SAM

SAM, which stands for Strange Alien Matter, is a precious resource found in the world.

Obtaining

Resource acquisition

SAM does not appear as a random resource deposit scattered across the world like other resources. SAM can only be harvested from inexhaustible resource nodes, either by hand (default E), or by use of a Miner to extract automatically.

Items produced per minute

100% Clock Speed250% Clock Speed

	Miner Mk.1	Miner Mk.2	Miner Mk.3
Impure	30	60	120
Normal	60	120	240
Pure	120	240	480

	Miner Mk.1	Miner Mk.2	Miner Mk.3
Impure	75	150	300
Normal	150	300	600
Pure	300	600	1200

Node purity	Number of nodes	Mk.3 mining rate	Mk.3 mining rate at 250 %
Impure	10	1,200	3,000
Normal	6	1,440	3,600
Pure	3	1,440	3,600
Total	19	4,080	10,200

Usage

Research

 SAM is used for research in the Alien Technology Research chain in the MAM.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Reanimated SAM	4 × SAM120 / min	Constructor 2 sec Craft Bench  × 1	1 × Reanimated SAM30 / min	MAM Alien Technology Research - SAM Reanimation OR Tier 9 - Matter Conversion

AWESOME Sink

 SAM can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 20 points.

Narrative

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When near a SAM Resource Node, you will sometimes hear one of four poem messages that seem to be coming from the SAM, depending on your progress.

• View Story SAM Nodes to read and hear individual SAM (???) messages.

Trivia

• Despite existing in the game since the Closed Alpha, it had no use before Patch 1.0.

Gallery

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  A SAM Ore deposit as shown from Update 3 to Update 8. (Changed in Version 1.0)
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  A SAM Ore Resource Node located in an open-top cave as shown from Update 3 to Update 8. (Changed in Version 1.0)
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  SAM Ore Resource Node locations as shown from Update 3 to Update 8. (Changed in Version 1.0)
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  A Strange Alien Matter mineable node.

History

• Patch 1.0:
  • Renamed from SAM Ore to SAM, changing its meaning from Strange Alien Metal to Strange Alien Matter
    • Now available via MAM Alien Technology research and Tier 9
  • Icon and mesh updated
  • Undocumented Change - The ability to obtain SAM from resource deposits was removed
• Patch 0.3: Icon and mesh updated