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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 Tractor

WorldObject

A tractor powered through steam.

Weight25000 gMax stack1Air pollution0.1 ppm/hSkillMechanics Lv 2StationAssembly Line

Notes

The Steam Tractor is a powered vehicle that consumes fuel to pull attachments, haul materials, and perform tasks like logging with the Wood Cutting Attachment. It serves as a mid-game upgrade from hand- or animal-powered transport, fitting between early wheelbarrows and later advanced vehicles. A practical tip: since the tractor emits air pollution while operating, consider keeping trips efficient and limiting idle engine time to reduce your environmental impact.

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.

Talents

Improved Assembly (Mechanics Lv 6)

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

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Plate	12	item
Iron Pipe	8	item
Screws	24	item
Leather Hide	20	item
Lumber	30	category
Portable Steam Engine	1	item
Iron Wheel	4	item
Iron Axle	2	item
Light Bulb	2	item
Lubricant	2	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	≈ 3.06
Wood Scrap	≈ 0.36
Bio Residue	≈ 0.28
Copper Scrap	≈ 0.24
Glass Scrap	≈ 0.16
Chemical Waste	≈ 0.02

Approximate — 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 — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor	1000 calories
Craft time	10 min
Throughput	≈ 6 Steam Tractor / hour (base)

As a placed object

Size2×2×3

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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

Steps95Total labor25541.25 calTotal time440.69 min

628.75× Iron Ore
96.25× Copper Ore
40× Limestone
32.06× Silica (any)
30× Lumber (any)
17.83× Clay
15.67× Crushed Limestone
10× Bison Carcass
4.67× Wood (any)
1× Medium Carcass (any)

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

Categories

Obtained from

Steam Tractor

See also

Steam hisses, iron rumbles, and the earth gives way — industry breathes smoke into the sky.