Materials: Difference between revisions

[[File:Polonium-Material-and-SRV.png|thumb|300px|Polonium and a SRV]]

'''Materials''' are small resources that are primarily used for [[Engineers|Engineering]], [[Synthesis]], and unlocking specialised items via a [[Technology Broker]]. [[Material Trader]]s at certain [[Station|stations]] can exchange 1 Material type for a quantity of another Material. Materials are essential to build facilities for [[System Colonisation|system colonisation]].

Materials do not require space in [[Cargo Rack]]s.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/node/335 Community/node: Dev Update (12/11/2015)]</ref> Instead, Materials have a separate inventory and are stored in smaller quantities that do not affect a [[Ships|ship]]'s overall mass. Materials remain accessible when switching between a [[Ships|ship]], [[:Category:Surface Recon Vehicles|SRV]] or [[Ship-Launched Fighters|SLF]]. If a commander [[Redeployment|loses their vehicle or is critically injured]], none of their Materials are lost.

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|[[:Category:Very common materials|Very Common]]

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|[[:Category:Standard materials|Standard]]

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|[[:Category:Very rare materials|Very Rare]]

== Types ==

Materials are classified into one of three types determined by their origin and composition:

*'''[[Raw Materials]]''' - Naturally-occurring chemical elements; usually obtained by [[mining]] and SRV prospecting.

*'''[[Manufactured Materials]]''' - Artificial components from ships and structures; usually obtained by [[Salvage|salvaging]].

*'''[[Encoded Materials]]''' - Pieces of data, such as files, chunks of code, and scans; usually obtained by scanning objects.

Materials are further classified in categories. These are taken into account by [[Material Trader|Material Traders]] when exchanging materials.

The '''[[:Category:Materials|category page]]''' has a list of all materials.

=== Raw Materials ===

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|'''Section'''

|'''Grade 1'''

|'''Grade 2'''

|'''Grade 3'''

|'''Raw Material Category 1'''

|[[Carbon]]

|[[Vanadium]]

|[[Niobium]]

|[[Yttrium]]

|'''Raw Material Category 2'''

|[[Phosphorus]]

|[[Chromium]]

|[[Molybdenum]]

|[[Technetium]]

|'''Raw Material Category 3'''

|[[Sulphur]]

|[[Manganese]]

|[[Cadmium]]

|[[Ruthenium]]

|'''Raw Material Category 4'''

|[[Iron]]

|[[Zinc]]

|[[Tin]]

|[[Selenium]]

|'''Raw Material Category 5'''

|[[Nickel]]

|[[Germanium]]

|[[Tungsten]]

|[[Tellurium]]

|[[Rhenium]]

|[[Arsenic]]

|[[Mercury]]

|[[Polonium]]

|'''Raw Material Category 7'''

|[[Lead]]

|[[Zirconium]]

|[[Boron]]

|[[Antimony]]

|}

 

|'''Emission Data'''

|[[Exceptional Scrambled Emission Data]]

|[[Irregular Emission Data]]

|[[Unexpected Emission Data]]

|[[Decoded Emission Data]]

|[[Abnormal Compact Emissions Data]]

|'''Wake Scans'''

|[[Atypical Disrupted Wake Echoes]]

|[[Anomalous FSD Telemetry]]

|[[Strange Wake Solutions]]

|[[Eccentric Hyperspace Trajectories]]

|[[Datamined Wake Exceptions]]

|'''Shield Data'''

|[[Distorted Shield Cycle Recordings]]

|[[Inconsistent Shield Soak Analysis]]

|[[Untypical Shield Scans]]

|[[Aberrant Shield Pattern Analysis]]

|[[Peculiar Shield Frequency Data]]

|'''Encryption Files'''

|[[Unusual Encrypted Files]]

|[[Tagged Encryption Codes]]

|[[Open Symmetric Keys]]

|[[Atypical Encryption Archives]]

|[[Adaptive Encryptors Capture]]

|'''Data Archives'''

|[[Anomalous Bulk Scan Data]]

|[[Unidentified Scan Archives]]

|[[Classified Scan Databanks]]

|[[Divergent Scan Data]]

|[[Classified Scan Fragment]]

|[[Specialised Legacy Firmware]]

|[[Modified Consumer Firmware]]

|[[Cracked Industrial Firmware]]

|[[Security Firmware Patch]]

|[[Modified Embedded Firmware]]

|}

|[[Chemical Storage Units]]

|[[Chemical Processors]]

|[[Chemical Distillery]]

|[[Chemical Manipulators]]

|[[Pharmaceutical Isolators]]

|[[Tempered Alloys]]

|[[Heat Resistant Ceramics]]

|[[Precipitated Alloys]]

|[[Thermic Alloys]]

|[[Military Grade Alloys]]

|'''Heat'''

|[[Heat Conduction Wiring]]

|[[Heat Dispersion Plate]]

|[[Heat Exchangers]]

|[[Heat Vanes]]

|[[Proto Heat Radiators]]

|'''Conductive'''

|[[Basic Conductors]]

|[[Conductive Components]]

|[[Conductive Ceramics]]

|[[Conductive Polymers]]

|[[Biotech Conductors]]

|'''Mechanical Components'''

|[[Mechanical Scrap]]

|[[Mechanical Equipment]]

|[[Mechanical Components]]

|[[Configurable Components]]

|[[Improvised Components]]

|[[Grid Resistors]]

|[[Hybrid Capacitors]]

|[[Electrochemical Arrays]]

|[[Polymer Capacitors]]

|[[Military Supercapacitors]]

|'''Shielding'''

|[[Worn Shield Emitters]]

|[[Shield Emitters]]

|[[Shielding Sensors]]

|[[Compound Shielding]]

|[[Imperial Shielding]]

|'''Composite'''

|[[Compact Composites]]

|[[Filament Composites]]

|[[High Density Composites]]

|[[Proprietary Composites]]

|[[Core Dynamics Composites]]

|'''Crystals'''

|[[Crystal Shards]]

|[[Flawed Focus Crystals]]

|[[Focus Crystals]]

|[[Refined Focus Crystals]]

|[[Exquisite Focus Crystals]]

|'''Alloys'''

|[[Salvaged Alloys]]

|[[Galvanising Alloys]]

|[[Phase Alloys]]

|[[Proto Light Alloys]]

|[[Proto Radiolic Alloys]]

 

 

 

== References ==

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