DLC & Expansion Content

Learn essential tips for The Alters, covering base building, resource management, crafting, and keeping your Alters happy to ensure survival and escape.

The Alters is a complex game with many moving parts, including time management, resource gathering, and crafting. While in-game tutorials exist, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Your primary objective is to escape the planet before the sun rises, which requires careful planning and time management to complete tasks without becoming exhausted. The evacuation process involves refueling your base, manufacturing necessary equipment, and securing enough rations and food supplies.

This guide covers crucial elements to help you get started:

• Base Building: Access the building menu from the Command Center terminal. Modules must be placed adjacent to existing ones. Green highlights indicate valid placement spots. Ensure sufficient storage and manage base mass to prevent travel issues. Modules can be moved or swapped, and deleted, though some are fixed.
• Base Mass: Each module increases base weight, requiring more Fuel (organics) for travel. Upgrade storage and the Organics Tank limit. Use the Scanner to find organic deposits and connect them via Mining Outposts and Pylons.
• Tiredness and Exhaustion: All actions consume energy. Monitor your Energy Bar to avoid becoming tired, which slows task completion, and eventually exhausted, which bleeds into the next day. Time management is critical for successful evacuation.
• Crafting: Schedule production in the Workshop Queue via the 'TAB' key and 'Production' menu. Select the workshop, then the item, and add it to the queue. Craft items at the designated workbench using the 'E' key. Crafting consumes significant energy.
• Workshop Recipes: Mining Outpost, Pylon Component Package, Suit Battery, Drill Cartridge, Repair Kit, Radiation Filter, Qbit Chip.
• Kitchen Recipes: Mush, Cooked Meal.
• Greenhouse Recipes: Raw Food, Raw Food Package.
• Refinery Recipes: Metals and Organics.
• Alters: These are alternate versions of yourself with different life paths. Keeping them happy is vital. Their mood, health, and thoughts are displayed in their individual tabs. Unhappy Alters can become dangerous. Prioritize High-Quality Meals, build the Social Room, and engage in activities like Beerbong and watching movies to maintain their happiness.