Resources

Eight resources form the backbone of Voidtide’s economy. Players gather, transport, and sell them to generate income.

Resource Overview

Resource	Gathering Skill	Device	Base Price	Sold At
Debris	Debris Salvage	Drift Net	5 Cr	Planets + Stations
Ferrite	Ferrite Mining	Bore Drill	8 Cr	Planets + Stations
Plasma	Plasma Extraction	Nebula Siphon	12 Cr	Planets + Stations
Photons	Photon Harvesting	Photon Sail	10 Cr	Planets + Stations
Crystals	Crystallography	Crystal Dredge	18 Cr	Planets only
Organics	Biology	Bio Trawl	18 Cr	Planets only
Void Essence	Void Studies	Void Conduit	30 Cr	Planets only
Oxium	Oxium Extraction	Oxium Filter	8 Cr	Planets + Stations

Gathering Requirements

To gather a resource, you need:

1. The matching harvesting device installed on your ship
2. Any level in the corresponding skill (higher = more yield)
3. 1 energy per gathering attempt
4. Be in a sector that contains that resource

Resource Availability

Resources are distributed across the galaxy. Some systems are rich in certain resources, others are barren. Finding profitable gathering spots and trade routes is a core part of gameplay.

At skill level ~50, you can see the remaining amount of a resource in a sector. Below that, you gather blind.

Gathering Yield

The amount gathered per attempt depends on your skill level:

Skill Level	Yield per Attempt
0—9	1
10—19	2
20—29	3
50—59	6
100+	11+

Formula: floor(skill / 10) + 1

Planet-Only Resources

Crystals, Organics, and Void Essence can only be sold at planets. Player stations cannot buy these. This creates natural trade routes from gathering locations to specific planets, with all the piracy risk that entails.

Supply and Demand

Planet buy prices fluctuate based on how much players sell there:

• Heavy selling drives prices down (toward 0)
• Prices recover over time when nobody sells
• Smart traders diversify across multiple planets