Components

Components are special resource chunks vital for almost all types of crafting. They are only made from refined resources, or found from scrapped blocks.

They come in four different tiers; Basic, Advanced, Complex, and Exotic.

Higher-tiered components are worth more Block Bucks and have more complex crafting trees then lower-tiered components, not to mention that they are a requirement for crafting certain blocks. ALL components sell more than the combined value of whatever things required to craft them.

In order to craft a component from any given tier, the corresponding Component Dongle must be physically connected to the in use. For every tier, there must be a dongle. Attaching an Exotic Dongle will only grant access to the Exotic tier, for example, but not for the others. Basic Components do not require any dongle.

In terms of speed, it more intuitive to get blocks by purchasing. However, what makes crafting alluring is that all blocks are brought at exactly three times of their sell value, or in this case, the value of their composites, therefore making crafting thrice as effective in terms of cost (Technically, in the form of saving the purchase price), although one will need to gather and store a lot of resources with a lot more effort. Additionally, undiscovered blocks can be unlocked by crafting, while purchasing and looting are unlikely to have a stable outcome.

The following image covers (perhaps) every component that one can ever encounter.

Component Flow Chart


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Basic Components
Requires no dongles.

Advanced Components
Requires the GSO Advanced Component Dongle

Complex Components
Requires the GSO Complex Component Dongle

Exotic Components
Requires the GSO Exotic Component Dongle

Trivia

 * Components are similar to the now-removed Alloys, as both are made from multiple types of resources and sell for more than the combined value of whatever that's used to craft them. However, Components are able to be used in crafting and come in much more flavors, whereas Alloys were only soldable.


 * There are no scrappers for components, so the process of crafting one is irreversible.


 * Certain components contain quite a few interesting details, either as references to other things, or just being a component in a block that they are seemly not associated with:
 * The Gluon Beam is a reference to the Gluon Gun in Half-Life, both capable imploding matter. Ironically, the Gluon Gun does launch a beam. Additionally, the Plasma Emitter, a beam-launching component, is used to craft it. The Gluon Beam is also a requirement of crafting certain Beam-Firing weapons, despite the description. However, these are introduced after the Gluon Beam's existence.
 * The Zero Point Splitter is a reference to the Gravity Gun in Half-Life 2, its expansions, and the Portal Gun, all products of Valve. The Gravity Gun and the Portal Gun are equipped with a Zero-Point Field Manipulator, and the Portal Gun is able to create two portals linking to each other.
 * Z4 Explosives is a reference to C4 Explosives, a plastic explosive commonly used for demolition purposes and portable munitions, but never as launched ammo.
 * The Thermo Jet is used in many wheel blocks, and not just jet engines or rocket-based weapons, suggesting that it has a much wider range of applications than the description states.
 * The Seed AI is used for most Rocket-based homing weapons, suggesting that the AI possess fast code generation in order to compensate the changes that the rockets might encounter.
 * The Mother Brain is, simply by the name used, a reference to the Metroid series of games, as Mother Brain is both "a powerfull synthetic brain" and a recurring boss.
 * The Proxima Dark is not used for warp engines, as anything similar to that was absent from TerraTech. Instead, it was used in a few select blocks with varying functions, ranging from the Hawkeye Havoc Shield to the GSO Megaton Cannon.
 * The Titanic Alloy's description mentions that they were used for Nuclear Grade Blast Shields, hinting that Nuclear weapons and defenses exist in the world of TerraTech, but are not introduced.