Crafting

Crafting is the backbone of survival on alien planets. Successfully building a colony requires a good deal of time spent gathering resources and then using them to craft various items, be they structures, utilities, or practical consumables.

For an overview of the tech tree, see this article.

Overview

 * Crafting is largely automated for low level buildings. Required resources are automatically consumed from available stock to construct the selected items.
 * Higher level items and structures will require a specialized station or tool to build.
 * Notably, when constructing buildings their durability is determined by the amount of time spent building it: To achieve perfect condition, you have to hold the build button until the meter hits 100%.

Crafting Stations (v1.156 updating)
Note: You can also craft some melee weapons in your inventory, tab "Crafting".