In The Planet Crafter, you land alone on a hostile world and slowly make it livable, a process called terraforming. Equipment such as oxygen tanks, backpacks, jetpacks, boots and filters keeps you alive and moving, while fuses are small parts that boost nearby machines. Knowing how both work tells you what to upgrade first and which finds are worth your time.
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Type
Backpacks
T1 Backpack
The first inventory upgrade helps with early ore and material runs.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +4 slots (16 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start. Also found in a storage crate on Prime.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 2× Iron.
T2 Backpack
Useful once the first terraformation milestones open higher-tier crafting.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +8 slots (20 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 300 Ti.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× T1 Backpack, 1× Iron, 1× Silicon, 1× Titanium.
T3 Backpack
A practical midgame upgrade before advanced crafting becomes available.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +12 slots (24 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 2.5 kTi.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× T2 Backpack, 2× Aluminum, 1× Titanium, 1× Silicon.
T4 Backpack
Pairs with the Advanced Craft Station for longer supply runs.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +16 slots (28 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the Advanced Craft Station.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× T3 Backpack, 3× Super Alloy, 1× Titanium.
T5 Backpack
A high-capacity choice for expeditions and rare-material trips.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +23 slots (35 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 5 MTi.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× T4 Backpack, 3× Super Alloy, 1× Titanium.
T6 Backpack
The first quartz-tier backpack, made for endgame crafting runs.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +33 slots (45 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 350 GTi.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× Blazar Quartz, 1× T5 Backpack, 1× Magnetar Quartz, 1× Circuit board, 1× Obsidian.
T7 Backpack
Suited to extended endgame trips for quartz and circuit boards.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +42 slots (54 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 10 QiSysTi.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 2× Super Alloy, 1× T6 Backpack, 1× Magnetar Quartz, 1× Cosmic Quartz, 1× Solar Quartz, 3× Circuit board.
Type
Jetpacks
T1 Jetpack
A starter flight upgrade for crossing ridges and gaps.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +150 propulsion
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start. Also found in a storage crate on Toxicity.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 2× Rocket Engine, 1× Titanium.
T2 Jetpack
A stronger travel option after decoding a tier 5 Blueprint Microchip.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +170 propulsion
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 5 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× T1 Jetpack, 1× Super Alloy, 1× Sulfur, 1× Osmium, 1× Aluminum.
T3 Jetpack
Useful for faster wreck and resource-site exploration.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +190 propulsion
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 7 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× T2 Jetpack, 1× Super Alloy, 2× Osmium, 2× Explosive powder.
T4 Jetpack
The first free-update tier opens after the Animals stage.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +220 propulsion
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 1 kt Animals.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× Osmium Rod, 1× T3 Jetpack, 1× Iridium Rod, 2× Blazar Quartz, 1× Explosive powder.
T5 Jetpack
The top propulsion tier is gated by 15 NoSysTi.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +260 propulsion
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 15 NoSysTi.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 2× T2 Rocket Engine, 1× T4 Jetpack, 2× Explosive powder, 1× Cosmic Quartz, 3× Circuit board.
Type
Oxygen Tanks
T1 Oxygen Tank
A basic buffer for early trips away from shelter.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +45 oxygen (145 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 2× Cobalt, 1× Iron, 1× Magnesium.
T2 Oxygen Tank
A useful upgrade before longer journeys become routine.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +100 oxygen (200 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 70 nPa. Also found in a storage crate on Prime.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× T1 Oxygen Tank, 1× Silicon, 1× Cobalt, 1× Titanium, 2× Magnesium.
T3 Oxygen Tank
Helps support extended exploration beyond the starting area.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +180 oxygen (280 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 5 ppt.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× T2 Oxygen Tank, 1× Iron, 1× Titanium, 1× Silicon, 1× Magnesium, 1× Aluminum.
T4 Oxygen Tank
A late base-game choice for long excursions.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +270 oxygen (370 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 3× Super Alloy, 1× T3 Oxygen Tank, 1× Cobalt.
T5 Oxygen Tank
The endgame tank is built with advanced quartz materials.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +350 oxygen (450 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 600 SxSysTi.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 2× Super Alloy, 1× T4 Oxygen Tank, 2× Quasar Quartz, 1× Cosmic Quartz, 3× Circuit board.
Type
Exoskeletons
T1 Exoskeleton
An early way to fit more tools and equipment at once.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +4 slots (8 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start. Also found in a storage crate on Prime.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Titanium, 1× Silicon, 1× Magnesium.
