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Alkanes

Where to find the Starfield Alkanes resource, all Alkanes locations, and the best ways to use Alkanes.

Alkanes
Rarity Rare
Resource Type Inorganic
Item Code 00005579

Alkanes overview

Starfield Alkanes is a Starfield resource which can be used in a number of crafting recipes. Alkanes is classed as Inorganic. The rarity of the resource determines how difficult it is to find Alkanes, and also affects the overall credit value of the resource when you are looking to buy or sell stockpiles of Alkanes.

Resources like Alkanes can be found in a number of locations and planets throughout Starfield. However, the fastest method to gather resources is to bulk purchase them from a Starfield resource vendor like Midtown Minerals or the Mining League.

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Starfield Alkanes planets:

NameBody TypeTemperatureTraitBiome
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Al-Battani II

PlanetTemperate
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Al-Battani IV

PlanetFrozen
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Alchiba II

PlanetInferno
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Alchiba V-a

MoonCold
Placeholder image for Algorab III-B

Algorab III-B

MoonTemperate
Placeholder image for Alpha Andraste IV

Alpha Andraste IV

PlanetFrozen2
Placeholder image for Alpha Marae IV-b

Alpha Marae IV-b

MoonTemperate
Placeholder image for Ampere

Ampere

MoonTemperate
Placeholder image for Andromas V-b

Andromas V-b

MoonTemperate2
Placeholder image for Andromas VI-b

Andromas VI-b

MoonDeep Freeze1
Placeholder image for Aranae IV-b

Aranae IV-b

MoonDeep Freeze
Placeholder image for Archimedes I

Archimedes I

PlanetInferno
Placeholder image for Arcturus II

Arcturus II

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Bara III

Bara III

PlanetCold
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Bardeen II

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Bardeen V-b

Bardeen V-b

MoonFrozen
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Bel II-a

MoonCold
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Bel IV-d

MoonDeep Freeze
Placeholder image for Beta Marae V-c

Beta Marae V-c

MoonDeep Freeze
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Bohr V

PlanetFrozen
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Bradbury I

PlanetInferno
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Bradbury II

PlanetInferno
Placeholder image for Carinae III-a

Carinae III-a

MoonFrozen3
Placeholder image for Cassiopeia IV-A

Cassiopeia IV-A

MoonTemperate2
Placeholder image for Celebrai I

Celebrai I

PlanetInferno
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Celebrai II

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Charybdis VI-b

Charybdis VI-b

MoonTemperate
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Codos

MoonTemperate
Placeholder image for Copernicus Minor I-b

Copernicus Minor I-b

MoonFrozen
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Delah

PlanetInferno
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Delta Vulpes VII

PlanetDeep Freeze
Placeholder image for Denebola III-a

Denebola III-a

MoonFrozen
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Dionysus

MoonTemperate3
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Earrach

MoonCold
Placeholder image for Enlil II

Enlil II

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Enlil III

Enlil III

PlanetCold
Placeholder image for Erebus

Erebus

PlanetFrozen1
Placeholder image for Eridani III-a

Eridani III-a

MoonTemperate
Placeholder image for Eridani VIII-d

Eridani VIII-d

MoonDeep Freeze
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Fermi II

PlanetInferno
Placeholder image for Fermi III

Fermi III

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Fermi VI

Fermi VI

PlanetFrozen
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Feynman III

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Feynman V-a

Feynman V-a

MoonCold
Placeholder image for Foucault III-a

Foucault III-a

MoonCold
Placeholder image for Foucault V-b

Foucault V-b

MoonDeep Freeze
Placeholder image for Gamow

Gamow

PlanetFrozen1
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Groombridge II

PlanetFrozen
Placeholder image for Guniibuu IV

Guniibuu IV

PlanetFrozen3
Placeholder image for Guniibuu VI-d

Guniibuu VI-d

MoonTemperate5
Placeholder image for Hawking II

Hawking II

PlanetFrozen
Placeholder image for Hawking IV-a

Hawking IV-a

MoonDeep Freeze
Placeholder image for Heinlein IV-b

Heinlein IV-b

MoonTemperate
Placeholder image for Heisenberg VIII-c

Heisenberg VIII-c

MoonCold
Placeholder image for Huygens III

Huygens III

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Hyla I

Hyla I

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Indum I

Indum I

PlanetScorched2
Placeholder image for Indum V-a

Indum V-a

MoonDeep Freeze
Placeholder image for Ixyll I

Ixyll I

PlanetTemperate
Placeholder image for Ixyll II

Ixyll II

PlanetTemperate

Alkanes uses

Most Starfield resources have a wide range of uses from creating weapon mods and armor mods, building outpost modules, and in completing research projects.

Alkanes is required in the following weapon mod recipes:

This resource is not used in any known weapon mods.

Alkanes is required in the following armor mod recipes:

This resource is not used in any known armor mods.

Alkanes is required in the following manufactured resource recipes:

Alkanes is required in the following outpost object recipes:

You can use Alkanes in the following research projects:

Alkanes console command

If you want to add Alkanes to your inventory, open the Starfield console command window and enter the following:

player.additem 00005570

If you want more than one Alkanes, add the quantity you require (eg. 3) after the item_id.

Eg: player.additem 00005570 100