Piston

A moving component that transfers force. Can also function as a valve occasionally.

Notes

The Piston is a crafted component used in a wide range of advanced machinery, including engines, generators, presses, and pumps. It is produced through the Piston recipe and serves as an ingredient in many mid-to-late-game industrial devices such as the Combustion Engine, Electric Stamping Press, and Pump Jack. Because it appears in so many important recipes, players may find it efficient to stockpile or automate piston production for ongoing industrial needs.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Pipe	2	item
Iron Bar	2	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.11

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	60 calories
Craft time	1.5 min
Throughput	≈ 40 Piston / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.4× Iron 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

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• 15× Iron Ore
• 0.25× Clay

Categories

• Ingredient
• Parts
• Product

Obtained from

• Piston

Used in

• Biowaste Sorter
• Cement Kiln
• Combustion Engine
• Combustion Generator
• Construction Scrap Sorter
• Garbage Sorter
• Industrial Waste Sorter
• Metal Scrap Sorter
• Pump Jack
• Residual Waste Sorter
• Waste Filter

• Electric Stamping Press

• Portable Steam Engine
• Printing Press
• Shaper
• Water Filter

• Advanced Combustion Engine

See also

Advanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineBasic CircuitBoilerCoarse StoneCombustion Engine