Fluids

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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.

The term "fluid" collectively refers to liquids and gases.

Liquids

Liquids abide to gravity and thus head lift.

Fluid Unlocked at Source Source building Packaged form [note 1] Usage
 Water Tier 3 Water bodies Water Extractor.png Water Extractor
Resource Well Extractor.png Resource Well Extractor
 Packaged Water Coal-Powered Generator.png Coal and Nuclear Power Plant.png Nuclear power, some mid-to-late-game recipes and several alternate recipes
 Crude Oil Tier 5 Crude Oil Resource Node or Resource Well Oil Extractor.png Oil Extractor
Resource Well Extractor.png 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.png Refinery  Packaged Heavy Oil Residue  Petroleum Coke
 Fuel Tier 5 Refined  Crude Oil  Packaged Fuel Fuel-Powered Generator.png Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
 Turbofuel Tier 5 (MAM Sulfur Research) Refined  Crude Oil and  Sulfur  Packaged Turbofuel Fuel-Powered Generator.png Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
 Liquid Biofuel Tier 5  Solid Biofuel +  Water  Packaged Liquid Biofuel Fuel-Powered Generator.png Fuel Generator, Biomass Burner, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
 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, Batteries and alternate recipes
 Dissolved Silica Tier 8 (Hard Drive)  Raw Quartz +  Nitric Acid Cannot be packaged Alternative way to produce  Silica
 Nitric Acid Tier 8  Nitrogen Gas +  Water +  Iron Plate Blender.png Blender  Packaged Nitric Acid Advanced Aluminum parts and Plutonium refinement

Notes:

  1. The use of Packaged Fluids is recommended for long distance transport and increased throughput. This is especially noteworthy for train transport.

Gases

There are five gases currently used in the game, two of which that are technically not a gas but behave that way in game.[1][2]

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

Fluid Unlocked at Source Source building Packaged form [note 1] Usage
 Nitrogen Gas [note 2] Tier 8 Nitrogen Gas Resource Well Resource Well Extractor.png Resource Well Extractor  Packaged Nitrogen Gas Advanced Aluminum parts
 Rocket Fuel [note 3] Tier 8 (MAM Sulfur Research)  Turbofuel +  Nitric Acid Blender.png Blender  Packaged Rocket Fuel Fuel-Powered Generator.png Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
 Ionized Fuel [note 3] Tier 9 (MAM Sulfur Research)  Rocket Fuel +  Power Shard Refinery.png Refinery  Packaged Ionized Fuel Fuel-Powered Generator.png Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
 Excited Photonic Matter [note 4] Tier 9 Produced at no cost Converter.png Converter Cannot be packaged Quantum Encoder.png Quantum Encoder
 Dark Matter Residue [note 5] Tier 9 All Quantum Encoder recipes, or  Reanimated SAM Quantum Encoder.png Quantum Encoder or Converter.png Converter Cannot be packaged  Dark Matter Crystal and  Ficsonium

Notes:

  1. The use of Packaged Gases is recommended for long distance transport and increased throughput. This is especially noteworthy for train transport.
  2. Using  Packaged Nitrogen Gas compresses it 4× times.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Using either  Packaged Rocket Fuel or  Packaged Ionized Fuel compresses them 2× times.
  4. Excited Photonic Matter is not technically a gas but behaves that way in the game.
  5. Dark Matter Residue is not technically gas but behaves that way in the game.

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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 Resource Wells and Nitrogen Gas, along with 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 extractable 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 Dissolved Silica
    • 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

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