Lens

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Selected recipe · Compounder

The source rate is 7.5 Lens 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
Glass	45	6
Hardening Agent	22.5	3
Synthetic Resin	15	2

Default source recipe: compounder:2. 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 Lens. Compare each recipe's direct input-to-output proportions below. The planner and every example on this page still use the first default recipe, Compounder; 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
Compounder `compounder:2`	7.5	6 Glass 3 Hardening Agent 2 Synthetic Resin	Selected default
Compounder v.2 `synthetizertier2:lens_v2`	22.5	3.333 Glass 1.333 Hardening Agent 1.333 Synthetic Resin	Reference only

See a worked StarRupture ratio and shared-inventory example.

Worked example: plan 10 Lens

With no inventory, the selected recipe chain expands to the terminal resources below. The plan contains 18 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 Lens, before inventory
Terminal resource	Theoretical amount	Rounded gathering amount
Calcium Ore	82.917	83
Helium-3	87.5	88
Sulphur Ore	200	200
Titanium Ore	22.5	23
Wolfram Ore	32.5	33

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

Show all 18 production steps in dependency order

Theoretical production quantities; dependencies come before the items that use them.
Produce	Remaining quantity	Selected machine
Calcium Block	82.917	Smelter
Wolfram Bar	32.5	Smelter
Calcite Sheets	82.5	Fabricator
Wolfram Powder	97.5	Furnace
Calcium Powder	125	Furnace
Ceramics	45	Furnace
Titanium Bar	22.5	Smelter
Synthetic Silicon	45	Furnace
Titanium Rod	15	Fabricator
Titanium Sheet	15	Fabricator
Chemicals	100	Furnace
Glass	80	Furnace
Tube	60	Fabricator
Applicator	20	Fabricator
Sulphuric Acid	100	Pressurizer
Hardening Agent	40	Furnace
Synthetic Resin	20	Compounder
Lens	10	Compounder

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

What uses Lens?

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

Laser Emitter — 1 Lens per output item, using Assembler.
Scanner — 2 Lens per output item, using Assembler.
Tracking Device — 1 Lens per output item, using Facturer.

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.