Resources

Surviving The Aftermath's tutorials: Episode 2, Resources.

The game features several resources you'll need to build, upgrade and equip your people with. Resources listed below are separate from various Food items, which have their own section. Water and hydration is also an important resource of its own, but works differently from the ones put in boxes. Resources are either scavenged from the colony view, traded, gained from Events, created at the various buildings or collected from the World Map.

Gathering Resources from the World Map is handled by Specialists. Low-end materials such as Food or Planks can be gathered in larger quantities than items such as different kinds of Medication, as they are easier to find in usable condition. The World Map is the only place to find Components early on to get your Energy Production going.

List of resources

Low-end resources

Trash and Scrap can be refined into useful materials.

Most basic resources include piles of trash, logs and other substances that cannot be used for anything of value before refining them.

Resource	Refined with	Refined into
Logs	Lumber Yard, Sawmill; Logging Camp	Planks; Firewood
Scrap	Scrapper, Metal Extractor	Metal; Junk
Trash	Recycler, Plastic Extractor	Plastic; Fiber
Flax	Fields	Fiber
Sunflowers	Fields	Oil
Wooden Ruins	Stockpile	Planks
Concrete Ruins	Stockpile, Concrete Extractor	Concrete

Basic resources

Refining some basic resources can be done immediately but others require researching the Tech Tree further.

Basic resources consist mostly of building materials used throughout the game. They're easy to gather or refine, but have little trade value. Most can be used "as is" or refined further into higher grade resources.

Resource	Refined with	Refined into
Junk	Mechanic Shop	Parts
Metal	Toolshop; Gunsmith	Tools; Weapons
Parts	Gunsmith	Weapons
Fiber	Tailor	Clothing
Rare Metals	Electronics Factory	Components
Oil	Refinery	Fuel

Items

Items category constitutes of final products used either by the Colonists or Specialists. They can be simple tools to help people work faster or something more impactful and life-saving.

Item	Efficiency	Durability
Basic Tools	Medium	Normal
Durable Tools	Medium	High

Item	Protection	Durability
Basic Clothing	Low	Low
Sturdy Clothing	Medium	Normal

Item	Damage	Durability
Hunting Rifle	Low	Normal
36px Shotgun	Medium	Normal

Advanced resources

These resources are hard to get but crucial in advancing your colony. They can be found on the World Map or traded from Societies or random visitors. Later on some can be crafted after researching the appropriate structure from the tech tree.

Resource	Refined at	Refined from
Components	N/A	N/A
Fuel	Fuel Refinery	Oil
Fun Box	N/A	N/A
Herbal Medicine	Medical Lab	Medicinal Herb
Medicine	Medical Lab	Herbal Medicine and Soybeans
Iodine Pills	Medical Lab	Herbal Medicine and Cockroaches
Antibiotics	Medical Lab	Herbal Medicine and Pollution