Carboxylic Acids (or R-COC) are a rare tier 2 resource that can be found in the vast galaxy of Starfield. You’ll need this resource to craft a variety of things to empower your character. Getting your grubby little miner hands on this resource isn’t the easiest, so this guide will give you a few tips on how to acquire Carboxylic Acids for yourself.
An easy way to get the resource is to scan planets and moons that house Carboxylic Acids. Just keep an eye out for (R-COC) in the resource tab of the location to get confirmation. We’ve picked out a few locations that you can travel to early in your playthrough of Starfield:
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- Lapetus (Sol System)
- Umbriel (Sol System)
- Enceladus (Sol System)
- Nesoi (Olympus System)
- Ourea (Olympus System)
- Codos (Cheyenne System)
- Montara Luna (Cheyenne System)
The best way to farm Carboxylic Acids is to place an outpost near the resource and build the required extractor. This will passively generate Carboxylic Acids over time while you are off accomplishing other tasks in the galaxy.
Check back often to pick up the resource. You can always build storage units to increase the yield of this resource, making your trips back and forth more worthwhile. You can always set up cargo links between outposts to make Carboxylic Acids more accessible. If it takes up too much storage, feel free to sell any excess.
If you want a quick and easy strategy for finding Carboxylic Acids, you can always purchase Carboxylic Acids from vendors throughout the settled systems. Credits are easy to come by after all, and the resource is rather cheap, so buying in bulk is a viable strategy. A few vendors you can access early in your playthrough are:
- Jemison Mercantile (New Atlantis Spaceport)
- UC Distribution Center (New Atlantis Commercial District)
- Sieghart’s Outfitters (Neon)
You can find Carboxylic Acids scattered throughout the solar systems when adventuring. Loot crates and corpses can sometimes drop this resource, though farming it this way isn’t advised as RNG plays a big role in what drops and what doesn’t.
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