Carbon Fiber

Reed Fiber is a craftable resource used as a lightweight textile component for clothing, decor, and advanced composites. It appears as a build ingredient and crafting input across multiple production buildings, acting as the primary fiber used to make garments, canvases, certain building tiles, Critter housing, and as an additive in high-end materials manufactured in the Molecular Forge. Reed Fiber itself is produced from Genetic Ooze.

Reed Fiber is consumed by several buildings and recipes. It is a required ingredient for clothing produced in the Textile Loom: 4 Reed Fiber = 1 Warm Sweater, 4 Reed Fiber = 1 Cool Vest, and 4 Reed Fiber = 1 Primo Garb. The Clothing Refashionator upgrades Primo Garb into Fancy Outfits using 3 Reed Fiber + 1 Primo Garb = 1 Fancy Outfit. The Exosuit Forge combines Reed Fiber with refined metals to craft Atmo Suits using 300 kg of copper, aluminum, iron, or cobalt + 2 Reed Fiber = 1 Atmo Suit. In the Molecular Forge, Reed Fiber is an input to synthesize Insulite: 15 kg Isosap + 80 kg Abyssalite + 5 Reed Fiber = 100 kg Insulite.

Reed Fiber is also used as a construction material for tiles, canvases, and critter housing. Carpeted Tile requires 200 kg mineral material + 2 Reed Fiber. Blank Canvas, Portrait Canvas, and Landscape Canvas each require 400 kg metal ore + 1 Reed Fiber. A Critter Condo requires 200 kg mineral material + 10 Reed Fiber to build.

Practical notes and usage tips:

• Prioritize Reed Fiber production if you plan to mass-produce clothing or Insulite; Textile Loom throughput and available Genetic Ooze supply determine how quickly fiber accumulates.
• Use Reed Fiber sparingly in early game construction (tiles and canvases) if Genetic Ooze is limited, since several late-game recipes (Atmo Suits, Insulite) require multiple units.
• The Clothing Refashionator is an efficient way to convert lower-tier apparel into higher-value outfits when combined with Reed Fiber; batch those upgrades to save duplicative dupers' trips.
• When planning Molecular Forge runs for Insulite, account for the relatively small Reed Fiber requirement per 100 kg output but pair it with sufficient Isosap and Abyssalite stocks.

Reed Fiber is an intermediate resource with widespread uses; controlling its production and allocation helps streamline clothing supply, advanced insulation manufacture, and several decorative and utility constructions.