🆕 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 →

Modern Upgrade 4

Modern Upgrade 4

Efficiency Modules

This is a deprecated item that will be removed in a future update.

Weight0 gMax stack100

Notes

A Modern Upgrade 4 is a high-tier module that provides a large increase in work efficiency when installed in a compatible crafting station, significantly reducing both resource consumption and craft time. It belongs to the broad Efficiency Modules category and is required as an ingredient to create some of the most advanced specialized upgrades, such as the Composites Upgrade or the Oil Drilling Upgrade. Because these modules are gated by room tier and provide diminishing returns if stacked past a server-configured cap, players should prioritize installing them in stations used for the most resource-intensive production chains.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

As an upgrade module

no slot — can't be installed (deprecated)Room tier+1deprecated

How the Update 14 module system works

Categories

See also