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Creating outposts and modifying equipment is half of the fun inStarfield, as it allows you to customize your playthrough and explore at your leisure. To build and craft, you’ll need materials that you’re able to gather from various planets. Not all materials are easy to find, and you can easily burn through your stores if you’re not careful.
Finding resources that can be sustained throughout the game is half of the work of outposts, and Fluorine is a vital resource for crafting. While uncommon, it’s not as rare as other materials, meaning it can be found faster and harvested more regularly.
What Is Fluorine?
Fluorineis a common resourcein Starfield that’s used forcrafting and researchin order to unlock better outpost designs and weapon upgrades. Unlike most other resources, itcan’t be mined with a cutter since it’s a gas.
Stocking up on Fluorinewill ensure that you don’t have to hunt some down when you decide toset up a stable outposton your favorite planets.
Where To Find Fluorine
There aremany planets and moons that have Fluorinepresent. It’s a common resource, so it should berelatively easy to find in bulk. There are two main ways you can stock up:purchase from vendors or harvest it yourself.
Vendors Sell Fluorine
Across the Settled Systems, you will findmany vendors that offer resourcesfor a price.Jemison Mercantileis the first vendor you’ll unlock, and they continue to bea reliable source of materialsas you progress through the game.
Purchasing your resources comes at a price, but it makes collection easier. You won’t waste time traveling around the galaxy and searching for resources yourself. If your preferred vendor runs out of stock, you canwait for them to restock.
Being part of certain factions, like the UC Vanguard, can offer discounts in shops. This can help offset the price of resources.
you may alsotravel to another vendorin the interim to continue accumulating your own stores of resources.
Best Planets To Mine Fluorine
There are164 planets and moons that Fluorine can be found on, and many are accessible early in-game. The closest systems where you’ll find it are:
Be careful when harvesting Fluorine. The gas can cause lung damage without taking the right precautions.
Easy access early on will allow you to establish outposts where you cancollect as much Fluorine as you need. Stocking up early will prevent you from having to scour the galaxy for more later.
