{"id":11380,"date":"2024-05-08T11:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/hints-tips-for-abiotic-factor\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:13:19","slug":"hints-tips-for-abiotic-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/en-gb\/hints-tips-for-abiotic-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Abiotic Factor Tips for Beginners: 12 Things to Know Before You Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Hints<\/p>

These Abiotic Factor tips<\/strong> cover what new players most often wish they’d known on day one. Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting game for 1\u20136 players<\/strong> set in the GATE Cascade Research Facility, and it fully launched as version 1.0 on 22 July 2025. The early hours are tough: food and water are scarce, security robots guard the doors you need, and nothing you loot comes back. Here’s how to get through it.<\/p>\n

Abiotic Factor at a glance<\/h2>\n\n
Players<\/strong><\/td>1\u20136, solo or online co-op<\/td><\/tr>\n
Released<\/strong><\/td>1.0 on 22 July 2025<\/td><\/tr>\n
Steam price<\/strong><\/td>\u00a329.99 \/ $34.99<\/td><\/tr>\n
Steam reviews<\/strong><\/td>Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of about 60,000)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Developer \/ publisher<\/strong><\/td>Deep Field Games \/ Playstack<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n

1. Push through the Office Sector first<\/h2>\n

Items in Abiotic Factor generally don’t respawn<\/strong> (unless you turn on Simple Respawns in the Sandbox Settings). The exception is Portal Worlds<\/strong>, which refill their loot on a regular schedule. The first big one, Flathill<\/strong>, sits near the end of the Office Sector and is full of staple resources, so reaching it early matters more than building a fancy base. Keep side projects small until you get there.<\/p>\n

2. Grab every water cooler you see<\/h2>\n

Clean water is the first real survival problem. Water coolers can be picked up and carried back to base, and they’re your best early liquid containers, so don’t scrap them<\/strong>. Bathroom sinks hold 250ml of water but refill slowly (or not at all, depending on server settings), so fill a Water Bottle<\/strong> rather than drinking straight from the tap.<\/p>\n

3. Boil Tainted Water for a steady supply<\/h2>\n

Almost any standing water counts as Tainted Water<\/strong>, and it never runs out. Boil a full pot of it on a stove to make clean water, but expect it to shrink: 1,000ml of Tainted Water becomes 250ml of Water<\/strong>. Soups need 1,000ml, so you’ll boil four pots per soup. Keeping about five containers at base (four for tainted, one for clean) makes this painless.<\/p>\n

4. Cook what you kill<\/h2>\n

Getting through the cafeteria gives you a Frying Pan<\/strong>. Any weapon that can butcher, like a kitchen knife or shiv, lets you harvest creature remains, and almost anything raw can go in the pan. You can also craft a Fishing Rod<\/strong> and fish in any liquid. Later, soups at the Chef’s Counter give much better food buffs.<\/p>\n

5. Use traps for the security robots<\/h2>\n

You’ll need a Keypad Hacker<\/strong> to open locked doors, and making one means beating a Security Bot<\/strong>. A basic bot has about 180 HP<\/strong>, so trap it rather than fighting it head-on:<\/p>\n