When you're traveling in the vast and unforgiving universe of No Man's Sky, you have to use everything you can find. Survival is a matter of using your wits and resources to ensure you've got the resources to carry on, and there's no better way to do that than to have a farm.
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PostsThere are many tasks to farming, but one of the most important steps is fertilizing the soil, and there's no better way to fertilize than with poop. Or in the parlance of No Man's Sky, a little substance called Faecium. This guide will go over how to find, collect, and use Faecium to its fullest.
What Is Faecium?
Faecium is a harvestable agricultural resource in No Man’s Sky. It’s typically used to create cultivating chambers in order to grow other harvestable agrarian resources, making it very important in agriculture.
Although typically associated with farming, Faecium is also used to refine several resources that travelers might find helpful on their journey, so it's always useful to have a healthy supply of Faecium handy.
Where To Find Faecium
Faecium can be found in several sources, but by far the best source of Faecium is harvesting the appropriately-named Gutrot Flower. As the name suggests, the Gutrot Flower is a foul-smelling plant the aroma of which entices the Gek while discouraging most other species. Gutrot Flowers can occasionally be found on planets, but is better found on the Anomaly or by hiring a farmer.
The best way to acquire a Gutrot Flower is to hire a farmer for your base and then purchase seeds from them. Alternatively, you can purchase the Gutrot Flower crafting recipe from the Construction Research Station on the Anomaly for three Salvaged Data.
Once planted, a Gutrot Flower will provide 25 Faecium every four hours. It's recommended to plant several Gutrot Flowers to ensure you have a good supply.
Faecium can also be found as a secondary byproduct from carbon-based plants, found in mineable resources on marshy planets, or found as junk in damaged machinery.
Local fauna can also produce limited amounts of Faecium. Feeding creature pellets to any local fauna will eventually cause them to produce Faecium. This can be useful for finding the initial 10 Faecium required to create a Cultivating Chamber (the recipe for which will be discussed below).
Sources Of Faecium Summary
In summary, Faecium can be found from these sources.
- Gutrot Flowers (25 Faecium every four hours)
- Byproducts from some plants
- Mineable resources on Marshy planets
- Junk from Damaged Machinery
- Local Fauna (feed them creature pellets and wait)
You can create Gutrot Flowers if you have sufficient Faecium on hand. This can let you quickly create a large field of Gutrot Flowers by simply reinvesting your harvested Faecium into more Gutrot Flowers.
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PostsWhat Is Faecium Used For?
Faecium is an important resource for agricultural pursuits. Faecium is required for creating Cultivation Chambers either in an on-planet base or aboard your interstellar Freighter. It's also required for creating the Livestock Unit, Terrariums, and making Lubricant, an important product for more expensive craftable items.
Faecium can also be used to refine certain resources, and even used in cooking. Below are all recipes that require Faecium in No Man's Sky.
Crafting Recipes
Item
Ingredients
Cultivation Chamber
Silver x50
Oxygen x25
Faecium x10
Detoxified Slime
Faecium x20
Double Cultivation Chamber
Silver x60
Oxygen x35
Faecium x25
Gutrot Flower
Faecium x40
Livestock Unit
Metal Plating x4
Poly Fibre x2
Faecium x50
Lubricant
Faecium x50
Gamma Root x400
NipNip
NipNip Buds x1
Faecium x20
Terrarium
Mordite x50
Faecium x50
Glass x2
Refiner Recipes
Item
Ingredients
Condensed Carbon x2
Faecium x1
Carbon x2
Condensed Carbon
Faecium x1
Condensed Carbon x1
Condensed Carbon
Faecium x1
Mordite x1
Faecium x3
Faecium x1
Oxygen x1
Gold
Faecium x1
Pugneum x1
Gold
Faecium x1
Residual Goop x1
Mordite x2
Faecium x3
Nanite Cluster
Hexite x1
Faecium x1
Sodium Nitrate x2
Sodium Nitrate x1
Faecium x1
Sodium Nitrate x2
Sodium x1
Faecium x1
Cooking Recipes
The usefulness of these recipes is questionable as Creature Pellets can be crafted without a nutrient processor using 60 Carbon.
Item
Ingredients
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Aloe Flesh x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Cactus Flesh x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Cactus Nectar x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Fireberry x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Frost Crystal x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Frozen Tubers x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Fungal Mould x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Gamma Root x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Glass Grains x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Grahberry x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Heptaploid Wheat x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Hexaberry x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Impulse Beans x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Jade Peas x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Marrow Bulb x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Non-Toxic Mushroom x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Pilgrimberry x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Pulpy Roots x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Sievert Beans x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Solanium x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Solartillo x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Star Bulb x1
Creature Pellets
Faecium x1
Sweetroot x1
Questionable Biscuit
Sugar Dough x1
Faecium x1
Wild Yeast
Faecium x1
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