Geology tree

Geology tree allows you to research smelting ores into bars, alloys, crystals, etc.

See the page Research for "how it works" information.

List of nodes

Organic Smelting

Tier 2

You've learned to smelt organic substances into usable forms. You can now make chunks of amber and hardened slime 'gems' at your furnace.

Unlocks: Amber Chunk, Slime Gem, Slime Blob, Goo, Biochemist Table.

Requires	Basic Training (Geology tree)
Price	250x Research

Archaeology I

Tier 1

Through your scientific studies, you've found a certain fascination with the past. You've studied the basics of Archaeology and Anthropology, and can now create gear to help you find Fossils and Artifacts. You can craft the Fossil Station at your Inventor's Table.

To dig up fossils, you'll first need to find some in the soil underground. Once you do, simply stand next to the fossil and target it with your Fossil Brush of choice, and swipe it for a few seconds. You'll then be taken to the Fossil Minigame for a skill-testing challenge.

Unlocks: Fossil Station, Basic Fossil Brush, Small Fossil Display, Medium Fossil Display, Large Fossil Display, X-Large Fossil Display, Huge Fossil Display.

Requires	Basic Training (Geology tree)
Price	300x Research 4x Iron Bar

Allows to research: Archaeology II (Geology tree).

Archaeology II

Tier 2

With firmer understanding of techniques, you can now create more efficient tools to procure fossils with.

Unlocks: Advanced Fossil Brush, Fossil Hammer.

Requires	Archaeology I (Geology tree)
Price	1500x Research 1x Basic Fossil Brush

Allows to research: Archaeology III (Geology tree).

Archaeology III

Tier 3

You're able to create top of the line gear capable of unearthing even the most fragile of fossilized remains or ancient buried artifacts.

Unlocks: Master Fossil Brush.

Requires	Archaeology II (Geology tree)
Price	3000x Research 1x Advanced Fossil Brush

Allows to research: Archaeology IV (Geology tree).

Archaeology IV

Tier 4

Using unconventional materials, you can create amazing new tools capable of near effortless archaeological digs.

You'll require just a hint of madness to figure this one out.

Unlocks: Microparticle Brush.

Requires	Archaeology III (Geology tree)
Price	5000x Research 1x Master Fossil Brush 250x Madness

Enriched Isotopes

Tier 6

Thanks to your wealth of knowledge on this subject matter, you now have the ability to vastly improve Uranium and Plutonium by enhancing them with Deuterium and Erchius Fuel at your Chem Lab. These isotopes will provide far more radioactive energy than before.

Unlocks: Enriched Uranium Rod, Enriched Plutonium Rod.

Requires	Uranium (Geology tree)
Price	2200x Research 1x Deuterium Rod

Plutonium

Tier 2

Processing isotopes is dangerous to the uninitiated. That used to be you. Now, though, you're confident that you can safely handle these sorts of materials and utilize them in very lucrative scientific pursuits.

You're ready to start working with Plutonium, which can be quite useful for numerous applications

Unlocks: Plutonium Rod, Deuterium Rod.

Requires	Basic Training (Geology tree)
Price	700x Research 1x Plutonium Ore

Allows to research: Uranium (Geology tree), Neptunium (Geology tree), Thorium (Geology tree).

Uranium

Tier 3

Though Plutonium is quite a bit more dangerous than Uranium, Uranium is somewhat harder to smelt. It has a high degree of usefulness in numerous machines and can even be worked into weaponry.

Unlocks: Uranium Rod.

Requires	Basic Training (Geology tree), Plutonium (Geology tree)
Price	800x Research 1x Uranium Ore

Allows to research: Enriched Isotopes (Geology tree).

Neptunium

Tier 4

While not as radioactive, Neptunium has a number of applications that are not shared with Uranium.

Unlocks: Neptunium Rod.

Requires	Plutonium (Geology tree)
Price	1200x Research 1x Neptunium Ore

Thorium

Tier 5

Not inherently dangerous or unstable, Thorium is quite a beneficial material when used creatively in a lab.

Unlocks: Thorium Rod.

