Iron Ore

Iron Ore
Used for crafting. The most essential basic resource.
Class name	Desc_OreIron_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink points	1
Abbrev­iation	Iron

“	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. Additonally, Lizard Doggos will ocassionally bring it when tamed.

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	780

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	33	3,960	9,900
Normal	41	9,840	24,600
Pure	46	22,080	35,880* / 55,200
Total	120	35,880	70,380* / 89,700

^*Note: The extraction rate of a Miner Mk.3 at 250 % is 1,200/min, but a Mk.5 Conveyor can only carry 780/min, therefore the maximum mined amount cannot be transported.

Extraction energy

It takes about 10.76 MJ to extract 1 Iron Ore. Further reading: Extraction energy

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
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
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	6 × Iron Ore22.5 / min 3 × Compacted Coal11.25 / min	Foundry 16 sec	10 × Steel Ingot37.5 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal OR Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Copper Alloy Ingot Alternate	10 × Copper Ore50 / min 5 × Iron Ore25 / min	Foundry 12 sec	20 × Copper Ingot100 / min
Iron Alloy Ingot Alternate	2 × Iron Ore20 / min 2 × Copper Ore20 / min	Foundry 6 sec	5 × Iron Ingot50 / min
Pure Iron Ingot Alternate	7 × Iron Ore35 / min 4 × Water20 / min	Refinery 12 sec	13 × Iron Ingot65 / min	Tier 3 - Coal Power

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