About research materials...

[Benzin]

Hi all, couple of questions on research materials please:

1.- How do i know what items are actually research materials? specially since the atomizer will happily eat everything you throw at it. Many times ibe thrown stuff that i dont know what its for into the atomizer, and received nothing in return.

2.- The science officer is supposed to launche proves into some things in space to get some research materials. right? well my Scibot (i only play solo) sometimes launches proves, and i dont see any research stuff on the science lab?

Thanks in advance for your input!

[obvious]

Hello Benzin, nice to see you back.
1. The atomizer is used to atomize rare minerals, plants and other substances in order to obtain certain chemical compounds for your research. The easy way to tell if something is research is to look at it in your inventory. If it says "contains Vortosites" or something like that (color depending on the compound) then you can atomize it. This wiki page may help: https://pulsarlostcolony.fandom.com/wiki/Research_Materials

2. Yes, scientists probe astereoids etc. to get XP and research materials. They are represented by a glittering blue glowing spot. But you don't need to see it, it is enough if the vincity is probed. The bot will not do it, for it has no programming for that. Scibot only probes to give you better scan of the sector around you and on the potential enemies within. Probes for picking up research need to be done by you manually.

[Benzin]

Hi!
I will keep that list from the wiki handy, untill i memorize what each research material is.
As for the probes, i tought she (Scibot) was launching them to get research. i will visit the scanner more often to look for research stuff to pickup.

I been really enjoying the game, now that it has a proper pause feature and offline mode. Looking forward to spending a TON more hours in it!

Thanks a lot for the detailed information!

[Simon of Cyrene]

Word of warning - quest materials can be atomized. I had a science officer totally ruin the "artifact" quest chain by atomizing the first artifact without realizing it's significance.

[Benzin]

Originally posted by Simon of Cyrene:

Word of warning - quest materials can be atomized. I had a science officer totally ruin the "artifact" quest chain by atomizing the first artifact without realizing it's significance.

I did once atomize one item whos name was in blue. I guess that was a quest item? im on a new game now, ill be careful not to atomize those hehe.
Thanks for the heads up!

[obvious]

I still hope you join us multiplayer folks at one point :D

[Benzin]

Originally posted by obvious:

I still hope you join us multiplayer folks at one point :D

Thanks mate, but in all honesty, its now very unlikely. This is because im about to start a new life. in about 1 monthy i will be changing city, job, schedule, house, etc. So my allready diminished time to play (since the arrival of my newborn), will become even shorter :(

Still, once i get settled in, hopefully i will be able to jump on an online game to say hello. :)

[obvious]

Good luck with everything!

[Benzin]

Originally posted by obvious:

Good luck with everything!

Thanks my friend. Im gonna need it! haha