PROFESSION · EXTRACTION
Ice Harvesting
Harvest frozen volatiles from places where local chemistry, operating conditions, and your ship's endurance determine what the run is actually worth.
Ice fields are chemical environments, not generic resource nodes.A water-rich cold trap, an ammonia-bearing field, and an organic cryogenic deposit can create very different industrial opportunities even though the activity is still Ice Harvesting.
THE LOOP
What the career actually does.
01Choose a volatile field
→02Choose Balanced or target a known ice
→03Harvest with the full ship
→04Manage cargo and endurance
→05Sell, refine, haul, or manufacture
IN GAME
What this looks like.
The layout changes between desktop and mobile, but the underlying operation and information stay the same.
NavigationLocal operation
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CURRENT LOCATION
Enceladus Plume Fields
Volatile-rich cryogenic harvesting siteLocal actions
Target Ice
Ice Harvesting
General collection · mixed local finds remain possible.
Water IceCommon local volatile
Ammonia-Bearing IceUseful chemical feedstock
Methane-Bearing IceHydrocarbon-bearing volatileWAYWARD SUNIce Harvesting
CURRENT LOCATION
Enceladus Plume Fields
Target Ice
Water IceCommon local volatileAmmonia-Bearing IceUseful chemical feedstockMethane-Bearing IceHydrocarbon-bearing volatileGEOGRAPHY
Cold places are not interchangeable.
Each volatile location has a bounded chemistry. Targeting can improve selectivity inside that chemistry, but it cannot make ammonia appear in a field that does not contain it.
YOUR BUILD
Endurance can matter as much as raw harvest power.
CHOICES
Build for the rhythm you actually want.
ThroughputFill quickly and check in often.
CargoStay out longer between returns.
SelectivityBias the haul toward the volatile you need.
Environmental supportOperate where cold, distance, or other hazards demand more support.
WHERE IT LEADS
Volatiles feed broad industrial chains.
SellSupply local market demand.
RefineTurn ice feedstocks into processed materials such as purified water, industrial ammonia, and industrial methane.
ManufactureUse processed volatile products in compatible industrial recipes.
HaulMove scarce chemistry to regions or stations where it is more useful.
StoreAccumulate material for future processing or production.