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Discover all 118 elements, perform chemical reactions, automate pixel machines, explore deep biomes, upgrade your tools, and repair your crashed spaceship.
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Everything you need to master elements, reactions, machines, and exploration in Atomcraft
Atomcraft is a sandbox crafting game built around pixel-based physics and chemistry. Early progress depends on gathering materials, controlling temperature, processing resources, and protecting machinery from dangerous reactions.
Learn Movement and Interaction
Use the movement, aiming, interaction, inventory, and placement controls introduced by the in-game prompts. Practice picking up materials and placing objects before building larger systems.
Gather Basic Resources
Explore the surrounding environment and collect accessible ores and other raw materials. Keep different materials organized so they can be processed without contaminating production lines.
Identify Material States
Materials can appear as solids, liquids, or gases and may react differently when heated, cooled, or combined. Check the material information before moving it into machinery.
Start Smelting
Apply controlled heat to raw ores to produce usable materials. Avoid excessive temperatures because unstable outputs can damage nearby equipment.
Craft Basic Components
Use refined materials to create the components required for machines, wiring, and further processing. Prioritize parts that improve gathering and resource production.
Build a Simple Processing Line
Connect a material input to heating, filtering, and output sections. A small organized production line is easier to control than several machines placed without a clear route.
Control Dangerous Reactions
Separate radioactive or unstable materials from important machinery. Use cooling, filters, sensors, switches, and sufficient space to reduce the risk of a destructive reaction.
Work Toward Spaceship Repairs
Turn gathered resources into the processed materials and components needed for progression. Expand automation gradually as spaceship repair objectives require more advanced production.
Quick Tips
- Check material information before sending it into machinery to avoid destructive reactions.
- Keep radioactive and unstable materials separated from valuable production equipment.
- Organize conveyor routes in one clear direction with space for filters and emergency exits.
- Expand automation gradually as spaceship repair objectives demand more advanced production.
Materials are the foundation of every Atomcraft production system. Their physical state, temperature, stability, and chemical properties determine how they must be gathered, transported, processed, and stored.
| Category | State | Source | Processing | Main Uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ores | Solid | Natural deposits found while exploring | Gather, transport, heat, smelt, and refine | Producing useful elements and crafting materials |
| Periodic-Table Elements | Solid, liquid, or gas | Mining, refining, smelting, and chemical reactions | Separate or combine according to physical and chemical properties | Crafting components, compounds, machinery, and advanced materials |
| Compounds | Solid, liquid, or gas | Created by combining compatible elements | Control input ratios, temperature, and reaction conditions | Intermediate crafting, advanced reactions, and specialized production |
| Gases | Gas | Natural sources or chemical and thermal reactions | Contain, route, cool, heat, or filter | Chemical reactions and advanced element production |
| Liquids | Liquid | Environmental sources, melting, cooling, or reactions | Transport through controlled systems and regulate temperature | Reaction inputs, processing, and temperature management |
| Radioactive Materials | Varies by element or compound | Advanced elements and high-level processing | Isolate from essential machinery and monitor carefully | Advanced chemistry and difficult production objectives |
| Unstable Materials | Varies | High-energy or poorly controlled reactions | Cool, separate, filter, and move away from valuable equipment | Specialized reactions and advanced material production |
| Processed Materials | Usually solid or liquid | Refined ores, separated elements, and completed reactions | Sort and route into crafting or storage | Machine construction, automation, upgrades, and spaceship repairs |
Atomcraft reactions depend on the materials entering a system and the conditions applied to them. Successful production requires controlled heating, cooling, separation, routing, and automated safety systems.
Automation lets players move, process, sort, and monitor materials without handling every step manually. The strongest systems combine physical machinery with sensors and logic-based safety controls.
Conveyors
Move ores, elements, compounds, and processed materials between machines.
Create one clear direction of travel and leave space for filters or emergency exits.
Trapdoors
Open or close material routes and drop items into another processing section.
Connect trapdoors to switches or logic signals when materials need conditional routing.
Heaters
Raise material temperatures for smelting, phase changes, and chemical reactions.
Place temperature monitoring near the heated area to prevent destructive overheating.
Coolers
Lower temperatures, stabilize outputs, and support reactions that require cooling.
Install cooling after high-temperature processing and around unstable production areas.
Filters
Separate selected materials from mixed production outputs.
Give each filtered output its own conveyor route to prevent materials from mixing again.
Switches and Wiring
Manually activate machinery and carry control signals between connected components.
Add a master switch that can stop the complete production line during an emergency.
Sensors
Detect conditions in a processing system and trigger automatic responses.
Use sensors to stop inputs, activate cooling, or redirect outputs when conditions change.
Logic Gates
Combine multiple signals and control machines only when specific conditions are met.
Use logic gates to require safe temperature and available output space before starting a reaction.
Automated Ore Refining Line
Moves raw ore through heating, processing, filtering, and final output sections.
Arrange the line as input conveyor, heating section, filter, separate outputs, and shutdown control.
Produces unstable or radioactive materials while limiting damage to the main factory.
Build the reaction area away from valuable machines and connect remote sensors, cooling, filters, and emergency switches.
