pair of attachment slots joined by a red line.
 * Tier-3 requires four attachment slots joined with red lines, in the shape of a capital letter H.
 * Tier-4 is TWO Tier-3 attachments joined by an additional red line (example: T - T ).

Storage Comparison:


 * 1)  - Tier-2 attachment. Carries 8 small items. Recommended to mass-produce.
 * 2) - Mid-game Tier-2 attachment. Can hold 24 small items.
 * 3)  - Tier-3 attachment. Provides 4 Tier-2 attachment slots. 4  will provide storage for 32 small items. It takes 3 pieces of  to make, nicely coinciding with how much  you can get out of one full.
 * 4) - Mid-game Tier-3 attachment. Provides 8 Tier-2 attachment slots. 8  will give you 64 small slots. It costs 5000 Bytes, but once unlocked, getting  is relatively easy, should you want to mass-produce these.
 * 5) - Late-game Tier-3 attachment. Provides 12 Tier-2 attachment slots. 12  will give you a whopping 96 small slots. If paired with 12, the capacity triples to 288 items.
 * 6) - One of the only items in the game that requires/occupies a Tier-4 slot with 8 connectors. These are only useful for inefficient and expensive, but easy to navigate storage, a vanity project, or some completionist goals.

Recommended Manufacturing Platforms:


 * 1) * One Tier-3 slot
 * 2) * Two Tier-2 slots
 * 3) * Two Tier-3 slots, effectively the same as, but able to hold two Large Modules at the same time.
 * 4)  - Octagonal shaped platform with the largest attachment slot.
 * 5) * One Tier-4 slot
 * 6) - Shaped like an oversized, but every slot is one Tier higher.
 * 7) * One Tier-4 slot
 * 8) * Two Tier-3 slots
 * 1) * One Tier-4 slot
 * 2) * Two Tier-3 slots

Mobilizing

 * Your Vehicles can be attached together to form road trains. Click the power cable on one vehicle and connect it to another vehicle's cable slot. However, the speed and efficiency of the vehicle will lower depending on how many vehicles you have attached.
 * Equip an with you in a train, instead of hauling each salvage item back to base. (You can also put unwanted items like, modules and platforms in the Shredder.) For additional supplies one can fill  (via the Drills on the rover as long as empty  are attached or via empty  on the backpack with the extraction tool) with  while removing salvage from the ground, and use the soil centrifuge for additional resource production.
 * Do not operate the at a core due to gravity design. A  will perform better.
 * Be aware that using rovers in cave systems is extremely difficult, because of the uneven terrain and stalagmites everywhere. If a smooth, clean road is built to descend and ascend on, rover usage can speed up work considerably.

Off-World Travel

 * If you plan to settle down other planets with the, these are the items to take with you: 1x in the side of the shuttle. Put the following on it: 1x packaged , a , 1x packaged , 1x packaged , 1x packaged , 1x  2x , 1x . In your backpack: 7x , 1x ,  1x , 1x , 1x , 1x packaged Tractor, 1x Packaged Trailer and 1x Packaged.
 * On new world:
 * Deploy your and place the  on top of it.
 * Print
 * a ,
 * 2 s,
 * a ,
 * a bundle and
 * another.
 * Place the, and  on the  and you have a starting base.
 * Put your near the base and  on the  and you are ready to go.
 * With the s and, you can create all of the needed resources to build out your base, just dig up some.
 * The s are for any other large modules such as a or.
 * Once the and have been set up, deploy the tractor and trailer, put the  on the trailer and put the  and  on it.

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