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🆕 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 →

Crane

WorldObject

Allows the placement and transport of materials in an area.

Weight25000 gMax stack1Air pollution0.2 ppm/hSkillMechanics Lv 5StationAssembly Line

Notes

The Crane is a mountable, vehicle-like object that allows players to pick up and transport materials within a 3x8x3 footprint, featuring two storage slots and a single seat with a max speed of 30. It burns Burnable Fuel at 150 J/s while operating, emitting 0.2 air pollution PPM per hour, so its use adds to the settlement's environmental load. Because it can be placed on unowned land, it is ideal for moving heavy building supplies at remote construction sites, though operators should account for fuel consumption and pollution when planning large projects.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic Advanced Modern Specialty

Mechanics level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Improved Assembly (Mechanics Lv 6)

Quantity to craftScales ingredients, labor, time, output & total raw by the number of crafts.

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
Ingredient	Qty	Type
Gearbox	4	item
Iron Plate	20	item
Cotton Fabric	20	item
Portable Steam Engine	1	item
Iron Wheel	4	item
Heat Sink	2	item
Iron Axle	2	item
Lubricant	2	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	3.84
Copper Scrap	0.8
Textiles	0.32
Bio Residue	0.03
Chemical Waste	0.02

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	3000 calories
Craft time	10 min
Throughput	≈ 6 Crane / hour (base)

As a placed object

Size3×8×3

Viewer

Operating

Fuel150 W (observed)Fuel typeBurnable Fuel

Function

Storage2 slotsSeats1Top speed30 m/s

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

Steps91Total labor33728.12 calTotal time552.09 min

693.75× Iron Ore
166.25× Copper Ore
160× Cotton Boll
13.94× Clay
3× Medium Carcass (any)

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

Categories

Obtained from

Crane

See also