Iron Ore

“	The foundation of any factory and the source of all that is beautiful!	„
	~ Caterina Parks's assistant Steve

Iron Ore is a basic type of ore which is abundant in the world. It is smelted into Iron Ingots or alloyed into Steel Ingots for further processing. Its Resource Scanner is unlocked after the pioneer leaves the drop-pod.

Obtaining

Resource acquisition

Iron Ore 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

100% Clock Speed250% Clock Speed

	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 Iron Ore resource nodes is as follows:

Node purity	Number of nodes	Mk.3 mining rate	Mk.3 mining rate at 250 %
Impure	39	4,680	11,700
Normal	42	10,080	25,200
Pure	46	22,080	55,200
Total	127	36,840	92,100

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Iron Ore (Limestone)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 24 × Limestone240 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Iron Ore120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion

Usage

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
Iron Ingot	1 × Iron Ore30 / min	Smelter 2 sec Craft Bench  × 3	1 × Iron Ingot30 / min	Onboarding
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 (Iron)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 30 × Iron Ore300 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Sulfur120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Basic Iron Ingot Alternate	5 × Iron Ore25 / min 8 × Limestone40 / min	Foundry 12 sec	10 × Iron Ingot50 / min	Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Coke Steel Ingot Alternate	15 × Iron Ore75 / min 15 × Petroleum Coke75 / min	Foundry 12 sec	20 × Steel Ingot100 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Compacted Steel Ingot Alternate	2 × Iron Ore5 / min 1 × Compacted Coal2.5 / min	Foundry 24 sec	4 × Steel Ingot10 / min	Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production AND MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal
Copper Alloy Ingot Alternate	5 × Copper Ore50 / min 5 × Iron Ore50 / min	Foundry 6 sec	10 × Copper Ingot100 / min	Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Iron Alloy Ingot Alternate	8 × Iron Ore40 / min 2 × Copper Ore10 / min	Foundry 12 sec	15 × Iron Ingot75 / min	Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Leached Iron Ingot Experimental Alternate	5 × Iron Ore50 / min 1 × Sulfuric Acid10 / min	Refinery 6 sec	10 × Iron Ingot100 / min	Tier 7 - Control System Development
Leached Iron ingot Stable Alternate	5 × Iron Ore50 / min 1 × Sulfuric Acid10 / min	Refinery 6 sec	10 × Iron Ingot100 / min	Tier 7 - Control System Development
Pure Iron Ingot Alternate	7 × Iron Ore35 / min 4 × Water20 / min	Refinery 12 sec	13 × Iron Ingot65 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
The HUB	20 × Iron Ore	Build Gun	1 × The HUB	Onboarding

AWESOME Sink

 Iron Ore can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 1 point.

See also

•  Iron Rod
•  Iron Plate

Gallery

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  Some iron nodes
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  Iron deposit close-up
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  A simple factory producing some Iron Rods, Iron Plates and Screws.
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  The schematic showing the same factory.
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  Unused menu icon introduced in Patch 0.3.4.7

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 0.3.2.1: Iron Resource Deposits now have the correct materials again