Direct answer
Use this hub when the problem is not “what should I do next?” but “which material am I missing and why can’t I find it?”
Early-game resources
Early survival is less about exotic materials and more about getting stable enough that you can stop reacting and start planning.
Airship-gated resources
Once Solarpunk starts pushing you beyond the starting island, resources become tied to travel and access.
Farming resources
Wheat belongs to the farming loop, but it is also a progression signal because the official beginner guidance explicitly tells players to stop searching the starting island for it.
Research materials
This hub now includes resource routes for Iron and Seeds, but both remain deliberately conservative until exact acquisition details are verified to production standard.
If the blocker is actually progression
Many resource questions are really progression questions. If a material is “missing,” the better next page may be: