Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (2024)

This page details where to find all crafting materials in No Man’s Sky, and a brief overview of their use outside of crafting, refining or cooking where relevant. Note that some of the materials require specific technologies to access, such as Frost Crystals, Solanium, Gamma Roots, and Star Bulbs, all of which require the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade to harvest from their respective flora. In addition, some elements can only be found in specific star systems, such as Activated Cadmium (red star systems), Activated Copper (yellow star systems), Activated Emeril (green star systems), and Activated Indium (blue star systems). To venture to these systems, you’ll need specific upgrades for the Hyperdrive system in your Starship or Freighter. If you want to know where you can find these, see our pages on technology upgrades, listed below.

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All Crafting Materials in No Man’s Sky

Compressed Atmospheric Gas

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (1)NitrogenPresent in all star systems, harvested as a secondary item from some flora, mined from deposits, or harvested from toxic and lush planet atmospheresUsed in crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (2)RadonPresent in all star systems, particularly on frozen and radioactive planets, extracted from environment with Atmosphere Harvesters, found in some floraUsed in crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (3)SulphurinePresent in all star systems, particularly on scorched and desert planets, extracted from environment with Atmosphere Harvesters, found in some floraUsed in one crafting recipe (Thermic Condensate) and numerous refining recipes

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Harvested Agricultural Substance

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (4)Cactus FleshPresent in all star systems, particularly on desert or barren planets, mined from deposits and minerals using the Mining LaserUsed in numerous crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (5)FaeciumProduced by various fauna on planets after feeding them Creature Pellets, also grown from the Gutrot FlowerUsed in numerous crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (6)Frost CrystalRequires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade, allowing you to harvest Frost Crystal from Frostwort flora on frozen planetsUsed in crafting, refining, and numerous cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (7)Fungal MouldRequires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade, allowing you to harvest Fungal Mould from Fungal Clusters on toxic planetsUsed in crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (8)Gamma RootRequires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade, allowing you to harvest Gamma Root from Gamma Weed flora on radioactive planetsUsed in crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (9)Kelp SacPresent in all star systems, on planets with water, harvested from Candle Kelp floraUsed to craft Weatherproof Rubber, numerous refining recipes, and one cooking recipe (Kelp Rice)
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (10)Marrow BulbPresent in all star systems, can be harvested from Cave Marrows, which are generally found within cavesUsed in crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (11)SolaniumRequires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade, allowing you to harvest Solanium from Solar Vines on volcanic planetsUsed in crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (12)Star BulbRequires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade, allowing you to harvest Star Bulb from Star Bramble on lush planetsUsed in crafting, refining, and cooking recipes

High Energy Substance

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (13)DeuteriumProduced when refining Di-hydrogen and Tritium or purchased from trade terminals / visiting pilotsUsed in some crafting recipes, Deuterium Rich Plants provide brief jetpack power boost when consumed
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (14)Di-hydrogenPresent in all star systems, mined from blue crystal minerals, identified with the Analysis VisorPrimarily used in crafting recipes for Starship Launch Fuel, but also a number of other crafting and refining recipes

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Localised Earth Elements

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (15)AmmoniaPresent in all star systems, particularly on toxic planets, mined from minerals using the Mining LaserRecharges Hazard Protection Units against Toxic environments, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (16)BasaltPresent in all star systems, particularly on volcanic planets, mined from deposits and minerals using the Mining LaserUsed in crafting Voltaic Amplifiers
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (17)DioxitePresent in all star systems, particularly on frozen planets, mined from deposits and minerals using the Mining LaserRecharges Life Support System and Hazard Protection Units against Cold environments, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (18)ParaffiniumPresent in all star systems (particularly tropical planets), mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorUsed in crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (19)PhosphorusPresent in all star systems, particularly on scorched planets, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (20)PyritePresent in all star systems, particularly on desert or barren planets, mined from deposits and mineralsUsed in crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (21)UraniumAcquired from Metal ‘Fingers’ resource nodes or as a secondary item in mineral deposits on irradiated planetsRecharges the Launch Thrusters on Starships, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes

Metals

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (22)Activated CadmiumIn red star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (23)Activated CopperIn yellow star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (24)Activated EmerilIn green star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (25)Activated IndiumIn blue star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (26)CadmiumIn red star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite, used in numerous crafting recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (27)Chromatic MetalRefined from most metal sources such as Copper, Cadmium, Emeril, Indium, Pure Ferrite, and GoldUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes, and one cooking recipe (Silicon Egg)
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (28)CopperIn yellow star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (29)EmerilIn green star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal, Magnetised Ferrite and Gold, used in numerous crafting recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (30)IndiumIn blue star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorCan be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite, used in some crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (31)Rusted MetalCommonly acquired from Damaged Containers, found on most planets scattered through the landscapeCan be refined into Ferrite Dust
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (32)Tainted MetalFound in Derelict Freighter space encounters, traded with Guild Envoys and Scrap dealers in exchange for Crew Manifest and Captain’s Log dataUsed as a trading item with Scrap Dealers, can be refined into Nanite Clusters

