Silicon Ore

Natural Resource

High-purity silicon ore. Obtained by gathering silicon vein, is usually used to make high-purity silicon.

Gathered From		Silicon Veins
Made In		Smelting Facility Cannot make in replicator
Stack Size		100

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Summary

Silicon Ore is one of the basic resources found in the universe. Found in a few places in the galaxy, it can be harvested and processed locally. As a semi-conductor, Silicon is useful in many electrical applications, from transistors to processors. After refinement, other processes can make use of silicon to form complex components.

It is mined with the Mining Machine.

It is smelted into High-Purity Silicon. It can be refined inefficiently from Stone if a natural source has not been found.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 2 s 1		⛏️	N/A
1 10 s 10		✖

Production Progression Chart

for more information on reading and using these charts, see Production Progression Chart

Stage 1	Stage 2
60	1 6

Production Upgrades

Each level of the Veins Utilization upgrade increases the mining rate by a flat 10%, and reduces the consumption rate by a compounding 6%.

See here for a table of veins required to fill Belts per level of Veins Utilization.

Used In

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 2 s 2		✔

Player Tips & Tricks

While it is possible to process Silicon Ore from Stone on your home planet, this is a highly inefficient and timely method. Most starting star systems have at least one planet with Silicon Veins. Mining these allows for much faster production.
As there is only one use for Silicon Ore, it is best to immediately smelt it into High-Purity Silicon as opposed to storing Silicon Ore.
As it takes two Silicon Ore to produce each High-Purity Silicon, it can be advantageous to smelt the ore where it is mined before passing the silicon to a Interstellar Logistics Station for transport, as this halves the required trips.
Small quantities of Silicon Ore are sometimes found from rocks and pebbles on the starter world manually collected by the mech.