Helium-3 in StarRupture: Locations, Extraction, and Every Recipe That Needs It

StarRupture rewards players who stockpile early. Calcium, Titanium, Wolfram, Sulphur, Goethite, and the rest are the lifeblood of every assembly line you'll bolt together. Helium-3 sits a little further up the tech tree, but it ends up wired into so many blueprints that you'll want a steady stream long before you think you do. Below is where it spawns, how to harvest it, and what it goes into.

Where Helium-3 Spawns on the Map

Most of the early Helium-3 deposits sit close enough to your starting zone that you don't need a long expedition. Bring a weapon anyway. The local bug population is not friendly, and getting jumped while you're standing on a gas vent is a fast way to lose progress.

Look east and northeast of your spawn point. Two clusters dominate that direction. The closer one, due east, is the more reasonable target for a fresh save. The richer pocket sits a bit further north, with a higher gas concentration but a longer walk and tougher neighbors, so most players come back for it once their gear has caught up.

You'll know a Helium deposit when you see it: a wide, cracked purple plate of stone with violet wisps drifting out of the fractures. Hard to miss once you've spotted the first one.

If you're caught short on supply, meteorite hearts scattered around the map carry small purple chunks of Helium too. They will not sustain a factory, but they will get you through a bottleneck.

Setting Up a Helium-3 Extractor

Spotting deposits does not mean you can pull from them yet. The Helium-3 Extractor is gated behind reputation: you need Slenian Corporation level 6 before the recipe unlocks. Once it does, the build cost is 250 Basic Building Materials per extractor.

Placement is straightforward. Walk to a Helium geyser, open your recipe list, select the extractor, and drop it on top of the vent. From there it pulls gas on its own, and you can start piping the output into whatever production chain needs it next.

What Helium-3 Is Actually Good For

In the first few hours, Helium-3 mostly sits in storage. By the mid-game it is in everything. Electronics, Batteries, Chemicals, Epoxy, and Glass all rely on it, and those are the cheap entries. The expensive stuff (reactors, generators, missile components, anything with "Antimatter" or "Neutrino" in the name) burns through Helium-3 by the thousand per craft.

Short version: if you want any of the more interesting gadgetry StarRupture has to offer, the extractors need to keep running.

Every Recipe That Requires Helium-3

The list below covers every current blueprint with a Helium-3 input, sorted alphabetically with the full material cost. Useful for estimating how aggressively to scale your extractor count before you commit to the bigger builds.

