Components

A Component is an essential construction item for Space Engineers. Created in an Assembler, Components are the parts and pieces that compose every Block in the game, giving them structure and functionality. Components can vary from commonly used (Steel plates) to highly specialized (Reactor Components), but all of them will be used at one point or another for any mature Survival build.

The various types of ammunition are also classified as Components.

Components are seldom used in Creative Mode due to the fact that block placement in that mode is instant and does not use resources.

Life Cycle of a Component

Components have a fairly hefty infrastructure requirement before they can be made. Ores must be processed within a Refinery first and foremost. This will extract the Materials which can then be placed into an Assembler. The Assembler can then be instructed to create the desired Component in the desired amount, limited only by the resources on hand.

For any Block to be placed, an Engineer must have at least one of the Block’s basic structural Components to start with. After it is placed, a Welder can be used to weld the remaining required Components until the Block is complete (or at least functioning). See Building for more information.

If a Block is damaged but not destroyed, Components making up the structure may be obliterated, requiring additional copies of those Components to repair the Block. For this reason, it is always a good idea to keep a few extra copies of some of the more exotic Components in the cargo hold of your exploring ships–a few extra Displays won’t hurt, and they just might save your life when your Cockpit has a few too many chunks blasted out of it.

List of Components

Here is a generated list of all the Components currently within the Space Engineers Beta.

Component	Mass	Volume	Integrity	Base Production Time
Bulletproof Glass	15 kg	8 L	60	1 s
Canvas	15 kg	8 L	5	4 s
Computer	0.2 kg	1 L	1	1 s
Construction Component	8 kg	2 L	30	1 s
Detector Components	5 kg	6 L	4	4 s
Display	8 kg	6 L	5	1 s
Explosives	2 kg	2 L	5	6 s
Girder	6 kg	2 L	15	1 s
Gravity Generator Components	800 kg	200 L	500	10 s
Interior Plate	3 kg	5 L	15	1 s
Large Steel Tube	25 kg	38 L	60	2 s
Medical Components	150 kg	160 L	70	6 s
Metal Grid	6 kg	15 L	30	2 s
Motor	24 kg	8 L	40	3 s
Power Cell	25 kg	40 L	50	4 s
Radio-Communication Components	8 kg	70 L	15	4 s
Reactor Components	25 kg	8 L	20	8 s
Small Steel Tube	4 kg	2 L	15	1 s
Solar Cell	6 kg	12 L	1	2 s
Steel Plate	20 kg	3 L	100	1 s
Superconductor Component	15 kg	8 L	5	8 s
Thruster Components	40 kg	10 L	30	4 s
Zone Chip	0.25 kg	0.2 L	1