Base Modules and Structures

Learn to build and manage essential base modules and structures in Astroneer. This guide covers everything from the Mission Log to advanced platforms, helping you establish a thriving base.

This guide covers the essential base modules and structures in Astroneer, focusing on how they function within the game's mission system and player progression. Understanding these elements is key to establishing and expanding your presence on alien worlds.

Mission Log

The Mission Log is your central hub for tracking progress and claiming rewards. It's accessible via the Landing Pad, Logistics Depots, or directly through the action wheel and backpack interface. The log features several sections:

• Rewards: Missions with unclaimed rewards.
• Tracked: Missions you are actively monitoring.
• Active: All currently available missions.
• Reclaimable: Items that can be recalled to a landing pad.
• Complete: Missions already finished and rewards claimed.

Missions Overview

Missions serve as a guided progression system, offering rewards like Bytes, Schematics, and unique items such as the QT-RTG and EXO Chip. Completing one mission unlocks the next in sequence.

Starting Missions on Sylva

• Planetfall: Arrive on Sylva. Reward: Oxygenator, Small Printer.
• Astroneering Bas(e)ics: Unpack and install the Oxygenator on the Shelter, connect Printer power. Reward: Tethers, 500 Bytes.
• Breathing Space: Print a Tether Bundle and connect a Tether to the Oxygenator. Reward: Small Canister, 500 Bytes.
• Resourcing: Gather 4 Compound and 4 Resin. Reward: Medium Storage, 2 Medium Platform As, Oxygenator Schematic.
• Landfilling: Attach a Small Canister to your Terrain Tool or Backpack and fill it with Soil. Reward: 500 Bytes.
• Re-Tooling: Unlock, print, and attach a Boost Mod and a Drill Mod 1 to your Terrain Tool. Reward: Soil Centrifuge, Soil Centrifuge Schematic.