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The subject of this article is from the Singularity update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 23 August, 2023.
Carbon
Carbon
Category Fuel
Type Unrefined Organic Element
Rarity Common
Blueprint Value 12.0 Units
Used for Building, Crafting, Charging, Upgrading
Symbol C
Updated Singularity

Carbon is a resource.

Summary[ | ]

Carbon (C) is a resource used in recharging and one of the fuel elements for refining.

Game description[ | ]

The building block of all organic life. Of critical importance to space travellers, as Carbon is used to recharge mining equipment.

The Mining Laser will harvest Carbon from trees, plants, and all other forms of vegetable.

Source[ | ]

Nmsresource carbon wild

Carbon mining in action (Atlas Rises)

Carbon can be refined using a Refiner with the following ingredients:

  • SUBSTANCE.PLANT.DUSTY Cactus Flesh x1  →  SUBSTANCE.FUEL.1 Carbon x2  ("Burn Plantlife", 0.12 sec./unit output)
  • SUBSTANCE.FUEL.2 Condensed Carbon x1  →  SUBSTANCE.FUEL.1 Carbon x2  ("Release Carbon", 0.12 sec./unit output)
  • SUBSTANCE.PLANT.RADIO Gamma Root x1  →  SUBSTANCE.FUEL.1 Carbon x2  ("Burn Plantlife", 0.12 sec./unit output)
  • SUBSTANCE.PLANT.TOXIC Fungal Mould x1  →  SUBSTANCE.FUEL.1 Carbon x2  ("Burn Plantlife", 0.12 sec./unit output)
  • SUBSTANCE.AIR.1 Oxygen x1  →  SUBSTANCE.FUEL.1 Carbon x1  ("Inefficient Burn", 0.08 sec./unit output)
  • SUBSTANCE.PLANT.HOT Solanium x1  →  SUBSTANCE.FUEL.1 Carbon x2  ("Burn Plantlife", 0.12 sec./unit output)
  • SUBSTANCE.PLANT.LUSH Star Bulb x1  →  SUBSTANCE.FUEL.1 Carbon x2  ("Burn Plantlife", 0.12 sec./unit output)

Exploit[ | ]

Once the player has a Portable Refiner and Medium Refiner/Large Refiner, they can produce Carbon and Condensed Carbon for free.

This can also be done with only a Portable Refiner, but with less yield.

  1. Refine 68 Carbon in Medium Refiner/Large Refiner to produce 34 Condensed Carbon.
  2. Place down the Portable Refiner and recharge its Fuel Inverter with the 34 Condensed Carbon.
  3. Pick up the Portable Refiner to receive 100 Carbon.
  4. Repeat steps 1 to 3, to produce 32 Carbon per cycle.

Exploit 2[ | ]

  1. Get a Freighter (you get a free one from the story; they're all the same inside excluding the one page of inventory.)
  2. Place as many Standing Planters as you want in your freighter. Requires two Metal Plates and 25 Condensed Carbon per planter. (They refresh with new carbon every time your freighter base loads.)
  3. Walk into the base area of your freighter and collect carbon. One planter yields 62-120 Carbon.
  4. Walk into the hanger area hallway and immediately turn around to go back into the base area.
  5. Repeat steps 3-4. All the Carbon will be refreshed letting you harvest it again in seconds.

Exploit 3[ | ]

  1. Place a Standing Planter in your base or freighter.
  2. Harvest the carbon from the planter - yields 62-120 Carbon.
  3. Open the edit base menu and move the planter.
  4. The planter will be refreshed. Repeat steps 2-4.

Use[ | ]

Crafting[]

Carbon is used as an ingredient for crafting the following products:

Refining[]

Carbon is used as an ingredient for refining the following products using a Refiner:

Cooking[]

Carbon is used as an ingredient for cooking the following products using a Nutrient Processor:

Additional information[ | ]

Release history[ | ]

  • Release - Added as a resource.
  • Pathfinder - It can no longer be used to recharge exosuit life support.
  • Atlas Rises - Value changed, previously it was worth 6.9 Units each.
  • Visions - Hidden changes: The information panel has an additional icon indicating its purpose.

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