🆕 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 →

Shorts

Shorts

Cargo shorts that are ideal for exploring the great outdoors. More practical than elegant.

Weight100 gMax stack1SkillTailoring Lv 1StationTailoring Table

Notes

Shorts are a piece of clothing in the Clothes category, worn by your character to fulfill a practical role rather than a cosmetic one. They are crafted using the Shorts recipe and, as a clothing item, fit into the progression where better housing and food are the primary drivers of skill-point gain, rather than equipment. Since clothing does not directly affect your experience multiplier, your focus for faster progression should remain on a varied, high-tier diet and a well-furnished, low-pollution home.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Leather Hide4item
Fabric5category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Textiles0.08
Bio Residue0.03

Approximate โ€” a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

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
Labor40 calories
Craft time1 min
Throughput60 Shorts / 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

Steps2Total labor180 calTotal time5 min

Approximate โ€” category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

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