Tutorials/Galacticraft Getting Started Guide

This tutorial will cover the basics of making your first machine to landing on Mars.

Getting Started

Building rockets, space stations and colonies on new worlds may seem a little overwhelming, if you're just starting out. So here is a small guide to getting started with Galacticraft!

First Steps

Before you head into space, you will need a few items including the Tier 1 Rocket, Rocket Launch Pad, Oxygen Sealer, Oxygen Bubble Distributor, Oxygen Gear, Oxygen Mask, Oxygen Compressor, Parachute, Compressor, three or more Battery(s), two or more Basic Solar Panel or Advanced Solar panel, Refinery, NASA Workbench, Fuel Loader, Oxygen Tank x2, and Oxygen Collector, as these are the most vital necessities you will need on your journey into space.

Obtain Oxygen Apparatus and a Parachute

The four most crucial items you will need are the Parachute and Oxygen Gear and Oxygen Mask and Oxygen Tank. Once you have acquired this equipment you are almost ready. After this, all you need left are the GC machines.

Build Oxygen Machines, Refine Fuel, and Launch Your Ship

Lastly, it is necessary to build a few machines before going to the moon, some of them you will be taking with you. You will need to make the Oxygen Compressor, Oxygen Bubble Distributor, Oxygen Sealer, NASA Workbench, Refinery, three Battery(s), two or more Basic Solar Panel or Advanced Solar Panel, Oxygen Collector, and the Fuel Loader. Next, you will need to make the Rocket Launch Pad and Tier 1 Rocket, of course. (make the rocket in the NASA Workbench) Once you have the rocket and launch pad, you need the Fuel Loader.

Place the nine rocket launch pads you have on the ground in a 3x3 block shape. On top of them, you will place your rocket in the middle pad, so that there are eight launch pads surrounding the rocket. You will then place the Fuel Loader directly adjacent to the launch pad and rocket on any side of the launch pad. You are all but ready. If you haven't found any oil yet, go ahead and get some, which generates deep in the ground around the gold and diamond level. Once you have at least five-thousand (five) or more oil in the refinery, put a battery in the refinery and start converting the crude oil to Rocket Fuel. This process will likely require more power than your battery can store, therefore recharge it in one of you solar panels.

After you have converted all of the oil to Rocket Fuel, load it into the Tier 1 Rocket using a battery. You may now go to the moon! All you have to do is equip your Parachute and Oxygen Gear]] and mask. The items you will be taking to the Moon with you are your Oxygen Sealer, Oxygen Collector, solar panels, batteries, Compressor, Oxygen Compressor, and the Fuel Loader. If you are wondering what the sealer, collector's and bubble distributor's function and purposes are, the sealer is meant to lock oxygen in an enclosed room. To "enclose" your future Moonbase, you will need at least seven Air Lock Frame(s), one Air Lock Controller. Next, oxygen can be provided to your Moonbase through the use of the Oxygen Bubble Distributor and the Oxygen Collector. Breathable oxygen is created by planting two or more trees on the moon with a source of water nearby (preferably an unlimited water source) with the Oxygen Collector very close to the trees. Then, connect the Oxygen Bubble Distributor to the Oxygen Collector with Oxygen Pipes, so that the oxygen can travel from the collector to the bubble distributor. This is the prefered setup before the player has made a functioning Air Lock door to his or her base. After that, it is possible to use the Oxygen Sealer.

Like all GC machines, the oxygen providing machines require a source of power to work. The best source of power is the solar panel (which is why you are taking them to the moon with you), or batteries for off-and-on use. As soon as you have built your Moonbase, you can finally explore the lunar surface for Moon Village(s) or even the prized Moon Dungeon. Next stop, Mars!

Don't Forget!

Be sure to do a little research about the Moon so that you know how and when to land safely!

What Next?

There are tons of great things you can try out in Galacticraft, and more are being added all the time!

Here's a short list of things to try out:

• Construct an Overworld Space Station and invite your friends.
• Explore the Moon and make contact with a colony of Moon Villagers.
• Make your mark, by placing a Flag on the Moon or try it on the Overworld.
• Mine up some Cheese Ore.
• Establish an oxygen supply system on your Space Station, or Moon Colony.
• Continue on to Mars.