Atomcraft equipment determines which resources you can collect and which areas you can safely explore. Early upgrades should improve resource gathering and storage, while later upgrades should focus on deep exploration, mobility, and protection.
| Equipment | Category | Primary Use | Upgrade Effect | Stage | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drills | Resource Extraction | Breaks mineral deposits and collects ores used in crafting, smelting, and chemical production. | Improves access to harder deposits and reduces the time needed to extract materials. | Early to Late Game | Very High |
| Lasers | Advanced Extraction | Provides a more advanced method for cutting or extracting materials during later exploration. | Expands the range of deposits and obstacles that can be processed. | Mid to Late Game | High |
| Scanners | Research and Discovery | Identifies resources, elements, compounds, artifacts, and other important discoveries. | Makes exploration more efficient by helping players recognize useful materials and objectives. | Early Game | Very High |
| Crowbars | Access Tool | Opens or interacts with blocked containers, structures, wreckage, and exploration objects. | Provides access to additional resources and progression-related areas. | Early to Mid Game | Medium |
| Movement Equipment | Mobility | Improves travel across the planet, caves, hazardous regions, and space-related areas. | Increases exploration speed and helps players reach difficult locations. | Mid Game | High |
| Storage Upgrades | Inventory Management | Increases the amount of ores, elements, compounds, tools, and crafted materials that can be carried. | Reduces return trips and allows longer mining and exploration runs. | Early to Mid Game | Very High |
| Weapons | Combat | Protects the player from hostile creatures and threats encountered during exploration. | Improves combat effectiveness in deeper and more dangerous regions. | Mid to Late Game | Medium |
| Utility Upgrades | General Progression | Supports crafting, survival, automation, exploration, and spaceship repair objectives. | Improves efficiency and unlocks additional progression options. | All Stages | High |
Exploration is closely connected to Atomcraft's chemistry and crafting systems. New regions provide ores, elements, compounds, artifacts, and objectives needed for equipment upgrades and repairs to the crashed spaceship.
Surface Resource Regions
Main Features
- Starter ores
- Basic resource deposits
- Early exploration objectives
- Accessible crafting materials
Recommended Tools
Scan nearby deposits before mining so inventory space is reserved for materials needed by current recipes and objectives.
Shallow Cave Layers
Main Features
- Additional ores
- Cave resource deposits
- Blocked passages
- Exploration objects
Recommended Tools
Carry enough storage capacity to avoid leaving valuable cave materials behind.
Main Features
- Harder mineral deposits
- Advanced materials
- Dangerous creatures
- Restricted routes
Recommended Tools
Upgrade extraction and combat equipment before attempting long trips into deeper cave systems.
Artifact Locations
Main Features
- Artifacts
- Research discoveries
- Progression-related objects
- Hidden resources
Recommended Tools
Inspect unusual structures and objects instead of treating every location as a simple mining area.
Creature Territories
Main Features
- Hostile creatures
- Combat encounters
- Protected resource deposits
- Higher exploration risk
Recommended Tools
Secure an escape route before collecting resources in areas occupied by hostile creatures.
Space Areas
Main Features
- Space-based exploration
- Advanced discoveries
- Rare materials
- Late-game objectives
Recommended Tools
Complete important equipment upgrades and prepare additional storage before starting extended space exploration.
The crashed spaceship provides Atomcraft's central long-term objective. Progress comes from discovering elements, producing useful materials, upgrading equipment, completing objectives, and applying those resources to the ship's repair process.
Inspect the Crash Site
Explore the starting area and identify the crashed spaceship, nearby resources, and initial progression objectives.
Required Preparation
- Learn the basic controls
- Check nearby interactable objects
- Identify accessible resource deposits
Result: Establishes the main repair objective and the first materials needed for progression.
Gather Starter Resources
Mine accessible ores and collect the basic materials required for early crafting and smelting.
Required Preparation
- Basic extraction tool
- Available inventory space
- Scanner access
Result: Provides the raw materials needed to begin producing elements, compounds, and equipment.
Use smelting, crafting, and chemical systems to convert raw resources into useful materials.
Required Preparation
- Starter ores
- Basic machines
- Known recipes or reactions
Result: Unlocks a repeatable production loop for tools, upgrades, and repair materials.
Improve drills, scanners, storage capacity, and other equipment before traveling farther from the crash site.
Required Preparation
- Crafted materials
- Early upgrade resources
- A stable production supply
Result: Allows longer expeditions and access to harder resource deposits.
Explore Deeper Regions
Enter cave layers and advanced regions to find materials unavailable near the starting area.
Required Preparation
- Upgraded drill or laser
- Scanner
- Movement equipment
- Weapons for dangerous areas
Result: Expands the available element and material collection needed for advanced crafting.
Complete Quests and Discoveries
Finish progression objectives, investigate artifacts, and use newly discovered materials in crafting and reactions.
Required Preparation
- Appropriate exploration tools
- Required quest materials
- Inventory capacity
Result: Unlocks additional equipment, production options, and spaceship repair progress.
Combine mining, smelting, chemistry, and automation to create the resources required by later repair objectives.
Required Preparation
- Advanced resource deposits
- Upgraded machines
- Reliable material production
- Organized storage
Result: Provides the complex components and materials needed for major spaceship repairs.
Complete Spaceship Repairs
Deliver the requested resources and complete the remaining repair objectives on the crashed spaceship.
Required Preparation
- Completed material discoveries
- Advanced tools and upgrades
- Required crafted resources
- Finished supporting objectives
Result: Advances the main progression path and completes the central spaceship repair objective.
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Atomcraft updates can expand the chemistry sandbox while improving exploration and production systems. This feed organizes official development information into the areas that most directly affect gameplay and progression.
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