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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 →

Excavator

WorldObject

Like a Skid Steer but more versatile. Great for high slope excavation.

Weight30000 gMax stack1Air pollution0.7 ppm/hSkillIndustry Lv 2StationRobotic Assembly Line

Notes

The Excavator is a mountable vehicle for large-scale excavation, capable of operating on steep slopes thanks to its versatile design. It functions as a mobile storage container and can be placed on unowned land. While operating it emits 0.7 air pollution per hour, so consider the vehicle's environmental impact and any local pollution regulations where you plan to dig.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic Advanced Modern Specialty

Industry level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Skilled Labor (Industry Lv 3) Electrical Efficiency (Industry Lv 6) Robotic Assistance (Industry 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
Steel Plate	20	item
Nylon Fabric	20	item
Steel Spring	6	item
Advanced Combustion Engine	1	item
Rubber Wheel	4	item
Radiator	2	item
Steel Axle	2	item
Light Bulb	4	item
Lubricant	2	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	5.06
Chemical Waste	0.74
Copper Scrap	0.72
Textiles	0.32
Glass Scrap	0.32
Electronic Scrap	0.06
Bio Residue	0.03
Plastic Scrap	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	20 min
Throughput	≈ 3 Excavator / hour (base)

As a placed object

Size3×4×8

Viewer

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

Steps325Total labor437263.7 calTotal time4675.75 min

4940× Limestone
3058.44× Iron Ore
2501.33× Wood (any)
1345.5× Silica (any)
1237.5× Quicklime
1108.33× Copper Ore
803.77× Clay
712.5× Gold Ore
642.33× Crushed Limestone
120× Natural Fiber (any)
55× Steel Bar
48× Wood Board (any)
3× Medium Carcass (any)

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

Categories

Obtained from

Excavator

See also

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