You'll encounter a lot of debris during your time in Astroneer — here's what you can do with it!

The surfaces of the planets in Astroneer are littered with debris. Some of this debris can be easily picked up and attached to your backpack, while other pieces are too large to carry. As you explore the planets, you will find more and more debris, but no place to store it.

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In this guide, we are going to take a look at what you should do with debris. Additionally, we will cover how you should handle larger pieces of debris that cannot be picked up. It's important to know that if you find debris that appears to be an old platform or rover, you will not be able to restore it.

Debris can be found everywhere. Broken structures and items can be found on every planet, whether on the surface or underground. You do not have to travel too far to find some debris.

When you find debris, it will vary in size. Regardless of the size, hovering over the debris will display a message, telling you to recycle it into scrap.

Debris needs to be placed in a shredder, which will turn it into scrap.

There are three types of shredders available. Below, you can check out each variation, along with the resources needed to make it.

With a shredder built, you can now place debris in it. Doing so will turn the debris into scrap, which can then be traded, but we will cover that later.

Next, let's go over what you should do if the debris you want to turn into scrap is too large for a shredder.

If your scrap is too big for the shredder, you can break it into smaller pieces with dynamite. To do this, simply place the debris far from any existing structures, and then place dynamite next to it.

After a short delay from activating the dynamite, the debris will explode and break into smaller pieces that can be added to the shredder.

This method works if you don't have the large or extra-large shredders yet. Additionally, you can use dynamite to break debris that is too big for the extra-large shredder, such as the large shuttle.

Dynamite can be printed with explosive powder, directly from your backpack. You may also be able to find dynamite within clumps of debris.

From the trade platform, you will be able to trade scrap and Astronium for other resources. A trade platform needs to be unlocked for 2,500 bytes and can be printed at a medium printer with the following materials.

Once built, you can trade scrap and Astronium for materials found on other planets. Below, you can check out the trades for both of these resources.

That's all there is to know about debris! The only use for this item is trading, so don't forget to build a trade platform!

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