Resource & Crafting Recipe Index
A comprehensive understanding of resources and their crafting recipes is fundamental to progression in No Man's Sky. This index serves as a quick reference for identifying materials, their uses, and how to combine them to create essential items, technologies, and base components.
Mastering the crafting system in No Man's Sky requires knowledge of its vast array of resources and recipes. This index provides a centralized location to look up crafting blueprints, understand material properties, and efficiently create everything from basic survival tools to advanced technological marvels.
Key Resources and Their Uses
| Resource | Primary Use | Acquisition Method |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon | Fuel, Basic Crafting | Mining plants |
| Ferrite Dust | Base Building, Crafting | Mining rocks |
| Oxygen | Life Support, Refining | Mining plants, refining Carbon |
| Sodium | Shield Recharge | Mining plants, refining |
| Dioxite | Hazard Protection Recharge | Mining ice, refining |
| Ammonia | Fuel, Refining | Harvesting gas, refining |
| Cadmium | Warp Drive Fuel (Yellow Stars) | Mining specific crystals |
| Emeril | Warp Drive Fuel (Green Stars) | Mining specific crystals |
| Indium | Warp Drive Fuel (Blue Stars) | Mining specific crystals |
Essential Crafting Recipes
Here are some fundamental recipes every traveler should know:
- Portable Refiner: 50 Carbon, 50 Ferrite Dust
- Medium Refiner: 100 Carbon, 100 Ferrite Dust, 100 Platinum
- Terrain Manipulator: 50 Carbon, 25 Ferrite Dust
- Sal Booster: 50 Carbon, 25 Ferrite Dust, 1 Tech Module
- Warp Cell: 1 Antimatter, 1 Warp Hypercore (Antimatter requires blueprint and refined materials)
- Condensed Carbon: 2 Carbon
- Purified Water: 40 Carbon, 10 Salt
- Chlorine: 250 Oxygen, 250 Salt (or 250 Oxygen, 1 Chlorine for exponential production)
Advanced Crafting Components
These are often intermediate steps for more complex items:
- Circuit Board: Requires multiple refined materials like Gamma Root, Solanium, Frost Crystal, and Star Bulb.
- Wiring Loom: Crafted from Carbon.
- Lubricant: Crafted from Gamma Root and Faecium.
- Antimatter: Requires blueprint. Crafted from Condensed Carbon and Antimatter Housing (which itself requires other refined materials).
Where to Find Blueprints
Blueprints for crafting recipes are primarily acquired through:
- Buried Technology Modules: Dig these up on planets and research them at the Analysis Station on the Space Anomaly.
- Manufacturing Facilities: Solving the puzzles at these facilities can unlock blueprints.
- Science Terminal: Hiring a Scientist for your base and completing their missions will unlock various blueprints.
- Space Anomaly Vendors: Purchase blueprints directly using Nanites.
This index is a starting point. As you progress, you'll discover hundreds of recipes. Prioritize learning those that aid survival, exploration, and economic gain.