The Research Nexus lets you use the artifacts and raw resources you find to reverse-engineer alien technologies and discover new components.
To start researching, simply select an artifact, and the Research Nexus will automatically highlight any compatible ingredients you have in your cargo bay. Sometimes selecting one ingredient will cause others to become unavailable because they are part of two totally different recipes. Keep selecting compatible ingredients until you complete a recipe. And when the research button lights up, click it to craft the new item.
You will need the various recipies to Upgrade your craft. Upgrades
Artifacts[]
There are a total of eight different artifacts, these can be found in chests on the various planets.
Artifact of Wires | Artifact of Tubes | Artifact of Springs | Artifact of Frames | ||||
Artifact of Casings | Artifact of Tanks | Artifact of Gears | Artifact of Optics |
Recipes[]
Each artifact is used in eight simple recipes and four advanced recipes. Alll recipes require only 1 of each ingredient to research, regardless of how many of that ingredient are used to craft normally.
Simple Recipes[]
These only require 2 to 4 different mineable materials and 1 artifact to research.
Artifact of Wires | ||||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 | |
Power Cable | 2x Silver Ore | 1x Azurite Crystals | 1x Amethyst Crystals | |
Coaxial Cable | 2x Gold Ore | 2x Emerald Crystals | 1x Ruby Crystals | |
Multi-Wire Planar Cable | 2x Platinum Ore | 1x Topaz Crystals | 1x Unstable Isotopes | |
Fibre Optic Cable | 2x Orichalcum Ore | 1x Diamond Slivers | 1x Unstable Isotopes | 1x Solar Cell |
Wired Wire | 2x Copper Ore | 1x Wood Logs | ||
Wire Rope | 2x Iron Ore | 2x Coal Lumps | ||
Transmission Cable | 2x Titanium Ore | 3x Unstable Isotopes | 1x Lava Droplets | |
High Tensile Cable | 2x Mithril Ore | 1x Coral Shards | 2x Aberrant Matter | 1x Uranium |
Artifact of Tubes | ||||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 | |
Pipe | 3x Copper Ore | 1x Vespene Gas | ||
Double Walled Pipe | 3x Iron Ore | 2x Vespene Gas | ||
Heat Pipe | 3x Titanium Ore | 1x Methane Gas | 3x Pure Water | |
Thermally Insulated Pipe | 3x Mithril Ore | 2x Pearl | 3x Plasma | 1x Methane Gas |
Plastic Tube | 1x Fungus Spores | 1x Amaranthine Gas | ||
Hose | 2x Cellulose | 2x Amaranthine Gas | ||
Carbon Fiber Tubes | 3x Chitin | 3x Plasma | 1x Oxygen Gas | |
Hydraulic Relay | 2x Platinum Ore | 1x Oxygen Gas | 4x Pure Water | 1x Oil |
Artifact of Springs | ||||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 | |
Compression Springs | 3x Silver Ore | 1x Wood Logs | ||
Torsion Springs | 3x Gold Ore | 2x Coal Lumps | ||
Volute Springs | 3x Platinum Ore | 1x Lava Droplets | ||
Leaf Springs | 3x Orichalcum Ore | 1x Coral Shards | 1x Uranium | |
Rubber Band | 1x Fungus Spores | 1x Pure Water | ||
Vulcanized Rubber Band | 2x Cellulose | 1x Viscera | ||
Plastic Dampner | 3x Bacteria | 3x Chitin | 3x Strange Gloop | 1x Oil |
Gas Spring | 1x Strange Gloop | 1x Pure Water | 1x Oil |
Artifact of Frames | |||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | |
Weak Frame | 1x Silver Ore | 1x Azurite Crystals | |
