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Crushed Shale

Shale rocks that have been crushed into a fine gravel.

Weight24000 gMax stack10Carried on backSkillAdvanced Masonry Lv 1StationAdvanced Masonry Table

Notes

Crushed Shale is a crushed rock block and ingredient used primarily in advanced construction and industry, including Asphalt Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, and Stone Road recipes. It is produced from shale via crushing recipes, with higher-tier versions (Crushed Shale Lv2, Lv3) available through upgraded stations. Stockpiling Crushed Shale is a practical move for towns planning large-scale road building or concrete production, as these projects consume it in bulk and rely on steady supply.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Recipe (4 ways to make this)

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Upgrade modules

Advanced Masonry Upgrade (−25% cost)

Advanced Masonry level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Sharp Blades Smooth Stone (Advanced Masonry) Sub Terrain Sourced (Advanced Masonry) Sub Terrain Sourced (Advanced Masonry Lv 3) Sharp Blades (Advanced Masonry Lv 6) Smooth Stone (Advanced Masonry Lv 6)

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

Ingredients

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Shale	20	item
Cement	6	item
Rebar	1	item

Crafting

Labor	180 calories
Craft time	0.64 min
Throughput	≈ 187.5 Ashlar Shale / hour (base)

As a block

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Where it's found

Rainforest at 0–1m, scattered, (60% chance)
Wetland at 0–20m, scattered, (40% chance)

From this server's world-generation settings.

Total raw to craft this

Steps21Total labor3254.06 calTotal time36.79 min

95× Limestone
66.5× Wood (any)
35.63× Iron Ore
22.5× Cement
20× Shale
15× Quicklime
7.19× Clay
3.56× Silica (any)
1× Rebar

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

Categories

Obtained from

Advanced Masonry Table

Ashlar Shale

Arrastra

Crushed Shale

Jaw Crusher

Crushed Shale Lv3

Stamp Mill

Crushed Shale Lv2

Used in

Cement Kiln

Farmers Table

Garden Pond

Kiln

Bloomery

Pottery Table

Shale Brick

Wainwright Table

See also

Crushed Granite

Crushed Limestone

Crushed Mixed Rock

Crushed Sandstone