Wuotan Seed
Harvesting
- Category
- Flora
- Sub-type
- plant
AI Overview
Compiled by AI from community sources — may be incomplete or inaccurate; verify before relying on it.
A bioluminescent seed pod harvested by hand from the Wuotan plant of the Pyro system; collected as a portable, natural light source rather than as a high-value trade or crafting commodity.
What it is
The Wuotan Seed is the seed pod of the Wuotan plant, a woody, bioluminescent flora native to the Pyro system. The pods turn bioluminescent when they ripen, a trait the plant evolved to draw attention to itself and encourage seed dispersal. In gameplay it is a hand-collected S1 harvestable (class name `Harvestable_Wuotan`, UUID `9b7febe0-9594-4637-941f-90b850aeef9b`), roughly 0.75 m on each side, ~0.1 kg in mass, and about 1,000 µSCU (0.001 SCU) in volume.
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Gameplay use
In-game text describes the seed as something players collect to use "as a natural light source" — the ripe pods glow on their own, so the practical role is a temporary, carry-able light. It is not flagged as a crafting ingredient, a consumable/medical item, or a vendor-sold commodity in the current data: the item entries list Loot = No, Craft = No, and Pledge = No, and it is not buyable in shops. No Wikelo or vendor turn-in reward is documented for it.
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Value & where to sell
No reliable sell value or buy/sell location is currently documented. On UEX the Wuotan Seed (commodity code WUOT) shows zero buy offers and zero sell demand, with prices and locations listed as "not available" (the page also notes post-patch 4.8.1 data was still being processed). The cstone Universal Item Finder marks it "Not Sold directly or at all." Treat it as effectively non-tradeable / unpriced for now; any aUEC figure would be speculative, and harvestable prices are volatile patch-to-patch.
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Where to harvest
The Wuotan plant grows in the dark, gloomy, blue-toned biomes of Pyro I, the first planet of the Pyro system. The seed pods are hand-harvested from these plants; the bioluminescent antennas are easiest to spot at night, glowing purple "like strange purple fireflies" against the dark landscape. More broadly the Galactapedia describes the species as indigenous to the Pyro system as a whole.
Source
The seed comes from the Wuotan plant (not an animal). It is a woody, bioluminescent plant that, instead of relying on conventional photosynthesis, has adapted to Pyro's brutal weather: it withstands gale-force winds and weathers lightning strikes, redirecting some of that strike energy and storing the rest to manufacture nutrients in place of photosynthesis.
Grades & variants
No grades or variants (e.g. juvenile/adult or A/AA/AAA tiers) are documented for the Wuotan Seed. It is catalogued simply as an "S1" (size 1) harvestable with a single form.
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Lore / discovery
The Wuotan is presented as one of Pyro's hardy native organisms — a plant that turned the system's deadly storms into an advantage by harvesting lightning energy. Its seed pods light up when ripe specifically to attract attention and spread, a biological hook that also makes them useful to travelers needing light in dark places. Visually the plant was designed to read as strange, uncomfortable, dangerous and almost animal-like: a strong rounded silhouette, an encrusted thick harsh outer shell, and slimy flesh-like interior surfaces that can resemble a curled worm with huge teeth — menacing by day, but beautiful at night when only its purple bioluminescent antennas show.
Trivia
- The plant's lightning-powered, photosynthesis-free metabolism is an in-fiction adaptation to Pyro's storm-battered surface — a thematic fit for the lawless, hostile Pyro system. - The same name (Wuotan) covers both the parent plant and its harvestable seed; the seed inherits the plant's signature bioluminescence.
Some data from starcitizen.tools (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).