Basic Circuit

A complex electrical component used in advanced electronics.

Notes

Basic Circuit is a complex electrical component essential for crafting advanced electronics and machinery. It is produced through basic or etched recipes and serves as a key ingredient in many high-tier crafting stations, including the Electric Machinist Table and Oil Refinery. Stockpiling Basic Circuits helps ensure a steady supply for mid-to-late game industrial automation.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Recipe (2 ways to make this)Electronics Assembly · Electronics Lv 1Electronics Assembly · Electronics Lv 3

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Electronics level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Ceramic Safety (Electronics Lv 3)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Copper Wiring	6	item
Gold Flakes	10	item
Wood Board	4	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Copper Scrap	≈ 0.29
Wood Scrap	≈ 0.13
Gold Scrap	≈ 0.08

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	45 calories
Craft time	0.8 min
Throughput	≈ 75 Basic Circuit / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.2× Copper Scrap
• 0.2× Gold Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 31.25× Gold Ore
• 8.75× Copper Ore
• 4× Wood Board (any)
• 0.44× Clay

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Ingredient
• Parts
• Product

Obtained from

• Basic Circuit
• Etched Basic Circuit

Used in

• Electric Machinist Table
• Oil Refinery
• Pump Jack
• Waste Filter

• Advanced Tailoring Table
• Automatic Loom
• Injection Mold Machine
• Mining Charge
• Servo
• Spin Melter
• Stove

• Electric Motor
• Electronics Upgrade
• Handheld Camera
• Sensor Based Belt Sorter
• Solar Generator

• Transmission Pole

• Modern Paint Sprayer

• Refrigerator
• Washing Machine

See also

Advanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineBoilerCoarse StoneCombustion EngineCooking Utensils

Small, unassuming, and dense with purpose. Within its intricate pathways lies the current that rouses the town's most ambitious projects into being.