Planetary Commodities

Planetary Commodities are the materials and resources generated through Planetary Industry. There are four tiers of planetary commodities produced in planetary industry, each of which is used either in creating the next highest tier of commodity, or directly in another type of Industry as an input. Each type of planet has a mix of Raw Materials (sometimes called P0 commodities) which can be refined into basic Processed Materials, called P1 for short. P1 commodities can be used in differing schematics that output P2 commodities. Likewise, P2 commodities can be used to produce P3 commodities, which can then be used to produce P4 commodities.

Color legend

• Yellow = Resource
• Green = Tier 1 Product (P1)
• Aqua = Tier 2 Product (P2)
• Blue= Tier 3 Product (P3)
• Pink = Tier 4 Product (P4)
• Gray= No known immediate use (without further processing)
• Violet = Is or can be used to produce an end product: POS Fuel, Nanite Repair Paste, T2 components, POS / Sov structures, Mobile Structures, Implants
• Red= Component in another PI Product

Tier 1 - Processed Materials (P1)

Raw Materials (R0) can be processed into Processed Materials (P1) in Basic Industry Facilities. See the Planet page for more information on Resources. Planets listed are where the Resource can be found and thus which planets can create the appropriate P1 component without importing anything.

Planets	Resource	P1 Result	Immediate Uses	Component in
	Microorganisms	Bacteria	Ship components	Fertilizer, Nanites, Organic Mortar Applicators, Test Cultures, Viral Agent
	Carbon Compounds	Biofuels	Tactical Capsuleer Recloner	Biocells, Livestock, Polytextiles
	Planktic Colonies	Biomass	None known	Genetically Enhanced Livestock, Supertensile Plastics, Viral Agent
	Non-CS Crystals	Chiral Structures	Ship components	Consumer Electronics, Miniature Electronics, Transmitter
	Ionic Solutions	Electrolytes	None known	Coolant, Rocket Fuel, Synthetic Oil
	Autotrophs	Industrial Fibers	None known	Microfiber Shielding, Polyaramids, Polytextiles
	Reactive Gas	Oxidizing Compound	None known	Oxides, Polyaramids, Silicate Glass
	Noble Gas	Oxygen	Structure Fuel, Improved Booster Reactions, Ship components	Oxides, Supertensile Plastics, Synthetic Oil
	Suspended Plasma	Plasmoids	None known	Rocket Fuel, Super Conductors, Transmitter
	Noble Metals	Precious Metals	None known	Biocells, Enriched Uranium, Mechanical Parts
	Complex Organisms	Proteins	Ship components	Fertilizer, Livestock, Genetically Enhanced Livestock
	Base Metals	Reactive Metals	None known	Construction Blocks, Mechanical Parts, Nanites, Nano-Factory, Water-Cooled CPU
	Felsic Magma	Silicon	Outpost Deployment	Microfiber Shielding, Miniature Electronics, Silicate Glass
	Heavy Metals	Toxic Metals	None known	Construction Blocks, Consumer Electronics, Enriched Uranium
	Aqueous Liquids	Water	Standard Booster Reactions, Ship components	Coolant, Sterile Conduits, Super Conductors, Test Cultures, Water-Cooled CPU
	3000 x 0.01 m³	20 x 0.38 m³

One processed batch turns 3000 units or 30 m³ of a P0 material into 7.6 m³ of a P1 material, resulting in a reduction to 25% of original volume. Each batch takes 30 minutes to process in a Basic Industry Facility (BIF). You thus need to have enough extractor heads to supply 3000 units of P0 in 30 minutes, or 6000 units per hour to the BIF, to avoid idle time on it.

Tier 2 - Refined Commodities (P2)

Processed Materials (P1) can be turned into Refined Commodities (P2) in Advanced Industry Facilities (AIF). It takes two different P1 items to create one P2 item. Cycle time for each batch is 1 hour. The output of (2) BIFs, 1 per P1 material, can be routed directly into an AIF that is producing a P2 commodity without any waste.

