Sulfur

Sulfur is a rare mid-game resource found in the world. It is used for Black Powder, Compacted Coal and some late-game parts.

Obtaining

Unlocking

 Sulfur is added to the Resource Scanner via the Sulfur Research chain in the MAM using:

10

Additionally, its resource scanner is unlocked in the Tier 7 milestone Aeronautical Engineering.

Resource acquisition

Sulfur 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 Sulfur resource nodes is as follows:

Node purity	Number of nodes	Mk.3 mining rate	Mk.3 mining rate at 250 %
Impure	6	720	1,800
Normal	5	1,200	3,000
Pure	5	2,400	6,000
Total	16	4,320	10,800

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Sulfur (Coal)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 20 × Coal200 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Sulfur120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Sulfur (Iron)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 30 × Iron Ore300 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Sulfur120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion

Converting SAM to Sulfur

Sulfur can be created from SAM in vast quantities by using a closed loop of Converters. In fact, the total Sulfur that can be created from a single pure SAM node is over half the total output of every Sulfur node in the world combined at 250%. By converting Sulfur to Limestone to Iron Ore to Coal to Sulfur with Somersloops at each step, the net gain is 39.3333 SAM to 364 Sulfur. One pure SAM node at 250% produces 1200 SAM/min, which, with Somersloops in the Reanimated SAM constructors converts to 5,552 Sulfur/min. If the Reanimated SAM constructors are not slooped as well, the output will be 2,776 Sulfur/min, still over twice as much as a pure Sulfur node at 250%.

Usage

Research

 Sulfur reveals the Sulfur Research chain in the MAM when picked up.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Black Powder	1 × Coal15 / min 1 × Sulfur15 / min	Assembler 4 sec Equipment Workshop  × 4	2 × Black Powder30 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Black Powder
Copper Ore (Sulfur)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 12 × Sulfur120 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Copper Ore120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Limestone (Sulfur)	1 × Reanimated SAM10 / min 2 × Sulfur20 / min	Converter 6 sec 100 - 400 MW	12 × Limestone120 / min	Tier 9 - Matter Conversion
Sulfuric Acid	5 × Sulfur50 / min 5 × Water50 / min	Refinery 6 sec	5 × Sulfuric Acid50 / min	Tier 7 - Control System Development
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
Compacted Coal Alternate	5 × Coal25 / min 5 × Sulfur25 / min	Assembler 12 sec	5 × Compacted Coal25 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal
Fine Black Powder Alternate	1 × Sulfur7.5 / min 2 × Compacted Coal15 / min	Assembler 8 sec	6 × Black Powder45 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal
Infused Uranium Cell Alternate	5 × Uranium25 / min 3 × Silica15 / min 5 × Sulfur25 / min 15 × Quickwire75 / min	Manufacturer 12 sec	4 × Encased Uranium Cell20 / min	Tier 8 - Nuclear Power AND MAM Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots AND MAM Quartz Research - Quartz AND MAM Sulfur Research - Sulfur
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
Turbo Blend Fuel Alternate	2 × Fuel15 / min 4 × Heavy Oil Residue30 / min 3 × Sulfur22.5 / min 3 × Petroleum Coke22.5 / min	Blender 8 sec	6 × Turbofuel45 / min	Tier 7 - Control System Development

AWESOME Sink

 Sulfur can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 11 points.

Trivia

• Traditional gunpowder is composed of sulfur, carbon, and saltpeter (potassium nitrate). Therefore, Black Powder is created by combining Coal and Sulfur.

See also

•  Black Powder
•  Compacted Coal
•  Sulfuric Acid

Gallery

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  Two sulfur nodes near the Northern Forest
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  A sulfur node close-up
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  A sulfur deposit
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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 0.1.5: Now is researchable in the MAM, can be crafted into Black Powder and uses a new mesh