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The Planet Crafter: How to Explore Procedural Wrecks
Thanks to the "Procedural Wrecks" update, you can explore an effectively unlimited number of shipwrecks in The Planet Crafter.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Use Machine Optimizers
While other machines help you automate resource gathering and item creation, the optimizers of The Planet Crafter can make every machine work better.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Find Every Quartz
The Planet Crafter features five kinds of stellar quartz, and players can find most of them in the same locations.
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The Planet Crafter: Where to Find Obsidian
The Volcanic Update added a volcanic zone to The Planet Crafter, and with it a new resource: obsidian.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Get Terra Tokens
You can get valuable items and blueprints from space trading in The Planet Crafter, but only if you have the Terra Tokens.
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10 Best Cozy Sci-Fi Games
Fans of the sci-fi genre looking for a relaxing experience should highly consider checking out these cozy games.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Make Circuit Boards
The Fish and Drones update introduced a new material, circuit boards, which are needed for a variety of late-game equipment. Here's how to make them.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Deconstruct Technical Debris
The deconstruction tool is useful for rearranging a base and exploring old shipwrecks. However, something special is needed for technical debris.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Get Phytoplankton
Once players finally get to the Fish stage of development, they can create fish eggs. However, first players will need to get some phytoplankton.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Use Drones
With the Fish and Drones update, players can build drones and automatically fill their lockers with resources gathered from across the map.
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The Planet Crafter: Where to Find Sulfur
Sulfur isn't immediately useful, but eventually players will need a reliable source of sulfur. Luckily, there are a few reliable places to find it.
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The Planet Crafter: Where to Use the Fusion Cell
The fusion cell is one of the last items unlocked in the current version of the game. But it's not at all obvious what makes this item so valuable.
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The Planet Crafter: Where to Find Zeolite
Zeolite is one of the rarest minerals in the game. However, there are a few consistent ways to find it and even a spot where mining is possible.
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The Planet Crafter: How to Increase Biomass
Once players get past the first stage, they have to start boosting biomass. Figuring out how to do so can be tricky, but it's a necessary step.
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The Planet Crafter: How Rockets Work
Rockets are a key resource that let players leave the early stages of the game behind, but it helps to understand just how they work.
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The Planet Crafter: When Does the Ice Melt?
There are two types of ice in the game. One type blocks important caves and exits until it melts, but where are these blocks and when do they melt?
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The Planet Crafter: How to Get Methane Cartridges
Many advanced organic materials call for methane, but there's no way to get methane from anywhere on the map. However, there is a useful machine.
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The Planet Crafter: Where to Find Uranium
Uranium is essential for rocket engines and nuclear reactors, but this elusive element can be hard to locate.
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The Planet Crafter: Every Golden Crate Location
Players who find golden crates can get some useful items and materials, plus they can collect a set of golden effigies. Here's where they are.
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The Planet Crafter: Where to Place Ore Extractors
Ore extractors can give players an unlimited supply of common and rare minerals, but first they need to know where to put them.