List of elements in Star Control Origins to save for quests (spoilers)

[Seredin]

List of elements in Star Control Origins to save for quests (spoilers):

Tzo Crystals for Mowling Hospital (1)

Polonium for Mowling Hospital (10)

Argon for Mowling Hospital (10)

Superfluid to cure Plinthi disease on the ship (1)

Degenerate Matter an alternative solution to Mukay safety (50)

Neutronium for Lexite Ship (1)

Francium to expand earth colonies (10 ea x 3 colonies) PLUS a hyperdrive each (30)

Uranium for Lander pew pew (1), and also Epsilon Uxor side quest (30) (total 31)

Lead for the Doomed Charlox side quest (100 units!)

Gold for Lacaille 8760 system side quest (80)

Xenon for the side quest the Hunt for Clavis Aurea (40)

This was surprisingly hard information to find. Hopefully this helps someone to minimize hassle. There is a good game to be had if you can minimize the wasted time doing busywork.

[RammaStardock]

This is gonna make things much easier for other players. It's appreciated

[desaix]

It should be noted that the amount of Francium required has dropped significantly from when the game originally launched. I think you needed 300 units, before, which -- combined with its rarity -- made it the most valuable mineral in the game, regardless of what the actual selling price was. So if you're checking out older posts, trying to discover why everyone was trying to track down sources of Francium and not, say, lead or gold, that's why.

[locustkllr]

Solid list! i will say that ive seen videos of people playing, and read lots of feedback that some players really hated selling something and finding out later they needed it for a quest, or agonized over every trip to sell mineral loads. Just don't. Don't sweat it, the spur is FULL of minerals, and it's truly not that hard to find more of whatever it is you sold.