Category:Special Item

Special Items are particularly notable for their unusual uses.

Most of the current special items have uses in modifying certain industries.

Acquiring special items can be difficult as they are somewhat to very rare. Here are some possibilities:

Salvaging Domain derelict probes, survey ships & motherships.
Exploring & salvaging derelict facilities (Research Station, Mining Station, Orbital Habitat).
Stealing an existing one from a faction in a raid.
Exploring ruins.
Tech-Mining on colonies with ruins.
Special interactions with the Bar Historian.

Other more unique special items are acquired in different ways.

Table of Colony Items
Image	Name	Value	Installed on	Requirements	Effects
	Autonomous Mantle Bore	80,000¢	Mining	Not Gas Giant Not Habitable	+3 Production on all except for Volatiles
	Biofactory Embryo	120,000¢	Light Industry	Habitable	+2 Production
	Catalytic Core	100,000¢	Refining	No Atmosphere	+3 Production
	Combat Drone Replicator	60,000¢	Ground Defences Heavy Batteries	-	x1.5 Ground Defense
	Corrupted Nanoforge	50,000¢	Heavy Industry Orbital Works	-	+1 Production +20% Fleet Quality Pollution (+25% Hazard Rating) on Habitable Planets (Permanent)
	Cryoarithmetic Engine	200,000¢	Patrol HQ Military Base High Command	Hot or Extreme Heat Planet	+25% Fleet Size on Hot +100% Fleet Size on Extreme Heat
	Dealmaker Holosuite	120,000¢	Commerce	-	+50% Colony Income
	Fullerene Spool	150,000¢	Spaceport/Megaport	Not Gas / Ice Giant No Extreme Weather No Extreme Tectonic Activity	+30% Accessibility
	Hypershunt Tap	300,000¢	Population & Infrastructure	10 Light-year (max) from a Coronal Hypershunt	+1 Industry Limit +10 Transplutonics Demand
	Orbital Fusion Lamp	150,000¢	Population & Infrastructure	-	Mitigate Hazard Penalty the following features: Cold, Extreme Cold, Poor Light, and Darkness +10 Volatiles Demand
	Plasma Dynamo	100,000¢	Mining	Gas / Ice Giant	+3 Production on Volatiles
	Pristine Nanoforge	250,000¢	Heavy Industry Orbital Works	-	+3 Production +50% Fleet Quality Pollution (+25% Hazard Rating) on Habitable Planets (Permanent)
	Soil Nanites	60,000¢	Farming	No Volatiles deposit No Transplutonic deposit	+2 Production
	Synchrotron Core	250,000¢	Fuel Production	No Atmosphere	+3 Production

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Table of Other Items
Image	Name	Value	Effects
	Janus Device	-	Allows the usage of the Gate Network.
	Planetkiller	1,000,000¢	Can be offered to various factions in exchange for certain things.
	Wormhole Anchor	150,000¢	Allows the placing of a wormhole on stable locations.
	Wormhole Scanner	100,000¢	Allows the usage of wormholes.
	Fragment Fabricator	20,000¢	Allows the installation of Fragment Swarm & Secondary Fabricator hullmods.
	Threat Processing Unit	15,000¢	Allows the installation of Fragment Coordinator hullmod.
	Shrouded Substrate	15,000¢	Allows the creation of Shrouded Dweller weapons.
	Shrouded Lens	30,000¢	Allows the installation of Shrouded Lens (Hullmod).
	Shrouded Mantle	50,000¢	Allows the installation of Shrouded Mantle (Hullmod).
	Shrouded Thunderhead	30,000¢	Allows the installation of Shrouded Thunderhead (Hullmod).