Tractor
| “ | It's pretty sweet, y'know. | „ |
| ~ FICSIT pioneers |
The Tractor (aka "The Sugarcube"[1]) is a small, wheeled vehicle which can be either driven by the pioneer or have its movements automated. This multipurpose vehicle is the the first (off-road) vehicle the pioneer has access to, being unlocked in Tier 3.[2] It can interact with Truck Stations to load and unload cargo and is succeeded by the Truck.
The Tractor will destroy any small vegetation, such as bushes and small trees, on collision. Other than pioneers, the vehicle's 25-slot inventory can be used to transport large amounts of resources. However, it is a relatively slow vehicle and handles rough terrain poorly when compared to other in-game vehicles (excluding the factory cart).
Usage
The Tractor's inventory slots can be accessed by interacting with a red box in the rear of the vehicle. Along with inventory interaction, fueling this unit is achieved by inputting up to a stack of fuel into the fuel slot. All fuels are accepted, ranging from 
Leaves to 
Plutonium Fuel Rods. Not all fuels have the same energy potential and those with more energy potential last longer, but don't otherwise affect anything with the vehicle. Additionally, the built-in Craft Bench can be accessed from the same menu, by using a tabber located at the top of the menu.
Once the Tractor is fueled, the Pioneer can enter the vehicle and drive it. If the Tractor runs out of fuel while driving the Pioneer is prevented from accelerating and braking. Automated routes can be recorded using the self-driving menu Q.
Be careful near the edge of the map. If a tractor falls off it won't respawn, and the icon will remain on the map with no way to remove it.
Fuel consumption
| Fuel Type | Fuel Value (MJ) |
Biomass Burner (30 MW) |
Coal-Powered Generator (75 MW) |
Fuel-Powered Generator (250 MW) |
Nuclear Power Plant (2500 MW) |
Cyber Wagon (150 MW) |
Tractor (55 MW) |
Truck (75 MW) |
Explorer (90 MW) |
Chainsaw (75 MW) |
Jetpack (60-600 MW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves |
15 | 0.50s | - | - | - | 0.10s | 0.27s | 0.2s | 0.17s | - | - |
 Wood |
100 | 3.33s | - | - | - | 0.67s | 1.82s | 1.33s | 1.11s | - | - |
 Mycelia |
20 | 0.67s | - | - | - | 0.13s | 0.36s | 0.27s | 0.22s | - | - |
 Hog Remains |
250 | 8.33s | - | - | - | 1.67s | 4.55s | 3.33s | 2.78s | - | - |
 Plasma Spitter Remains |
250 | 8.33s | - | - | - | 1.67s | 4.55s | 3.33s | 2.78s | - | - |
 Stinger Remains |
250 | 8.33s | - | - | - | 1.67s | 4.55s | 3.33s | 2.78s | - | - |
 Hatcher Remains |
250 | 8.33s | - | - | - | 1.67s | 4.55s | 3.33s | 2.78s | - | - |
 Biomass |
180 | 6.00s | - | - | - | 1.20s | 3.27s | 2.40s | 2.00s | - | - |
 Solid Biofuel |
450 | 15.00s | - | - | - | 3.00s | 8.18s | 6.00s | 5.00s | 6.00s | 2.83s |
 Liquid Biofuel |
750 | - | - | 3.00s | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Packaged Liquid Biofuel |
750 | 25.00s | - | - | - | 5.00s | 13.64s | 10.00s | 8.33s | - | 12.50s |
 Coal |
300 | - | 4.00s | - | - | 2.00s | 5.45s | 4.00s | 3.33s | - | - |
 Compacted Coal |
630 | - | 8.40s | - | - | 4.20s | 11.45s | 8.40s | 7.00s | - | - |
 Petroleum Coke |
180 | - | 2.40s | - | - | 1.20s | 3.27s | 2.40s | 2.00s | - | - |
 Fuel |
750 | - | - | 3.00s | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Packaged Fuel |
750 | - | - | - | - | 5.00s | 13.64s | 10.00s | 8.33s | - | 5.00s |
 Turbofuel |
2000 | - | - | 8.00s | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Packaged Turbofuel |
2000 | - | - | - | - | 13.33s | 36.36s | 26.67s | 22.22s | - | 3.33s |
 Rocket Fuel |
3600 | - | - | 14.40s | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Packaged Rocket Fuel |
7200 | - | - | - | - | 48.00s | 130.91s | 96.00s | 80.00s | - | 4.00s |
 Ionized Fuel |
5000 | - | - | 20.00s | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Packaged Ionized Fuel |
10000 | - | - | - | - | 66.67s | 181.81s | 133.33s | 111.11s | - | 7.00s |
 Packaged Heavy Oil Residue |
400 | - | - | - | - | 2.67s | 7.27s | 5.33s | 4.44s | - | - |
 Packaged Oil |
320 | - | - | - | - | 2.13s | 5.82s | 4.27s | 3.56s | - | - |
 Battery |
6000 | - | - | - | - | 40.00s | 109.00s (1m 49s) |
80.00s (1m 20.00s) |
66.70s (1m 6.70s) |
- | - |
 Uranium Fuel Rod |
750000 | - | - | - | 300.00s (5m) |
5000.00s (1h 23m 20s) |
13636.00s (3h 47m 16s) |
10000.00s (2h 46m 40s) |
8333.00s (2h 18m 53s) |
- | - |
| Plutonium Fuel Rod |
1500000 | - | - | - | 600.00s (10m) |
10000.00s (2h 46m 40s) |
27272.00s (7h 34m 32s) |
20000.00s (5h 33m 20s) |
16666.00s (4h 37m 46s) |
- | - |
 Ficsonium Fuel Rod |
150000 | - | - | - | 60.00s (1m) |
1000.00s (16m 40s) |
2727.00s (45m 27s) |
2000.00s (33m 20s) |
1666.00s (27m 46s) |
- | - |
Achievements
Establish dominance • "Hit a creature with a vehicle."
Look both ways next time • "Get knocked over by a vehicle."
Too fast, Too factory • "Move faster than 140 km/h."Trivia
- The speed of a Tractor traveling on flat Foundations or relatively level terrain is 69 kilometers per hour. [3][4]
Gallery
A pioneer driving the tractor
History
- Patch 0.8.2.0:
- Fixed Tractor headlights breaking when opening its inventory
- Replaced some audio files for the Tractor
- Tweaks and adjustments for Tractor audio
- Patch 0.8.0.0
- Moved Vehicle physics to using Unreal Engine 5 Chaos
- Overhauled all Vehicle sounds
- Improved the manual driving of all Vehicles
- Reworked all Vehicle trunks visually simplifying the animation and adding a new sound
- Added functionality for Vehicles to deal damage to creatures by hitting them
- Damage dealt is relative to vehicle speed and size
- Patch 0.6.0.0:
- Changed 5 Beacon cost to 10 Reinforced Iron Plate
- Changed Rotor cost from 5 to 10
Early game development
Prior to Closed Alpha, the Tractor was the second vehicle, after the Truck, that appeared in the game during early development.
- See also: Game Development - Tractor
References
| Motor vehicles |  Tractor •  Truck •  Explorer •  Factory Cart •  Golden Factory Cart •  Cyber Wagon •  Truck Station •  Drone Port •  Drone |
|---|---|
| Rail vehicles | |
| Hypertubes | |
| Pioneer transport | |
