In Pragmata, discovering upgrade components is essential to strengthening your abilities, and the Solar Power Plant serves as the first major testing ground for your exploration skills. While this introductory sector is relatively straightforward, the eleven upgrade components hidden within its industrial corridors and platforms are not always in plain sight. This comprehensive guide details every location, ensuring you can fully power up your suit and weapons before moving on to the more daunting challenges of the Cradle.
Solar Power Plant Upgrade Components Overview
Our thorough exploration confirmed the presence of eleven distinct upgrade components within the Solar Power Plant sector. These collectibles are scattered across its blocks, primarily centered around the General Entrance, Power Distribution Center, and The Concourse. To streamline your collection efforts, each find is listed below with its nearest fast-travel station, block location, and precise, step-by-step instructions.
General Entrance Component
Nearest Station: Power Plant Platform
Your first upgrade component is located shortly after arrival. From the initial room, take the large door on the right. As the door ascends, you’ll catch a glimpse of the component ahead. To reach it, turn right immediately upon exiting, then take the next left, followed by another left to enter the room where it sits.
Power Distribution Center Components (1-8)
The majority of the upgrades are found within the expansive Power Distribution Center, accessible from the Sealed Sector Gate station. Navigating its multi-level layout, laser corridors, and unlockable gates is key to success.
Component #1: Laser Corridor
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
Exit the room containing the escape hatch and turn left. You’ll enter a long corridor lined with security lasers, with a locked door at the far end. Before proceeding too far, check the left side of this hallway; the upgrade component is tucked away there.
Component #2: Lower Platform
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
After dealing with some initial enemy bots and unlocking the second security lock, use the elevator to ascend. Upon exiting, immediately stick to the right wall and walk to the platform’s edge. Look down to spot a lower platform; the component is waiting there. Use your thrusters to descend safely.
Component #3: Laser Generator Structure
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
From the same elevated platform as the previous component, approach the edge and face the opposite platform. Now, look directly downward. You will see the component resting on the left-hand structure that generates the lasers in the corridor below. A careful thruster-assisted drop is required to claim it.
Component #4: High Platform & Orange Pipes
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
Take the elevator once more, but this time, cross over to the higher platform directly ahead. Your path leads upward via a series of climbable orange pipes. Follow the trail of lumen to the right until you reach a platform with a terminal to hack. Near this terminal, close to two large yellow pipes, walk to the far wall and look down to spot the next component on a ledge below.
Component #5: Lower-Level Chamber
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
From the elevator lobby, cross to the other platform. Instead of following the orange pipes upward, head left and jump down to a lower area. Enter the chamber on your left, eliminate all hostiles inside, and unlock the door. Exit through the door on the side opposite your entrance, then immediately look to your right to find the component.
Component #6: Raised Platform & Terminal Hack
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
This component is situated on a high platform on the right side of the main laser corridor. To access it, take the lower-level elevator on the left side of the same corridor, which leads to an upper walkway. Cross over to the other side using the platforms above the lasers. You’ll see the component, but it’s too high to reach directly. To solve this, locate and hack the terminal on the opposite wall to raise the platform in front of it, creating a stepping stone.
Component #7: Behind the Locked Gate
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
This upgrade is directly behind the locked gate in the main laser corridor. Access is granted only after finding and unlocking all five security locks scattered throughout the Power Distribution Center. Once you have them all, return to this main corridor, open the gate, and find the component instantly on your left.
Component #8: Post-Array Ability Requirement
Nearest Station: Sealed Sector Gate
This component is locked behind a progress gate. You must advance the main quest into the Mass Production Array sector to unlock the ability to remove filament clusters. Once obtained, return to the Solar Power Plant. Take the lower-level elevator on the left side of the main corridor to reach the upper floor. Exit the elevator, turn left, and jump over the handrail. You’ll land in front of a passage blocked by glowing filament. Remove the clusters to enter a new combat chamber. Clear the enemies, then use your thrusters to reach a hanging container in the center of the room. From this container, glide to the platform where the final component is secured.
The Concourse Components (9-10)
These two components are found in a different block, accessed via the Main Control Lobby station, and are generally easier to locate.
Component #9: Left-Hand Room
Nearest Station: Main Control Lobby
From the Main Control Lobby Station itself, enter the door on the left side of the room. The upgrade component is sitting inside this small room, impossible to miss.
Component #10: Elevator Shaft Opening
Nearest Station: Main Control Lobby
Progress through this area until you reach an elevator positioned just before a large circular room with a central pillar. Take this elevator up. As you ascend, look sharply to your left; you’ll see an opening in the shaft wall with the component visible inside. Time a jump or use your thrusters to grab it as you pass by.
Collecting all eleven Solar Power Plant upgrade components provides a significant power boost early in your Pragmata journey. With enhanced weaponry, hacking, and armor, you’ll be far better equipped to handle the escalating threats and intricate exploration challenges that await in the deeper, more hostile sectors of the enigmatic Cradle. Make sure to revisit with new abilities to claim any you might have missed.