Requires	Plutonium (Geology tree)
Price	1400x Research 1x Thorium Ore

Aegisalt

Tier 5

Learn to process Aegisalt.

You can find Aegisalt on any world that is Tier 5.

Unlocks: Refined Aegisalt.

Requires	Geology V (Geology tree)
Price	500x Research 1x Aegisalt Ore

Carbon Plating

Tier 2.5

While it doesn't look it, Carbon houses great potential, and you'll need it for many useful technologies. It plays a part in a great deal of crafting, and paves the way to strong alloys and powerful equipment.

Creating carbon is simple enough, through research into Chemistry or by extracting coal. Turning it into a form that is useable in everyday processes for crafting is another matter entirely. You've learned to do just that.

Unlocks: Carbon Plate.

Requires	Geology II (Geology tree)
Price	900x Research 10x Coal 5x Carbon

Advanced Alloy

Tier 3.5

Combining several metals together allows you to create a superior type of alloy.

Unlocks: Advanced Alloy.

Requires	Geology III (Geology tree)
Price	2250x Research 1x Protocite Bar 1x Penumbrite Shard 1x Zerchesium Bar

Tritanium Alloy

Tier 4.5

Few metals can look as beautiful as Tritanium, one of the most potent known alloys. Beneath its surface, subtly moving striations of gold and opalescent blue fluctuate in random fractal patterns. The effect is magical in appearance.

Unlocks: Tritanium Bar.

Requires	Geology IV (Geology tree)
Price	3600x Research 1x Prisilite Star 1x Trianglium Pyramid 1x Irradium Bar

Dense Alloy

Tier 5.5

Merging Violium, Ferozium and Aegisalt together allows the creation of a super-strong alloy useful in many processes.

Unlocks: Dense Alloy.

Requires	Geology V (Geology tree)
Price	4700x Research 1x Refined Aegisalt 1x Refined Violium 1x Refined Ferozium

Copper

Tier 1

The simplest of the metals for you to work with. It is soft, conductive and abundant. Copper remains useful in most industrial processes thanks to its requirement in wiring.

You'll find Copper on most worlds, as it is extremely abundant throughout the cosmos.

Unlocks: Copper Bar.

Requires	Geology I (Geology tree)
Price	90x Research 1x Copper Ore

Crystalworking

Tier 2

Glittering beautifully, crystals have long fascinated people across the cosmos. Through this branch of research you will learn to process Crystals. If you're desperate for some, crystals are best found on Crystalline biomes.

To craft or process these gems, you'll need a Crystal Fusion Station.

Unlocks: Crystal Workbench, Crystal Loom, Woven Crystal, Crystal Fusion Station, Crystal, Crystal Light, Duskiline Crystal Seed, Oceanite Crystal Seed, Thanatite Crystal Seed, Emera Crystal Seed, Feya Crystal Seed.

Requires	Basic Training (Geology tree)
Price	320x Research

Allows to research: Lunari Crystal (Geology tree), Elemental Crystals (Geology tree).

Elemental Crystals

Tier 2

Learn to process Elemental Crystals of various sorts. These are utilized in a wide variety of uses by certain races, but have little value apart from trade otherwise.

To craft or process these gems, you'll need a Crystal Fusion Station.

Unlocks: Sivite, Phosite Crystal Seed, Tokanite Crystal Seed, Apalite Crystal Seed, Rukar Crystal Seed, Koanite.

Requires	Crystalworking (Geology tree)
Price	450x Research

Densinium

Tier 6

Learn to process Densinium.

You can find Densinium primarily on Cyberspheres. It can also rarely be found on Sulphuric biomes and Gas Giants. It is the most dense of metals, capable of unimaginable resistance against force. It is extremely hard to work with as a result, reserved for the most skilled weaponsmiths.

Unlocks: Densinium Bar.

Requires	Geology VI (Geology tree)
Price	2000x Research 1x Densinium Ore

Durasteel

Tier 4

A dense metal with the uncanny ability to meld seamlessly against a vaccuum, Durasteel is a favorite among space engineers.

Durasteel can be found on nearly all Tier 4 worlds. Alien, Sulphuric, Mountainous are all good sources.

Unlocks: Durasteel Bar.

