Not to be confused with QT-RTG.
 RTG
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| Tier | Medium |
| Group | Item |
| Type | Power Generation |
| Crafted at |  Small Printer
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| Recipe | 1x  Nanocarbon Alloy1x  Lithium
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| Unlock Cost | 12,500 Bytes |
The RTG, or Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, is a power generation item in Astroneer that supplies a constant stream of power.
Source[]
| Output | Input | Module |
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 RTG
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Nanocarbon Alloy Lithium
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Small Printer
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RTGs can also very rarely found in wrecks that feature a broken 
Shelter or Field Shelter in them, which themselves are also very rare.
Uses[]
- Power Production Rate: 4 U/s
RTGs can be placed on platforms to provide a steady stream of power at all times.
Shelters and Field Shelters have low-power RTGs built-in, which cannot be removed. They provide 1U/s and 0.5U/s, respectively.
Trivia[]
- If one purchases all materials for crafting exclusively from a Trade Platform and has already obtained all of the required gasses and processing machines beforehand with one Graphite and Hematite left over, the actual Scrap cost of a single RTG is only 12 Scrap. However, the Scrap return from shredding an RTG in a Large or Extra Large Shredder is only 4 Scrap.
- The RTG is based on a real life power generator that has been used in space exploration. RTGs in this game do not expire (besides the QT-RTG teaser stating a life of ~900 years); although RTGs in real life expire long after they are no longer needed, they produce hundreds of watts for several decades, and possibly even centuries can pass before their power output becomes too low to continue operation.
Media[]
RTG icon
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