Ostranauts
Field Manual.
Survive a brutal noir solar system by salvaging derelicts, rebuilding your ship, and managing a crew with needs of their own. This manual turns dense systems into practical, version-aware answers.
- Latest checked patch
- 1.0.0.9
- Published guides
- 8
- Officially sourced
- 6
- Testing required
- 1
Watch the Ostranauts trailer
Play the official video here, then jump straight into the field manual.
Your Ostranauts journey
Four practical stops cover the problems most new captains meet before the wider System opens up.
Beginner Guide
Create your captain, learn OKLG, secure a salvage permit, and survive your first legal run.
Open guide →2EVA Suit & Atmosphere
Understand oxygen, CO₂, pressure, batteries, filters, and suit damage before entering a wreck.
Open guide →3Salvaging & Ship Repair
Choose valuable parts, uninstall them safely, manage cargo mass, and return with a profit.
Open guide →4Ship Building & Flight
Expand the hull, connect vital systems, and prove the heavier ship can still stop and dock.
Open guide →Source-checked guides
Official facts, community findings, and current-version test gaps are separated on every page.
Ostranauts Beginner Guide: Your First Shift
A safe first route through character creation, OKLG, basic equipment, your first flight, and a legal salvage run.
Ostranauts Salvaging Guide
Prepare a legal salvage run, choose high-value parts, haul them safely, and sell without overloading your ship.
Ostranauts Ship Building & Flight Guide
Expand a hull without losing atmosphere, connect the systems that matter, and prove the finished ship can still stop and dock.
Ostranauts Mods: Install, Manage, and Troubleshoot
A practical path through Steam Workshop, local mods, load order, version warnings, and safer troubleshooting.
Ostranauts EVA Suit Guide
Where to get one, what each component does, how to recharge it, and why a sealed suit can still fail.
Ostranauts Console Commands
Open the debug console, use the documented commands safely, and avoid turning a quick fix into a broken save.
Ostranauts Docking Fees Explained
What the two hourly charges mean, what appears to affect ship-size cost, and what still needs a current-version test.
Ostranauts Whipple Shield
What it protects against, where players report finding it, and why the search-volume number needs caution.
What is Ostranauts?
Ostranauts is a single-player hardcore noir space-life simulator from Blue Bottle Games, set in the same universe as NEO Scavenger. You play a debt-burdened scavenger exploring wrecks, trading parts, taking jobs, and keeping a fragile ship operational.
Every ship is assembled from functional components, while crew members act on physical and emotional needs. Newtonian flight, atmosphere, power, survival, relationships, and an unforgiving economy all meet inside the same simulation.
Explore all guides- Developer
- Blue Bottle Games
- Publisher
- Kitfox Games
- Platform
- Windows PC
- Genre
- Noir Space Sim
- Steam Reviews
- 3K+
- Positive Reviews
- 78%
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Workshop Mods
- 68+
We separate facts from forum wisdom.
Start with the problem
Each page answers one task a player is trying to finish now.
Read primary sources
Official news and the official Wiki establish the current baseline.
Label the evidence
Community findings and untested claims stay visible as such.
Ready to master Ostranauts?
From your first hour on OKLG to long-haul flight and a custom-built ship, take the next problem one checked answer at a time.