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The best ore yield comes from a three-stage process. The first stage is a necessity; the second or third may optionally be skipped, but will reduce yield. | The best ore yield comes from a three-stage process. The first stage is a necessity; the second or third may optionally be skipped, but will reduce yield. | ||
* Stage 1: | * Stage 1: {{Gin|Macerator}} | ||
* Stage 2: | * Stage 2: {{Gin|Ore Washing Plant}} | ||
* Stage 3: | * Stage 3: {{Gin|Thermal Centrifuge}} | ||
=== Stage 1 === | === Stage 1 === | ||
A [[Macerator]] processes ore - iron, gold, copper, tin, lead, and uranium - into 2x crushed ore of the corresponding type. | A [[Macerator]] processes ore - iron, gold, copper, tin, lead, and uranium - into 2x crushed ore of the corresponding type. | ||
It '''does not process''' (as of 2.6. | It '''does not process''' (as of 2.6.130-ex110) ores for coal, lapis, diamond, redstone, emerald, or nether quartz. | ||
{{Grid/Machine | {{Grid/Machine | ||
|Type=Macerator | |Type=Macerator | ||
|Top=Iron Ore | |Top=Iron Ore | ||
|Output=Crushed Iron Ore}} | |Output=Crushed Iron Ore | ||
|OA=2}} | |||
Crushed ore can be smelted into ingots (except for uranium). | Crushed ore can be smelted into ingots (except for uranium). | ||
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Dust is the final pre-smelting state and requires no further processing, though it may have other uses (creating alloys like [[Bronze]] for example). | Dust is the final pre-smelting state and requires no further processing, though it may have other uses (creating alloys like [[Bronze]] for example). | ||
== | == Specific yields == | ||
Ore washing (stage 2) may be skipped (the red final column below), in which case the centrifuge (stage 3) will also yield {{Gin|Stone Dust}} in addition to its usual products (which the ore washer would normally have produced). However, the tiny ore dusts from stage 2 will be lost in doing so, and in some cases other yields will be reduced as well. | |||
Full 3-stage processing is therefore '''highly recommended''' in order to get the most out of your ore. | |||
Note that '''silver ore is not generated by IC²'''; however, any properly defined <code>oreSilver</code> can ''probably'' be macerated into crushed silver ore and processed accordingly. (If it can't, perhaps you should let a dev know. Politely.) | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
{| class="wikitable" | !Input Ore | ||
!Ore | !Stage 1<br>{{Gin|Macerator|}} | ||
! | !Stage 2<br>{{Gin|Macerator|}} + {{Gin|Ore Washing Plant|}} | ||
!Stage 2 | !Stage 3 (Full)<br>{{Gin|Macerator|}} + {{Gin|Ore Washing Plant|}} + {{Gin|Thermal Centrifuge|}} | ||
!Stage 3 | ! style="background-color:#f2e2e2" |Stage 2 Skipped<br>{{Gin|Macerator|}} + {{Gin|Thermal Centrifuge|}} only | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Iron Ore}} | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Crushed Iron Ore}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Purified Crushed Iron Ore}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Iron Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
|{{Gin|Iron Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Iron Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Gold Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
| style="background-color:#f9e9e9" |{{Gin|Iron Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Gold Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Gold Ore}} | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Crushed Gold Ore}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Purified Crushed Gold Ore}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Gold Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
|{{Gin|Gold Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Gold Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Silver Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
| style="background-color:#f9e9e9" |{{Gin|Gold Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Silver Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Copper Ore}} | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Crushed Copper Ore}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Purified Crushed Copper Ore}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Copper Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
|{{Gin|Copper Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Copper Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Tin Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
| style="background-color:#f9e9e9" |{{Gin|Copper Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Tin Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Tin Ore}} | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Crushed Tin Ore}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Purified Crushed Tin Ore}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Tin Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
|{{Gin|Tin Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Tin Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Iron Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
| style="background-color:#f9e9e9" |{{Gin|Tin Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Iron Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Lead Ore}} | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Crushed Lead Ore}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Purified Crushed Lead Ore}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Sulfur Dust}} (x6)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
|{{Gin|Lead Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Sulfur Dust}} (x6)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Copper Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
| style="background-color:#f9e9e9" |{{Gin|Lead Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''any oreSilver'' | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Crushed Silver Ore}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Purified Crushed Silver Ore}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Silver Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Silver Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Silver Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Lead Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
| style="background-color:#f9e9e9" |{{Gin|Silver Dust}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Uranium Ore}} | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Crushed Uranium Ore}} (x2) | ||
|{{ | |{{Gin|Purified Crushed Uranium Ore}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Lead Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | ||
|{{Gin|Uranium 238}} (x10)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Lead Dust}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Uranium 235}} (x4)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
| style="background-color:#f9e9e9" |{{Gin|Uranium 238}} (x8)<br>{{Gin|Tiny Pile of Uranium 235}} (x2)<br>{{Gin|Stone Dust}} (x2) | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:General concepts]] | [[Category:General concepts]] | ||
Revision as of 00:17, 16 December 2016
Ore processing in IC² is a multi-stage process, requiring several machines in order to get the maximum possible yield from each individual ore.
Processing chain[edit]
The best ore yield comes from a three-stage process. The first stage is a necessity; the second or third may optionally be skipped, but will reduce yield.
- Stage 1:
Macerator - Stage 2:
Ore Washing Plant - Stage 3:
Thermal Centrifuge
Stage 1[edit]
A Macerator processes ore - iron, gold, copper, tin, lead, and uranium - into 2x crushed ore of the corresponding type.
It does not process (as of 2.6.130-ex110) ores for coal, lapis, diamond, redstone, emerald, or nether quartz.
Crushed ore can be smelted into ingots (except for uranium).
Stage 2[edit]
An Ore Washing Plant processes crushed ore into purified crushed ore (using 1000 mB of water in addition to EU), with tiny ore dust and Stone Dust as byproducts.
Purified crushed ore can also be smelted into ingots (again, except for uranium).
Stage 3[edit]
A Thermal Centrifuge processes purified crushed ore into dust (except for uranium yet again), with another secondary product.
Dust is the final pre-smelting state and requires no further processing, though it may have other uses (creating alloys like Bronze for example).
Specific yields[edit]
Ore washing (stage 2) may be skipped (the red final column below), in which case the centrifuge (stage 3) will also yield 
Stone Dust in addition to its usual products (which the ore washer would normally have produced). However, the tiny ore dusts from stage 2 will be lost in doing so, and in some cases other yields will be reduced as well.
Full 3-stage processing is therefore highly recommended in order to get the most out of your ore.
Note that silver ore is not generated by IC²; however, any properly defined oreSilver can probably be macerated into crushed silver ore and processed accordingly. (If it can't, perhaps you should let a dev know. Politely.)
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