Oil Finding Tips
Finding Oil
When having trouble finding Oil, there are a few things that can make it easier.
Here are a few tips that may help.
Things that require Oil
First lets look at what you can't do.
- All vehicles, except Space Rockets and Sailboats.
- They either require Oil for construction or for fuel
- Space Rockets can be constructed using Fertilizer instead of Oil
- Environment Suits
- Spacecraft
- Airport Terminals
- Harsh environment enclosures
Tips
Increase resource view range
- Open the Settings (Shift+F12) window
- Go to the Render tab
- Increase the Rock View Range slider to maximum
Use a Space Rocket
The Space Rocket is one of the few vehicles you can build and use without Oil
- Buy some units of Hydrogen for extra fuel
- Get in your Space Rocket
- Go to top-down-view
- Zoom all the way in
- Set resource overlay to show stone so it's easier to see your detection range
- Start your Space Rocket and start flying around
- Height: 500-1000
- Speed: 50-70
- Using top-down-view, point it down at the ground while you fly
Check other planets
There is always a chance that there is a second habitable or semi-habitable planet in a system
- Open the Comm (F3) window
- On (almost) any channel, click Spacecraft Mission Order
- Select the order Orbit Planet or Star
- Look at the list of possible plants in the system
- The Info column clearly state what orbital zone each planet is in
- If there is any Outer (or a second Habitable) Planet or Large Moon, fly there in a Space Rocket and try to set up a little colony
- Most Outer worlds are semi-habitable and should not require harsh environment enclosures
- Transport some Oil back to your home planet and construct an Airport Terminal
- Transport needed resources to the colony and construct an Airport Terminal
Ask for help
The community is always willing to help, so be sure to ask. In the worst-case scenario that there is no oil anywhere, there will always be someone willing to give some oil using Berth-a-Port.