Planet Crafter: Barren Stage

No breathable oxygen, limited food and water in crates and wrecks.
There may be dust storms and meteor showers (with basic resources like iron, titanium etc.).
Many caves will be blocked by ice. 

 

When the game begins, the terraformation index is 0 Ti and the planet is a barren, dusty, red rock.

Note: if you start in the Starting Valley, it will flood eventually so plan to build your base on higher ground.

Popular Starting Base Location: Central Plateau.
Central and accessible, with most resources nearby. Fairly flat and open, with some rocks.

Some alternative starting locations:

• Ice Fields (Grasslands) - flat, open areas. Naturally beautiful biome (waterfalls, rivers). Some resources in caves nearby can't be accessed in the early game.
• Waterfall - flattish, open area. Naturally beautiful biome (waterfall, lakes). Quite difficult to get to other areas and resources in the early game.
• Iridium Mine - three levels in a large cave (plus Balcony later). Protected from meteor storms. Central and accessible with most resources nearby. May be dark, lack a view and have limited room to expand.
   

Goals:

• Build shelters as you explore so you can restore oxygen for free (3 iron, 2 titanium and 1 silicon for a small room and door). Look for flat, high ground. You might want a crafting station (to produce oxygen and water) and a storage chest in some of the basic shelters.
• Upgrade your backpack, oxygen tank and exoskeleton. Build basic tools like deconstruction hammer, torch, compass.
• Build power generators (wind turbines, solar power). Upgrade to better tiers when possible.
• Increase pressure (drills), oxygen (vegetubes) and heat (heaters). Upgrade to better tiers when possible.
• Food will become hard to get. Look for chests, explore wrecks and try to get the food grower ASAP. Chests and wrecks may contain lirma seeds, flower seeds and vegetable seeds.
• When exploring wrecks, make sure you take a couple of cannisters of air and water and consider building a shelter near the entrance for oxygen and to store loot while you continue searching.
• Unlock any blueprints you find. These will have lots of useful technology.
• Get the communications antenna and transmission screen to begin the main story.

Terraformation Utilities:

Energy

1. T1 Wind Turbine (1.2/s)
2. T1 Solar Panel (6.5/s)

 Heat

1. T1 Heater (0.3/s)

Oxygen

1. T1 Vegetube (0.15/s)

Pressure

1. T1 Drill (0.2/s)