Manufactured Materials

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Manufactured material models

Manufactured Materials are salvaged materials used in Engineer Blueprints.

Manufactured Material Sources

Manufactured materials can be obtained from several sources:

Ship Salvage

When you destroy a ship, it will drop components that you can collect with your cargo scoop. Some components are only available from certain types of ships:

• Transport/Trading Ships: Found in shipping lanes, and in signal sources.
• Military and Authority Ships: Found in all populated, non-Anarchy systems, ensuring security is maintained. In systems in War or Civil Unrest states, Conflict Zones will contain military and authority vessels.
• Combat Ships: Almost any hostile ship, such as pirates, can be considered a "combat ship". Found in most signal sources, and will have a 'Wanted' status.
• Thargoid Interceptors and Scouts: A source of various components of Thargoid origin. Found in Non-Human Signal Sources, AX Conflict Zones, systems experiencing an Incursion, and systems within the Pleiades Nebula and Witch Head Nebula.

In all cases, the highest grade materials will usually be dropped by bigger, more powerful, ships e.g. Type-9 Heavy, Anaconda, Imperial Cutter, and so on. The faction/origin of the ship does not seem to determine which manufactured resources a ship can drop, only the type and rarity; an Anaconda can drop Imperial Shielding and Core Dynamics Composites despite being a DeLacy design, for instance.

Degraded Emissions

The most common type of signal source, found almost anywhere in populated space.

Encoded Emissions

A common signal source type, found almost anywhere in populated space. Also a source of Encoded Materials.

High Grade Emissions

A signal source type found in deep space, and the only source for some Very Rare manufactured materials.

Combat Aftermath

A signal type found in Shipping Lanes and sphere of influence.

Mission Reward

Some missions offer manufactured materials as part of the mission rewards. It is difficult to predict what missions are available at starports, let alone predict what material will be provided as a reward, so it is not recommended that you rely on these. Nevertheless, they are a useful way to acquire materials when not looking for specific material types.

NOTE: Some manufactured materials are only available as mission rewards.

List of Manufactured Materials

Name	Category	Grade	Obtained via:
Basic Conductors	Conductive	Very Common
Bio-Mechanical Conduits	Thargoid Components	Standard	Thargoid encounters
Biotech Conductors	Conductive	Very Rare	Missions
Chemical Distillery	Chemical	Standard
Chemical Manipulators	Chemical	Rare
Chemical Processors	Chemical	Common
Chemical Storage Units	Chemical	Very Common
Compact Composites	Composite	Very Common
Compound Shielding	Shielding	Rare
Conductive Ceramics	Conductive	Standard
Conductive Components	Conductive	Common
Conductive Polymers	Conductive	Rare
Configurable Components	Mechanical Components	Rare
Core Dynamics Composites	Composite	Very Rare	Federation systems (HGE)
Crystal Shards	Crystals	Very Common
Electrochemical Arrays	Capacitors	Standard
Exquisite Focus Crystals	Crystals	Very Rare	Missions
Filament Composites	Composite	Common
Flawed Focus Crystals	Crystals	Common
Focus Crystals	Crystals	Standard
Galvanising Alloys	Alloys	Common
Grid Resistors	Capacitors	Very Common
Guardian Power Cell	Guardian Components	Very Common	Guardian sites
Guardian Power Conduit	Guardian Components	Common	Guardian sites
Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts	Guardian Components	Standard	Guardian sites
Guardian Technology Component	Guardian Components	Common	Guardian sites
Guardian Wreckage Components	Guardian Components	Very Common	Guardian sites
Heat Conduction Wiring	Heat	Very Common
Heat Dispersion Plate	Heat	Common
Heat Exchangers	Heat	Standard
Heat Resistant Ceramics	Thermic	Common
Heat Vanes	Heat	Rare
High Density Composites	Composite	Standard
Hybrid Capacitors	Capacitors	Common
Imperial Shielding	Shielding	Very Rare	Empire systems (HGE)
Improvised Components	Mechanical Components	Very Rare	Civil unrest systems (HGE)
Mechanical Components	Mechanical Components	Standard
Mechanical Equipment	Mechanical Components	Common
Mechanical Scrap	Mechanical Components	Very Common
Military Grade Alloys	Thermic	Very Rare	War/Civil war/Civil unrest systems (HGE)
Military Supercapacitors	Capacitors	Very Rare	War/civil war systems (HGE)
Pharmaceutical Isolators	Chemical	Very Rare	Outbreak systems (HGE)
Phase Alloys	Alloys	Standard
Polymer Capacitors	Capacitors	Rare
Precipitated Alloys	Thermic	Standard
Proprietary Composites	Composite	Rare
Propulsion Elements	Thargoid Components	Standard	Thargoid encounters
Proto Heat Radiators	Heat	Very Rare	Independent boom systems (HGE)
Proto Light Alloys	Alloys	Rare
Proto Radiolic Alloys	Alloys	Very Rare	Independent boom systems (HGE)
Refined Focus Crystals	Crystals	Rare
Salvaged Alloys	Alloys	Very Common
Sensor Fragment	Thargoid Components	Very Rare	Thargoid encounters
Shield Emitters	Shielding	Common
Shielding Sensors	Shielding	Standard
Tempered Alloys	Thermic	Very Common
Thargoid Carapace	Thargoid Components	Common	Thargoid encounters
Thargoid Energy Cell	Thargoid Components	Standard	Thargoid encounters
Thargoid Organic Circuitry	Thargoid Components	Very Rare	Thargoid encounters
Thargoid Technology Components	Thargoid Components	Rare	Thargoid encounters
Thermic Alloys	Thermic	Rare
Weapon Parts	Thargoid Components	Standard	Thargoid encounters
Worn Shield Emitters	Shielding	Very Common
Wreckage Components	Thargoid Components	Standard	Thargoid encounters

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