• Accumulator: Helium-3 x8, Sulphur Ore x4, Calcium Ore x20, Wolfram Ore x26, Titanium Ore x44
• Aerogel: Helium-3 x8, Sulphur Ore x4, Calcium Ore x20, Wolfram Ore x26, Titanium Ore x44
• Airlock: Helium-3 x148, Goethite Ore x24, Crude Oil x72, Calcium Ore x164, Wolfram Ore x184, Sulphur Ore x187
• Anti-Radiation Covers: Helium-3 x27, Titanium Ore x28, Crude Oil x36, Goethite Ore x36, Sulphur Ore x36, Calcium Ore x46, Wolfram Ore x56
• Antimatter Generator: Helium-3 x1,299, Goethite Ore x66, Crude Oil x78, Calcium Ore x1,186, Sulphur Ore x1,859, Wolfram Ore x1,868, Titanium Ore x2,374
• Applicator: Helium-3 x2, Calcium Ore x2, Titanium Ore x6
• Arc Reactor: Helium-3 x2,007, Goethite Ore x147, Crude Oil x270, Calcium Ore x1,918, Titanium Ore x3,364, Wolfram Ore x2,834, Sulphur Ore x2,899
• Basic Fuel: Helium-3 x28, Goethite Ore x9, Titanium Ore x18, Crude Oil x18, Wolfram Ore x24, Calcium Ore x28, Sulphur Ore x37
• Battery: Helium-3 x4, Sulphur Ore x2, Calcium Ore x12, Titanium Ore x16, Wolfram Ore x16
• Biofilament: Helium-3 x161, Crude Oil x78, Wolfram Ore x122, Calcium Ore x142, Titanium Ore x178, Sulphur Ore x223
• Bioprinter: Helium-3 x422, Crude Oil x96, Wolfram Ore x322, Calcium Ore x406, Titanium Ore x472, Sulphur Ore x633
• Carbon Sonar: Helium-3 x122, Crude Oil x18, Calcium Ore x160, Sulphur Ore x175, Wolfram Ore x192, Titanium Ore x226
• Chemicals: Helium-3 x2, Calcium Ore x4, Wolfram Ore x4
• Condenser: Helium-3 x265, Calcium Ore x184, Wolfram Ore x222, Sulphur Ore x352, Titanium Ore x514
• Containment Vessel: Helium-3 x190, Goethite Ore x57, Crude Oil x90, Calcium Ore x206, Sulphur Ore x244, Wolfram Ore x248, Titanium Ore x310
• Control Systems: Helium-3 x20, Sulphur Ore x10, Goethite Ore x17, Calcium Ore x40, Wolfram Ore x60, Titanium Ore x188
• Converter: Helium-3 x633, Crude Oil x18, Calcium Ore x590, Titanium Ore x762, Wolfram Ore x860, Sulphur Ore x1,008
• Cyclotrone: Helium-3 x684, Goethite Ore x21, Calcium Ore x580, Wolfram Ore x870, Sulphur Ore x889, Titanium Ore x1,460
• Dome: Helium-3 x23, Crude Oil x12, Titanium Ore x22, Sulphur Ore x24, Goethite Ore x24, Wolfram Ore x24, Calcium Ore x30
• Electromagnet: Helium-3 x64, Calcium Ore x76, Sulphur Ore x95, Titanium Ore x110, Wolfram Ore x112
• Electromagnetic Coil: Helium-3 x8, Titanium Ore x4, Calcium Ore x10, Sulphur Ore x11, Wolfram Ore x26
• Electronics: Helium-3 x1, Calcium Ore x6, Titanium Ore x8, Wolfram Ore x8
• Epoxy: Helium-3 x21, Titanium Ore x12, Crude Oil x18, Wolfram Ore x26, Sulphur Ore x30, Calcium Ore x34
• Explosive Charge: Helium-3 x30, Goethite Ore x17, Crude Oil x18, Sulphur Ore x34, Titanium Ore x34, Calcium Ore x54, Wolfram Ore x58
• Generator: Helium-3 x11, Sulphur Ore x6, Wolfram Ore x34, Calcium Ore x20, Titanium Ore x42
• Genome Alternator: Helium-3 x1,698, Goethite Ore x15, Crude Oil x168, Wolfram Ore x1,142, Titanium Ore x1,488, Calcium Ore x1,550, Sulphur Ore x2,701
• Glass: Helium-3 x1, Calcium Ore x2
• Goethite Lattice: Helium-3 x2, Sulphur Ore x2, Titanium Ore x2, Calcium Ore x4, Wolfram Ore x6, Goethite Ore x13
• Goethite Powder: Helium-3 x10, Titanium Ore x6, Wolfram Ore x8, Goethite Ore x9, Sulphur Ore x12, Calcium Ore x12
