Uranium

Uranium
Uranium is a radioactive element. Used to produce Encased Uranium Cells for Uranium Fuel Rods. Caution: Moderately Radioactive.
Class name	Desc_OreUranium_C
Item
Stack size	100
Radioactive	15
Sink points	35
Abbrev­iation	U

Uranium is a rare late-game resource found in the world. It is involved in the Uranium Fuel Rod production, and gives off radiation.

Obtaining

Resource acquisition

Uranium 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 Uranium resource nodes is as follows:

Node purity	Number of nodes	Mk.3 mining rate	Mk.3 mining rate at 250 %
Impure	1	120	300
Normal	3	720	1,800
Pure	0	0	0
Total	4	840	2,100

Extraction energy

It takes about 14.85 MJ to extract 1 Uranium. Further reading: Extraction energy

Resource Node location

Grass Fields cave node

Located in the long tunnel connecting the northern most and lowest of the grasslands to the high northern and upper part of the Eastern Dune Forest. Small groups of Small Stingers guard both ends of the tunnel, each group guarding a Power Slug there.

The node is located inside a large cavern in the middle of the tunnel. This cavern contains a large group of Small Stingers guarding a Power Slug on a cliff and an Elite Stinger guarding the node itself, with an additional Large Stinger in the tunnel when approaching from the north.

Swamp cave node

Located behind the large waterfall in the swamp. Ground level access to the cave is located on the right side, guarded by a few Flying Crab Hatchers. Several Uranium deposits line this entrance to the cavern.

Numerous Stingers are in the cave, including an Elite Stinger guarding the node itself. Further back in the cave is a second Elite Stinger guarding a Purple Power Slug.

Red Jungle node

Located in a small depression in the center of the Red Plateau, near center of the eastern half of the Red Jungle.

This node is heavily guarded by five Large Stingers at the node itself and two Alpha Spitters on the cliff right above the node. In addition to those at the node itself there is another Large Stinger on a small plateu just north of the node, two more Large Stingers on a small plateau southwest of the node, and two Elite Stingers through a small tunnel west of the node.

Rocky Desert node

Located on top of the tallest natural peak in the map, on the top of a rocky spire in the northeastern part of the Rocky Desert, along with a purple Power Slug, requiring considerable vertical scaling to reach.

Aside from the lone Flying Crab Hatcher on the plateau below the peak, this node is unguarded. This is the only impure Uranium Node.

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Encased Uranium Cell	10 × Uranium50 / min 3 × Concrete15 / min 8 × Sulfuric Acid40 / min	Blender 12 sec	5 × Encased Uranium Cell25 / min 2 × Sulfuric Acid10 / min	Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
Fertile Uranium Alternate	5 × Uranium25 / min 5 × Uranium Waste25 / min 3 × Nitric Acid15 / min 5 × Sulfuric Acid25 / min	Blender 12 sec	20 × Non-fissile Uranium100 / min 8 × Water40 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
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 OR MAM Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots OR MAM Quartz Research - Quartz OR MAM Sulfur Research - Sulfur

AWESOME Sink

 Uranium can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 35 points.

Trivia

• Tamed Lizard Doggos can bring Uranium at any game stage. Unlike Uranium Waste, it can be safely disposed to the trash slot without picking it up.
• Deposits of Uranium can be found in clusters, mainly in end-game areas such as Red Bamboo Fields and around some Crash Sites.

See also

•  Uranium Fuel Rod

Gallery

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  Uranium node located in a cave.

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  Uranium Ore dropped onto the ground.

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  Uranium deposits surrounding a Crash Site.

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  Radiation indicator as it appeared before Update 2.

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  Unused menu icon introduced in Patch 0.3.4.7

History

• Patch 0.6.0.2: Fixed a Uranium nodes that was missing
• Patch 0.5.0.5: Fixed some missing Uranium IDs
• Patch 0.5.0.4: Re-added missing Uranium Resource Node
• 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 0.2.1.19: New mesh and icon introduced
• Patch 0.1.14: Now can be crafted into Encased Uranium Cells and uses a new mesh