PRODUCTION CALCULATOR

Basic Fuel

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EXACT RECIPE + PRODUCER

Production option

OUTPUT TARGET

Throughput input mode

1 machine at 100%

10/min total output

UPSTREAM PREVIEW

Trace the full production chain

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UPSTREAM MACHINE SETAll released machines
Use upstream recipes from
  • Basic FuelCompounderBasic Fuel1 machine10/min
    • Wolfram Powder
      Production approach for Wolfram Powder
      1 machine @ 13.3%40/min
    • Goethite PowderCompounderGoethite Powder1 machine @ 16.7%20/min
    • Liquid Helium
      Production approach for Liquid Helium
      1 machine @ 40%40/min
How automatic choices work

Automatic choices use a disclosed throughput-first preview, not a whole-factory optimum. Ore remains a terminal mined resource, so node purity is never guessed.

SECONDARY DETAILSDirect machine step & utilitiesTotal output10/min

DIRECT PRODUCTION STEP

Machine-bank flow

IN

Required inputs

  • Wolfram Powder40/min per machine40/min
  • Goethite Powder20/min per machine20/min
  • Liquid Helium40/min per machine40/min

PRODUCER

Compounder

Basic Fuel
Machines
1
Cycles/min
10
OUT

Machine-bank output

  • Basic Fuel10/min per machine10/min

VERIFIED UTILITIES

Machine-bank demand

Power
6060 each
Core load
150150 each

FULL-CHAIN TOTALS

Production summary

Sustained source inputs and whole production machines for the currently selected chain.
Resource types
6
Production machines
20 machines
IN

Resources required

Repeated source branches are combined in items/min.

  • Calcium OreSource resource3.592/min
  • Goethite OreSource resource0.96/min
  • Helium-3Source resource19.64/min
  • Sulphur OreSource resource13.24/min
  • Titanium OreSource resource0.533/min
  • Wolfram OreSource resource9.36/min

Extraction quick reference

Convert sustained demand into source nodes.

Ore extractor tier

Counts are alternatives assuming every tap uses the same purity.

Resource-node estimates by ore purity
ResourceNeedImpureNormalPure
Calcium Ore3.592/min160/min each1120/min each1240/min each
Titanium Ore0.533/min160/min each1120/min each1240/min each
Wolfram Ore9.36/min160/min each1120/min each1240/min each
Fixed-rate sources
  • Goethite OreLaser Drill1×15/min each
  • Helium-3Helium-3 Extractor1×240/min each
  • Sulphur OreSulfur Extractor1×240/min each

Machines to build

Ordered from source processing toward final production.

  • Pyro ForgeGoethite Ingot · 6.4% sustained load1×
  • SmelterCalcium Block · 6% sustained load1×
  • SmelterTitanium Bar · 0.9% sustained load1×
  • SmelterWolfram Bar · 15.6% sustained load1×
  • FabricatorCalcite Sheets · 2% sustained load1×
  • Fabricator v.2Titanium Sheet · 0.9% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Calcium Powder · 7.5% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Wolfram Powder · 15.6% sustained load1×
  • Compounder v.2Pressurized Helium · 10.3% sustained load1×
  • Fabricator v.2Tube · 5.3% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Ceramics · 1.3% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Chemicals · 7.3% sustained load1×
  • CompounderGoethite Powder · 16.7% sustained load1×
  • Compounder v.2Sulphuric Acid · 1.3% sustained load1×
  • FurnaceSynthetic Silicon · 2.7% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Glass · 4% sustained load1×
  • FabricatorApplicator · 10.7% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Hardening Agent · 10.7% sustained load1×
  • Compounder v.2Liquid Helium · 40% sustained load1×
  • CompounderBasic Fuel · 100% sustained load1×

Identical recipe assignments are consolidated before whole-machine rounding. Extraction estimates are planning references and are not included in the production-machine total.

As of Update 1 · hotfix 0.2.8
Data provenance

The public hotfix above was current when this catalog was captured. Numerical values retain the source dataset’s separate claimed build.

Public hotfix build
Steam build 23761620
Claimed data build
Update 1 0.2.0 · Steam build 22674441
Source snapshot
ea-u1-gv35118973__srdb-2.3.4__20260711T050230Z
Catalog revision
catalog-a24a13016b1371ac0c7fe2d53a58416dadd2b95b0cdfceda1921b0e0a02ea732
Captured
Jul 11, 2026, 5:02:30 AM UTC