Laterite

Laterite is a natural resource in Astroneer. It is found in red-and-blue cylindrical crystalline deposits.

Source

Laterite can be found under the surface of every Planet, except for Aeoluz, where it may be found in the Aggregate Hills, Alpha Storm Peaks, and Zeta Storm Peaks regions.

The Trade Platform gives 1 Laterite for each Scrap, up to 8 Laterite for 8 Scrap.

Uses

Laterite is used to craft the following items:

Module	Output	Input
Smelting Furnace	Aluminum	Laterite

Laterite is required to open certain EXO Dynamics Research Aids on  Sylva.

Missions

• Smelteringly Hot requires the player to refine Laterite into Aluminum.

Trivia

• Laterite is a soil or mineral layer high in aluminum and iron ores that is easily cut into bricks for construction. This term in its etymology comes from the Latin "later" (brick) and the suffix "ite" to form the name of the minerals in mineralogy.

Media

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  Laterite Icon
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  A Single Node of Laterite
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  A Laterite Deposit
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  A Laterite Deposit (pre-crafting update)
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  A Laterite Deposit (0.10.2)