Component

Components are materials required to build and repair electrical devices, as well as produce firearms, armor, and ship parts.

Acquisition

Components can be obtained by:

Mining from compacted machinery:
- Distant lumps using the long-range mineral scanner; each lump yields 100+
- Establishing additional "quarry" colonies to support your primary colony.
Deconstructing ship chunks
Purchasing them from traders
Crafting them at the fabrication bench for 12 steel; requires Fabrication research and a smith with crafting skill of 8 or above.

Ore

Compacted machinery tiles have 2,000 health each, making them relatively fast to mine. They can be found in small veins, ranging from 3 to 6 tiles in size. Each mined block has a base yield of 2 components, however this is modified by factors such as the Difficulty setting and the mining yield of the pawn.

Usage

Components are used in the following crafting recipes:

Product	Ingredients	Type [ExpandCollapse]
Hospital bed	40 (Metallic, 400 for SMVs) + 80 + 5	Building - Furniture
Comms console	120 + 4	Building - Misc
Cryptosleep casket	180 + 5 + 4 + 1	Building - Misc
Firefoam popper	75 + 1	Building - Misc
Ground-penetrating scanner	150 + 4 + 1	Building - Misc
Long-range mineral scanner	200 + 6 + 2	Building - Misc
Moisture pump	75 + 4	Building - Misc
Multi-analyzer	40 + 50 + 20 + 8	Building - Misc
Orbital trade beacon	40 + 1	Building - Misc
Pod launcher	50 + 1	Building - Misc
Transport pod	60 + 1	Building - Misc
Vitals monitor	50 + 3	Building - Misc
Battery	70 + 2	Building - Power
Chemfuel powered generator	100 + 3	Building - Power
Geothermal generator	340 + 8	Building - Power
Power switch	15 + 1	Building - Power
Solar generator	100 + 3	Building - Power
Watermill generator	280 + 80 + 3	Building - Power
Wind turbine	100 + 2	Building - Power
Wood-fired generator	100 + 2	Building - Power
Biofuel refinery	150 + 3	Building - Production
Deep drill	100 + 2	Building - Production
Drug lab	50 (Metallic/Woody, 500 for SMVs) + 75 + 6	Building - Production
Electric crematorium	150 (Stony) + 20 + 2	Building - Production
Electric smelter	170 + 2	Building - Production
Electric smithy	100 + 3	Building - Production
Electric stove	80 + 2	Building - Production
Electric tailor bench	75 (Metallic/Woody, 750 for SMVs) + 50 + 2	Building - Production
Fabrication bench	200 + 12 + 2	Building - Production
Hi-tech research bench	150 (Metallic, 1500 for SMVs) + 100 + 10	Building - Production
Hydroponics basin	100 + 1	Building - Production
Machining table	150 + 5	Building - Production
Nutrient paste dispenser	125 + 3	Building - Production
Flatscreen television	140 + 16	Building - Recreation
Tube television	80 + 4	Building - Recreation
Autocannon turret	350 + 40 + 6	Building - Security
Foam turret	30 (Metallic, 300 for SMVs) + 70 + 3 + 140	Building - Security
Mini-turret	30 (Metallic, 300 for SMVs) + 70 + 3	Building - Security
Mortar	50 (Metallic, 500 for SMVs) + 1 + 6	Building - Security
Rocketswarm launcher	20 + 200 + 2 + 180	Building - Security
Uranium slug turret	300 + 30 + 60 + 6	Building - Security
Sensor cluster	140 + 4 + 6 + 6	Building - Ship
Ship cryptosleep casket	120 + 14 + 3 + 3	Building - Ship
Ship structural beam	200 + 40 + 3 + 1	Building - Ship
Autodoor	25 (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 250 for SMVs) + 40 + 2	Building - Structure
Cooler	90 + 3	Building - Temperature
Heater	50 + 1	Building - Temperature
Advanced component	1 + 20 + 10 + 3	Crafted resources
EMP shell	15 + 2	Crafted resources - Mortar shell
Assault rifle	60 + 7	Equipment - Weapons
Autopistol	30 + 2	Equipment - Weapons
Bolt-action rifle	60 + 3	Equipment - Weapons
Chain shotgun	70 + 5	Equipment - Weapons
EMP grenades	20 + 6	Equipment - Weapons
EMP launcher	75 + 8	Equipment - Weapons
Heavy SMG	75 + 4	Equipment - Weapons
Incendiary launcher	75 + 4	Equipment - Weapons
LMG	75 + 5	Equipment - Weapons
Machine pistol	45 + 3	Equipment - Weapons
Minigun	160 + 20	Equipment - Weapons
Pump shotgun	60 + 3	Equipment - Weapons
Revolver	30 + 2	Equipment - Weapons
Smoke launcher	75 + 4	Equipment - Weapons
Sniper rifle	60 + 8	Equipment - Weapons
Flak helmet	40 (Metallic, 400 for SMVs) + 2 + 10	Gear - Armor
Flak jacket	70 + 50 + 1	Gear - Armor
Flak pants	60 + 30 + 1	Gear - Armor
Flak vest	60 + 30 + 1	Gear - Armor
Firefoam pop pack	20 + 1 + 30	Gear - Utility
Shield belt	50 + 20 + 2	Gear - Utility
Smokepop pack	20 + 1 + 40	Gear - Utility
Centipede blaster	255 + 355 + 8 + 1	Mechanoid
Centipede burner	255 + 255 + 8 + 1	Mechanoid
Centipede gunner	255 + 255 + 8 + 1	Mechanoid
Lancer	75 + 75 + 4 + 1	Mechanoid
Pikeman	100 + 40 + 4 + 1	Mechanoid
Scyther	75 + 75 + 4 + 1	Mechanoid
Cochlear implant	20 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Joywire	20 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Painstopper	20 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Power claw	40 + 8	Medical Items - Body Parts
