What do you do with rusted metal and goo?

[shanerule]

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[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Pass the goo in a refiner. Take the result and pass it in a refiner too. And do that again and again...

Rusted metal turn into ferrite dust.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

You can throw it away if you want. It does have some refining value...especially early game. Some stuff turns into nanites which is extremely useful, some into ferrite.

I often throw it away, but got more credits and nanites than I will ever need. Given the refining time, it is difficult to say it is ever worth messing with...unless you are 20 nanites short of that fill in blank upgrade you really want.

Rusted metal is a little simpler...unless there are no sources of ferrite nearby, or you are complete fueless on your multitool...just let it go. Center mouse button to clear it from inventory.

[Nebula]

If you find rusted metal deposits it a good way to get large amounts of Ferrite dust for crafting and reapiring your multi-tools, simply send it through your refinery.

[Nswr42]

mix goo wiyh coprite in refiner to obtain gold at 1:1 ratio :D
goo refined 5 times gets you nanites at 5:1 ratio (or 50:1, not sure)
rust gives you ferrite dust at 1:2 ratio. but it's slow.

[Pul Myfinger]

Originally posted by .123:

What do you do with rusted metal and goo?

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[Johnny in the Clouds]

In Normal mode these lesser value items are not that useful. In a mode like Permadeath they could make or break a situation, perhaps refining into something you desperately need, which otherwise might be too dangerous to collect.

Make available only one slot for them in Normal or Survival, as they drop frequently when opening discarded crates. Occasionally an alien may ask to completed a mission and request twenty of a lesser value item or something that can be refined from them. If you have any spare it's probably best to throw them away and spend time more wisely collecting greater amounts of nanites from another source.

[Balgore]

Destroy them not worth the time to refine them imo

[korfan]

Rusted metal is an easy way to carry ferrite. Once you start base building you'll need a lot of it, so it's sort of a time saver. If I have the slots in my suit I just accumulate it untli I get back to my base and then throw it in the refiner while I expand the base.

[kibishii]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

You can throw it away if you want.(...)

I often throw it away(...)

This is my way also.