Coal

Coal
Mainly used as fuel for vehicles & Coal-Powered Generators, or in Steel production.
Unlocked by	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion OR MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal
Class name	Desc_Coal_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink points	3
Abbrev­iation	cOaL
Fuel
Energy	300 MJ
Stack energy	30,000 MJ
Coal-Powered Generator 4 sec (15 / min)
Truck 4 sec (15 / min)
Tractor 5.45455 sec (11 / min)
Explorer 3.33333 sec (18 / min)
Cyber Wagon 2 sec (30 / min)

Coal is a common early-game resource found in the world which is used for advanced smelting or power generation. It can power Coal Generators and vehicles. It burns for four seconds in a Coal Generator.

For more details about Coal power, see Coal Generator.

Obtaining

Resource acquisition

Coal can be harvested by hand (default E) in trace amounts from resource deposits scattered across the world, or from inexhaustible resource nodes on which Miners can be constructed to extract automatically.

Items produced per minute

	Miner Mk.1	Miner Mk.2	Miner Mk.3
Impure	30	60	120
Normal	60	120	240
Pure	120	240	480

	Miner Mk.1	Miner Mk.2	Miner Mk.3
Impure	75	150	300
Normal	150	300	600
Pure	300	600	1200

Number of Coal resource nodes is as follows:

Node purity	Number of nodes	Mk.3 mining rate	Mk.3 mining rate at 250 %
Impure	15	1,800	4,500
Normal	31	7,440	18,600
Pure	16	7,680	19,200
Total	62	16,920	42,300

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Coal (Iron)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 18 × Iron Ore180 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Coal120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Coal (Limestone)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 36 × Limestone360 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Coal120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Biocoal Alternate	5 × Biomass37.5 / min	Constructor 8 sec	6 × Coal45 / min	Tier 3 - Coal Power
Charcoal Alternate	1 × Wood15 / min	Constructor 4 sec	10 × Coal150 / min	Tier 3 - Coal Power

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Aluminum Scrap	4 × Alumina Solution240 / min 2 × Coal120 / min	Refinery 1 sec	6 × Aluminum Scrap360 / min 2 × Water120 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Black Powder	1 × Coal15 / min 1 × Sulfur15 / min	Assembler 4 sec Equipment Workshop  × 4	2 × Black Powder30 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Black Powder
Diamonds	20 × Coal600 / min	Particle Accelerator 2 sec 250 - 750 MW	1 × Diamonds30 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Gas Filter	2 × Fabric15 / min 4 × Coal30 / min 2 × Iron Plate15 / min	Manufacturer 8 sec Equipment Workshop  × 4	1 × Gas Filter7.5 / min	MAM Mycelia Research - Gas Mask
Raw Quartz (Coal)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 24 × Coal240 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Raw Quartz120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Steel Ingot	3 × Iron Ore45 / min 3 × Coal45 / min	Foundry 4 sec Craft Bench  × 6	3 × Steel Ingot45 / min	Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Sulfur (Coal)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 20 × Coal200 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Sulfur120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Cloudy Diamonds Alternate	12 × Coal240 / min 24 × Limestone480 / min	Particle Accelerator 3 sec 250 - 750 MW	1 × Diamonds20 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Compacted Coal Alternate	5 × Coal25 / min 5 × Sulfur25 / min	Assembler 12 sec	5 × Compacted Coal25 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal
Fused Quartz Crystal Alternate	25 × Raw Quartz75 / min 12 × Coal36 / min	Foundry 20 sec	18 × Quartz Crystal54 / min	MAM Quartz Research - Quartz Crystals AND Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Instant Scrap Alternate	15 × Bauxite150 / min 10 × Coal100 / min 5 × Sulfuric Acid50 / min 6 × Water60 / min	Blender 6 sec	30 × Aluminum Scrap300 / min 5 × Water50 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement OR Tier 7 - Control System Development
Nitro Rocket Fuel Alternate	4 × Fuel100 / min 3 × Nitrogen Gas75 / min 4 × Sulfur100 / min 2 × Coal50 / min	Blender 2.4 sec	6 × Rocket Fuel150 / min 1 × Compacted Coal25 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Rocket Fuel
Pink Diamonds Alternate	8 × Coal120 / min 3 × Quartz Crystal45 / min	Converter 4 sec 100 - 400 MW	1 × Diamonds15 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Solid Steel Ingot Alternate	2 × Iron Ingot40 / min 2 × Coal40 / min	Foundry 3 sec	3 × Steel Ingot60 / min	Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Turbo Diamonds Alternate	30 × Coal600 / min 2 × Packaged Turbofuel40 / min	Particle Accelerator 3 sec 250 - 750 MW	3 × Diamonds60 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion OR MAM Sulfur Research - Turbofuel

AWESOME Sink

 Coal can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 3 points.

Tips

• Some Coal nodes are blocked by boulders which can be detonated using a Nobelisk Detonator.
• Most Coal nodes are near the water, except some at the Grass Fields and Dune Desert. It is advised to avoid these nodes when setting up Coal power.

See also

•  Compacted Coal
•  Coal Generator

Gallery

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  Two coal nodes in the Dune Desert

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  A coal deposit

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  Coal running into a Coal Generator in a pre-alpha build of the game.

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  Coal nodes by the water body are useful for setting up Coal Power.

History

• Patch 0.3.4.9: Reverted to the old mesh as of 0.3.4.7, improved icon readability
• Patch 0.3.4.7: New mesh and icon introduced
• Patch 0.3: Fuel value was re-balanced to 300, from 270. The resulting burn time however was reduced due to increased Coal Generator power output.
• Patch 0.2.1.19: New mesh and icon introduced