How to Make Neutroamine in RimWorld: Vanilla Truth + Trade Planner

How to Make

Neutroamine in RimWorld

Can you craft neutroamine in vanilla RimWorld? No. Core defs still treat it as a bought resource, not a colony-made chain. This page turns that into a fast trade plan, a code-backed recipe chart, and a reserve tool for medicine, penoxycyline, wake-up, go-juice, and Hussar upkeep.

RimWorld 1.6.4633 Core defs Trader ranges from XML, not memory No vanilla neutroamine recipe Reserve planner included

Quick Solution

What to do right now

Stop nonessential use. Pause wake-up, extra go-juice stash, and vanity medicine bills.
Check hidden stock. Shelves, hospitals, caravans, pack animals, and stray lab benches hide small stacks all the time.
Buy from the right seller. Exotic first, bulk second, nearby outlander settlement if you are still pre-comms.
Buffer on purpose. Neutroamine is only 0.02 kg each and stacks to 150.

Vanilla truth: the Core Neutroamine thing def has stats, category, mass, and value - but no recipeMaker. The drugs use it. You do not synthesize it in vanilla.

Emergency neutroamine policy
1. Pause optional bills using neutroamine.
2. Confirm the stack is not hiding in shelves, hospital stock, or caravans.
3. If comms are online, prioritize orbital exotic or orbital bulk.
4. If comms are not online, caravan to the nearest outlander settlement.
5. Buy finished medicine or penoxycyline if that solves the real emergency faster.
6. Restock above your buffer target so the next shortage stays boring.

Best Neutroamine Sources

Trader stock verified from Core defs

Trader type	Stock	Speed	Setup	Reliability
Orbital Exotic	100-500	Fast	Comms + beacon	Great
Orbital Bulk	100-200	Fast	Comms + beacon	High
Outlander Settlement	50-200	Fast if nearby	Caravan	High
Outlander Bulk Caravan	70-160	Visit-based	None	Medium
Orbital Pirate Merchant	100-400	Fast	Comms	Emergency

The 100-500 exotic roll comes from TraderKinds_Orbital_Misc.xml under Orbital_Exotic, not a wiki estimate.

Resource Facts

Game def numbers that actually matter

Neutroamine: value 6, mass 0.02 kg, stack limit 150.

Medicine: 1 neutroamine + 1 herbal medicine + 3 cloth.

Penoxycyline: 2 neutroamine per dose, about 5.56 days of coverage from -0.18/day.

Go-juice: 2 neutroamine + 1 yayo. Wake-up is also 2 neutroamine.

Research gates: Penoxycyline, Wake-up, and Go-juice all unlock off DrugProduction. Industrial medicine needs DrugProduction + MicroelectronicsBasics + a HiTechResearchBench.

Mod Options

When you want to change the vanilla economy on purpose

Neutroamine Refining

Light-touch route. Best if you only want a chemfuel-style conversion without rebuilding the whole game.

Recipe path

Neutroamine Refinery

Dedicated production chain. Better if you want the colony to feel industrial instead of trade-locked.

Refinery path

Craftable Uncraftables

Broad recipe unlocker. Useful if neutroamine is not the only trade lock you want gone.

Wide recipe pack

Survival Tips and FAQ

The blunt answers players actually need

Can vanilla craft neutroamine?
No. The item def exists, but there is no craft recipe for neutroamine itself.

Best seller once online?
Orbital exotic goods. One good roll can solve the entire shortage.

Jungle disease colony?
Penoxycyline becomes a steady neutroamine tax. Buy the finished drug when that is the cleaner solution.

Hussar panic?
This is a trade-buffer problem, not black magic. Buy ahead and stop running on the minimum.

Code-Verified Reserve Planner

Enter your colony demand window, and the page will calculate exact neutroamine needed from the same Core def costs used in game. This planner stays vanilla-first: it measures what to buy and buffer, not a fantasy recipe that does not exist.

Planner Inputs

Use your actual colony schedule, not vibes

Buffer window (days)

Used for penoxycyline coverage and go-juice dependency planning.

