Natural resources are items that can be obtained by mining or collecting them.
Ores
Ores are found in varying concentrations on planets and in asteroids, where they can be mined by hand or by using ship-mounted Starship Drills on planets or Mining Lasers in space.
Asteroids can be found in all systems except Horizon, and most contain a single type of ore. Ore density, asteroid size, and asteroid type rarity is system dependent with the Trench containing the largest and most ore dense asteroids. Each of the four main systems has an asteroid type unique to that system with three ore types in one asteroid.
Aluminum
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Aluminum is a lightweight, silvery and ductile metal. Aluminum alloys are commonly used in applications where weight is a design consideration, such as vehicles, starships and portable devices.
Requires smelting: Yes
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Found on:
Kovfefe ★★★
Qatra ?
Chimgara ?
Chandra ★★
Asteroids (esp. Ilios, Trench)
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Chetherite
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Chetherite is a purple, crystalline mineral. Its ability to distort space-time is a topic of scientific interest and resulted in great technological advances in hyperdrive technology.
Requires smelting: No
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Found on:
Damkoth ★★★
Luxiterna ★★
Aerach ★★
Asteroids (esp. Asteri, Trench)
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Coal
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Coal is a black, sedimentary rock formed from compressed dead plant material. Its ease of extraction from planets and high combustibility renders it an easy-to-access, albeit dirty, source of fuel.
Requires smelting: No
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Found on:
Aerach ★★
Asteroids (esp. Asteri, Trench)
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Copper
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Copper is a red-orange, shiny and malleable metal. Due to its ease of procurement and high electrical conductivity, it is commonly used in electrical wires and nearly all general-purpose electronics.
Requires smelting: Yes
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Found on:
Herdoli ★★★
Vask ★★
Asteroids (esp. Regulus, Trench)
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Diamond
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Diamond is a pure form of carbon arranged in a crystal lattice structure. Its hardness and electrical properties lend its use to industrial applications.
Requires smelting: No
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Found on:
Krio ★★★
Lioda ★★
Asteroids (esp. Trench)
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Emerald
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Emerald is a green gemstone formed from beryl minerals. Its hexagonal crystalline structure is excellent at focusing energy, finding uses in advanced hyperdrives and mining equipment.
Requires smelting: No
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Found on:
Gahara ★★
Turms ★★
Asteroids (esp. Trench)
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Gold
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Gold is a yellow, highly malleable metal. Its inertness to chemical reactions, high electrical conductivity, and alluring luster resulted in gold being used in currency, jewelry, and (in recent times) high-performance electronics.
Requires smelting: Yes
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Found on:
Gahara ★★★
Qatra ★★
Isik ★★
Asteroids (esp. Regulus, Sirius, Trench)
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Iron
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Iron is a grayish, hard metal. Although iron, by itself, is not very durable, iron is very common and its alloys are used in many industrial machines and structural supports in starships.
Requires smelting: Yes
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Found on:
Aret ★★★
Ilius ★★
Eden ★★
Asteroids (esp. Asteri, Sirius, Trench)
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Lapis Lazuli
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Lapis Lazuli is a blue metamorphic rock and a precious stone. The stone can be crushed to form blue dyes, and has crystalline proprieties making it useful in the production of blaster ammunition.
Requires smelting: No
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Found on:
Turms ★★★
Krio ★★
Asteroids (esp. Trench)
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Netherite
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Netherite is a mysterious brown metal found in ancient debris. By itself, netherite is not useful, but a labor-intensive process of refinement and alloying the metal with gold forms an extremely durable and precious metal.
Requires smelting: Yes
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Found on:
Isik ★★
Asteroids (esp. Trench)
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Quartz
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Quartz is a classification of minerals, but most often manifests as a white crystal. It has interesting electrical properties that can be used to create accurate electronic clocks and oscillators.
Requires smelting: No
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Found on:
Rubaciea ★★
Herdoli ★★
Asteroids (esp. Ilios, Trench)
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Redstone
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Redstone is a strange, conductive red mineral that crumbles easily into dust. Although superceded by copper and other metallic conductors, redstone is still sometimes used in very simple applications where the transmission line length is negligible. It can also be used as a source of power, although the cost of mining redstone usually does not justify the energy gained.
Requires smelting: No
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Found on:
Rubaciea ★★★
Chimgara ★★★
Vask ★★
Asteroids (esp. Sirius, Trench)
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Titanium
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Titanium is a metal with an incredible strength-to-weight ratio. Titanium alloys are used in high-performance applications when durability is a consideration, such as weapon and starship components.
Requires smelting: Yes
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Found on:
Chandra ★★★
Aret ★★
Asteroids (esp. Ilios, Trench)
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Uranium
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Uranium is a radioactive mineral that fluoresces green under ultraviolet light. The energy and particles emitted from each chunk of uranium can be harnessed to generate power.
Requires smelting: Yes
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Found on:
Luxiterna ★★
Qatra ★★
Asteroids (esp. Regulus, Trench)
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Atavum
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Atavum is an exceedingly rare material, used in creating Large Tech 2 Reactors. Like Zircon, Atavum only appears in spawning asteroid anomalies.
Requires smelting: no
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Found on:
Asteroids (rarely spawns in asteroid field Cosmic Signatures)
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Gases
Gases are used as fuel for all ships with Reactors, excluding ships which mount a Mini Reactor.
Gases are stored in gas canisters and can be collected in gas collectors.
There are three types of gases: fuels, oxidizers, and inert gases.
Inert gases (Helium and Carbon Dioxide) do not react and cannot be used for energy production.
All collectable gas types store 1,000 units of gas.
Xenon is the sole exception to this rule. It is obtained from Deep Space Fuel Depots, can be used in any Reactor, and has a capacity of 5,000 units.
Fuels
Fuels store large amounts of energy and are the primary reactant in chemical reactions. Fuels store a certain amount of energy per unit. These are burned in Gas Power Plants with Oxidizers to produce energy. Each Region has one type of Fuel Gas.
Hydrogen
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Hydrogen is the smallest and lightest element. It is the most abundant element in the universe and is found in many chemical compounds.
Type: Fuel
Power per unit: 2
Cooldown (ticks): 150
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Found in the Monolith region.
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Nitrogen
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Nitrogen is a common element in the universe and is used in many biological processes.
Type: Fuel
Power per unit: 1
Cooldown (ticks): 100
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Found in the Ward and Fracture regions.
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Methane
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Methane contains plenty of energy for combustion.
Type: Fuel
Power per unit: 3
Cooldown (ticks): 200
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Found in the Spine and Breach regions.
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Oxidizers
Oxidizers are required for chemical reactions to take place. Oxidizers can multiply the amount of energy produced during a reaction. These are burned with Fuels in gas power plants to produce energy, and can be obtained in any Region.
Oxygen
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Oxygen is used by nearly all living organisms for respiration.
Type: Oxidizer
Power multiplier: 1.0
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Produced in a Gas Collector
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Chlorine
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Chlorine is extremely reactive in its elemental form and tends to form stable salts.
Type: Oxidizer
Power multiplier: 1.5
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Produced in a Gas Collector
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Fluorine
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Fluorine is an extremely reactive halogen and whitens teeth.
Type: Oxidizer
Power multiplier: 2.0
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Produced in a Gas Collector
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Drops
