Fluids

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	Color	Unlocked at	Source	Source building	Packaged form	Usage
Water	#7AB0D4	Tier 3	Water bodies	Water Extractor Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Water	Coal and Nuclear power, some mid-to-late-game recipes and several alternate recipes
Crude Oil	#190019	Tier 5	Crude Oil Resource Node or Resource Well	Oil Extractor Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Oil	Plastic,  Rubber and  Fuel +  Heavy Oil Residue and  Polymer Resin byproducts
Heavy Oil Residue	#6D2D78	Tier 5	Plastic and  Rubber production	Refinery	Packaged Heavy Oil Residue	Petroleum Coke,  Fuel and alternate recipes (notably Diluted Fuel)
Fuel	#EB7D15	Tier 5	Refined  Crude Oil		Packaged Fuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Turbofuel	#D4292E	Tier 5 (MAM Sulfur Research)	Refined  Crude Oil and  Sulfur		Packaged Turbofuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Liquid Biofuel	#3B532C	Tier 5	Solid Biofuel +  Water		Packaged Liquid Biofuel	Fuel Generator, Biomass Burner, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Alumina Solution	#C1C1C1	Tier 7	Bauxite +  Water		Packaged Alumina Solution	Aluminum Scrap used for  Aluminum Ingot production and  Batteries
Sulfuric Acid	#FFFF00	Tier 7	Sulfur +  Water		Packaged Sulfuric Acid	Uranium/Plutonium refinement,  Batteries and alternate recipes
Dissolved Silica	#E2BEEE	Tier 8 (Hard Drive)	Raw Quartz +  Nitric Acid		Cannot be packaged	Alternative way to produce  Silica
Nitric Acid	#D9D9A2	Tier 8	Nitrogen Gas +  Water +  Iron Plate	Blender	Packaged Nitric Acid	Advanced Aluminum parts and Plutonium refinement

Gases

There are five gases currently used in the game.

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

Fluid	Color	Unlocked at	Source	Source building	Packaged form	Usage
Nitrogen Gas	#595959	Tier 8	Nitrogen Gas Resource Well	Resource Well Extractor	Packaged Nitrogen Gas	Advanced Aluminum parts
Rocket Fuel	#BD251A	Tier 8 (MAM Sulfur Research)	Turbofuel +  Nitric Acid	Blender	Packaged Rocket Fuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Ionized Fuel	#D55F1A	Tier 9 (MAM Sulfur Research)	Rocket Fuel +  Power Shard	Refinery	Packaged Ionized Fuel	Fuel Generator, Vehicle fuel and  Jetpack
Excited Photonic Matter	#76F5E8	Tier 9	Produced at no cost	Converter	Cannot be packaged	Quantum Encoder
Dark Matter Residue	#FDAFF9	Tier 9	All Quantum Encoder recipes, or  Reanimated SAM	Quantum Encoder or Converter	Cannot be packaged	Dark Matter Crystal and  Ficsonium

Note: The use of Packaged Gases is recommended for long distance transport and increased throughput. This is especially noteworthy for train transport.  Packaged Nitrogen Gas provides 4× compression while  Packaged Rocket Fuel and  Packaged Ionized Fuel provide 2× compression.

Excited Photonic Matter and Dark Matter Residue are technically not gases, but behave as such in the game.

Gallery

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  Nitrogen Gas Resource Well

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

See also

• Pipeline
• Head lift