Engineering Research Paper Modern

A document containing important research information. Used to discover new skills at the research table.

Notes

Engineering Research Paper Modern is a high-tier research consumable used at the Research Table to craft advanced skill books such as Composites, Electronics, and Oil Drilling, as well as the Advanced Upgrade 4 module. It is produced via its own recipe and stacks up to 100 per inventory slot. As a Modern Research item, it represents a later stage of the tech tree, typically requiring established industrial infrastructure to produce.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic (none)Basic Upgrade (−10% cost · −5% labor · −25% time)Advanced (none)Advanced Upgrade (−10% cost · −10% labor · −35% time)Modern (none)Modern Upgrade (−15% cost · −10% labor · −50% time)

Mechanics level 0Skill level changes labor only.Reset to base

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

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Axle	2	item
Lubricant	4	item
Iron Gear	8	item
Ink	4	item
Paper	20	item
Engineering Research Paper Advanced	1	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.48
Glass Scrap	0.13
Bio Residue	0.05
Chemical Waste	0.03
Garbage	0.01

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	600 calories
Craft time	1 min
Throughput	≈ 60 Engineering Research Paper Modern / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.2× Bio Residue
• 0.1× Garbage

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

• 512× Cotton Boll
• 80× Natural Fiber (any)
• 72× Flax Stem
• 46.25× Iron Ore
• 33× Hewn Log (any)
• 21.13× Wood (any)
• 20× Limestone
• 16.03× Silica (any)
• 7.83× Crushed Limestone
• 6× Medium Carcass (any)
• 3.76× Clay
• 2× Oil (any)

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

Categories

• Ingredient
• Modern Research
• Product
• Research

Obtained from

• Engineering Research Paper Modern

Used in

• Advanced Baking Skill Book
• Advanced Cooking Skill Book
• Advanced Masonry Skill Book
• Advanced Upgrade
• Composites Skill Book
• Electronics Skill Book
• Industry Skill Book
• Modern Upgrade
• Oil Drilling Skill Book

See also

Agriculture Research Paper ModernCulinary Research Paper ModernDendrology Research Paper ModernGeology Research Paper ModernMetallurgy Research Paper Modern