How to Get Tungsten in Astroneer

Last Updated on 15 January, 2022

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

Tungsten is a refined resource that is crafted in the Smelting Furnace, requires Wolframite, and has a byte value of 275 bytes.

How to Get Tungsten in Astroneer – Source

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

Requires: Smelting Furnace Module | Recipe: x1 Wolframite = x1 Tungsten

How to Create the Smelting Furnace?

Requires: Medium Printer  Module | Recipe: Smelting Furnace Module = Resin x2 + Compound

Resin: Resin is obtained by using the Terrain Tool on deposits that can be found on all of the Planets

• The Soil Centrifuge produces 8 Resin with two full Canisters of Soil
• The Trade Platform gives 2 Resin for every Scrap, up to 8 total for 4 Scrap

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.

How to Get Wolframite?

Wolframite can be found on the following planets:

• Desolo > Cave Layers
• Calidor > Mountainous Biome and Mantle Layers

The Trade Platform gives 2 Wolframite for every 3 Scrap, up to 4 total for 6 Scrap

How to Get Tungsten in Astroneer – Uses

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

Backpack Printer Recipes

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

• Floodlight = Tungsten

Small Printer Recipes

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

• Medium Generator = Tungsten + Aluminum

Medium Printer Recipes

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

• Chemistry Lab = Tungsten + Glass + Ceramic
• Trade Platform = Iron + Tungsten + EXO Chip

Chemistry Lab Recipes

Everything you can create on the Chemistry Lab, and the resources you’ll need, plus Tungsten

• Tungsten Carbide = Tungsten + Carbon

More How to get guides:

• Iron
• Aluminum
• Ceramic
• Aluminum Alloy > here
• Plastic
• Explosive Powder
• Copper
• Exo Chip
• Titanium
• Silicone
• Steel
• Rubber
• Glass