Steel
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Steel
An iron-carbon metal alloy used for building structures, tools, and weapons.
Base Stats
- Beauty
- −4
- Market Value
- 1.9
- Mass
- 0.5
Stat Modifiers
- Armor - Blunt
- ×0.45
- Armor - Heat
- ×0.6
- Armor - Sharp
- ×0.9
- Beauty
- ×1+0
- Door Opening Speed
- ×1
- Flammability
- ×0.4
- Insulation - Cold
- ×3
- Insulation - Heat
- ×0
- Max Hit Points
- ×1
- Melee Blunt Damage
- ×1
- Melee Cooldown
- ×1
- Melee Sharp Damage
- ×1
- Work To Make
- ×1
Steel is a raw resource, crucial throughout the game for different purposes, such as construction of various structures, and production of weapons and armor.
Steel can be mined out of compacted steel on the map, purchased from bulk goods traders, extracted from Steel slag chunks using an electric smelter, or salvaged by disassembling mechanoids. Research and construction of deep drills in mid-late game allows extraction of large deposits underground. Although steel is common on most maps, it is still a limited resource, and should not be used carelessly.
Ore
Compacted steel tiles have 1,500 health each, making them one of the faster ores to mine. They can be found in midsize veins, ranging from 4 to 12 tiles in size. Each mined block has a base yield of 40 steel, however this is modified by factors such as the Difficulty setting and the mining yield of the pawn. Notably, a healthy pawn requires Mining skill of 8 or better for maximum yield.
Usage
Steel is used in the following crafting recipes:
| Name | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 70 | Buildings - Power |
| Chemfuel powered generator | 100 | Buildings - Power |
| Geothermal generator | 400 | Buildings - Power |
| Solar generator | 100 | Buildings - Power |
| Watermill generator | 80 | Buildings - Power |
| Wind turbine | 100 | Buildings - Power |
| Wood-fired generator | 100 | Buildings - Power |
| Flatscreen television | 140 | Buildings - Recreation |
| Tube television | 80 | Buildings - Recreation |
| Assault rifle | 60 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Autopistol | 30 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Bolt-action rifle | 60 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Chain shotgun | 70 | Equipment - Weapons |
| EMP grenades | 20 | Equipment - Weapons |
| EMP launcher | 75 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Frag grenades | 20 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Heavy SMG | 75 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Incendiary launcher | 75 | Equipment - Weapons |
| LMG | 75 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Machine pistol | 45 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Minigun | 160 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Pump shotgun | 60 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Revolver | 30 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Smoke launcher | 75 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Sniper rifle | 60 | Equipment - Weapons |
| Concrete | 1 | Floor |
| Paved tile | 2 | Floor |
| Steel tile | 7 | Floor |
| Sterile tile | 3 | Floor |
| Sun lamp | 40 | Furniture |
| Standing lamp | 20 | Furniture - Environment |
| Standing lamp (blue) | 20 | Furniture - Environment |
| Standing lamp (green) | 20 | Furniture - Environment |
| Standing lamp (red) | 20 | Furniture - Environment |
| Hospital bed | 80 | Furniture - Health |
| Flak jacket | 70 | Gear - Armor |
| Flak pants | 60 | Gear - Armor |
| Flak vest | 60 | Gear - Armor |
| Grenadier armor | 75 | Gear - Armor |
| Phoenix armor | 75 | Gear - Armor |
| Shield belt | 50 | Gear - Utility |
| Smokepop pack | 20 | Gear - Utility |
| Cochlear implant | 20 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Drill arm | 60 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Elbow blade | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Field hand | 60 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Hand talon | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Joywire | 20 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Knee spike | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Mindscrew | 15 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Painstopper | 20 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Power claw | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Prosthetic arm | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Prosthetic heart | 25 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Prosthetic leg | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Venom fangs | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Venom talon | 40 | Medical Items - Body Parts |
| Cryptosleep casket | 180 | Misc |
| Pod launcher | 50 | Misc |
| Ship landing beacon | 40 | Misc |
| Tool cabinet | 200 | Misc |
| Transport pod | 60 | Misc |
| Moisture pump | 75 | Miscellaneous - Furniture |
| Multi-analyzer | 40 | Miscellaneous - Research |
| Ground-penetrating scanner | 150 | Miscellaneous - Resources |
| Long-range mineral scanner | 200 | Miscellaneous - Resources |
| Comms console | 120 | Miscellaneous - Trade |
| Orbital trade beacon | 40 | Miscellaneous - Trade |
| Firefoam popper | 75 | Misc |
| Piano | 120 | Misc |
| Vitals monitor | 50 | Misc |
| Power conduit | 1 | Power |
| Power switch | 15 | Power |
| Waterproof conduit | 10 | Power |
| Art bench | 50 | Production |
| Brewery | 30 | Production |
| Deep drill | 100 | Production |
| Drug lab | 75 | Production |
| Electric crematorium | 20 | Production |
| Electric smithy | 100 | Production |
| Fabrication bench | 200 | Production |
| Fermenting barrel | 10 | Production |
| Fueled smithy | 100 | Production |
| Electric tailor bench | 50 | Production - Clothing |
| Electric stove | 80 | Production - Food |
| Fueled stove | 80 | Production - Food |
| Hopper | 15 | Production - Food |
| Nutrient paste dispenser | 90 | Production - Food |
| Hydroponics basin | 100 | Production - Plants |
| Hi-tech research bench | 100 | Production - Research |
| Simple research bench | 25 | Production - Research |
| Biofuel refinery | 200 | Production - Resources |
| Electric smelter | 170 | Production - Resources |
| Machining table | 150 | Production - Resources |
| Stonecutter's table | 30 | Production - Resources |
| Autocannon turret | 350 | Security |
| Mini-turret | 70 | Security |
| Uranium slug turret | 300 | Security |
| Sensor cluster | 140 | Ship |
| Ship computer core | 150 | Ship |
| Ship cryptosleep casket | 120 | Ship |
| Ship engine | 260 | Ship |
| Ship reactor | 350 | Ship |
| Ship structural beam | 200 | Ship |
| Autodoor | 40 | Structure - Door |
| Mortar | 150 | Structure - Security |
| Cooler | 90 | Temperature |
| Heater | 50 | Temperature |
| Vent | 30 | Temperature |