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Processed / Subterranean / Metallic / Aquatic Mineral

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (33)ChlorinePresent in all star systems, mined from Organic Rock and underwater mineral depositsUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (34)CobaltPresent in all star systems, mined from minerals (especially stalactite / stalagmite) primarily found in cavesUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (35)Ferrite DustAbundant in all star systems, mined from the surface and rocks of most planetsUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (36)Ionised CobaltPurchased from trade terminals and visiting pilots, or refined from Cobalt / Marrow Bulb + Oxygen / Marrow Bulb + PugneumUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (37)Magnetised FerritePresent in all star systems, mined from deposits using the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis VisorUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (38)Pure FerriteAbundant in all star systems, mined from large rocks on most planetsCan be used to repair damaged Launch Thrusters, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (39)SaltPresent in all star systems, can be mined from underwater minerals and resource depositsUsed in numerous crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (40)Silicate PowderAbundant in all star systems, can be mined from soil on almost any planetUsed in numerous crafting recipes and can be refined into glass

Refined / Unrefined Organic Element

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (41)CarbonPresent in all star systems, mined from most flora and found as a secondary item in some mineralsRecharges Multi-Tool functions and fuel sources, used in numerous crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (42)Condensed CarbonPresent in all star systems, mined from red crystal minerals, identified with the Analysis VisorUsed in numerous crafting, refining, and cooking recipes, good source of fuel for refiners
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (43)Cyto-PhosphatePresent in all star systems, primarily mined from underwater floraUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (44)HexiteA rare material acquired from Local Missions and Guild Envoys as rewards, also looted from Crystal Elements on some Exotic planetsUsed in the recipe to craft a Consciousness Bridge for the Living Ship, or refined with Faecium to produce Nanite Clusters
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (45)OxygenPresent in all star systems, mined from red crystal minerals, identified with the Analysis Visor, also harvested from some floraRecharges Life Support System, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes

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Unrefined / Refined Catalytic Element

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (46)SodiumPresent in all star systems, can be harvested from some flora, mined as secondary item from some minerals and depositsRecharges defensive technologies such as shields and Hazard Protection Units, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (47)Sodium NitratePresent in all star systems, mined from yellow crystal minerals, identified with the Analysis VisorEfficiently recharges defensive technologies such as shields and Hazard Protection Units, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes

Valuable Asteroid Mineral

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (48)GoldPresent in all star systems, can be mined from asteroids in orbit, or from deposits on Exotic planetsUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (49)PlatinumPresent in all star systems, can be mined from asteroids in orbit, or sometimes from underground deposits in cavesUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (50)SilverPresent in all star systems, can be mined from asteroids in orbit, or from deposits on most planets, particularly from minerals in cavesUsed in numerous crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (51)TritiumPresent in all star systems, can be mined from asteroids in orbit, sometimes found as Tritium HyperclustersRecharges the Pulse Engine on your Starship, used in numerous crafting and refining recipes

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Other

IconElementLocationUses
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (52)Ancestral MemoriesAfter speaking with Specialist Polo on the Space Anomaly, give Creature Pellets to almost any fauna, then interact with them to harvest their Ancestral MemoriesCan be handed in to Specialist Polo to complete the Bounds Testing milestone
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (53)Cursed DustThis item is found as a resource deposit on planets blighted by titan worm activity, as part of Expedition 4: EmergenceCollecting it rewards you with the An Indelible Stain milestone
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (54)Fragmented QualiaExtracted from living beings with the Animus Beam Multi-Tool upgrade, obtained during the Starbirth missionEncountered during the Starbirth mission as part of the introduction to Living Ships
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (55)Liquid SunCan be extracted from resource deposits using the Solar Ray Multi-Tool tech, which is obtained from Specialist Polo on the Space Anomaly as part of the Starbirth missionUsed during the Starbirth mission to craft items such as the Pulsating Core
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (56)Living SlimeAcquired from Damaged Machinery and Derelict Freighters, sometimes dropped by fauna on Exotic planets, otherwise purchased in tradeCan be refined into Runaway Mould, or refined from Viscous Fluids and Hypnotic Eyes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (57)MorditePresent in all star systems, dropped by various fauna or harvested from Mordite Roots, alternatively mined from Organic Rocks and deposits on marshy planetsUsed in numerous crafting, refining, and cooking recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (58)PugneumPrimarily dropped by Sentinels, sometimes found at trade terminals or from visiting pilotsUsed in crafting and refining recipes
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (59)Residual GoopCommonly found at Abandoned Building sites when interacting with terminalsCan be refined into Nanite Clusters from Residual Goop > Viscous Fluids > Living Slime > Runaway Mould
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (60)Runaway MouldA relatively rare item mined from some curious deposits on planets, also received as a gift from Guild EnvoysCan be refined into Nanite Clusters
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (61)Somnal DustCan be obtained from Derelict Freighters during Expedition 7: LeviathanUsed alongside Liquid Sun and Ancestral Memories to craft the Whalesong Flute, which is used to summon the Leviathan
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (62)Viscous FluidsCommonly acquired from Damaged Machinery, found on most planets scattered through the landscapeCan be refined into Living Slime
Where to Find All Crafting Materials | Gamer Guides: Your... (2024)

