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Resources

Resources are the materials used to build and upgrade camp stations in the Workshop, craft battle items and buildings at the Forge, and feed into various camp activities. This page lists every resource, where it comes from, and what it goes into.

Gatherable resources

Resource Sources Used for
Ore
  • Gathered: Mining Station (Tier I) - Primary yield. Unlocked early.
  • Workshop: build Carbon Station, Polymer Station, Gathering Camp, Hunting Camp, Infirmary, Forge, and many upgrades
  • Workshop: many station upgrades across Tier I-III
Carbon
  • Gathered: Carbon Station (Tier I) - Primary yield.
  • Workshop: build Polymer Station, Gathering Camp, Botany Station, Recreation Area, Laboratory, Forge
  • Workshop: many station upgrades
  • Forge: grenades (Explosive, Vacuum, Blast, Poison, Flash, Red, Suppressing)
Polymers
  • Gathered: Polymer Station (Tier I) - Primary yield.
  • Workshop: build Botany Station, Gathering Camp, Fishing Camp, Garden, Infirmary, Recreation Area, Forge, and many upgrades
  • Forge: capsule battle items (Shield, Energy, Stealth)
Plants
  • Gathered: Botany Station (Tier I) - Primary yield. Used as a base material for medical items.
  • Infirmary: used in medical treatment recipes
  • Laboratory: some research
  • Forge: various crafted items
Mucus
  • Gathered: Pen (Tier I) - Produced passively by slugs kept in the Pen. Yield increases with Pen upgrades.
  • Expedition: Found occasionally in expedition drops.
  • Workshop: Ixion ship reconstruction (Hull repair)
Silk
  • Gathered: Pen (Tier II) - Secondary yield from the Pen. Requires Pen upgrades.
  • Workshop: Recreation Area, Infirmary, and Shelter upgrades
Chitin
  • Gathered: Hunting Camp (Tier I) - Secondary yield alongside Raw Meat. Increases with Hunting Camp upgrades.
  • Expedition: Found on map locations with creature remains.
  • Workshop: build Tutoring Space
  • Workshop: Water Tanks upgrades
  • Forge: Poison Grenade
Seeds
  • Gathered: Botany Station (Tier II) - Secondary yield from the Botany Station.
  • Expedition: Found in expedition locations.
  • Garden: planted to grow Vegetables
Organic Waste
  • Gathered: Pen (Tier I) - Byproduct of slug husbandry in the Pen.
  • Expedition: Found in expedition locations.
  • Workshop: build Garden, Pen and upgrades
Vegetable Goo
  • Gathered: Garden (Tier I) - Produced by the Garden when harvesting Vegetables. Fed to slugs in the Pen.
  • Pen: fed to slugs to increase Mucus production and reduce slug discomfort
Fertilizer
  • Gathered: Pen (Tier I) - Byproduct of slug waste in the Pen.
  • Expedition: Found in expedition locations.
  • Garden: applied to Garden parcels to boost Vegetable yield
Raw Meat
  • Gathered: Hunting Camp (Tier I) - Primary yield from the Hunting Camp.
  • Pro Cooker: cooked into Roasted Meat
  • Consumed directly as food
Raw Fish
  • Gathered: Fishing Camp (Tier I) - Primary yield from the Fishing Camp.
  • Pro Cooker: cooked into Fried Fish
  • Consumed directly as food
Eggs
  • Gathered: Pen (Tier I) - Produced by slugs kept in the Pen.
  • Pro Cooker: cooked into Omelette
  • Consumed directly as food
Vegetables
  • Gathered: Garden (Tier I) - Grown in the Garden from Seeds.
  • Pro Cooker: cooked into Vegetable Soup
  • Consumed directly as food

