Sand

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Sand is a natural resource obtained through mining. It can be dumped within a dumping designation as waste or in strategic areas to create landfill or ramps. It is particularly useful for producing Concrete Slabs, Glass, Filter Media, and in late-game for the processing of Copper Ore Crushed.

Prior to Beta 0.3.11 (2022-01-23), the only method of obtaining Sand was directly mining it on the island, with no external sources such as outposts or trading. Thus, Sand was often the limiting factor in how much Glass a colony could produce and ultimately a limiting factor progression. With this patch, a recipe was added to create Sand from Rock by processing it in a Crusher to create Gravel, then crushing it again once more into Sand. This change greatly increases the amount of Sand which is available on a given island.

Island reserves

Main article: Home Island

Each Home Island contains varying amounts of natural resources. This amount is modified by the resources size modifier on the Map Selection screen while the amount which can be extracted per tile is further affected by the ore mining yield modifier on the Game Difficulty screen. Neither modifier can be changed once the island has been founded.

Resource reserves in Home Island (version 0.4.11)
Map Iron Ore Copper Ore Gold Ore Coal Limestone Crude Oil Rock Sand Dirt Groundwater Wood
New Haven.png New Haven 1,400,000 1,400,000 620,000 1,700,000 1,200,000 80,000 12,200,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 57,000 80,000
The Beach.png The Beach 4,500,000 2,500,000 1,000,000 2,100,000 1,200,000 92,000 25,100,000 1,500,000 5,700,000 66,000 110,000
Curland.png Curland 5,700,000 4,900,000 1,200,000 2,500,000 4,200,000 1,100,000 39,600,000 4,800,000 6,600,000 51,000 110,000
The Crater.png
The Crater
(Supporter edition)
3,700,000 2,300,000 670,000 5,800,000 1,800,000 70,000 56,800,000 700,000 6,500,000 48,000 87,000
Golden Peak.png The Golden Peak 2,200,000 2,100,000 7,300,000 1,900,000 1,400,000 110,000 26,000,000 680,000 4,100,000 63,000 93,000
File:Insula Mortis.png Insula Mortis 8,700,000 2,900,000 2,800,000 3,900,000 1,400,000 220,000 46,700,000 760,000 6,300,000 60,000 120,000
You Shall Not Pass.png You Shall Not Pass 8,300,000 10,600,000 3,300,000 4,100,000 7,800,000 100,000 71,100,000 8,300,000 6,300,000 99,000 100,000

It should be noted that most of the above natural resources are non-renewable, though the following exceptions apply:

  • Dirt can be created by dumping Compost onto the ground.
  • Sand can be created from Rock by processing it in a Crusher to produce Gravel, then crushed again into Sand.
    • Rock itself is non-renewable on the Home Island but can be imported indefinitely from the Rock Mine.
    • While non-renewable, it should be noted that it is very unlikely that the island will run out of Rock before all of the ores.
  • Wood is infinite, since Trees can be planted with a tree planter and imported indefinitly from a Sawmill resource.
  • Water can be indefinitely collected by 4 different ways:
    • Rain replenishes the Natural Groundwater Resource lode (which can be pumped with a Groundwater Pump).
    • Rain can also be collected directly with the use of a Rainwater Harvester.
    • Seawater can be pumped limitlessly from the sea with a Seawater Pump(Tall) (This method requires the post processing of the Seawater into the Water.)
    • Imported infinitely from a Groundwater Well resource.
  • With water being limitless, it also makes several of it's (and Seawater's) subproducts infinite, such as: Steams( Hi Lo Dep), Chilled Water, Brine, Chlorine, Sulfur, Ammonia, all of the Food Chain and many more..
  • Oxygen (and Nitrogen) can be extracted indefinitely with an Air Separator.
  • Crude Oil consumption can potentially be avoided in the late game using the Biodiesel technology for Diesel and Naphtha Reforming for Naphtha.

History

Beta 0.3.11 (2022-01-23):

Recipes

Below are all the recipes, which contain this item. Note, that some of them may be locked behind Research, and not immediately available in your game.

Production

Mining.png
Transform.png
Sand.png
Crusher.png
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Gravel.png
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60 Clock.png
Transform.png
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Sand.png
8

Consumption

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Transform.png
Dumping.png
Arc Furnace II.png
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Copper Ore Crushed.png
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Plus.png
2
Sand.png
6
Plus.png
1
Graphite.png
3
Plus.png
4
Water.png
12
20 Clock.png
Transform.png
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16
Molten Copper.png
48
Plus.png
6
Slag.png
18
Plus.png
4
Steam Lo.png
12
Plus.png
4
Exhaust.png
12
Blast Furnace II.png
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12
Copper Ore Crushed.png
36
Plus.png
2
Sand.png
6
Plus.png
5
Coal.png
15
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Transform.png
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Molten Copper.png
48
Plus.png
6
Slag.png
18
Plus.png
12
Exhaust.png
36
Concrete Mixer.png
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1
Cement.png
1.5
Plus.png
2
Sand.png
3
Plus.png
6
Slag Crushed.png
9
Plus.png
4
Water.png
6
40 Clock.png
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Concrete Slab.png
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Concrete Mixer.png
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1
Cement.png
1.5
Plus.png
2
Sand.png
3
Plus.png
6
Gravel.png
9
Plus.png
4
Water.png
6
40 Clock.png
Transform.png
60 Clock 60s.png
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Concrete Slab.png
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Concrete Mixer II.png
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Cement.png
3
Plus.png
2
Sand.png
6
Plus.png
6
Slag Crushed.png
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Plus.png
4
Water.png
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20 Clock.png
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8
Concrete Slab.png
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Concrete Mixer II.png
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1
Cement.png
3
Plus.png
2
Sand.png
6
Plus.png
6
Gravel.png
18
Plus.png
4
Water.png
12
20 Clock.png
Transform.png
60 Clock 60s.png
8
Concrete Slab.png
24
Concrete Mixer III.png
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2
Cement.png
6
Plus.png
4
Sand.png
12
Plus.png
12
Slag Crushed.png
36
Plus.png
8
Water.png
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20 Clock.png
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60 Clock 60s.png
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Concrete Slab.png
48
Concrete Mixer III.png
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2
Cement.png
6
Plus.png
4
Sand.png
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Plus.png
12
Gravel.png
36
Plus.png
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Water.png
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20 Clock.png
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Concrete Slab.png
48
Gold Furnace.png
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Gold Ore Concentrate.png
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Plus.png
1
Sand.png
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30 Clock.png
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Gold.png
6
Plus.png
6
Exhaust.png
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Mixer.png
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Gravel.png
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Plus.png
4
Sand.png
12
Plus.png
1
Coal.png
3
20 Clock.png
Transform.png
60 Clock 60s.png
12
Filter Media.png
36
Mixer.png
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Sand.png
48
Plus.png
4
Limestone.png
12
Plus.png
4
Salt.png
12
20 Clock.png
Transform.png
60 Clock 60s.png
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Glass Mix.png
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Mixer.png
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Sand.png
48
Plus.png
4
Limestone.png
12
Plus.png
4
Salt.png
12
Plus.png
4
Acid.png
12
20 Clock.png
Transform.png
60 Clock 60s.png
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Glass Mix.png
48
Wastewater Treatment.png
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80
Waste Water.png
160
Plus.png
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Sand.png
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Plus.png
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Chlorine.png
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30 Clock.png
Transform.png
60 Clock 60s.png
40
Water.png
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Plus.png
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Sludge.png
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