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Base Building
June 3, 2026 at 02:09 PM
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Building bases is a core part of growing your operation in SpaceCraft. Bases are how you establish a lasting presence on planets and turn raw worlds into productive industry.
You build and expand your bases across the universe, transforming planetary outposts into fully automated resource hubs. A base begins as a foothold on a planet and grows as you add more to it, becoming a center of production rather than just a landing spot.
Bases cover many aspects of running an industrial operation. According to the developer, base building spans:
Aspect | Role |
|---|---|
Housing | Living and support infrastructure for your operation. |
Production | Facilities that turn raw materials into refined goods and parts. |
Energy management | Powering the systems that keep a base running. |
Interplanetary logistics | Moving goods to and from the base across planets and systems. |
Early bases need your attention, but the goal is to optimize and automate every aspect of your bases. You establish production and delivery lines that run on their own, so a mature base operates as a self-sustaining resource hub. See Automation and Logistics for how delivery lines, drones, and cargo ships tie bases together.
Bases anchor the rest of your activity. They process what you mine, supply parts for ship building, and produce goods you can trade. For an organized group, shared bases let a Corporation run interplanetary production at scale. See Mining and Resources, Crafting, and Corporations and Co-Op.
Bases store liquids in large cisterns, separate from the storage used for solid resources. All cisterns in a base are automatically connected so liquid flows between them as needed, and a Landing Pad handles transfer between a ship’s tanks and the base’s cisterns. Each cistern holds only one type of liquid. See Liquid Resources.
As you progress, some resources can be harvested automatically in player-built bases using extractors, rather than mined by hand each time. This is part of how an outpost matures into a self-running hub. See Automation and Logistics.
The bases on this page are the planetary outposts you build and own. They are distinct from the space stations owned by The Company, where you refine, trade, and upgrade ships. A Corporation can also own shared bases, currently capped at 12, on top of each member’s personal bases. See Space Stations and Corporations and Co-Op.