Coal is a common early-game resource found in the world which is used for advanced smelting or power generation. It can power Coal Generators and vehicles. It burns for four seconds in a Coal Generator.
For more details about Coal power, see Coal Generator.
Obtaining[]
Resource acquisition[]
Coal 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.1 | Miner Mk.2 | Miner Mk.3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impure | 30 | 60 | 120 |
| Normal | 60 | 120 | 240 |
| Pure | 120 | 240 | 480 |
| Miner Mk.1 | Miner Mk.2 | Miner Mk.3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impure | 75 | 150 | 300 |
| Normal | 150 | 300 | 600 |
| Pure | 300 | 600 | 1200 |
Number of Coal resource nodes is as follows:
| Node purity |
Number of nodes |
Mk.3 mining rate |
Mk.3 mining rate at 250 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impure | 6 | 720 | 1,800 |
| Normal | 29 | 6,960 | 17,400 |
| Pure | 14 | 6,720 | 10,920* / 16,800 |
| Total | 49 | 14,400 | 30,120* / 36,000 |
*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 10.88 MJ to extract 1 Coal. Further reading: Extraction energy
Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miner 1 sec | 1 ×  Coal 60 / min | Tier 3 - Coal Power | ||||||||||||||
5 ×  Biomass 37.5 / min | Constructor 8 sec | 6 × Coal 45 / min 5.33 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Coal Power | |||||||||||||
1 ×  Wood 15 / min | Constructor 4 sec | 10 × Coal 150 / min 1.6 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Coal Power | |||||||||||||
Alternate recipes analysis[]
Alternate recipes analysis for Coal is not applicable as both alternate recipes cannot be fully automated. However, to produce electricity with no resources on hand other than water for the coal generator, buying biomass in the AWESOME shop and converting it to biocoal appears to be the most efficient solution in terms of coupons (72000 MJ/coupon).
Usage[]
Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 ×  Alumina Solution 240 / min | 2 × Coal 120 / min | Refinery 1 sec | 6 ×  Aluminum Scrap 360 / min 5 MJ/item | 2 ×  Water 120 / min 15 MJ/item | Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement | |||||||||||
1 × Coal 15 / min | 1 ×  Sulfur 15 / min | Assembler 4 sec  × 2 | 2 ×  Black Powder 30 / min 30 MJ/item | Sulfur Research - Black Powder | ||||||||||||
5 × Coal 25 / min | 5 × Sulfur 25 / min | Assembler 12 sec | 5 ×  Compacted Coal 25 / min 36 MJ/item | Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal | ||||||||||||
4 × Coal 30 / min | 2 ×  Iron Plate 15 / min | Manufacturer 8 sec × 2 | 1 ×  Gas Filter 7.5 / min 440 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Gas Mask | ||||||||||||
2 ×  Fabric 15 / min | ||||||||||||||||
3 ×  Iron Ore 45 / min | 3 × Coal 45 / min | Foundry 4 sec × 6 | 3 ×  Steel Ingot 45 / min 21.33 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
15 ×  Bauxite 150 / min | 10 × Coal 100 / min | Blender 6 sec | 30 × Aluminum Scrap 300 / min 15 MJ/item | 5 × Water 50 / min 90 MJ/item | Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering | |||||||||||
5 ×  Sulfuric Acid 50 / min | 6 × Water 60 / min | |||||||||||||||
25 ×  Raw Quartz 75 / min | 12 × Coal 36 / min | Foundry 20 sec | 18 ×  Quartz Crystal 54 / min 17.78 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Coal Power Quartz Research - Quartz Crystals | ||||||||||||
2 ×  Iron Ingot 40 / min | 2 × Coal 40 / min | Foundry 3 sec | 3 × Steel Ingot 60 / min 16 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
AWESOME Sink[]
Tips[]
- Some Coal nodes are blocked by boulders which can be detonated using a Nobelisk Detonator.
- Most Coal nodes are near the water, except some at the Grass Fields and Dune Desert. It is advised to avoid these nodes when setting up Coal power.
Current issue[]
While the Satisfactory Interactive Map indicates that there are 15 pure nodes, one of the pure nodes in Dune Desert overlaps with another, effectively reducing the resource node count by 1. Thus, 780/min of Coal resources is lost.
See also[]
Gallery[]
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Two coal nodes in the Dune Desert -
A coal deposit -
Coal running into a Coal Generator in a pre-alpha build of the game. -
Coal nodes by the water body are useful for setting up Coal Power.
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: Fuel value was re-balanced to 300, from 270. The resulting burn time however was reduced due to increased Coal Generator power output.
- Patch 0.2.1.19: New mesh and icon introduced
