Resource node

Resource nodes are specific locations spread across the world where resource extractors (Miners and Oil Pump) can be placed to automate ore (or Crude Oil) harvesting, solid resources to be extracted manually by the Engineer, or are used for power generation using Geo Thermal Generators on Geyser nodes. Three nearest resource nodes from the Engineer can be located with the Resource Scanner.

Nodes have 3 possible purities, which affect how fast are products extracted (see below). All resource nodes are infinite, they cannot be depleted.

Accessing
Solid resource nodes will often have a chunk of ore (a resource cluster) on top of them, which must be cleared by hand before an automated miner can be placed. There are also often hostile creatures nearby to make accessing the node more difficult.

Some resource nodes, such as Caterium Ore, can be blocked by large round boulders with cracks on them. These boulders can be blown up using a Nobelisk with the Nobelisk Detonator. These boulders block the placement of buildings, but not the placement of Portable Miners.

Types
All ores have their own resouce clusters that are present all over the world. S.A.M. Ore nodes behave strangely, as they only produce ore in batches after the game is reloaded or after specific periods of time (see S.A.M. Ore for details). Uranium nodes and clusters, just like all Uranium-based items, are radioactive.

History

 * Patch 0.3.2.0:
 * Portable Miners can be no longer placed on Crude Oil resource nodes
 * Crude Oil resource nodes now again show purity when approached
 * Patch 0.3:
 * Crude Oil and Geyser resource nodes no longer show "(resource) can not be picked up" when approached, and instead just tell the name of the node. Node purity is no longer shown on Crude Oil nodes, an Oil Extractor has to be built to detect it
 * Crude Oil is now extracted as a fluid instead of in barrels
 * Patch 0.1.20: Uranium nodes and clusters now radiate
 * Patch 2018-10-11: Initial design. Various resource nodes were updated throughout Closed Alpha