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Do resources respawn?
Do resources like iron and cobalt respawn naturally over time? Or is the amount of resources in the world set and it doesn't respawn
Originally posted by Philtre:
Originally posted by Juicygrandpa:
Lol idk why people started arguing here all I wanted to know is materials like iron or cobalt respawn naturally or if I have to find some alternative way to obtain them eventually such as mining

They do not respawn as such, but they are dropped at low rates by meteors and can be harvested infinitely with an ore extractor once you unlock it.
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HunterKiller Apr 3, 2022 @ 3:05pm 
From what I've seen, after mining the whole area where my base is, only if there's a meteor shower will they return. Now though, the showers are spacing themselves far apart.
darthpejka Apr 3, 2022 @ 3:32pm 
After a while you can build ore extractors, as far as I can tell the supply for those is unlimited, so there's nothing to worry about really.
SoulzBaen Apr 3, 2022 @ 5:12pm 
Does the respawn also count for the Uranium Cave? I need 2 more to make a rod but it's completely out. I don't have an extractor yet...
darwinrocks80 Apr 3, 2022 @ 5:18pm 
I had to place t2 mines in the caves at this point i am placing 2 T2 mining rigs in each cave found a osmium (sp) cave near the station that cant have mines in it but the area outside is sulfur. I used the rockets to make asteroids fall to get the iridium to make the mines and the uranium to make the rods till then
SoulzBaen Apr 3, 2022 @ 5:23pm 
That's going to suck...I don't have T1 mines running yet...
Philtre Apr 3, 2022 @ 5:36pm 
Originally posted by SoulzBaen:
Does the respawn also count for the Uranium Cave? I need 2 more to make a rod but it's completely out. I don't have an extractor yet...

You can deconstruct stuff you already built to get back the materials. But be warned the first renewable source of uranium is rockets, which require uranium. So don't use it all up.
Speck Apr 3, 2022 @ 6:06pm 
Every mineable Ressource (except Zeolithe) occasionally falls from the sky. For some you have to be quick to collect them cause they despawn.
Symatrix Hill Apr 3, 2022 @ 8:26pm 
Originally posted by Juicygrandpa:
Do resources like iron and cobalt respawn naturally over time? Or is the amount of resources in the world set and it doesn't respawn

I just noticed some of them respawn but that is a bug because when we load up the game then they don`t respawn which i which some few of these item respawn.

The developer should respawn some very few % who make us more busy on the way to a destination.
Now i just fly from one spot to another and look straight ahead and just want to come forward which is sad when some of the area are tottaly cleaned for resources.
NiceGuy Apr 3, 2022 @ 9:30pm 
I'm now finished with the tree level and this is for now the end of the game as insects and further on is not implemented yet.
I never had any problems with missing resources, especially not with the initial ones like iron, magnesium, titan, cobalt and silicon.
If you lag the next tier resources you need to explore the map as there are plenty of each in different locations.
Also if you further terraform the planet meteorites start to deliver needed higher tier resources.
You only lag resources when building excessively... Resource management is and should be a part of the game 😉🙃
Last edited by NiceGuy; Apr 3, 2022 @ 9:33pm
Symatrix Hill Apr 4, 2022 @ 5:12am 
Originally posted by NiceGuy:
I'm now finished with the tree level and this is for now the end of the game as insects and further on is not implemented yet.
I never had any problems with missing resources, especially not with the initial ones like iron, magnesium, titan, cobalt and silicon.
If you lag the next tier resources you need to explore the map as there are plenty of each in different locations.
Also if you further terraform the planet meteorites start to deliver needed higher tier resources.
You only lag resources when building excessively... Resource management is and should be a part of the game 😉🙃


How you use your iron and what you build and what you are pleased with depend of how much and what work you wanna spend where some people is pleased with 4 wall and one foundation + a roof so if you say you had enough iron then it is up to you alone.

