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  • 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 →
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Iron Scrap

Iron Scrap

Recovered iron scrap from a sorting process.

Weight15000 gMax stack10Carried on back

Notes

Iron Scrap is a material recovered through sorting processes that produces Recycled Iron Bars and Recycled Steel Bars. As a solid, diggable block with the Garbage tag, it can be excavated and crudely stacked but takes up backpack space due to its weight. While scrap may seem like pure waste, stockpiling it is worthwhile because it becomes a source of recycled metal bars, reducing the need to mine fresh ore.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

As a block

SolidDiggableWall

Recycling & waste

As a garbage material
FamilyMixed Metal ScrapSorter catalystMagnetPollutes while mixedSoil · 0.1/unit

Recycled from (40 of 485)

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

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