Soil sample

A small soil sample from a planet surface.
Item Information
Category	Resource
Merchant Information
Sell	1

Soil sample is a type of resource that the player can dig up on various planets. While the player is exploring each planet, they will need to use their shovel to dig in the ground to potentially progress to the next level, one of the potential drops from digging on each planet are the soil samples. Soil samples can also be gained from placing several types of microbes in the recycler.

Sources

Purchased

Soil sample can be purchased from the following location:

Sold At	Cost	Notes
	5	---

Crafted

Product	Ingredients	Machine	Time
× 8 Soil sample	Nematode × 1		10hr
× 14 Soil sample	Nematode × 1		10hr
× 4 Soil sample	Root bacteria × 1		10hr
× 7 Soil sample	Root bacteria × 1		10hr
× 2 Soil sample	Soil bacteria × 1		10hr
× 4 Soil sample	Soil bacteria × 1		10hr
× 2 - 6 Soil sample (15% chance)	Lucky clover × 1		10 hr

Dropped

This item can be dropped by the following:

• Digging on Blue Reef
• Digging on Desert Dunes
• Digging on Iceladus
• Digging on Lava Lakes
• Digging on the Grey Planet
• Digging on Viridis
• Buzz Creep
• Yellow Buzz Creep
• Leafy Creep
• Thorny Creep
• Rainbow Scuttle Creep
• Scuttle Creep
• Urchin Creep
• Spinner Bot Creep
• Squidy Creep
• Woodland Creep

Gifted

• The player does not receive Soil sample as a gift from any character.

Mission Reward

No missions reward Soil sample when they are completed.

Uses

Gifting

	Characters
Loved	No character loves this item.
Liked	No character likes this item.
Neutral	I-1900  Kaida  Lin  Pilot  Sprout
Disliked	Cat  Chip  CienaVi  CPU  Doc12  Edward  Fiji  Frances  Hermy  Jimmy  Kendall  Lauren  Max  Piper  Robert  Shinji  Soot  Spooksie  Steven  Stewart

Recipes

Product	Ingredients	Workbench	Time	Sell Price
Dead plant × 1	Trash × 1  Soil sample × 3		Instant	3
Fertilizer × 3	Soil sample × 10		4hr	5
Large xeno pod × 1	Scrap metal block × 75  Glass × 30  Wires × 8  Soil sample × 80		instant	825
Microbe compost machine × 1	Scrap metal block × 15  Soil sample × 16  Electro plasma × 2		instant	150
Outer hull planter × 1	Scrap metal block × 8  Soil sample × 10  Carbon nano-tubes × 1		instant	180
Outer hull tree planter × 1	Scrap metal block × 12  Soil sample × 45  Carbon nano-tubes × 8		instant	710
Pampas bushel × 1	Tumbleweed × 2  Soil sample × 3		Instant	22
Planter × 1	Scrap metal × 8  Soil sample × 2		instant	8
Potted desert flower × 1	Desert flower × 1  Soil sample × 2		Instant	11
Potted ice flower × 1	Ice flower × 1  Soil sample × 2		Instant	11
Potted lava flower × 1	Lava flower × 1  Soil sample × 2		Instant	11
Potted ocean flower × 1	Ocean flower × 1  Soil sample × 2		Instant	11
Potted viridis flower × 1	Viridis flower × 1  Soil sample × 2		Instant	11
Potted yellow daisies × 1	Bouquet of flowers × 1  Soil sample × 3		Instant	52
Small xeno pod × 1	Scrap metal × 160  Glass × 15  Wires × 4  Soil sample × 40		instant	350
Tall bush × 1	Plant material × 10  Soil sample × 3		Instant	22
Tree planter × 1	Scrap metal block × 12  Soil sample × 30		instant	100

Missions

Mission Name	Mission Objective	Mission Requirements	Mission Rewards
Personal Request	Kaida is looking for a few items.	Kaida will request one of the following:  Sand × 6-12  Stone × 15-25  Petrified wood × 1  Soil sample × 12-18  Rogue obsidian × 1	Credits
Scientific Research	Bring Grey Planet related samples to Kaida	Pet rock × 1  Soil sample × 25  Stone × 25	Credits × 200
Small Favor	Pilot's home is running out of supplies and could use some help restocking.	Pilot will request one of the following:  Soil bacteria × 1-2  Food ration × 2-3  Fertilizer × 2-3  Soil sample × 10-15  Potted desert flower × 1 Sunstone	Credits