Space Engineers: Prototech Explained

In 1.205 we’re adding Prototech blocks. These are powerful, “end-game” blocks, found in new “Global Encounters”. Prototech is a powerful technology created by the secretive Factorum faction. They have gone to great lengths to ensure components cannot be reverse engineered!

This means you cannot simply grind these blocks down and take their components, like you can with ordinary blocks. Instead, you’ll have to extract them intact, and then add them onto existing grids using merge blocks.

Alternatively, if you’ve acquired a Prototech Assembler, you can manufacture new components from Prototech scrap. But take note: The Prototech Frame component, which is at the foundation of every Prototech block, cannot be manufactured!

Finally, lucky explorers can find Prototech components (including Prototech Frames) in the cargo storages in the various new NPC encounters. Collect enough of these, and you may be able to construct a new Prototech block without an Assembler.

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[indy]

Really glad keen has gone with the physical recovery route for the prototech blocks, I can imagine people making dedicated useful salvage ships now to go around collecting as many prototech blocks as they can

[aurenian]

If this update brings some more active NPCs it'll revive the single player experience for sure.

[CaptainShack]

Can already confirm salvage gameplay is a good time. Nice to see it coming to base SE.

[ZersLegion]

Lets go! This is exactly what I was hoping for!

[Beeblebum]

Looking forward to this!
Guess "Advanced Welding" is gonna be one of my Standard installed mods now! 😄

[overheadcam]

This is a huge boost to the game, more of this PLEASE. a reason for singleplayer combat? an actual goal? a reason to build a range of ships with different jobs? HUGE yes!!

[Eisen_Jaeger]

This sounds really familiar, glad to see the developers are ASSERTing themselves.

[FrostyCoole]

The hype is unreal so excited for this update to drop soon hopefully

[GregtheMad]

Really cool concept for gameplay. Till now I was mostly able to ignore NPCs, but now they have something I want. _loads railgun_ shame.

[snom]

please, please, please this is the perfect time to add DEFENSIVE npc encounters. I hate having to always be the one to pick fights with hostile encounters.

The factorum could send ships to your base or ship to recover stolen prototech itd be so fucking cool

[JKBockstael]

Assertive Acquisitions: now vanilla!

(and that's a very good thing)

[Vizyra]

This is so sick, can't wait for the update

[capacamaru]

What does it taste like though? I feel like we're only getting half the story.

[BusyWaiting]

This sounds great! Some actual challenge based progression and logistics is exactly what the game has been missing.

[fulconini]

Yes!!! Rare materials that you have to fight to get! Thats awesome

[bossda]

This is such an amazing feature, we need more stuff like this, more pve content and especially pve content with a reward like this. amazing work

[woodyethan]

“Making the blocks themselves incredibly valuable” : proceeds to ram it with a tug 😂
There’s always that one friend

[DeGlace]

Would be kind of fun if Monolyth (that find-able heavy black long rectangle) got some similar plug-in qualities. Maybe have multiples and have them serve as blueprint holders or something.

[average_gaalsien_fan]

cant wait for scav factions to start being an actual threat now

[calebpace]

I like that it makes prototech blocks something rare, that cant just be spammed out. And on multiplayer servers i can see causing a lot of factions to go war over limited prototech, attempting to secure it for themselves as i assume prototech is better than industrial with all modules.

The engines will definitely be a hot commodity.