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🆕 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 →

Steam Engine

WorldObject

A large steam engine for generating power.

Weight5000 gMax stack1Air pollution3.4 ppm/hSkillMechanics Lv 1StationMachinist Table

Notes

The Steam Engine is a large, placed generator that produces electric power for a nearby grid, emitting 3.36 PPM/hour of air pollution while running. It requires a 3x3x3 grid-aligned footprint and can be toggled on or off as needed. To minimize harm to housing value and local fertility, consider situating it away from residential areas or pairing it with pollution-reducing strategies.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic Advanced Modern Specialty

Mechanics level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Quantity to craftScales ingredients, labor, time, output & total raw by the number of crafts.

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Bar	16	item
Iron Pipe	12	item
Lubricant	4	item
Boiler	2	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.9
Copper Scrap	0.06
Chemical Waste	0.03

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	450 calories
Craft time	10 min
Throughput	≈ 6 Steam Engine / hour (base)

As a placed object

RoomIndustrialSize3×3×3

Viewer

Requires connection ports — highlighted below.

Placement

AlignmentMust be grid-aligned

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

4.8× Iron Scrap
0.4× Chemical Waste

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

Steps28Total labor7966.25 calTotal time153.83 min

236.25× Iron Ore
35× Copper Ore
4.44× Clay
2× Medium Carcass (any)

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

Obtained from

Steam Engine

See also

Combustion Generator