Iron is the most necessary resources in the game because that is a basic resource as trees and stone in other game if you catch my point which you have never think about.
Mr. Fibble Apr 4, 2022 @ 5:21am 
Doesn't hurt to plan a big build but usually doesn't make sense to dive in and do it until you have a guaranteed flow of materials coming in. Windows or furniture are certainly nice but not necessary compared to another room or a ladder to another floor.

Caves don't respawn the "rares" like osmium or uranium but out in the world it does sometimes seem as though new ores do appear on bare ground.
Seth_Haveron Apr 4, 2022 @ 5:44am 
im only at 3m Ti and already all out of aluminium

the material balancing is actually 10x worse then the prologe

there should be a option to tweak the respawn rate... cant be that you run out of stuff after building things that are required to reach a basic level at this point.
SAS-Vet Apr 4, 2022 @ 5:57am 
I have not found any problems with finding materials... There is a lot of materials everywhere, all you have to do is run around A LOT and basically see what area has MORE of one type of ORE than another. Also Containers have a lot of the Rare Ores which are required for progressing.... my advice is to stock pile at the beginning and once to unlock the Medium container then fill at least 2 of them each for the different minerals. But it's also good that you discover things for yourselves.
Philtre Apr 4, 2022 @ 11:07am 
Originally posted by Seth_Haveron:
im only at 3m Ti and already all out of aluminium

If you have the ore extractor unlocked, you can place it in the aluminum biome to harvest aluminum automatically (along with basic resources). If not, it occasionally drops from meteors.
Symatrix Hill Apr 4, 2022 @ 6:12pm 
Originally posted by Mr. Fibble:
Doesn't hurt to plan a big build but usually doesn't make sense to dive in and do it until you have a guaranteed flow of materials coming in. Windows or furniture are certainly nice but not necessary compared to another room or a ladder to another floor.

Caves don't respawn the "rares" like osmium or uranium but out in the world it does sometimes seem as though new ores do appear on bare ground.


-- Listen to me please , this is an "crafting game/with a touch of survival ok. In any crafting game or survival game we have unlimited with basic resources as trees and stone well we do not need trees and stone here but what we need is iron who is the basic resources on this planet where we even have a lot of it on the earth on real life as well.

How we build and what to do is up to each of us where the problem is easy to fix by add a "IRON EXSTRACTOR" then everyone is pleased and now they can do whatever they feel for even if they choose to play forever.

This game is about "having fun" and if i gonna have it fun in any crafting/survival then i need to play a game without any restrictions on basic building material as iron in this game and that you need to respect and not stay there and tell me how to play the game i have buy in the belief that I could build anything as in all other crafting/survival game i have played.


-- In fact it is extremely annoying when some of you guys gonna tell me what i dont need to build and how less i gonna build and what i should be pleased to build and how i gonna spend my limited basic resources as iron and then tell me what make sense to do or not because you are just so happy with the way the mechanics work when we talk about the most basic resources as iron, it is much better you keep your mouth shut "and do not interfere in what other players like to do" who make very sense too me.

What really strike me here is that i am very surprised that some of you guys under all circumstances have totally lack of understanding on this case which shows me how egotistical you are and how you are as human beings in general when all you do is think about how you play and then everyone else has to adapt to the same way of playing, which is completely unfair and lack of logical thinking when we talk about iron who is the again the most basic building material in this game.


""""""" The developer need to "add a iron extractor as fast as possible" no doubt about that and we need early access to it as well and that gonna pleased everyonevery very much so easy is that """"""" .

Why the "iron extractor" because now we have "early access to iron" which is a "fundamental resource" and i am not interested in the ore extractor who gives tons of resources i doesn`t need at the moment and by the way we get that one only later game stages which i don`t care about.


-- All other resource issue and other issue they can work with later which should be comprehensible to everyone.


By the way sorry my english and that I have edited my post and tried to correct some of my English to the better.
Last edited by Symatrix Hill; Apr 4, 2022 @ 6:24pm
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