For building and construction, you must gather and mine resources. 

To obtain your building blocks, you must gather and mine resources that you find on planets and asteroids. There will be abundant resources that are easy to find as well as scarce resources that will be more difficult and dangerous to obtain. Empyrion features different planet types such as desert, ice, lava, barren, oceanic, temperate, and gas planets, each with its specific resources.

To successfully gather and mine resources you must adapt to a planet’s unique environment and geography. Find the best strategy to efficiently obtain the resources you need.