🆕 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 →

Macarons

Macarons

A small circular biscuit with a sweet huckleberry filling.

Weight200 gMax stack100Food1000 calCompostableSkillAdvanced Baking Lv 5StationStove

Notes

Macarons are a player-crafted food item, a small circular biscuit with a sweet huckleberry filling that provides 1,000 calories and a balanced mix of nutrients (20 carbs, 7 protein, 14 fat, 16 vitamins). As an intermediate-tier dish, its high nutrient total contributes well to the balanced-diet mechanic that boosts your XP/skill-point gain rate, especially when eaten alongside other varied foods. Stocking these in a store gives residents a strong, nutritionally-rounded meal option that pairs with good housing to accelerate progression.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

Nutrition

Calories1000Shelf life72 h
Carbs20
Protein7
Fat14
Vitamins16

Diet & XP

Eating doesn't change a food's calories or nutrition — those are fixed. What your diet changes is your skill-gain rate (XP). This estimates the rate this food's nutrients contribute. ≈ estimate; set your diet in the ⚙ Character panel.

Nutrient total57Balanced-diet ××0.85Variety ××1Tastiness ××1Skill-gain rate60.45

Base: this food alone (+12 base gain). Craving & dinner-party bonuses are situational (assumed ×1).

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

Steps7Total labor362.22 calTotal time19.69 min

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

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