Craftable resources

Resource Sources Used for
Mechanical Parts
  • Expedition: Found in ruins and wreckage expedition areas.
  • Crafted: Forge - Crafted in small or large batches.
  • Forge: major ingredient in all capsule and grenade recipes
  • Workshop: Hunting Camp build cost, many station upgrades
Wires
  • Expedition: Found in ruins and wreckage expedition areas.
  • Crafted: Forge - Crafted in small or large batches.
  • Workshop: Fishing Camp build cost, Generator upgrades, Ixion reconstruction
Computer Component
  • Expedition: Found in ruins and tech expedition areas.
  • Crafted: Forge - Crafted in small or large batches.
  • Workshop: Laboratory and Radar upgrades
Serum
  • Expedition: Found in expedition locations or produced in the Infirmary.
  • Crafted: Infirmary - Produced by assigning a doctor to the Infirmary.
  • Infirmary: consumed for medical treatment
  • Workshop: Infirmary upgrades (1x Serum for Infirmary 2.0 unlock)
Beverage
  • Crafted: Pro Cooker - Brewed in the Pro Cooker after the Pro Chef Add-on upgrade.
  • Expedition: Found in expedition locations.
  • Recreation Area: consumed to boost morale and reduce Stress
  • Workshop: Recreation Area 2.0 upgrade (1x Beverage)

Expedition-only resources

Resource Where found Used for
Pesticide Found in expedition locations.
  • Garden: used in Garden upgrades to reduce parasite loss
Thorny Bolete Found in jungle expedition areas.
  • Pro Cooker: cooked into Bolete Fricassee
  • Consumed directly as food
Flaming Clavaria Found near rivers and water expedition areas.
  • Pro Cooker: cooked into Flaming Velouté
  • Consumed directly as food
  • Forge: Red Grenade ingredient
Spiralocybe Found in mountain expedition areas.
  • Pro Cooker: cooked into Spiralocybe Stew
  • Consumed directly as food
  • Forge: Suppressing Grenade ingredient
Salt Found in arid/desert expedition areas.
  • Pro Cooker: used as a seasoning ingredient for cooked food recipes
Lure Found in expedition locations.
  • Workshop: required to build the Hunting Camp (1x Lure)
Fish Bait Found in expedition locations.
  • Workshop: required to build the Fishing Camp (1x Fish Bait)
Alloy Found in expedition locations.
  • Workshop: many Tier II-III station upgrades
Reinforced Textile Found in expedition locations.
  • Workshop: build Tutoring Space, Ixion reconstruction Storage, Garden upgrades
Flask Found in expedition locations.
  • Crafting medical items and beverages at the Laboratory or Pro Cooker
Crystal Found in crystal-rich expedition areas.
  • Workshop: Generator upgrades, Shelter upgrades
  • Forge: Flash Grenade ingredient
Biometal Found in expedition areas with alien metallic life.
  • Workshop: Shelter Freezer upgrades, Radar upgrades, Water Filtering
  • Forge: Energy Capsule ingredient
Hexasilver Found in desert expedition areas.
  • Workshop: high-tier upgrades (Shelter, Pro Cooker)
Tesselium Found in crystal-region expedition areas.
  • Workshop: Shelter Thermostat Tweaking upgrade
  • Forge: Stealth Capsule ingredient
Gaseous Geode Found inside large geodes in expedition areas.
  • Workshop: Laboratory 2.0 upgrade
Crystal Amaranth Rare find in expedition areas.
  • Workshop: various late-game upgrades
Kinetic Pearl Rare find in expedition areas.
  • Workshop: Generator 4.0, Radar 3.0, Pro Cooker 4.0, Water Tanks 4.0, Ixion reconstruction Engine
Ductile Shell Found in expedition areas with large fauna remains.
  • Workshop: Forge 3.0, Laboratory 3.0, Workshop 3.0, Radar 3.0, Shelter Freezer 3.0, Water 3.0, Garden, Ixion reconstruction
Welded Web Found in expedition areas with weaving creatures.
  • Workshop: Ixion reconstruction (Hibernation, Propulsor), Fishing Camp upgrade, Tutoring Space
Flexible Glass Found in expedition areas with glasswork ruins.
  • Workshop: Shelter Reliable Forecast 2.0 upgrade

One-time story items

Resource Where found Used for
Damaged Radar Found once during the main quest / exploration. Required to unlock the Radar station.
  • Workshop: build the Radar station (1x required)
Damaged Lab Equipment Found once during the main quest / exploration. Required to unlock the Laboratory.
  • Workshop: build the Laboratory (1x required)