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Code: Terraform

Power the base. Explore the planet. Make the machines work for you. Get practical help with scripts, solar tracking, harvesting and the next problem in your save.

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Code: Terraform official artwork: an alien planet seen through a spacecraft cockpit window — Official Code: Terraform artwork · AppsMafiaOpen full image ↗

Official Code: Terraform artwork · AppsMafia

Start hereMove your Demo scripts into the full gameBack up the old save, extract script source and libraries, and rebuild without pretending the whole save is compatible.

Watch & learn

Watch the code change the planet

See the planet, editor and machines before choosing a guide. Start with the official trailer or explore a creator’s recorded Early Access playthrough. Videos may show older interfaces.

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OfficialOfficial trailer

See Code: Terraform in motion

Code: Terraform / AppsMafia

A short official tour of the editor, power systems, rovers, and planet-scale automation. Check current in-game docs before copying an older command.

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Early AccessRecorded Early Access

Use Code to Terraform Distant Planets

Kerbo

A concise first look at the editor, solar automation, and the live world. Check the current in-game docs before copying a command from the video.

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Early AccessEarly-game walkthrough

Code: Terraform Beginner Guide

PowerFang

A longer walkthrough of booting systems and building the first automation. Check current in-game docs before copying any call.

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What are you working on?

Code: Terraform Power screen with solar panel tilt, sun elevation, efficiency and battery charge — Compare tilt, sun elevation and efficiency in the Power screen. Manage opens the device controls. Official Steam screenshot; displayed values are examples.Open full image ↗

Power & solar tracking

Separate a bad angle, a stopped script, and a night-time power shortage.

Track the sun with your solar panelChoose the right tilt method, keep the angle updating, and diagnose low output without chasing 100% all day.

Code: Terraform surface map and Harvester panel showing position and heat beside a script editor — Find the Harvester position and heat beside the sector map. This official screenshot shows H18; use the position in your own save.Open full image ↗

Harvester movement & heat

Separate an invalid destination from heat, then get a short route working.

Code: Terraform Rover and Pioneer dashboard with navigation, sonar, drill and battery modules — Rover and Pioneer have their own modules and batteries. Official Steam screenshot.Open full image ↗

Pioneer charging & rescue

Get a parked vehicle charging or help one stranded away from the base.

Fix Pioneer charging and send a rescueCheck docking, station power, target levels and rescue progress before driving again.

Code: Terraform script editor open beside the Supply Dock orders screen — The in-game editor beside Supply Dock orders. Use your own script and current device docs rather than copying the screenshot. Official Steam screenshot.Open full image ↗

Scripting basics

Build small helpers that stay readable when your automation grows.

Save & script recovery

Keep the reusable code. Leave incompatible world progress behind.

Transfer Demo scripts to Early AccessWindows and Linux save locations, JSON fields, backup order, and what does not transfer.

Code: Terraform research catalog with Inventory and Shop navigation plus separate infrastructure components — Find Inventory and Shop in the sidebar. Official screenshot of the Research catalog, not a completed sale.Open full image ↗

Inventory & trade

Send each item to the right system—and never delete a useful stack by accident.

Sell items, drop junk, or route Bio samplesWhen to use the Shop, Inventory, or Bio Exchange—and what to do after a not_sellable result.

Code: Terraform planet map showing explored sectors, a base, Rover and Pioneer — Build a location list for your own world. Planet overview—not a Bio Collector scan.Open full image ↗

Biology & specimen tracking

Turn unknown Bio Collector locations into a reusable catalog for your own save.

Inside the game

A planet of programmable systems

Official game screenshots. Open any image to inspect the interface at full size.

How the game works

Check the world. Choose an action. Run the script. Check the result.

Most Code: Terraform problems become easier when you slow the loop down: read what the machine or inventory is reporting, choose the system that can do the job, run one change, and make sure it worked before adding more automation.

01Check
Read the sensor, inventory, machine state, error message, or save file first.
02Choose
Decide whether the next step belongs in the Shop, Inventory, Bio Exchange, or a machine script.
03Run
Make one change at a time so a bad item ID or outdated call is easy to spot.
04Confirm
Check credits, inventory, machine output, or the first script error before continuing.

Choose by outcome

More safe starting points

RECOVER / 01

My Demo code is trapped in an old save

Locate the save, back it up, extract script source and shared-library data, then rebuild in a fresh Early Access world.

Open recovery guide →ROUTE / 02

I need to sell, move, or delete an item

Separate normal Shop sales, permanent Inventory drops, and Biology samples that belong in the Bio Exchange.

Open inventory guide →CATALOG / 03

I analyzed specimens but cannot list their locations

Query the Journal for cataloged fragments, then finish any unknown scan locations through the Bio Lab.

Open specimen guide →SCRIPT / 04

I need to pass settings into a reusable function

Use positional or named arguments, set safe defaults, and test variable argument lists before connecting a machine.

Open function guide →

01Solve one problemOpen the guide that matches what you are trying to do right now.

02Protect your progressBack up saves and double-check destructive inventory actions before running them.

03Expect Early Access changesCheck the current in-game docs when an older script call no longer works.