Coal
Coal | |
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Mainly used as fuel for vehicles & coal generators and for steel production. | |
Unlocked at | Tier 3 - Coal Power |
Category | Ores |
Stack Size | 100 |
Sink Value | 3 |
Blueprint Path
/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/RawResources/Coal/Desc_Coal.Desc_Coal_C | |
Fuel | |
Energy | 300 MJ |
Stack Energy | 30 GJ |
Burn Time
5.455s in Tractor 4s in Coal Generator/es 4s in Coal Generator 4s in Truck 3.333s in Explorer 2s in Cyber Wagon | |
Stack Burn Time
9m 5.455s in Tractor 6m 40s in Coal Generator/es 6m 40s in Coal Generator 6m 40s in Truck 5m 33.333s in Explorer 3m 20s in Cyber Wagon |
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.
Contents
Obtaining[edit | edit source]
Resource acquisition[edit | edit source]
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. Additonally, Lizard Doggos will ocassionally bring it when tamed.
- Items produced per minute
Miner Mk.1 | Miner Mk.2 | Miner Mk.3 | |
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Impure | 30 | 60 | 120 |
Normal | 60 | 120 | 240 |
Pure | 120 | 240 | 480 |
Miner Mk.1 | Miner Mk.2 | Miner Mk.3 | |
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Impure | 75 | 150 | 300 |
Normal | 150 | 300 | 600 |
Pure | 300 | 600 | 780 |
Number of Coal resource nodes is as follows:
Node purity | Number of nodes | Mk.3 mining rate | Mk.3 mining rate at 250 % |
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Impure | 6 | 720 | 1800 |
Normal | 29 | 6960 | 17400 |
Pure | 15 | 7200 | 18000 |
Total | 50 | 14880 | 30900* / 37200 |
*Note: The extraction rate of a Miner Mk.3 at 250 % is 1200/min, but a Mk.5 Conveyor can only carry 780/min, therefore the maximum mined amount cannot be transported.
Crafting[edit | edit source]
Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
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Miner 1 sec | 60 / min | Tier 3 - Coal Power | ||||||||||||||
37.5 / min | Constructor 8 sec | 45 / min 5.33 MJ / item | Tier 3 - Coal Power | |||||||||||||
15 / min | Constructor 4 sec | 150 / min 1.6 MJ / item | Tier 3 - Coal Power |
Usage[edit | edit source]
Crafting[edit | edit source]
Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
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240 / min | 120 / min | Refinery 1 sec | 360 / min 5 MJ / item | 120 / min 15 MJ / item | Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement | |||||||||||
150 / min | 100 / min | Blender 6 sec | 300 / min 15 MJ / item | 50 / min 90 MJ / item | Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering | |||||||||||
50 / min | 60 / min | |||||||||||||||
7.5 / min | 15 / min | Assembler 8 sec ![]() | 7.5 / min 120 MJ / item | Sulfur Research - Black Powder | ||||||||||||
25 / min | 25 / min | Assembler 12 sec | 25 / min 36 MJ / item | Tier 3 - Coal Power Sulfur Research - Sulfur | ||||||||||||
37.5 / min | 15 / min | Manufacturer 8 sec ![]() | 7.5 / min 440 MJ / item | Tier 5 - Gas Mask | ||||||||||||
15 / min | ||||||||||||||||
45 / min | 45 / min | Foundry 4 sec ![]() | 45 / min 21.33 MJ / item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
40 / min | 40 / min | Foundry 3 sec | 60 / min 16 MJ / item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production |
AWESOME Sink[edit | edit source]
Tips[edit | edit source]
- 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.
See also[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Two coal nodes in the Dune Desert
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[edit | edit source]
- 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