Improvised Components - The Elite Dangerous Wiki

Specialist component used by factions in times of civil unrest. Known to be salvaged from signal sources.

These jury rigged components can fill in for crafted or manufactured components in a pinch.

— In-Game Description

Improvised Components are a Manufactured Material introduced in v2.1.

Known Sources

High Grade Emissions in Independent (HGEs in Civil Unrest systems have a higher chance of containing this material)

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Materials

Raw Materials

Manufactured Materials

	Basic Conductors Chemical Storage Units Compact Composites Crystal Shards Grid Resistors Guardian Power Cell Guardian Wreckage Components Hardened Surface Fragments Heat Conduction Wiring Meta-Alloys Mechanical Scrap Salvaged Alloys Tempered Alloys Worn Shield Emitters
	Caustic Shard Chemical Processors Conductive Components Galvanising Alloys Guardian Power Conduit Guardian Technology Component Heat Dispersion Plate Heat Resistant Ceramics Hybrid Capacitors Mechanical Equipment Shield Emitters Tactical Core Chip Thargoid Carapace
	Bio-Mechanical Conduits Chemical Distillery Conductive Ceramics Corrosive Mechanisms Electrochemical Arrays Focus Crystals Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts Heat Exchangers High Density Composites Mechanical Components Phase Alloys Phasing Membrane Residue Precipitated Alloys Shielding Sensors Thargoid Energy Cell Weapon Parts Wreckage Components
	Caustic Crystal Chemical Manipulators Compound Shielding Conductive Polymers Configurable Components Heat Vanes Polymer Capacitors Proprietary Composites Proto Light Alloys Refined Focus Crystals Thermic Alloys Thargoid Technological Components
	Biotech Conductors Core Dynamics Composites Exquisite Focus Crystals Heat Exposure Specimen Imperial Shielding Improvised Components Military Grade Alloys Military Supercapacitors Pharmaceutical Isolators Propulsion Elements Proto Heat Radiators Proto Radiolic Alloys Sensor Fragment Thargoid Organic Circuitry
Sources	Signal Sources Ship Salvage Mission Reward
Uses	Engineers Synthesis Technology Brokers

Encoded Materials

	Anomalous Bulk Scan Data Atypical Disrupted Wake Echoes Distorted Shield Cycle Recordings Exceptional Scrambled Emission Data Pattern Gamma Obelisk Data Specialised Legacy Firmware Unusual Encrypted Files
	Anomalous FSD Telemetry Inconsistent Shield Soak Analysis Irregular Emission Data Modified Consumer Firmware Pattern Beta Obelisk Data Tagged Encryption Codes Unidentified Scan Archives Thargoid Structural Data
	Classified Scan Databanks Cracked Industrial Firmware Massive Energy Surge Analytics Open Symmetric Keys Pattern Alpha Obelisk Data Ship Flight Data Ship Systems Data Strange Wake Solutions Thargoid Interdiction Telemetry Thargoid Material Composition Data Thargoid Ship Signature Unexpected Emission Data Untypical Shield Scans
	Aberrant Shield Pattern Analysis Atypical Encryption Archives Decoded Emission Data Divergent Scan Data Eccentric Hyperspace Trajectories Pattern Delta Obelisk Data Pattern Epsilon Obelisk Data Security Firmware Patch Thargoid Residue Data Thargoid Wake Data
	Abnormal Compact Emissions Data Adaptive Encryptors Capture Classified Scan Fragment Datamined Wake Exceptions Guardian Module Blueprint Fragment Guardian Vessel Blueprint Fragment Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment Modified Embedded Firmware Peculiar Shield Frequency Data
Sources	Wakes Ships Satellites Private Data Beacons Data Points Mission Rewards Ancient Ruins Guardian Structures
Uses	Engineers Technology Brokers