Obsidian Location in The Planet Crafter (Map)
Obsidian has 393 pins in the game files, on 4 planets. Prime has the most (146, 37 %). Next is Toxicity with 121.
The map opens on Prime, where most of the pins are (146). Other planets with Obsidian: Toxicity (121), Selenea (108), Humble (18).
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Obsidian by planet
393 Obsidian pins in all, on 4 of the 5 planets. Aqualis has none. Each link opens that planet's map with only this layer switched on.
| Planet | Pins | Share | Busiest part | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | 146 | 37 % | south-west | Open Prime |
| Toxicity | 121 | 31 % | north | Open Toxicity |
| Selenea | 108 | 27 % | south-west | Open Selenea |
| Humble | 18 | 5 % | south | Open Humble |
Which part of each planet
The game files give coordinates but no biome or area names for ore, so I cut each planet's map picture into nine equal parts (north-west to south-east, north at the top) and counted the pins in each. The parts are my grid, not names from the game. The last column is the middle of the pins in a planet's busiest part, in the world units the map popups show.
The picture is lopsided: Prime's busiest part (south-west) holds 84 of its 146 pins, and Toxicity's busiest part (north) holds 121 of 121.
| Planet | Part | Pins | Middle of the busiest part |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | south-west | 84 | x -1,124, z -341 |
| Prime | west | 62 | |
| Toxicity | north | 121 | x 589, z 1,521 |
| Selenea | south-west | 102 | x -407, z -1,219 |
| Selenea | south | 6 | |
| Humble | south | 18 | x 107, z -1,685 |
How to get Obsidian
Every Obsidian pin in the files reads "Mining speed x1.0", the same as every other ore pin, so no pin is slower or faster to mine than another. Go to a pin and mine it. None of the pins carries a spawn chance, so I treat all 393 as fixed places.
The ore extractor is the other way in: the game's text for the T2 Ore Extractor reads "Extracts rarer ores from the ground", and the T1 reads "Extracts ores from the ground depending on where it's placed". The files do not list which ore each tier gives; the ore extractor guide has what they do state.
The map also has a separate Veins layer with 3 "Obsidian vein" pins (Prime 1, Humble 1, Toxicity 1): Obsidian vein layer. The files do not say how a vein differs from an ore pin, so I keep the two apart.
What Obsidian is used for
9 recipes in the files list Obsidian as an ingredient: 7 items and 2 buildings. The first ones are below; the rest are folded. Amounts are per craft as the files store them. Add any of them to the crafting calculator to see how much ore a build takes.
| Makes | Needs | Made at | Unlock (as stored) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmic Quartz | 1 Obsidian | Quartz T1 | 5.00 × 10^36 System Terraformation |
| Extraction rocket | 1 Obsidian | Departure platform | none stored |
| Fusion Energy Cell | 1 Obsidian | Station T3 | 40,000,000,000 Terraformation |
| Microchip – Map | 1 Obsidian | Station T2 | none stored |
| Solar Quartz | 1 Obsidian | Bio lab or Quartz T1 | none stored |
| T6 Backpack | 1 Obsidian | Station T3 | 350,000,000,000 Terraformation |
| Vehicle – T2 Equipment increase | 1 Obsidian | Vehicle T1 | none stored |
| T2 Machine Optimizer | 3 Obsidian | built in the world | 1,850,000,000 Heat |
| Teleporter | 1 Obsidian | built in the world | 25,000,000,000 Terraformation |
Common mistakes
- Looking on Aqualis. The files place no Obsidian there.
- Trusting a part name from a video. My nine parts are a grid over the map picture, not the game's own areas; use the map pins, which are exact.
- Expecting new planets. These files are build 2.008 and the Skeo planet is not in them, so Obsidian pins there are missing.
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