

There are different subterranean layers with varying difficulty, most notably containing hazards and terrain that becomes harder as you dig deeper into the planet. In order to advance the main storyline, the player must discover and activate an alien Gateway Chamber and dig into the planet. It is then up to the player to decide what to do.

The player departs from a man-made interstellar spacecraft that is from an unknown planet and lands on Sylva, the starting planet. The game doesn't have any set storyline, but it does contain optional tasks and missions that can result in lore and narrative via cutscenes and data logs. The Backpack also contains the Research Catalog, which the player uses to unlock new crafting blueprints. The Terrain Tool, which also has three slots that can be used for storage (or to attach modifications to the Terrain Tool), hangs from the side of the Backpack when not in use. The Backpack functions as the player's inventory and HUD, with two quick-use slots, eight storage slots, a basic 3D printer, a small internal power supply (shown by a column of yellow segments), and a built-in oxygen tank (shown as a horizontal blue bar). Other than the Terrain Tool, the Backpack is the Astroneer's main tool. The Astroneer also has the option to research and craft upgrades to the Terrain Tool, which can be plugged and unplugged at will. Certain resources, such as titanite or clay, can be smelted or combined into more advanced materials. These stacks can then be snapped into slots on the Astroneer's backpack, storage units, research chambers, etc. Resources, such as organic material, quartz, lithium, ammonium, and resin, are neatly packaged by the Terrain Tool into convenient stacks. To use an "oxygenator", you must either connect it to a shelter, or platform.Įvery Astroneer has a Terrain Tool, which allows the player to gather resources and reshape the landscape.

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As of the game's full release, an " oxygenator" is required to provide extended reach of oxygen when tethering.
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When low on oxygen, the Astroneer recharges by using snails, portable oxygenators, or staying near craftable tethers, which can be chained over long distances to prevent suffocation. In order to craft more advanced items, players collect "bytes" which can be used to unlock new technology which is then available for crafting. Other, more rare resources can be found while exploring planets, or by using smelters, chemistry labs, or atmospheric condensers. The game contains two base crafting materials, Resin, and Compound, which can be found in abundance on all planets. The player controls an astronaut (called an Astroneer) who navigates on foot, by rover, through teleportation, or by spacecraft.Ĭraftable items include rovers, jets, buggies, tractors, spacecraft, storage silos, atmospheric condensers, research chambers, component smelters, batteries, generators, turbines, and solar panels. Its open world planets, wherein terraforming can take place, are subject to procedural generation, with the exception of some planet specific resources. Gameplay The Astroneer reshapes the environment using the Terrain ToolĪstroneer is a sandbox adventure game played from a third-person view. There are often rewards given to the player upon completion of core activation, most notably a suit and/or visor. The character is called an Astroneer and the player can travel to planets to activate cores and complete the game.

The player is tasked with colonizing planets, creating structures, and collecting resources. The game was released through early access in December 2016 before a full release on December 16, 2019. Astroneer, officially stylized in all caps, is a sandbox adventure game developed from independent developer System Era Softworks.
