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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.
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Wheelbarrow

Wheelbarrow

WorldObject

Small wheelbarrow for hauling minimal loads.

Weight5000 gMax stack1StationWorkbench

Notes

The Wheelbarrow is a small, manually operated vehicle that provides 8 storage slots and a single seat, making it an early-game tool for moving modest loads of materials across short distances. It fits into the logistics chain before powered vehicles become available, offering a speed of 10 and a compact 1x1x2 footprint that can be placed on unowned land. A practical tip is to use the Wheelbarrow to consolidate and transport bulk resources like logs or stone from a harvest site back to your base, reducing the number of trips needed compared to carrying items by hand.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Wood4category
Wood Board4category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Wood Scrap0.13
Bio Residue0.08

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
Labor75 calories
Craft time2 min
Throughput30 Wheelbarrow / hour (base)

As a placed object

Size1×1×2
Viewer
Function
Storage8 slotsSeats1Top speed10 m/s

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

Steps1Total labor75 calTotal time2 min

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

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