🆕 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 →

Cotton Seed

Cotton Seed

Plant to grow cotton.

Weight50 gMax stack100Food0 calCompostableSkillFarming Lv 1StationFarmers Table

Notes

Cotton seeds are planted on the surface to grow cotton, a foundational industrial and textile crop. They are a non-edible seed (0 calories and 0 nutrition), used instead as an ingredient to press into Cottonseed Oil or Processed Cottonseed Oil. While they don't contribute to your diet for XP gain, stockpiling seeds ensures a steady supply for both replanting and industrial oil production.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

Nutrition

Calories0Shelf life1680 h
Carbs0
Protein0
Fat0
Vitamins0

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

Total raw to craft this

Steps1Total labor60 calTotal time0.2 min

Categories

Obtained from

Used in

Industrial Mill
Mill
Research Table

See also