Requires	Geology IV (Geology tree)
Price	400x Research 1x Durasteel Ore

Effigium

Tier 5

Learn to process Effigium.

You can find Effigium only on Lightless worlds, where it blends into the terrain around it as if it were insubstantial. This is a strange trick of physics that few can even begin to understand, but many have theorized that it is able to repel light photons.

Unlocks: Effigium Bar.

Requires	Geology V (Geology tree)
Price	700x Research 1x Effigium Ore

Ferozium

Tier 5

Learn to process Ferozium.

You can find Ferozium on any world that is Tier 5.

Unlocks: Refined Ferozium.

Requires	Geology V (Geology tree)
Price	500x Research 1x Ferozium Ore

Goldsmithing

Tier 2

Gold has always been a status symbol, valuable among metals. It's soft, and thus not particularly useful in weapons and armor.

Gold is found on most worlds, generally below the first and second layer of the biome.

Unlocks: Gold Bar.

Requires	Geology I (Geology tree)
Price	500x Research 1x Gold Ore

Peerless Lunari

Tier 6

Convert Lunari into a vastly superior form of itself, shot-through with potent veins of energy.

Unlocks: Honed Lunari.

Requires	Lunari Crystal (Geology tree)
Price	10800x Research 1x Lunari Crystal

Iron

Tier 1

Iron is perhaps the most commonly used metal, even in our current age. Without it, the fundamentals of industrialization seldom come to pass. It forms the backbone for early survival, fashioning useful hunting weapons.

Iron is found on a great deal of worlds, but is most easily located on Lush worlds.

Unlocks: Iron Bar.

Requires	Geology I (Geology tree)
Price	120x Research 1x Iron Ore

Irradium

Tier 4.5

Learn to process Irradium.

You can find Irradium primarily on Irradiated biomes. Easily the most radioactive of ores you can safely work with, it fills an interesting niche in geological terms: it both creates and nullifies radioactivity.

Unlocks: Irradium Bar.

Requires	Geology IV (Geology tree)
Price	1000x Research 1x Irradium Ore 1x Plutonium Rod

Isogen

Tier 6

Learn to process Isogen.

You can find Isogen primarily on dangerous freezing worlds like Ice Wastes. Even touching this ore can risk frostbite, so care should be excercised when working with it. It can make fantastic shielding against heat, and can be worked into deadly frost weapons.

Unlocks: Isogen Bar.

Requires	Geology VI (Geology tree)
Price	2000x Research 1x Isogen Ore

Lasombrium

Tier 4

Learn to process Lasombrium.

Raw chaos and entropy given form, this metal is unique and not a natural part of the universe. It phases between solid and non nearly constantly. It is only found in Corruption sub biomes, found on and beneath many types of decaying worlds.

To process this rare and unusual mineral, you'll need at least a Chem Lab (upgrade of the Alchemy station) to properly cleanse the toxic outer shell and remove impurities. A Blast Furnace or Arc Smelter can also do the trick on their own.

Unlocks: Lasombrium Seed.

Requires	Geology IV (Geology tree)
Price	1350x Research 1x Lasombrium

Lunari Crystal

Tier 2.5

Learn to process Lunari.

This unique crystal can be found on Crystalline biomes and is a fantastic means of transferring and storing energy. This makes it particularly popular for weapons and armor.

Unlocks: Lunari Crystal, Exonite Crystal Seed, Rasiline Crystal Seed, Sahkite Crystal Seed.

Requires	Crystalworking (Geology tree)
Price	600x Research 1x Lunari Shard

Allows to research: Prisilite (Geology tree), Peerless Lunari (Geology tree).

Penumbrite

Tier 3.5

Learn to process Penumbrite.

You can find Penumbrite on Penumbra biomes. It gleams under light, shimmering for several seconds after being returned to darkness. It possesses a dull blue glow, making it simple to locate even in the dark.

Unlocks: Penumbrite Shard.

Requires	Geology III (Geology tree)
Price	500x Research 1x Penumbrite Ore

Prisilite

Tier 4

Learn to process Prisilite.

