Glass Lens

A thin shaped piece of glass very useful for devices used to interact with light.

Notes

Glass Lens is a crafted component used in optical devices, appearing as an ingredient for the Handheld Camera, Tripod Camera, and Outpost Table. It is produced from a glassworking recipe and stacks up to 100 units per inventory slot. Since cameras are essential for mapping and surveying the world, keeping a steady supply of Glass Lens in your store helps photographers and surveyors complete their work without delays.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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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)Specialty (none)Glassworking Advanced Upgrade (−5% cost · −25% time)

Glassworking level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Bright Applications (Glassworking Lv 3) Double Speed (Glassworking Lv 3)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Glass	6	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Glass Scrap	0.24

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	30 calories
Craft time	1 min
Throughput	≈ 120 Glass Lens / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 4× Glass Scrap

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

• 60× Limestone
• 48.09× Silica (any)
• 23.5× Crushed Limestone
• 9.03× Clay
• 7× Wood (any)
• 3.75× Iron Ore

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

Categories

• Ingredient
• Product

Obtained from

• Glass Lens

Used in

• Handheld Camera

• Glassworking Advanced Upgrade

• Tripod Camera

• Outpost Table

See also

AcornAdobeAdvanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineAgave LeavesAgave Seed