Caterium Ore

Caterium Ore is a semi-rare early-game ore found in the world. It is smelted into Caterium Ingots for further processing. It is analogous to real-life gold or silver.

Unlocking
Additionally, its resource scanner is unlocked in the Tier 6 milestone Expanded Power Infrastructure.

Extraction energy
It takes about MJ to extract 1 Caterium Ore. Further reading: Extraction energy

Blocked Caterium nodes
Certain Caterium Ore nodes are blocked by cracked boulders that need to be detonated with a Nobelisk before a Miner can be placed on them. However, Portable Miners can be placed between and around those boulders.

Trivia

 * Caterium is named after Caterina Parks, the CEO of FICSIT Inc.
 * It very likely replaced gold before the game entered closed alpha, as gold was mentioned in a dev highlight but was never seen in-game.
 * It is named OreGold internally, Caterium Ingots GoldIngot, which, in addition, used to have gold purity markings on them, until an Update 3 patch.
 * Stockpiling ~500 Caterium Ore is highly recommended at the beginning of the game, which is enough to unlock Zipline, Blade Runners, and +6 Pocket Dimension for early exploration.

History

 * Patch 0.3.4.9: Reverted to the old mesh as of 0.3.4.7, improved icon readability
 * Patch 0.3.4.7: New mesh and icon introduced
 * Patch 0.2.1.19: New mesh and icon introduced