T2 Exoskeleton
Makes room for another useful gear combination.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +8 slots (12 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 10 nK. Also found in a storage crate on Prime.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× T1 Exoskeleton, 1× Titanium, 1× Silicon, 2× Magnesium, 1× Aluminum.
T3 Exoskeleton
Helpful when carrying several exploration and utility chips.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +12 slots (16 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 1 GTi.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 2× Osmium, 1× T2 Exoskeleton, 1× Super Alloy Rod, 1× Uranium Rod.
T4 Exoskeleton
A late-game equipment upgrade for specialized loadouts.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +16 slots (20 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 86.5 GTi.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 2× Blazar Quartz, 1× T3 Exoskeleton, 1× Circuit board, 1× Uranium Rod.
T5 Exoskeleton
Toxicity-only gear for the largest equipment loadouts.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- +20 slots (24 total)
- How to Unlock / Get
- Requires the Toxicity DLC. Craft it on Toxicity.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 2× Circuit board, 1× T4 Exoskeleton, 1× Cosmic Quartz, 1× Uranium Rod, 1× Quasar Quartz.
Type
Boots
T1 Agility Boots
An early mobility choice for covering ground on foot.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +15% movement speed
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 1 Blueprint Microchip. Also found in a storage crate on Prime.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 2× Aluminum, 2× Fabric.
T2 Agility Boots
A useful travel upgrade for longer surface routes.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +30% movement speed
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 2 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× T1 Agility Boots, 2× Super Alloy, 2× Fabric.
T3 Agility Boots
The top boot tier suits long exploration runs.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- +45% movement speed
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 5 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× T2 Agility Boots, 2× Super Alloy, 1× Explosive powder.
Type
Filters
Air filter
Useful on longer trips as the atmosphere changes.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Less oxygen use as terraformation progresses
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 3 GTi.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× Fabric, 1× Osmium, 1× Super Alloy, 2× Bioplastic nugget, 1× Methane cartridge.
Water Filter
A nearby lake becomes a refill point without carrying bottles.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Drink directly from lakes
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 7 GTi.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 1× Aluminum, 1× Silicon, 1× Fabric, 2× Bioplastic nugget, 1× Water bottle.
Type
Toxin Filters
T1 Toxins Filter
Starter protection for entering Toxicity’s contaminated areas.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Toxin protection 25
- How to Unlock / Get
- Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 2× Plastic polymer, 1× Silicon, 3× Purification capsule.
T2 Toxins Filter
A mid-tier choice for longer Toxicity expeditions.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Toxin protection 50
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 135 kPu. Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 2× Plastic polymer, 1× T1 Toxins Filter, 2× Purification capsule, 1× Pristine mushroom.
T3 Toxins Filter
The highest filter tier suits extended Toxicity exploration.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Toxin protection 80
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 5 MPu. Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 2× Tungsten, 1× T2 Toxins Filter, 2× Purification gel, 1× Plastic Rod.
Type
Spacesuits
Spacesuit Abyso
Prime satellite loot is the place to search for this suit.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in a satellite on Prime.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Alij
Toxicity lockers, safes and storage crates can contain this suit.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Toxicity only. Found in lockers, safes and a storage crate on Toxicity.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Beteo
Search Prime and Humble lockers and safes, plus Prime storage crates.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime and Humble
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in a storage crate on Prime. Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime and Humble.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Blasto
Found in Prime lockers and safes, with extra pickups at Toxicity’s Research Center.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime, Humble and Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Found in lockers and safes on Prime and Humble, and at the Research Center on Toxicity.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Cipto
Look for it in Prime, Humble and Toxicity locker and safe loot.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime, Humble and Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in lockers and safes on Prime. Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime, Humble and Toxicity.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Colonnya
Selenea lockers, safes and storage crates are the places to search.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Selenea
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Selenea only. Found in lockers, safes and storage crates on Selenea.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Comto
Look through lockers and safes on Prime, Humble and Toxicity.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime, Humble and Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in lockers and safes on Prime, Humble and Toxicity. Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime, Humble and Toxicity.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Ettio
The suit can turn up in Prime lockers and safes.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in lockers and safes on Prime.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Fablo
Prime lockers and safes are a source, with a possible crate and Humble loot.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime and Humble
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in lockers and safes on Prime. Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime and Humble. Random loot in storage crates on Prime.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Glitx
Humble-only suit found in lockers, safes and storage crates.
- Content
- Planet Humble DLC
- Worlds
- Humble
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Humble only. Found in lockers, safes and storage crates on Humble.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Goldeo
Humble lockers and safes can yield this suit.
