Plastic

Plastic is a mid-game item refined from Crude Oil commonly used in Computers and other advanced items.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Plastic	3 × Crude Oil30 / min	Refinery 6 sec	2 × Plastic20 / min 1 × Heavy Oil Residue10 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Residual Plastic	6 × Polymer Resin60 / min 2 × Water20 / min	Refinery 6 sec	2 × Plastic20 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Recycled Plastic Alternate	6 × Rubber30 / min 6 × Fuel30 / min	Refinery 12 sec	12 × Plastic60 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing

AWESOME Shop

Name	Cost	Contents
Plastic	1	200x  Plastic

Usage

Research

 Plastic is used for research in the Caterium Research chain in the MAM.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Circuit Board	2 × Copper Sheet15 / min 4 × Plastic30 / min	Assembler 8 sec Craft Bench  × 6	1 × Circuit Board7.5 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Computer	4 × Circuit Board10 / min 8 × Cable20 / min 16 × Plastic40 / min	Manufacturer 24 sec Craft Bench  × 18	1 × Computer2.5 / min	Tier 6 - Industrial Manufacturing
Empty Canister	2 × Plastic30 / min	Constructor 4 sec Craft Bench  × 2	4 × Empty Canister60 / min	Tier 5 - Fluid Packaging
Hazmat Suit	50 × Rubber25 / min 50 × Plastic25 / min 50 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet25 / min 50 × Fabric25 / min	Equipment Workshop  × 60	1 × Hazmat Suit0.5 / min	Tier 7 - Hazmat Suit
Supercomputer	4 × Computer7.5 / min 2 × AI Limiter3.75 / min 3 × High-Speed Connector5.625 / min 28 × Plastic52.5 / min	Manufacturer 32 sec Craft Bench  × 24	1 × Supercomputer1.875 / min	Tier 7 - Control System Development
Caterium Circuit Board Alternate	10 × Plastic12.5 / min 30 × Quickwire37.5 / min	Assembler 48 sec	7 × Circuit Board8.75 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing AND MAM Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots
Classic Battery Alternate	6 × Sulfur45 / min 7 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet52.5 / min 8 × Plastic60 / min 12 × Wire90 / min	Manufacturer 8 sec	4 × Battery30 / min	Tier 7 - Control System Development
Coated Iron Plate Alternate	5 × Iron Ingot37.5 / min 1 × Plastic7.5 / min	Assembler 8 sec	10 × Iron Plate75 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Plastic AI Limiter Alternate	30 × Quickwire120 / min 7 × Plastic28 / min	Assembler 15 sec	2 × AI Limiter8 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing AND MAM Caterium Research - AI Limiter
Plastic Smart Plating Alternate	1 × Reinforced Iron Plate2.5 / min 1 × Rotor2.5 / min 3 × Plastic7.5 / min	Manufacturer 24 sec	2 × Smart Plating5 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Recycled Rubber Alternate	6 × Plastic30 / min 6 × Fuel30 / min	Refinery 12 sec	12 × Rubber60 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Clean Pipeline Mk.2	2 × Copper Sheet 1 × Plastic	Build Gun	1 × Clean Pipeline Mk.2	AWESOME Shop - Clean Pipeline Mk.2
Fluid Freight Platform	5 × Motor 10 × Encased Industrial Beam 25 × Plastic 50 × Concrete 100 × Wire	Build Gun	1 × Fluid Freight Platform	Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology
Freight Platform	5 × Motor 10 × Encased Industrial Beam 25 × Plastic 50 × Concrete 100 × Wire	Build Gun	1 × Freight Platform	Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology
Industrial Fluid Buffer	5 × Encased Industrial Beam 10 × Copper Sheet 25 × Plastic	Build Gun	1 × Industrial Fluid Buffer	Tier 5 - Petroleum Power
Manufacturer	10 × Motor 20 × Modular Frame 50 × Plastic 50 × Cable	Build Gun	1 × Manufacturer	Tier 6 - Industrial Manufacturing
Packager	20 × Steel Beam 10 × Rubber 10 × Plastic	Build Gun	1 × Packager	Tier 5 - Fluid Packaging
Pipeline Mk.2	2 × Copper Sheet 1 × Plastic	Build Gun	1 × Pipeline Mk.2	Tier 6 - Pipeline Engineering Mk.2
Pipeline Pump Mk.2	1 × Heavy Modular Frame 2 × Motor 10 × Plastic	Build Gun	1 × Pipeline Pump Mk.2	Tier 6 - Pipeline Engineering Mk.2
Train Station	10 × Encased Industrial Beam 50 × Plastic 50 × Concrete 200 × Wire	Build Gun	1 × Train Station	Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology

AWESOME Sink

 Plastic can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 75 points.

Tips

Later in the game when you have collected the majority of the Hard Drives, be sure to unlock the following Alternate Recipes:

•  Heavy Oil Residue
•  Diluted Packaged Fuel or  Diluted Fuel
•  Recycled Plastic
•  Recycled Rubber

Combine these with Packaged Water, Unpackaged Fuel, and Residual Rubber to form a closed-loop production of Plastic and/or Rubber without any wastage, increasing the Oil to Plastic/Rubber conversion ratio up to 1:3. Empty Canisters from fuel unpackaging are reused and recycled back to the water packaging.

Trivia

• On one corner of the item mesh there is a warning sign, 'Warning, choking hazard - small parts, not for children under 3 yrs'.

Gallery

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  Producing 900 Plastic / min from 300 m³/min Crude Oil without wastage. AWESOME Sink is required at Residual Rubber belt via overflow splitter to prevent jamming.
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  The plan of the Plastic production at 900 Plastic/min.
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  A warning sign displayed on the mesh of the Plastic item.
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  Modular Plastic Setup (81 Plastic / min)

History

• Patch 0.4.1.0: Stack size 100 -> 200
• Patch 0.3.3.0: Reworked & optimized several resources/parts: Plastic
• Patch Closed Alpha 4: Mesh updates: Plastic