Where to Find All Crafting Materials

Find all crafting materials in no mans sky, including Nitrogen, Cactus Flesh, Deuterium, Ammonia, and Activated Cadmium, and their uses.

This guide details all the crafting materials you can find in no mans sky, categorized by their type, along with their locations and uses.

Compressed Atmospheric Gas

• Nitrogen: Found in all star systems. Harvested as a secondary item from some flora, mined from deposits, or harvested from toxic and lush planet atmospheres. Used in crafting, refining, and cooking.
• Radon: Found in all star systems, especially on frozen and radioactive planets. Extracted with Atmosphere Harvesters or found in some flora. Used in crafting and refining.
• Sulphurine: Found in all star systems, especially on scorched and desert planets. Extracted with Atmosphere Harvesters or found in some flora. Used in one crafting recipe (Thermic Condensate) and refining.

Harvested Agricultural Substance

• Cactus Flesh: Found in all star systems, especially on desert or barren planets. Mined from deposits and minerals with the Mining Laser. .
• Faecium: Produced by fauna after feeding them Creature Pellets, or grown from the Gutrot Flower. .
• Frost Crystal: Requires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade. Harvested from Frostwort flora on frozen planets. .
• Fungal Mould: Requires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade. Harvested from Fungal Clusters on toxic planets. .
• Gamma Root: Requires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade. Harvested from Gamma Weed flora on radioactive planets. .
• Kelp Sac: Found in all star systems on planets with water. Harvested from Candle Kelp flora. Used to craft Weatherproof Rubber, in refining, and cooking (Kelp Rice).
• Marrow Bulb: Found in all star systems. Harvested from Cave Marrows, usually found in caves. .
• Solanium: Requires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade. Harvested from Solar Vines on volcanic planets. .
• Star Bulb: Requires the Haz-Mat Gauntlet Exosuit upgrade. Harvested from Star Bramble on lush planets. .

High Energy Substance

• Deuterium: Produced by refining Di-hydrogen and Tritium, or purchased from trade terminals/visiting pilots. Used in crafting and for a brief jetpack power boost from Deuterium Rich Plants.
• Di-hydrogen: Found in all star systems. Mined from blue crystal minerals, identified with the Analysis Visor. Used for Starship Launch Fuel and other crafting/refining.

Localised Earth Elements

• Ammonia: Found in all star systems, especially on toxic planets. Mined from minerals with the Mining Laser. Recharges Hazard Protection against Toxic environments and used in crafting/refining.
• Basalt: Found in all star systems, especially on volcanic planets. . Used in crafting Voltaic Amplifiers.
• Dioxite: Found in all star systems, especially on frozen planets. . Recharges Life Support and Hazard Protection against Cold, used in crafting/refining.
• Paraffinium: Found in all star systems (especially tropical planets). Mined from deposits with the Terrain Manipulator, identified with the Analysis Visor. Used in crafting and refining.
• Phosphorus: Found in all star systems, especially on scorched planets. . Used in crafting and refining.
• Pyrite: Found in all star systems, especially on desert or barren planets. Mined from deposits and minerals. Used in crafting and refining.
• Uranium: Acquired from Metal ‘Fingers’ resource nodes or as a secondary item in mineral deposits on irradiated planets. Recharges Launch Thrusters and used in crafting/refining.

Metals

• Activated Cadmium: Found in red star systems. . Can be refined into Chromatic Metal and Magnetised Ferrite.
• Activated Copper: Found in yellow star systems. . .
• Activated Emeril: Found in green star systems. . .
• Activated Indium: Found in blue star systems. . .
• Cadmium: Found in red star systems. . , and used in crafting.
• Chromatic Metal: Refined from most metal sources.