- Content
- Planet Humble DLC
- Worlds
- Humble
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in lockers and safes on Humble. Random loot in lockers and safes on Humble.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Goox
Toxicity lockers and storage crates hold this suit among other loot.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Toxicity only. Found in lockers, safes and a storage crate on Toxicity.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Mekio
Search Prime lockers and safes for this pickup.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in lockers and safes on Prime. Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Plesao
Look in Prime lockers and safes when checking early loot.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Also found in lockers and safes on Prime. Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Primo
Random locker and safe loot reaches Prime, Humble, Toxicity and Skeo.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime, Skeo, Humble and Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime, Skeo, Humble and Toxicity.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Rorao
A Prime-only suit that turns up as random locker and safe loot.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Scifo
Random loot in Prime, Humble and Toxicity lockers and safes.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime, Humble and Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime, Humble and Toxicity.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Starforma
Humble lockers, safes and storage crates can contain it.
- Content
- Planet Humble DLC
- Worlds
- Humble
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Humble only. Also found in lockers and safes on Humble. Random loot in lockers and safes on Humble. Random loot in storage crates on Humble.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Stellarcheo
Found in Skeo lockers, safes and a storage crate.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Skeo
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Skeo only. Found in lockers, safes and a storage crate on Skeo.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Sunsio
Aqualis satellites can contain this suit.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Aqualis
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Aqualis only. Random loot in satellites on Aqualis.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Tubio
Search Prime, Humble and Toxicity lockers and safes, plus a Prime crate.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Prime, Humble and Toxicity
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Random loot in lockers and safes on Prime, Humble and Toxicity. Random loot in storage crates on Prime.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Tureo
Check Humble’s random locker and safe loot.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- Humble
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Random loot in lockers and safes on Humble.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Vateo
A Trade Rocket purchase priced at 6,500 Terra Tokens.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the Trade Rocket for 6,500 Terra Tokens.
- Recipe
- -
Spacesuit Widio
The Trade Rocket lists this suit for 8,000 Terra Tokens.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Cosmetic only
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the Trade Rocket for 8,000 Terra Tokens.
- Recipe
- -
Type
Tool Microchips
Microchip - T1 Mining Speed
An early pick for players who gather resources by hand.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- 10% faster resource-node mining
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 1 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Magnesium, 1× Silicon, 1× Aluminum.
Microchip – T1 Blueprint Pinning
Keep a key recipe visible while gathering its ingredients.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Pin 1 crafting recipe on screen
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 550 kTi.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Aluminum, 1× Osmium, 1× Super Alloy, 2× Cobalt, 1× Magnesium.
Microchip – T1 Goo cleaning
A prerequisite for clearing toxic buildup on Toxicity.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Goo cleaning level 1
- How to Unlock / Get
- Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 1× Magnesium, 1× Toxic Spores.
Microchip - T2 Mining Speed
A second mining upgrade for frequent resource-node runs.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- 20% faster resource-node mining
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 2 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Microchip - T1 Mining Speed, 1× Silicon, 1× Super Alloy.
Microchip – T2 Blueprint pinning
Useful when a crafting run needs several recipes at once.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Pin up to 3 crafting recipes on screen
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 5 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Microchip – T1 Blueprint Pinning, 1× Methane cartridge, 1× Osmium, 1× Zeolite, 1× Magnesium, 1× Cobalt.
Microchip – T2 Deconstruction
Take it along when searching wrecks for advanced salvage.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Deconstruct advanced wreck items with the multi-tool
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 7 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 1× Methane cartridge, 1× Microchip - Deconstruction, 1× Zeolite.
Microchip – T2 Goo cleaning
A mid-tier cleaning chip for Toxicity routes.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Goo cleaning level 25
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 5 kPu. Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 2× Plastic polymer, 1× Microchip – T1 Goo cleaning, 2× Purification capsule, 1× Pristine mushroom.
Microchip – T2 Torch
Useful for seeing through darker wrecks and caves.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Torch level 2
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 4 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Microchip - Torch, 1× Aluminum, 1× Magnesium, 1× Sulfur.
Microchip – T2 Toxic Areas Informations
Helps locate toxic goo while clearing Toxicity areas.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Distance to nearby toxic goo, up to 60 m
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 950 kPu. Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 1× Purification gel, 1× Microchip - Toxic Areas Informations, 1× Purification capsule, 3× Plastic polymer.
Microchip - T3 Mining Speed
A mid-tier choice for faster ore collection on supply runs.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- 30% faster resource-node mining
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 3 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Microchip - T2 Mining Speed, 1× Silicon, 1× Aluminum, 1× Super Alloy.
