Ores are resources that you can use to craft items and build structures StarRupture. Like any other base-building survival game, StarRupture encourages players to explore and mine resources to progress in the harsh world around them. One of these resources is quartz ore, which players must mine using a special method. This guide will focus on where to find quartz ores and how to mine them StarRupture.
How to get meteorite hearts to build a basic core in StarRupture
Obtaining Meteorite Hearts is necessary to build other basic cores in StarRupture.
How to get quartz ore in StarRupture
You can get quartz ore by visiting underground caves StarRupture. The problem is that these underground caverns are blocked by veins that cannot be removed. What you can do is wait for a heat wave to hit the planet. This will burn everything on the surface, including those veins. Then you have a convenient window to visit these underground caves and explore their contents.
There you can find quartz ores and mine them by shooting them with a mining rig.
Each Quartz storage destroyed by a mining rig should yield approximately 5 Quartz ores StarRupture.
Unlike tungsten, titanium and calcium ores, which belong to the raw material category, quartz ores belong to the valuable category. It is still a resource for crafting items like other ores, but quartz ores are becoming harder to obtain and mine StarRupture.
Location of quartz ore
Since quartz ores are only found in underground caves, it's a good idea to target Geo scanners and activate them to reveal a map. This will reveal underground cave locations where you can scavenge and mine more quartz ore StarRupture.
If you're going after the Quartz Ores, it's important to be careful not to leave the base unprotected, as it could be attacked by aliens and infect the base core. StarRupturewhich will be unpleasant to disinfect later. Additionally, aliens will attack you when you try to activate Geo Scanners. So come prepared with good guns and plenty of ammo.

- Released
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January 6, 2026
- Developers
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Spooky Spring
- Publishers
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Spooky Spring
- Multiplayer
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Online Co-Op
- Number of players
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For one player