Prisilite is a truly interesting mineral. Capable of holding charge but not discharging it without an impact, it has been harnessed for many creative purposes across the galaxy.

You can find this chromatic crystal in many places, but Chromatic biomes are among the best places to hunt.

Unlocks: Prisilite Star.

Requires	Lunari Crystal (Geology tree)
Price	1200x Research 1x Prism Shard

Allows to research: Xithricite Crystal (Geology tree).

Protocite

Tier 3.5

Learn to process Protocite.

You can find Protocite only on Proto Worlds. This ore is famed for its ability to store and channel power while insulating at the same time, making it a popular metal for numerous processes. It glows yellow, giving away its presence to the intrepid miner.

Unlocks: Protocite Bar, Protocite Block.

Requires	Geology III (Geology tree)
Price	500x Research 1x Protocite

Pyreite

Tier 6

Learn to process Pyreite.

You can find Pyreite primarily on dangerous burning worlds like Infernus. It is perhaps the best known insulator against cold temperatures and doubly great for incendiary use. Do not leave on any easily melted surface for longer than 2 minutes. This metal never grows fully cold.

Unlocks: Pyreite Bar.

Requires	Geology VI (Geology tree)
Price	2000x Research 1x Pyreite Ore

Quietus

Tier 4

Learn to process Quietus.

This horrifying metal is found only on Atropus biomes. It pulses and throbs almost imperceptibly, and when worked hard under a hammer it can almost be heard to 'scream'. It possesses useful properties, especially in regard to biological weapons.

Unlocks: Quietus Bar.

Requires	Geology IV (Geology tree)
Price	450x Research 1x Quietus Ore

Silversmithing

Tier 2

Silver is a soft metal that is heralded for its beauty. It's a good way to turn a profit, but can also be used to create useful gear.

Silver is found on most worlds, generally below the first layer of the biome.

Unlocks: Silver Bar.

Requires	Geology I (Geology tree)
Price	240x Research 1x Silver Ore

Solarium

Tier 6

Learn to process Solarium.

You can find Solarium on any world that is Tier 6.

Unlocks: Solarium Star.

Requires	Geology VI (Geology tree)
Price	900x Research 1x Solarium Ore

Telebrium

Tier 2.5

Learn to process the unusual ore known as Telebrium. Lightweight, conductive enough to create charge but unsuitable for holding it long-term, this metal has found use in numerous areas.

You can find Telebrium primarily on Moons, where it can be found abundantly forming.

Unlocks: Telebrium Bar.

Requires	Geology II (Geology tree)
Price	300x Research 1x Telebrium Crystal

Geology I

Blacksmithing - Tier 1

Learn to process Copper and Iron ores. Through these materials you'll be able to dive into crafting and really get started. This research will lead to greater knowledge of metalworking.

You've also learn to smelt basic items like Clay and Glass. Should you have trouble locating the requirements for these, you'll need to dig. You'll find both Clay and Sand readily.

Unlocks: Primitive Furnace, Fired Clay, Volatile Powder, Paper, High Grade Paper, Glass, Empty Bottle.

Requires	Basic Training (Geology tree)
Price	90x Research 5x Cobblestone

Allows to research: Geology II (Geology tree), Copper (Geology tree), Iron (Geology tree), Silversmithing (Geology tree), Goldsmithing (Geology tree).

Geology II

Steelworker - Tier 2

Learn to process Tungsten and Telebrium and work it into useful equipment. This will grant access to higher quality gear and dramatically increase survivability through defensive gear.

Requires	Geology I (Geology tree)
Price	800x Research

Allows to research: Geology III (Geology tree), Telebrium (Geology tree), Tungsten (Geology tree), Carbon Plating (Geology tree).

Geology III

Industrial Metals - Tier 3

Now you can work with Titanium, and through it you'll be able to upgrade many of your crafting stations. Furthermore, you'll learn to work with more unusual materials such as Protocite and Penumbrite (both of which are quite useful).

Requires	Geology II (Geology tree)
Price	1400x Research

Allows to research: Geology IV (Geology tree), Advanced Alloy (Geology tree), Titanium (Geology tree), Protocite (Geology tree), Zerchesium (Geology tree), Penumbrite (Geology tree).

