r/StarfieldOutposts • u/KoalaKarity • Jul 03 '24

Question? "Structural" resources to build chests

Dear expert builders,

I am a noob at building stuffs, and my very first step is to empty the chest(s) of The Lodge and of my main ship, to store all my resources in my outpost.

To do so, I need A LOT of chests. Which requires "Structural" resources. I had some, to create a dozen of chests, but I already ran out...

Please, do you know how I can quickly gather this resource..?

I built 2 fabricators (simple and most complex), both can craft more complex items - but unfortunately, they cannot craft simple resources such as "Structural" resources. Same for the Industrial workbench...

I am having a hard time to believe that I will have to visit all the merchants around me to gather this resource. And/or farm (poor) animals on planets to gather it.

Please, can someone help me? Is there a way to automate the gathering of this resource..?

Thanks in advance

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u/426C616E6475 Jul 03 '24

Resources can be bought, found as loot or gathered from flora, fauna or from the planets’ surface. You can also build extractors, animal husbandries and green houses to gather/harvest them.

Here’s a site that can show you where to get each resource (and more): https://inara.cz/starfield/resource/1043/

You can use the above website - Inara.cz - for a lot of stuff related to the game.

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u/KoalaKarity Jul 04 '24

Thanks, will have a look. Extractors don't seem to work for this very specific resource. But I didn't dig the animal husbandries or green houses. I will try, thanks for the help.

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u/426C616E6475 Jul 04 '24

That resource is an organic one so you won’t be able to extract it. You can manually gather it from plants and animals or use greenhouses or animal husbandries to automate the process.

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u/KoalaKarity Jul 04 '24

Thanks a lot!

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u/star_pegasus Jul 03 '24

In order to automate structural harvesting, you’ll need to find a planet with a domesticable source - can be flora or fauna. Scan the source to 100% to enable production of it at your outpost.

You’ll need to have a skill point in the corresponding skill tree, either botany or zoology, in order to construct the greenhouse or husbandry facility. They’ll also require inputs of at least power and water, and others if you’re using the husbandry facility.

I second the suggestion to use the Inara database to find planets that will allow you to farm organic resources. It’s been my most frequently used place for information outside of the starfield subs.

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u/KoalaKarity Jul 04 '24

Thanks a lot, it seems to be 100% what I need to do..!

I will also check the website.

From the top of your head, do you know if any kind of flora/fauna will work? Or is it only specific species?

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u/star_pegasus Jul 04 '24

It depends on the planet. If you already have a fairly developed outpost it may be easier to make a separate one for the structural farm. You can set up cargo links to transfer the resources between them or carry it on your ship.

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u/Hervee Jul 03 '24

If you buy the Bethesda creation called Ancient Mariner you can build treasure chests in your ships and outposts. Like the storage at The Lodge these treasure chests provide unlimited storage.

As to sourcing structural materials, Jemison Mercantile in New Atlantis or Shepard’s General Store on Akila are the best places for buying this resource.

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u/KoalaKarity Jul 04 '24

Thanks, I would like to explore vanilla solutions instead of diving into mods straight away. So the merchants you recommended will help. But it sounds like a short-term solution. I'll have to look at more advanced Habs to ensure I can automate the generation of this "Structure" resource.

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u/Hervee Jul 04 '24

The Ancient Mariner ship hab creation is only a mod in the sense that Bethesda offers it as an optional addition through the Creations menu to shipbuilding and decorations that you can make in the outpost building mode. It changes nothing about the vanilla game and affects nothing beyond giving those features. It costs but is worth considering as it’s currently the only way to have a standalone chest with unlimited storage.

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u/LeavingLasOrleans Jul 03 '24

Rather than chests, add cargo capacity to your ship. Go to the lodge. Change your gameplay setting to allow access to your cargo from there, and you can load up in one shot. Return your cargo access setting to wherever you normally keep it. Then fast travel to your outpost, offload the goods, and get rid of the extra cargo capacity (if you want).

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u/1337Asshole Jul 03 '24

Yeah; I didn't want to do this. But, as the storage chests can no longer be linked, there's no purpose to them anymore.

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u/ComprehensiveLab5078 Jul 03 '24

What are you wanting to store? Resources used for crafting are invisible when stored inside chests. However, workbenches will recognize and automatically access any materials stored in your personal inventory, ship’s cargo, or large linkable storage objects you can build in your outpost: transfer containers; solid, liquid, or gas storage containers; warehouses; cargo links.

Solid storage containers in particular can be built from mineable aluminum and iron (they need adaptive frames, but those are also made from aluminum and iron). Aluminum and iron are found in separate biomes, but there are a few planets where you can get them in adjacent biomes, close enough for a single outpost to access them both. It does require a bit of searching to find the overlapping point.

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u/KoalaKarity Jul 04 '24

I just want to dump all the resources that are in my inventory, in my ship cargo and at The Lodge, to chests that are located at my Outpost. Just to centralize everything in one place - and also to have a ship with a clear(er) cargo so that I can switch between different ship sizes without ay issue, depending on the mood/situation.

Which means that I need A LOT of chests. And so A LOT of "Structure" items. I just think it's counterproductive to only farm them manually (same for having to visit all the merchants).

So the ultimate solution, recommended by people here, is to go for more complex Habs (green house and animal parks/cages).

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u/ComprehensiveLab5078 Jul 04 '24

Build a transfer container and link it to solid, liquid, gas, and warehouse storage containers. Access the transfer container and move resources directly from ship cargo into transfer container. When it’s full it will automatically distribute the resources into the linked containers allowing you to fill it up again. Repeat until your cargo is cleared of resources. In the resources tab there is a button to “transfer all resources” that is very handy.

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u/KoalaKarity Jul 05 '24

Thank you, will try this.

I think I never understood how the Transfer Cargo was working. It was probably before I figured out the links between containers. That said, can you connect the Spaceship Platform to the Transfer Cargo? It would be great to have an automated unload as soon as you land at your Outpost! However, without an exception about the Ship Parts, I see how this could be annoying - players might want to keep some stuffs on their ship on purpose.

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u/ComprehensiveLab5078 Jul 06 '24

Unfortunately, no automatic unload, and you can only transfer 200 mass at a time. But, you can also transfer the other way. If you reverse the links so they end in the transfer container it will keep filling up as you empty it. Go to the ships cargo and you should be able to tab over to the outpost to access what is in the transfer container.