Plastic
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Plan Plastic →Selected recipe · Compounder
The source rate is 37.5 Plastic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Refined Oil | 22.5 | 0.6 |
| Sulphuric Acid | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Chemicals | 7.5 | 0.2 |
Default source recipe: compounder:9. Other machine tiers and alternative recipes may use different proportions. This planner selects the first default source recipe for each output.
Worked example: plan 10 Plastic
With no inventory, the selected recipe chain expands to the terminal resources below. The plan contains 11 production steps. Theoretical amounts retain fractions; the gathering column rounds each resource up once. Real craft batches may need additional inputs.
| Terminal resource | Theoretical amount | Rounded gathering amount |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium Ore | 7.783 | 8 |
| Crude Oil | 0.6 | 1 |
| Helium-3 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Sulphur Ore | 4 | 4 |
| Titanium Ore | 7.2 | 8 |
| Wolfram Ore | 1.167 | 2 |
Already have Plastic or any of its intermediate parts? Open this target in the inventory-aware planner to calculate the remaining budget.
Show all 11 production steps in dependency order
| Produce | Remaining quantity | Selected machine |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium Block | 0.583 | Smelter |
| Wolfram Bar | 1.167 | Smelter |
| Calcite Sheets | 0.5 | Fabricator |
| Wolfram Powder | 3.5 | Furnace |
| Calcium Powder | 1 | Furnace |
| Ceramics | 1 | Furnace |
| Synthetic Silicon | 1 | Furnace |
| Chemicals | 4 | Furnace |
| Refined Oil | 6 | Refinery |
| Sulphuric Acid | 2 | Pressurizer |
| Plastic | 10 | Compounder |
Have intermediate parts in storage? Follow the Rotor inventory example to see how stock reduces upstream gathering.
What uses Plastic?
The selected default recipes below directly consume Plastic. Open an output item to inspect its complete dependency chain.
- Pseudorubber Insulator — 1.5 Plastic per output item, using Assembler.
- Plastic Dust — 0.5 Plastic per output item, using Assembler.
- RNA Stabilizer — 2 Plastic per output item, using Constructorizer.
- Converter — 2 Plastic per output item, using Facturer.
- Synthetic DNA — 3 Plastic 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.