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Oxygen is one of the Daedalus's most important resources (commonly referred to as O2 or O²).

During each cycle change, 1 is consumed.

This consumption is increased by 1 for each broken oxygen reservoir (which causes o2 to leak into space).
- Thus, if 1 reservoir is broken, 2 is consumed on cycle change; if 2 reservoirs are broken, 3 are consumed.
- When an oxygen tank fails during cycle change, the leak is only taken into account starting from the next cycle change.
The loss has a 20% chance of being reduced by 1 each cycle if the Oxygenated Ducts project is completed.
If the oxygen level drops to 0 during cycle change, a random crewmate will immediately die of asphyxiation. Warning: This occurs even if there are plants that will produce oxygen upon daychange!

Contrary to popular belief, oxygen consumption is NOT influenced by the number of crewmates onboard or by active fires.

It is possible to remove oxygen from Oxygen Reservoirs.

This action provides an Oxygen Capsule which cannot be dropped.
- The only way to remove it is to inject it back into the tank, or to use it by assembling a Blueprint.
It is not possible to remove or insult a capsule into a broken oxygen tank.
Carrying a capsule will prevent you from asphyxiating when the ship is out of oxygen. When oxygen reaches 0, characters with no capsules in their inventory will suffocate first.
- If all players have at least one capsule, then the character with the fewest capsules is chosen at random and one of their capsules is consumed.

Oxygen can be gained through various means:

Mature Plants matures each produce 1 on daychange, so long as they are not Sick or Thirsty. Main article: Gardening.
- Oxygen self-sufficiency is not possible at the start of the game, since the Daedalus only starts with 5 Hydropots, only two of which contain mature Banana Trees. However, it is possible to obtain 2 more hydropots with Green Thumb, 3 more hydropots with the Extra Hydropots project, and additional hydropots through rare trades.
The best source of is Exploration, specifically exploring planets with an Oxygen sector. Exploring this sector will yield either 0, 8, 16 or 24. If oxygen is gained, it will be placed into the reservoirs at the end of the expedition (meaning it will not be gained if the entire expedition is lost).
Merchants may offer oxygen as part of a trade.
Space Capsules may contain when opened. Space Capsules can be found while salvaging debris in the Pasiphae.
Terrence may find Oxygen Capsules with his Scrapper skill.

Make sure that Ian and Hua are keeping the ship's plants healthy to maximize daily oxygen gains.
Ensure that you repair oxygen leaks as soon as possible.
Astrophysicists (such as Frieda) should primarily focus on finding oxygen-rich planets to explore.

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 '''Oxygen''' is one of the Daedalus's most important resources (commonly referred to as O2 or O²).
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 * The maximum oxygen that can be stored is 32{{Oxygen}}.