Liquid Helium

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Selected recipe · Compounder

The source rate is 40 Liquid Helium 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
Pressurized Helium	20	0.5
Hardening Agent	20	0.5

Default source recipe: compounder:1. 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 Liquid Helium. 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:1`	40	0.5 Pressurized Helium 0.5 Hardening Agent	Selected default
Compounder v.2 `synthetizertier2:2`	120	0.333 Pressurized Helium 0.333 Hardening Agent	Reference only

See a worked StarRupture ratio and shared-inventory example.

Worked example: plan 10 Liquid Helium

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 Liquid Helium, before inventory
Terminal resource	Theoretical amount	Rounded gathering amount
Calcium Ore	3.75	4
Helium-3	11.25	12
Sulphur Ore	25	25
Titanium Ore	2.813	3
Wolfram Ore	3.333	4

Already have Liquid Helium 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	3.75	Smelter
Wolfram Bar	3.333	Smelter
Calcite Sheets	2.5	Fabricator
Wolfram Powder	10	Furnace
Calcium Powder	7.5	Furnace
Ceramics	5	Furnace
Titanium Bar	2.813	Smelter
Synthetic Silicon	5	Furnace
Titanium Rod	1.875	Fabricator
Titanium Sheet	1.875	Fabricator
Chemicals	10	Furnace
Glass	2.5	Furnace
Tube	7.5	Fabricator
Applicator	2.5	Fabricator
Sulphuric Acid	10	Pressurizer
Hardening Agent	5	Furnace
Pressurized Helium	5	Pressurizer
Liquid Helium	10	Compounder

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

What uses Liquid Helium?

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

Resonator — 2 Liquid Helium per output item, using Assembler.
Rocket Fuel — 1.5 Liquid Helium per output item, using Constructorizer.
Ion Stabilizer — 3 Liquid Helium per output item, using Mega Press.
Nanofibre — 2 Liquid Helium per output item, using Compounder.
Epoxy — 0.5 Liquid Helium per output item, using Compounder.
Substance #FHS-135-493 — 1 Liquid Helium per output item, using Compounder.
Basic Fuel — 4 Liquid Helium per output item, using Compounder.
Aerogel — 1 Liquid Helium per output item, using Compounder.

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.