Geology IV

Space-Age Metals - Tier 4

Durasteel is a fantastic material. Through this metal, all of your crafting tables will be able to upgrade to their maximum capacity. You'll also find a much more potent set of defensive and offensive gear.

Requires	Geology III (Geology tree)
Price	3500x Research

Allows to research: Geology V (Geology tree), Tritanium Alloy (Geology tree), Durasteel (Geology tree), Lasombrium (Geology tree), Quietus (Geology tree), Trianglium (Geology tree), Irradium (Geology tree).

Geology V

Elemental Metals - Tier 5

Aegisalt, Ferozium and Violium are sought after resources of relatively high value, and are capable of being forged into very useful equipment.

Requires	Geology IV (Geology tree)
Price	6400x Research

Allows to research: Geology VI (Geology tree), Dense Alloy (Geology tree), Effigium (Geology tree), Aegisalt (Geology tree), Violium (Geology tree), Ferozium (Geology tree).

Geology VI

Superior Metals - Tier 6

Solarium, Pyreite, Isogen and Densinium are all remarkable metals guaranteed to excel in their particular idiom. Through these metals you will be able to forge fantastic things.

Requires	Geology V (Geology tree)
Price	9000x Research

Allows to research: Geology VIII (Geology tree), Solarium (Geology tree), Isogen (Geology tree), Pyreite (Geology tree), Densinium (Geology tree).

Geology VIII

Impossible Metals - Tier 8

Harnessing the very essence of the cosmos, you are able to form it into a new form of matter specially created to be nearly perfect. You have mastered all there is to know about this artform.

Unlocks: Aetherium Alloy.

Requires	Geology VI (Geology tree)
Price	9200x Research 1x Densinium Bar 1x Solarium Star 1x Xithricite

Titanium

Tier 3

Durable, extremely hard to melt, and one of the most important metals for construction in the known galaxy.

You can find Titanium on most Tier 3 worlds. Oceanic worlds prove to be the lowest threat, but also have less abundant sources.

Unlocks: Titanium Bar.

Requires	Geology III (Geology tree)
Price	300x Research 1x Titanium Ore

Trianglium

Tier 4

Learn to process Trianglium.

Ths unusual shape of this ore can be found readily on several biomes. The most common source are Tar Balls.

Unlocks: Trianglium Pyramid.

Requires	Geology IV (Geology tree)
Price	900x Research 1x Trianglium Ore

Tungsten

Tier 2

Tungsten is a tough metal with a very high melting point. This makes it a favorite in advanced construction, as it is exceptionally useful in weapons and equipment.

Tungsten can be found on many worlds but is most easily found on Forest and Desert biomes. You've also learned to make a functionally similar steel-like substitute by alloying Iron ore at an Industrial Furnace.

Unlocks: Tungsten Bar, Tungsten Ore, Reinforced Glass.

Requires	Geology II (Geology tree)
Price	240x Research 1x Tungsten Ore

Violium

Tier 5

Learn to process Violium.

You can find Violium on any world that is Tier 5.

Unlocks: Refined Violium.

Requires	Geology V (Geology tree)
Price	500x Research 1x Violium Ore

Xithricite Crystal

Tier 6

Learn to process Xithricite.

These crystals can be found only on Aether Worlds, or from the bowels of a Doom Wyrm.

Unlocks: Xithricite.

Requires	Prisilite (Geology tree)
Price	8600x Research 1x Xithricite Ore

Zerchesium

Tier 3.5

Learn to process Zerchesium.

Zerchesium can be located on Mountainous biomes, but sometimes appears on Sulphuric worlds as well.

Unlocks: Zerchesium Bar.

Requires	Geology III (Geology tree)
Price	600x Research 1x Zerchesium Ore

Basic Training

Tier 1

Your training, thanks to four years in the Protectorate Academy, provides you with basic survival skills to keep you alive for extended periods in the event of a crash.

Allows to research: Geology I (Geology tree), Crystalworking (Geology tree), Uranium (Geology tree), Archaeology I (Geology tree), Organic Smelting (Geology tree), Plutonium (Geology tree).