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Resources
Ore, oil, gases, water, slugs and alien materials.
16 entries · Reviewed 2026-10-28
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Iron Ore
Mined from iron nodes and smelted into ingots; it supports plates, rods and many early and late manufacturing chains.
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Copper Ore
Smelting copper supplies wire, cable and copper sheets used in electronics, pipelines and electrical equipment.
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Limestone
Miners provide limestone for concrete, which is used extensively in foundations and construction.
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Coal
Coal can power automated generators and contributes to steel, compacted coal and more advanced fuel paths.
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Sulfur
Sulfur is researched in the MAM and enables explosives and advanced fuel-related products.
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Raw Quartz
Quartz opens crystal research and supports silica and crystal oscillator manufacturing.
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Caterium Ore
Caterium allows high-speed electronics materials such as quickwire after research.
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Crude Oil
Oil extractors supply crude oil to refineries that make plastic, rubber and fuel with fluid byproducts.
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Bauxite
Bauxite is processed through multi-stage aluminum production that also depends on water and silica inputs.
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Uranium
Uranium is radioactive and supports advanced nuclear generation after appropriate processing and protection.
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SAM
Strange Alien Matter becomes important for late-game conversion and quantum technologies.
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Nitrogen Gas
Pressurizers extract nitrogen at resource wells for advanced fluid and gas production chains.
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Water
Water from extractors is a key fluid for coal generators, refining and aluminum systems.
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Power Slug
Collectible alien slugs can be processed into Power Shards for clock-speed adjustments.
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Mercer Sphere
A special collectible researched for Dimensional Depot storage and item access.
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Somersloop
A rare collectible tied to late-game alien research, including production amplification.
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