Desalinator

WorldObject

A device that removes the salt contents from a liquid.

Notes

The Desalinator is an industrial object that removes salt from liquid, making it a key bridge between raw seawater and fresh water for cooking, crafting, or irrigation. It fits in the mid-game water-treatment chain: you pump in salt water (from an ocean or saline source) and collect the desalinated output, typically needing a storage container on the outlet side. A practical tip: because the desalinator is a placed, grid-aligned machine with a 1x2x3 footprint, plan your plumbing and power supply before setting it up to avoid re-routing pipes later.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Plate	8	item
Copper Pipe	4	item
Copper Wiring	12	item
Gearbox	2	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.96
Copper Scrap	0.66
Bio Residue	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	120 calories
Craft time	5 min
Throughput	≈ 12 Desalinator / hour (base)

As a placed object

Requires connection ports — highlighted below.

Recycling & waste

• 5× Iron Scrap
• 3× Copper Scrap
• 0.2× Bio Residue

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

Recompute for my setup

• 75× Iron Ore
• 35× Copper Ore
• 1.75× Clay
• 1× Medium Carcass (any)

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

Categories

• Housing Objects
• Industrial
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• Product
• Storage Container
• Usable
• World Object

Obtained from

• Desalinator

See also

Advanced Carpentry TableAdvanced Masonry TableAdvanced Tailoring TableAnvilArrastraAssembly Line

Rough ocean water enters, and the salt is drawn away, leaving the clear, patient gift of fresh water.