Compacted Coal

Compacted Coal
A much more efficient alternative for Coal. Used as fuel for vehicles and Coal Generators.
Unlocked at	Alternate Recipe - Compacted Coal
Stack Size	100
Sink Value	28
Fuel
Energy	630 MJ
Stack Energy	63 GJ
Burn Time 11.455s in Tractor 8.4s in Truck 8.4s in Coal Generator 7s in Explorer 4.2s in Cyber Wagon
Stack Burn Time 19m 5.455s in Tractor 14m in Truck 14m in Coal Generator 11m 40s in Explorer 7m in Cyber Wagon

Compacted Coal is an improved version of Coal made by combining it with Sulfur. It is commonly used in alternate recipes involving fuels and Coal-related items.

Obtaining

Unlocking

 Compacted Coal is unlocked via the Hard Drive Research chain in the M.A.M. using:

1

Its recipe is unlocked exclusively as an alternate recipe. It will only appear in the selection if  Sulfur has been researched in the M.A.M..

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Compacted Coal Alternate	5 × Coal 25 / min						5 × Sulfur 25 / min						Assembler 12 sec	5 × Compacted Coal 25 / min 36 MJ / item		Tier 3 - Coal Power Sulfur Research - Sulfur

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Fine Black Powder (Gun Powder) Alternate	2 × Sulfur 7.5 / min						1 × Compacted Coal 3.75 / min						Assembler 16 sec	4 × Black Powder 15 / min 60 MJ / item		Alternate Recipe - Compacted Coal
Compacted Steel Ingot Alternate	6 × Iron Ore 22.5 / min						3 × Compacted Coal 11.25 / min						Foundry 16 sec	10 × Steel Ingot 37.5 / min 25.6 MJ / item		Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production Alternate Recipe - Compacted Coal
Turbofuel Alternate	6 × Fuel 22.5 / min						4 × Compacted Coal 15 / min						Refinery 16 sec	5 × Turbofuel 18.75 / min 96 MJ / item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Alternate Recipe - Compacted Coal
Turbo Heavy Fuel Alternate	5 × Heavy Oil Residue 37.5 / min						4 × Compacted Coal 30 / min						Refinery 8 sec	4 × Turbofuel 30 / min 60 MJ / item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Alternate Recipe - Compacted Coal

AWESOME Sink

 Compacted Coal can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 28 points.

See also

• Coal
• Sulfur
• Turbofuel

History

• Patch 0.3: Fuel value re-balance from 600 to 630MJ, also nerfed the conversion from 150% to 100% which reduced the maximum production by 33%.