Ore mining is one of the most crucial aspects of Satisfactory, as each ore is used to create new machines, tools, and even vehicles. However, one ore strands out from the rest: SAM. So, here’s everything about SAM ore, including how to get it.
Satisfactory recently had its full release on Epic Games and Steam, with tons of new players joining the game and existing ones exploring the latest features added to it. The game continues to reach new player count highs, with the latest all-time peak sitting at more than 186k players.
With so many new players coming in and returning ones getting back into the loop, a refresher in the game’s mechanics, tools, and machinery might not be the worst idea, starting with the intriguing SAM ore.
How to get SAM ore in Satisfactory
You can get SAM ore by mining it by hand or placing down miners on a resource node. If you’re mining by hand, press E to start the harvesting process. Portable Miners can also be used. Additionally, if you’ve successfully tamed a Lizard Doggo, they can fetch some SAM ore for you occasionally. You can tame these adorable creatures using Paleberries.
You can find small deposits of SAM ore around the map alongside resource nodes similar to other ores in the game.
What is SAM ore in Satisfactory and how can you use it?
SAM ore is among the rarest ores in Satisfactory. SAM is an abbreviation for “Strange Alien Metal,” and to the community’s delight, the ore finally has some uses in the game. While it has nodes just like other ores and could always be detected, identified, mined, and stored, there was no further purpose to it before Satisfactory 1.0.
The full release, however, introduced Tier Nine to the game, which comes with several new recipes that require SAM ore in one way or another. The latest version also added Reanimated SAM, which is the core component of many of these new recipes, which include types of Sulphur, Coal (Limestone), and Iron Ore (Limestone). Here’s a list covering all of them:
- Bauxite (Caterium)
- Bauxite (Copper)
- Caterium Ore (Copper)
- Caterium Ore (Quartz)
- Coal (Iron)
- Coal (Limestone)
- Copper Ore (Quartz)
- Copper Ore (Sulfur)
- Dark Matter Residue
- Ficsite Ingot (Aluminum)
- Ficsite Ingot (Caterium)
- Ficsite Ingot (Iron)
- Iron Ore (Limestone)
- Limestone (Sulfur)
- Nitrogen Gas (Bauxite)
- Nitrogen Gas (Caterium)
- Raw Quartz (Bauxite)
- Raw Quartz (Coal)
- SAM Fluctuator
- Sulfur (Coal)
- Sulfur (Iron)
- Uranium Ore (Bauxite)
Before the 1.0 version was released, Coffee Stain Studios stated SAM ore would “mostly be used by players nearing the end of the game to solve problems around their factories they might not want to deal with as much at that point” as well as being a MAM (Molecular Analysis Machine) resource.
The studio has also confirmed that the resource is linked to the upcoming story elements of the game, which have not been revealed yet. So, all players must do now is wait to see what purpose this ore will serve in the game’s narrative.
