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Limestone is a basic type of ore which is abundant in the world. It is primarily used to produce Concrete, an essential material in factory construction.

Obtaining[]

Resource acquisition[]

Limestone 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 Limestone resource nodes is as follows:

Node
purity
Number
of nodes
Mk.3
mining rate
Mk.3 mining rate
at 250 %
Impure 12 1,440 3,600
Normal 47 11,280 28,200
Pure 27 12,960 21,060* / 32,400
Total 86 25,680 52,860* / 64,200

*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 10.7 MJ to extract 1 Limestone. Further reading: Extraction energy

Usage[]

Used to craft[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Concrete
3 × Limestone
Limestone
45 / min
Constructor
4 sec
Manual crafting × 2
1 × Concrete
Concrete
15 / min
16 MJ/item
Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 3
Rubber Concrete
Alternate
10 × Limestone
Limestone
50 / min
2 × Rubber
Rubber
10 / min
Assembler
12 sec
9 × Concrete
Concrete
45 / min
20 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Wet Concrete
Alternate
6 × Limestone
Limestone
120 / min
5 × Water
Water
100 / min
Refinery
3 sec
4 × Concrete
Concrete
80 / min
22.5 MJ/item
Tier 3 - Coal Power
Fine Concrete
Alternate
3 × Silica
Silica
7.5 / min
12 × Limestone
Limestone
30 / min
Assembler
24 sec
10 × Concrete
Concrete
25 / min
36 MJ/item
Quartz Research - Quartz
Cheap Silica
Alternate
3 × Raw Quartz
Raw Quartz
11.25 / min
5 × Limestone
Limestone
18.75 / min
Assembler
16 sec
7 × Silica
Silica
26.25 / min
34.29 MJ/item
Quartz Research - Silica

AWESOME Sink[]

Limestone Limestone can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink AWESOME Sink to yield 2 points.

Tips[]

  • Later in the game, it can be used to improve Silica production.

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