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Control Rod

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

Rarity	Exotic
Resource Type	Manufactured
Item Code	00246B7B

Control Rod overview

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

Resources like Control Rod 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.

Generally speaking, Manufactured resources like Control Rod are quite expensive to purchase from NPCs. Fortunately, you can craft additional Control Rod at an Industrial Workstation, or by using a Fabricator building at one of your outposts.

Control Rod crafting recipe:

Resource	Amount
Austenitic Manifold	1
Dysprosium	3
Isotopic Coolant	1

Skill	Skill Rank
Special Projects	3

Control Rod console command

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

player.additem 00246B7B

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

Eg: player.additem 00246B7B 100