Applicator

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Selected recipe · Fabricator

The source rate is 30 Applicator per minute. The table below converts each input rate into its theoretical cost per output item. Rates are reference ratios, not a promise about real-world completion time.

Ingredient	Input per minute	Per output item
Tube	90	3
Glass	30	1

Default source recipe: fabricator:12. Other machine tiers and alternative recipes may use different proportions. This planner selects the first default source recipe for each output.

Compare included machine tiers

This snapshot includes 2 default machine recipes for Applicator. Compare each recipe's direct input-to-output proportions below. The planner and every example on this page still use the first default recipe, Fabricator; this table does not change that selection or optimize the dependency chain. Explicit alternative recipes are excluded, and these rows do not establish unlock requirements, discrete craft batches, construction costs, or completion times.

Included default recipes; material amounts are per output item.
Machine	Source output/min	Direct inputs per output	Planner selection
Fabricator `fabricator:12`	30	3 Tube 1 Glass	Selected default
Fabricator v.2 `craftertier2:applicator_v2`	60	2.5 Tube 0.75 Glass	Reference only

See a worked StarRupture ratio and shared-inventory example.

Worked example: plan 10 Applicator

With no inventory, the selected recipe chain expands to the terminal resources below. The plan contains 8 production steps. Theoretical amounts retain fractions; the gathering column rounds each resource up once. Real craft batches may need additional inputs.

Reference resource budget for 10 Applicator, before inventory
Terminal resource	Theoretical amount	Rounded gathering amount
Calcium Ore	3.333	4
Helium-3	5	5
Titanium Ore	11.25	12

Already have Applicator or any of its intermediate parts? Open this target in the inventory-aware planner to calculate the remaining budget.

Show all 8 production steps in dependency order

Theoretical production quantities; dependencies come before the items that use them.
Produce	Remaining quantity	Selected machine
Calcium Block	3.333	Smelter
Titanium Bar	11.25	Smelter
Calcium Powder	10	Furnace
Titanium Rod	7.5	Fabricator
Titanium Sheet	7.5	Fabricator
Glass	10	Furnace
Tube	30	Fabricator
Applicator	10	Fabricator

Have intermediate parts in storage? Follow the Rotor inventory example to see how stock reduces upstream gathering.

What uses Applicator?

The selected default recipes below directly consume Applicator. Open an output item to inspect its complete dependency chain.

Nanosyringe — 2 Applicator per output item, using Constructorizer.
Ion Injector — 4 Applicator per output item, using Constructorizer v.2.
Hardening Agent — 0.5 Applicator per output item, using Furnace.

Before you build

The plan combines shared ingredient demand and consumes your inventory once across all targets. Enter any finished parts you already own before collecting raw materials. Rounded gathering quantities are an allowance over theoretical ratios; actual discrete craft batches may need additional supplies.

Dataset: Update 2 · Quality of Life · snapshot retrieved 2026-10-30. Source, version, and assumptions.