Guide:Single Flight Homesteading

Current as of version: 1.22.65.0

This guide describes a single-trip / single-flight loadout when travelling to a new planet using the Small Shuttle, optionally carrying one Medium Storage. Using only materials on Sylva which can be carried on the Backpack and Terrain Tool, it bootstraps: a Soil Centrifuge, an Oxygenator, and a Landing Pad with a Beacon for return trips. The Medium Storage module allows players to carry additional materials or tools. Players with access to Tungsten, Iron, and a spare EXO Chip, can bootstrap every available crafting Module.

Pre-flight Checklist

Research

• Basic Construction:
  • Medium Printer
  • Large Printer
  • Medium Storage
  • Medium T-Platform
  • Large Platform B
  • Medium Solar Panel
  • Medium Wind Turbine
  • Soil Centrifuge
  • Small Shuttle
  • Solid-Fuel Thruster
• Advanced Construction:
  • Chemistry Lab
  • Medium Resource Canister
  • Trade Platform
  • Medium Shredder or Large Shredder

Available Storage

• Medium Storage placed in the Small Shuttle: 8 slots.
• Backpack: 8 slots.
• Backpack Widget Slots: 2 slots.
• Terrain Tool: 3 slots.
• Backpack Printer: 1 slot. -- Not recommended as changing recipes may drop items.
• Total: 22 slots

Bring a friend instead! A second player in a Rover Seat will have 14 slots, 6 more than the Medium Storage.

Items

• Basic Construction:
  • 1x packed Medium T-Platform.
  • 1x packed Medium Printer.
  • 1x packed Medium Solar Panel.
  • 1x packed Medium Wind Turbine.
  • 3x Resin
  • 3x Aluminum
  • 2x Compound
  • 1x Canister
  • Total: 13 slots. This fits entirely in the player's inventory. If advanced construction is not desired in this trip, the Medium Storage may be swapped with another large item.
• Advanced Construction:
  • Chemistry Lab and Medium Resource Canisters:
    • 1x Tungsten.
  • Trade Platform and Medium Shredder:
    • 3x Iron.
    • 1x Tungsten.
    • 1x EXO Chip.
  • Upgrade the Medium Shredder to Large Shredder:
    • 1x Tungsten Carbide, 1x EXO Chip.
  • Total: 6 - 7 slots. Fits on the Medium Storage in the Small Shuttle.
• Open slots:
  • Extra Canisters full of Soil for materials.
  • Small Batterys or QT-RTGs, if owned, for weathering low power.
  • Total: 2 slots. +1 if using the Backpack Printer. -1 if targeting the Large Shredder.

Basic Construction

All materials can be found on Sylva.

Soil Centrifuge

• Packed Equipment: Medium Printer, 2x Medium Platform B, Medium Solar Panel, Medium Wind Turbine
• Packed Materials: 3x Resin, 1x Aluminum, 2x Compound

1. Carry the shuttle to the new base location; close enough to provide oxygen.
2. Unpack all equipment.
3. Place the Medium Printer on the Medium T-Platform.
4. Power the Medium T-Platform using Medium Solar Panel by day and Medium Wind Turbine by night.
5. Print 1x Large Platform B on the Medium Printer: 3x Resin.
6. Place the Medium Storage from the shuttle and the energy source on the Large Platform B.
7. Print 1x Soil Centrifuge on the Medium Printer: 1x Aluminum, 2x Compound.
8. Place the Soil Centrifuge on the Large Platform B.

Improve Soil Gathering

1. Extract some Resin from the Soil Centrifuge.
2. Print some extra Canisters on the Backpack Printer: 1x Resin, each.

Platforms

From this point onward, the specified Platform recipes are recommended. Any Platform large enough to hold the modules is sufficient, provided it can be crafted from materials sourced from the Soil Centrifuge.