Prosthetic arm	40 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Prosthetic heart	25 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Prosthetic leg	40 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Atmospheric heater	2 + 150 + 150 + 8	Building - Anomaly (Buildings)
Bioferrite harvester	50 + 1	Building - Anomaly (Buildings)
Bioferrite shaper	2 + 40 + 50	Building - Anomaly (Buildings)
Electric inhibitor	2 + 25	Building - Anomaly (Buildings)
Electroharvester	1 + 25 + 50	Building - Anomaly (Buildings)
Proximity detector	15 + 1	Building - Anomaly (Buildings)
Serum lab	1 + 2 + 80 + 100	Building - Anomaly (Buildings)
Bioferrite generator	50 + 100 + 4 + 1	Building - Power
Security door	50 + 2	Building - Structure
Hellcat rifle	60 + 20 + 7	Equipment - Weapons
Incinerator	75 + 6 + 30	Equipment - Weapons
Disruptor flare pack	1 + 30	Gear - Utility
Turret pack	70 + 2	Gear - Utility
Adrenal heart	20 + 1	Medical Items - Body Parts
Corrosive heart	20 + 1	Medical Items - Body Parts
Metalblood heart	20 + 1	Medical Items - Body Parts
Basic subcore	50 + 2	[[]]
High subcore	50 + 4	[[]]
Standard subcore	50 + 4	[[]]
Band node	200 + 4	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Deathrest accelerator	300 + 4	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Deathrest casket	100 + 3	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Gene assembler	200 + 4	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Gene bank	50 + 1	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Gene extractor	200 + 8	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Gene processor	100 + 25 + 2	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Glucosoid pump	150 + 6 + 5	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Growth vat	150 + 4	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Hemogen amplifier	200 + 4 + 5	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Hemopump	100 + 4 + 5	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Large mech gestator	300 + 6	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Large mech recharger	250 + 2	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Mech booster	100 + 4	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Mech gestator	150 + 3	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Mech recharger	125 + 1	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Mechband antenna	50 + 4	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Pollution pump	75 + 1	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Psychofluid pump	50 + 100 + 6 + 5	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Subcore encoder	100 + 3	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Subcore ripscanner	200 + 150 + 6	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Subcore softscanner	200 + 50 + 4	Building - Biotech (Buildings)
Crashed mechanitor ship	40 + 70 + 10	Building - Misc
Toxifier generator	125 + 3	Building - Power
Tox grenades	20 + 6	Equipment - Weapons
Toxbomb launcher	75 + 4	Equipment - Weapons
Integrator headset	50 + 4 + 4 + 1	Gear - Armor
Mechcommander helmet	60 + 6 + 1	Gear - Armor
Airwire headset	50 + 4	Gear - Clothing
Array headset	50 + 8	Gear - Clothing
Bandwidth pack	50 + 8 + 2	Gear - Utility
Control pack	100 + 6	Gear - Utility
Tox pack	10 + 1 + 35	Gear - Utility
Legionary	100 + 6 + 1	Mechanoid
Scorcher	80 + 32 + 3 + 1	Mechanoid
Tesseron	110 + 7 + 1	Mechanoid
Tunneler	150 + 75 + 4 + 1	Mechanoid
Control sublink (high)	1 + 3 + 3	Medical Items - Body Parts
Control sublink (standard)	1 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Mech gestation processor	1 + 6	Medical Items - Body Parts
Remote repairer	1 + 6	Medical Items - Body Parts
Remote shielder	1 + 6	Medical Items - Body Parts
Autobong	100 (Metallic/Woody, 1000 for SMVs) + 25 + 3	Building - Ideology (Buildings)
Biosculpter pod	120 + 4	Building - Ideology (Buildings)
Lightball	30 + 1	Building - Ideology (Buildings)
Loudspeaker	80 + 2	Building - Ideology (Buildings)
Neural supercharger	50 + 4	Building - Ideology (Buildings)
Sleep accelerator	50 + 5	Building - Ideology (Buildings)
Ship landing beacon	40 + 1	Building - Misc
Grenadier armor	100 + 20 + 4 + 75 + 4	Gear - Armor
Locust armor	120 + 10 + 3 + 3 + 100	Gear - Armor
Phoenix armor	150 + 50 + 6 + 75 + 4 + 40	Gear - Armor
Jump pack	30 + 3 + 100	Gear - Utility
Low-shield pack	1 + 1	Gear - Utility
Drill arm	60 + 8	Medical Items - Body Parts
Elbow blade	40 + 7	Medical Items - Body Parts
Field hand	60 + 8	Medical Items - Body Parts
Hand talon	40 + 7	Medical Items - Body Parts
Knee spike	40 + 7	Medical Items - Body Parts
Mindscrew	15 + 4	Medical Items - Body Parts
Venom fangs	40 + 7	Medical Items - Body Parts
Venom talon	40 + 7	Medical Items - Body Parts