• Hardening Agent: Helium-3 x8, Titanium Ore x6, Wolfram Ore x8, Sulphur Ore x10, Calcium Ore x10
• Heat-Resistant Sheet: Helium-3 x1, Titanium Ore x2, Wolfram Ore x2, Calcium Ore x2
• Heat Shield: Helium-3 x31, Goethite Ore x11, Titanium Ore x20, Crude Oil x30, Wolfram Ore x38, Sulphur Ore x42, Calcium Ore x50
• Impeller: Helium-3 x2, Calcium Ore x2, Wolfram Ore x6, Titanium Ore x8
• Intermediate Building Material: Helium-3 x2, Calcium Ore x4, Wolfram Ore x8, Titanium Ore x12
• Ion Bomb: Helium-3 x547, Crude Oil x36, Goethite Ore x42, Calcium Ore x544, Sulphur Ore x652, Wolfram Ore x822, Titanium Ore x1,312
• Ion Injector: Helium-3 x353, Calcium Ore x316, Sulphur Ore x440, Wolfram Ore x518, Titanium Ore x830
• Ion Stabilizer: Helium-3 x43, Crude Oil x18, Titanium Ore x24, Wolfram Ore x38, Calcium Ore x52, Sulphur Ore x72
• Ion Thruster: Helium-3 x426, Calcium Ore x368, Sulphur Ore x490, Wolfram Ore x642, Titanium Ore x1,106
• Lens: Helium-3 x109, Wolfram Ore x60, Titanium Ore x72, Calcium Ore x108, Sulphur Ore x184
• Liquid Helium: Helium-3 x9, Titanium Ore x6, Wolfram Ore x8, Calcium Ore x10, Sulphur Ore x11
• Mars Habitat Base: Helium-3 x453, Goethite Ore x84, Crude Oil x186, Wolfram Ore x434, Sulphur Ore x663, Titanium Ore x678
• Micro Satellite: Helium-3 x109, Crude Oil x60, Goethite Ore x66, Sulphur Ore x104, Calcium Ore x174, Wolfram Ore x222, Titanium Ore x318
• Missile Housing: Helium-3 x59, Goethite Ore x17, Sulphur Ore x32, Calcium Ore x40, Wolfram Ore x104, Titanium Ore x234
• Molecular Scalpel: Helium-3 x1,019, Crude Oil x84, Wolfram Ore x604, Titanium Ore x866, Calcium Ore x930, Sulphur Ore x1,648
• Nanofiber: Helium-3 x25, Wolfram Ore x12, Calcium Ore x14, Titanium Ore x34, Sulphur Ore x35
• Nanosyringe: Helium-3 x282, Wolfram Ore x158, Titanium Ore x222, Calcium Ore x250, Sulphur Ore x446
• Neutrino Bomb: Helium-3 x2,000, Crude Oil x72, Goethite Ore x74, Calcium Ore x1,826, Sulphur Ore x2,772, Wolfram Ore x2,976, Titanium Ore x3,892
• Neutrino Missile: Helium-3 x3,469, Goethite Ore x117, Crude Oil x126, Calcium Ore x3,234, Wolfram Ore x4,860, Sulphur Ore x4,914, Titanium Ore x6,204
• Nozzle: Helium-3 x3, Calcium Ore x2, Wolfram Ore, Titanium Ore x10
• Onboard Instruments: Helium-3 x42, Goethite Ore x17, Sulphur Ore x30, Calcium Ore x66, Wolfram Ore x98, Titanium Ore x162
• Organ Producer: Helium-3 x2,388, Goethite Ore x15, Crude Oil x366, Wolfram Ore x1,644, Calcium Ore x2,170, Titanium Ore x2,276, Sulphur Ore x3,717
• Organic Compound: Helium-3 x13, Titanium Ore x6, Crude Oil x12, Wolfram Ore x18, Sulphur Ore x20, Calcium Ore x24
• Payload Stage: Helium-3 x973, Crude Oil x42, Goethite Ore x51, Calcium Ore x848, Sulphur Ore x1,132, Wolfram Ore x1,422, Titanium Ore x2,456
• Plasma Generator: Helium-3 x667, Goethite Ore x21, Calcium Ore x622, Wolfram Ore x870, Sulphur Ore x916, Titanium Ore x1,200
• Plastic: Helium-3 x2, Sulphur Ore x2, Calcium Ore x4, Wolfram Ore x6, Crude Oil x18
• Sulphuric Acid: Helium-3 x2, Sulphur Ore x2, Calcium Ore x4, Wolfram Ore x4
• Uberfilament: Helium-3 x131, Crude Oil x60, Wolfram Ore x102, Titanium Ore x130, Calcium Ore x132, Sulphur Ore x209
• Valve: Helium-3 x3, Calcium Ore x2, Wolfram Ore x4, Titanium Ore x20