Chromatic Metal?

[Chaoss]

I can't progress on a new game as I need chromatic metal but none can be found or crafted, known bug?

[Peacenelke]

Got the same problem here, dont know where to find it or learn the blueprint...stuck in System with only one Planet

[Chaoss]

its a bug, the game is pretty much unplayable right now especially if you've started a new one, my suggestion is to shut it off and just wait a few months for the fixes

[Arconedas]

It is not a bug.. you need to construct portable refinery and use it to make chromatic metal.

[Peacenelke]

Originally posted by Arconedas:

It is not a bug.. you need construct portable refinery and use it to make chromatic metal.

I build it but i cant get that metal ot of it you got some tipps?

[Arconedas]

I'm not sure what it required, since i actually have not played the game yet.. i just saw someone make it on a stream in twitch.

[CountZero]

I got Chromatic Metal easily. I just followed the tutorial. It said to use the visor to find the copper, then use the terrain manipulator to harvest the copper. Once that's done, just put copper in your refiner and it will generate chromatic metal.

EDIT: I should probably add to not forget to fuel your refiner with carbon, or you won't be making anything.

[Del-Dredd]

Putting it in Tutorial for new palyers or ones starting new game is fine, but for people using older saves they need to put this sort of stuff in a stickied post or something.

Needing Chromatic Metal for whatever you need to craft but not one clue as to how you actually go about making it, that is just dumb, just like adding in new tools ie this refiner thing, with no indication what its for or what it can produce.

Not everybody wants to start a fresh game from scratch jsut to see all the new bits learn how to make stuff.

[GONDAL]

Use the terrain manipulator on a copper node (you can find them by using the visor), then refine the copper to get Chromatic metal

[Del-Dredd]

Problem is they changed the whole system and give no info to previous players how to use all the new stuff, it should have an inbuilt guide that is actually usefull unlike the current effort.

It is all fine and dandy if you start a new game and go through all the tutorial but previous players are left completly in the dark after Next.

[jvjd]

You could assault a freighter if you are up to it :)

[GraShropp]

That did take a while to get used to. I miss Heridium :-)

https://nomanssky.gamepedia.com/Heridium

[Arcturus Asriv]

It's designed so that you go, 'hmmm, Chromatic Metal... '
And wonder how to get it.
Then when you put some Copper in the refinery, or unlock Chromatic Metal's entry in your catalogue, you have that 'aha!' mment.

Btw, opening trade with the pilots and trade terminal unlocks the catalogue entries for everything they offer to you.

[🐾]

You need to find 1 of 4 base metals and put them inside the portable refinery (left side). Fuel the refinery and start the process. After 2 min the base metal will be transformed into Chromatic Metal. The base metals are:

Copper
Cadmium
Emeril
Indium

[Afro Moose]

Originally posted by Del-Dredd:

Problem is they changed the whole system and give no info to previous players how to use all the new stuff, it should have an inbuilt guide that is actually usefull unlike the current effort.

It is all fine and dandy if you start a new game and go through all the tutorial but previous players are left completly in the dark after Next.

They hardly gave us any info before either. Anyone playing then or no is self taught or watches vids on it. All this did was level the playing field for new and old.

I buggered up my old save and wasted enough resources testing things i just started a new one.

[Dragonixor]

I cant believe how many people are whinning that it never says how to get it when not only the description states exactly which materials you need to rifine to get it, but it's also the first result when you search "No man's sky chromatic metal" on google