Animal Receiver
Solarpunk Animal Receiver guide: what it does, when to prioritize it, related building pieces links, and practical player advice.
Animal Receiver is a Solarpunk building piece. Structure piece for pathing, room shaping, or base expansion.
Quick Answer
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Category | Building Pieces |
| Player use | Structure piece for pathing, room shaping, or base expansion. |
| Best check | Sort it by the system it feeds: tools, building, energy, animals, crafting, or airship travel. |
Exact Recipe
| Station | Output | Exact Ingredients | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Crafting Table | 1 Animal Receiver | 20 Iron, 15 Silicon, 10 Copper, 5 Leaf | - |
Unlocked By Research
| Research | Cost | Also Unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Transport | 1 Electrical Component | Animal Transport |
When To Care
Care about this once animals are close enough to the daily crop and water route. Animal systems pay off when shelter, food, water, and product collection are checked together instead of scattered around the base.
Practical Use
Animal Receiver should be used when it directly improves the current route. Put it near related storage and workstations so the benefit shows up every day, not only when you remember where it is.
Related Strategy
Use this with the Other structure route that actually spends or unlocks it. If it does not reduce a chore, unlock a new route, produce a needed material, or support the next trip, it can wait behind food, water, storage, and research basics.
Common Mistakes
- Do not handle Animal Receiver in isolation; connect it to the route, station, or system that makes it useful.
- Do not hoard everything equally. Prioritize what removes the current bottleneck.
- Do not skip organization in co-op. Shared storage and clear roles keep useful items from disappearing into personal inventories.
Related
Building Pieces, Building, Building Base Layout, Resources, Animals, Animals And Products