FAQs

Where is the best place to buy crafting materials in Starfield? ›

Jemison Mercantile is the shop in Starfield. You can sell almost anything to them and they'll also sell you a ton of different resources like iron, tungsten, adhesive, and more. You can even get digipicks there. You can find Jemison Mercantile in the New Atlantis spaceport on Jemison in Alpha Centauri.

Where to find resources in Starfield? ›

While these resources can be found at certain traders you'll meet, the best way to get them is by exploring planets and scanning them to find out which resources populate their landmasses. You can scan any planet or moon from orbit and press R on PC to display a map of where resources are likely to be found.

How to get more crafting recipes in Dreamlight Valley? ›

To ensure that you have as many recipes as possible, you should collect new materials every time you unlock a new biome. Each biome comes with new materials specific to it, so unlocking new biomes opens up a way for you to unlock more and more recipes.

Where can I find common crafting components? ›

Where To Find Crafting Components​​​​​​ One of the easiest ways to get crafting weapons is by looting every cache you come across in Night City.

What is the rarest crafting material in Starfield? ›

The Vytinium Fuel Rod is an extremely rare manufactured component in Starfield. This object requires another rare manufactured component to craft, the Indicite Wafer, which itself requires the rare inorganic resource, Indicite. And that's on top of needing another rare inorganic resource, Vytinium.

How do you farm crafting metals? ›

You can only get Crafting Metals from Apex Packs*. You can't buy or gift them. There are four levels of Crafting Metals you can get, which are worth different amounts.

What is the most profitable recipe in Dreamlight Valley? ›

This article lists some of the best recipes you can craft for the most Energy replenishment and to sell for the most Star Coin.
  1. 1 Anglerfish Recipes.
  2. 2 Lobster Roll. ...
  3. 3 Lemon Garlic Swordfish. ...
  4. 4 Fugu Recipes. ...
  5. 5 Basil Omelet. ...
  6. 6 Potato Leek Soup. ...
  7. 7 Vegetable Puffs. ...
  8. 8 Bunuelos. ...
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What is the most profitable item in Dreamlight Valley? ›

The angler fish can be found in the fishing spots in the Forgotten Lands, so a lot of Dreamlight is needed before being able to enter this area. It's a challenging dish to make due to the difficulty of catching the angler fish, but it being the most valuable dish in the game makes it well worth it.

How do you unlock more ingredients in Dreamlight Valley? ›

Many recipes need to have an exact number or specific types of ingredients to create certain meals. Some ingredients can only be unlocked after completing quests. For example, to unlock Peanut and Slush Ice at Chez Remy, you will need to finish Remy's Recipe Book alongside The Unknown Flavor quests.

Where can I find crafting tables? ›

Crafting tables naturally generate in witch huts, igloos, woolen tents outside pillager outposts, and in some small village houses.

Can you buy crafting materials in origins? ›

Skill: Buy Materials

If you don't have time to hunt, simply unlock the Buy Materials skill for yourself in the Seer skill tree. This will let you purchase various crafting supplies from the blacksmiths and tailors around the world.

Where do I get legendary component items? ›

The first way to farm legendary item components in Cyberpunk 2077 is to repeatedly dismantle two pieces of legendary junk that can be purchased, for 600 eurodollars each, from a Junk Shop in Heywood (The Glen).

Where to buy building materials in Starfield? ›

Shepard's General Store in Akila City and both Sieghart's Outfitters and Newill's Goods in Neon are also reliable sources. Players can expect to purchase structural materials for relatively cheap, with the average price (without Starfield's Commerce skill active) hovering around 10 credits each.

What is the best shop in Starfield? ›

No matter how much you look, Trade Authority will undoubtedly be the best vendor you'll find in Starfield. This company has a shop not only in the major cities but also in secluded areas like The Den. Moreover, you can find their Kiosk at almost every landing site of an outpost.

Where to store crafting resources in Starfield? ›

When trying to find space for all your resources, your best bet is to build some chests in your outpost (or getting a bigger cargo container for your ship, since it goes with you everywhere).

Where is the best place to mine aluminum planet crafter? ›

The Aluminum Hills

Players can get here from the standard Planet Crafter start location by turning right, going up the hill, and then turning right again and following the cliff edge. Aluminum deposits are also easy to spot: the ore doesn't glow like iridium or uranium, and it's shinier and more vertical than iron.

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