Items List

Review the X4: Foundations items list. Understand personal inventory goods, ship components, and other items crucial for survival and trade.

Welcome to the comprehensive Items List for X4: Foundations! This section will detail the various items you'll encounter, acquire, and utilize throughout your journey in the X-Universe. Understanding these items is crucial for everything from basic survival and trade to advanced station building and fleet management. We'll cover everything from personal inventory goods to ship components and station resources, providing actionable strategies for acquisition and optimal use.

Personal Inventory Items (On-Foot)

These are items carried by your character or your crew members when disembarked from a ship. They are essential for on-foot missions, hacking, repairs, and general interaction with stations and derelict ships.

• Space Suit Repair Laser: Your primary tool for repairing damaged ship components from the outside, or fixing station modules during on-foot missions.
  • Acquisition: Standard equipment for your space suit. Can be upgraded or replaced at Equipment Docks.
  • Strategy: Always keep your repair laser charged. During critical repairs, prioritize damaged components that affect ship functionality (e.g., engines, shields).
• Hacking Tools: Used to bypass security systems on station modules, data vaults, and derelict ships. There are different tiers of hacking tools for varying security levels.
  • Acquisition: Purchased from Black Market Dealers found in specific station types (often in illegal sectors or hidden areas of legitimate stations). Sometimes dropped by hostile NPCs.
  • Strategy: Higher-tier hacking tools are required for more complex systems. Always carry a variety if you plan on extensive hacking. Be aware that hacking can decrease faction reputation if caught.
• Data Leaks: Small, consumable items used to extract data from specific station modules, often for mission objectives or blueprints.
  • Acquisition: Similar to hacking tools, found at Black Market Dealers or as mission rewards.
  • Strategy: Data leaks are single-use. Only deploy them when you've identified a valuable data port or have a mission requiring it.
• EMP Bombs: Used to disable station modules or ship components temporarily, often for stealth missions or to create a diversion.
  • Acquisition: Highly illegal, primarily from Black Market Dealers in dangerous sectors.
  • Strategy: Deploy strategically. An EMP bomb can disable turrets or shield generators on a station, allowing for easier access or sabotage. Be prepared for immediate hostility if detected.
• Nividium: A rare and valuable mineral, sometimes found in asteroid fields or as mission rewards. Can be sold for a high profit.
  • Acquisition: Mined manually with a space suit from specific Nividium asteroids, or rarely found as loot.
  • Strategy: While not a primary resource for station building, Nividium is an excellent early-game money-maker. Look for glowing purple asteroids in deep space.

Ship Components & Upgrades

These items are installed directly onto your ships, enhancing their capabilities, weaponry, and defenses. They are categorized by type and size.

Weapons

• Pulse Lasers (S/M/L): Versatile energy weapons, good for general combat.
  • Acquisition: Purchased at Equipment Docks and Wharves. Produced by Weapon Component Factories.
  • Strategy: Effective against shields and hull. Different factions offer variations with unique characteristics (e.g., Teladi Pulse Lasers often have higher damage but slower projectile speed).
• Plasma Cannons (M/L): High-damage, slow-firing weapons, excellent against larger ships and stations.
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks, Wharves. .
  • Strategy: Best used on turrets for capital ships or as primary weapons on heavy fighters. Their slow projectile speed requires leading targets.
• Beam Emitters (S/M): Continuous damage weapons, good for precision targeting and shield stripping.
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks, Wharves. .
  • Strategy: Ideal for dogfighting due to their instant hitscan nature. Less effective against heavy armor.
• Missile Launchers (S/M/L): Fire various types of missiles (dumbfire, guided, swarm, torpedoes).
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks, Wharves. Missiles themselves are separate consumables.
  • Strategy: Torpedoes are devastating against capital ships and stations. Swarm missiles are excellent for overwhelming fighter shields. Always stock up on missile ammunition.

Shield Generators

• Shield Generators (Mk1, Mk2, Mk3): Provide defensive shielding for your ships. Higher marks offer more shield capacity and faster regeneration.
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks, Wharves. Produced by Shield Component Factories.
  • Strategy: Always equip the highest mark shield generator your ship can support. Prioritize shield upgrades for combat vessels.

