Ores and Mining
Solarpunk ores and mining hub for stone, copper ore, iron ore, cobalt ore, quartz ore, diamond, pickaxes, drill, furnace routes, smelting, and material priorities.
Mining feeds tools, machines, research, airship upgrades, glass, silicon, and building materials. Treat ores as shared progression materials, not just things to smelt immediately.
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Where To Find Resources
Fast lookup for ores, stone, clay, sand, glass, silicon, metals, crops, and airship materials.
Machines and Materials
Station route for turning mined materials into useful tools, machines, and build parts.
Crafting System
How raw materials become processed ingredients and unlock-dependent recipes.
Exact Lookup
Stone
Basic mining material for early crafting, building, and furnace routes.
Copper Ore
Ore page with linked uses across smelting, crafting, machines, and research where extracted.
Iron Ore
Ore page with linked uses across tools, machines, research, and processed routes.
Cobalt Ore
Later mining material with linked uses where extracted.
Quartz Ore
Ore used by silicon, glass, and electrical or advanced material routes.
Diamond
High-value material for upgraded tools and late spending.
Furnace and Smelting
Processing routes for ore, brick, glass, food, and furnace outputs.
Mining Tools
Pickaxes, diamond tools, drill, detector, and other resource-gathering tools.
Do Not Spend Blindly
Before turning ores into a pile of one output, check whether the same material is needed for research, upgraded tools, machines, airship parts, glass, silicon, or building work. The expensive mistake is processing everything for one project and then discovering a research unlock needed the raw or alternate material.
Mining Upgrade Path
| Stage | Useful Pages | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Early stone and ore | Pickaxe and Stone | Gets basic materials moving. |
| Metal tools | Iron Pickaxe and Iron Ore | Reduces time spent gathering. |
| Advanced processing | Furnace and Smelting and Silicon | Supports machines, power, and electrical parts. |
| Late mining | Diamond Pickaxe and Drill | Use when material demand is high enough to justify the cost. |
Decoded Furnace And Cooking Times
| Input | Output | Seconds | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Ore | Iron | 20s | high |
| Clay | Brick | 20s | high |
| Sand | Glass | 15s | high |
| Dough | Bread | 20s | high |
| Quartz Ore | Silicon | 20s | high |
| Copper Ore | Copper | 20s | high |
| Unboiled Water Carafe | Boiled Water Carafe | 30s | high |
| Unbaked Vegetable Pizza | Vegetable Pizza | 60s | high |
| Raw Raspberry Muffin | Raspberry Muffin | 60s | high |
| Cobalt Ore | Cobalt | 20s | high |
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