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The foundation of any factory and the source of all that is beautiful!
~ Caterina Parks's assistant Steve

Iron Ore is a basic type of ore which is abundant in the world. It is smelted into Iron Ingots or alloyed into Steel Ingots for further processing. Its Resource Scanner is unlocked after the pioneer leaves the drop-pod.

Obtaining[]

Resource acquisition[]

Iron Ore 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. Additionally, Lizard Doggos will occasionally bring it when tamed.

Items produced per minute

Miner Mk.1Miner Mk.2Miner Mk.3
Impure3060120
Normal60120240
Pure120240480

Miner Mk.1Miner Mk.2Miner Mk.3
Impure75150300
Normal150300600
Pure300600780

Number of Iron Ore resource nodes is as follows:

Node
purity
Number
of nodes
Mk.3
mining rate
Mk.3 mining rate
at 250 %
Impure 33 3,960 9,900
Normal 41 9,840 24,600
Pure 46 22,080 35,880* / 55,200
Total 120 35,880 70,380* / 89,700

*Note: The extraction rate of a Miner Mk.3 at 250 % is 1,200/min, but a Mk.5 Conveyor can only carry 780/min, therefore the maximum mined amount cannot be transported.

Extraction energy[]

It takes about 10.76 MJ to extract 1 Iron Ore. Further reading: Extraction energy

Usage[]

Crafting[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Iron Ingot
1 × Iron Ore
Iron Ore
30 / min
Smelter
2 sec
Manual crafting × 3
1 × Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
30 / min
8 MJ/item
The beginning
Steel Ingot
3 × Iron Ore
Iron Ore
45 / min
3 × Coal
Coal
45 / min
Foundry
4 sec
Manual crafting × 6
3 × Steel Ingot
Steel Ingot
45 / min
21.33 MJ/item
Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Copper Alloy Ingot
Alternate
10 × Copper Ore
Copper Ore
50 / min
5 × Iron Ore
Iron Ore
25 / min
Foundry
12 sec
20 × Copper Ingot
Copper Ingot
100 / min
9.6 MJ/item
Pure Iron Ingot
Alternate
7 × Iron Ore
Iron Ore
35 / min
4 × Water
Water
20 / min
Refinery
12 sec
13 × Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
65 / min
27.69 MJ/item
Tier 3 - Coal Power
Iron Alloy Ingot
Alternate
2 × Iron Ore
Iron Ore
20 / min
2 × Copper Ore
Copper Ore
20 / min
Foundry
6 sec
5 × Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
50 / min
19.2 MJ/item
Coke Steel Ingot
Alternate
15 × Iron Ore
Iron Ore
75 / min
15 × Petroleum Coke
Petroleum Coke
75 / min
Foundry
12 sec
20 × Steel Ingot
Steel Ingot
100 / min
9.6 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Compacted Steel Ingot
Alternate
6 × Iron Ore
Iron Ore
22.5 / min
3 × Compacted Coal
Compacted Coal
11.25 / min
Foundry
16 sec
10 × Steel Ingot
Steel Ingot
37.5 / min
25.6 MJ/item
Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production
Alternate Recipe - Compacted Coal

AWESOME Sink[]

Iron Ore Iron Ore can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink AWESOME Sink to yield 1 point.

See also[]

Gallery[]

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 0.3.2.1: Iron resource deposits now have the correct materials again


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