Coal

Coal is a resource found in the world. It can power Coal Generators and vehicles. It burns for 4 seconds in a coal generator, with a fuel value of 300MJ. Coal is mainly used for steel production, along with many other mid-game items.

Obtaining
Coal may be located using the Resource Scanner after completing the tier 3 milestone "Coal Power". It can be mined by hand or by using any of the miners. It is the first resource that engineers have to explore a medium distance to reach out to.

There are currently 36 Coal Resource nodes in-game; 1 impure, 23 normal and 12 pure, 1 of those being blocked by removable boulders. This means the upper limit of harvest rate is 23460 Coal/min (Mk.3 miners, 250% overclock, Mk.6 belt). --The blocking boulders can be removed with Nobelisk Detonator.

History

 * Patch 0.3: Fuel value was re-balanced to 300, from 270. Resulting burn time however was reduced due to an also increased generator output.