Launch Pads, Command Stations & Supply Pods
Launch Pads are infrastructure for rockets, supply pods and missiles. Use one on Earth to launch a Tier 1 Rocket to the Moon, or one on the Moon with a Supply Pod and Command Station for pod missions — or to assemble a Tier 2 Rocket for a Meteorite Shower trip, or to fire a missile.
Launch Pads
- Place a Launch Pad item to create a 3×3 Smooth Stone pad centered on the placed block.
- You need a clear 3×3 area at the same height.
- Breaking any pad block removes the whole pad and drops the Launch Pad item.
- If a pod is loaded or returned, the pod item and stored fuel drop too.
- If a pod is in flight when the pad is destroyed, the mission is lost.
Rockets: stand on an idle Launch Pad, hold a rocket item, right-click. The pad must not have a supply pod on it, and fuel must be piped in. Tier 2 Rockets are assembled piece by piece — see Rockets & Meteorites.
A Tier 2 Launch Pad is made by surrounding a Tier 1 pad with Lunarite Ingots (a tier-2 research unlock). Higher-tier launch pads are required to assemble Tier 2 Rockets and to fire higher-tier missiles.
Supply Pods
- Place a Supply Pod on the center of an idle Launch Pad.
- Right-click the pad while the pod is loaded to open the pod cargo GUI.
- Pod cargo is NOT Fuel buckets — it requires 9 Lunarite Ingots for one ready pod cargo.
- Only Lunarite Ingots can be stored in the pod cargo GUI.
Command Stations
A Command Station is a Lectern-style control block for a Launch Pad.
- Must be placed on the Moon.
- Must be next to a Launch Pad.
- Each Launch Pad can have only one Command Station.
Right-click to open the control GUI, which shows:
- A trajectory tracker / destination picker.
- Power and fuel status.
- Launch button.
- Mission status and ETA.
Power and fuel: the Command Station needs electricity (~200 power/sec) wired in from a cable network, and fuel piped in from a connected Fuel Storage. A supply-pod launch consumes about 100 fuel. (There is no separate "load fuel buckets" slot — fuel arrives through pipes.) The Command Station is also how you fire a loaded missile.
Destination picker
Earth slot
Clears the destination (return home).
Moon slot
Default destination. Rotates between the eight orbital cells around Earth once every three real-world hours, so it visibly tracks the real Moon over the course of a day.
Meteorite Shower
Only visible while the meteorite window is open. Its slot position is randomized each opening but consistent for all players (see Rockets & Meteorites).
Launching a Supply Pod mission
Requirements:
- A Supply Pod placed on the pad.
- 9 Lunarite Ingots loaded into the pod.
- Electricity wired to the Command Station and fuel piped in.
- A clear launch/landing column above the pad.
When you click Launch:
- You choose one of three rolled reward options.
- Fuel is consumed only after you choose a reward.
- The pod launches.
- It returns after a long real-time delay (roughly 25–46 hours).
- If the landing column is blocked, clear it and use the Command Station to bring the pod home.
- Claim the returned reward by right-clicking the pad.
Reward choices can include money (roughly 50,000–150,000), Lunarite items, Moonstone and vanilla resources such as iron, gold, diamonds, emeralds, lapis, redstone, coal and copper.