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 Wood can be gathered in larger quantities than items such as different kinds of medication, as they are easier to find in usable condition.

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	Necessary DLC
Logs	Lumber Yard, Sawmill; Logging Camp	Wood; Firewood	N/A
Scrap	Scrapper, Metal Extractor	Metal; Junk	N/A
Trash	Recycler, Plastic Extractor	Plastic; Fiber	N/A
Flax	Fields	Fiber	N/A
Sunflowers	Fields	Oil	N/A
Moon Rock	Moon Rock Scavenger	Lunar Dust	Shattered Hope

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
Rubble	Concrete Scavenger, Concrete Extractor	Concrete
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 by the colonists. They can be simple tools to help people work faster or something more impactful and life-saving.

Item	Crafted at	Efficiency	Durability
Basic Tools	Toolshop	Medium	Low
Durable Tools	Grand Toolshop	Medium	Normal
Superior Tools	Scavenger Outpost	High	High

Item	Crafted at	Protection	Durability
Basic Clothing	Tailor	Low	Low
Sturdy Clothing	Grand Tailor	Medium	Normal
Protective Clothing	Scavenger Outpost	High	High

Item	Crafted at	Damage	Durability
Hunting Rifle	Gunsmith	Low	Normal
Shotgun	Grand Gunsmith	Medium	Normal
Automatic Rifle	Scavenger Outpost	High	High

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 received from events. Later on some can be crafted after researching the appropriate structure from the tech tree.

Resource	Refined at	Refined from	Necessary DLC
Fun Box	N/A	N/A	N/A
Components	Electronics Factory	Rare Metals Plastic	N/A
Electronics	Electronics Factory	Rare Metals Components	N/A
Fuel	Refinery	Oil	N/A
Herbal Medicine	Medical Lab, Med Hut	Herb	N/A
Medicine	Medical Lab	Herbal Medicine Soybeans	N/A
Iodine Pills	Medical Lab	Herbal Medicine Fish	N/A
Antibiotics	Medical Lab	Herbal Medicine Oil	N/A
Antibody	Med Hut	Mutant Fungi Herbal Medicine	Shattered Hope
Antistress	Med Hut	Serenity Shroom Lunar Dust	Shattered Hope