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Master crafting and base building in The Alters with this comprehensive guide. Learn about modules, resources, and essential recipes to ensure your survival and escape.

This guide covers essential crafting and base building mechanics in The Alters. Learn how to construct modules, manage base mass, and utilize various crafting stations to survive and escape the planet.

• Base Building: Access the building menu via the Command Center terminal. Place modules adjacent to existing ones, with green highlights indicating valid placement. Modules add mass, requiring more fuel for travel.
• Base Mass: Each module increases base weight, demanding more Fuel (Organics) for inter-timeline journeys. Upgrade storage and the Organics Tank, and use the Scanner to find and connect resource deposits with Mining Outposts and Pylons.
• Tiredness & Exhaustion: All actions consume energy. Manage your time carefully to avoid becoming tired, which slows tasks, and eventually exhausted, which bleeds into the next day.
• Crafting: Schedule tasks in the Workshop Queue via the 'TAB' menu under 'Production'. Craft items in their designated rooms (e.g., Kitchen Workbench). Crafting consumes energy.
• Workshop Recipes: Craft items like Mining Outposts, Pylon Components, Suit Batteries, Drill Cartridges, Repair Kits, Radiation Filters, and Qbit Chips using various materials.
• Kitchen Recipes: Prepare basic 'Mush' or 'Cooked Meal' using Organics or Raw Food.
• Greenhouse Recipes: Grow 'Raw Food' or 'Raw Food Packages' using Organics.
• Refinery Recipes: Refine 'Enriched Metals' into 'Metals' and 'Organics'.
• Alters: Keep your Alters happy by providing high-quality meals, building social rooms, and engaging in activities like Beerbong and watching movies to prevent negative outcomes.