Microchip – T3 Blueprint pinning
Keep several endgame recipes visible during crafting.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Pin up to 5 crafting recipes on screen
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 10 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Quasar Quartz, 1× Microchip – T2 Blueprint pinning, 1× Blazar Quartz.
Microchip – T3 Deconstruction
Useful for faster salvage work in advanced wrecks.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Faster multi-tool deconstruction
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 10 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 1× Blazar Quartz, 1× Microchip – T2 Deconstruction, 1× Magnetar Quartz.
Microchip – T3 Goo cleaning
An improved cleaning option for deeper Toxicity trips.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Goo cleaning level 50
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 75 kPu. Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 2× Plastic polymer, 1× Microchip – T2 Goo cleaning, 1× Tungsten, 1× Purification gel, 1× Purification capsule.
Microchip – T3 Torch
The higher torch grade helps in dark wreck interiors.
- Content
- Free Update
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Torch level 3
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 10 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 2× Solar Quartz, 1× Microchip – T2 Torch.
Microchip - T4 Mining Speed
A late blueprint tier for players who still mine nodes by hand.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- 40% faster resource-node mining
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 5 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Microchip - T3 Mining Speed, 1× Silicon, 1× Osmium, 1× Super Alloy.
Microchip – T4 Goo cleaning
The top cleaning tier suits lengthy Toxicity expeditions.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Goo cleaning level 75
- How to Unlock / Get
- Unlocks at 2.5 MPu. Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 2× Tungsten, 1× Microchip – T3 Goo cleaning, 1× Plastic polymer, 1× Purification gel, 1× Purification capsule.
Microchip - Compass
A simple orientation aid when exploring away from base.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Compass at the top of the screen
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 2 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 1× Silicon, 1× Magnesium, 2× Aluminum.
Microchip - Construction
Equip it when building a base or outpost.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Build structures with the multi-tool
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 2× Silicon, 2× Magnesium.
Microchip - Deconstruction
Use it to clear unwanted structures from a build layout.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Remove structures with the multi-tool
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 1× Silicon, 1× Magnesium.
Microchip - Torch
Starter light for early cave and wreck searches.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Torch level 1
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available from the start.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 1× Silicon, 2× Magnesium.
Microchip - Toxic Areas Informations
Track area-clear progress without checking every corner.
- Content
- Toxicity DLC
- Worlds
- Toxicity
- Effect
- Cleared and total toxic goo on entering an area
- How to Unlock / Get
- Toxicity only.
- Recipe
- Craft Station - refinement: 2× Microplastics, 1× Chlorine dioxide.
Microchip – Construction menu filter
Helps reduce menu clutter after unlocking more building tiers.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Hide lower tiers in the construction menu
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 8 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T1 Craft Station or T2 Craft Station: 1× Super Alloy, 1× Magnesium, 1× Silicon.
Microchip – Map
Useful for finding the route back to base from anywhere.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Map available from any location
- How to Unlock / Get
- Available after decoding a tier 6 Blueprint Microchip.
- Recipe
- T2 Craft Station: 2× Aluminum, 1× Obsidian.
Warden key detector
Helpful when searching for hidden Warden sites during exploration.
- Content
- Base Game
- Worlds
- All worlds
- Effect
- Reveals hidden Warden structures while exploring
- How to Unlock / Get
- Find and decode the blueprint in the Cenote on Prime.
- Recipe
- Advanced Craft Station: 2× Solar Quartz, 1× Circuit board, 1× Magnetar Quartz, 1× Blazar Quartz.
How Equipment Works in The Planet Crafter
Equipment is the gear your character wears, and each piece gives you a practical benefit. Some add breathable air, some add room to carry things, some make you faster, and some help you build, dig or see in dark places.
Each piece you wear uses one of your equipment slots, and you start with four. Since that number is limited, choosing what to wear matters more than it first seems.
How Equipment Tiers and Upgrades Work
Most equipment comes in tiers, numbered T1 and up, and each tier builds on the one below it. A higher tier uses the lower one as an ingredient, so making a T2 backpack means spending your T1 backpack. That means you're trading the old piece in rather than keeping both, so it pays to plan a few tiers ahead before you spend materials.
The station you need depends on the tier. Many early tiers use the basic craft station, while the top tiers of most gear need the Advanced Craft Station. Jetpacks are the exception, since every tier needs that advanced station, and boots, exoskeletons and mining chips use the T2 station.
