Auto Extractor

Auto Extractor

Details
Tier	Extra Large
Group	Item
Type	Automation
Crafted at	Large Printer
Recipe	Rubber Tungsten Carbide Steel x2
Unlock Cost	7,500 Bytes

The Auto Extractor is an automation item in Astroneer. It allows players to slowly extract resources from deposits without removing terrain, in exchange for giving the player 15 times the amount of nuggets it would give by digging by hand.

Source[edit | edit source]

Output	Input	Module
Auto Extractor	Rubber Tungsten Carbide Steel x2	Large Printer

Uses[edit | edit source]

Power Consumption Rate: 8 U/s

At full power, the extractor takes 55.5 seconds to create a single nugget of extracted material. This will fill up its two slots in 111 seconds, a Medium Storage in 7.4 minutes, a Medium Storage Silo in 22.2 minutes, a Medium Resource Canister in 29.6 minutes, and a Large Resource Canister in 6 hours and 10 minutes with the use of an Auto Arm.

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The Auto Extractor requires 6 cycles to complete one nugget.
The Auto Extractor is able to attach directly to Tier 4 attachment slots. This allows it to be transported via a large rover without packaging. The extractor must be turned off before being connected, as it will still drain power when attached to the rover.
The green bars on each side of the Auto Extractor indicates how much resource is left to extract in the current deposit.
The Auto Extractor has a Tier 2, which is meant for a Medium Resource Canister, Medium Storage, or Medium Storage Silo), to add extra storage without using an Auto Arm.
A Tall Storage may be placed on the top of the Auto Extractor so extracted resources are further away. This can be useful when using an Auto Arm with Auto Extractors placed sideways or upside down.
Place Auto Extractor directly over the resource you wish to collect. The green display indicator will show the amount of resources that can be collected at that location.
The Auto Extractor should not be on a platform when in use.
To build one, it is necessary to travel to three different planets in advance to acquire the necessary resources: Wolframite (for Tungsten), Hematite (for Iron) and Argon (for Steel).