Oxygenator

• Prerequisites: Soil Centrifuge Step
• Packed Materials: 1x Aluminum,
• Soil Centrifuge: 4x Resin, 3x Compound, 1x Clay

1. Print 1x Small Printer on the Backpack Printer: 1x Compound.
2. Print 1x Large Platform B on the Medium Printer: 3x Resin.
3. Print 1x Smelting Furnace on the Medium Printer: 1x Compound, 2x Resin.
4. Refine 1x Ceramic on the Smelting Furnace: 1x Clay.
5. Print 1x Oxygenator on the Small Printer: 1x Aluminum, 1x Ceramic.

Landing Pad

• Prerequisites: Soil Centrifuge Step
• Packed Materials: 1x Aluminum
• Soil Centrifuge: 3x Compound, 2x Clay, 1x Quartz

1. Print 1x Large Printer on the Medium Printer: 3x Compound.
2. Refine 2x Ceramic on the Smelting Furnace: 2x Clay.
3. Print 1x Landing Pad on the Large Printer: 2x Ceramic, 1x Aluminum.
4. Print 1x Beacon on the Backpack Printer: 1x Quartz.

Additional Modules

• Prerequisites: Soil Centrifuge Step

These modules may be created from Soil using the Soil Centrifuge:

• Research Chamber
• EXO Request Platform

Advanced Construction

Advanced construction involves materials not found on Sylva. The first advanced material to bring is 1x Tungston to create the Chemistry Lab and Medium Resource Canisters. The remaining advanced materials bootstrap the Trade Platform and Shredder.

Medium Resource Canisters

• Prerequisites: Soil Centrifuge Step
• Packed Materials: 1x Tungsten
• Soil Centrifuge: 3x Compound, 1x Clay, 2x Quartz

1. Refine at least 2x Glass on the Smelting Furnace: 2x Quartz.
2. Print 1x Chemistry Lab on the Medium Printer: 1x Ceramic, 1x Tungsten, 1x Glass.
3. Refine at least 1x Carbon Smelting Furnace: 1x Organic.
4. Create at least 1x Plastic at the Chemistry Lab: 1x Carbon, 1x Compound.
5. Print Medium Resource Canisters on the Small Printer: 1x Plastic, 1x Glass, each.

Trade Platform and Shredder

• Prerequisites: Soil Centrifuge Step
• Packed Materials: 3x Iron, 1x Tungsten, 1x EXO Chip
• Optional Packed Materials: 1x optional Tungsten Carbide, 1x EXO Chip
• Soil Centrifuge: 3x Resin, 1x Compound

1. Print 1x Large Platform B on the Medium Printer: 3x Resin.
2. Print either:
   1. 1x Medium Shredder on the Small Printer: 2x Iron.
   2. 1x Large Shredder on the Medium Printer: 1x Iron, 1x Tungsten Carbide, 1x EXO Chip.
3. Print 1x Trade Platform on the Medium Printer: 1x Iron, 1x Tungsten, 1x EXO Chip, 1x Compound.

Creating Scrap from Soil

1. Convert Soil into Clay in the Soil Centrifuge.
2. Refine Clay into Ceramic in the Smelting Furnace.
3. Print Drill Mod 1 from Ceramic in the Backpack Printer.
4. Convert Drill Mod 1 into Scrap in any Shredder.

Atmospheric Condenser

• Prerequisites: Soil Centrifuge Step, Trade Platform and Shredder Step
• Soil Centrifuge: 3x Resin, 1x Compound, 1x Organic, 1x Quartz
• Trade Platform via a Shredder: 2x Hematite from 3x Scrap

1. Refine 2x Iron in the Smelting Furnace: 2x Hematite.
2. Refine 1x Carbon in the Smelting Furnace: 1x Organic.
3. Print 1x Large Platform B on the Medium Printer: 3x Resin.
4. Create 1x Plastic in the Chemistry Lab: 1x Carbon, 1x Compound.
5. Refine 1x Glass in the Smelting Furnace: 1x Quartz.
6. Print 1x Atmospheric Condenser on the Medium Printer: 1x Plastic, 1x Glass, 1x Iron.