Fertilizers Upgrade
Basic Upgrade that greatly increases efficiency when crafting Fertilizers recipes.
Notes
The Fertilizers Upgrade is a Basic Efficiency Module that reduces resource cost and craft time when producing fertilizer recipes at compatible crafting stations. It fits in the early-to-mid game industrial progression, as fertilizers boost crop yields and soil recovery, making food production more sustainable for the settlement. If you specialize in farming or soil management, crafting this upgrade improves your material efficiency and helps keep your fields productive.
Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.
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Ingredients
| Ingredient | Qty | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | item |
Byproducts (garbage)
| Material | Qty / craft |
|---|---|
| 0.8 | |
| 0.2 |
Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled โ see the Garbage & Recycling guide.
Crafting
| Labor | 6000 calories |
|---|---|
| Craft time | 15 min |
| Throughput | ≈ 4 Fertilizers Upgrade / hour (base) |
As an upgrade module
- -5% Resource Cost when crafting with Fertilizers.
- -25% Craft Time when crafting with Fertilizers.
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Recycling & waste
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
15× Bison Carcass
10× Fertilizer Filler (any)
Approximate โ category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.