🆕 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 →

Nylon

Nylon

Nylon is a synthetic polymer that can be used as a cheap alternative to more natural textiles.

Weight500 gMax stack100SkillOil Drilling Lv 1StationOil Refinery

Notes

Nylon is a synthetic polymer produced through industrial recipes, serving as a cheap alternative to natural textiles for crafting. It occupies the mid-to-late-game material progression, typically requiring oil drilling and chemical processing. Nylon is used to create Nylon Thread, an ingredient in further recipes. If your town has access to petrochemicals, specializing in Nylon production can supply a steady source of thread for the community, as synthetic textiles can be scaled more easily than relying on natural fiber sources.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Petroleum3item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Iron Scrap1.57
Chemical Pollutant0.02

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled โ€” see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor180 calories
Craft time1.5 min
Throughput320 Nylon / hour (base)

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 labor1083.75 calTotal time4.78 min

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