Fluids

There are ten different fluids of different purposes in Satisfactory. They are transported with Pipelines and can be stored in Fluid Buffers. To the player, their amount is shown in cubic meters (m³) with up to 2 decimals, however, internally the game stores them in liters (1/1000 of a cubic meter).

Unlike items, fluids cannot be carried in the inventory, unless packaged.

Nine of the fluids are liquids, Nitrogen Gas being the only currently-processable gas.

Fluid	Unlocked at	Source	Source building	Packaged form	Usage
Water	Tier 3	Water bodies	Water Extractor or Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Water	Coal and Nuclear power, some mid-to-late-game recipes and several alternate recipes
Crude Oil	Tier 5	Its Resource Node	Oil Extractor or Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Oil	Plastic,  Rubber and  Fuel +  Heavy Oil Residue and  Polymer Resin byproducts
Heavy Oil Residue	Tier 5	Plastic and  Rubber production	Refinery	Packaged Heavy Oil Residue	Petroleum Coke
Fuel	Tier 5	Refined  Crude Oil		Packaged Fuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle and Jetpack fuel
Turbofuel	Tier 5 (alternate recipe)	Refined  Crude Oil and  Sulfur		Packaged Turbofuel	Fuel Generator and Vehicle fuel
Liquid Biofuel	Tier 5	Solid Biofuel +  Water		Packaged Liquid Biofuel	Fuel Generator, Biomass Burner, and Vehicle fuel
Alumina Solution	Tier 7	Bauxite +  Water		Packaged Alumina Solution	Aluminum Scrap used for  Aluminum Ingot production, and Batteries
Sulfuric Acid	Tier 7	Sulfur +  Water		Packaged Sulfuric Acid	Uranium/Plutonium refinement and Batteries
Nitrogen Gas	Tier 8	Its resource well	Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Nitrogen Gas	Advanced Aluminum parts
Nitric Acid	Tier 8	Nitrogen Gas +  Water +  Iron Plate	Blender	Packaged Nitric Acid	Advanced Aluminum parts and Plutonium refinement

History

• Patch 0.4.0.11:
  • Default recipe for Nitric Acid:
    • Changed Nitrogen Gas cost from 24 to 12
    • Changed Water cost from 6 to 3
    • Changed Nitric Acid product from 6 to 3
  • Patch 0.4.0.8:
    • Alternate: Sloppy Alumina:
      • Changed recipe craft time from 6 to 3 seconds
      • Changed Bauxite cost from 15 to 10
      • Changed Water cost from 15 to 10
      • Changed Alumina Solution product from 18 to 12

• Patch 0.4.0.0:
  • Introduced Nitrogen Gas and Nitric Acid
  • Introduced specific UI for gases and a separate system for them, meaning they lack a dependency on head lift.
  • Nerfed Sulfuric Acid recipe, now produces half as much from the same ingredients
  • Now Sulfuric Acid can be packaged
  • Introduced Turbo Blend Fuel alternate recipe
  • Fuel energy value increased from 600 MJ to 750 MJ
  • Water now extractible from resource wells
  • Water is now more light bluish in various buildings' UI
    • Introduced Sloppy Alumina alternate recipe
    • Default recipe for Alumina Solution:
      • Changed Bauxite cost from 7 to 12
      • Changed Water cost form 10 to 18
      • Changed Alumina Solution product from 8 to 12
      • Changed Silica product from 2 to 5
• Patch 0.3.3.4:
  • Unpackaging Heavy Oil Residue now gives back the right amount of Canisters
• Patch 0.3.3.2:
  • New icon for Turbofuel
  • New icon for Fuel
• Patch 0.3.1.0:
  • Liquid Fuel color was changed to orange due to popular demand
• Patch 0.3:
  • Introduced all liquids except Nitric Acid and Nitrogen Gas
  • Crude Oil can no longer be brought by Lizard Doggos
  • Crude Oil can no longer be obtained by cutting down specific plants with the Chainsaw
  • Crude Oil blobs occasionally found in foliage now result in No item in foliage
  • Loading a save created before Patch 0.3 would convert Turbofuel items to Packaged Turbofuel
  • Loading a save created before Patch 0.3 would convert Fuel items to Packaged Fuel
• Unknown patch before Patch 0.1:
  • Crude Oil no longer possible to be mined by hand
• Patch Closed Alpha 4:
  • Crude Oil mesh updated

See also

• Pipeline
• Head lift