Helium-3

Helium-3 is a raw material in StarRupture that can be processed into downstream products. It functions as a basic resource harvested and fed into production chains for use in multiple crafting recipes.

Helium-3 is obtained from the Helium-3 Extractor. A single Helium-3 Extractor produces 240 units per minute.

Helium-3 or its numbered variants appear as ingredients in several refinery and smelting recipes. The documented recipes that reference Helium-3 variants include the following products: Chemicals, Glass, Nozzle, Pressurized Helium, and Synthetic Silicon. The recipes list Helium-31 and Helium-32 as ingredient entries in those products; for example, the Chemicals recipe lists “1 Helium-31” among its inputs, and the Glass and Synthetic Silicon recipes list “1 Helium-32” as an input. These recipes are processed in standard production buildings (Refinery, Furnace, Mega Press) with short production durations (2–5 seconds) and produce the corresponding intermediate or finished components used elsewhere in the technology tree.

• Source production: Helium-3 Extractor — 240 units/minute.
• Category: Raw material. Can be processed.
• Used in: Recipes producing Chemicals, Glass, Nozzle, Pressurized Helium, and Synthetic Silicon (recipe inputs include Helium-31 and Helium-32 as listed).
• Processing locations: Refinery (Chemicals, Pressurized Helium), Furnace (Glass, Synthetic Silicon), Mega Press (Nozzle).
• Typical recipe durations: 2–5 seconds depending on product.

Players should route Helium-3 outputs from extractors directly to refineries and furnaces that accept the Helium-3 variants used in each recipe to keep production chains balanced. Matching extractor output (240/min) with recipe throughput and building clock speeds is necessary to avoid bottlenecks or overflow. Storage and buffering between extractors and processors help smooth fluctuations and allow larger-scale automated processing.