Harvesting

FIND THE LAST ARCTURAN CRYSTAL VEIN IN THE ENTIRE GALAXY IN THE INNARDS OF AN ASTEROID

Every planet and space zone has unique resources with unique stats. You can even mine a planet out, in which case you’ll need to discover new worlds with the materials you need. Tunnel through the landscape as a miner, or start a farm growing purple wheat under a blood-red sky. Thanks to the living world simulation, the strategies for finding, farming, mining, and harvesting have never been richer.

In response to an announcement post in /r/SWG comparing Stars Reach to Star Wars: Galaxies, Raph Koster replied, "Harvesting will be somewhat different, because the worlds are modifiable. But stuff like shifting resources is still there."