Basic Building Material

Basic Building Material is a craftable resource used by the Building Tool to set up basic structures. It functions as a foundation component for early construction and as a general-purpose crafting ingredient in multiple recipes.

Basic Building Material can be produced from raw ores. It is available from the start in the Basic Item Printer and can be automated later in the Fabricator after unlocking the recipe. The direct production recipe requires one Titanium Ore and one Wolfram Ore to produce 10 Basic Building Material. In the Basic Item Printer this takes 0 seconds; in the Fabricator the same recipe takes 2 seconds and yields the same amount.

Unlocking the Fabricator recipe for Basic Building Material requires unlocking in the Recipe Station under the Fabricator category. The unlock costs 100 Basic Building Materials, 1 Meteor Heart, and 100 Data Points. The unlock note states that this allows automation using a Fabricator while the Basic Item Printer can craft it by hand from the start.

Basic Building Material is a common component in ammunition and intermediate crafting recipes. Examples of notable crafting uses include:

• Pistol Ammo: Basic Item Printer recipe uses 7 Basic Building Material to produce 10 Pistol Ammo instantly; Fabricator recipe uses 14 Basic Building Material to produce 25 Pistol Ammo in 6 seconds.
• Standard Ammo: Basic Item Printer recipe uses 9 Basic Building Material plus 2 Wolfram Powder to produce 8 Standard Ammo instantly; Mega Press recipe uses 18 Basic Building Material plus 4 Wolfram Powder to produce 20 Standard Ammo in 6 seconds.
• Heavy Ammo: Basic Item Printer recipe uses 12 Basic Building Material plus 3 Titanium Rod to produce 6 Heavy Ammo instantly; Mega Press recipe uses 24 Basic Building Material plus 6 Titanium Rod to produce 15 Heavy Ammo in 6 seconds.
• Shotgun Ammo: Basic Item Printer recipe uses 10 Basic Building Material plus 3 Calcium Powder to produce 6 Shotgun Ammo instantly; Mega Press recipe uses 20 Basic Building Material plus 6 Calcium Powder to produce 15 Shotgun Ammo in 6 seconds.
• Intermediate Building Material: Basic Item Printer recipe uses 20 Basic Building Material, 1 Inductor, 1 Glass, and 1 Titanium Housing to produce 10 Intermediate Building Material instantly; Mega Press recipe uses 40 Basic Building Material, 2 Inductors, 2 Glass, and 2 Titanium Housing to produce 25 Intermediate Building Material in 6 seconds.

Practical notes:

• Basic Building Material is manufactured from Titanium Ore and Wolfram Ore at a 1:1 ore ratio per 10 units produced.
• The Basic Item Printer produces Basic Building Material instantly and is available from the start of the game.
• Automating production in the Fabricator requires unlocking the Fabricator recipe in the Recipe Station and the listed unlock costs.
• Many ammo and construction-tier recipes consume Basic Building Material, so maintaining production or stockpiles supports both building and ammunition manufacturing.