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Starter-kit calculator: what do you still need?

Quick answer

Choose equipment still needed, enter raw stock and any finished Basic Batteries or Rubber, then gather the remaining amounts. The calculator runs on this device.

How this guide was checked

Coverage: Early Access 1.2 · Buddy System Hotfix 2 (October 6) · official sources checked October 23, 2026 UTC · older routes retain their source/build limits. Research checked 8 Oct 2026. Updated 20 Sep 2026

This guide uses the linked sources and any attributed demonstrations. Platform differences and limitations are noted with the advice they affect.

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Before you start

  • These three recipes use the early Fabricator.
  • Enter each item once: a finished component no longer counts as the raw ingredients used to make it.

Plan your starter kit

Raw ingredients · Early Access 1.2 · Recipe review September 12, 2026

Choose only new equipment still needed. Set an item to zero if you already own it.

Finished components already in your inventory

Raw materials already in your inventory

Enter each item once. Do not also count ingredients already consumed by your finished components. Leave reserved supplies out of this stock.

Still to gather

Combined raw ingredients for the selected equipment
MaterialAfter componentsStill needed
Titanium66
Quartz22
Copper22
Acidic Raion Pouch11
Silver22
Lucifer Rotsac44

Finish the kit after gathering

  1. Craft any missing Basic Batteries for the Scanners, and Rubber for the tanks and Air Bladders.
  2. Craft only the equipment selected above. Check the Scanner’s charge and practise the Air Bladder before a longer dive.
  3. Pack food, water, healing and spare charge separately. Follow the oxygen return checks before leaving.

Keep this dive plan

Save replaces this tool’s previous browser save. Restore replaces the choices shown above. Neither action changes your game or your field-guide milestones.

Open your expedition milestones when the kit is complete.

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Worked example: reuse a battery and Rubber before gathering

For one Scanner, one Standard Air Tank and one Air Bladder, enter one finished Basic Battery and one Rubber as components already owned. The remaining raw requirements are 6 Titanium, 2 Quartz, 2 Silver and 2 Lucifer Rotsacs. Copper and Acidic Raion Pouch become zero because the battery is already made.

If you also have 2 Titanium and 1 Silver available to spend, the shortfall becomes 4 Titanium, 2 Quartz, 1 Silver and 2 Lucifer Rotsacs. This is arithmetic from the listed recipes, not a measured route yield.

  1. Set equipment you already own to zero. The quantity fields mean new items still needed.
  2. Enter finished components first, then unused raw stock. The same ingredient must not appear in both places.
  3. Follow the missing-material links under the result. Complete components before the equipment that consumes them.
  4. Save this kit before leaving, or copy the supply checklist for your group. Recount inventory when you return; saving does not update the game or your progression milestones.
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Included recipe chain

Scanner expands to Titanium, Quartz, Copper and Acidic Raion Pouch. Standard Air Tank and Air Bladder expand Rubber into Lucifer Rotsacs. Choose zero for equipment you already own.

For one of each, the raw total is 6 Titanium, 2 Quartz, 2 Copper, 1 Acidic Raion Pouch, 2 Silver and 4 Lucifer Rotsacs. This arithmetic excludes every item outside the three selected recipes.

Existing Basic Batteries cover Scanner requirements before Copper and Acidic Raion Pouches are counted. Existing Rubber covers Air Tanks and Air Bladders before Lucifer Rotsacs are counted.

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Read the shortfall before choosing a route

Subtracting stock cannot produce a negative shopping amount. Enter whole quantities from zero to twenty for equipment, and zero to 10,000 for raw stock. The tool does not model inventory space, respawns or travel time.

Follow the resource guide for the missing material, then return to craft intermediate parts before the final equipment. If the in-game recipe changes, use that row and report the mismatch; the displayed baseline is part of the tool.

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You’re ready when…

Your checklist

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Sources · 6Walkthrough · checked 13 Sep 2026 · Research checked 8 Oct 2026
Scanner materials and battery chain ↗Scanner raw ingredients; cross-checked with PC Gamer.Walkthrough ·
Silver locations ↗Loose silver versus large deposits; northern cave landmark route.Walkthrough ·
Acidic Raion Pouches ↗Harvest order and caves near the Lifepod.Walkthrough ·
Lucifer Rotsacs ↗Southwest arch and Rubber conversion.Walkthrough ·
Fibrous Pulp ↗Harvestable plants and northwest cave.Walkthrough ·
Oxygen upgrades ↗Standard tank, Air Bladder and Oxygen Control.Walkthrough ·

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