Resources

Page Contents Current As of Patch:

2018-08-15

Resources in Planetside are used to dictate the rate at which players can acquire equipment, ground vehicles, and aircraft, and erect structures.

There are two primary resources in Planetside;

• Nanites — an automatically gained resource used to spawn vehicles and MAXes, and resupply consumables.
• Cortium — a resource mined by ANTs used to build and power constructables.

Each is acquired in a different way, with different storage caps and intended uses, and primarily serve to prevent one single player from becoming a one-man army by limiting the amount of equipment they can acquire in a short amount of time.

Nanites

Nanites ( ) are the primary resource used for general gameplay. All consumables and vehicles require players to spend various amounts of Nanites to resupply or spawn.

The maximum amount of Nanites a player can hold at once is 750 . By default, every player will generate 50  per minute so long as they are active (not idle for an extended period in a warpgate) outside of a VR continent. This amount can be increased through Premium Membership and Boosts.

Nanites are used at Terminals or when respawning to purchase consumable items such as Frag Grenades, or to create vehicles such as Flashes.

The costs associated with consumables and vehicles can be changed through various benefits.

• During an Aerial Anomaly alert, all factions have their aircraft costs reduced to zero nanites.
• Winning an Aerial Anomaly alert temporarily causes all aircraft costs to be discounted by 20%.
• Unlocking the appopriate A.S.P. Skill will reduce that vehicle's cost by 20% permanently.

Most consumables and vehicles have different base consumable costs, depending on their power level and how powerful they are when massed. Aside from the MAX, which costs 450 , all nanite costs are listed below.

Consumable Costs

Grenades
Item	Cost
Anti-Vehicle Grenade	50
Concussion Grenade	50
Decoy Grenade	25
EMP Grenade	75
Flash Grenade	25
Quick-Det Flash Grenade	25
Frag Grenade	50
Nanite Healing Grenade	25
Nanite Revive Grenade	75
Nano-Repair Grenade	75
Sticky Grenade	25
Smoke Grenade	50
Other
Item	Cost
NSX Fujin	25
Utilities
Item	Cost
Anti-Personnel Explosives	75
C-4	75
Tank Mine	50
Reserve Hardlight Barrier	50
Universal Utilities
Item	Cost
Medical Kit	50
Restoration Kit	25

Vehicle Costs

Ground Vehicles
Vehicle	Cost
Flash	50
Harasser	150
Sunderer	200
ANT	200
Lightning	350
Main battle tanks	450
Aircraft
Vehicle	Cost
Valkyrie	250
Empire specific fighters	350
Liberator	450
Galaxy	450

Cortium

Main article: Cortium

Cortium ( ) is the primary resource of the Construction System. It is mined using the ANT, and is used for building constructables and powering bases via Cortium Silos.

The maximum amount of Cortium an ANT can hold is between 8000  and 10 000 , depending on the vehicle's Cortium Storage rank. The maximum amount of Cortium a Silo can hold is 50 000 . Cortium can only be obtained using an ANT's mining lasers on a Cortium Deposit in the world.

Cortium can be spent at the deployed ANT's terminal, or at a Cortium Silo that has been filled with the mineral. It is also automatically spent by Cortium Silos to power both itself, and surrounding modules and structures

Cortium Costs

Main article: Construction System

The costs to construct the many modules and buildings available are quite low. Instead, Cortium is primarily consumed by modules through the Cortium Silo overtime to keep themselves powered. The full list of costs is available on the Construction System page.