Engines

• Combat Engines (Mk1, Mk2, Mk3): Offer higher top speed and acceleration, ideal for fighters and interceptors.
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks, Wharves. Produced by Engine Part Factories.
  • Strategy: Essential for outmaneuvering opponents in combat. Different factions have unique engine characteristics (e.g., Split engines are often the fastest).
• Travel Engines (Mk1, Mk2, Mk3): Optimize for faster travel mode speeds, crucial for long-distance jumps.
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks, Wharves. Produced by Engine Part Factories.
  • Strategy: Best for traders and explorers. While slower in combat, they significantly reduce travel time between sectors.

Other Ship Modules

• Docking Computers: Automate docking procedures, saving time and preventing collisions.
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks.
  • Strategy: An early-game quality-of-life upgrade. Essential for larger ships with complex docking sequences.
• Jump Drives: Allows capital ships to instantly jump between systems, consuming Jump Drive Cells.
  • Acquisition: Advanced Equipment Docks, specific faction representatives after gaining sufficient reputation.
  • Strategy: A game-changer for fleet management and rapid deployment. Requires significant energy cell consumption.
• Cargo Bay Extensions: Increase a ship's cargo capacity.
  • Acquisition: Equipment Docks.
  • Strategy: Crucial for traders and miners to maximize profit per trip.

Station Resources & Wares

These are the raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods that drive the X4 economy. Understanding their flow is key to successful trading and station building.

Raw Materials

• Silicon: Mined from asteroids. Used in the production of Microchips, Silicon Wafers, and other high-tech components.
  • Acquisition: Mined by mining ships from silicon asteroids (often reddish-brown). Purchased from Refineries.
  • Strategy: High demand in tech-heavy sectors. Establish mining operations early to secure a steady supply.
• Ore: Mined from asteroids. Essential for Metal Refineries and Hull Part production.
  • Acquisition: Mined by mining ships from ore asteroids (dark grey). Purchased from Refineries.
  • Strategy: A foundational resource for almost all manufacturing. Ore fields are abundant in many systems.
• Nividium: (See Personal Inventory Items) Can also be traded in bulk.
  • Acquisition: Mined from Nividium asteroids.
  • Strategy: While profitable, Nividium is not consumed by most production chains, making it primarily a trade good.
• Ice: Mined from ice asteroids. Used in Water production and various food/medical supplies.
  • Acquisition: Mined by mining ships from ice asteroids (white/blue). Purchased from Water Production facilities.
  • Strategy: Crucial for sustaining populations on stations.

Intermediate Products

• Refined Metals: Produced from Ore. Used in Hull Parts, Engine Parts, and more.
  • Acquisition: Produced by Metal Refineries. Purchased from these stations.
  • Strategy: A high-demand intermediate. Building your own Metal Refineries is a good early step in a production empire.
• Silicon Wafers: Produced from Silicon. Key component for Microchips and advanced electronics.
  • Acquisition: Produced by Silicon Wafer Factories. Purchased from these stations.
  • Strategy: High-value intermediate product. Essential for advanced component production.
• Energy Cells: Produced from various raw materials (often Ice). Universal power source for stations and jump drives.
  • Acquisition: Produced by Solar Power Plants. Purchased from these stations.
  • Strategy: The most fundamental commodity. Every station requires Energy Cells to operate. Always ensure a stable supply for your own stations and fleets.

Finished Goods & Advanced Components

• Hull Parts: Essential for building and repairing ships and stations.
  • Acquisition: Produced by Hull Part Factories. Purchased from Wharves, Shipyards, and Equipment Docks.
  • Strategy: High demand across the galaxy. A profitable production chain to invest in.
• Microchips: Advanced electronic components used in almost all high-tech modules.
  • Acquisition: Produced by Microchip Factories. Purchased from Equipment Docks, Wharves.
  • Strategy: One of the highest-value finished goods. Requires a complex production chain starting from Silicon.
• Weapon Components: Used to assemble various ship weapons.
  • Acquisition: . .
  • Strategy: High demand from military factions.
• Shield Components: Used to assemble ship shield generators.
  • Acquisition: Produced by Shield Component Factories. .
  • Strategy: Another vital military and civilian component.
• Engine Parts: Used to assemble ship engines.
  • Acquisition: Produced by Engine Part Factories. .
  • Strategy: Constant demand for ship production and upgrades.

This detailed list should provide a solid foundation for understanding the vast array of items in X4: Foundations. Remember that the economy is dynamic; prices and demand for these items will fluctuate based on faction wars, player actions, and general galactic events. Keep an eye on trade offers and market trends to maximize your profits and efficiency!