The Crust Wiki — All Guides, Layouts & Resources
Updated 2026-09-244 min read
Every The Crust guide on one page: base layouts, helium-3 outposts, recipes, research, campaign, mods and cheats. Updated for the 1.0 release.
The Crust is VEOM Studio's lunar colony sim — build automated moon bases above and below the surface, mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories, and trade with rival Earth factions (1.0 released September 10, 2026). This wiki index collects every guide on the site in one place: start here, pick a system, go deeper.
Start here
- Getting Started — your first lunar night: mode choice, power before dark
- Beginner Tips — the mistakes every new colonist makes
- Beginner FAQ — demo status, platform and common sticking points
- Game Overview — what The Crust is, in facts
Base layouts & building
- Base Layouts — the refinery row everyone converges on, blueprints and room setups
- Main Bus Design — a scalable trunk line for belts and power
- Programmable Splitter — routing rules and filter recipes
- Multi-Regolith Refinery Setup — mixing regolith lines that don't stall
- Automation — conveyors, drones and the CPU budget
Resources & production
- Helium-3: How to Get & Farm It — outposts, harvesters and fusion power
- Resources & Slag — regolith, ice, metals and what to do with slag
- Gases: Neon, Argon & Methane — where to find gas and how to extract it
- Mushroom vs Hydroponic Farm — which farm wins and when
- Recipes — production chains from regolith to exports
- Research Tree — what to unlock first
- Colonists — professions, traits and needs
- Factions & Trade — how Earth trade routes work
Campaign & story
- Campaign Walkthrough — missions, story beats and multiple endings
- Lunar Harvest & Outposts — claiming territory beyond your base
Mods & cheats
- Mods & Console — the full Nexus catalog and safe install steps
- Cheats & Trainers — WeMod's 11 toggles, cheat tables and money shortcuts
Around the game
- Platforms — PC now, PS5 and console status
- Reviews — what critics scored the 1.0 release
- Games Like The Crust — if you want more colony automation
- OST — the soundtrack and where to hear it
- Download — where the game is sold
- Characters — the colonist roster
- Achievements — every unlock explained
- Updates — patch notes and the roadmap