PRODUCTION CALCULATOR

Goethite Powder

Compare exact approaches, set machines or an output target, then trace every dependency to its source.

EXACT RECIPE + PRODUCER

Production option

OUTPUT TARGET

Throughput input mode

1 machine at 100%

120/min total output

UPSTREAM PREVIEW

Trace the full production chain

Expand branches as needed; compare exact v1/v2 choices inline.
UPSTREAM MACHINE SETAll released machines
Use upstream recipes from
  • Goethite PowderCompounderGoethite Powder1 machine120/min
    • Goethite IngotPyro ForgeGoethite Ingot1 machine @ 20%30/min
    • Pressurized Helium
      Production approach for Pressurized Helium
      1 machine @ 33.3%30/min
    • Calcium Powder
      Production approach for Calcium Powder
      1 machine @ 15%30/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 output120/min

DIRECT PRODUCTION STEP

Machine-bank flow

IN

Required inputs

  • Goethite Ingot30/min per machine30/min
  • Pressurized Helium30/min per machine30/min
  • Calcium Powder30/min per machine30/min

PRODUCER

Compounder

Goethite Powder
Machines
1
Cycles/min
30
OUT

Machine-bank output

  • Goethite Powder120/min per machine120/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
4
Production machines
5 machines
IN

Resources required

Repeated source branches are combined in items/min.

  • Calcium OreSource resource6/min
  • Goethite OreSource resource3/min
  • Helium-3Source resource20/min
  • Sulphur OreSource resource20/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 Ore6/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.

  • Compounder v.2Pressurized Helium · 33.3% sustained load1×
  • Pyro ForgeGoethite Ingot · 20% sustained load1×
  • SmelterCalcium Block · 10% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Calcium Powder · 15% sustained load1×
  • CompounderGoethite Powder · 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 2 · hotfix 0.3.2
Data provenance

Recipes include Creepy Jar’s Update 2 balance changes. Other catalog details retain the earlier dataset until they are checked again.

Public hotfix build
Steam build 25118010
Claimed data build
Update 2 · Steam build 25052139
Source snapshot
ea-u2-build25052139__official-overlay-1__20260905T000000Z
Catalog revision
catalog-fd341e9be99f7d96178cb1d6a29a0e66a05ce847acc8cda979e4a9732ef51692
Captured
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00:00 AM UTC