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Soil Sampler

Soil Sampler

Tools

Beaker and measuring tools for detecting the factors influencing plants in the environment.

Weight1000 gMax stack1SkillFertilizers Lv 1StationTool Bench

Notes

The Soil Sampler is a diagnostic tool used to measure environmental factors that influence plant growth, such as soil fertility and pollution levels. It is crafted via the Soil Sampler recipe and falls under the Tools category. With only 100 maximum durability and 1 durability consumed per use, it is best reserved for targeted checks or recycled through the Scrap Tool recipe once depleted.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Wood2category
Wood Board2category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Wood Scrap0.06
Bio Residue0.04

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
Labor50 calories
Craft time4 min
Throughput15 Soil Sampler / hour (base)

As a tool

Damage1Vs animals×0.2Durability/use1Max durability100

Total raw to craft this

Steps1Total labor50 calTotal time4 min

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

Categories

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