Research and blueprints
Bring discovery data to a powered Survey Terminal. Check the prerequisites as well as the price before planning your next unlock.
These guides describe the October 23, 2026 development version. The older download with the same version number is missing later features.
Explanatory diagram based on the cited report; not an in-game interface or a spatial construction plan.
Buy personal progression
Spend discovery data at a powered Survey Terminal. Earlier research and completed objectives are separate requirements. First Flight costs no data but requires a completed scan and a powered terminal. It is not available merely because its price is zero.
Costs are discovery data, not credits or FE. -1 means not purchasable; Relic Survey comes from Archive Prime.
| Node | Branch | Data cost | Prerequisite / alternate route |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Flight | Exploration | 0 | scanned + power the Survey Terminal |
| Mobility | Exploration | 50 | First Flight |
| Hyperdrive | Exploration | 150 | engineering |
| Transit Gate | Exploration | 500 | hyperdrive |
| Relic Survey | Exploration | not purchasable (-1) | Archive Prime grant |
| Engineering | Engineering | 100 | First Flight |
| Defense | Engineering | 100 | engineering |
| Specialized Hulls | Engineering | 250 | engineering |
| Survival Systems | Survival | 50 | First Flight |
| Habitat | Survival | 75 | First Flight |
| Industry | Industry | 100 | engineering |
| Farming | Industry | 50 | habitat |
| Deep Quarry | Industry | 200 | industry |
| Abyss Harness | Survival | 200 | survival |
| Storm Shelter | Survival | 200 | habitat |
| Kinetic Autocannon | Engineering | 25 | First Flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Pulse Laser | Engineering | 25 | First Flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Mining Laser | Engineering | 25 | First Flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Burst Driver | Engineering | 75 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Scatter Cannon | Engineering | 75 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Ion Lance | Engineering | 150 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Disruption Emitter | Engineering | 150 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Plasma Cannon | Engineering | 200 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Rail Lance | Engineering | 250 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Guided Missile Rack | Engineering | 250 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Recipe: Scrap Magnet Module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Brood Nutrient | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Ceramic Lining Module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Prism Guard Module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Breach Cutter | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
Encoded weapon patterns provide a learning route alongside weapon nodes. Boss blueprints have grant/purchase routes, but a learned blueprint does not pay machine FE, ingredients or operating time. Use machine recipes to check those separately.
Data Chips consume 10 research data each to encode discoveries for sale. Knowledge, first naming and research balances remain separate. See scanning and trade.
Admin & server owner reference
Exact identifiers, original fields and source locators are preserved below. These records describe the documented mod version; they are not commands to run or proof of a new gameplay test.
Original wording and exact fields
Node prerequisites and objective flags are separate checks.
Original wording and exact fields
(scanned, terminal_powered; shown with obj_ prefixes in the research table)
Original wording and exact fields
All IDs below use beyond_overworld:.
| Node | Branch | Data cost | Prerequisite / alternate route |
|---|---|---|---|
| first_flight | Exploration | 0 | scanned + terminal_powered |
| mobility | Exploration | 50 | first_flight |
| hyperdrive | Exploration | 150 | engineering |
| transit | Exploration | 500 | hyperdrive |
| relic_survey | Exploration | not purchasable (-1) | Archive Prime grant |
| engineering | Engineering | 100 | first_flight |
| defense | Engineering | 100 | engineering |
| specialized_hull | Engineering | 250 | engineering |
| survival | Survival | 50 | first_flight |
| habitat | Survival | 75 | first_flight |
| industry | Industry | 100 | engineering |
| farming | Industry | 50 | habitat |
| deep_quarry | Industry | 200 | industry |
| abyss_harness | Survival | 200 | survival |
| storm_shelter | Survival | 200 | habitat |
| weapon_kinetic_autocannon | Engineering | 25 | first_flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_pulse_laser | Engineering | 25 | first_flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_mining_laser | Engineering | 25 | first_flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_burst_driver | Engineering | 75 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_scatter_cannon | Engineering | 75 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_ion_lance | Engineering | 150 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_disruption_emitter | Engineering | 150 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_plasma_cannon | Engineering | 200 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_rail_lance | Engineering | 250 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| weapon_guided_missile_rack | Engineering | 250 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| boss_recipe_scrap_magnet_module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| boss_recipe_brood_nutrient | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| boss_recipe_ceramic_lining_module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| boss_recipe_prism_guard_module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| boss_recipe_breach_cutter | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
Exact prerequisite fields
| Node | Branch | Data cost | Prerequisite / alternate route |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Flight | Exploration | 0 | scanned + terminal_powered |
| Mobility | Exploration | 50 | first_flight |
| Hyperdrive | Exploration | 150 | engineering |
| Transit Gate | Exploration | 500 | hyperdrive |
| Relic Survey | Exploration | not purchasable (-1) | Archive Prime grant |
| Engineering | Engineering | 100 | first_flight |
| Defense | Engineering | 100 | engineering |
| Specialized Hulls | Engineering | 250 | engineering |
| Survival Systems | Survival | 50 | first_flight |
| Habitat | Survival | 75 | first_flight |
| Industry | Industry | 100 | engineering |
| Farming | Industry | 50 | habitat |
| Deep Quarry | Industry | 200 | industry |
| Abyss Harness | Survival | 200 | survival |
| Storm Shelter | Survival | 200 | habitat |
| Kinetic Autocannon | Engineering | 25 | first_flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Pulse Laser | Engineering | 25 | first_flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Mining Laser | Engineering | 25 | first_flight; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Burst Driver | Engineering | 75 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Scatter Cannon | Engineering | 75 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Ion Lance | Engineering | 150 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Disruption Emitter | Engineering | 150 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Plasma Cannon | Engineering | 200 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Rail Lance | Engineering | 250 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Guided Missile Rack | Engineering | 250 | defense; encoded-pattern route also exists |
| Recipe: Scrap Magnet Module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Brood Nutrient | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Ceramic Lining Module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Prism Guard Module | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
| Recipe: Breach Cutter | Engineering | 200 | engineering; boss grant or purchase |
Sources & verification
Evidence: pdf-derived. Feature status: gated. Article coverage: ready.
Documented input: October 23, 2026 source snapshot; declared 0.0.1-p0
PDF pages 19–20 · October 23 source snapshot — Research and blueprint gates · Beyond the Overworld report: E005, E072–E073
October 23, 2026 source snapshot; older October 5 JAR is not equivalent. PDF-derived; no new mod build, game session or source/JAR audit. Pack overrides unknown.
The wiki has not independently playtested report-derived instructions. Your server or modpack settings may change them.