Current neutroamine on hand

Lets the planner show how much you still need to buy.

Pawns on penoxycyline

Each dose uses 2 neutroamine and lasts about 5.56 days.

Go-juice dependents

Planner assumption: 1 go-juice dose every 5 days per dependent.

Industrial medicine to craft

Each medicine uses 1 neutroamine, 1 herbal medicine, and 3 cloth.

Wake-up doses

Wake-up uses 2 neutroamine per dose.

Go-juice combat stash

Separate this from dependent supply so theater does not eat life support.

Enter demand on the left to get a buy target, a restock floor, and a clean trader plan.

Planner Output

What to buy, store, and restock against

Buffer need

Exact neutroamine needed for this plan.

Buy now

Subtracts your current stock.

Restock floor

Practical heuristic: 60% of your calculated buffer.

Mass / stacks

0 kg

0 stacks at 150 each.

Usage Breakdown

Use	Units	Neutroamine

Estimated Trader Contacts

Seller	Stock range	Contacts needed

What the Game Code Actually Says

The article research gave the search intent. These cards lock that advice back to the Core XML under /game/Data/Core/Defs, so the page is anchored in actual game data instead of recycled forum memory.

Core Def Summary

Vanilla behavior, recipe sinks, and research gates

Neutroamine item def: Items_Resource_Manufactured.xml:184-206
It defines market value, mass, stack limit, and category. There is no recipeMaker block on the neutroamine def itself.

Industrial medicine: Items_Resource_Manufactured.xml:51-89
costList is 1 herbal medicine + 1 neutroamine + 3 cloth and it requires MedicineProduction.

Penoxycyline: Penoxycyline.xml:32-41 and Penoxycyline.xml:60-63
Costs 2 neutroamine; the immunity hediff decays at -0.18/day, which is about 5.56 days.

Wake-up / Go-juice: WakeUp.xml:41-50 and GoJuice.xml:55-66
Wake-up costs 2 neutroamine. Go-juice costs 2 neutroamine + 1 yayo.

Research gates: ResearchProjects_1.xml:368-438 and ResearchProjects_3_Microelectronics.xml:196-221
Wake-up, Go-juice, and Penoxycyline branch from DrugProduction; medicine adds MicroelectronicsBasics and a HiTechResearchBench.

XML Proof Snippets

Paths + lines for the exact values used on this page

Neutroamine item def

Source: /game/Data/Core/Defs/ThingDefs_Items/Items_Resource_Manufactured.xml:184-206

defName = Neutroamine
label = neutroamine
stackLimit = 150
MarketValue = 6
Mass = 0.02
thingCategories = Manufactured

No recipeMaker block exists here.

Drug and medicine cost lists

Sources: Items_Resource_Manufactured.xml:71-89, Penoxycyline.xml:32-41, WakeUp.xml:41-50, GoJuice.xml:55-66

MedicineIndustrial  = 1 Neutroamine + 1 MedicineHerbal + 3 Cloth
Penoxycyline       = 2 Neutroamine
WakeUp             = 2 Neutroamine
GoJuice            = 2 Neutroamine + 1 Yayo

Trader stock ranges

Sources: TraderKinds_Orbital_Misc.xml:5-51, TraderKinds_Orbital_Misc.xml:321-359, TraderKinds_Orbital_Misc.xml:533-568, TraderKinds_Caravan_Outlander.xml:5-37, TraderKinds_Base_Outlander.xml:5-48

Orbital_BulkGoods         = 100-200 Neutroamine
Orbital_Exotic            = 100-500 Neutroamine
Orbital_PirateMerchant    = 100-400 Neutroamine
Caravan_Outlander_Bulk    = 70-160 Neutroamine
Base_Outlander_Standard   = 50-200 Neutroamine

Penoxycyline duration math

Source: /game/Data/Core/Defs/Drugs/Penoxycyline.xml:60-63

severityPerDay = -0.18

1 / 0.18 = 5.555...
So one dose covers about 5.56 days.

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