Refining minerals and resources is a core part ofNo Man’s Sky. You’ll need to refine all sorts of items to create others so you can craft building parts, vehicles, and upgrades for your Exosuit, Multi-Tool, ship, and much more.
However, it’s difficult to know what minerals you need to refine to create the items you need, which is why we’ve put together this comprehensive list of all Refiner recipes inNo Man’s Sky. This list was last updated with the Interceptor Update, meaning it should have every resource you can come across in your travels around the game’s universe.
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Portable Refiner recipes
The following is every recipe that you may use in thePortable Refiner. This is the most basic Refiner, one you’ll get early on in the game.
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Medium Refiner recipes
Unlike the Portable Refiner, you can put two resources into the Medium Refiner, changing the output of the device. All the recipes for the Medium Refiner are as follows:
Large Refiner recipes
The Large Refiner adds one more layer of input to the process, meaning you can have three inputs for a single product. Below is a list of all the Large Refiner recipes inNo Man’s Sky.
How to Create a Portable Refiner
Creating a Portable Refiner inNo Man’s Skyis fairly straightforward, as the game pretty much forces you to craft one early on. The ingredients required for it are1x Metal Platingand30x Oxygento create the refiner. Once you’ve made it, you may refine all kinds of materials.
This handy tool canpurify and/or crack elementsfor more refined construction material and resources. This is very handy if you’re looking to make something like Pure Ferrite from Ferrite Dust, for example.
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