Silica is an intermediate item used for a variety of products. It is produced from Raw Quartz, as a byproduct of Alumina Solution production or gathered in small amounts from cutting down coral.
Obtaining
Unlocking
Resource acquisition
Small amounts of Silica can be gathered by cutting down coral with the Chainsaw.
Crafting
Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
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120 / min | 180 / min | Refinery 6 sec | 120 / min 15 MJ/item | 50 / min 36 MJ/item | Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement | |||||||||||
22.5 / min | Constructor 8 sec × 8 | 37.5 / min 6.4 MJ/item | Quartz Research - Silica | |||||||||||||
11.25 / min | 18.75 / min | Assembler 16 sec | 26.25 / min 34.29 MJ/item | Quartz Research - Silica |
Alternate recipes analysis
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Silica / second, or 60 / min:
Recipe | Raw Quartz /min (WP) |
Limestone /min (WP) |
Total WP | Total Energy /item (MJ) |
Space (m2) |
Building counts |
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Default | 36 (34.29) |
- | 34.29 | 12.42 | 128 | 1.6 |
Cheap | 25.71 (24.49) |
42.86 (8.11) |
32.60 | 46.24 (+272%) | 343 (+168%) | 2.29 |
- Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by:
(resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000
. The lower the better. - Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
- Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
- Silica produced as by-product is not included in the analysis; instead, it can be used to supplement primary production, or can be sunk as a brute force solution.
Usage
Crafting
Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
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90 / min | 75 / min | Foundry 4 sec × 6 | 60 / min 16 MJ/item | Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement | ||||||||||||
Equipment Workshop × 20 | Quartz Research - Blade Runners | |||||||||||||||
37.5 / min | 25 / min | Blender 24 sec | 50 / min 90 MJ/item | 15 / min 300 MJ/item | Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment | |||||||||||
15 / min | 15 / min | |||||||||||||||
27.5 / min | 27.5 / min | Assembler 24 sec | 12.5 / min 72 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing Quartz Research - Quartz | ||||||||||||
7.5 / min | 30 / min | Assembler 24 sec | 25 / min 36 MJ/item | Quartz Research - Quartz | ||||||||||||
25 / min | 15 / min | Manufacturer 12 sec | 20 / min 165 MJ/item | Tier 8 - Nuclear Power Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots Quartz Research - Quartz Sulfur Research - Sulfur | ||||||||||||
25 / min | 75 / min | |||||||||||||||
90 / min | 37.5 / min | Manufacturer 40 sec | 3 / min 1100 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing Caterium Research - High-Speed Connector Quartz Research - Quartz | ||||||||||||
3 / min | ||||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Concrete Wall Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Steel Wall Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Steel-Framed Windows | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Glass Roof Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Glass Roof Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Glass Roof Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Glass Roof Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Steel-Framed Windows | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Concrete Wall Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Steel Wall Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Concrete Wall Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Steel Wall Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Concrete Wall Material | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Windowed Walls ∧ AWESOME Shop - Steel Wall Material |
AWESOME Sink
History
- Patch 0.3.3.2: New icons for changed resources: Silica
- Patch 0.3.3.0: Reworked & optimized several resources/parts: Silica
- Patch 0.1.16:
- Added the mesh and icon for Silica
- Introduced standard recipe (previously only available via Alternate recipes).