Research

Research is an extremely important mechanic in Frackin' Universe. It allows you to learn ("unlock") the recipes of "how to craft ". You can do so via the Research Tree in your Tricorder.

Existing research trees
There are several trees:

You can see them all in-game in your Tricorder.

Cost to unlock
To unlock the Research Node (e.g. ""), you spend special currency called "Research". You get 1 research every 2 seconds (more when exploring higher-tier worlds, up to tier 6). It stops accumulating if you were AFK (away from keyboard) for too long.

Most nodes will also require that you have some materials (e.g. you need Iron Ore to research ). These materials are NOT consumed.