Basic Materials
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| “ | Resources used for building basic structures and producing items | „ |
| — In-game description |
Basic Materials (also known as bmats) is a very common material with numerous applications in the game. It is used in the production, construction, and repair of various equipment, structures, and vehicles.
Acquisition
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refinery | 2 x Salvage  |
1 x Basic Materials  |
00:00:00.48 |
Once refined, the bmats can be retrieved in as is with left click or as crates using the right click context menu. A crate of basic materials holds 100 units.
Uses
Wearing an Engineer Uniform or Tank Uniform reduce the Weight of Basic Materials in the player's inventory by 25%.
Production
Basic Materials are the main resource used to produce the majority of items in a Factory and Mass Production Factory.
It is also used to build some of the vehicles at Garages and Shipyards and some of the shippable structures at Construction Yards.
Construction
Basic Materials are the most common resource used for building, rebuilding, and upgrading most structures either using a Hammer or a Construction Vehicle. It is also the most common resource for adding upgrades/add-ons to Bunkers and Trenches.
Repairs
Basic Materials are the only resource used to repair damaged (not destroyed) structures and vehicles. Repairs are always done with a hammer and Basic Materials in your inventory.
They are also used to fully repair a vehicle's health and armor at a Garage with the repair button 
in its menu, with the required 100 Basic Materials in the building's inventory.
Storage
It stacks up to 100 per slot in inventories. It can be stored in the stockpiles of Bases (32k max).
It can be crated (need stack of 100 per crate) and uncrated with the right click context menu while interfacing a Seaport, Storage Depot, or Shipping Container.
Crates of Basic Materials can be directly submitted to any item stockpile that accepts that item to transfer their content. The crates can also be stored in the crate stockpiles of Storage Depots (1000 public, 300 per Reserve Stockpile), Seaports (1000 public, 300 per Reserve Stockpile), Shipping Containers (60), or Storage Ships (1000).
It can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots, but is most commonly transported by Trucks. For long distances, it is much more efficient to transport it in bulk amounts as crates with shipping vehicles carrying Shipping Containers and submit them to a crate stockpile.
Tactics
- Your frontline Bases should always have Basic Materials in them. Without it, you cannot build or rebuild on newly captured ground, repair your defenses, or repair damaged armored vehicles. Basic Materials on the frontlines is just as vital as weapons, ammunition and manpower
- Due to every production building in the backline regions requiring them, always have Basic Materials producing at your Refinery so your factories never stop producing equipment
- Producing Basic Materials in copious amounts and having it widely available everywhere is essential to the war effort, as it helps every player in some way
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