This guide will tell you how to get the Abiotic Factor resources you'll need to craft useful items and build defenses for your base.
There are tons of crafting materials to collect in Abiotic Factor, but not all of them are easy to find. Keep reading for more details on the important items you need to survive!
Abiotic Factor Resources List | How to Get Crafting Materials
Here are all of the Abiotic Factor resources we've found so far.
How to Get Axle Grease
You can get Axle Grease on the Train in the Train Portal which is accessed toward the end of the Manufacturing West. Axle Grease is one of the resources you'll need to progress your objectives in Manufacturing West.
How to Get Bio Scrap
You can get Bio Scrap by killing alien creatures. You can also get Bio Scrap by dismantling certain other biological items.
How to Get Book
You can find a Book in offices on the second level of the Office Sector and beyond.
How to Get Box of Screws
You can find a Box of Screws in Office Sector Level 3 and beyond. A Box of Screws can typically be found in storage rooms and industrialized areas. Screws are used to make ammo for the makeshift guns and for some of the better defensive structures, so make sure to get these whenever you can!
How to Get Briefcase
You can get a Briefcase by going through the Train Portal late in Manufacturing West. You can also find a Briefcase in a side office in the Office Sector Level 2 that is secured by a Lvel 2 Keypad.
A Briefcase can be used to make a reusable, area-of-effect healing item, so you'll always want to pick one up if you see one.
How to Get Cafeteria Tray
You can get a Cafeteria Tray in kitchens, cafeterias, and other areas involving food. Although they only have a few uses on their own, you can scrap Cafeteria trays to get Plastic Scrap.
How to Get Canister
You can get a Canister by dismantling a Fire Extinguisher. Canisters are used to make an Air Compressor which, in turn, can be used to make a new ranged weapon.
How to Get Car Battery Charger
You can find a Car Battery Charger in the Train Portal world in the latter half of Manufacturing West. Several Car Battery Chargers are available in this area, and you'll need them to complete your objectives in Manufacturing West. You can also use them to get the ability to recharge your powered devices.
How to Get Case Fan
You can get a Case Fan by destroying a computer tower. Case Fans are used to make many items relating to power.
How to Get Cement Bag
You can find a Cement Bag throughout Manufacturing West. Occasionally, you'll find pallets that you'll have to dismantle to get a few Cement Bags.
How to Get Chain
You can find a Chain in the latter half of Manufacturing West
How to Get Circuit Board
You can get a Circuit Board by destroying a computer tower.
How to Get Cloth Scrap
You can get Cloth Scrap by picking up loose cloth items such as clothes and aprons. You can also
How to Get Coil
You can get Coil by destroying computer monitors. They also drop when you kill security robots. Coils are used for many important machines, including the battery for storing Power and the Portable Stove for cooking. You should always grab them when you can!
How to Get Cracked Shoulder Light
You can get a Cracked Shoulder Light by killing Order soldiers in Manufacturing West. There is no guarantee that an Order soldier will drop a Cracked Shoulder Light.
How to Get Desk Leg
You can get a Desk Leg by destroying most pieces of furniture such as coffee tables and desks.
How to Get Desk Phone
You can find a Desk Phone sitting on top of a desk in most offices.
How to Get Diode
You can get a Diode by trading Axle Grease to the Blacksmith in Manufacturing West. Diodes are used to craft some of the more advanced tech needed for The Labs.
How to Get Duct Tape
You can find Duct Tape laying around in industrial-themed areas and storage rooms. You also can find it in and near white toolboxes.
Just like in real life, Duct Tape is used in a wide variety of crafting recipes. You can also use it to repair some items from your inventory if you're nowhere near your base.
How to Get Enethiol
You can find Enethiol in Manufacturing West and in Bio Lab D in the Office Sector. Enethiol is somewhat rare in the early game, so you'll want to grab it whenever you see it.
How to Get Fibre Optic Cable
You can get Fibre Optic Cable by trading Solder to the Blacksmith in Manufacturing West.
How to Get Fire Extinguisher
You can find a Fire Extinguisher in Manufacturing West. The number of Fire Extinguishers increases as you get deeper into the facility.
How to Get Frying Pan
You can get a Frying Pan in kitchens. Kitchens will usually have at least one Frying Pan, but you may be able to find more in the same area.
How to Get Giga Glue
Giga Glue can be found by destroying crates in most areas. Giga Glue can be used to make Duct Tape in a pinch if you've run out.
How to Get Glass Scrap
You can get Glass Scrap by destroying computer monitors. As you might expect, you can also get Glass Scrap by destroying breakable windows in certain areas such as the second level of the Office Sector.
How to Get Hose
You can find a Hose in Bio Lab D on the second floor of the Office Sector. You can also find Hoses in various other industrial settings such as Manufacturing West. A Hose is one of the items that you'll get from scrapping a Fire Extinguisher.
Hoses are required to complete some of the objectives in Manufacturing West. You'll also need these for farming.
How to Get Human Arm (Military)
You can get a Human Arm (Military) by killing an Order soldier and chopping up their corpse with a Knife or any other suitable Sharp Melee weapon such as the Makeshift Spear. You are not guaranteed to get one as a drop.
How to Get Hydrochloric Acid
Hydrochloric Acid can be found in Bio Lab D and in Manufacturing West. It can occasionally be found in storage areas and crates.
How to Get Keyboard
You can get a Keyboard near most computers in offices throughout the entire world.
How to Get Magazine
You can find Magazine in office settings in the Office Sector Level 2 and beyond. Magazines are essential for making (and repairing) early-game armor, so you'll want to pick these up whenever you see them.
How to Get Metal Pipe
You can get a Metal Pipe by dismantling pipes found on the wall in backrooms and other industrial areas.
How to Get Metal Scrap
You can get Metal Scrap by dismantling vent grates. You can also get Metal Scrap by dismantling a variety of other resources (such as Metal Pipes) or by destroying
How to Get Money
You can find Money in filing cabinets and desks. Occasionally, you can find Money laying around out in the open. Money is primarily used to purchase food and drinks from Vending Machines around the facility.
How to Get Oil
You can find Oil in Bio Lab D on the second floor of the Office Sector. You can also find it in Manufacturing West.
Oil is an essential item for crafting a heater which keeps an area warm, so you'll want to get some Oil as soon as you can.
How to Get Optic Lens
You can get an Optic Lens by trading a Reinforced Hose to the Blacksmith in Manufacturing West.
How to Get Paper Scrap
You can find Paper Scrap by collecting papers in offices. You can also occasionaly find Paper Scrap in trash cans. Paper Scrap is used to make ammo for the makeshift guns, among other things.
How to Get Pens
You can get Pens in most office areas; it's usually sitting on top of a desk. Pens are used to make ammo for the Makeshift Crossbow, so it's always a good idea to grab these whenever you see them.
How to Get Plastic Scrap
You can get Plastic Scrap by picking up Binders or destroying certain pieces of furniture. Plastic Scrap is used to make water bottles, so you'll definitely need a lot of it if you're playing in multiplayer.
How to Get Plastic Bucket
Plastic Buckets can be found in janitorial closets, storage rooms, and near spills on the ground. They're quite rare items in my experience. You can use one to craft a Makeshift Toilet.
How to Get Pocket Watch
You can find a Pocket Watch in the train through the Train Portal that you can enter toward the end of the Manufacturing West Sector.
How to Get Power Supply Unit
You can get a Power Supply Unit by destroying a computer tower.
How to Get Pressure Gauge
You can get a Pressure Gauge by dismantling the pipes found in backrooms and industrial areas. A Pressure Gauge is one of the items you'll get from scrapping a Fire Extinguisher.
How to Get Rebar
You can find Rebar in Manufacturing West; you can most easily get it by breaking open the crates with the orange stripes on them.
Rebar is essential for crafting bigger storage and better armor once you've reached Manufacturing West, so you should always grab it whenever you can.
How to Get Rubber Band Ball
You can find a Rubber Band Ball in offices, either in filing cabinets or on top of desks.
How to Get Security Bot CPU
You can only get a Security Bot CPU by killing a Security Bot. This item is critical for escaping the Office Sector and it's used to craft many high-end items; you should always kill Security Bots when you see them if you have the ability to do so safely.
How to Get Silver
You can get Silver in the dining car of the train in the Train Portal world by picking up the forks and spoons found in the dining car.. You'll get access to this world toward the end of the Manufacturing West. Silver is used to make solder, which is used to make some pretty useful items.
How to Get Silver Chain
You can get a Silver Chain by dismantling a Pocket Watch at the Repair & Salvage Station.
How to Get Soil Bag
You can find a Soil Bag in Bio Lab D on the second floor of the Office Sector. Soil Bags are essential for farming, so you'll want to grab these whenever you see them.
How to Get Stapler
You can find a Stapler in most office settings. It's usually on top of a desk or in filing cabinets. Staplers are used to craft the Makeshift Crossbow and important cooking items (among other things), so you'll always want to grab them.
How to Get Steel Cable
You can find Steel Cable in Manufacturing West, although you'll only find small amounts in the early portions of that zone. It will be easier to get Steel Cable as you head deeper into Manufacturing West.
How to Get Tech Scrap
You can get Tech Scrap by picking up calculators in office areas. You can also get Tech Scrap by dismantling certain technological components such as a Circuiit Board.
How to Get Test Tube
You can find a Test Tube in laboratory settings, such as Bio Lab D on the second floor of the Office Sector. Test Tubes are used to make certain medications, so you'll want to pick these up whenever you see them. You can also craft them, if needed.
How to Get Tiny Gears
You can get Tiny Gears by dismantling a Pocket Watch at the Repair & Salvage Station.
How to Get Tomato Seed
You can find a Tomato Seed in bio labs and gardens, such as Bio Lab D on the second floor of the Office Sector.
How to Get Wood Plank
You can get a Wood Plank by destroying pieces of furniture such as desks, couches, or trash bins.
That's the end of our Abiotic Factor Resources Guide. Make sure to check out our other guides below!
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