No Man's Sky Recipes

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Gamma Root

Gamma Root is a harvested agricultural substance in No Man's Sky. The best yield: refine Uranium x1, Gamma Root x1 in a Medium Refiner to get 2.

Best yield

1Uranium1Gamma Rootmakes22Gamma Root

Medium Refinerabout 0.36s per batchQuickest: 1 Uranium + 1 Radon → 1 in about 0.24s

Calculate

Gamma Root

1 batch: 1 Uranium + 1 Gamma Root in a Medium Refiner makes 2 (1 more than you put in), about 0.36s in one refiner.

How to refine Gamma Root4 recipes

Best yield per input first

Times are approximate, per batch (one run of the recipe). In-game refiner timers are often off.

What can you refine from Gamma Root?4 recipes

What can you cook from Gamma Root?3 recipes

What can you craft with Gamma Root?2 items

Frequently asked questions

About

A strange substance that seems to slowly shift the air around it. It is found in the roots of the Gamma Weed plant.

Gamma Weed requires high background radiation to thrive in the wild, but can be farmed in all environments with the aid of a Hydroponics Tray.

Details

Legality
Legal
Growing Time
4 hours
Data updated
2026-09-09