The Planet Crafteris a game all about building and creating. Players craft buildings, heaters, drills, power sources, and morein their efforts to terraform a planet. However, just as important as construction is the ability to deconstruct.
Unfortunately,The Planet Crafterisn’t very helpful in showing players how to deconstruct. The “First Steps” list includes the construction chip and the first few items, buildings, and machines players need to get started, but it skips over the deconstruction chip and how to use it. That’s why this guide will explain everything about the process.
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Deconstruction Basics
The first thing players need is the deconstruction chip. Players can make this at the craft station in the landing pod, and it’s also available in the Craft Station T2. The materials needed are one silicon and one magnesium, and once it’s ready players can equip it just like the construction chip. If every equipment slot is full, players can get more by building the Craft Station T2 and then crafting and equipping the exoskeleton.
Next, players must switch to the deconstruct tool. By default, switching tools uses the scroll wheel and the R button. When deconstruction is active, the player’s tool will display a hammer at an angle with an X underneath. Selecting the crafting menu will switch the active tool to construction (the upright hammer), so players will need to switch back if they want to continue deconstructing.
When players deconstruct objects, they get backall the materials used to create it. For instance, deconstructing a Heater T1 will give back an iridium, an iron, and a silicon, while deconstructing a chest will give the player an iron. All these materials will go into the player’s inventory automatically, but if the inventory has no room then the materials will drop to the ground.
There are some limits to how deconstruction works.Machines and buildings must be completely emptybefore deconstruction will work on them, and this includes the player. The tool doesn’t work on materials or equipable items, but players will eventually get a Recycling Machine that can disassemble these objects.
