Fluids

A "fluid" can be either a liquid or a gas.

There are fifteen 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 (if possible).

Liquids

Fluid	Form	Unlocked at	Source	Source building	Packaged form	Usage
Water	Fluid	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	Fluid	Tier 5	It's Resource Node	Oil Extractor or Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Oil	Plastic,  Rubber and  Fuel +  Heavy Oil Residue and  Polymer Resin byproducts
Heavy Oil Residue	Fluid	Tier 5	Plastic and  Rubber production	Refinery	Packaged Heavy Oil Residue	Petroleum Coke
Fuel	Fluid	Tier 5	Refined  Crude Oil		Packaged Fuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Turbofuel	Fluid	Tier 5 (MAM Sulfur Research)	Refined  Crude Oil and  Sulfur		Packaged Turbofuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Liquid Biofuel	Fluid	Tier 5	Solid Biofuel +  Water		Packaged Liquid Biofuel	Fuel Generator, Biomass Burner, and Vehicle fuel
Alumina Solution	Fluid	Tier 7	Bauxite +  Water		Packaged Alumina Solution	Aluminum Scrap used for  Aluminum Ingot production, and Batteries
Sulfuric Acid	Fluid	Tier 7	Sulfur +  Water		Packaged Sulfuric Acid	Uranium/Plutonium refinement, Batteries and alternate recipes
Dissolved Silica	Fluid	Tier 7	Raw Quartz +  Nitric Acid		Cannot be packaged	Alternative way to produce  Silica
Nitric Acid	Fluid	Tier 8	Nitrogen Gas +  Water +  Iron Plate	Blender	Packaged Nitric Acid	Advanced Aluminum parts and Plutonium refinement

Gases

All gases lack the head lift requirements and thus do not require the use of Pipeline Pumps.

Fluid	Form	Unlocked at	Source	Source building	Packaged form	Usage
Rocket Fuel	Gas	Tier 7 (MAM Sulfur Research)	Refinery	Turbofuel +  Nitric Acid	Packaged Rocket Fuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Nitrogen Gas	Gas	Tier 8	It's Resource Well	Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Nitrogen Gas	Advanced Aluminum parts
Ionized Fuel	Gas	Tier 9 (MAM Sulfur Research)	Rocket Fuel +  Power Shard	Refinery	Packaged Ionized Fuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Excited Photonic Matter	Gas	Tier 9	Reactions with the Converter's building parts.	Converter	Cannot be packaged	Quantum Encoder
Dark Matter Residue	Gas	Tier 9	All Quantum Encoder recipes or  Reanimated SAM	Quantum Encoder or Converter	Cannot be packaged	Dark Matter Crystal and  Ficsonium

History

• Patch 1.0:
  • Introduced Dissolved Silica, Rocket Fuel, Ionized Fuel, Excited Photonic Matter and Dark Matter Residue
• 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