No Man's Sky How To Get Carbon

The subject of this article is from the NextGen update.

The information from this article is up-to-date as of 16 February, 2021.

The subject of this article is from the NextGen update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 16 February, 2021.

Carbon

Category	Fuel
Type	Unrefined Organic Element
Rarity	Common
Blueprint Value	12.0
Used for	Building, Crafting, Charging, Upgrading
Symbol	C
Updated	NextGen

Carbon is a resource.

1 Summary
2 Game description
3 Source
- 3.1 Exploit
- 3.2 Exploit 2
4 Use
- 4.1 Crafting
- 4.2 Refining
- 4.3 Cooking
5 Additional information
6 Release history
7 Gallery
8 Videos

Summary [ ]

Carbon (C) is a resource used in recharging and one of the fuel elements for refining.

Game description [ ]

The building block of all organic life. Of critical importance to space travelers, as Carbon is used to recharge mining equipment.

The Mining Laser will harvest Carbon from trees, plants, and all other forms of vegetation.

Source [ ]

Can be mined from flora.
It can be found as a secondary element in some minerals.

Carbon can be refined using a Refiner with the following ingredients:

Exploit [ ]

Once the player has a Portable Refiner and Medium Refiner/Large Refiner, they can produce Carbon and Condensed Carbon for free.

This can also be done with only a Portable Refiner, but with less yield.

Refine 68 Carbon in Medium Refiner/Large Refiner to produce 34 Condensed Carbon.
Place down the Portable Refiner and recharge its Fuel Inverter with the 34 Condensed Carbon.
Pick up the Portable Refiner to receive 100 Carbon.
Repeat steps 1 to 3, to produce 32 Carbon per cycle.

Exploit 2 [ ]

Get a Freighter (you get a free one from the story; they're all the same inside excluding the one page of inventory.)
Place as many Standing Planters as you want in your freighter. Requires two Metal Plates and 25 Condensed Carbon per planter. (They refresh with new carbon every time your freighter base loads.)
Walk into the base area of your freighter and collect carbon. One planter yields 62-120 Carbon.
Walk into the hanger area hallway and immediately turn around to go back into the base area.
Repeat steps 3-4. All the Carbon will be refreshed letting you harvest it again in seconds.

Use [ ]

Crafting [ ]

Carbon is used as an ingredient for crafting the following products:

Refining [ ]

Carbon is used as an ingredient for refining the following products using a Refiner:

Condensed Carbon --Carbon x2 → Condensed Carbon x1 ("Condense Carbon", 0.45 sec./unit output)
Condensed Carbon --Carbon x2 +Oxygen x2 → Condensed Carbon x5 ("Oxygenate Carbon", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Condensed Carbon --Faecium x1 +Carbon x2 → Condensed Carbon x2 ("Feed Microbes", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Dioxite --Carbon x1 +Sodium Nitrate x1 → Dioxite x1 ("Advanced Carbon Processing", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Enriched Carbon --Radon x100 +Carbon x20 +Chlorine x5 → Enriched Carbon x1 ("High-Speed Sublimation", 45 sec./unit output)
Enriched Carbon --Radon x100 +Carbon x20 +Salt x10 → Enriched Carbon x1 ("High-Speed Sublimation", 45 sec./unit output)
Faecium --Di-hydrogen x1 +Carbon x1 → Faecium x1 ("Assisted Decomposition", 0.2 sec./unit output)
Faecium --Mordite x1 +Carbon x2 → Faecium x3 ("Runaway Decomposition", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Magnetised Ferrite --Ferrite Dust x1 +Carbon x1 → Magnetised Ferrite x1 ("Carbonise Metal", 0.6 sec./unit output)
Magnetised Ferrite --Pure Ferrite x1 +Carbon x1 → Magnetised Ferrite x2 ("Carbonise Metal", 0.6 sec./unit output)
Mordite --Carbon x1 +Pugneum x1 → Mordite x1 ("Anomaly / Organic Hybridisation", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Nitrogen Salt --Nitrogen x100 +Carbon x20 +Chlorine x5 → Nitrogen Salt x1 ("High-Speed Sublimation", 45 sec./unit output)
Nitrogen Salt --Nitrogen x100 +Carbon x20 +Salt x10 → Nitrogen Salt x1 ("High-Speed Sublimation", 45 sec./unit output)
Oxygen --Kelp Sac x1 +Carbon x1 → Oxygen x2 ("Release Captured Oxygen", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Sodium --Marrow Bulb x1 +Carbon x1 → Sodium x2 ("Extract Organic Sodium", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Sodium Nitrate --Sodium x1 +Carbon x1 → Sodium Nitrate x1 ("Catalyse Carbon", 0.9 sec./unit output)
Thermic Condensate --Sulphurine x100 +Carbon x20 +Chlorine x5 → Thermic Condensate x1 ("High-Speed Sublimation", 45 sec./unit output)
Thermic Condensate --Sulphurine x100 +Carbon x20 +Salt x10 → Thermic Condensate x1 ("High-Speed Sublimation", 45 sec./unit output)
Unstable Plasma --Oxygen x10 +Carbon x20 +Cobalt x10 → Unstable Plasma x1 ("Plasma Pressurisation", 90 sec./unit output)
Unstable Plasma --Oxygen x10 +Carbon x20 +Ferrite Dust x20 → Unstable Plasma x1 ("Plasma Pressurisation", 90 sec./unit output)
Unstable Plasma --Oxygen x10 +Carbon x20 +Pure Ferrite x20 → Unstable Plasma x1 ("Plasma Pressurisation", 90 sec./unit output)
Warp Cell --Carbon x50 +Sodium Nitrate x5 +Chromatic Metal x250 → Warp Cell x1 ("Antimatter Bypass", 600 sec./unit output)

