Raw Quartz

Raw Quartz is a semi-rare mid-game resource found in the world. It is processed into Quartz Crystals or Silica for further processing.

Obtaining[]

Unlocking[]

Raw Quartz is added to the Resource Scanner via the Quartz Research chain in the

MAM using:

10

Additionally, its resource scanner is unlocked in the Tier 7 milestone Bauxite Refinement.

Resource acquisition[]

Raw Quartz 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
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	780

Number of Raw Quartz resource nodes is as follows:

Node purity	Number of nodes	Mk.3 mining rate	Mk.3 mining rate at 250 %
Impure	0	0	0
Normal	11	2640	6600
Pure	5	2400	6000
Total	16	5040	10500^* / 12600

^*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.

Extraction energy[]

It takes about 10.03 MJ to extract 1 Raw Quartz.

Usage[]

Research[]

Raw Quartz reveals the Quartz Research chain in the

MAM when picked up.

Crafting[]

Recipe	Ingredients		Building	Products	Prerequisites
Quartz Crystal	5 × Raw Quartz 37.5 / min		Constructor 8 sec × 8	3 × Quartz Crystal 22.5 / min 10.67 MJ/item	Quartz Research - Quartz Crystals
Pure Quartz Crystal Alternate	9 × Raw Quartz 67.5 / min	5 × Water 37.5 / min	Refinery 8 sec	7 × Quartz Crystal 52.5 / min 34.29 MJ/item	Tier 3 - Coal Power Quartz Research - Quartz Crystals Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Silica	3 × Raw Quartz 22.5 / min		Constructor 8 sec × 8	5 × Silica 37.5 / min 6.4 MJ/item	Quartz Research - Silica
Cheap Silica Alternate	3 × Raw Quartz 11.25 / min	5 × Limestone 18.75 / min	Assembler 16 sec	7 × Silica 26.25 / min 34.29 MJ/item	Quartz Research - Silica Tier 2 - Part Assembly

AWESOME Sink[]

Raw Quartz can be sunk into the

AWESOME Sink to yield 15 points.

Tips[]

Raw Quartz is a great source of AWESOME Sink points in the early game given how early it can be obtained and the number of points it gives before it becomes useful in later tiers.

Gallery[]

Two quartz nodes at the Western Slope, within Northern Forest biome.
Two quartz nodes at the Western Slope, within Northern Forest biome, from another angle.
A Quartz node in the Rocky Desert cave.
Two quartz nodes in the Dune Desert.
A quartz node close-up.
A quartz deposit.
The old visual of a quartz node.
Raw quartz on the Conveyor Belt (old visual.)
Unused menu icon introduced in Patch 0.3.4.7

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 0.1.5: Now is researchable in the MAM, can be crafted into Quartz Crystal and Silica, and uses mesh previously used by Quartz Crystal