How to Make Explosive powder in Astroneer – Learn how to make Explosive powder, its uses and how to get all of the ingredients
Explosive powder is a mixed resource. It is made in the Chemistry Lab.
How to get explosive powder in Astroneer Source
You cannot find explosive powder. Instead, make it using the following recipe
Recipe: x1 Sulfur + x2 Carbon = x1 Explosive Powder
How do you create a Chemistry Lab?
Requires: Medium Printer Module | Recipe: Chemistry Lab = Tungsten + Glass + Ceramic
Tungsten: Check the Tungsten guide
Ceramic – Check out the Ceramic Guide
Glass – To find Quartz, use Quartz in the smelting oven
Quartz is available on all the Planets.
The Soil Centrifuge can produce 4 Quartz and two full canisters of Soil.
Trade Platform provides 2 Quartz per Scrap. Up to 8 total for 4 Scrap.
How do I get Sulfur & Carbon
Sulfur can be found on these planets by using the Atmospheric Condenser.
- Calidor : 100 ppu
- Approx. 75 ppu
Carbon – Use Organic in the Smelting Furnace, to Find Organic
Organic can be found on all planets when you use the Terrain Tool for most types of flora.
The Soil Centrifuge produces 8 Organic and two full canisters of Soil.
Trade Platform offers 2 organics for every scrap, and up to 8 total for each 4 scrap.
Astroneer Explosive Powder – Uses
These are the items that use Explosive Powder to make their recipes.
Backpack Printer Recipes
You can make everything you need on the Backpack Printer.
- Dynamite = Explosive powder
- Fireworks = Explosive powder
SPOILER
This is a spoiler, which may ruin your fun. This is an item that can be activated using Explosive Powder. We leave it below in case it is not important to you:Explosive powder is used to activate Calidor’s Gateway Engine.