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They are currently used for 2 main purposes: [[Synthesis]] and [[Engineers|Engineering]].
They are currently used for 2 main purposes: [[Synthesis]] and [[Engineers|Engineering]].


=== Material Categories ===
== Material Categories ==
Materials can be classified into 1 of 3 categories:
Materials can be classified into 1 of 3 categories.
* '''Raw Materials:''' Naturally occurring chemical elements.
* '''Manufactured Materials:''' Salvageable components.
* '''Data:''' From scanning various sources.


=== Material Grades ===
=== [[Raw Materials]] ===
Naturally occurring chemical elements.
 
=== [[Manufactured Materials]] ===
Salvageable components.
 
=== [[Data]] ===
From scanning various sources.
 
== Material Grades ==
Within each material category, materials come in 5 different grades representing their rarity, with rarer materials providing greater effects when used.
Within each material category, materials come in 5 different grades representing their rarity, with rarer materials providing greater effects when used.
{| class="article-table article-table-selected sortable" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
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| data-sort-value="1" |[[File:Grade-1.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
| data-sort-value="1" |[[File:Grade-1.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
|1
|1
|Very Common
|[[:Category:Very common materials|Very Common]]
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="2" |[[File:Grade-2.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
| data-sort-value="2" |[[File:Grade-2.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
|2
|2
|Common
|[[:Category:Common materials|Common]]
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="3" |[[File:Grade-3.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
| data-sort-value="3" |[[File:Grade-3.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
|3
|3
|Standard
|[[:Category:Standard materials|Standard]]
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="4" |[[File:Grade-4.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
| data-sort-value="4" |[[File:Grade-4.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
|4
|4
|Rare
|[[:Category:Rare materials|Rare]]
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="5" |[[File:Grade-5.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
| data-sort-value="5" |[[File:Grade-5.png|thumb|center|40x40px]]
|5
|5
|Very Rare
|[[:Category:Very rare materials|Very Rare]]
|}
 
== Raw Materials ==
'''Raw materials''' are basic, naturally occurring, chemical elements. They are used in synthesis and in many Engineer Blueprints.
 
=== Raw Material Sources ===
[[File:Geo_and_Bio_Materials.jpg|thumb|200px|Geo and bio materials study]]
 
Material sources on planets and moons can be located by use of the [[Wave Scanner]] of an [[SRV]]. When they are destroyed by weapons fire from a ship or SRV they explode into chunks of materials, which can be collected using a ship or SRV's [[Cargo Scoop]].
 
The type of materials vary depending on the geology of the body, the type of world it is and where it is situated.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/3xkuct/the_mercs_of_mikunn_geophysical_expedition/ The Mercs of Mikunn Geophysical Expedition handbook]</ref> As well as sources which are natural parts of the body, there are meteorites which fell from space, cargo racks of downed ships, and perhaps other more mysterious sources to be found (e.g. [[Unknown structure|alien structures]]).
 
Sources discovered so far are:
 
* [[Outcrop]]
** Common Outcrop - contains non metals <ref name=":0">https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228645</ref>
** Metallic Outcrop - contains metals <ref name=":0" />
* Meteorites:
** [[Bronzite Chondrite]]
** [[Mesosiderite]]
** [[Metallic Meteorite]]
* [[Geysers]]
* [[Fumaroles]]
* [[Organic Structure|Organic Structures]]
* [[Cargo Rack (Wreckage)|Cargo Rack]]
* [[Asteroids]]
** When a prospector reports on an asteroid's content, it will also show it's 'Material Content' - Low, Medium, or High. The higher the material content, the higher the likelihood of it dropping rare materials.
 
=== List of Raw Materials ===
{| class="article-table article-table-selected sortable" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
|-
! scope="col" |Name
! scope="col" |Grade
|-
![[Antimony]]
| data-sort-value="5" |Very Rare
|-
![[Arsenic]]
| data-sort-value="3" |Standard
|-
![[Cadmium]]
| data-sort-value="4" |Rare
|-
![[Carbon]]
| data-sort-value="1" |Very common
|-
![[Chromium]]
| data-sort-value="2" |Common
|-
![[Germanium]]
| data-sort-value="2" |Common
|-
![[Iron]]
| data-sort-value="1" |Very common
|-
![[Manganese]]
| data-sort-value="2" |Common
|-
![[Mercury]]
| data-sort-value="4" |Rare
|-
![[Molybdenum]]
| data-sort-value="4" |Rare
|-
![[Nickel]]
| data-sort-value="1" |Very common
|-
![[Niobium]]
| data-sort-value="3" |Standard
|-
![[Phosphorus]]
| data-sort-value="1" |Very common
|-
![[Polonium]]
| data-sort-value="5" |Very Rare
|-
![[Ruthenium]]
| data-sort-value="4" |Rare
|-
![[Selenium]]
| data-sort-value="3" |Standard
|-
![[Sulphur]]
| data-sort-value="1" |Very common
|-
![[Technetium]]
| data-sort-value="5" |Very Rare
|-
![[Tellurium]]
| data-sort-value="5" |Very rare
|-
![[Tin]]
| data-sort-value="4" |Rare
|-
![[Tungsten]]
| data-sort-value="3" |Standard
|-
![[Vanadium]]
| data-sort-value="2" |Common
|-
![[Yttrium]]
| data-sort-value="4" |Rare
|-
![[Zinc]]
| data-sort-value="2" |Common
|-
![[Zirconium]]
| data-sort-value="2" |Common
|}
|}


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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Points of Interest]]
[[Category:Points of Interest]]
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