ISRU
This feature aims at introducing resource management in KSP2:
- a large collection of resources is available to the player to mine or harvest,
- new parts are added to store those resources, to scan for resources, or to convert them into fuel.
ISRU core principles
- Players are incited to harvest so they can have resources unavailable at the KSC.
- Each world offers a unique resource.
- It's not possible to produce methalox on worlds with very valuable resources.
- Non-colony ISRU parts are very limited and simple, and need a lot of power and generate a lot of heat, and are only able to make methalox and monoprop.
- As technologies unlock, the processes get simpler. Eary processes (with ship parts) are complex, later processes (with colony parts) are simple (but at a greater power cost).
Resource distribution (WIP)
Mun
- Regolith (Aluminium/Titanium/Iron)
- Water (ice)
Parts and processing
List of parts
Three collections of tanks are planned: for solids, liquids and gases.
We need seperate tanks for more exotic fuels. Both for game balance and because putting antimatter in a regular tank might result in…unwanted problems.
| ID | Size | Category | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| isru_tank_inline_1v_regolith | S | Tank | Regolith |
| isru_tank_inline_2v_regolith | M | Tank | Regolith |
| isru_tank_radial_1v_regolith | S | Tank | Regolith |
| isru_drill_1v | M | Drill |
Processing
Everything requires electric charge.
| Input | Output | Device | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Water | Drill | Mining |
| - | Regolith | Drill | Mining |
| - | Nickel | Drill | Mining |
| Regolith | Iron
Aluminium Titanium |
Refinery | Ship Processing
Colony Processing |
| Water | Liquid Hydrogen
Liquid Oxygen |
Electrolizer | Colony Processing |
KSP2 Science Flavor Texts
This table lists all elements mentionned in the KSP2 Surface Survey flavor texts.
| Mun | Minmus | Duna | Ike | Eve | Gilly | Moho | Dres | Laythe | Vall | Tylo | Bop | Pol | Eeloo | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical elements | |||||||||||||||
| Boron (B) | x (ocean) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Calcium (Ca) | x | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Carbon (C) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 9 | |||||
| Iode / Iodine (I) | x (atmo) | x (ocean) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Iron (Fe) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 10 | ||||
| Hydrogen (H) | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Lithium (Li) | x | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Magnesium (Mg) | x | x | x | 3 | |||||||||||
| Niobium (Ni) | x | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nickel (Ni) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8 | ||||||
| Nitrogen (N) | x | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Oxygen (O) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 9 | |||||
| Potassium (K) | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Protactinium 234 (234 Pa) | x | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Sodium (Na) | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Thorium 234 (234 Th) | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uranium 238 (238 U) | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chemical compounds | |||||||||||||||
| Ammonia (NH3) | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) | x | ||||||||||||||
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Carbon monoxide (CO) | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Hydrogen iodide (HI) | x | ||||||||||||||
| Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) | x | ||||||||||||||
| Magnetite (Fe3O4) | x | ||||||||||||||
| Methane (CH4) | x | ||||||||||||||
| Sodium chloride / Salt (NaCl) | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Silicon dioxide / Sand / Silicates (SiO2) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Silicon (SiO) | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Sulfur (S8) | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Sulfur dioxide (SO2) | x | ||||||||||||||
| Water (H2O) | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Minerals | |||||||||||||||
| Amphibole | x | ||||||||||||||
| Basalt / Volcanic rock | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Carbonaceous chondrites/mudstone/rock/shale | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| Feldspar | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Ferrous ore | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Granite | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Ilmenite | x | ||||||||||||||
| Niobium ore | x | ||||||||||||||
| Olivine | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Pyroxene | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| Quartz | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Sandstone | x | ||||||||||||||
| Serpentine | x | ||||||||||||||
| Others | |||||||||||||||
| Organic chemicals | x | x | x | ||||||||||||