Portable Steam Engine

An engine that generates mechanical power through steam.

Notes

The Portable Steam Engine is a crafted component that generates mechanical power by burning fuel to produce steam. It is a required ingredient for many advanced industrial machines, including the Steam Tractor, Steam Truck, Assembly Line, Crane, and others. Because it runs on combustion, its use produces pollution that can lower nearby housing value and soil fertility, so consider locating it away from homes or planning for waste management as you scale up.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Talents

Partial Quality (Mechanics Lv 6)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Piston	8	item
Screws	18	item
Iron Plate	12	item
Boiler	3	item
Iron Gear	12	item
Copper Pipe	6	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	1.74
Copper Scrap	0.22

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	1200 calories
Craft time	8 min
Throughput	≈ 7.5 Portable Steam Engine / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 8× Iron Scrap
• 2× Copper 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

• 423.75× Iron Ore
• 78.75× Copper Ore
• 8.19× Clay

Categories

• Ingredient
• Parts
• Product

Obtained from

• Portable Steam Engine

Used in

• Crane
• Steam Tractor
• Steam Truck

• Assembly Line

• Medium Fishing Trawler
• Wooden Transport Ship

See also

Advanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineBasic CircuitBoilerCoarse StoneCombustion Engine