Planets	Input 1: P1	Input 2: P1	P2 Result	Immediate Uses	Component in
	Precious Metals	Biofuels	Biocells	Capital components	Gel-Matrix Biopaste, Neocoms, Transcranial Microcontroller
	Toxic Metals	Reactive Metals	Construction Blocks	T2 component	Biotech Research Reports, Smartfab Units
	Chiral Structures	Toxic Metals	Consumer Electronics	T2 component, Research component	Robotics, Supercomputers
	Water	Electrolytes	Coolant	Structure Fuel	Condensates, Supercomputers
	Toxic Metals	Precious Metals	Enriched Uranium	Structure Fuel	Nuclear Reactors
	Proteins	Bacteria	Fertilizer	None known	Cryoprotectant Solution, Industrial Explosives
	Biomass	Proteins	Genetically Enhanced Livestock	None known	Hermetic Membranes
	Biofuels	Proteins	Livestock	None known	Biotech Research Reports, Vaccines
	Precious Metals	Reactive Metals	Mechanical Parts	Structure Fuel, T2 components	Planetary Vehicles, Robotics
+	Silicon	Industrial Fibers	Microfiber Shielding	None known	Data Chips, Nuclear Reactors
	Silicon	Chiral Structures	Miniature Electronics	T2 Components	Planetary Vehicles, Smartfab Units
	Reactive Metals	Bacteria	Nanites	Nanite Repair Paste, Capital components	Biotech Research Reports, Transcranial Microcontroller
	Oxygen	Oxidizing Compound	Oxides	None known	Condensates, Gel-Matrix Biopaste
+	Industrial Fibers	Oxidizing Compound	Polyaramids	None known	Hermetic Membranes, High-Tech Transmitter
	Industrial Fibers	Biofuels	Polytextiles	None known	Hazmat Detection Systems, Industrial Explosives
	Electrolytes	Plasmoids	Rocket Fuel	T2 Missiles	Camera Drones
+	Silicon	Oxidizing Compound	Silicate Glass	None known	Camera Drones, Neocoms
	Water	Plasmoids	Superconductors	T2 Components	Gel-Matrix Biopaste, Ukomi Super Conductor
	Biomass	Oxygen	Supertensile Plastics	None known	Data Chips, Planetary Vehicles, Synthetic Synapses
	Oxygen	Electrolytes	Synthetic Oil	None known	Cryoprotectant Solution, Ukomi Super Conductor
	Water	Bacteria	Test Cultures	Capital components	Cryoprotectant Solution, Synthetic Synapses
	Chiral Structures	Plasmoids	Transmitter	T2 Component	Guidance Systems, Hazmat Detection Systems, High-Tech Transmitter
	Biomass	Bacteria	Viral Agent	None known	Hazmat Detection Systems, Vaccines
	Water	Reactive Metals	Water-Cooled CPU	T2 Industrial Cores	Guidance Systems, Supercomputers
	40 x 0.38 m³	40 x 0.38 m³	5 x 1.5 m³

One processed batch turns a combined 30.4 m³ of two P1 materials into 7.5 m³ of a P2 material, again resulting in reduction to approximately 25% of original volume

Tier 3 - Specialized Commodities (P3)

It takes two or three different Refined Commodities (P2) to create Specialized Commodities (P3) in Advanced Industry Facilities

Planets	Input 1: P2	Input 2: P2	Input 3: P2	P3 Result	Immediate Uses	Component in
++	Nanites	Livestock	Construction Blocks	Biotech Research Reports	None known	Wetware Mainframe
++	Silicate glass	Rocket Fuel	-	Camera Drones	None known	Self-Harmonizing Power Core
	Oxides	Coolant	-	Condensates	None known	Organic Mortar Applicators
+	Test Cultures	Synthetic Oil	Fertilizer	Cryoprotectant Solution	Ascendancy/Hydra/Mimesis/Nirvana/Rapture/Savior Implants	Wetware Mainframe
++	Supertensile Plastics	Microfiber Shielding	-	Data Chips	Nanite Repair Paste, Mobile Structures (Siphon Units)	Broadcast Node
++	Oxides	Biocells	Superconductors	Gel-Matrix Biopaste	Nanite Repair Paste, Ascendancy/Hydra/Nirvana/Rapture/Savior Implants	Integrity Response Drones
+	Water-Cooled CPU	Transmitter	-	Guidance Systems	T2 Component, Mobile Structures	Recursive Computing Module
++	Polytextiles	Viral Agent	Transmitter	Hazmat Detection Systems	None known	Integrity Response Drones
++	Polyaramids	Genetically Enhanced Livestock	-	Hermetic Membranes	Prototype Cloaking Device I Component	Self-Harmonizing Power Core
++	Polyaramids	Transmitter	-	High-Tech Transmitters	Mobile Structures (Depots, Micro Jump Units)	Broadcast Node
	Fertilizer	Polytextiles	-	Industrial Explosives	None known	Nano Factory
++	Biocells	Silicate Glass	-	Neocoms	None known	Broadcast Node
++	Microfiber Shielding	Enriched Uranium	-	Nuclear Reactors	Mobile Structures (Depots, Micro Jump Units)	Self-Harmonizing Power Core
++	Supertensile Plastics	Mechanical Parts	Miniature Electronics	Planetary Vehicles	None known	Integrity Response Drones
	Mechanical Parts	Consumer Electronics	-	Robotics	POS Fuel, T2 components	Organic Mortar Applicators
	Construction Blocks	Miniature Electronics	-	Smartfab Units	Mobile Structures	Sterile Conduits
+	Water-Cooled CPU	Coolant	Consumer Electronics	Supercomputers	Prototype Cloaking Device I & Command Processor I Component	Wetware Mainframe
	Supertensile Plastics	Test Cultures	-	Synthetic Synapses	Mindlink Implants, Ascendancy/Hydra/Mimesis/Nirvana/Rapture/Savior Implants	Recursive Computing Module
	Biocells	Nanites	-	Transcranial Microcontrollers	Ascendancy/Hydra/Nirvana/Rapture/Savior Implants	Recursive Computing Module
	Synthetic Oil	Superconductors	-	Ukomi Superconductors	Mobile Structures (Tractor Units), Nirvana Implants	Nano-Factory
	Livestock	Viral Agent	-	Vaccines	None known	Sterile Conduits
	10 x 1.5 m³	10 x 1.5 m³	10 x 1.5 m³	3 x 6 m³

