Decari Pod
Harvesting
- Category
- Flora
- Sub-type
- Spore-bearing flora — more precisely a fungus (the in-game data describes a "spore pod" with a fibrous "hymenium"), though the game itself tags it Flora.
- Output
- View commodity
Where to find
Where this harvestable spawns, sourced from game data and the Star Citizen wiki.
Also available as a Commodity
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- Category
- Natural
- Display type
- Natural Materials
- Unit size
- 350 µSCU
Required by contracts(1)
- Clean Aircollect 6–175
AI Overview
Compiled by AI from community sources — may be incomplete or inaccurate; verify before relying on it.
A large, stackable S1 spore pod harvested from the decari, a volcanic-biome flora found across the Pyro system; it is classed as a food source but is poisonous if eaten raw, so it must be processed and cooked before humans can safely digest it.
What it is
The Decari Pod is a harvestable spore pod produced by "the decari," a fungal/plant organism. The game classifies it as Flora with a Volcanic biome tag, so it is gathered by hand from the surface rather than mined or hunted. In-fiction it is a large spore pod that can be collected as a food source, but it cannot be eaten directly: the thick outer layer and spiny filaments must be stripped off and the fibrous hymenium (the spore-bearing tissue) must be cooked for a long time before it is safe to digest. Physically it is a small object — roughly 0.12 x 0.14 x 0.21 m, mass effectively negligible (~0.1 kg / listed as 0 kg), occupying about 2,580–2,600 µSCU (~0.0026 SCU) of cargo space, and it is stackable.
Gameplay use
The Decari Pod is primarily a harvested commodity / culinary ingredient. Its item tags include Food, Culinary, CanBeProcessed and Poisonous, indicating it feeds the cooking/processing loop rather than being eaten as-is. It also carries CanGenerateAsLoot, so pods can appear as loot in addition to being hand-harvested. Around the Alpha 4.6 timeframe it became a sought-after collection item: players farm large quantities of Decari Pods to deposit for the Banu trader Wikelo at the Wikelo Emporium, whose collection contracts pay out rewards such as armor, weapons, ship components and even ships. (The exact pod-for-reward mapping varies by contract and patch; treat specific rewards as volatile.)
Sources:api.star-citizen.wikistarcitizen.toolsrobertsspaceindustries.com
Value & where to sell
Prices are volatile and patch-dependent. Player-tracked shop terminals (CStone / Universal Item Finder) list the Decari Pod selling at shop terminals in Pyro: - Pyro – Bloom – Shepherd's Rest: ~450 aUEC - Pyro – Bloom – The Yard: ~450 aUEC - Pyro – Terminus – Kinder Plots: ~450 aUEC - Pyro – Terminus – Bullock's Reach: ~120 aUEC UEX lists it as commodity code DECA and reports an average around 120 aUEC, though after a fresh patch (4.8.x) its trade data was still being recalculated and showed "not available," so figures here should be confirmed in-game. Player marketplaces (sc-market.space) also list it for player-to-player sale.
Where to harvest
Decari Pods are found throughout the Pyro system in volcanic-type terrain. Community guides report them spawning widely across Pyro, with reliable farming on the moons/planets Bloom and Terminus and on Pyro I, and around outposts such as Shepherd's Rest. Like most Star Citizen plants they have a low scan signature (typically under ~20K), which helps tell them apart from ROC-minable mineral clusters when prospecting the surface. Players report harvesting well over 100 pods in roughly 10 minutes at good spots, making Pyro the go-to farming region.
Sources:robertsspaceindustries.comyoutube.comyoutube.comfinder.cstone.space
Source
The pod is produced by "the decari," a flora/fungal organism native to volcanic biomes in the Pyro system. The item's internal classification is Harvestable_Decari, and its default composition is 100% Decari Pod commodity. This is a plant/fungus source, not an animal — so there is no source creature; the "source" is the decari flora itself.
Effects
In-fiction the raw pod is poisonous to humans (it carries the Poisonous tag). It only becomes a safe food source after processing — removing the thick outer skin and spiny filaments and thoroughly cooking the fibrous hymenium. No specific in-game medical buff, heal or status effect is documented for it beyond its role as a food/culinary ingredient.
Grades & variants
No distinct grades, quality tiers, or named variants (e.g. A/AA/AAA) are documented for the Decari Pod. It is treated as a single Common harvestable commodity; the only variation observed is the differing sell price between terminals, not item quality.
Trivia
- The item carries the rarity tag "Common" and is flagged Stackable, so it is meant to be gathered in bulk. - Its prominence spiked with Alpha 4.6 event prep, when players stockpiled pods for Wikelo Emporium turn-ins — many farming guides date to early 2026. - It is one of several Pyro volcanic-biome harvestables that double as cooking ingredients in Star Citizen's evolving food/crafting systems.
Sources:api.star-citizen.wikiyoutube.com