Reinforced Frame | 2x Copper Ore | 2x Amethyst Crystals | |
Tensile Frame | 1x Gold Ore | 3x Emerald Crystals | |
Honeycomb Frame | 4x Copper Ore | 1x Iron Ore | 1x Ruby Crystals |
Tessellated Frame | 5x Silver Ore | 1x Topaz Crystals | 1x Titanium Ore |
Flexible Framing | 2x Platinum Ore | 1x Topaz Crystals | 1x Amber Droplets |
Delicate Frame | 3x Titanium Ore | 1x Coral Shards | 1x Amber Droplets |
Miniaturized Frame | 6x Gold Ore | 1x Mithril Ore | 1x Diamond Slivers |
Artifact of Casings | ||||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 | |
Weak Casing | 1x Fungus Spores | 1x Viscera | 1x Amaranthine Gas | |
Airtight Casing | 2x Cellulose | 2x Viscera | 2x Amaranthine Gas | |
Thick Casing | 3x Bacteria | 3x Chitin | 1x Oxygen Gas | |
Carbon Fiber Casing | 4x Bacteria | 4x Strange Gloop | 1x Oxygen Gas | 1x Oil |
High Pressure Hull | 5x Copper Ore | 1x Wood Logs | ||
Layered Plating | 5x Iron Ore | 2x Coal Lumps | ||
Reinforced Plating | 5x Titanium Ore | 1x Pearl | 1x Lava Droplets | |
Armored Hull | 5x Mithril Ore | 1x Coral Shards | 1x Diamond Slivers |
Artifact of Tanks | ||||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 | |
Pressurized Vessel | 1x Fungus Spores | 1x Pure Water | ||
Canister | 2x Cellulose | 2x Viscera | ||
Barrel | 1x Silver Ore | 3x Bacteria | 3x Chitin | |
Fuel Drum | 4x Gold Ore | 1x Amber Droplets | 4x Strange Gloop | 1x Oil |
Storage Tank | 4x Copper Ore | 1x Vespene Gas | ||
Extended Storage | 4x Iron Ore | 2x Vespene Gas | ||
Bulk Container | 4x Titanium Ore | 1x Methane Gas | 1x Solar Cell | |
Compartmentalized Storage | 1x Mithril Ore | 4x Aberrant Matter | 4x Plasma | 1x Methane Gas |
Artifact of Gears | ||||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 | |
Spur Gear | 1x Copper Ore | 1x Coal Lumps | ||
Crown Gear | 2x Silver Ore | 2x Wood Logs | ||
Spiral Bevel Gear | 3x Iron Ore | 3x Coal Lumps | 3x Wood Logs | |
Helical Gear | 3x Gold Ore | 4x Coal Lumps | 4x Wood Logs | |
Cage Gear | 3x Titanium Ore | 4x Plasma | 1x Lava Droplets | |
Epicyclic Drive | 3x Platinum Ore | 5x Plasma | 1x Lava Droplets | |
Harmonic Drive | 3x Mithril Ore | 6x Plasma | 1x Solar Cell | 1x Uranium |
Magnetic Gear | 3x Orichalcum Ore | 2x Pearl | 6x Aberrant Matter | 1x Uranium |
Artifact of Optics | ||||
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Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 | |
Glass | 1x Azurite Crystals | 1x Amethyst Crystals | 1x Therazene Gas | |
Polarized Lens | 2x Amethyst Crystals | 2x Emerald Crystals | 2x Therazene Gas | |
Refractive Lens | 4x Emerald Crystals | 1x Ruby Crystals | 4x Therazene Gas | |
Magnifying Glass | 6x Azurite Crystals | 2x Ruby Crystals | 1x Topaz Crystals | 6x Therazene Gas |
Mirror | 6x Silver Ore | 2x Topaz Crystals | 1x Pearl | 1x Ozone Gas |
Prism | 2x Amber Droplets | 2x Ozone Gas | ||
Laser | 2x Diamond Slivers | 4x Ozone Gas | 3x Solar Cell | |
High Frequency Shutter | 6x Platinum Ore | 6x Aberrant Matter | 5x Ozone Gas | 4x Solar Cell |
Advanced Recipes[]
These require 4 different finished Simple Recipies and 2 artifacts to research.
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