One processed batch turns a combined 30 or 45 m³ of two or three P2 materials into 18 m³ of a P3 material, with volume reduction now only to 40% or 60%

Tier 4 - Advanced Commodities (P4)

Advanced Commodities (P4) are created in High Tech Production Plants (HTPP) and take either three Specialized Commodities (P3) each or two P3s and one P1. The cycle time for a P4 schematic in a HTPP is 1 hour.

The planet icons indicate one of the easier options (fewest planets) to produce the P4, but that's not necessarily the only or best option. Plasma planets are avoided due to their rarity. You could produce all available P4 goods with an absolute minimum of five planets - Barren, Gas, Lava, Oceanic, and Temperate, but realistically you'd need more. It isn't too hard to completely avoid Plasma (substitute Barren/Lava) and Ice (substitute Oceanic/Lava), however, with Storm also somewhat optional (you can make Nano-Factories without Storm if you add more than one other planet)

Planets	Input 1: P3	Input 2: P3	Input 3: P1/3	P4 Result	Ultimate Use
++++	Neocoms	Data Chips	High-Tech Transmitters	Broadcast Node	POS / Sov Structures
++++	Gel-Matrix Biopaste	Hazmat Detection Systems	Planetary Vehicles	Integrity Response Drones	POS / Sov Structures
+	Industrial Explosives	Ukomi Super Conductors	Reactive Metals	Nano-Factory	POS / Sov Structures
++	Condensates	Robotics	Bacteria	Organic Mortar Applicators	POS / Sov Structures
++	Synthetic Synapses	Guidance Systems	Transcranial Microcontrollers	Recursive Computing Module	POS / Sov Structures
++++	Camera Drones	Nuclear Reactors	Hermetic Membranes	Self-Harmonizing Power Core	POS / Sov Structures
++	Smartfab Units	Vaccines	Water	Sterile Conduits	POS / Sov Structures
++	Supercomputers	Biotech Research Reports	Cryoprotectant Solution	Wetware Mainframe	POS / Sov Structures
	6 x 6 m³	6 x 6 m³	6 x 6 m³ or 40 x 0.38 m³	1 x 100 m³

One processed batch turns a combined 108 or 87.2 m³ of three P3 materials or two P3s + one P1 into one 100 m³ P4 item, making volume reduction insignificant at this point, or in the odd case when a P1 material is involved, actually increases the volume beyond the components! Yes, somebody appears to have allowed that guy talking about Perpetual Motion Devices to touch the P4 production chain. Or the "repackage" department was sleeping on the job.

Total combination quantities

This table shows the relationship between the different tiers and total quantity of materials. For convenience it only considers the max cost per tier (assumes always three P2 to make P3, and three P3 to make P4). So as an example it takes a full 432,000 R0 to produce one max cost P4, or 198,000 for a min cost P4. Better start extracting!

	P4	P3	P2	P1
R0	432,000	24,000	2,400	150
P1	2,880	160	16
P2	180	10
P3	18

Production diagram

Sample of producing a Broadcast Node: