Direct answer

The material economy centres on biomass: collect it, spend it on components, blueprints and research. The biomass page is the deep record.

Material groups

GroupUsed byEvidence
BiomassResearch, compost, craftingBUILD — see biomass page
Soil componentsSoil mix systemOFFICIAL
Crafting inputsPlanters, blueprintsPARTIAL
Cooking inputsRecipesPARTIAL

Materials and the economy

Materials link to the money page (sale value), crafting (blueprints) and research (biomass costs) — one record drives all views.

Evidence note

Material availability is version-checked against 1.0; prices and acquisition are collected with the economy dataset.

OBSERVED

A collect-20L-biomass quest step is a known early-game ask (players search it by exact phrase).

Quest database

Material records feed components, crafting and research pages.