Editing Advanced component

{{infobox main|resource|
| name = Advanced component
| image = Advanced component.png
| description = Advanced computing and energy-directing machinery, miniaturized and hardened for the most demanding applications.
| type = Crafted Resources
| type2 = 
| path cost = 
| stack limit = 50
| beauty = 
| flammability = 0.6
| marketvalue = 200
| mass base = 0.6
| hp = 70
| deterioration = 2
| research = Advanced fabrication
| skill 1 = Crafting
| skill 1 level = 8
| work to make = 10000
| production facility 1 = Fabrication bench
| resource 1 = Component
| resource 1 amount = 1
| resource 2 = Steel
| resource 2 amount = 20
| resource 3 = Plasteel
| resource 3 amount = 10
| resource 4 = Gold
| resource 4 amount = 3
| defName = ComponentSpacer
| thingCategories = Manufactured
| tradeTags = ExoticMisc
| thingSetMakerTags = RewardStandardHighFreq
| page verified for version = 1.3.3066
}}
'''Advanced components''' are a late game crafting material used for high-tech crafting and construction, such as building the [[ship]] to escape the planet, or making [[charge rifle]]s and [[marine armor]]. 

== Acquisition ==
Advanced components can be crafted at a [[{{P|Production Facility 1}}]] once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. They require {{Required Resources}}, {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work, and a [[{{P|Skill 1}}]] skill of {{P|Skill 1 Level}}.

Advanced components can also be collected by destroying [[crashed ship parts]] or by purchasing them from [[traders]]. Advanced components can only be bought from [[orbital trader]]s, [[outlanders]], and the [[Empire]].{{RoyaltyIcon}} They can also be found in [[ancient shrine]]s.

== Summary ==
Damage to an advanced component's HP does not affect their [[market value]].

=== Usage ===
Advanced components are used in the following crafting recipes:
{{Ingredient List}}

== Analysis ==
Like with regular [[component]]s, advanced components are often a bottleneck to a colony. It is highly recommended to keep 2 advanced components for when you can build a [[fabrication bench]], which allows you to make both types of component yourself. You may also want to grab one to make a [[ground-penetrating scanner]] or [[long-range mineral scanner]]. Both can scan for ores indefinitely; the metal that they find can be another bottleneck towards development.

Before Advanced Fabrication, the most reliable way to get these is via trade. Outlander [[faction base]]s often have a few advanced components on sale. If you are unable to trade this way, both [[Trade#Exotic goods trader|exotics goods traders]] and [[comms console|orbital trade ships]] are able to sell some. 

In any case, traders rarely pack more than a few at a time, and they become insufficient to meet the high demand for advanced components in the late game. This is exacerbated if you are constructing the [[ship]]. A large amount of time - {{ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} work per component - will be spent creating advanced components. You may want to build multiple fabrication benches, with multiple high-skill crafters, to make enough. In addition, 2 [[tool cabinet]]s can be used to speed up work speed. 

Note that you will need both [[plasteel]] and [[gold]] to create advanced components, so plan ahead accordingly.

== Trivia ==
* In the code, Advanced Components are called "ComponentSpacer"

== Version history ==
* Beta 19 - now requires 10 plasteel instead of 3 [[uranium]] to make and is used for a greater variety of crafting recipes instead of only building the [[ship]].

[[Category:Crafted Resource]]