How to Get Plastic in Astroneer

How to Get Plastic in Astroneer

Last Updated on 15 January, 2022

How to Get Plastic in Astroneer – Learn how to create Plastic, its uses, and how to get all the ingredients involved

Plastic is a composite resource that is crafted in the Chemistry Lab, requires Compound & Carbon

How to Get Plastic in Astroneer – Source

Plastic cannot be found, you must create it from the following recipe

Requires: Chemistry Lab| Recipe: x1 Compound + x1 Carbon = x1 Plastic

How to Create the Chemistry Lab?

Requires: Medium Printer Module | Recipe: Chemistry Lab = Tungsten + Glass + Ceramic

Tungsten: Check the Tungsten guide

Ceramic: Check the Ceramic guide

Glass: Use Quartz in the smelting furnace, to find the Quartz

Quartz can be found on all of the Planets.

The Soil Centrifuge produces 4 Quartz with two full Canisters of Soil.

The Trade Platform gives 2 Quartz for every Scrap, up to 8 total for 4 Scrap.

How to Get Compound & Carbon?

Compound: Can be found and gathered with the Terrain Tool on all of the planets, with varying rarity on each planet.

The Soil Centrifuge produces 8 Compound with two full Canisters of Soil.

The Trade Platform gives 2 Compound for every Scrap, up to 8 total for 4 Scrap.

Carbon: Use Organic in the smelting furnace, to find Organic

Organic is found on every planet when using the Terrain Tool on most kinds of flora.

The Soil Centrifuge produces 8 Organic with two full Canisters of Soil.

The Trade Platform gives 2 Organic for every Scrap, up to 8 total for 4 Scrap

How to Get Plastic in Astroneer – Uses

These are all the items that require Plastic in their recipes:

Small Printer Recipes

Everything you can create on the Small Printer, and the resources you’ll need, plus Plastic

  • Medium Fluid & Soil Canister = Plastic + Glass
  • Medium Resource Canister = Plastic + Glass

Backpack Printer Recipes

Everything you can create on the Backpack Printer, and the resources you’ll need, plus Plastic

  • Holographic Figurine = Plastic

Medium Printer Recipes

Everything you can create on the Medium Printer, and the resources you’ll need, plus Plastic

  • Large Rover Seat = Plastic x2 + Compound
  • Atmospheric Condenser = Plastic + Glass + Iron
  • Medium Rover = Plastic x2 + Rubber

Large Printer Recipes

Everything you can create on the Large Printer, and the resources you’ll need, plus Plastic

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