Code: Terraform Wiki

Player documentation for Code: Terraform as an offline wiki. You are connected to a remote terminal on the frozen planet Nocturna; you terraform it by writing Python-like scripts that run inside machines.

Source

Built from the official player documentation PDF (Build 441ad76, 1,246 pages, rebuilt 2026-09-12). The PDF sits next to this vault as Code_ Terraform.pdf.

The one mental model

Scripts run inside machines. self is the machine the script runs on; hardware actions (marked SELF ONLY) only work through self. Anything else is read via get_component(id). Every world-changing command returns a result object: branch on result.status, never on result.message. Full explanation: Self & Components, Components Overview, and Command Results.

Getting started

• Beginner Roadmap: the whole game on one page, phase by phase
• Starter Scripts: copy-paste scripts for every early machine, commented for non-programmers
• Getting Started: the welcome page
• First Steps: what to do after the tutorial (sensors, solar, credits)
• How This Game Works: the full early-game arc
• Command Results: the .status / .message model every script uses
• Long-Running Scripts: why setpoints reset when scripts stop

Tutorials

How This Game Works · Choosing Your First Credit Path · Power & Terraforming Machines · First Biology Loop · First Harvesting Route · Contracts Tutorial · Reading Errors and Console Output · First Pioneer · Using Plan Mode · First Outpost · Expanding Production

Guide

Programming

Variables · Print · Self & Components · Loops & Scripts · Operators · Numbers · Strings & F-Strings · Lists & Tuples · Dictionaries · Match & Case · Regular Expressions · Exceptions · Writing Classes · Docstrings · Imports & Libraries · Utility Helpers · Built-in Functions Overview · Conversion Functions

Editor & Tools

Code Editor · Debug Mode · Vim Mode · Keyboard Shortcuts · Script Commands · Script Variants · Control Room · External Editor

Automation Systems

Contracts · Earth Orders Guide · Signal Bus Guide · Data Archive Guide · Map Markers Guide · Drones · Vehicle Proximity & Service

Production & Logistics

Batteries & Charging · Refinement & Storage · Input & Output · Battery Holder · Cargo Rack · Portable Battery · Portable Storage Bin

World & Infrastructure

Flow Networks & Fluids · Infrastructure & Pipes · Power Networks · Thermal Vents · Water & Oil Wells · Tier 3 Progression · Weather System

Biosphere & Wildlife

Biosphere Biomass Tier · Biosphere Plants · Plant Terraformer Guide · Wildlife Overview · Wildlife Supply · Wildlife Husbandry · Habitat Development · Wildlife Progression · Wildlife Creature Profiles

Reference

• Components Overview: how the component system works
• Components Index: all 90+ machine and system APIs
• Types Index: all API object types, including the 15 contract puzzles
• Built-in Functions: every always-available function
• Language Reference: syntax, control flow, operators, functions
• System Commands · Infrastructure Commands: top-level game functions
• Built-in modules: random · functools · re · dataclasses

Database

• Production Tiers: how recipe tiers stack
• Recipes: Smelter Recipes · Fabricator Recipes · Feed Maker Recipes · Refiner Recipes · Fuel Assembler Recipes
• Equipment: Power Equipment · Atmosphere Equipment · Biology Equipment · Biosphere Equipment · Mining Equipment · Logistics Equipment · Production Equipment · Modules & Vehicle Gear · Fluid Infrastructure
• Items: Minerals · Refined Materials · Fabricated Components · Agriculture & Feeds · Life Forms · Field Resources · Biology Samples · Lab Reagents · Fluids
• Research Database: the complete tech tree with thresholds

Quick answers

I want to…	Go to
See the whole game at a glance	Beginner Roadmap
Copy-paste a working script	Starter Scripts
Repair the starting sensors	Oxygen Sensor · Pressure Sensor
Write a solar tracker	Solar Generator + Clock
Earn my first credits	Choosing Your First Credit Path (biology: Bio Collector → Bio Lab → Bio Exchange)
Understand a weird result.status	Command Results + ActionResult
Sweep the sector grid	Scanner + Harvester
Set up smelting	Refinement & Storage + Smelter + Smelter Recipes
Drive somewhere	Nav Module on the Rover or Pioneer
Find sites in the field	Sonar Module + Journal + Nocturna points_of_interest()
Mine a surveyed site	Drill Module (vehicle) or Mining Drill (fixed)
Capture vent steam	Thermal Vents + Thermal Cap + Steam Turbine
Turn steam into water	Steam Condenser
Pump water or oil	Water & Oil Wells + Water Pump / Oil Pump
Build pipes and power lines	Infrastructure & Pipes + Construction Blueprint + Constructor Module
Found an outpost	First Outpost + Outpost Network
Ship materials to Earth	Earth Orders Guide + Supply Dock
Solve a contract	Contracts + Contract (all 15 in Types Index)
Coordinate my scripts	Signal Bus Guide (queues) or Data Archive Guide (durable state)
Build a dashboard	Dashboard Cards (ready-made suite) + Control Room + Panel API
Keep vehicles charged	Batteries & Charging + Vehicle Charging Station
Run a drone route	Drones + Drone + Drone Depot
Refuel or rescue drones	Drone Service Station
Check why a transfer failed	TransferResult (every outcome code explained)
Match items by properties	Input & Output + ItemStack
Move Raw Uranium safely	Drones hot cargo + Lead Cask + Shield Plating (Modules & Vehicle Gear)
Run the Reactor	Reactor + Fuel Assembler + Fuel Assembler Recipes
Catch lightning	Lightning Rod + Weather System
Chase a storm	Weather System + Weather Station + Drone collect()
Discover seeds	First Biology Loop + Seed Maker
Grow crops	Biosphere Plants + Harvester + Crop Automator
Boost crop yield	Agriculture & Feeds (fertilizer table) + Grow Lamp / Sprinkler / Dispenser
Convert Forage into Plants km²	Plant Terraformer Guide + Plant Terraformer
Make biomass	Biosphere Biomass Tier + Essence Liquifier + Biomass Mixer
Revive a creature	Wildlife Husbandry + Habitat + CatalogedCreature
Feed a colony	Wildlife Supply + Feed Maker + Feed Maker Recipes
Tap exotic fluids	Exotic Gas Cap / Exotic Spring Tap + Refiner
Toggle machines remotely	Power Control (breaker) or Run Control (run/stop)
Check my power grid	Power Networks + Power Control + PowerGrid
Annotate the map	Map Markers Guide + Map Markers
Plan research	Research Database + Research
Look up an item id	Item Catalog + the Database item pages
Not lose progress at Tier 3	Tier 3 Progression