Steel

Steel is a composite resource in Astroneer. It is represented as a bunch of rods with a reddish-gray gradient.

Source

Output	Input	Module
Steel	Carbon Argon Iron	Chemistry Lab

Uses

Steel is used to craft the following items:

Module	Output	Input
Backpack Printer	Probe Scanner	Steel
Small Printer	Hydrazine Thruster	EXO Chip Steel
Medium Printer	Crane	Steel Silicone Titanium
	Large Storage Silo A	Aluminum x2 Steel
	Large Storage Silo B	Steel x3
	Large Fog Horn	Plastic Rubber Steel
Large Printer	Extra Large Shredder	EXO Chip x2 Tungsten Carbide Steel
	Auto Extractor	EXO Chip Rubber Steel Tungsten Carbide
Chemistry Lab	Nanocarbon Alloy	Titanium Alloy Steel Helium

Automation

This is fairly simple to semi automate a steel factory due to the simplicity of 2/3 resources used to make it. A basic steel farm will be outlined below.

Carbon- Attach a tapper to a Tappable Flora. Then put an Auto Arm to move the organic to a furnace. Another auto Arm should be used to move the carbon  to the chemistry Lab or use an extra Large Platform C due to its ability to hold a smelting Furnace, chemistry Lab, atmospheric Condenser, and a large Resource Canister.

Argon-Use an atmospheric Condenser on the same platform as your Chemistry Lab, or use an auto Arm to move argon from the atmospheric Condenser to the chemistry Lab.

Iron-Put a large amount of Iron on the same platform as you chemistry Lab. You can use various storages for this but the best option will be a large Resource Canister

Notes:

• It is recommended to put a filter on any auto arms used in this process so they do not grab any unintended objects.
• this process can be fairly power intensive due to the atmospheric Condenser & chemistry Lab

Trivia

• The simplified in-game production of steel most closely resembles a modern-day, real-world process that skips the production of pig iron as a separate stage.

Media

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  Steel icon