Resources Overview — 55+ Materials, 3 Upkeeps

Last verified: 2026-10-21 against Captain’s Devlog #3 and Captain’s Devlog #4.

How many resources does Outposts Unknown have?

Magic Fuel cites more than 55 unique resources that must move through the full industrial loop:

researched → harvested → refined → combined → transported → used

Devlog #4 (pre-launch) highlights tooltip work so hovering a resource can show where it is found or produced—evidence the live game expects you to manage complexity, not memorize a static web table.

Source: Kourou gameplay reveal (frame ~2:16). A production building panel shows resource output recipes, status warnings such as “Lacking Resources”, and crew pickup options.

Which resource names are confirmed officially?

Devlog #3 gives four exemplar items spanning metals, alloys, and science components:

We do not extend this into a full alphabetized catalog or infer Polyalloy’s inputs without screenshots.

What are water, power, and compute?

Devlog #3 treats them as building upkeeps, not optional flavor:

• Water feeds production and life-support chains (paired with food and medical logistics in guides).
• Power energizes extractors, labs, and defenses—see logistics, power, water, and compute.
• Compute covers data-heavy science or control buildings on the same conduit layer.

Because pipes and conduits occupy tiles, resource planning is literally spatial: a perfect refinery line fails if it crosses a power bottleneck or blocks expansion.

How do resources move between ship and planets?

Official Kourou material (Devlog #2) stresses interplanetary transfers when one world lacks a specialty another produces, while the Resonant supports operations until an outpost is self-sufficient. That macro loop sits above single-planet conveyors—use first outpost build order for surface basics and crew, shifts, and morale when hauls compete with sleep shifts.

Source: Kourou gameplay reveal (frame ~1:40). The Resupply dialog from the Starfleet Requisitions Platform reads “Your supply is ready to energize, captain.”

Source: Kourou gameplay reveal (frame ~2:32). The Resonant keeps its own storage, which feeds outposts until they are self-sufficient.

What about recipes and chains?

For day-to-day survival—metal, food proteins, storage stalls—start with beginner guide and logistics, power, water, and compute instead of guessing mid-tier chemistry.