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How to increase carrying capacity in Lightyear FrontierHere’s how to increase your carrying capacity in Lightyear Frontier
Here’s how to increase your carrying capacity in Lightyear Frontier
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios
Looking to increase your carrying capacity in Lightyear Frontier?Lightyear Frontieris a charming crafting,farming gamewhere you must set up a base on an alien world and colonise it for earthly inhabitants. As such, a large part of the game centres around resource gathering, and transporting quantities of ore back to base.
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How to upgrade carrying capacity in Lightyear Frontier
Three Mech Upgrades in Lightyear Frontier will allow you to carry more weight. To craft these, you’ll first need to build anUpgrade Depotfrom the build menu. Afterwards, dock your Mech into the Depot and use the console to craft a Mech Upgrade.
The Upgrade Depot should be relatively easy to make straight away in Lighyear Frontier as it only requires the following materials:
There are three carry capacity upgrades in Lightyear Frontier. Each are worth prioritising to help gather more resources. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios
Inventory Capacity I
The first upgrade you need is calledInventory Capacity Iand requiresfive Aluminum Electronicsto make. These can be made at an Assembler machine with two Aluminum Rods and one Copper Wire.
Aluiminum is a common ore deposit within the Meadows biome. Copper can be found within theEdge Cliffsbiome.
After you have made this upgrade, your carry capacity shouldincrease from 60 to 90. This will give you a great headstart when collecting materials from other biomes to make more advanced structures.
To access Inventory Capacity II and III, you’ll also need to invest in upgrading your Vacuum Harvester. As much of the exploration in Lightyear Frontier relies on clearing biomes of Noxious Weeds, you’ll likely need these upgrades anyway.
Inventory Capacity II
The next carry capacity upgrade requiresfive Batteriesto make. Batteries can be crafted at an Assembler with the following materials:
Inventory Capacity II
The last carry capacity Mech Upgrade requiresfive Batteris and five Fractalite Barsto make. See the above section on making Batteries.
Fractalite Bars can be made from Fractalite Ore at a Furnace. Fractalite deposites grow within theLowland Plainsbiome. This means you will need to upgrade your Vaccume Harvester to clear the area and you will need the highest Spike Saw upgrade to collect the ore.
Other storage solutions in Lightyear Frontier
Silos can hold up to 600 weight of a single resource. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios
How to make a Silo
ASilocan store up to600 weightof a single resource. This means you can stockpile weighty ores like Aluminum, Copper and Iron inside Silos and conserve chest space at your base.
To make a Silo in Lightyear Frontier, you need the following materials:
After making a Silo, simply interact with it to bring up the inventory menu. Here, you can deposit a single resource type. We recommend building one Silo per major resource.
How to make a Shed
Sheds are infinitely better than chests for storage at a base. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Amplifier Studios
A small shed can hold up to200weight. However, unlike a Silo, it can hold multiple resources at once. Essentially, it functions as a better chest. To make a shed in Lightyear Friontier, you’ll need the following materials:
The rounds off our guide to upgrading your carrying capacity in Lightyear Frontier. Now, you should be able to maximise your farming and carry more materials back to base. For more tips and tricks, check out ourNest locationsguides and gain access to resource replenishment boosts in each map biome.
