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Survival Tips

Survival Tips

For those who don't want to read a whole guide, these are some quick gameplay tips. The following pages go into more detail on how to start out.

For those who don't want to read a whole guide, these are some quick gameplay tips. The following pages go into more detail on how to start out.

- During the day, your suit is designed to power its battery with sunlight.
- Your starting area has a Central Power Hub, use it to turn harvested resources into power to charge adjacent machinery.
- You can top off your power suit from the Central Power Hub or pressing 'Q' on the Power Storage Block.
- Interact (‘E’) with the Manufacturing plant to see what you can make.
- Craft torches to heat yourself using the Self Crafting window (‘C’).
- Use the scanning tool ('M') to Scan blocks and process them at the Research Station for new recipes.
- The scanning tool can also do environment scans like the Unknown Material ping to find new ores.
- Pay close attention to the battery discharge rate on your suit, a blue text indicates that extreme cold is affecting your suit and a red text indicates extreme heat.
- The headlamp uses power. It’s great for exploring but don’t leave it on!
- Coal is the best fuel for starting out, but if you're in a pinch you can burn the local flora.
- You may have to dig very deep to find the ores you're looking for.
- You have a large build reach, so use it to place torches across large caverns.

- During the day, your suit is designed to power its battery with sunlight.
- Your starting area has a Central Power Hub, use it to turn harvested resources into power to charge adjacent machinery.
- You can top off your power suit from the Central Power Hub or pressing 'Q' on the Power Storage Block.
- Interact (‘E’) with the Manufacturing plant to see what you can make.
- Craft torches to heat yourself using the Self Crafting window (‘C’).
- Use the scanning tool ('M') to Scan blocks and process them at the Research Station for new recipes.
- The scanning tool can also do environment scans like the Unknown Material ping to find new ores.
- Pay close attention to the battery discharge rate on your suit, a blue text indicates that extreme cold is affecting your suit and a red text indicates extreme heat.
- The headlamp uses power. It’s great for exploring but don’t leave it on!
- Coal is the best fuel for starting out, but if you're in a pinch you can burn the local flora.
- You may have to dig very deep to find the ores you're looking for.
- You have a large build reach, so use it to place torches across large caverns.

Crash site equipment

Crash site equipment

The Central Power Hub is your first power generator. It has solar panels, and can burn fuels to generate power. It can only hold one fuel item at a time, so automating the delivery of fuel materials is essential. It has a large internal power storage capacity.

The Central Power Hub is your first power generator. It has solar panels, and can burn fuels to generate power. It can only hold one fuel item at a time, so automating the delivery of fuel materials is essential. It has a large internal power storage capacity.

In order to acquire bars useful for crafting new machines, you will need to process ores in the Ore Smelter. You can manually interact with it, or automate the supply of materials. It will only start smelting once it has received enough materials to smelt an ingot.

In order to acquire bars useful for crafting new machines, you will need to process ores in the Ore Smelter. You can manually interact with it, or automate the supply of materials. It will only start smelting once it has received enough materials to smelt an ingot.

You can craft simple things yourself using the crafting window you open with 'c', but for more complex machines and components, you will have to use the Manufacturing Plant. The recipes are divided into categories which you can find by clicking on the coloured squares. At this point in time, the Plant can only use items in your inventory, and crafting things will put them directly back there.

You can craft simple things yourself using the crafting window you open with 'c', but for more complex machines and components, you will have to use the Manufacturing Plant. The recipes are divided into categories which you can find by clicking on the coloured squares. At this point in time, the Plant can only use items in your inventory, and crafting things will put them directly back there.

When you start out, your scanner has no knowledge of any materials found on the planet. Any scans you do can be processed at the Research Station and will yield you research points. You can also undertake various research projects here, and develop new recipes for the Manufacturing Plant by spending research points. The research station requires power to operate.

When you start out, your scanner has no knowledge of any materials found on the planet. Any scans you do can be processed at the Research Station and will yield you research points. You can also undertake various research projects here, and develop new recipes for the Manufacturing Plant by spending research points. The research station requires power to operate.

Finding your first ores

Finding your first ores

Your scanner has the capability to scan for known ore types, but to do this it must know about them first. The key to finding new ores is to use the Unknown Material ping on your scanner. If you use this at first, it will return you all the blocks around you because it doesn't know about them.

Your scanner has the capability to scan for known ore types, but to do this it must know about them first. The key to finding new ores is to use the Unknown Material ping on your scanner. If you use this at first, it will return you all the blocks around you because it doesn't know about them.