🆕 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 →

Clay

Clay

A very fine grained deposit of weathered bits of rock. Plastic when wet and brittle when dry, clay is impermeable to many liquids and useful for many industrial and environmental purposes.

Weight22000 gMax stack10Carried on back

Notes

Clay is a fine-grained, naturally occurring deposit found in shallow layers beneath Grassland, WarmForest, and Wetland biomes. It is a key early-to-mid-game ingredient used in ceramics, cement, and brick production, making it essential for advancing building material tiers and crafting items like molds and pots. Because clay is heavy and stacks to 10, players should plan efficient mining trips and consider stocking it in a town store to support the settlement's progression into tier-2 construction and industrial crafting.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

As a block

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Where it's found

From this server's world-generation settings.

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

Used in

Cement Kiln
Electronics Assembly
Kiln
Oil Refinery
Pottery Table

See also