Refining
What to know
Refining is the process by which ore and other raw materials obtained from Mining and Salvage are filtered and purified into a more valuable resource. These resources may then be transported and sold for higher profits. Citizens may choose a variety of methods of refinement, which each have different costs, efficiencies, and speeds.
Refining is the process by which ore and other raw materials obtained from Mining and Salvage are filtered and purified into a more valuable resource. These resources may then be transported and sold for higher profits. Citizens may choose a variety of methods of refinement, which each have different costs, efficiencies, and speeds.
Refining is conducted primarily at Refinery decks and, in the future, on certain ships such as the Orion, the Expanse, and the Galaxy with the Refinery Module.
Refinery Locations
Stanton
|ARC-L1 Wide Forest Station
|ARC-L2 Lively Pathway Station
|ARC-L4 Faint Glen Station
|CRU-L1 Ambitious Dream Station
|HUR-L1 Green Glade Station
|HUR-L2 Faithful Dream Station
|MIC-L1 Shallow Frontier Station
|MIC-L5 Modern Icarus Station
Refining Methods
The refining process is done through work orders, which can be dispatched at refining terminals located in the processing center. Different refining methods have different durations, costs and yield associated with them.
- Speed: The speed at which the refining is done. All refinery jobs are completed in real-time, regardless of whether the Citizen is logged in or not.
- Cost: The relative cost (in aUEC) of the refinery job, per unit of ore.
- Yield: The bonus (or penalty) refined material provided after completion of the job.
- +*: Method Speed Cost Yield
- Cormack Method: High Moderate Low
- Dinyx Solventation: Low High High
- Electrostarolysis: Moderate Low Low
- Ferron Exchange: Low Low Moderate
- Gaskin Process: Low Moderate High
- Kazen Winnowing: Moderate Moderate Moderate
- Pyrometric Chromalysis: Very low Low High
- Thermonatic Deposition: High High Moderate
- XCR Reaction: High High Low
*These speed, cost, and yield amounts are accurate as of 4.8.0-live.11875683
Once a work order has been completed, the refined ores or construction materials will need to be loaded into one or multiple ships. After which they can be sold at a Trading Console.
Development
- 2020-12-17: Refining as well as the addition of Space station Refinery decks was introduced in Alpha 3.12.0, allowing players to take their raw mixed ores that were mined and refine them, being able to choose different refining processes with different speeds, costs, and output yields.
- 2025-06-19: The ability to refine mining bag contents from station inventories was added along with faster refining times across the board in Alpha 4.2.0.
- 2025-10-16: The ability to refine salvaged raw Construction Materials was added, along with the addition of three different types based on the size of the salvage ship size used was introduced in Alpha 4.3.2.
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