Beacon

Beacon
Used to mark areas of interest. Displayed on your compass with the color and name you set for it.
Equipment
Type	Tool
Stage	Establishing
Stack Size	100
Crafting
Crafted In	Manufacturer Equipment Workshop
Crafting Time	8
Clicks Needed	2
Pieces Made	1
Ingredients
3 1 15 2
Resources breakdown [Expand] 3 ×  Iron Plate 6 ×  Iron Ingot 6 ×  Iron Ore 1 ×  Iron Rod 1 ×  Iron Ingot 1 ×  Iron Ore 15 ×  Wire 5 ×  Copper Ingot 5 ×  Copper Ore 2 ×  Cable 4 ×  Wire 2 ×  Copper Ingot 2 ×  Copper Ore Total Base Ingredients 7 ×  Iron Ore 7 ×  Copper Ore

A beacon is a tool used to mark locations so that they can be more easily found later using the map and compass. It can be crafted at the Equipment Workshop.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Time (s)	Product
3 ×  Iron Plate	8	1 ×  Beacon
1 ×  Iron Rod
15 ×  Wire
2 ×  Cable
1 ×  Steel Beam	32	5 ×  Beacon alt
4 ×  Steel Pipe
1 ×  Crystal Oscillator

Input Buildings	Ingredients	Building	Product
1.5 ×  Constructor	Iron Plate  (22.5/min)	Manufacturer	7.5/min  Beacon
0.5 ×  Constructor	Iron Rod  (7.5/min)
2.5 ×  Constructor	Wire  (112.5/min)
1 ×  Constructor	Cable  (15/min)
0.19 ×  Constructor	Steel Beam  (1.9/min)	Manufacturer	9.4/min  Beacon alt
0.5 ×  Constructor	Steel Pipe  (7.5/min)
0.99 ×  Manufacturer	Crystal Oscillator  (1.9/min)

Usage

In addition to marking locations, the beacon is used to craft:

Ingredients	Time (s)	Product
5 ×  Heavy Modular Frame		Electric Locomotive
10 ×  Motor
15 ×  Steel Pipe
5 ×  Computer
5 ×  Beacon
5 ×  Heavy Modular Frame		Explorer
5 ×  Motor
5 ×  Crystal Oscillator
15 ×  Beacon
5 ×  Black Powder	20	1 ×  Nobelisk
5 ×  Steel Pipe
1 ×  Beacon
4 ×  Reinforced Iron Plate	40	1 ×  Object Scanner
3 ×  Beacon
50 ×  Screw
5 ×  Heavy Modular Frame		Radar Tower
15 ×  Crystal Oscillator
10 ×  Beacon
50 ×  Cable
2 ×  Modular Frame		Tractor
5 ×  Beacon
10 ×  Rotor
8 ×  Motor		Truck
5 ×  Computer
2 ×  Heavy Modular Frame
50 ×  Rubber
10 ×  Beacon

Gallery

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  A player holding a Beacon in the E3 2018 presentation