🆕 Updated for Eco 14 — “Garbage & Recycling” — this server and these numbers now reflect the new version. What changed →
  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
  • Garbage & recycling: waste sorts from mixed garbage down to pure materials, and can be recycled back into stock.
  • Pollution has four kinds: acid rain, chemical, soil and heavy mineral, each settling into the ground differently. Pollution guide →
  • Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
  • Fresh water: machines need it — water drawn from the ocean has to be desalinated first.

The character calculator has been updated for these changes. Read the garbage & recycling guide →

Birch Log

Birch Log

Birch log is a type of hardwood, notable for its white and papery bark.

Weight10000 gMax stack20Fuel4000Carried on back

Notes

Birch Log is a hardwood block obtained by felling Birch trees, valued for its white bark and use as a solid building material or fuel (4,000 fuel value). As a tier-0 wood, it is a foundational early-game resource for crafting campfires, workbenches, and basic structures, and it can be processed into planks and lumber at a sawmill to enable tier-1 construction. Stocking birch logs in a store helps new players start building and fueling campfires immediately, accelerating the town's early progression.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

As a block

SolidWall

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

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

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Categories

Found in the wild

Used in

Advanced Carpentry Table
Anvil
Blacksmith Table
Campsite
Carpentry Table
Farmers Table
Fletching Table
Kiln
Loom
Masonry Table
Research Table
Sawmill
Small Shipyard
Tailoring Table
Tool Bench
Workbench

See also

Ceiba LogOak Log