So do resources respawn or not?

[85man56]

I know it’s 2021. I know there forums are dead. But every single damn place I’ve looked, I can’t seem to find a definitive answer on whether or not resources like limestone outcrops and acid mushrooms respawn. I know the devs have disconfirmed it but so many people claim this happens that I have to ask. Please. For the love of God. Give me an actual answer.

[Cursed Hawkins]

M8 I'm just gonna be blunt here, if the developers themselves say that they don't respawn then they don't respawn,them having to comment on the topic is likely because so many of those people were the reason why they had to make the comment in the first place.

[admiral1018]

Resources don't respawn.

Mid-to-large sized fauna also do not respawn, so it is possible to completely remove many of the species from the game, including the leviathans.

Small fish do respawn.

[Tex]

It seems there is a rare glitch that can cause some to respawn, but they should not respawn and are not coded to.

[Dirak2012]

What I have seen is that not all resources are loaded at the same time, so you might think that you cleared the area but you then find some "new" nodes that weren't loaded before.

[Amanoob105]

I will always say they do, but at a rate so very, very, verrryyyy...... slow that it doesn't make much difference if the people that say they don't are right.
Either way if you want more resources your best bet will always to expand the area you explore while looking for new ways to do just that.

The only resources you can be sure to find that can be relied on are;
Stalker teeth. If there are stalkers you can get teeth.
Shale outcrops (gold, lithium and Diamonds). If you can find the sea treaders you will never run out of the stuff.
Sea treader poop. See above.
Scrap metal. Leave an area with stalkers in it for long enough and they will always, somehow, find more of it to play with.

If we're talking fauna and flora, then that's a little different.
All small fish breed. Just not very quickly and always slower than you can eat/drink them.
Medium creatures to breed, just even slower than the fish.
If you can find a Alien containment you can breed anything that is either a small fish (put two in there and they will start to breed like rabbits) or the medium creatures but for them you need to find two of their eggs and put them in for them to breed.

The really big things don't respawn, with the technical exception of reefbacks which are always popping in and out of existence depending on where in the world you are. As a result anything (copper, silver and if you're lucky table corral) you find on them can, sort of, be thought of as a respawning resource. Just not a very reliable one.

If you can get just about any piece of a plant, be it edible or not, you can put it in a growbed for an endless supply. There are very few exceptions to that rule.

*SPOILERS* and then some.
There's a place towards the end of the game with endlessly respawning ion cubes.

[admiral1018]

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

The really big things don't respawn, with the technical exception of reefbacks which are always popping in and out of existence depending on where in the world you are. As a result anything (copper, silver and if you're lucky table corral) you find on them can, sort of, be thought of as a respawning resource. Just not a very reliable one.

The reefbacks are fixed in number and don't respawn. They have large, circular paths that can cross multiple biomes, so it may seem like they continually come out of nowhere. But you can definitely kill all of them and remove them from the world. The barnacles on their back also do not respawn, so this isn't a way to get unlimited copper/silver.

[Just Chill]

Doesn't removing the cell cache in your savegame folder respawns enemies and also resources?

Even though it's manipulation by the end user, it's still some sort of "unlimited resources".

[85man56]

Thanks.

[Jekko]

Originally posted by admiral1018:

Small fish do respawn.

I remember certain areas becoming completely dead after a while, felt guilty of catching fish as it would deplete the area. Is that no longer the case?

[Tex]

Originally posted by Sotek Winsss:

Originally posted by admiral1018:

Small fish do respawn.

I remember certain areas becoming completely dead after a while, felt guilty of catching fish as it would deplete the area. Is that no longer the case?

It is still the case.

[admiral1018]

No, small fish do slowly respawn over time. This was confirmed my the devs, and I've noticed it myself.

I hate the Hoverfish in the crash zone and tried to catch them all to remove them from the game. I thought I was successful, as they seemed to have disappeared. However, a few (real-time) days later, I started seeing them again.

[Pathmaker]

they dont respawn, but some are renewable, like the limestone outcrops and ion cubes

[admiral1018]

Limestone outcrops are not "renewable."

[BlackTemplar]

Want unlimited goodies. Park your cyclops near walkers. Follow them around in prawn. Fill up all your lockers with building supplies. I have a Cyclops dedicated to this task. Its full of extra lockers.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by Just Chill:

Doesn't removing the cell cache in your savegame folder respawns enemies and also resources?

Even though it's manipulation by the end user, it's still some sort of "unlimited resources".

The internet helps those who help themselves...

https://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/135508662498406468/#c135508833656510703

Originally posted by mouseno4:

- All resources will reset back to their ''starting the game'' state