Cooking [ ]

Carbon is used as an ingredient for cooking the following products using a Nutrient Processor:

Creature Pellets --Carbon x1 → Creature Pellets x1 ("Prepare Bait", 2 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Crunchy Wings x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Crystal Flesh x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Diplo Chunks x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Dirty Meat x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Feline Liver x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Fiendish Roe x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Latticed Sinew x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Leg Meat x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Lumpy Brainstem x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Meaty Chunks x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Meaty Wings x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Offal Sac x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Processed Meat x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --ProtoSausage x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Raw Steak x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Scaly Meat x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Scooped Innards x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Smoked Meat --Strider Sausage x1 +Carbon x1 → Smoked Meat x1 ("Preserve Flesh", 2.5 sec./unit output)

Additional information [ ]

Release history [ ]

Release - Added as a resource.
Pathfinder - It can no longer be used to recharge exosuit life support.
Atlas Rises - Value changed, previously it was worth 6.9 each.
Visions - Hidden changes: The information panel has an additional icon indicating its purpose.

Gallery [ ]

Information panel
(Origins)
Information panel
(Beyond)
Information panel
(Visions 1.77)
Information panel
(NEXT)
Information panel
(Foundation)
Icon
(Pre-release)

Videos [ ]

v·t·e Resources

Catalyst	Sodium (Na) • Sodium Nitrate (Na+)

Earth	CAG \|\| Nitrogen (N) • Radon (Rn) • Sulphurine (Su) LEE \|\| Ammonia (NH3) • Basalt (B) • Dioxite {CO2} • Paraffinium (Pf) • Phosphorus (P) • Pyrite (Py) • Uranium (U) Other \|\| Chlorine (Cl) • Cobalt (Co) • Cyto-Phosphate (Cy) • Deuterium (D) • Di-hydrogen (H) • Ionised Cobalt (Co+) • Mordite (Mo) • Salt (NaCl)

Exotic	Gold (Au) • Platinum (Pt) • Silver (Ag) • Tritium (H3)

Flora	HAS \|\| Cactus Flesh (Cc) • Faecium (Fe) • Frost Crystal (Fc) • Fungal Mould (Ml) • Gamma Root (Gr) • Kelp Sac (Ke) • Marrow Bulb (Mb) • Solanium (So) • Star Bulb (Sb)

Fuel	Carbon (C) • Condensed Carbon (C+) • Oxygen (O2)

Metal	Ferrite Dust (Fe) • Magnetised Ferrite (Fe++) • Pure Ferrite (Fe+) • Silicate Powder (Si)

Special	Junk \|\| Living Slime (Jn) • Residual Goop (Jn) • Rusted Metal (Jn) • Runaway Mould (Jn) • Viscous Fluids (Jn) Other \|\| Chromatic Metal (Ch) • Hexite (X) • Nanite Cluster (∞) • Pugneum (Pg)

Stellar	Activated Cadmium (Cd) • Activated Copper (Cu) • Activated Emeril (Em) • Activated Indium (In) • Copper (Cu) • Cadmium (Cd) • Emeril (Em) • Indium (In)