Plasteel

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Plasteel

Plasteel

Advanced spacer tech structural material. Plasteel is extremely strong due to its unique molecular structure.

Base Stats

Type
MaterialMetal
Stuff Categories
Metallic
Market Value
Silver
Stack Limit
75
Mass
0.25 kg
Beauty
-4
Rotatable
False
Path Cost
14 (48%)

Building

Terrain Affordance
Medium

Stat Modifiers

Beauty Factor
×1
Beauty Offset
+0
Work To Make Factor
×2.2
Work To Build Factor
×2.2
Max Hit Points
×2.8
Flammability
×0
Armor - Sharp
×1.14
Armor - Blunt
×0.55
Armor - Heat
×0.65
Insulation - Cold
+3 °C (5.4 °F)
Insulation - Heat
+0 °C (0 °F)
Melee Blunt Damage
×0.9
Melee Sharp Damage
×1.1
Melee Cooldown
×0.8
Door Opening Speed
×1
Rest Effectiveness
×1
Technical


Plasteel is the strongest material in the game. Commonly used for high tech items, especially ship engines and other modules, which are needed to build a spaceship to escape the planet and win the game.

Acquisition[edit]

Plasteel can be obtained in the following ways:

Ore[edit]

Compacted plasteel in game

Compacted plasteel tiles have 8,000 health each, making it the slowest ore to mine and the toughest object in-game. They can be found in smaller veins, ranging from 2 to 8 tiles in size. Each mined block has a base yield of 40 plasteel, however this is modified by factors such as the Difficulty setting and the mining yield of the pawn.

Usage[edit]

Plasteel is used in the following crafting recipes:

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  • In addition, plasteel is a metallic material for buildings and items that use the stuff system. It can be used for walls, doors, and other buildings, in addition to longswords and other melee weapons. It is a requirement for many Industrial and most Spacer tech level unlocks.

    Out of all materials, plasteel has the highest HP factor, the fastest melee cooldown factor, and the highest sharp melee damage factor in Core - second highest after bioferriteContent added by the Anomaly DLC when accounting for all DLC. This is in addition to its generally strong modifiers for other factors.

    Trivia[edit]

    • The term "Plasteel" has been used in sci-fi as early as 1942 to describe materials with properties of both plastic and metal, including seminal works such as Dune and Star Wars.

    Gallery[edit]

    Version history[edit]

    • 1.1.2624 - Plasteel, and objects made from it, are no longer flammable.