Mineral Extractor

UI of Mineral Extractor placed in a Cave allowing ore selection

The Mineral Extractor is a mining device that can extract different ores, Iron Fragments and Small Stones, depending on the placement of the extractor.

The Mineral Extractor requires Biofuel or Oil Cans to run. Alternatively, it can be powered by an Oil Pump, which will keep every Mineral Extractor on the map running as long as the Oil Pump is powered on. Fuel already in the Mineral Extractor will not be used and will be available again when the Oil Pump is turned off.

When activated (default E), the user interface of the Mineral Extractor displays a Power On/Off toggle, the time until the next resource extraction takes place, and a fuel receptacle labeled "Add Oil" that holds up to 4 Bio Fuel, 4 Oil Cans or a mixture of both. This fuel receptacle and the need to add fuel disappears if the Mineral Extractor is being powered by an Oil Pump.

The resources that are mined by the Mineral Extractor are deposited in the integrated storage container. At the bottom of the container is a "Take All" button for easy removal of the contents. The contents can of course also be removed individually.

Placement and Yield of Mineral Extractors[]

The player can only mine Copper Ore, Aluminum Ore and Cobalt Ore in Caves.

Placement of Mineral Extractor	Resources Extracted
Placed in a cave	Aluminum Ore, Cobalt Ore, Copper Ore, Small Stones

By default, a Mineral Extractor placed in a Cave will randomly produce one of the above-mentioned resources every 5 minutes. The user interface (activate with E) of a Mineral Extractor placed in a Cave allows the player to choose which resource to mine instead of mining all resources in a random fashion. If the player decides to restrict the mining to a particular ore (aluminum, cobalt or copper), the production time of the ore is slowed to one ore every ten minutes. If the player decides to restrict the mining to Small Stones, the production time is quickened to one Small Stone every minute.

Placement of Mineral Extractor	Resources Extracted
Placed anywhere except in a cave	Iron Ore, Iron Fragments, Small Stones

When placed outside of a cave, the user interface of the Mineral Extractor has a toggle for extracting only Small Stones. This toggle is especially useful in early game when the player needs a large number of Small Stones to smelt on a forge or to grind into Iron Fragments and Sand in the Stone Grinder.

In the default setting to extract Iron Ore, Iron Fragments and Small Stones, a resource is extracted every 5 minutes. If the user interface setting for the Mineral Extractor to extract only stone is activated, the Mineral Extractor will extract one stone every minute.

The recipe for the Mineral Extractor is found in the Placeables section of the Build Menu under Others.

Crafting Ingredients[]

Ingredient	Amount
Iron Ingot	18
Plank	8
Nail	8

History[]

v. 14.12B	Mineral Extractors in caves now allow choice of ore type extraction but at double the extraction time. (from 5 mins to 10 mins)
v. 12.0	Ore Extraction sites have been removed, and Mineral Extractors must be placed in Caves to extract ore. Mineral Extractors will extract Iron Ore, Iron Fragments and Small Stones anywhere outside of a cave. Coal has been removed from the resource yield of Mineral Extractors. 20 Screws removed from crafting recipe.
v. 9.6	Oil Pump introduced to game which will power all available Mineral Extractors when turned on. This eliminates need to add fuel to Mineral Extractors.
v. 8.0	Removed Clay drops from Mineral Extractors.
v. 6.4	Added clay drop to the Mineral Extractor when not on an extraction site. New drop rates are: 20% Stone, 20% Iron Ore, 20% Clay and 40% Iron Fragments.
v. 6.3	Mineral Extractors will now drop Iron Fragments, Iron Ore and Stone outside of ore extraction sites. Previously players would only get coal and stone.
v. 5.0	Can acquire Aluminum, Copper and Cobalt ore only from Mineral Extractors in specific Locations identified on the map. Destroy a surface boulder to know what ores will be extracted in that location. Toggle button added to extract only stone. In non ore extraction zones, it will extract only coal and iron fragments. Can now run on biofuel also. Early game, you will need the mineral extractor before you have an oil extractor. Crafting recipe changed to no longer include copper and aluminum.
v. 4.0	Mineral Extractor introduced to the game extracting only stone and coal. Runs on oil and does not require power.