Materials

Materials are raw materials that can be found on the surfaces of planets and moons.

Materials do not take up cargo space. Instead, they are tiny quantities stored separately. They remain available when switching between vehicles, and in the case of vehicle destruction they are saved by the pilot's escape system. The maximum that can be carried at once is 300.

Synthesis

Main article: Synthesis

Materials can be used in Synthesis, in which various temporary bonuses can be made for a ship or SRV and ammunition can be refilled.

Crafting

In a future expansion during the Elite Dangerous: Horizons season, materials will also be used in a crafting system.

Material Sources

Material sources on planets and moons can be located by use of the Wave Scanner of an SRV. When they are shot with the Scarab SRV's dual plasma repeater they explode into chunks of Materials, which can be scooped using the 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. As well as sources which are natural parts of the body, there are meteorites which fell from space and perhaps other more mysterious sources to be found.

Material sources discovered so far are:

• Outcrop
• Meteorites:
  • Bronzite Chondrite
  • Mesosiderite
  • Metallic Meteorite

List of Materials

Note: This list is of ongoing research - people have found together to collect more imperic data on this thread

Name	Grade	Used In
Antimony
Arsenic
Cadmium	Rare	FSD Injection Plasma Munitions
Carbon	Very common	Explosives Munitions Large Calibre Munitions
Chromium	Common	AFM Refill SRV Repair
Germanium	Common	FSD Injection
Iron	Very common
Manganese	Common
Mercury
Molybdenum	Rare
Nickel	Very common
Niobium	Rare
Phosphorus	Very common
Polonium
Ruthenium
Selenium
Sulphur	Very common
Tellurium
Tin	Rare
Tungsten	Rare
Vanadium	Common
Yttrium
Zinc	Common
Zirconium