Components are also used for repairing component breakdowns. Every so often, electrical devices may become dysfunctional, until they are replaced with a new component. See List of affected buildings for the full list.

Components will deteriorate when left outside.

Analysis

For large portions of the game, before you get fabrication benches, components will be limited. You will be stuck with compacted machinery, and once that runs out, trade is all you have left. Almost every electrical device in the game uses components, so they present a very real bottleneck to most colonies. In the late game, components remain in high demand because they are used to create advanced components. With Fabrication, your colony can still be limited by the steel required to make components.

You should always keep a couple components (3-5) in reserve, in case your devices breakdown. If your geothermal generator breaks down, for instance, then you'll be out of power until you can replace them.

Acquisition Analysis

Conserve your components. Often, the simplest way to have components is to not use them. Don't build unnecessary power generators. Hydroponics are unnecessary if you can just use sun lamps and soil. "Rerolling" weapons for quality consumes a lot of components.

ABC - (Always) Buy Components. Components are, for a significant part of the game, only available from traders. Excess food, leathers, drugs, and other resources can be used to buy components. Your stash of components can run out surprisingly quickly. Even when you have Fabrication, trade allows you to turn excess and otherwise useless resources into useful components.

Research Fabrication quickly. Fabrication is an important and useful technology, but requires Microelectronics and Multi-analyzer before it is available. You will also need to buy or obtain 2 advanced components before you can build the actual fabrication bench. You may want to research other technologies, like Machining and Gas Operation, before you dive straight into Fabrication. As mentioned above, you will also need steel to make components, and steel can run out quickly.

The preferred way to get steel is using a ground-penetrating scanner and deep drills. Once you have the ground scanner, deep drills, and a fabrication bench, obtaining components should be much less of an issue. Note that the process of crafting components takes a chunk of time on its own.

Long-range mineral scanner. Unlike the ground-penetrating scanner, the long-range mineral scanner can find components directly. Every scan brings 100 - 140 components (before Mining Yield and difficulty), ready to be used. Note that the long-range scanner requires its own research and 2 advanced components to make.

Trivia

In the code, components are called "ComponentIndustrial"

Version history

0.13.1135 - Added.