Copper high in demand

[Sugamotomagazaki]

I've noticed my binoculars show points of interest when it comes to resources but the holes i dig remain intact. There's no resource respawn which if fine but i was wondering (couldnt find a straight answer), do resources respawn? The game demands tons of Chromatic Metal and my resource so far available is Copper but i've managed to outsource the area.

[EasyAwesomeSauce]

As you get further into the game, you will travel to red, green and blue star systems. they offer cadmium, emeril and indium respectively. These metals convert to chromatic metal at a higher value than copper. think 2:1, 3:1, and 4:1. If you can find a yellow star system that contains activated copper I believe, (cannot remember exactly rn) that it converts to chromatic metal at 2.5 to 1. which makes the early grind a little easier.

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Sugamotomagazaki:

I've noticed my binoculars show points of interest when it comes to resources but the holes i dig remain intact. There's no resource respawn which if fine but i was wondering (couldnt find a straight answer), do resources respawn? The game demands tons of Chromatic Metal and my resource so far available is Copper but i've managed to outsource the area.

Yes, they respawn eventually but it's not worth waiting around for it to happen... (not sure exactly but afaik it's days/weeks)
If you want a steady supply, it's worth investing into unlocking the mineral extractor and storage depots via the anomaly (you'll to unlock the analysis visor to find hotspots too)

also, little tip, if you are using the terrain editor to mine minerals, the set the impact size to small (left shoulder button on controller) and you will get more resources from a deposit at the cost of it taking longer to mine it out.

Also, if you have a large refiner, you can combine your metals (ideally indium) with silver and gold to make much more chrome than usual

[EasyAwesomeSauce]

Originally posted by Shadow Strider:

Originally posted by Sugamotomagazaki:

I've noticed my binoculars show points of interest when it comes to resources but the holes i dig remain intact. There's no resource respawn which if fine but i was wondering (couldnt find a straight answer), do resources respawn? The game demands tons of Chromatic Metal and my resource so far available is Copper but i've managed to outsource the area.

Yes, they respawn eventually but it's not worth waiting around for it to happen... (not sure exactly but afaik it's days/weeks)
If you want a steady supply, it's worth investing into unlocking the mineral extractor and storage depots via the anomaly (you'll to unlock the analysis visor to find hotspots too)

also, little tip, if you are using the terrain editor to mine minerals, the set the impact size to small (left shoulder button on controller) and you will get more resources from a deposit at the cost of it taking longer to mine it out.

Also, if you have a large refiner, you can combine your metals (ideally indium) with silver and gold to make much more chrome than usual

Thats AWESOME! I didnt know you alloy the other metals together. thanks.

[Daedrius]

If you want to most chromatic metal, activated indium is what you want. Those planets usually have very extreme weather conditions though so, you'll def want to get hazard protection.

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Daedrius:

If you want to most chromatic metal, activated indium is what you want. Those planets usually have very extreme weather conditions though so, you'll def want to get hazard protection.

unfortunately the activated ones don't combine with silver and gold, so they aren't actually the best options for making chrome

[Daedrius]

Originally posted by Shadow Strider:

Originally posted by Daedrius:

If you want to most chromatic metal, activated indium is what you want. Those planets usually have very extreme weather conditions though so, you'll def want to get hazard protection.

unfortunately the activated ones don't combine with silver and gold, so they aren't actually the best options for making chrome

What are you talking about? You just refine Activated Indium to get Chromatic Metal.

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Daedrius:

Originally posted by Shadow Strider:

unfortunately the activated ones don't combine with silver and gold, so they aren't actually the best options for making chrome

What are you talking about? You just refine Activated Indium to get Chromatic Metal.

if you mix the non-activated metals with gold and silver in a large refiner you get way more chrome...
1 indium + 1 gold + 1 silver = 30 chrome
with copper, cadmium and emeril you get 5, 10 and 20 respectively
so even copper gets better results than just refining activated indium on its own...

you can mix activated ones with pure ferrite to double their output though, but any metal but copper mixed with gold and silver will still outproduce activated indium with pure ferrite.

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For least hassle just make money and buy resources. Or if you play mp, go to some populated planets and take the mats from other players bases. You can find more than you'll ever use in minutes.