🆕 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 →

Dirt

Dirt

Healthy soil is essential to support life. When displaced, dirt can be used to terraform an area to support buildings and infrastructure.

Weight19000 gMax stack10Makes roadsCarried on backSkillRecycling Lv 5StationIncinerator

Notes

Dirt is a basic block resource used for terraforming, road construction, and as a key ingredient in many early and mid-game recipes such as Adobe, Composite Filler, and the Farmers Table. It spawns in wetland biomes at depths of 4โ€“6 meters and can be carried on your back when dug up. A practical tip: stockpile dirt whenever you excavate in wetlands โ€” it is in high demand for building foundations, filler materials, and agriculture research.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Garbage4item

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor120 calories
Craft time2 min
Throughput30 Dirt / hour (base)

As a block

Fertility1Movement×0.9SolidDiggableTillableWall
Where it's found

From this server's world-generation settings.

Total raw to craft this

Steps2Total labor600 calTotal time10 min

Categories

Obtained from

Used in

Carpentry Table
Farmers Table
Research Table
Wainwright Table
Workbench

See also