Mining Charge

WorldObject

A distinctly different approach to mining, now with the comforts and safety of a remote! (Explosives convert blocks into their crushed variants.)

Notes

Mining Charges are placed explosive devices that convert mined blocks into their crushed variants, offering a remote alternative to manual mining. They are produced through a recipe also called Mining Charge, occupy a 1x1x1 space when placed, and stack up to 100 in inventory. Because explosives process blocks into crushed forms rather than intact ones, be prepared to handle the resulting crushed materials differently than standard mined ore or stone.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Dynamite	2	item
Blasting Cap	2	item
Plastic	4	item
Basic Circuit	1	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Plastic Scrap	0.32
Copper Scrap	0.08
Chemical Waste	0.07
Bio Residue	0.03
Gold 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	300 calories
Craft time	2 min
Throughput	≈ 30 Mining Charge / hour (base)

As a placed object

Recycling & waste

• 4× Plastic Scrap
• 1× Copper Scrap
• 0.9× Chemical Waste
• 0.5× Bio Residue
• 0.2× Gold 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

• 275.66× Iron Ore
• 98.5× Natural Fiber (any)
• 31.25× Gold Ore
• 18.85× Copper Ore
• 5.6× Wood (any)
• 5.5× Bio Residue
• 5.1× Clay
• 5× Corn
• 4× Wood Board (any)
• 1.5× Fertilizer Filler (any)

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

Categories

• Product
• Usable
• World Object

Obtained from

• Mining Charge

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