🆕 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 →

Mint Component

Mint Component

Allows citizens to create and print backed currencies.

The Mint Component allows citizens to create Currencies which are backed by a resource.

When creating a currency at a MintItem, a backing item is chosen, as well as an amount of Coins per Item that are generated from each item consumed. By using a backing item for currency, the total possible amount of currency can be limited to the number of items contributed, thus providing more stability as it becomes harder to flood the market with new currency. The choice in backing item will affect this, with more rare items generally providing more stability by being harder to obtain.

The backing material and coins per item are permanent, so be careful when deciding how to back a currency. Once a currency is minted, it will become tied to the mint it was created on, even if that mint is picked up.

Citizens who have been granted consumer rights in the Authorization Component can use the Mint Component to mint additional currency. Currency can be minted into the target Bank Account selected by the mint owner, or any bank account the citizen minting has access to in the Bank Component.