Higher tiers unlock at set points in terraforming. They also use tougher materials like super alloy, quartz and circuit boards, so you may have to wait before you can make them.
Backpacks and Oxygen Tanks: The Upgrades to Get First
Oxygen is the resource that runs out fastest. Your oxygen meter drains far quicker than health or thirst, so the oxygen tank is the piece that most affects how long you can stay outside. Each tier holds more breathable air, which means longer trips and fewer trips back to base. Oxygen isn't used up inside buildings you've constructed, so the tank matters most out on the surface.
Backpacks solve the other early problem, which is limited space. Each tier adds more inventory slots, and the early tiers use common metals, so it pays to upgrade before your bag fills up.
Jetpacks, Agility Boots and Exoskeletons
These three change how you get around and how much gear you can run at once. A jetpack lets you fly over the terrain and travel much faster than walking, which helps when you're covering long distances or reaching high ground. Agility boots raise your running speed, and each tier adds more.
An exoskeleton has no power of its own. Its job is to add equipment slots, and each tier adds four more, so the first one takes you from four slots to eight.
Boots are a good early upgrade if you explore a lot. Exoskeletons pay off once you have more gear than your starting slots can hold.
Air Filters and Toxin Filters
Filters help you survive places that would otherwise wear you down. The air filter lowers how fast your oxygen tank drains, and it works better as terraforming improves. It doesn't replace the tank, though, so you still need one to carry air.
The Toxicity expansion adds toxin filters, which slow how fast your toxicity meter drains so you can stay in toxic areas longer. There are three tiers, and each gives more time than the one before. Higher tiers unlock as your purification progress grows. They slow the drain rather than stopping it, so you still need to take care.
Microchips and Vehicle Chips
Microchips are small chips you equip to unlock a specific ability. The construction chip lets you build structures, and the deconstruction chip lets you take them apart and get the materials back. A deconstruction upgrade goes further and can remove technical debris, the large computer stacks that block some ruins. Its blueprint comes from decoding blueprint microchips, which you find while searching wrecks and ruins.
The torch chip lights up dark places, which helps when you explore wrecks. Mining speed chips make your hand tool faster, but they do nothing for drills or the Ore Extractor.
Vehicle chips upgrade your rover. Some are ready from the start, while others come from decoding blueprint microchips. They add more vehicle inventory room and equipment slots, raise its speed, and in one case give unlimited oxygen while you ride inside.
Spacesuit Skins
Spacesuits are cosmetic. They're skins that change how your character looks, and they don't change how the suit works. You can find them in crashed satellites and shipwreck lockers, and a few are sold through space trading.
What Fuses Do in Machine Optimizers
Fuses don't do anything on their own. You place them into a machine optimizer, and the optimizer boosts nearby machines that match the fuse's type. A heat fuse does nothing for generators, for example, so you need to match each fuse to the machines around it. The basic optimizer holds one fuse and reaches up to five machines, while the T2 holds three fuses and reaches up to eight.
Fuses matter a lot for terraforming, since the terraforming index is made up of heat, pressure, oxygen, plants, insects and animals. A T2 can run three different fuse types at once, such as heat, pressure and oxygen, and one setup is to place it next to a block of terraforming machines.
Which Planet Crafter Fuses Matter Most
Energy fuses are the ones you can't afford to waste. They boost generators, but their bigger value is that the portal generator and several key builds need them as ingredients. Heat and pressure fuses matter for the same reason, since a couple of rockets need one each.
The rest help in smaller ways. Oxygen, plant and heat fuses push terraforming along, while insects and animals fuses boost their stats even more strongly. Growth fuses speed up plants and vegetables, trade rocket fuses make trade rockets fly faster, purification fuses boost purification, and production fuses shorten crafting time.
How to Get Fuses
Crafting is one route. Six fuse types can be made at the Quartz craft station, which unlocks late, once you've made real progress in System Terraformation.
The other five (production, heat, pressure, oxygen and plant) can't be crafted, so you'll need loot or the trade space rocket. Crates and wrecks hold fuses, and the trade rocket sells them for Terra Tokens, so grab them when you can.
FAQ
What do I need to craft a fuse?
Every fuse that can be crafted needs a fuse cartridge, which is made from two Solar Quartz and one circuit board. Each fuse then adds its own ingredients on top, so the cartridge is the one part they all share.
How many energy fuses should I keep?
Keep at least three. The portal generator takes two and the extraction platform takes one, so three covers both builds.
Does the jetpack have a time limit?
No. A jetpack has no duration limit, so you can keep hovering for as long as you hold the jump button in midair.