Stardust Ore: How to Get and Smelt

Stardust Ore is found in areas that have a pollution level of 100 or greater. See how to get Stardust ore, and what its uses are in this guide.

How to Get Stardust Ore

Enter Areas With High Pollution Level

To get Stardust Ore, players need to mine Startrace Ore nodes, found only in areas with very high amounts of Stardust Pollution. The Stardust Pollution is getting worse will appear as a notification when entering these areas.

For Stardust Ore specifically, a pollution level of 100 or greater is recommended. The pollution level of an area is visible on the Cradle backpack that characters wear.

Go To Chalk Peak to Find a Pollution 100 Area

The above location in Chalk Peak is an area with 100 pollution level, near the coordinates of -1185, -2402.

Be careful when entering, as Stardust Pollution of this intensity will severely decrease Sanity and Max HP, making players more vulnerable to damage.

How to Restore Sanity

Mine Startrace Ore With A Steel Pickaxe

Startrace Ore sparsely appears as an iridescent, rainbow-colored ore node, and usually does not appear with more than one node per spawn. To mine it, players will need at least a Steel Pickaxe.

Stardust Ore Item Uses

Processed Into Stardust Source

Stardust Ore can be processed into Stardust Source, which is a valuable resource used in processes such as calibrating high-rarity weapons.

Players need to have the Oil Processing Memetic Specialization, which will allow them to refine the Ore into Stardust Source at an Electric Furnace.

All Memetics Specializations

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List of All Resources and Materials

All Resources and Materials

List of All Materials

List of Items
Acid	Controller	Fireproof Plastic
Iridium Crystal	Iron Ore	Platinum Crystal
Refined Part	Silver Ore	Special Part
Sproutlet	Stardust Ore	Stardust Source
Stellar Planula	Tin Ore	Vanadium Crystal