Carbon
Carbon is a refined resource in Astroneer.
Source
| Output | Input | Module |
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 Carbon
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 Organic
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 Smelting Furnace
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Uses
Carbon is used to craft the following items:
| Module | Output | Input |
|---|---|---|
 Chemistry Lab
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 Plastic
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 Compound Carbon
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 Tungsten Carbide
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Carbon Tungsten
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 Explosive Powder
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Carbon x2 Sulfur
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 Steel
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Carbon Argon Iron
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Carbon can be used with a Medium Generator to produce Power.
Carbon gives 75 bytes when placed in a Research Chamber.
Notes
Carbon provides more power overall than a nugget of Organic.
- Organic fuels a Small Generator for 120 seconds at 2U/s, which produces 240 Units.
- Carbon, placed in a Medium Generator, runs for 120 seconds at 9U/s and produces 1080 Units.
- Smelting Organic into Carbon only takes 60 Units in a Smelting Furnace, and consequently raises its effective power output by 780 Units.
Carbon has the highest consumable power yield per single T1 slot of any item in the entire game. However, this power is only realized if one uses one T2 slot for the Medium Generator and at least one more for Carbon storage.
The Tapper allows the creation of automated Carbon-burning power stations.
Trivia
- In Update 0.10.1 Coal was removed from the game and replaced with Carbon.
- Coal's purpose in the game was as a solid fuel which powered the Medium Generator, even though it was generally thought to be superfluous in the main game flow; As a trade resource it was as valuable as titanium, making it nonetheless exciting to discover.
Media
Carbon icon
A Medium Generator using Carbon
Organic smelting into Carbon
Carbon with an extra connecting node after being made
A stack of coal
Coal found in a cave
The old icon for Coal
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