Substrate

The foundation material for complex electronics.

Notes

Substrate is a crafted industrial material that serves as the foundation for complex electronics. It is a key ingredient in crafting both Advanced Circuits and Etched Advanced Circuits, which are essential for high-tier technological progression such as computer labs and lasers. Due to its 1 kg weight and stack limit of 100, plan storage and logistics when producing Substrate in bulk.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Electronics level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Ceramic Safety (Electronics Lv 3)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Fiberglass	4	item
Epoxy	4	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Plastic Scrap	0.13
Glass 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	60 calories
Craft time	2 min
Throughput	≈ 30 Substrate / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 2× Plastic 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

• 80× Limestone
• 64.13× Silica (any)
• 33.13× Iron Ore
• 31.33× Crushed Limestone
• 12.51× Clay
• 9.33× Wood (any)

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

Categories

• Ingredient
• Product

Obtained from

• Substrate

Used in

• Advanced Circuit
• Etched Advanced Circuit

See also

AcornAdobeAdvanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineAgave LeavesAgave Seed